Two days later, a horse carriage left the main road to the west of Banta City and headed into the mountains to the side.
A slender arm lifted the curtain of the carriage, and Vivian's little face poked out of the window. After taking a look at the scenery outside, she could not help but exclaim, "So the dwarves live in such deep mountains. No wonder it was so difficult to see them before."
"That was before, it's too easy to see them now." Stiel's voice came from inside the carriage.
"Vivian, when the company starts working again, if you want to see the dwarves, you just need to go to the magic machine workshop and you'll see several hundred dwarves at any time."
"Yes." Vivian nodded vigorously.
Vivian gave a strong nod, "The people of Banta City aren't that curious about the dwarves now, right?"
"But they should still be curious about the elves, don't you think so, young miss Agnes?" Stiel's final words were turned to Agnes on the other side of the carriage.
Agnes seriously thought about it before saying with a nod, "It should be.
We elves don't like interacting with humans more than the dwarves and haven't appeared in front of humans in several hundred years, so it's normal for them to be curious about us. "
"But now that your tribe is about to be exposed to humans, young miss Agnes, aren't you nervous?" Stiel asked.
Agnes' voice had a trace of helplessness, "There's no other way, our tribe is facing difficulties and to solve these problems, it seems like only you humans have a way.
In order to survive, even if we're exposed to humans again, there's no other way.
Then again, I feel that Chairman Xu is right, not every human is a bad person. Other than good people like Chairman Xu who are willing to help us solve our problems, there are also people like Vivian who are as pure as us elves. Other than that, young miss Stiel is an elegant and beautiful person that I like very much. "
Stiel's face turned a bit red, "Many thanks for your praise.
But I feel that your luck is good, the first human you met was Xu Yi.
Although that fellow is an unscrupulous merchant, his character isn't bad.
Since he agreed to help you, he will definitely do it. "
Agnes nodded, "Yes.
After interacting with Chairman Xu many times and observing him during this period of time, I feel that he should be a trustworthy human. "
Stiel's eyes turned and she suddenly asked, "That's right, Agnes, you said that you've always been by Xu Yi's side, then is it always like this?
Do you even follow Xu Yi when he's sleeping, bathing, and going to the toilet? "
Agnes had a natural expression as she nodded again, "Yes."
Stiel's eyes widened in surprise. "You were there when he was taking a shower?
Then didn't you see him naked? "
Agnes didn't seem to understand Stiel's meaning at all as she said in a confused voice, "I saw it all, is there something wrong with that?"
Suddenly, Xu Yi's violent coughs, as well as his embarrassed and angry voice, could be heard from the front of the carriage.
"Ke ….. Ke, ke ….. I say, Agnes, why didn't you tell me that you were beside me when I was bathing?"
Agnes opened the curtain of the carriage and asked Xu Yi who was driving the carriage, "Because I didn't feel that there was a problem.
Why do you and young miss Stiel care so much about this problem? "
Xu Yi slowed down the carriage and turned to look at Agnes. Seeing her innocent expression, he could only helplessly sigh. Then he looked at Stiel with a strange expression and angrily said, "You're still laughing!
I was unknowingly seen by her, it's me who suffered a loss alright? "
Stiel gave a soft snort, "You are a man, what is there to suffer a loss for?
Agnes is such a beautiful elven girl, if anyone suffers a loss, it's her who suffers a loss. "
Xu Yi shook his head and decided not to argue with Stiel about this problem.
But after seeing Stiel and Agnes talk, their relationship became much better, so it wasn't good to be at ease.
Originally he was prepared to come alone with Agnes, but when he set off, he found that because Evita and Akali had already returned home, Vivian had no one to entrust her to, so he could only bring her along.
And for some reason, Stiel insisted on coming along.
Xu Yi's persuasion had no effect, so he could only agree in the end.
So for a trip that Xu Yi thought was very simple, there were two extra girls that came along.
But there was an advantage to this. The road was much more lively and it wasn't as boring.
Because Xu Yi had paid for the road to the dwarf tribe, the last twenty kilometers of the trip wasn't purely on foot like the first time. They drove the carriage and after less than an hour, they could already see thick smoke in the sky.
"Could it be that there's a fire over there?" Seeing the thick smoke, Stiel couldn't help asking in surprise.
"No, that should be the smoke from the steel mill and the lime factory." Xu Yi looked at the smoke in the distance and slightly knit his brows.
Although this scene made him think of the factories on earth and made him feel a sense of familiarity, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but think of the serious problem of environmental pollution.
The place where the Norma Tribe and the Angola Tribe were at was considered beautiful and had a pleasant environment, but since Xu Yi invested in the steel mill and lime factory, the dust from the two factories quickly eroded the environment.
