Re-division of labor
The top of the Cinnabar Star Mine.
In an office building that reaches into the sky, a smaller screen stands in front of mine owner Chen Chang, displaying real-time images transmitted by a drone.
"How did things go?" he asked casually.
"Mine owner..." Supervisor Liu hesitated to speak.
The mine owner looked away from the screen, seeing through Supervisor Liu's thoughts. "Just say what you want to say. When did you become so hesitant?!"
Supervisor Liu has never found work so difficult to report.
He sorted out his thoughts, but his brain still felt confused.
"The captain said I nearly killed him, and he also said we should fear the gods, or else they would punish us..." Supervisor Liu said as he looked at the mine owner's face. Seeing no sign of dissatisfaction, he continued, "When I asked again, he closed the door and refused to say more."
"God?" Chen Chang seemed to have heard something funny.
His gaze returned to the screen, where a group of dusty-faced miners wore dazzling smiles and dragged baskets of black crystal ore to be weighed with their bony arms. A full basket of ore was exactly the day's quota.
A large open space was cleared near the mining area. In the afternoon, these people kept digging and chopping around it for some unknown reason, and many of them even went into the woods.
He stared at the machete that shouldn't belong to a low-level mining area. This was not an isolated case, almost everyone had a machete.
It's funny to say that the miners in the low-level mining areas are all dressed neatly, look well-off and happy, and live a more leisurely life than those in the high-level mining areas.
Shen Yunian was indeed abnormal. Chen Chang thoroughly investigated this person's information, but all he found was that he was just a low-level human with a beastly body. He couldn't find a foothold in the interstellar space, so he came here to make a living. This kind of person had no strength or background, but he suddenly seemed to have divine help in mining, as if he had awakened some special skills, and brought a large group of miners with him.
No wonder his nephew thought it was worthwhile!
However, he guessed that this ability must have some limitations, otherwise, he would have been running rampant on Cinnabar Star and driven him, the mine owner, out of office. Why was he still trying so hard to find a way to complete the task?
Therefore, Chen Chang thought that this small miner was nothing to be afraid of.
"If there is a god on Cinnabar Star, there is only one, and that god is me! A miner is trying to play tricks on me!" Chen Chang snorted in contempt.
Chen Chang didn't take the small miner seriously, but he still had to be wary of him. The fact that he could make a living person disappear without a sound showed that this miner was quite capable.
He couldn't take the risk himself without knowing the limitations.
After taking a sip of tea, he asked Supervisor Liu, "When was the last time the mining area was rated?"
"It was around this time last year." Supervisor Liu didn't understand why the topic jumped so quickly.
The mine owner nodded and said slowly, "This year, the mining area has produced many talented people. It's time for a re-evaluation!"
The tone sounded like something big was going to happen.
The task of forming an assessment team is very important and it is not up to Supervisor Liu, who took up the post halfway, to arrange it.
Liu Xinghui, the mine owner's assistant, took on the task and immediately began arranging for the assessment. This was a highly sought-after job, as the assessment results directly impacted the mine manager's arrangements. The three grades corresponded to the third-grade Cinnabar Star mining areas, meaning there was plenty of profit to be made.
However, this time is different from the past. This time, the mine owner personally hinted that the low-level mine manager should be rated as a level one.
Liu Xinghui suppressed his inner surprise.
I haven't heard that this low-level mine manager is related to the mine owner?
*
After seeing the captain off, Su Yanxi had a new idea.
The captain's visit made her feel that the forces on Cinnabar Star were a mixed bag, like a pool of muddy water. Everyone was trying their best to disrupt the situation. If she was not careful, she would be sucked into the whirlpool and eaten up without leaving even a bone.
She needs to make some preparations, otherwise, if more people come to cause trouble next time, or if hot weapons appear, it will be difficult for her to escape unscathed.
A person's power is limited. What she needs is to train her younger brothers.
First, she determined the general idea based on the current situation.
In the past, the division of labor was very crude, and work was mostly assigned according to personal wishes. However, if we want to become an indestructible collective, this state of disunity is not acceptable, and adjustments must be made based on disadvantages.
Now, the low-level mining areas have logistics and supplies, and it seems that they will live a rich and fulfilling life in the future. In fact, they do not have enough power to protect what they have.
Whether it is the magical mining technology, the food grown in the fields, or the various dropped items.
If someone wants to rob them, they will be in danger.
We need to learn from Chen Xiao's experience. This is the second wave of probing by the captain. Once they find that they are not to be feared, the wolves will pounce on their prey and eat them until not even a bone is left.
Therefore, there is an urgent need to cultivate a group of sufficiently strong combat forces.
Su Yanxi studied the dropped items: a machete, which could be used as a primary weapon. Some of the items were made of unknown materials, which looked like parts of a mecha. With a slight modification, they could be turned into close-fitting armor.
In this way, we have both weapons and defenses. We just need to select some strong people to form a strong defense team.
Su Yanxi immediately took action. He assigned the task of counting the number of people who signed up for the guard team to Zhao Siqing, the task of contacting people to transform the armor to Xiaohai, and the task of collecting materials to Shen Shi. The three of them took action immediately after receiving the task.
