After two months of preparation, the mining of the non-ferrous metal veins near the Voller Tribe was almost ready.
After Xu Yi and chairman Renersa brought the materials that chief Voller needed, they had completed their agreement and could begin mining the non-ferrous metal mine.
After meeting chief Voller, the two of them brought the final batch of materials and mining magic machines to the nearby mine. Then they held a short ceremony and announced that the Voller Non-Ferrous Metal Mine invested in by the New Flyer, the Renekton Chamber of Commerce, and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce would officially open.
Because the non-ferrous metal smelting factory in New Flyer was still being built, all the non-ferrous metals that were mined would be stored in the Voller Tribe for now. After the smelting factory was built, they would be processed and smelted.
There weren't many results on the first day of mining, they didn't even harvest a ton of non-ferrous metal ore.
But Xu Yi and chairman Renersa weren't surprised by this situation. After all, the real part of the mine was hidden under the surface, so it was impossible to mine large amounts in the beginning.
Being able to mine ore on the first day was enough to prove that the non-ferrous metal mine was very rich. Moreover, the mine was on the surface, so it was easy to mine.
According to the further exploration of the dwarves, this non-ferrous metal mine mainly contained large amounts of aluminum and copper ore. The less than a ton of ore that was mined on the first day was all copper ore.
Based on the copper ore that was mined, the copper content in the ore was surprisingly high.
According to the Angola Tribe's dwarf who had worked in many mines under the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the copper content in the ore was much higher than the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's copper mines.
This was a result that Xu Yi was very satisfied with.
Currently, because there was a breakthrough in the development of the Wind Magic Generator, the Academy of Magic's Bella's group had worked with Camby and the other dwarves to develop a stable small Wind Magic Generator.
So in order to further develop it, they needed large amounts of copper with strong conductivity.
Of course, ever since he was reminded by Stiel, Xu Yi wasn't as obsessed with electricity research as before.
After careful consideration and comparison, Xu Yi discovered that although electricity had a wide range of uses for the industrial system on Earth, it was very important.
But for Sines, because of the existence of magic, they could use the power of magic to replace the role of electricity in many places, and even perform better than electricity.
For example, air conditioners on Earth required electricity to operate. In order to achieve a suitable cooling effect, the power consumption could easily reach three or even four kilowatts, which would consume three to four kilowatts of electricity in an hour.
Using the most common thermal power generation on Earth, it was equivalent to using at least 0.5 kilograms of coal per hour.
This energy consumption rate was obviously extremely high.
If it was the Xinfei Brand Magic Air Conditioner from New Flyer, the lowest grade Magic Crystal that wasn't even the size of a palm was enough to support it for three days and three nights.
On average, the energy consumption for an hour was only a fingernail-sized Magic Crystal.
Connecting this energy consumption with the fact that there were Magic Crystal mines all over the Sines Continent and the Magic Crystal content was incomparably rich, one could easily see that in this world, the Magic Air Conditioner was more suitable than the electric air conditioners on earth.
The more important thing was that consuming Magic Crystals wouldn't cause any pollution, which was much better than thermal power generation.
So although Xu Yi still attached importance to electricity research, he didn't place too much importance on it.
For him, electricity was just a supplement to his magic machine research.
Because magic couldn't solve all problems, when it was needed, electricity could still be used.
Other than the copper ores, Xu Yi also attached importance to the aluminum ores in this non-ferrous metal vein.
Aluminum had a wide range of uses in the industrial system and various aluminum alloys could be seen all over Earth.
Although it wasn't used as much as iron, in many places, the use of aluminum and aluminum alloys couldn't be replaced by iron.
For example, in the heavy industries of aviation, construction, and automobiles, the special properties of aluminum and aluminum alloys played an important role.
Although New Flyer had already developed many special alloys, they were limited by the properties of iron. No matter how they developed it, there were some special properties that they couldn't develop.
Now that they had this non-ferrous metal vein, chief Siluka and his dwarves would have a lot of room to develop in the future.
In the future, the magic machines that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could make would become more varied.
Xu Yi was observing the quality of the ores being mined from the side, while chairman Renersa was observing the work of the workers in charge of mining the ores.
After reaching an agreement with chief Voller, chief Voller had sent ten clansmen to work in the mine today. He said that he wanted his clansmen to give it a try, letting Xu Yi and chairman Renersa see if their clansmen were suitable for this work.
Through his observations, chairman Renersa found that although these werewolves were a bit clumsy because this was their first time coming in contact with the mining magic machines, their overall efficiency couldn't compare to human workers.
