Volume 5: If you are poor, you should be alone Chapter 140 Please Jump into the Pit
The voyage from the west coast of the northern continent to the ice-free port of Valentine on the southern continent takes ten to twelve days, which is a rather boring period of time.
Steelmaking technology was born in this world a long time ago, and alchemists have come up with hundreds of kinds of synthetic steel. Naturally, shipbuilding no longer relies on natural wood; but due to technical limitations (mainly the diversification of means of cross-continental transportation, the fantasy form of warfare, and the lack of strong demand for navigation, the shipbuilding industry cannot flourish like it did on Earth), even long-distance ships cannot be built too large, and ships sailing in inland seas certainly cannot be that big; there is limited space on the ship, a lack of entertainment activities, and a shortage of spiritual food, and riding on a ship is extremely boring.
In the past, whenever Primo went out to sea, he had to bring a few barrels of fine rum to pass the time. But this time, going out to sea with the Snow Wolf tribe, the experience of the God of War was very special...
A fleet of five inland sea vessels, one large and four small, in the main hall of the largest ship , with tables in the middle put together, several Snow Wolfs spread out the workbench and laid out the tools, "showing" N ways to eat wheat flour:
On the left counter is the noodle-cooking team, whose "participating members" are the young pear and the grassroots chief. The grassroots chief's strong and powerful arms dance flexibly in the air. She repeatedly stretches a section of flour torn from the kneaded dough into thin and chewy noodles, and throws it into the steaming pot. The young pear, who is guarding the pot, gently waves the colander in her hand, scoops up the last wave of ramen and puts it into a bowl, and deftly adds red oil fried with bean paste, spicy rabbit cubes, blanched bean sprouts, onions and garlic, and with a flick of her wrist, the freshly baked red oil rabbit cubes ramen slides steadily to the other side of the long table.
The adventurer who happened to be in line immediately grabbed the bowl, squatted aside, and devoured it with his own fork.
With a "gulp", Primo, who was sitting in a corner of the hall, swallowed his saliva subconsciously.
The right counter is the gluten roasting team, and the "participating member" is Chief Li. The kneaded dough is sealed and left to rise, then kneaded and washed in clean water. The washed gluten is spread out, cut into strips, and put on the grill to brush with seasoning and roast. It is eaten with roasted rabbit meat and roasted leeks, and the flavor is endless. Even the original cooks on the ship squatted in front of Chief Li's grill and lined up to wait.
The flour water washed off during the gluten washing process is not wasted. The raw material used by the cold noodle group in the middle of the counter is this stuff. A spoonful of flour water is scooped into a special iron plate and spread flat, and ten plates and a basket are placed in a steamer . After three minutes, the iron plate is taken out, the cold noodle is torn off, cut into strips with a big knife, and put into a bowl, and then supplemented with auxiliary ingredients for cold mixing. This is where people line up after eating ramen and grilled gluten...
"Why are these guys eating over and over again!" After waiting for half an hour, there was no sign of a decrease in the number of people queuing in the hall. Primo could no longer sit still. He cursed in his heart, but his body stood up very honestly... and joined the queue.
The biggest benefit of working for the Snow Wolf Tribe is undoubtedly that three meals are provided. This benefit is not something that Primo can't afford. Many adventurers are reluctant to run away just for this bite of food...
More than a hundred people (adventurers + crew members) were queuing in the hall. In the restaurant at the other end of the corridor, four spellcasters who were given preferential treatment did not have to squeeze with others. They enjoyed the same VIP treatment as the Snow Wolf Tribe - no need to queue, just wait for others to serve them to the table.
Add soybean oil to the pan and stir-fry ginger, garlic, chili and Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant. Add bean paste and stir-fry until the oil turns red. Slice the boiled pork belly and stir-fry. The rising heat from the iron pan and the diffuse aroma attract the four spellcasters who are waiting to be fed in the restaurant next door, and their mouths water.
Moore, the part-time chef, suddenly thought of something and poked his head out of the kitchen: "I forgot to ask, who among you can't eat spicy food?"
