Heinz saw the large group of men and women in ragged clothes behind Xu Yi, walking over to the factory and was shocked.
Could it be that this fellow had been targeted by the "Beggar Sect" of Banta City?
When the crowd came closer, Heinz found that something was wrong. This was because in front of the ragged men and women, other than Xu Yi, there was an old man with bright clothes who had a noble aura around him.
"Butler Brunei?
Why are you here? "Heinz asked in a surprised voice.
Butler Brunei nodded to Heinz and didn't reply to his question. He turned to Xu Yi and said, "Chairman Xu, I've already brought them here.
From now on, these hundred slaves will be yours to use and you can order them to do anything.
But the Lord Viscount has said that these hundred slaves are only lent to you and not given to you, nor will he sell them to you. Moreover, he hopes that you can fulfill your promise to him. If you can't, he will take back these hundred slaves at any time. "
Xu Yi said with a smile, "Alright, many thanks for Butler Brunei for personally bringing them here."
Butler Brunei turned to give a few orders to the men and women behind him. Those people walked behind Xu Yi with a look of obedience.
"Alright, my task is complete."
Butler Brunei nodded to Heinz before seriously saying to Xu Yi, "Xu Yi, although the Lord Viscount didn't tell me why he gave these hundred slaves to you, as the Lord Viscount's butler, I must remind you that these hundred slaves are very important to the Lord Viscount. Now that the Lord Viscount has given them to you, it means that the Lord Viscount trusts you. I hope that you won't disappoint the Lord Viscount."
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "Relax, if the Lord Viscount didn't have confidence in me, how could he agree to my request?"
Butler Brunei gave a slight nod and without saying anything else, he turned to leave.
After Butler Brunei left in a horse carriage, Heinz couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart and asked Xu Yi, "Hey, Xu Yi, what is going on here?
Are these people all slaves?
And they were all Viscount Leslie's slaves?
Why would he let you use all these slaves?
What conditions did you negotiate with him? "
Xu Yi raised his hand to stop Heinz's questioning.
"We'll talk about this later. What about the houses I asked you to build last time?
First, make arrangements for these slaves to stay. "
Heinz suspiciously glanced at Xu Yi. He turned around and shouted towards the factory. After a while, Heinz's nephew, Alex, ran out.
After listening to Heinz's instructions, Alex immediately called the slaves over to a few large wooden houses in the distance near the river.
"You called Alex to help?" Xu Yi looked at Alex, who was leading a group of slaves, and said with some surprise.
"Heh … I'm also too busy, so I simply called him over to help." Heinz replied somewhat awkwardly.
"Although this brat isn't that smart, he does work quite seriously. I had him help me manage this place, so it saved me quite a bit of effort."
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile. He patted Heinz's shoulder and said, "This is my fault, I put everything on you.
Actually, there are more and more things to do, so I should have found a helper for you a long time ago.
Letting Alex help is also good. At least he's one of us, so you can be assured. "
"Un, I was thinking the same thing.
Of course, chairman, if you have a suitable person, I'll immediately let this brat go back to managing the general store. "
"That's not necessary.
Since he's already here, then let him work hard.
How about this, we'll use this chance to divide the work.
Right now, Heinz, you're mainly in charge of managing the production and all the small and large matters here, so you'll be the manager of this factory.
As for the salary ….. Let's set it at thirty gold coins a month for now. "
"Ah?
How can that be? "Heinz was stunned and quickly waved his hand.
"I have shares, so managing this place is something I should do. How can I get extra money?"
"The shares and the things you do are two different things.
If you put in the work, then you have to get the goods. Managing this place requires a lot of time and energy, so thirty gold coins a month is actually very little.
But right now, we've just started, so we can only set this much for now.
When we develop in the future, your salary will definitely increase. "Not waiting for Heinz to refute, Xu Yi patted his shoulder.
"Then it's settled!"
"This ….. Then ….. How can this be ….." Heinz rubbed his hands with an embarrassed face, but in the end, he didn't say anything against it.
Xu Yi smiled and continued, "As for Alex, let's set him as the assistant manager. As for the salary ….."
"No, no, no, no, that won't do. It's already his fortune that this brat can come and help. How can he dare to take a salary?
You don't need to consider him at all, really! "Heinz said anxiously.
Xu Yi laughed and pointed at Heinz, "You get thirty gold coins a month, but he can't even get a single copper coin. How can he be happy?
Alright, I'll set this matter. Let's start with ten gold coins a month. If you do well, you can raise it at any time.