But because the werewolves had outstanding physiques and were stronger than humans, they were more flexible. As long as they didn't need to operate the mining magic machines, their efficiency would be higher than human workers.
After observing for a while, chairman Renersa couldn't help saying to Xu Yi who was still observing the ores, "I've suddenly found that your idea of hiring these beastmen workers isn't bad."
"Oh?"
Xu Yi looked at him in surprise. Although chairman Renersa didn't oppose this idea before, he never agreed to it.
"What?
Did you see something? "
"Okay." Chairman Renersa nodded.
Chairman Renersa nodded, "I can see that these beastmen really have good physiques. Although they are a bit clumsy, they are very suited for doing work that requires physical strength.
The mine is a place where there are many jobs that require physical strength, so these beastmen can do it faster than us human workers. "
"So to say, any race has their advantages and it's fine as long as they use their advantages." Xu Yi revealed a faint smile.
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "Moreover, you've forgotten the most important thing. The wage of hiring these werewolves is much lower than hiring human workers."
Chairman Renersa couldn't help giving a bitter laugh.
Xu Yi was right. Because this non-ferrous metal mine was located on the Black Rice Wasteland, which was the territory of the beastmen, when the three companies hired human workers, they could only give them a high enough wage to attract them.
In the end, the average monthly wage of the human workers working in the mine was actually over thirty gold coins!
This far surpassed the average wage of Banta City.
Moreover, because it was far from Banta City, it wasn't convenient for the human workers to get supplies.
Calculating it all, just to guarantee the normal living needs of these human workers, each person would have to spend close to ten gold coins a month.
This meant that for each human worker in the mine, they would have to spend over forty gold coins a month on them!
This was double the cost of all the workers in Banta City.
There were a total of two hundred human workers in the mine, so for each of them, the three companies would have to spend close to ten thousand gold coins a month!
Compared to this, according to the conversation between Xu Yi and chairman Renersa with chief Voller, when Xu Yi said that he would give each werewolf worker a wage of five gold coins a month, chief Voller's eyes lit up and he revealed a pleasantly surprised expression.
Moreover, the werewolf tribe was beside the mine, so they didn't have any living costs.
Compared to this, for workers in the mine, a single human worker could cost as much as eight werewolf workers. The difference was just too large.
"It seems that your idea of hiring beastman workers was correct." Chairman Renersa sighed.
Chairman Renersa said with a sigh, "If it wasn't for the fact that beastmen are dumb and it's hard for them to control the magic machines, I feel that this mine wouldn't need human workers at all."
"No, that definitely won't do." Xu Yi shook his head.
Xu Yi shook his head, "The majority of this mine has to be humans.
We can hire beastmen workers, but most of them have to be humans.
Otherwise if they all become beastmen workers, it's very likely that they will break free from our control. "
"Yes, your concern is correct." Chairman Renersa nodded in agreement.
Chairman Renersa nodded, "Beastmen are mostly unruly and their beastly nature is hard to get rid of. If this place is filled with beastmen, they might want to take it for themselves."
After pausing, chairman Renersa asked, "Right, you said to chief Voller that each beastman family could only get a single work permit, was it because of this?"
"That's only a part." Xu Yi laughed.
Chairman Renersa said with a smile, "The real goal is that with this restriction, we can let these beastmen families worry about their family members working in our human factories, so they won't dare have any bad ideas towards us humans.
Think about it, if the beastmen dared to do anything to us humans, not only would they make the highest position in their family lose their jobs, they would even implicate the entire tribe. Do you think they would dare do this? "
Chairman Renersa took a cold breath as he looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
"Chairman Xu, could it be that when you wanted to hire the beastmen back then, you already thought of this?"
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "Didn't I tell you back then that there was a method to restrict the beastmen?"
Chairman Renersa looked at Xu Yi in surprise for a while before he couldn't help shaking his head and saying with a sigh, "Chairman Xu, you really have considered everything. I even feel that you're a bit terrifying.
But how can you be certain that these beastmen will have this kind of worry?
It's just a job. When these beastmen didn't have a job before, didn't they still live well? "
"That's because they didn't enjoy a comfortable life before." Xu Yi said with a faint smile, "Believe me, believe me.
Once they have a stable job and can bring a better life to themselves and their families, they won't be willing to give up this kind of life.
In the past, the beastmen were barefoot and weren't afraid of wearing shoes, but once they put on shoes and experienced the comfort of walking on the road, they wouldn't be willing to take off their shoes and walk barefoot again. "