A young spellcaster raised his hand quickly: "I can't eat much..."
Moore: "Oh, then don't eat the twice-cooked pork later."
"——Wait, actually I can eat spicy food too." The young spellcaster changed his words in a second.
Moore: “???”
Xiao Yun suppressed his laughter and waved at Moore: "It's okay, just keep cooking. Just put less spicy in the next pot."
"I'd better go and help. He's cooking too slowly." Yangguang, the cub sitting next to Xiao Yun, couldn't wait any longer, so he got up and ran to the kitchen.
"What are you doing here? It's my turn to cook today!" Moore's reluctant voice soon came from the kitchen.
"Who told you to fry so slowly?"
"Don't come over here!"
"..." Xiao Yun turned to look at the other table, "Send one more person to prevent them from fighting."
"I'll go." An adult member of the tribe stood up immediately.
Xiao En silently watched the adult Snow Wolf Man's back disappear at the door, then retracted his gaze to look at Xiao Yun: "I didn't expect the Snow Wolf Man to be so good at cooking. Every one of them is a high-level chef that is hard to come by."
Xiao Yun smiled awkwardly. He didn't want to be proud of this at all - these guys love to eat! They are slow to learn other things, but they can learn to cook at a glance!
The most popular position in the tribe is now the canteen cook... Is this fair?!
After following Primo and eating at the Snow Wolf Tribe’s restaurants for about ten days (the food quality is higher than that in the food store), Sean’s attitude is no longer as bad as it was at the beginning, but he still has some shamelessness and can’t bring himself to lick the chin…
After the meal, Xiao Yun gave half an hour to digest the food. He then released his clansmen and found the adventurers scattered in various corners of the ship and brought them to the hall for assembly. He began to strengthen discipline education again. Due to the limited space on the ship, there was no place for running and jumping, but standing in line and doing squats and push-ups were no problem.
All the members trained until they were exhausted and couldn't even get up, and only then did Xiao Yun let these guys go... It's not that he had eaten too much and had nothing to do and liked to mess with others, but if these guys were full of energy, it would be really troublesome!
Xiao Yun ignored them during the first two days on board. In just 48 hours, they had over a dozen fights. How could this be tolerated?!
Xiao En spent a long time in his assigned room preparing himself mentally and finally decided to go out to look for Xiao Yun. When he arrived at the hall, he saw a pile of corpses lying on the ground...
"Mr. Sean?" Xiao Yun stepped over the "corpse" and came out, surprised, "Are you looking for Primo? He should be on the deck, fishing with Li Zi, Moore, Yangguang and the others."
"..." The handsome old man turned his face away arrogantly, "No, actually I want to talk to you."
Here we come! Xiao Yun was delighted, his face as calm as an old dog, and he nodded naturally: "Okay, I happen to be free too, let's go to the restaurant?"
Chief Caogen and Chief Li came out of the hall a step slower, and when they saw Ayun and Sean leaving, they looked at each other.
"Didn't Ayun say that he would give us a lesson in a while? Can the lesson still be taught?" Chief Li muttered.
"Let's wait and see. Anyway, we have nothing else to do and we are free." The Grassroots Chief said indifferently, "Let me see...they are lying in such an ugly state. Let's move them back, otherwise they will have nowhere to use them later."
"Okay." Chief Li bent down and picked up an adventurer and put him on his shoulder, then picked up another and put him in his arm. "Wait, where should we move them? I don't even know which room they will live in."
"Four people can just fit in one room." The Grassroots Chief said, "By the way, other races are different from us. Men and women should be kept separate, and those with flesh on their chests should not be squeezed together with those without flesh."
"Uh..." Chief Li looked down at the fat man in his arms in embarrassment, "Does this count as meat or no meat?"
"Hmm..." The grassroots chief squatted down and stared at the fat adventurer for a long time, "No beard, smooth skin..." He stretched out his hand to pinch his chest, uncertainly, "Should be considered meaty, right?"
