Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 230 Conscription

  Before returning to the hotel, Keating took Verak to find a restaurant to eat some Dunman specialties.

  Villac is not very sensitive to food. He just thinks that Dunman's food is as delicious as Brecy's. There is nothing wrong with him, and there is no difference other than that.

Keating was different from him. He first lived in a foreign country for twenty years, and then spent two years in Daymans Prison, which was unbearable for ordinary people. He ate the delicious food from his hometown again, and the taste in his taste buds brought back his memories. , Let him feel a lot.

   "I've been on the road all these years, and I've tasted all kinds of food from all over the world, but when I come here, I still feel that the food in my hometown is the best." After lunch, Keating walked on the road and murmured.

   "I also think the food in my hometown is delicious." Verac does not have the experience of leaving home for decades like Keating, but he also likes the food in his hometown the most.

   "Time can overcome everything." Keating thinks the answer is so.

  Verak didn't know, and didn't want to think about it.

  After returning to the hotel, the two continued to observe the Quinn Tavern. Quinn's Tavern was the same as when they first arrived. It looked deserted on the outside, and only a few people came in and out occasionally.

"It's nothing that they prohibit foreigners from entering. It's xenophobic at most. Boss Kexin and Willow seem to be very wary of foreigners, which doesn't make sense. I suspect...they have conflicts with some foreign gang." Verak took off his coat, wore a sweater, leaned against the window with his arms crossed and analyzed.

"Gang struggles are serious here, and Mantelin Avenue is a place where every inch of land is expensive. It is normal to have conflicts with foreign gangs. This may also become the key to our break." Keating held a steaming coffee cup and looked into the distance. The tavern across the street, "but now it's a little complicated."

  Verak looked at Keating.

   "After Wilson passed away, did you tell others about the gold?" Keating was struggling with this.

"I think it should be said to his son Willow, or his friend Xin. After all, Wilson doesn't know your life or death, and he has to make a golden plan if you are no longer there." Verak also Feeling a headache, "But even if he didn't do it, it makes sense. Human nature is too complicated. It is difficult for people to guarantee what they will do, and it is even more difficult to pin their hopes on others."

"If Wilson didn't say it, we paid a high price to buy Quinn's Tavern. If Willow disagreed, Xin would also decide to sell it for him. If Wilson said it, he could only tell Willow and Xin. It doesn't matter whether he told Xin or not. In the end, Xin will learn the truth from Willow. That way, things will be tricky, and they won't move away until they eat all the gold," Keating said.

Veraker felt that it was very simple to verify this matter: "Then let's just try it out? I will find a way to come forward, or send someone else to contact them, and negotiate at a price that is enough to make them feel tempted, but will not make them suspicious." Talk. If they agree, then everything is easy to talk about. If they don’t agree, then they probably know about gold, and we can only fight for it through other means.”

   When talking about Boss Xin and the others knowing the situation of gold, Veraker used the wording of fighting for it.

  Because local forces are aware of the existence of gold, it is the last thing they want to see. The two of them held two pistols, not to mention whether they could fight against a random gang of hundreds of people in the Old South Treaty, but they said that they had fought, and when the incident became serious, everyone in the Old Southern Treaty knew about it. How could they keep the gold in the face of so many wolves, tigers and leopards.

   To take the gold back, it must be done quietly. One more person who knows, the risk will increase by one point.

"After sitting on the boat for so long, let's take a good rest today." Keating knew better than Veraker how little hope they would get back if Xin knew the existence of gold. "Tomorrow I will find my former friend, You keep staring at them."

   "Understood." Verak nodded.

  —

  January 26

   After the two had breakfast together, Keating left the hotel alone.

  Verak and the waiter asked for a few newspapers from the Old South Testament, moved a stool and sat in front of the window, while monitoring the Quinn Tavern, while learning Dunman and understanding current events through the newspapers.

  —Old South Treaty Tribune: Although the Federation won the civil war, the people are still quite dissatisfied with the result. Protest marches and workers' strikes have occurred frequently in various places, which are beyond the control of the government. On January 24, President Jordan delivered a speech, saying that there is no difference between people, trying to quell the riots.

  —Old South Treaty Sun: The new conscription law was officially promulgated, and it was called the number one conscription law in the history of the Federation because of its simplicity and gross injustice. It stipulates that if you pay 300,000 luns to the government, you can be exempted from military service.

  —Old South Testament Herald: We will not support any faction, and will not be the trumpet of any group. We will work to document the facts and document public and major events and issues. We report with no bullshit, without bias, impartiality, independence, fearlessness and goodwill, and comment where appropriate.

  …

  As Veraker read more deeply, his brows became more and more tightly frowned.

Dunman ended the civil war, and it was already a mess. In this case, instead of maintaining order and restoring the economy as soon as possible, addressing the demands of the people, and re-stabilizing the country, they also issued unacceptable new policies. conscription law.

  If the civil war had not ended, there would be no large-scale war in Dunman in the foreseeable future, and the promulgation of this conscription law would definitely cause a huge backlash.

"Three hundred thousand gallons... six hundred gold grams..." Verak held the newspaper, feeling angry for the ordinary people in Dunman who had suffered injustice. With such a large sum of money, when he was a photographer, he had to eat or drink It took seven or eight years to get it together, "This is clearly exempting dignitaries from military service, forcing civilians to go to the battlefield..."

  In every corner of the world, civilians are not spared.

   Oppressed and exploited, this group of dignitaries and dignitaries regard human life as nothing, and squeeze out the value of the common people.

  Verak's heart could not be calm for a long time.

  He hoped that after they lit the first torch, places like Dunman Old South Treaty would also set up torches as soon as possible, and the people would unite to fight against injustice.

  Before lunch, Keating rushed back, looking bad.

   Veraker, who had been staring at him all morning, was kneading the bridge of his nose and massaging his eyes. When he saw Keating coming back, he hurried forward to greet him: "Teacher, how are you?"

   "Either they can't find it, or they have left the Old South Treaty, and even Dunman." Keating shook his head.

   After such a long time, coupled with a large-scale war in Dunman for several years, some changes are really normal.

   "It seems that we can only rely on ourselves." Verak said.

   "Yeah." Keating sighed and sat down.

  Villac brought the newspaper he had read this morning and put it in front of Keating: "Teacher, read here."

"What's the matter?" Keating looked at the newspaper section pointed by Veraker, where it was reported that the settlers from the Kingdom of Sdir and the Monlego Empire had just arrived in the Old South Treaty, and they were forced to sign while the residence permit was issued. signed a voluntary military service letter, "This..."

   It's been almost a week of rest, and my body has improved a lot, and I have renewed and recovered! In the past two days, let's get used to the rhythm again, and I will try my best to make up for what I owe in the future! Another very important point is that the 27-year-old song of the same name has been launched on Wangyiyun, please support it!

  (end of this chapter)