The correct way to open the elf

Chapter 70 This is Business
On the contrary, Dick, a dwarf with short limbs, was happily jumping up and down on the boat. He was not worried at all. It was unclear whether he had confidence in the boat or in his own swimming ability.

"Brother Dick, reverse gear and leave the shore. Let's set sail!"

Dick turned the mechanical handle over, closed the transmission plate, and shouted loudly: "Let's set sail!"

Because the front end of the flat-bottomed boat is raised, the bow can be directly stranded on the shore to load and unload cargo, so Feng Yu designed a reverse gear through the transmission gear to facilitate leaving the shore.

As a large amount of water surged behind the boat, the bow slowly left the shore, and many people on the shore began to exclaim in amazement and talk loudly.

When the boat was twenty meters away from the shore, the rudder had been adjusted to the direction against the current.

"Captain Dick, full speed ahead!"

Dick also joined Feng Yu in the fun and shouted, "Full speed ahead!", switching the power to the forward position.

As the boat moved from being stationary on the river to moving upstream little by little, its speed increasing, people's exclamations became louder and louder.

Originally, the propeller that Feng Yu had tinkered with didn't take the problem of reversing into consideration, so it seemed very slow when reversing. But now that it was moving at full speed, the boat's speed gradually increased, and white splashes of water were created by the bow.

The ripples caused by the ship's hull seemed to split the Lengshui River, and they flowed evenly to both banks as the ship moved forward quickly.

Feng Yu saw many children running after the boat on the shore, and even many adults joined in. He couldn't help but sigh. The worship of big machines seemed to be universal in every world!
The fastest speed of a steamboat going upstream is about the same as the speed of people running, so people always run along the shore to chase the boat and watch.

However, the boat would not get tired, but the people would. After Feng Yu and his companions had been moving forward for half an hour, no one on the shore followed them anymore. All they could see were the halflings grazing along the river staring at them in amazement. Some of them even ran towards the wilderness in panic before Feng Yu and his companions even got close to them.

Feng Yu hurriedly asked Dick to drive the boat to the side of Lengshui River close to the Snow Peak Mountains to avoid disturbing the halfling herdsmen.

Dick slowly turned around with laughter and ran to the other side of the snow-capped mountains.

The test lasted for a total of three hours. Feng Yu was afraid that Nicole would worry about him, so he asked Dick to drive the boat back to the shore of Cattail City. Sure enough, Nicole and Anthony were still waiting on the shore, and the onlookers did not leave. Many of them were sitting on the shore in groups of three or four. When they saw Feng Yu and his boat coming back, they quickly gathered around.

Feng Yu discovered that two wooden stakes had been nailed to the shore during the time they had been walking. Seeing the boat approaching, an elf threw a rope tied to the stake over.

Feng Yu took the rope, and after the bow of the boat reached the shore, he tied the rope to the iron ring on the bow.

After he jumped off the boat, he asked Clarence's apprentice to get on board to help his teacher, who had vomited profusely, down, and asked Dick to turn off the engine, then he walked to Nicole and Anthony.

"The effect is quite good. It is no problem to carry dozens of people or thousands of kilograms of cargo. If we keep moving day and night, we can reach the mouth of the tributary of the Longyue Forest in less than three days."

Nicole said in surprise: "It's too fast. The last time we went to the Long Moon Forest, it took us nearly two months to go back and forth."

Feng Yu said, "That's not the case. You don't need to walk on a boat. The boat won't stop unless the machine stops. When you walk, you have to stop to rest, eat, and sleep at night, but you don't need to stop on a boat. There's nothing on the wide Lengshui River. As long as two or three people take turns to drive the boat, the boat can move forward quickly even at night under the starlight and moonlight.

But after the spring thaw, you can’t sail at night because there will be big ice blocks in the water and you can’t see clearly and might hit them.”

He doesn't want to remake the story of Titanic in another world.

"Old man, let's find a place to talk!"

Anthony glanced at Feng Yu, sighed and said, "Let's go to my tent, Nicole, you go back first."

Nicole glanced at Feng Yu, who nodded imperceptibly. Nicole looked at Anthony pleadingly and followed him away. The little girl was particularly reluctant to leave, and every few steps she looked back at the two people who were walking side by side towards Anthony's tent.

Anthony looked at Nicole, the blood vessels in his head throbbing, thinking to himself, silly child, you thought I was the one who made things difficult for Darren, but he wanted to negotiate with me, okay? !
"If you have anything to say, say it!"

When they got to the tent, Anthony started a new round of conversation between the two of them directly.

"Thank you for the elf recruits, and Herbert, he has good tactical skills and helped me a lot."

"Tell me the terms. I'm sure you know that when the weather warms up, the goblin caravans will come to the Misty Moon Forest again. I don't think you can let the goblins take away your business."

Feng Yu smiled and thought that the old man really understood him. Yes, it was just business, and Feng Yu didn't intend to collect tons of nice guy cards.

In other words, even if he gave salt to the Misty Moon Forest, he might not necessarily receive thanks. After all, except for a small number of elves who migrated there to avoid the cold, the rest of the elves didn't even know what he looked like.

He didn't even intend to give away Dick and Allen, the tribesmen who had helped Feng Yu so much, for free. What's more, the elves were used to being taken advantage of. Their wealth could be plundered by the goblins, so why couldn't they help themselves within a reasonable range? Compared to the goblins, Feng Yu's price could be considered a conscience.

"You can see that neither the work in the salt pans nor the porcelain factory is an easy job. Besides, there is no reason to let the halflings and dwarves do the hard work while we sit back and reap the fruits of their labor. We are all equal and no one owes anyone anything, right?!

So, you see, the price I negotiated with the dwarves is still the same. I will exchange the elves for materials of equivalent value at the price of ten kilograms of salt per goblin silver coin, just the same as what you exchanged with the goblins."

Feng Yu knew that the elves had no money, so he could only settle for the next best thing and exchange for supplies. As for supplies, apart from those needed for industry, such as highly transparent magic crystals, the rest would naturally be exchanged with the goblins for gold and silver.

Feng Yu planned to establish his own monetary system, bypass racial and clan restrictions through economic means, control the labor and craftsmen in the camp, and thus fundamentally control the entire camp. As for those so-called statuses, he did not care about them.

Besides, as a "foreigner", it is difficult for him to obtain a title with real power among the elves, so Feng Yu's plan is to control industrial production capacity as a means to control the economic lifeline and ultimately achieve the goal of controlling the population.

In this way, he can build an efficient system that can be used by him.

(End of this chapter)