"Puff!" The half-dead adventurer who was carried by Chief Li couldn't help but laugh loudly in extreme pain.
The fat adventurer, who was only half-breathed, raised his head with difficulty: "...I am a man!"
"What a trouble!" Chief Li said dissatisfiedly.
“It’s hard to tell.” The grassroots chief sighed.
After hearing this conversation, the adventurers who were lying by the door managed to stand up...
Captain Hannah didn't want anyone to pinch her chest to determine whether she was a man or a woman. She stood up with the help of the wall with a pale face, and took two steps forward with trembling legs. Her knees became weak and she fell down, crushing Isaac, who had just barely sat up.
For a moment, Isaac seemed to see his grandfather in heaven: "..."
"I'm sorry, man... You know, I mean no harm." Hannah forced herself to stand up again, holding on to the wall and not daring to let go. "Damn it... If I had known that these snow wolves were so particular about rules, I would have beaten the fighting guys to death."
Isaac struggled to turn over, lying flat on his back and gasping for breath: "It's okay... Ha, me too."
The two team leaders exchanged sympathetic glances and sighed together...
"I'm beginning to miss the boring and depressing sailing experiences of the past. What's wrong with having nothing to do every day except drinking? Why did I dislike sailing at that time?" Isaac felt so sad that he wanted to cry. These days were ten times harder than when he was training as a knight.
"The food of the Snow Wolf Tribe plus a life of doing nothing is what we call comfort." Hannah stared with dead eyes, "After eating their pasta, I can't imagine how we can survive if we go back to eating bread that is harder than a stick."
The bread on modern Earth is soft and delicious, mainly because of the specially cultivated low-gluten flour and the scientific, mechanized baking process. If it is replaced with ordinary flour that has not even been removed of the bran and baked by hand in an oven, even if no sawdust is added to increase the weight, the taste is still quite indescribable... The reason why the vermicelli of the Snow Wolf Tribe is so good is largely related to the staple food of this world, the war scum.
Isaac recalled what he had eaten on the boat, and the strong regret he felt was immediately half gone...
"It's so evil! They are really using delicious food to destroy our will and perseverance, forcing us to jump into their trap even though we know it will be a disaster!" Arnold, the dwarf who was lying motionless on the ground nearby, pounded the ground in anger.
"Yes, that's right!" said the female adventurer who was lying with Arnold, feeling bitter and resentful.
"Eh? What trap?" The two clan leaders came back with a group of people, curious.
Adventurers: “…” As quiet as a chicken.
"They are saying bad things about us." Chief Li guessed cleverly.
"Is that so? Haha, it's nothing. Doing these is much easier than farming and building roads. If you are angry about this and come to our tribe, what will you do?" The grassroots chief picked up two adventurers.
Hannah looked over in disbelief: "Does your tribe also practice these?"
"If we don't practice, we have a lot of things to do, so we don't have time to play this kind of game." The grassroots chief said honestly.
Adventurers: “…” As quiet as a chicken again.
After the two chiefs carried the people away, Arnold's face turned pale and he said, "I have a bad guess. Could it be that these snow wolves think that the physical strength of our race is similar to theirs?"
"What a joke! What do these monsters think of weak humans!" The female adventurer slammed the floor in anger.
"No... I don't think so." Isaac twitched his lips and said, "The Thrall who ate with us didn't need to train like us. It should be... because we are adventurers."
As soon as these words came out, the adventurers who had always been proud of their profession burst into tears...
After a secret talk with Sean, Xiao Yun came out feeling refreshed and found that the adventurers in the corridors and halls were very quiet and honest. Some were reading travel notes or chatting in low voices. There was not even one quarreling or arguing.
"What did you two do?" Xiao Yun looked for the two clan leaders in surprise. Normally, those guys didn't have the energy to fight or make trouble, but they still had the energy to quarrel and argue. What happened today?
Grassroot & Li: "???"
"Ayun, are you still going to class today?" Chief Li only cared about what he cared about.
"If you want to go, help me call other people. I'm going to catch those three who are having fun like crazy." Xiao Yun slapped his head and walked out.
