Chapter 1382 (1/2)
”How are you? It's hard to imagine how to finish the work under such bad conditions. ”
The empty boat, floating in the night sky, rides the wind from the waterfall behind and approaches the city in the distance. Cheese approached the workers, handed them the kettle and asked casually, while the rest of his companions were still immersed in the shocking beauty that could not be fully expressed in words.
The worker didn't show any urgency or other resistance. He took the kettle and took two mouthfuls of liquor. Then he wiped his mouth and returned it to the grey robe,
”The dwarf's wine is still strong. Master, you don't have to worry. Our bodies are strong. After all, those who don't work hard will go down. Alas... It's a pity, little Torre. This is his third time in the water. I thought he could go on in this business. ”
Through conversation, cheese soon got a general idea of how these empty boat workers managed this special mode of transportation, or they didn't regard it as a business at all.
After all, the primary task of business is safety, especially transportation. Even if it's a single transaction of a large amount, it can't satisfy everyone at one time. Therefore, a stable channel and a safe environment are the things that all logistics needs and must consider.
Human beings will spend a lot of cost and labor to dig canals for faster transportation; The Elves will send precious hunting teams to protect the caravans entering the forest and act as guides; Dwarves simply cut out artificial corridors, all the way directly.
After comparison, we can find that the empty boat traffic mode looks exciting and dreamy, but it lacks practicability. The carrying capacity of each empty boat is nothing more than a carriage, and the empty boat falling from the waterfall seems to ignore the complex terrain, but it also causes the problem that the transportation scope is limited to the fan-shaped area below the waterfall, and the empty boat itself cannot be recovered.
The workers also gave the cheese an answer to this information, that is, it's not really transportation, it's more like some kind of point-to-point private express, and the empty boats they take are not made in a unified way, but forces like the city of Wanfa are rushing to find special craftsmen to order and take them to the dock in the roaring area for storage.
In other words, the owners of those docks, where they started, only operated as parking places for empty boats, while the workers driving empty boats were desperate people in cities, prisoners, or some extreme religious fanatics.
For example, the man in front of cheese was punished to serve here because of the death caused by the fight. Now it is his sixth voyage, and it should be his last.
The life span of an empty boat worker is very short. If he does not die after three voyages, he can stand up. If he returns safely after five voyages, he will be famous in the nearby taverns, no less than heroes and kings.
Therefore, if you drive an empty boat three times, you can change your life in the rush. No matter how serious your offense is, no one will hate you if you serve on the empty boat five times. Of course, there is no reward for serving in an empty boat because of atonement. As a free man, he will get the richest single reward in the rush. One voyage will be enough for a whole year.
The worker said that he had paid off his debt with five voyages, and the reward he got this time would be used to start a new life.
The problem is, in addition to money, these workers also have a resignation request, that is to train a new person who can replace them. For him, it's the unfortunate guy named tori.
”Do you have to continue to work without an apprentice?” Cheese's expression is a little subtle. In the high altitude, he felt cold for no reason, not because of the wind, but because of the inner coldness.