The hot days continued and in the blink of an eye, it was already the middle of August.
That day, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's workshops were filled with joy. Almost everyone had smiles that came from the bottom of their hearts.
As for the reason?
It was very simple, it was because today was payday.
According to the rules set by Xu Yi when he established the factory, the fifteenth of each month was a fixed payday. This was the first time the factory had been established for a month, so it was the first proper payday. Naturally it had to be formal and could even be considered a bit grand.
Sebas came to the factory early and gave the financial report of last month to Xu Yi and Heinz to look over.
Xu Yi always believed in not doubting the people he used and not using the people he doubted. He only looked over the financial report and didn't care about it at all. Heinz, on the other hand, had carefully looked it over several times. Almost every number had to be verified by Sebas before he would let it go.
Towards Heinz's actions, Xu Yi was a bit helpless, but he didn't oppose it.
As the third largest shareholder of the New Flyer after himself and Viscount Leslie, Heinz had enough qualifications and reason to do this. Not to mention that with him inspecting him, it saved Xu Yi quite a bit of effort.
After an intense and exciting morning, it was noon in the blink of an eye. All the workers in the two workshops gathered together and began to line up to receive their paychecks.
The first to come forward was the dwarf Camby.
As the director of the magic machine workshop, Camby's salary was naturally higher than the other dwarves. It was around the same level as Heinz, which was set at twenty gold coins a month.
The one who came forward next was Alex.
As Heinz's assistant, Alex's salary was ten gold coins, which was a bit higher than normal workers.
Then it was the other dwarves other than Camby.
Putting aside the dwarves who were affected by trivial matters or illness, the other dwarves all received a salary of eight gold coins a month.
When they opened the money pouch that Sebas handed over and found eight glittering gold coins inside, the Dwarves were all grinning from ear to ear. Some Dwarves were even so excited that they started dancing on the spot.
Just as Master Lanus had lamented, the dwarves' current lives were very difficult. When these dwarves lived in the tribe before, although they didn't starve, other than the fine wine that they could brew and enjoy at will, all other living materials were very poor.
After they started working in this factory, not only did the factory take care of their food and lodging, they didn't have to worry about their livelihood at all. Now, they even received a total of 8 gold coins every month!
Although eight gold coins wasn't a lot, it could buy a lot of urgently needed supplies. If they brought it back to the tribe, it would be enough to improve the lives of their parents, wives, and children.
Thinking of the happy faces of their families after getting those things, the hearts of these straightforward dwarves were filled with happiness.
Thinking that this kind of life could only be enjoyed after joining this factory, the dwarves looked at Xu Yi with even more gratitude and respect.
Compared to the dwarves, the wages of the students hired from Baron Rickto Magic Academy were a bit lower, only being around five to six gold coins a month.
The reason why they had this kind of wage was because they were still students, so their working hours were limited. Naturally they couldn't compare to the dwarves who worked all day in the magic machine workshop.
The second reason was that their work was just simple Magic Arrays. Although it was related to magic, it was just simple repetitive work. The technical content wasn't high, so naturally their wages weren't that high.
Xu Yi was a bit worried at first that these students would feel unbalanced when they saw that other people's wages were higher than theirs, but after these students received their wages, they all revealed incomparably happy looks, not revealing a single trace of dissatisfaction.
Even Orin who came from a noble family had a crooked smile on his face when he received his trivial six gold coins salary. It was like it wasn't six gold coins, but rather six hundred gold coins.
Xu Yi thought about it and couldn't help smiling.
Actually the reaction of the students wasn't wrong. They were still students in the end, so being able to earn wages through their own work was already enough to make them feel pleasantly surprised.
Not to mention that five or six gold coins was already considered quite a bit for them. It had to be known that the tuition fee of Baron Rickto Magic Academy was only twenty five gold coins a semester.
This meant that as long as they kept working, these students could rely on their own hard work to pay for their tuition.
For these students, who were mostly from ordinary or even poor families, this would greatly reduce the burden on their families. Presumably, their parents would be very satisfied after knowing about this.
