"With large amounts of machinery entering operation, the number of miners needed in the mining area would gradually decrease, but the steelworks would need more and more people. To get the miners to enter steelworks with lower wages, some measures had to be used."
The expression beneath the Lava General's exoskeleton armor was actually somewhat conflicted, but his voice remained perfectly calm. "We will sell the new houses to everyone living in this area, but we cannot collect all the money at once..."
"Or rather, from the very beginning, you never intended to collect it all."
"First, you make all the current workers earn some money."
"Second, the price of the houses is divided into two parts: a down payment and a mortgage. The down payment is the money they earned during this recent period, while the mortgage is like the money you borrowed from Great Dragon Bank—it requires interest."
"But remember, the amount you make them repay each month must be less than the wages paid by the factories... Enough for them to live normally, with all the rest returned to you. Of course, there must be a time limit, such as twenty years."
After saying this, the Lava General did not continue.
Yet the people in charge of the mining area were stunned by his words.
After this back-and-forth, the miners and refugees would still end up with only a pitiful amount of money, barely enough to sustain their lives. Yet they would have no choice but to work hard, labor desperately, and even push themselves harder than usual.
Because as long as they persevered, twenty years later, they would own a house of their own...
That was hope.
But after owning a house of their own, could they leave this place?
They would still need to work