What do you think? "
Heinz chuckled and didn't object.
Seeing his face filled with uncontrollable excitement, Xu Yi found it a bit funny.
Heinz was trying to get some benefits for his nephew, this could be considered human nature. Xu Yi didn't have any prejudice against this kind of thing.
Just like he said, Alex could be considered one of their own, so he could use him without worry.
Moreover, like this, it would make Heinz put in more effort into this factory, which could be considered a good thing.
As for his and Alex's salary, it was just a small matter.
"That's right, Xu Yi, you still haven't told me about these slaves." After the excitement, Heinz didn't forget to ask about the slaves.
"Oh, they are the people I borrowed from Viscount Leslie for the time being.
Soon our factory will be increasing production, so we need large amounts of workers. These slaves are obedient and easy to use, so of course they are very suitable candidates.
That's right, contact a few more construction teams in Banta City and quickly build a few more houses. The dwarven craftsmen I contacted will be here in a few days, so we need to arrange a place for them to live. "
"Alright, I'll remember these things. Is there anything else?"
"Anything else … …" Xu Yi looked at Heinz and shook his head.
"There's nothing else for now.
The main problem right now is to take care of the living conditions of these slaves and dwarves.
Heinz, you mustn't neglect them because of their status as slaves and dwarves, they are an important factor for the development of our company. "
"I understand this, I will definitely do my best to take care of this." Heinz gave a serious nod.
Xu Yi gave a sigh, thinking that he really didn't have enough people.
Heinz was the factory manager in name, but he was also in charge of human resources and logistics, taking care of almost all the small and large matters of the factory.
Right now the factory was still small and the scale of production wasn't large, but he already needed Alex's help. When it developed further in the future, he couldn't do it all by himself no matter what.
But this kind of management talent was even harder to find than research talent, so he couldn't solve this problem for now.
After explaining some things to Heinz, Xu Yi entered the workshop.
Because there were classes today, the thirty students he hired were all in class, so the workshop was a bit empty.
Xu Yi looked at the empty workshop and couldn't help sighing at the lack of human resources.
For these students, their studies at the Baron Rickto Magic Academy were more important. Even if they signed a contract, they wouldn't focus on their work here and would just treat it as a part of their studies.
However, for a factory, the stability and continuity of the production staff was very important.
Even if Xu Yi could recruit large amounts of students to complete this work, the students were deeply influenced by the traditional thinking of Sines. They felt that becoming powerful magicians was more important than working here, but it was very hard for them to stay here for a long time like Xu Yi imagined.
"There are two solutions. One is to cast a wide net.
Magic is flourishing in Sines and there are many magicians, but there will always be some magicians who aren't that successful.
In order to live, these fellows need a job.
The work here is considered specialized, so there will be some people who will come.
As for the other solution ….. "Xu Yi fell into deep thought.
The other solution was to lower the threshold for drawing Magic Arrays.
Although the Revolving Wind Array needed for the Magic Fan was a Low Grade Wind Array and even the students in school could draw it, in Xu Yi's plan, there would be more industrial products in the future and the Magic Arrays needed for those things wouldn't be limited to Low Grade Magic Arrays.
To draw a High Grade Magic Array, there would be a corresponding requirement for the strength of the magicians.
At that stage, it would be very hard to recruit large amounts of magicians to complete this work.
What Xu Yi could do was to reduce the magic output requirement for these magic machines as much as possible, reducing the power and level of the Magic Arrays required, and reducing the requirements for drawing Magic Arrays as much as possible.
But this was a very large project that required a large amount of time and energy to study.
Just based on the Revolving Wind Array needed for the Magic Fan, it was already very hard for Xu Yi to improve it. If he wanted to make any new products in the future, he would face the same problem.
Just relying on Xu Yi alone, it was impossible for him to solve everything.
Xu Yi tightly knit his brows. He paced around the workshop while thinking about how to solve this problem.
When he came to the workbench where the students were drawing Magic Arrays, there was a sudden cold breeze that shocked him.
Looking up, he found that the Magic Air Conditioner on the wall was still running.
"Why is it still running when there's no one here?
Isn't this a waste? "
Xu Yi muttered. Then he remembered that he had told them to use this Magic Air Conditioner more often to test the data.
"I don't know if those fellows have found any problems, so I can collect them before looking for Great Magician Camilla ….." Thinking of this, Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself in a soft voice.
"It seems like I have to find Great Magician Camilla to have a proper discussion."