“Enjoy the sunrise?!”
3900 was stunned and at the same time asked excitedly, “Are you serious, Sir?!”
Charlie nodded. “I just said that I will make sure that the dead soldiers can take turns to go to the ground at any time in the future. The first time right now will be reserved for the children who have never seen the sun, moon, and stars before.”
3900 was very excited, but he suddenly remembered something and asked Charlie, “Sir, is it still dark outside now?”
“Yes.” Charlie said, “It will be dawn in half an hour.”
3900 looked at the dense lights on the ceiling and sighed. “It seems that day and night are completely reversed for us compared to how it is outside.”
Charlie smiled slightly. “They don’t want you to be able to calculate the date in real life, so they will naturally reverse and distort time and reality for you.”
Having said that, Charlie added, “But you don’t have to worry. Day and night here will be consistent with the outside world from today onward. I will get someone to prepare a clock for you. From now on, your date and time will be completely synchronized with real life.”
3900 said gratefully and respectfully, “Thank you, Sir!”
Charlie said, “By the way, I have another task for you.”
Charlie nodded and said, “We will let them participate in the work, not to exploit their labor force, but to maintain the normal operation of this copper mine so that the Qing Eliminating Society will not notice any abnormalities. So, the two of you should tell all the laborers involved in the work that I will pay them twice the salary of the normal mine workers in Cyprus as long as they participate in the labor, and I will pay them in US dollars when the time comes.”
Noel and 3900 looked at each other. Noel spoke up and said, “Sir, you don’t have to pay us... You’ve helped us so much, and you’re our great benefactor. How could we still take your money? The copper ore produced by this copper mine will be handed over to the Qing Eliminating Society, and you will not receive the settlement money. Wouldn’t that mean that you will simply be subsidizing the money, then?”
“That’s right...” 3900 quickly chimed in and said, “Sir, we cannot let you subsidize this sum of money. Secondly, money is of no use to us, and it’s just a pile of waste paper. Why don’t you keep this money and use it for the cause of eradicating the Qing Eliminating Society in the future?”
Charlie waved his hand and said very firmly, “You should get paid if you work. This is one of the few truths that have never changed since the development of mankind. You can save this money, or you can use it to buy things that you like for yourself, but as 3900 said just now, I cannot let everyone go out freely for safety reasons. However, I will ask someone to give you a list of commonly used goods and then send the list to everyone. If anyone needs anything, I will let Ten Thousand Armies be responsible for the purchase before using covert means to transport the items to be delivered to everyone. I can promise that Ten Thousand Armies will never earn any difference in price.”
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