Following Tang En's words, the entire Fehra went into an uproar.
"Hey! My friend! Do you have anything going on recently?! "
"Ha! I'm going out to sea soon. I heard that the boss is a big merchant from Lonitant. This time, I might be able to make a lot of money — Eh? Why are you pulling me? "
"Let the big merchant from Lonitant meet the Grim Reaper! I have a big business to do here! "
"Oh my God! Don't tell me you want me to be a bandit because the shipyard can't operate anymore!? "
"Are you kidding me! It's His Majesty! Tang En Majesty has come to our shipyard! "
"What!? How is that possible! "
"It's true! His Majesty gave us a mission! As long as we can complete it, everyone can earn at least a thousand gold coins! As long as we can complete it one day earlier, the bonus will be doubled. If it's five days earlier, it'll be 32,000 gold coins! "
"32,000 gold coins!? What mission is it!? "
"Shipbuilding! Shipbuilding — Aiya, in short, don't worry about it. Come with me, brother, why would I lie to you!? "
"Damn it, I'll do it! As long as it's not a life-and-death job, I'll do it! "
At the same time, such conversations were happening in almost every corner of Fehra. After the 160-odd employees dispersed, word spread quickly. Soon, almost everyone in Fehra knew that the shipyard was recruiting people and that there was a big business to be done. As long as they were hired, they could get at least a thousand gold coins.
Then, the situation began to spiral out of control …
"Brother, aren't you from the blacksmith shop!? Why are you running to the northern suburbs? "
"Tang En Majesty has a bounty, why would I want to forge iron!? If I'm chosen by His Majesty, I can earn a thousand gold coins in half a month! "
"So you're a competitor! Bastard, don't block my way! "
"Damn it! Aren't you a waiter in the tavern!? Why are you joining in the fun!? "
"A thousand gold coins! That's a thousand gold coins! I have to work in the tavern for ten years to earn that much! Now, it only takes half a month! Why don't I try my luck?! "
More and more people left their posts and began to join the large army rushing to the northern suburbs. The road leading to the northern suburbs' dock suddenly became congested. If anyone was caught and asked, they would all say that they were here for the reward issued by Tang En Majesty.
At this moment, Tang En was still unaware of the commotion outside. He was still proud of his wit. However, as more and more people returned, Tang En was dumbfounded when he saw the shipyard filled with people.
He muttered about the attractiveness of a thousand gold coins to those people.
Fehra was indeed very wealthy, perhaps the richest city in the Irus Empire, but 1,000 gold coins was not a small sum either. 90% of the residents living in this city would be attracted, and almost no one who received the news would not be moved. Tang En even saw a large number of people from other races in the crowd, and even a group of Forest Fairies ran over …
"Your Majesty, have you miscalculated?"
Fiona gloated. "I'm afraid you didn't expect so many people to come, did you? If they were all hired, under the effect of Haste, let alone fifteen days, even ten days wouldn't be a problem. At that time, you might have spent hundreds of millions of gold coins! "
"What a joke!"
Tang En was still stubborn. "Would I be scared by them? Give the order to increase the difficulty of the screening. Expel all those under the age of eighteen and over forty! Damn it, what's going on! Even a white-haired old man has come running over! "
Yes, Tang En even saw a lot of old men and women in the crowd. Gods above, he could hardly imagine what these old men and women would look like under Haste.
After giving the order, the guards at the door began to filter the crowd. Those who looked old were all blocked outside on the grounds that they were not qualified. As for the specific screening, it still depended on further interviews.
If they followed the normal interview process, Tang En and his group would not be able to do anything else for the whole afternoon. They would probably spend all their time on the interview.
But the quick-witted Tang En thought of a good idea.
Look for Nola.
Haste would cause a great burden on the human body. Apart from Elves and Dwarves who could bear it without pressure, only humans with strong vitality could barely bear it.
As for Nora, she was a master who had mastered the power of life.
[Nola, come and help me with the interview!]
Nola, who heard the call, came from the phase space to Tang En's head. [Interview? What is the interview? Can it be eaten?]
[… It's to help me filter those people.]
After Tang En explained his idea and promised a lot of benefits, Nola agreed to help him.
