"Mr. Alex, in accordance with the promise made between the two of us, I will now officially give you freedom."

"Wait, wait! You—you can't do that...... I'll give you money! I'll give you all my money, and if you can't do it again, you let me make you a cow and a horse......"

"Mr. Alex! In my hometown of Datang, there is such a saying, "If you come out to mix, you will have to pay it back sooner or later"! You've been the big brother of the boat group for 10 years, don't you even have this awareness? All right! Let's leave it at that, and I won't bother you to catch up with your 'old friend'. Farewell, Mr. Alex! ”

Keeping his "promise", Zhao Jian took Alex to the Colosseum, where the former mine boss used it for fun, and then officially "released" him. But then the iron door on the other side of the Colosseum slowly opened, and Alex was horrified to see the murderous Yuri walk out of the door, and the other party looked at him as if he was going to eat him alive.

At this point, Alex has completely lost the domineering spirit of his "Pirate Admiral", but no matter how much he pleads, Zhao Jian is all deaf. The sins of the other party have been created by himself in the past ten years, and no one complains about this step in the field.

Just like Zhao Jian told him just now, if you come out to mix, you will have to pay it back sooner or later!

Throwing Alex to Yuri, who had just experienced the loss of his wife, Zhao Jian gave the two of them a chance to "be alone ♂", although he also wanted to stay and enjoy this restricted-level live-action PK, but there were too many things to be busy with in the near future.

Because Zhao Jian had just forcibly incorporated all the miners in the mining area, there were more than 2,000 more people under his command at once!

The vast majority of these survivors are local ship groups in the Shattered Star District, and after the ship group they originally belonged to was annexed by AKY, these people were thrown to the mining area as "consumables" because they refused to obediently submit to Alex. The other small group were passing passengers who had been looted by pirates, and these people generally asked to go home, but Zhao did not agree.

After all, such a big secret in the mining area must not be leaked in the short term!?

However, although Zhao Jian refused to let go. But he also does not intend to follow the old system and brutally suppress them like AK.

The assault rifles in the hands of the special operations team, together with the guards and insects they killed, have served as a good warning. At least let the miners understand that these well-armed and well-trained black-clad soldiers in front of them were more than ten times more powerful than the former guards. In addition, Zhao Jian also invited them to the dock to pay homage to his warships, so these people are very honest.

And Zhao Jian's attitude towards them is more than ten times better than Alex's, after they took the entire mining area, they opened warehouses to release grain and treat the wounded, which made the miners really see the hope of life. Therefore, under the combined effect of carrot + stick, the miners honestly obeyed the arrangement and did not make any trouble for him.

"Young Master. How are you going to arrange these people? ”

"Then Hongling, how do you think it should be arranged?" Zhao Jian smiled and threw the question back.

"I think...... We should put them to good use. ”

"Hmmm! The idea is good, let's hear it specifically. ”

"I looked at the structural map of the mine before, and although it is indeed very rudimentary, the basic framework still has a lot of potential for development, especially the magical gravity generator, which makes it a gravity environment suitable for human activities. Coupled with the fact that we now have so much labor on hand (miners + guard captives), we can build this place into a ...... A sub-base! ”

Thinking of this word that Zhao Jian often puts on his lips, Hongling decisively used it here.

"After all, the pit is our biggest secret, and it must be troublesome to develop. And although this mining area also needs to be kept secret, at least it does not need to be hidden from people in their own country. We could have directly reported to the Emperor that the mining area was depositing, and then applied to the state for support. In this way, in the name of developing the mining area, we can justifiably ask from the state for some important materials for the development of maintenance stations! ”

"Haha! My Hongling is so smart. Not only did the idea coincide with the young master, but I was also more detailed, and I even thought of the step of eating rebates. This has to be rewarded! ”

Reach out and wrap your hand around the little maid's slender waist and let the other party sit on her lap. Zhao Jian kissed the pink little face heavily. Since the last time he was "forcibly kissed", Zhao Jian has always felt that something is not right, so he asked Hongling to "test" a little bit. As a result, I found that my "resistance" to the ship's mother turned out to be good!

Although the kiss is still numb, at least it will not be upside down by the hairs of the electricity, so Zhao Jian decisively took away Hongling's first kiss last night. When the little maid thinks about it now, her face will be as red as fire!

"By the way, young master, we should also adopt a soft policy towards those miners!"

"I've thought of this for a long time, let's take a look at the agreement I drafted."

Reaching out from the table to take the "Miner's Agreement" he had just written and giving it to the other party, Hongling nodded frequently after reading it.

According to the agreement, the relationship between Zhao Jian and the miners was a "forced employment", and although the other party could not resign and leave the mining area, Zhao Jian promised to give the other party basic "human rights".

First of all, the daily working hours have been halved from 16 hours to 8 hours, and you can take a day off on Sundays. Second, improve the standard of treatment of miners, including food, medical care and living conditions. Finally, the personnel were re-divided, those who were not strong enough were changed to logistics work, washing clothes, cooking and cleaning for the miners engaged in physical labor, and those with certain academic qualifications and mechanical skills were organized to become workers, and Zhao Jian had plans to build a factory here.

However, a small percentage of this workforce is only entitled to the Second-Class Miners' Agreement. Not only do they have to work two hours more than other miners, but they also have to take half of their Sunday offs and lower pay standards. These "second-class miners" are the guards who used to be powerful!

Zhao Jian's discriminatory treatment of these past abusers will help him unite his miner brothers, who make up the majority.

According to this agreement, Zhao Jian was recognized by all the miners, and compared to the suffering they had suffered under AKY before, if Zhao Jian's agreement was not played by them, it could already be regarded as a "heaven-level" treatment for them.

After arranging these things, Zhao Jian let the repair station fly over, spread its 6 huge tentacles to grab the asteroid with a diameter of 15.5 kilometers, and then advanced to the depths of the even more inaccessible shattered star area! (To be continued......)