The inland sea was not rough and the sea was relatively calm, so the deck became a place for the three cubs to play. Xiao Yun walked out of the cabin and raised his head to see Li Zi kicking Moore into the sea...
"Hello?!" Xiao Yun was shocked.
Another howl was heard, and Moore turned into a wolf, jumped out of the sea and onto the deck, covered in water, and knocked down the laughing Li Zi.
"?!" Xiao Yun didn't understand what was going on with this scene that violated common sense of physics, and quickly ran to the edge of the deck to look down.
Then he saw in silence that Primo was struggling in the sea with a rope tied around his waist, while Sunshine was climbing up by grabbing a rope hanging from the deck, carrying a dolphin.
Their eyes met, and Yangguang's climbing movement froze for a moment.
"…Put it back. You are not allowed to eat dolphins." Veins popped out on Xiao Yun's forehead.
Sunshine pouted and reluctantly let go of the dolphin, which was struggling, and fell back into the sea with a splash.
"Why was he released... uh, Ayun is here." Primo emerged from the water and smiled awkwardly.
"Hasn't the crew reminded us countless times not to eat the dolphins hovering around the fleet? What are you thinking?" Xiao Yun was so angry that he slammed the side of the boat.
"I've never eaten this before..." Primo muttered softly.
"There are so many things we haven't eaten yet. Do we want to try them all? Sunshine! Why don't you climb up?" Xiao Yun was furious. "Primo, you come up too. I'm so good at it. Do you think this boat has no propeller and can crush you to death?"
Primo was in the wrong, and he boarded the boat with a shaky face...
Originally, I had hoped that Primo, an old man who was strong enough to fight the Snow Wolf tribe head-on, could control the three cubs, but I didn't expect that he would go crazy with the cubs. Looking back, I saw the two cubs on the deck biting each other with their white fur flying all over the sky. Xiao Yun felt his stomach begin to ache: "——Don't stop!!"
After giving the three increasingly naughty cubs a severe reprimand, Xiao Yun dragged the four back to the cabin hall tiredly and started the class.
"Today we will continue to talk about issues that need to be paid attention to during the recruitment period and in the management of workers in the future."
Sooner or later, the Snow Wolf tribe will enter the vision of the various tribes in Bloomfield, and it is only a matter of time before they deal with the humans with the largest population. At first, Xiao Yun planned to use Saint Bridge as a window for the tribe to understand human society, but Saint Bridge is too far away... It takes more than a month to sail one way, so where can he spend so much time on the road?
As a second choice, we chose the Bolton Territory, the hometown of Valentine and Thrall. Then we must do a good job of giving the tribe members a "vaccination"... If the adventurers are squeezed for their physical strength and energy, and the snow werewolves are squeezed for their brains, it is hard to say which one is easier...
"Which workers are we targeting for this recruitment? The first choice is young and middle-aged men and women with children from the lower classes of cities and farmers in villages and towns. The former have the responsibility to bear the expenses of family life, and the latter have to support children. As long as we can provide a salary higher than the local average, these two types of people will be able to work hard, endure hardships, and will not give up easily..."
In the corner of the hall, Isaac and Hannah, who were called to listen, said: "..."
"The second choice is unmarried young women. Young girls are also OK. This type of workers are mainly farmers and poor families in villages and towns. Young women in cities may not be able to endure hardships. Finally, there are single young men without family burdens. Why do we divide them like this? Because this type of people without family responsibilities are not very stable. Our factory is close to the Elf Port. If someone runs away to become an adventurer halfway through, then our initial investment in employment training will be wasted..."
"The threshold to become an adventurer isn't that low!" Hannah's face darkened and she muttered softly.
Isaac didn't say anything, but quietly wiped his sweat, with an expression of unconcealable surprise... Although Ayun was talking about their target recruitment group, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said made sense and could even be applied to other fields?