The filtering method was very simple. Let a hundred people stand neatly in the square, and then let Nola observe their vitality. Those whose vitality was weaker than a standard value (healthy adult male) were all unqualified.
With such a convenient filtering method, the efficiency of the interview suddenly increased by a lot. It only took an hour to filter out three-quarters of the large group of people that came pouring in.
The remaining quarter was completely qualified in terms of physical strength, but there were tens of thousands of people. Tang En had to raise the standard and filter out ninety percent of these people again, leaving only a thousand people in the end.
A thousand laymen, plus more than 160 old employees, were divided into ten work groups. Sixteen old employees led a hundred newcomers, plus the team sent by Tang En for technical guidance and support. The burden was not serious, so the overall work group was settled.
Tang En originally wanted them to be mentally prepared and start the work tomorrow, but he did not expect that the stimulation of the gold coins was so great that they actually insisted on starting the work overnight. What a joke! The factory had not even produced the first batch of raw materials, so how could they start the work?
But soon Fiona proposed a way, which was to let those people clean up the shipyard.
Because there were usually only ship maintenance tasks here, many docks had been idle for many years, covered with a lot of shells and moss. There was also a lot of garbage piled up in the shipyard. It was just enough for these people to clean up overnight and adapt to working under Haste.
Tang En agreed.
Thus, the entire Feira Shipyard was brightly lit for the entire night. Everyone was working in full swing. If someone were to enter at this time, they would be horrified to discover that everyone in the shipyard had turned into a blurry shadow. Their every movement was sped up by dozens or even hundreds of times. Every time they ran, they would cause a terrifying sonic boom in the air!
If it was just a simple increase in speed, the shipyard would soon be full of corpses.
But Haste did not only increase speed, it also increased the comprehensive speed of thinking, reaction, and so on. Under this speed, the overall coordination of the body would also be greatly improved, which was the only way to adapt. But on the other hand, their vitality would also be consumed at a hundred times the speed.
One day was equivalent to a hundred days, and four days was one year. In other words, they had to burn the equivalent of four years of vitality in half a month.
If Tang En had told them the truth from the beginning, it was not certain how many people would have come. After all, compared to the money that they did not get, their lives were obviously more important.
Of course, Tang En would not cold-bloodedly use those people's lives in exchange for efficient production work. He had a way to deal with it.
In the past half a month, the food and water these people ate and drank were all added by Nola, which contained a very strong vitality. This vitality could offset the effects of Haste, and even some talented people could get a lot of benefits from this vitality, becoming stronger and healthier in the future.
This was their opportunity, and also Tang En's kindness.
In addition to the majority of people who went to clean, there was another group of people, as well as all the experienced old staff, who were all gathered together by Nokia for tutoring.
This was because Nokia wanted them to understand that what it was building next was not the same warship as before, but a brand new giant warship made of steel!
Their experience was very useful, but if they stubbornly insisted on their own experience and did not learn, they would only become a burden.
In addition to popularizing the necessary knowledge, Nokia also needed them to understand the design of the warship, the internal structure, the assembly sequence, and so on. Most importantly, they needed to master the tools needed to use next.
In order to increase efficiency as much as possible, Tang En promoted the magic tools used by Ellington here.
For example, the wind-powered automatic screwdriver, which used the power of the wind to push the wheel into the screws.
The portable magic hammer, which used a weakened version of the Tier 5 fire spell Inferno Impact as its power source, could explode with a powerful impact in a sealed chamber, making it easier to fix the rivets.
The portable magic cutter, which used the Tier 3 fire spell Flame Ray as its principle, could produce an extremely high temperature when multiple rays were focused on the same focal point, and cutting universal alloys was a piece of cake.
There were also a variety of other tools …
With these automatic magic tools, once these workers learned and mastered them, their work efficiency would increase by leaps and bounds.
Of course, once they mastered these tools and spread them out, they would be quickly accepted by others, and the production efficiency of the entire society would increase by leaps and bounds.
Then, as the light of the Lubica fell on the second day, the first batch of raw materials produced by Ellington was sent to the Fera Shipyard. Thanks to the powerful effects of the spatial ring, thousands of tons of universal alloys and various integrally formed parts were quickly sent to the shipyard. Then, all the workers immediately got to work.
Tang En's construction plan officially kicked off!
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