Lux's Farewell

Ino's head hurts.

Especially after seeing the working method of these miners wielding pickaxes to dig out large pieces of blue ocher ore from the relatively soft soil bit by bit without any protective measures and without any ventilation equipment.

This can no longer be described as primitive, it is clearly not life-threatening!
When Zaun was the secretary-general, a large part of the work that Ino was in charge of was safety production. In view of the situation in Zaun, Carya helped formulate a very detailed safety plan, and what Ino had to do was to implement it.

But now, judging from the mine situation in Weiluo Village, those safety production regulations are meaningless, because they are not used yet.

The beehive-like mines that Ino saw before were not a mining method with the characteristics of the northern border, but that Weiluo Village itself did not know how to design mine tunnels, so it could only go straight.

The mine tunnels in the entire Weiluo village have to be redesigned from the beginning to the end. Their current mining method is dangerous, inefficient, and wasteful.

Yinuo saw the problem clearly, but how to tell the other party was a bit troublesome.

Eno knew very well that the foreman in front of him was ardent towards him, mainly because Lacus promised to move the ore washing and crushing industries over.

Now there is no mention of ore washing and crushing. It is easy to cause misunderstandings when I first point fingers at other people's production methods.

In this case, Yinuo had to use a relatively tactful way to let the other party understand the seriousness of the problem.

Slightly squinting his eyes, after thinking for a while, Ino quickly found a suitable entry point: ore production.

After thinking about his words, Ino invited Gillam and himself to the entrance of an unmanned mine.

"Mr. Gillam, may I ask, under normal working conditions, how much blue ocher raw ore can the mine dig out in a day?"

"It's about five or six loads." Gillam thought for a while, and gave an approximate number, "It depends on the situation, you have seen the appearance in the mine, if the ore is smaller, it can be Dig more, if the ore is larger, it will be slower to dig.”

"If it is this amount, washing and crushing should not be able to support a factory." Ino deliberately showed a helpless look, "Is there any other ore here?"

According to Ino, the main purpose of asking this question was to make the other party realize that the output of the mine was too low, so that he could consider expanding production.

Then, to Ino's surprise, Gillam nodded in agreement after thinking about it.

"There is still black iron ore here, those people in Seka Town say so, but we can't dig that thing."

The surprise came a little suddenly, and Yinuo didn't know whether he should laugh or be helpless.

"Mr. Gillam." After thinking about it, Ino felt that he could only talk to the other party in a more direct way, "In my opinion, the mining method in Vero Village is too dangerous and too slow. "

"The lads are all working very hard!" Gillam shook his head immediately, "They just started work recently, and they are not in a good state—"

"I'm not blaming them for their enthusiasm. What I'm saying is that this kind of mining method without planning, relying entirely on experience, and relying entirely on manual labor is too inefficient, and there is no safety protection in the mine, and it is too dangerous." Yinuo said Can put it more bluntly, "If you want to make mining a real business, you must improve the level of mining!"

Ino's words made Gillam freeze in place. He licked his lips in embarrassment, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he could only grit his teeth and nod.

"This is not an accusation." Ino pursed his lips and said in the most sincere tone, "Please believe that Your Excellency the Earl very much hopes that the mining industry will become the pillar industry of Forsbarrow."

"There are less than 1 households in Weiluo Village, including the elderly and children, there are only more than [-] people." Gillam hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed, "I have heard what you said before. said."

"you have heard?"

"I've heard that Fossbarrow isn't the only one in the three cities in the north that has mines." Gillam said with a bitter expression, "I've also visited Mythril City and Irwindale. How big are their mines? The mines are winding, like a labyrinth."

"Then here..."

"There is no one in Weiluo Village, there are only two or three thousand people who can pick up a mining pick." Gillam spread his hands and put on a helpless look, "It's not that everyone can go to the mine, do it with me There are only a thousand young men in total, and they need to be rotated in three shifts. What you said is very good, but it won’t work here.”

"Mining the blue ocher mine here is not too difficult, why are there so few people?" Yinuo was also a little confused, "No one is willing to come?"

"Yeah, no one wants to come." Gillam nodded, and then motioned for Ino to follow him, "Vello Village was born because of the blue ocher mine, but to be honest, it's not very convenient to live in."

As he spoke, he brought Ino to the entrance of the village. While he was talking, a gust of wind whizzed in. It was clearly a spring breeze, but it was not warm at all. Instead, it was mixed with snowflakes, which was icy cold.

"The wind here can blow three hundred days a year." After the wind had passed, Gillam said again, "Everyone hopes that your lord can find a way to let us do mine washing and crushing, because of this, There can't be too many people here."

"Can't you consider changing your life?" Ino frowned, "I work in one place and live in another."

"How can that be?" Gillam shook his head. "You want us to go out of the valley, build a village outside, and then walk twelve miles to the mine every day?"

"That's right." Contrary to Gillam's expectations, Ino nodded without hesitation, "If it is true that the two mountains are blue ocher mines, then Vilo Village can be relocated to another direction. And then attract more people to work."

"Who would be willing to be a mine rat in a dark mine?" Ino's words finally made Gillam a little impatient, "Miss Ino, what the current Vilo Village needs is the water source for washing mines and the crushed ore The method, we can completely rely on our own hands to pull these two items together—”

"..."

Eno really wanted to say that that would not solve the problem, that it would treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, but after thinking for a while, she finally nodded slightly.

"Okay." Ino finally made his promise, "If it's just like this, it's completely feasible-the artificial lake can completely divert water, and I can definitely find a way to crush the ore."

"thank you very much--"

"If all of this is done, then Mr. Gillam." Ino looked directly at Gillam who seemed to be relieved, and continued, "Then can you promise me, and try as I said later?" Try it?"