Supervisor Huang of the mine couldn't help but sigh: What a change of dynasties!
Their supervisors were originally the ones who conveyed the orders, but now the new officials have taken office and do not trust them. Although they are still in charge of the previous matters, they have no access to the core and are just sitting on the bench.
I feel uncomfortable, but I can understand it.
Fortunately, he had a good relationship with others at the beginning and would share some delicious food with them from time to time. When other miners saw that he was still the same as before, Supervisor Chen felt sad.
The previous pickaxe theft incident was caused by him, and many miners disliked him. He was frightened for a long time, fearing that he would be held accountable by the new person in charge. Recently, he has become a coward, wishing that the new person in charge would forget him and never think of him again.
Unfortunately, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. After two days of cowardice, he was called into the small dark room.
*
As the days passed, all tasks were carried out step by step, and the mines in the system were visibly reduced. With the hard work of 5,000 people, Su Yanxi looked at the mines where there was nothing left with a sad face.
The system is puzzled.
[Host, your points balance has exceeded five million. Although you've suffered some damage from the lava worms, it's not a big loss. Why aren't you happy?]
I was so happy when I got one million points before, and I felt like I was flying to the sky. The system does not understand human emotions at all.
"Well, it's profitable, but mining is not renewable, so there's no way to keep making money. With 5,000 workers and a daily income of nearly 2 million, working one day less means a loss!"
The more he calculated, the sadder Su Yanxi became.
Now there are no mines to mine, and points are lost at a rate of millions every day. How can she laugh?
System: ...As expected, don’t try to understand the logic of capitalists.
Su Yanxi also understood the capitalists' helplessness.
The little bit of accumulated wealth could no longer fill her expanding heart, and she urgently needed a sudden burst of wealth to irrigate her fragile soul.
She chose to expand outward like a capitalist.
Since miners = mines, she will frantically recruit miners so that the mine can still maintain daily mining in a short period of time.
Su Yanxi just happened to think of a suitable candidate for the hateful task of going to other mining areas to dig miners.
"Supervisor Chen, do you know why I called you here today?" Su Yanxi sat on the rattan chair.
Supervisor Chen tried to find clues from Su Yanxi's expressionless face, but he was not experienced enough and could not tell whether the new leader was angry or not.
If the leader wants to bring up old issues, he can only bear with it.
Supervisor Chen fell to his knees with a thud, leaving Su Yanxi baffled.
He fell to the ground, tears streaming down his face as he cried, "Man in Charge! I'm innocent! I was forced to do this! Chen Xiao forced me to do this! He said he would kill me if I didn't help him steal the Divine Pickaxe. I had no choice but to do it!"
Su Yanxi was silent. Seeing the face covered with tears and snot, the psychological shadow area increased rapidly.
Seeing that she didn't react, Supervisor Chen hardened his heart and slapped her left and right, making his face swell up.
"I deserve to die! I deserve to be beaten! How could I do such a thing worse than pigs and dogs..."
While beating her, he secretly glanced at Su Yanxi's face, hoping that she would calm down and stop as soon as possible.
Su Yanxi did call for a stop because Supervisor Chen was so noisy that it hurt her eardrums.
"Since you've sincerely repented..." Su Yanxi deliberately kept it a secret. When Supervisor Chen stopped and looked at her intently, she continued, "You can atone for your sins."
"How can I atone for my sins?" Supervisor Chen found a lifeline.
"Go help me find more miners."
When Supervisor Chen heard this task, he almost laughed out loud.
This task is not difficult. The news that there is a mining god in the low-level mining area has spread like wildfire. Many people want to be favored by the mining god. As long as he makes a few moves, many people will be willing to come.
Things were not as simple as Supervisor Chen thought. The people in the intermediate mining area had ideas, but they could not complete their tasks every day and had no time to go to the low-level mining area to worship the mining god. After all, they thought that receiving the favor of the mining god was a low-probability event, and the high-level mining area even thought that this was a gimmick made by the low-level mining area.
For a while, he couldn't find a suitable candidate.
When he was in a state of panic, he saw the Wang family out of the corner of his eye.
Aren’t those Chen Shi’s parents?
Supervisor Chen instantly had an idea.
He can trick the relatives of low-level miners into coming over!
Thinking of this, he smiled broadly and said to the Wang family, "Hey! Isn't this Wang Feng? You can enjoy your life now!"
Wang Feng has heard this many times.
When he had his first son, people said he was lucky because he had given birth to a labor force; when he had his second son, people still said he was lucky because raising him would make life easier. When he had his third son, he felt it was a bit difficult, but having three labor forces was a good thing that others could not envy.
After giving birth to his fourth son, he became completely unwell.
Three laborers are enough to support a family, and one more is a waste.
Wang Feng didn't want to suffer so much, so he raised his fourth son out of conscience, and when he was old enough to mine, he sent him out to fend for himself.
Now some people say that he is going to enjoy his life. In fact, although he has raised three laborers, he has not enjoyed any happiness so far. Instead, he is exhausted like a dog.
I couldn't laugh at all when I heard the familiar words.
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