A well-dressed man stood on the edge of the road, looked at his men, frowned and asked: "Is this possible?"
"What's wrong? We started doing this in Bude City. It's convenient and very efficient." His men didn't take it seriously and replied firmly.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." This decent man did not insist on his own opinion, and simply nodded in agreement with his subordinates.
Anyway, all he wants is to complete the work here as soon as possible. As for how to complete it, he actually doesn't want to care.
"Child, are you willing to accept this job?" the man symbolically asked the child who accepted the job, which is a process.
"Yes, sir, I am willing to accept this job." The boy nodded and replied seriously.
"This job is very dangerous and scary. Are you prepared?" the man emphasized. This is also routine.
"I'm not afraid, sir." The boy continued to reply. This was the standard answer, because only by saying this could he get paid.
"You are a brave child...Tansen, have you discussed the remuneration with this child clearly?" The well-dressed man asked a question that concerned him.
There is no comprehensive ban on child labor in the Elanshir Empire. As long as everyone is willing to do so, no one will pursue this kind of transaction. Although child labor is very rare in areas such as Seris, many children still have to work in other parts of the empire.
Run for life.
"Yes, sir, if he completes this job, he can get 3 gold coins as reward." The man named Tansen nodded and replied.
"It's really cheap." The well-dressed man sneered. The price was indeed much cheaper than previously estimated.
If the cost is this, he can complete the work here quickly and save a lot of costs. The only thing that makes him regret is that this method no longer works further south.
"This is the price here, I have already given it very high." The subordinate named Tansen looked at the thin child in front of him and said to his superior.
The decent man walked away with his hands behind his back: "Let him work quickly... This month, we have to complete all the work here. You know, time is money."
In the dark, narrow space with almost no light, the thin boy crawled forward with difficulty.
There was a smelly liquid under his body. He didn't know how it was formed and accumulated, but he didn't like the smell. It was like the smell of rotting corpses, the smell of many rotting corpses.
Using all his strength, he held his breath and slowly crawled forward, dragging the heavy thing behind him. He didn't care that his skinny arms pressed against the smelly water beneath him.
"Squeak..." A huge rat was frightened and passed in front of him. Its eyes, in this dark environment, exuded a faint light that was terrifying.
"Hiss..." The mouse startled the little boy, but he did not scream, because if he screamed, the mission might fail.
The person who hired him to do this job was not easy to talk to. Once he exposed his fear, he might give the money to other children.
He must complete the job well and quickly, which is very important for a child from a poor family like him.
"Well..." He felt like he was about to suffocate. The air here was too turbid. Not to mention the smell, it was also mixed with a despairing darkness.
However, he remembered the shining gold coin in his pocket. If he completed the task this time, he could get the other two...
Here, three gold coins are already a windfall, at least for a poor boy like him, it is definitely a windfall!
So, he gritted his teeth and continued to crawl forward. The huge rat in front of him no longer seemed so scary.
Because he was crawling forward, his elbow was already in unbearable pain from frequent bumps. He felt that it must have been bleeding, but he had no way to stop.
In this small space, he couldn't even turn back. He could only crawl forward and keep crawling...
He didn't know when he saw the light in front of him. This light was like heaven to him, and it made his whole body warm in an instant.
So he crawled forward even harder, because by climbing to the light over there, he could get out of this damn narrow space and get the other two tempting gold coins!
"Hurry up! Don't wait!" Someone's voice echoed in the bright place. He crawled desperately, and his whole body became excited.
At this time, the heavy objects tied behind him seemed no longer so heavy. He ignored the unpleasant smell on his face and ignored the sharpness of the gravel beneath him, and quickly climbed to the light.
The place it came from.
"Good job." A hand with rubber gloves reached out to him and pulled him out of the small space.
The boy finally saw the light again. He squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky, feeling that his whole body had been reborn.
"Okay! You did a good job." The man named Tansen threw two gold coins to the boy who was covered in stinking black water, and waved his hand to him in disgust: "Let's go! Let's go! Go take a good wash.
bath!"
The two workers behind him were connecting various cables brought by the boy. Their job was to pass network cables and cables through the narrow sewers and spread them throughout the city.
The sewerage projects in the Elanshir Empire are of mixed quality, and in many places they can only rely on very primitive methods to lay various cables.
The pipelines in some cities are narrow, so only smaller children can complete underground work. Some children even become comatose or even die underground due to lack of oxygen.
No matter how glamorous this world is, there are still unsatisfactory places in the dark. Even if the Ailanthil Empire is so powerful that all foreign enemies respect it, there are still places inside that the light cannot shine...
"Sir... I, I can do it again..." The boy, covered in smelly water, held three coins in his hands, his face full of expectations.
"...Okay, you have a good rest here and come to the next manhole cover to find me in a few minutes. Do you understand?" Tansen pointed to the place where the cable tray was stored in the distance and said to the boy.
