Every time I come home, my wife is making garbage

Chapter 369: So we become good brothers?

At noon the next day, a thousand workers finally arrived at Sunshine City.

Sunshine City seemed a bit deserted at this time. Most of the people had gone to the shelters. Those who remained in the city were basically those involved in the combat.

These one thousand workers clearly expressed their desire to withdraw from the army and become civilians again. Zhang Jing had no intention of keeping them here and planned to take them away.

As he was walking through the city, a dwarf craftsman ran over and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Zhang Jingyi: "Oh? What's the matter?"

Dwarf Craftsman: "I heard that the thousand people you brought with you are going to be workers?"

Zhang Jingyi understood: "Oh, you want manpower?"

The dwarf craftsman nodded and hurried to explain.

It turned out that the entire Black Hammer Dwarf tribe, including men, women, young and old, totaled only a little over a hundred people. Although everyone was considered a master forger, it was still a bit difficult to hand-build a tank with such a small number of people.

Even if they used acceleration magic, their working speed was limited.

In recent months, they have built five magic tanks, but these five tanks can only use wheels and dare not use tracks.

It's not that they don't know how to make tracks, but tracks require a large number of small iron plates to be connected and fastened together. And making so many identical small iron plates is an impossible task with their limited manpower.

The dwarves were thinking of a solution all day long, and suddenly they heard that His Majesty the King had brought back a thousand workers from the front line. They were overjoyed and came to ask for help.

Dwarf Craftsman: "With so many workers, we can have them all make tracks, and all our magic tanks can be replaced with tracks."

Zhang Jingyi turned around and looked at the workers behind him: "You all have different skills, right? Who is good at blacksmithing? Those who are willing to join the Dwarf Forge Factory can stay here."

With a shout, nearly two hundred people came out.

It turns out that slaves were always forced by their masters to do heavy physical work, and blacksmithing was one of the heaviest physical work. When these slave soldiers were not fighting, they would be forced by the Glorious Knights to forge weapons and armor for them, so many of them knew the technique of blacksmithing.

After they left the line, they still felt a little bit uneasy!

They agreed to be civilians, but they have to stay in Sunshine City to work. That's very close to the battlefield, and real civilians can hide in the shelter...

Just as they were thinking about this, Zhang Jingyi spoke up: "Thank you all for being willing to stay and work here. I have something to explain first. The ordinary civilians and non-military personnel in Sunshine City have all been evacuated to the shelters. And you have clearly stated that you want to leave the army, so you are also non-military personnel. In theory, you can also evacuate Sunshine City."

"But our forging factory cannot be moved out of Sunshine City. It is a military enterprise. If it is moved out of the city, it will be easily targeted by the enemy." Zhang Jingyi continued: "You can only work in Sunshine City. This place will soon become a battlefield, so you will work in greater danger than ordinary civilians."

The workers thought: So you know this too.

Zhang Jingyi immediately changed the subject: "So, I have decided to give you a special compensation called 'war risk allowance'. During the war, your salary will be doubled."

Workers: “!!!”

It sounds impressive, but they don’t know how much the salary is originally, and even if they double the amount they don’t know, they still don’t know. It’s not a pleasant surprise.

The nearly 200 workers didn't show any joy on their faces. They just walked to the dwarf craftsman stupidly and said, "Boss, are we going to work with you in the future?"

The dwarf craftsman laughed and said, "Don't call me boss, it sounds weird. I'm mainly responsible for 'axles' and 'tracks' in the forge. I don't know if your skills are good enough yet. When you first enter the factory, you can only make track pieces, so you will definitely work with me. Just call me team leader."

He said as he led the way: "Follow me, wow, there are nearly two hundred more workers all of a sudden, we can build tracks, hahahaha."

A worker boldly asked: "His Majesty the King just said that he would double our wages, but we don't even know what the basic wage is... I dare to ask, how much is our salary?"

The dwarf laughed cheerfully and said, "The basic salary is one silver coin a month. In addition to the basic salary, there is also piecework wages. The standards for piecework wages are different for each group. For our tracks, the piecework wages are currently 30 copper coins for each track segment. In addition, there is an overall bonus. For each magic tank built, His Majesty the King will give an extra five boxes of Fiery Wine... Of course, this wine is given to everyone who participated in the tank manufacturing. At that time, the Fiery Wine will be put up for bidding in the factory. Those who like to drink will bid for it, and then the money will be divided equally among others."

When the workers heard this, they could hardly believe their ears.

In the Magic Kingdom, an ordinary farmer's annual income is about 720 copper coins.

Whereas they used to live in a small country next to the Magic Kingdom, where the income was lower and they were poorer.

I didn't expect that as a worker here, the basic salary would be 1 silver coin a month, and there are also piece-rate wages. Thinking about it this way, earning 2-3 silver coins a month should be easy.

(PS: The average income of a farmer in medieval England was about 3 pounds a year, which is equivalent to 720 pence. This book uses copper coins instead of pennies. The monetary unit in this book is 1 gold coin = 10 silver coins = 1000 copper coins, which is slightly different from medieval England.)
The workers were shocked: "Oh my God, this is just the basic salary? Then we...we can get double that?"

Dwarf: "Yes! Hey, a bunch of lucky guys. Double wages for coming here, just like us."

The workers were speechless for a while.

It is a bit hard to believe that a slave with no income suddenly became a high-income person. The change of fate was too fast.

At this moment, a fierce light suddenly flashed in the dwarf's eyes: "I have to warn you first, I am determined to get the Fiery Wine. I will use all my savings to bid for it. If you snatch the Fiery Wine from me, I will beat you up."

The workers were all very surprised: "Fire wine, is that what you just said, that for every magic tank completed, His Majesty the King will give you five boxes as a reward? What exactly is that?"

Dwarf: "Strong wine! Very strong wine. Worth spending all your savings to buy."

When the workers heard this, they immediately shook their heads and said without hesitation: "You can buy them up as much as you want. We don't want them, we don't want them."

The dwarf was delighted: "Really?"

The workers all said in unison: "No!"

Dwarf: "Wow, hahahahaha, you are really my good brother."

So they became good brothers? The workers wiped their sweat, thinking that the team leader was a little unreliable.

(End of this chapter)