"Due to work needs, Hope Wilder, a second-level explorer, will be transferred to participate in a cooperative mine exploration project with the Commonwealth of Gold Coins. You must report to the mining hall of Pyroxene City before October 8th. All accommodation and travel expenses will be collected from the finance department of the city hall with this transfer order.
Today.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Northwest. "
Hope looked at the transfer order with some confusion. He took off his gloves and scratched his head.
"What does this mean?" he asked.
The person in charge of passing the order was a purebred Rabbit Man with bright red eyes and a humorous three-parted mouth. He had obviously encountered similar situations before. He smiled and said, "I don't know much about the specifics. It seems that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth of Gold Coins have several cooperative projects, one of which is to help them explore mineral veins. They lack enough manpower, so we will transfer a group of capable personnel over there. Then the higher-ups will come up with a plan and check the list. Alas! We have a young man who just graduated and became a second-level worker. He is worth training … so, you know. "
Hope finally understood and couldn't help but laugh.
The Republic of Northwest divided workers into several levels according to their technical level. A worker who mastered the basic technical essentials and could complete the work skillfully was a first-level worker. Those who could not only complete the work skillfully but also improve were second-level workers. Those who could lead a team to host large-scale work were third-level workers. Those who could train teachers were fourth-level workers. Those who could lead innovation were fifth-level workers. Those who could compile teaching materials and dictionaries were sixth-level workers. Currently, there were only six levels. In theory, there might be seven, eight, nine levels in the future … and so on.
Hope Wilder, the Half-Orc, majored in mine exploration and mineral processing at New Oriental Technical School. After graduation, he went to Gold-Panning Town and worked there for two years. Because of his excellent performance, he was promoted to second-level explorer. Then he returned to the smelting center near Void City and became a miner.
Hope was young, studious, smart, and sharp. He did his job well and had a good income. In recent years, he had been getting better and better. Not long ago, he bought a house in Void City and was ready to move out of the dormitory. He had planned to ask a few of his older friends, who had been taking care of him as elders, to help him find a suitable girl after moving into his new house. Then, he could settle down and live a stable life. Unexpectedly, he received such a transfer order.
After laughing, he looked at the transfer order and fell into deep thought.
To be honest, he really did not want to leave the Republic of Northwest. He liked the environment and atmosphere here very much. It made him feel very relaxed. At the thought of leaving the Republic of Northwest temporarily, he could not help but recall the events of his youth.
In fact, those things happened not too long ago, only five or six years ago. But to him, everything seemed to have happened a long time ago.
Looking back at those people and things that he was once familiar with, there was a deep sense of estrangement and incompatibility.
He knew that this was because he had already gotten used to the life here and could no longer return to the days of the past.
He didn't want to go back, not at all!
(Sigh … why am I thinking of those things again!)
He laughed at himself and shook his head to get rid of his silly thoughts.
The Republic of Northwest had never had the concept of "forced work." Even though this transfer order was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if Hoppes was unwilling to go out, he could still reject the transfer. No one would do anything to him because of this. This was not a rare practice. Many workers did not like to run around, so it was often very difficult to find someone to do such work.
But it was also because of this reason that the subsidies for work trips were generally very high. This time, he would probably have to go to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins to help explore the mineral veins. It would be a long trip, and it would be field work, so the subsidies would definitely be very high.
Thinking of the subsidies, Hoppes's attitude was not so firm.
He wanted to buy a house in Void City, start a family in the future, and support his wife and children. All these required money, and a lot of it.
With his income, he could generally afford these. But if he could earn a large sum of money, he could live a better life.
So he felt that this trip seemed to be a good thing.
After thinking about it, he finally decided to go to the city hall to inquire about the details.
After finishing the work at hand, Hoppes took off his work clothes, took a shower, changed into casual clothes, and went to the city hall with the transfer order.
He walked directly to the legal department and soon found a smiling fat man with a scar on his face.
This man was not fat, but he was tall and his face was a little round. Looking at his temperament, he seemed to be fat.
"Brother Cambrona, I received a transfer order. Do you know what it is about?" Hoppes greeted him and walked over.
Cambrona and Hoppes had known each other for a long time. When Hoppes had just come to the Republic of Northwest, the two of them had already known each other. Later on, they became friends and often ate and chatted together.
Cambrona was a forthright and kind person, and he had many friends. Because he worked in the city hall, he was well-informed. So when his friends wanted to inquire about something, they would often come to him.
After looking at Hoppes's transfer order, Cambrona asked Hoppes to wait in the reception room, and then he ran off to ask someone he knew.
After a while, he ran back and told Hoppes what he had asked.
This trip was generally to help the Commonwealth of Gold Coins explore a few mineral veins. The specific location was uncertain, but it should be near the Republic of Northwest.
Because it was going abroad, the subsidies were very high, and it was estimated that the salary would be three to five times the standard — this was probably linked to the final results. If the results were good, they might get five times the salary, and if the results were bad, it was estimated that it would only be three times.
In addition, the exploration team this time would be led by high-level masters, so there should not be a problem in terms of safety.
Hearing this, Hoppes nodded slightly and asked, "So … Brother Cambrona, do you think this matter … is reliable?"
"It is definitely reliable, but …" Cambrona suddenly paused and was silent for a while. He looked around and then lowered his voice. "The risk is a little big!"
"Risk?!" Hoppes also lowered his voice and asked worriedly, "What risk?"
"When I get off work, come to my house. I will tell you in detail. It is not convenient to talk about this here."
So after Cambrona got off work, they went to his house.
With warm wine and home-cooked dishes, the Cambrona couple and Hoppes chatted about the "risk" over the food and wine.
"There may be a war over at the Commonwealth of Gold Coins." Cambrona did not keep them guessing and went straight to the point.
Hoppes was shocked and hurriedly asked for more details.
Cambrona's wife, Jane, was a nurse who worked at the medical center run by Madam Steele Geerten. During this period of time, the medical center suddenly increased the work of training nurses on the battlefield. Some people felt puzzled and went to ask Madam Steele. The answer they got was, "Don't worry, it's not that we are going to war. It's just that the Commonwealth of Gold Coins is probably going to have a civil war."
If it was just a civil war in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, Cambrona would definitely not take it to heart — he was not a compassionate Virgin Mary. What did a war thousands of miles away have to do with him?
But if Hoppes was going on a business trip to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, this matter was worth paying attention to.
After all, swords had no eyes. Even if Hoppes was not a member of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, he was very likely to be involved in the flames of war and inexplicably lose his life.
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