Although chief Siluka and chief Monto didn't care and were happy that the two factories gave their tribe a stable income, Xu Yi was very clear on the serious consequences of environmental pollution, so he was naturally worried.
However, the process of industrialization on earth was accompanied by severe pollution, and no country could avoid it. Therefore, if the Sines wanted to develop their industry according to Xu Yi's ideas, this was a path they had to go through.
But after thinking about it, Xu Yi thought of a problem. He was developing the magic industry on this continent.
Compared to the industries on earth, the magic industry had a great advantage, and that was its energy consumption mainly came from magic, so it didn't cause pollution.
Since Xu Yi's magic industry didn't have any pollution problems, then the steel mill and lime factory should also be able to avoid this problem.
Xu Yi pondered on how to improve the production process of the two factories as the carriage continued forward. It didn't take long for them to enter the Norma tribe.
Canbi and the other dwarves had returned to the tribe during the factory holidays, and they already knew that Xu Yi was coming today. Now that they saw the carriage, the dwarves of the tribe came forward to welcome them, with chief Siluka leading them.
Seeing that Xu Yi was the one driving the carriage, and after the carriage came to a stop, three different beauties of different sizes jumped out. The dwarves couldn't help but feel astonished.
"Chairman Xu, welcome, welcome."
Chief Siluka's gaze swept over the three beauties, pausing on Agnes for a while before he laughed heartily and extended his hand to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi shook his hand and exchanged a few pleasantries, before having chief Siluka bring him to the steel mill to take a look.
This steel mill was built by chief Siluka before Xu Yi went to Anvilmar City because the dwarves had made a breakthrough in their material research.
Because of the Silver Leaf Grass powder, Xu Yi named it the Silver Leaf Steel. After the dwarves worked hard to research it, they had already grasped the properties of this steel. Now the dwarves could refine three different kinds of Silver Leaf Steel with different properties.
So Xu Yi directly invested a large amount of money and built this steel mill in the Norma Tribe, letting the dwarves focus on refining the Silver Leaf Steel.
According to Xu Yi's judgement, the Silver Leaf Steel had a wide range of uses. Just based on the current situation, it could replace the normal iron that New Flyer used to make the Magic Fans, Magic Air Conditioners, Magic Rice Cookers, and Magic Lamps.
If it was changed to this kind of steel that had outstanding hardness and ductility, as well as the properties of stainless steel, these household magic machines would have a heaven shaking change.
As for the large and heavy magic machines made by the magic machines, because there was a high requirement for the hardness of the steel, the Silver Leaf Steel wasn't suitable.
Based on this, Xu Yi had high hopes for the other kind of steel that he had discovered before, but because the dwarves hadn't grasped it yet, he couldn't count on it for now.
As for this steel mill that was used to refine the Silver Leaf Steel, it could be considered very small. It had been in production for close to two months and it had refined less than ten thousand tons of Silver Leaf Steel.
According to the standards of earth, this couldn't even compare to the output of the smallest steel mill.
But Xu Yi was already very satisfied with this.
After all, the steel making industry in Sines had just started and the output of this small steel mill kept increasing. In the first month, they had refined less than three thousand tons and in the second month, they had refined over five thousand tons.
According to this speed, as long as the dwarves continued to practice and improve the refining process, as well as gradually increasing the scale, even if this steel mill didn't catch up to the standards of earth, it would at least be enough to meet the needs of New Flyer.
Stiel, Vivian, and even the elf Agnes who were seeing the steel mill for the first time had shocked looks on their faces.
The scene in front of them had completely surpassed their understanding.
To Stiel and Vivian, the so called iron refining was just the process of the blacksmiths in Banta City throwing iron ores into the furnace to slowly refine them.
But what was happening in front of them now was a completely different situation.
Pile after pile of iron ores were thrown into the giant furnace and the molten iron came out from the other side like magma. Finally it flowed into the mold and gradually cooled into pieces of silver white glowing steel.
Whether it was the scale or the efficiency, as well as the shock it gave people, it far surpassed the blacksmiths by countless times.
Stiel looked at the Silver Leaf Steel that had already been formed and asked Xu Yi, "You said last time that the Magic Fans would be made with a new material next year, was this what you were referring to?"
Xu Yi nodded with a faint smile, "When the Magic Fans are sold next summer, everyone will be shocked."
Agnes on the side heard the conversation between the two and looked at the heated steel making process in front of her. Her confidence in Xu Yi deepened a bit.
Since this human could create such a shocking scene, then it should be easy for him to solve the problem of his tribe, right?