Hokage of Azeroth

Since Van Cleef said so, after a moment of hesitation, Rowe had no choice but to nod: "Okay."

The two chatted for a while, and finally Luo Wei took out the black iron box he had obtained from Iron Beard's Tomb.

The person with the highest level of lockpicking among the brotherhood is probably Van Cleef.Lisano had already said that the contents in the box were not something that should not be shown to others, so Rowe planned to let Van Cleef try it.

"Teacher, this is a black iron box I got by chance on the way. Its lock is a bit complicated and I can't open it at all. I wonder if you can help me open it, teacher," he said.

"Black iron? This thing is not common." Van Cleef was a little surprised. "If you can find someone who knows how to forge black iron, you may be able to recast the material in this box into a good sword."

He took the box and thought about it.

The lock on this box was indeed unimaginably complicated. Even at Van Cleef's level, it took him more than ten minutes to finally open it.

"Crack."

With a soft sound, Van Cleef's frown relaxed: "It's open."

"According to my experience, there may be some traps in this box. You'd better move back a little." He said, and at the same time he moved back a little.

Luo Wei took a few steps back after hearing this.

Then Van Cleef opened the box gently.

"hiss!"

A green snake shadow flew out of the box, opened its fangs, and bit Van Cleef.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Van Cleef pinched the green snake's head.

The green snake was obviously not a real snake, but a creation formed by magic. It struggled a few times in Van Cleef's hands, then turned into nothing and disappeared.

After dealing with the green snake, the two looked at the contents of the box together.

As Lizano said, the contents of the box looked ordinary—keys and leaves.

There are three keys in total, and they are made of black iron like the box. Compared with ordinary keys, their shapes are a bit strange, and there is nothing else to see.

The leaves are quite large and almost cover the entire bottom of the box, glowing with a faint green light.

The surface of the leaf was very uneven, with veins and wrinkles all over it. When I tried it, I found that it was actually made of stone.

"A fossilized leaf?" Van Cleef touched his chin, "This is the first time I have seen such a fossilized leaf. It should come from a very special tree."

"Where did you get this box?" He looked at Rowe.

"A dark iron dwarf tried to attack me." Rowe said.

"Dark Iron Dwarves...these guys who live in Blackstone Abyss are always very restless." Van Cleef said, and then returned the box to Rowe.

He got a warrant: "By the way, help me give this to Jareas."

"Jarias?" Luo Wei was startled.

Van Cleef: "Oh, you don't know him yet. Jareas is a new member of the Brotherhood. He is around here now. You can find out just by asking."

After leaving Van Cleef's residence, Rowe made some inquiries and found Jareas.

Jareas is a long-haired man with a gloomy complexion and mood.

Luo Wei didn't communicate much with him, and just gave him the warrant: "The president asked me to give it to you."

Jareas also took the order without saying a word.

night.

Rowe returned to Redpath Port. Before taking a rest, he took out the green stone leaf and looked at it carefully.

What kind of tree leaves are these?

The next day, he officially returned to the position of harbor master. He carefully understood the situation of Redpath Port in the past few months, and then he couldn't help but feel a headache.

During the time that Dudmore and his men occupied Redpath Port, it was no surprise that they embezzled a lot of money, and most of the money they had swallowed up had been squandered, which made the port originally The tight finances are even more stretched.

Although Blanco had arrested them all and made arrangements to work to pay off their debts, it was not enough to make up for it for a while.

Rowe had no choice but to invest a sum of money into Redpath Port from his own pocket.

The financial crisis has eased slightly, but various tedious management matters have made him feel even more overwhelmed.

The main reason is that there are really no talents in this field around him who can help him share the management work.In the past, Marissa did it for her, but now he had to handle it himself.

There is no such thing as nine-year compulsory education in this world. The educational level of most people is very low, almost to the extent that they can write their names. The power of reading and writing is highly concentrated in the hands of the nobles.

The members of the Defias Brotherhood obviously have nothing to do with the nobility, and their cultural level is generally very low.

Although Luo Wei is not that high, and he sometimes encounters unfamiliar words when reading, he is still much higher than most people around him.

Tias's educational level is not low, but he has neither interest nor experience in this kind of daily management work, and he cannot share too much.

So after a day of painful work, Rowe immediately decided to recruit a group of helpers.

"Tias, immediately write a notice and post it outside, recruiting someone with education and management experience to serve as deputy harbor master to assist me in managing port affairs," he said.

Tias said: "I'm afraid we can't find such a person in Redpath Port."

Luo Wei thought for a while: "Let's try it first. It doesn't matter if we can recruit an assistant or a clerk. If that doesn't work, go to Yuexi Town and put up a notice."

Tias nodded and started writing the notice.

"By the way, we still need to recruit a teacher." Rowe added, "Redpath Port should popularize education so that more and more people can read and write."

Tias was startled: "Why?"

Luo Wei: "It's very simple. If I want to hire a qualified clerk now, what price do I have to pay? I have to give them a good salary that can support my wife and children, and I have to give them enough respect." and courtesy. Why? Because there are too few people who can read and write."

"And if one day education and knowledge are popularized, and even homeless people and beggars can read laws and write letters fluently, will they still need to pay such a high price for employment documents? Not at all."

"At that time, clerical work will become an ordinary or even mediocre job, with a salary similar to that of a masonry, complaining about countless competitors, and worrying about being replaced, eliminated or having further lowered wages every day."

Tias pondered: "So, you want to popularize education in order to hire people with knowledge at lower wages?"

Luo Wei smiled: "Of course, you can also say that it is to let everyone enjoy the right to learn, but sometimes I prefer to use selfishness to explain a choice - such an explanation will sound more real and more realistic. Be more credible.”

Tias mused.

At this time, Blanco came in from the outside, and Rowe asked: "By the way, Blanco, do you know who Jerias is?"