After giving out the wages to the students, there was still a group of workers who hadn't received their wages yet, which were the hundred slaves.
But the wages of these hundred slaves had troubled Xu Yi for a while.
According to normal logic, since these slaves worked in the factory, they should be given wages. But slaves were slaves in the end. Even if Xu Yi wasn't willing to accept this fact, he had to admit that slaves didn't have any status in the Sines. In a normal situation, no one would agree to giving slaves wages.
The more important reason was that these slaves were still in the hands of Viscount Leslie, so Xu Yi was only borrowing them.
Even if Xu Yi gave them wages, it should be given to Viscount Leslie. As for whether Viscount Leslie was willing to give them wages, it would depend on whether he was happy or not.
So Xu Yi and Heinz discussed this for a while in front of Sebas. In the end, they decided not to give the slaves any money and would give them benefits instead.
Since it was still summer, Xu Yi gave each slave a second generation Variable Speed Magic Fan. Other than that, he gave each slave a Banta City Tailor Store coupon. With this coupon, these slaves could have a set of clothes made by Metagen's Tailor Store. The total price didn't exceed one gold coin.
Other than this, there were some fruits and meat, as well as some daily necessities.
With all the benefits added together, it was worth around four gold coins.
According to Xu Yi's thoughts, these slaves should have a monthly wage of at least six gold coins, so the benefits should be a bit higher. But this idea was stopped by Heinz.
No matter what, these slaves belonged to Viscount Leslie. If Xu Yi gave them too many benefits, it was inevitable that Viscount Leslie would have some special thoughts.
Even if it was just these benefits that Xu Yi thought were very simple, it was actually a taboo matter.
These slaves watched the dwarves and students receive their wages from the side. Although they were filled with envy, they knew that with their identities as slaves, it was impossible for them to receive a wage like them. So they just honestly watched and didn't say anything.
Actually, they were already very satisfied with their current lives.
Since they came to this factory, not only did they not receive any beatings, they could also enjoy three sumptuous meals and didn't even need to worry about being hungry.
Although they had work to do each day, compared to the heavy work they did under Viscount Leslie, it was much easier.
Not to mention that they only worked for a short eight hours each day, there was no extra work for them other than that.
Even last time when they were lacking manpower to repair the road, Xu Yi had them help out and gave each slave an extra pound of meat as compensation.
It could be said that the current life was something that these slaves had only dreamed of before. They never thought that there would be a day when they could live such a comfortable life.
If possible, they really wanted Viscount Leslie to sell them to Xu Yi.
Following under this master's name was probably the best destination in every slave's heart.
So when Sebas announced that the slaves could receive their benefits, the slaves were all stunned.
Benefits?
What was that?
Was it for us?
Only when Sebas raised his voice and called out a slave's name did the slaves confirm that they hadn't heard wrong.
The slave that was called out came in front of Sebas in a trembling voice. Heinz smiled as he placed a Magic Fan, a clothing voucher, and other benefits into his hand.
That slave looked at the things in his hand in a daze for a while before he suddenly broke out in laughter. However, his eyes couldn't help tearing up as he sobbed. He didn't know what to say for a while.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yi couldn't help giving a soft sigh.
This damn slavery system, it really should have been eliminated as soon as possible.
After giving out the benefits of a hundred slaves with great difficulty, Xu Yi loudly announced that they would take the afternoon off, which instantly created another round of thunderous cheers.
Now that they had their wages, whether it was the dwarves or the students, which one of them didn't want to go out and show off? Of course they couldn't wait any longer.
Xu Yi announcing the holiday at this time was simply aiming at their itch, instantly filling their hearts with prestige.
Seeing the several dozen students rushing out while cheering, even Orin wasn't caught in the middle without a single exception, Xu Yi couldn't help smiling.
This situation reminded him of the days when he was in university, when he and his classmates in the dormitory would run wild outside the school.
Looking back, the dwarves were also leaving in groups, leaving behind the slaves who didn't know what to do. Xu Yi thought for a bit before pulling Heinz to a corner.
"Heinz, start recruiting workers."