The people with the highest turnover rate in the adventurer team are indeed single men, followed by single women, and finally men and women with family responsibilities... Especially the former, there are many who, after earning dozens of gold coins, are too lazy to work hard and go out to spend all their money on wine and women before coming back!
Xiao Yun brought Chief Caogen and Chief Li with him, intending to keep them in the West Coast as the director and deputy director. Chief Caogen had experience in leading a team to cultivate earthworms, and Chief Li was a shrewd person. He was the only one among the first group of Snow Wolf chiefs who shamelessly took on the position of warrior to work. Xiao Yun felt more at ease with him assisting Chief Caogen.
As for the other adult tribesmen and the three cubs, they were simply out there to broaden their horizons... Of course, if anyone could perform outstandingly, Xiao Yun would quickly put him or her to use.
"…We plan to recruit 500 workers. The biggest problem after these 500 workers start working is management. We cannot do everything by ourselves, so we need to select outstanding and active workers to serve as middle-level managers, which is similar to the work done by Dashui and Qingcao in our tribe. Managing humans by humans can also avoid conflicts and frictions caused by differences in living or any other habits between us as the Snow Wolf Tribe and humans."
"What kind of people are suitable for this middle-level management job? Needless to say, everyone knows that those who are diligent, smart, have certain organizational skills, and can unite and lead others are all candidates. Let's mainly talk about what kind of people cannot be used."
"The first type of people who cannot be employed are those with extreme thinking patterns, who see things in black and white, who generalize from a single case to the whole, who are grateful for the smallest favor and praise others to the utmost, and who immediately turn hostile if something does not go their way. Such people, no matter how capable they are, can only be ordinary workers and cannot be promoted, because they are too emotional and unstable, and they only judge people, not things. It's fine if they don't have power, but if they have power, even if it's as tiny as a bean, they are more likely to do harm than to accomplish good, and they are unreliable."
Some of the tribesmen understood, while some did not; the Caogen chief stroked his chin and recited by rote, while the Li chief nodded repeatedly.
The two team leaders, Isaac and Hannah, had their jaws dropped and their eyes widened. The same thought kept running through their minds: So that's what's going on! !
There are many adventurers with extreme thinking logic, and many of them have betrayed their teams and companions. The two team leaders have suffered similar losses; but they cannot summarize and generalize the losses they have suffered efficiently, and can only accumulate them as experience that can only be understood intuitively. Now, after hearing what Xiao Yun said, they suddenly felt enlightened.
"The second type that cannot be used is people who cannot correctly distinguish and implement responsibilities. There are two types of people in this category, one is excessive external attribution, and the other is excessive internal attribution. When something goes wrong or something goes wrong, the former will attribute all the causes of the mistakes to others and refuse to admit that they made mistakes. Such people have a low sense of responsibility and are too aggressive; the latter will take all the mistakes on themselves, have no guidance value to subordinates, and are not capable of taking on major responsibilities."
"So-called management is not just about managing others. Who can't do this kind of lip service? Qualified management is not only about managing the things at hand, but also about being a role model for those below them to learn from, making them feel that there is a future and progress to follow you, and stimulating their work enthusiasm. Only such management can become the backbone of the team's development and progress..."
Isaac was dumbfounded, and Hannah grimaced and pinched her thigh hard.
The two leaders were not familiar with each other and had never dealt with each other before being hired by the Snow Wolf Tribe, but now their thoughts were synchronized again: Why didn't I hear this five or ten years earlier! Otherwise, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble!
Leading the team, both Isaac and Hannah have suffered countless hardships and losses. All their experience has to be accumulated through hard knocks. Only they themselves know the feeling. Compared with the snow wolves who have had knowledge forced into their heads by Xiao Yun, they understand how precious these words are.
On the other side, Primo, who had no interest in these things, was yawning blatantly. After listening halfway, Sean focused his attention on the two team leaders.
Seeing their reactions, Sean nodded secretly... Ayun really knows how to win people's hearts in a subtle way.
In the past, Sean would have hated this kind of trick of playing with people’s hearts, but now that he’s on Xiao Yun’s boat... it’s really tempting.
