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After listening to Cambroner's introduction, Hopps pondered for a while and said: "The Gold Coin Federation will only fight the civil war on the border between the north and the south. Our business trip is to areas close to our republic, and it is also to wilderness areas. In the countryside...it shouldn't be too risky, right?"

He really wanted to earn that business trip subsidy. Ordinarily, since the Gold Coin Federation would look for foreign aid, there should be mineral veins in the area. In other words, as long as the exploration team performs normally, a subsidy of five times the salary is estimated to be indispensable.

As the "big field workers" in field work, the salary of exploration workers is already relatively high. If you can get five times your salary, it is really a high income.

This is just like on Earth, the wages of prospectors are generally higher - Sui Xiong's hometown has a neighbor's child who studied this. He graduated two years earlier than him. Not long before he traveled through time, he was chatting with his elders on the phone. I just mentioned this eldest brother. He now gets a monthly salary of 6,000, which is more than twice that of Sui Xiong, the warehouse manager.

Of course, Sui Xiong does not envy that elder brother, because he also has an income as an illustrator. As an illustrator who is doing well, his income is much higher than that of a treasury manager. If you compare all incomes, that one My eldest brother might have to live outside all year round to be like him.

However, if the elder brother goes to an extremely difficult and dangerous area such as the Himalayas or Antarctica, and the income is better than him - that kind of field work is half a year and half a year off, unlike him who often rushes into writing late at night. Not much rest throughout the year.

The Northwest Republic's subsidies for exploration field work are very high, better than on Earth. This is of course because technicians are rare and the work is more risky - in this world, there is no good labor security and exploration equipment as on Earth, and it is impossible to let mages who are not strong enough to go with them. Once something goes wrong, the sky and the sky will not respond, the earth and the earth will not work, and it is common to bury bones in the wilderness.

Hopps felt that he didn't need to worry too much about any risks now. He is now alone. He has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. Even if he dies outside, it doesn't matter. Anyway, his parents and relatives had already treated him as dead when they asked him to leave home alone. He himself did the same and treated him as himself. Already dead. If he hadn't made a mistake and said his last name, he originally planned to forget it.

For him now, the most important thing is to save money. Save money to buy a house, get married, start a family, and have children.

What his family was like has nothing to do with him anymore. He wants to start his own family, a family of workers who have relied on technology for generations.

So even though there might be a risk of war, he still wanted to do that job.

After hearing his inquiry, Combrona and Jane looked at each other and fell into silence.

After a while, Jane said: "If you are not afraid of risks, this job is indeed good. But... the risks of this matter are not as low as you think."

Hopps was stunned and looked at her nervously.

"I just thought about it, if I am a member of the aristocratic faction and the merchant faction starts a fight with me, and they are cooperating with the Northwest Republic, what should I do? Of course I will disrupt this cooperation. In the end The simple way is for me to send people to kill all the people sent by the Northwest Republic. No matter what the Northwest Republic thinks, if people die on the territory of the Merchant Faction, the Merchant Faction will always have to give an explanation. If they give an explanation, their relationship will definitely be affected." Jane recounted her speculation in a very calm tone, but cold sweat gradually broke out on Hopps' back.

"...Is this...that serious?" He even stuttered a bit because of nervousness and worry.

"Maybe not, but when estimating things, you have to estimate things from the worst direction." Jane shook her head and said calmly, "After all, if the estimate is wrong, you may die."

Hopps was silent for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.

"It seems that it is better not to do this work. It is more practical to continue doing it safely."

"Not necessarily. Wealth can be gained through risk." Cambroner suddenly said, "When people live in the world, they will always encounter various risks. So risks are not terrible. What is terrible is taking risks without getting rewards. You Although the risk of this job is very high, every risk is rewarded - assuming that the killers of the noble faction attack you, then as long as you can survive the attack, the merchant faction will inevitably give you a large sum of money. money as compensation.”

"But how can I survive the assassination of a professional killer?" Hopps asked with a wry smile, "My abilities are limited, and I am at the level of a novice adventurer."

"I believe that the government will definitely arrange adequate protection for you." Cambroner said, "We can all think of things, and there is no reason why the big shots can't think of them. Since they want to cooperate with the merchants, they can't let you die in the Over there. It is very likely that you will have two groups of people protecting you, the light and dark, and the protection will be very strong."

Jane's view was the opposite of her husband's: "However, what we can think of, the leaders of the aristocratic faction can also think of. Since they send out assassins, they will ensure that these assassins have enough destructive power. Even in the face of two groups of light and dark bodyguards, It can also kill some people - Hopes may be among these 'some people'."

Hopps was in a dilemma by what they said. His eyebrows wrinkled again and again, and he still couldn't make up his mind.

After dinner, he returned to his dormitory and lay on the bed, still thinking.

Should I go? Or not?

If I go, the benefits are huge, but the risks are also huge. But as Brother Cambronne said, the benefits are worth the risks. To be honest, for the huge benefits, it is worth risking even if it means risking one's life.

However, he shuddered at the thought of "life-threatening".

Death is so scary!

Although he had thought more than once during the day that "death is actually nothing to be afraid of". But at this moment, in the dead of night, he was lying alone in bed, and he couldn't help shivering at the thought of dying in the Gold Coin Federation.

Horrible! Horrible!

"You are such a loser!" he said to himself, "I have made up my mind not to be afraid, and I feel that it doesn't matter if I die, but why am I afraid again!"

This contradictory mentality is actually related to his bloodline. He has half fox bloodline and half rabbit bloodline. The fox tribe is a very cunning and fierce tribe among the orcs. Although they are usually keen on solving problems with wisdom and conspiracy, they are not afraid of danger when necessary, and they are not afraid of swords and knives; the rabbit tribe is a complete spineless, let alone facing swords, even just intimidation can make them weak in the knees.

Hopps has the blood of both tribes. During the day, the fierceness of the fox tribe in his nature prevails, but when it is late at night and he is lying alone in bed, the cowardice of the rabbit tribe in his nature emerges.

After a long time, he slowly calmed down, sighed deeply, and fell asleep.

That night, he had many nightmares. Some of them were about him encountering risks during the exploration and dying in earthquakes, landslides, falling off cliffs, or being attacked by monsters in the wild; some of them were about him encountering no accidents during the exploration but being assassinated by the nobles of the Gold Coin Federation; but he never dreamed that everything went smoothly.

But the next day, when he walked on the street and among the crowd, the brave side of his nature prevailed again.

"Brother Cambronne is right. In life, you always have to take some risks!" He convinced himself.

So, he took the transfer order and simple luggage to the city hall to collect the travel expenses, and boarded the public carriage to Pyroxene City.

Chapter 2, there is another chapter tonight