"President Xu, why do you insist on keeping these goblins as laborers?" After giving up on dissuading Xu Yi, Verus quickly turned his questions in a new direction.
"Exactly. If you need laborers, my people are much stronger than goblins," Garn Firehammer said, flexing his arms vigorously to show everyone his well-developed biceps. "Whether in strength or intelligence, those vile goblins can't compare with us."
"It's simple. There's only one reason." Xu Yi held up a finger. "There are enough goblins. Garn, your people are certainly excellent, but let me ask you this: even if we gathered every dwarf on the Demoncloud Continent, how many would there be?"
The proud expression on Garn Firehammer's face immediately grew awkward.
As a dwarf, he was no good at lying, much less telling a blatant lie in front of so many people.
After hesitating for quite a while, he answered rather dejectedly, "Probably... probably over five hundred thousand..."
"Five hundred thousand?" Xu Yi turned to Verus. "Verus, how many elves are there altogether?"
Verus smiled wryly. "President Xu, I understand your point. In terms of population alone, all our races combined probably don't amount to even a tenth of the goblins. But goblins aren't very capable. In fact, you could call them weak. Would they really be useful as laborers?"
"I'm not expecting them to be particularly useful." Xu Yi shook his head. "You all know very well what many of our guild's factories do. You should also know that plenty of those jobs don't require much intelligence, or even much physical strength. They're simply dull, repetitive tasks. But however simple they are, someone still has to do them. If we don't use these goblins, how large an industrial sector do you think your races alone could support?"
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