Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 233 Manchester City

In the early morning of January 29th, Verac said goodbye to Keating after having a meal. He left Mandrin Avenue by himself, took a carriage for 30 minutes, and arrived at Manchester City, where the Bresci gathered in the Old South. .

  Manchester City is not really a city, but a collective name for several neighborhoods where the Bresci people live. Most of the Bresci people in Manchester City only live in this small circle, which has formed a semi-closed environment.

When facing the Dunmans, Verak could not hide it, but then he had to deal with many Brassians in the block, so he had to dress up, messed up his hair a bit, and covered part of his face. Then the clothes were as simple and mediocre as possible, so that he could not be conspicuous in the crowd, and then he walked into Manchester City.

  Manchester City is not clearly divided from other neighborhoods, whether it is buildings, people's clothes, or the atmosphere on the street, they are all roughly the same, but when Verak walked into it, he still felt that he had returned to a familiar place.

  The familiar characters on both sides of the street, the familiar restaurant signs, and the language spoken by the passing people all gave Verak a sense of intimacy.

  He went deep into it, looked left and right, and planned to use the name of working to make a living. First, he formally sneaked in, and then contacted the Sea Rat Gang to learn about it. Finally, when implementing the backup plan, he used the identity of the Sea Rat Gang to negotiate with Boss Xin and the others.

  Turning around in the block, just as he was about to pick a shop to go in and ask, a tall man stopped in front of him: "Blesi?"

  Villac looked up slightly at the man who spoke Bresci, had a sharp face, and looked about his own age: "Yes."

   "Where's Bresci?"

   "Tsward City, Joseph County." Willak said.

  The man looked around and turned sideways: "Why did you run all the way here?"

   "Why should I tell you?" Verak deliberately maintained a certain degree of vigilance.

"They're all fellow villagers, so don't be so nervous." Seeing Verak's serious face, the man wanted to leave, he took out the cigarette case with a smile, pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Verak, "Come on, smoke a cigarette. "

   "I don't smoke."

   "Hiss..." The man lit a cigarette by himself, "Is there something wrong with Brecy?"

  Verak didn't speak, pretending to be on guard, but actually waiting for the man to guess a false origin presumptuously.

"I didn't mean to inquire about your details. How many people who are willing to go to such a crappy place to beg for a living are clean? Right?" He took the initiative to introduce himself, "My name is Derek, from Kip City. I have been in Dunman for ten years, and I am doing some small business here. If you just come here to make a living, you can follow me. , not to mention bringing you great wealth, it’s okay to worry about food and clothing.”

   "My name is Verak." Verak relaxed a little.

Derek was very familiar, he grabbed Verak's shoulders, and walked to the side alley: "Seeing that you have been wandering around for a long time, don't think so much, just do it with me, at least get a foothold first Can I earn some money for food?"

   "What are you doing with you?" Verak knew very well that Derek was definitely not doing any serious business, and he was willing to find him who had just arrived so diligently, so he must be trying to trick him.

   "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that you came forward to help buy something—"

   "Smuggling?!"

   "It's not that serious, and Dunman is different from Bresci, and the investigation is not strict!" Delek quickly signaled Verak to keep his voice down.

Verac didn't question too much, for fear that Derek would not be able to talk to himself: "I don't mean to be afraid, it doesn't matter if it is strict, as long as it can make money. You are right, but if you have a choice, you won't come here Come on, since you have already reached this point, why are you so tied up?"

   "You say you have this awareness, are you afraid that you won't be able to make money? These days, as long as you have courage, as long as you don't have a bottom line, as long as you don't treat people as people, there are opportunities to make money everywhere!" De Laike echoed.

   "What are you doing specifically, and how much money can I get?" Verak went straight to the point, "Don't take me for a fool, let's just speak clearly."

   "You've said that, so I won't hide from you anymore." Derek took a deep breath, "I sell guns."

   "Gun?" Verak narrowed his eyes.

  This time he came to Manchester City, where the Bresci gather. He originally didn't intend to bring a gun, but Keating was worried about his safety and insisted on letting him bring one.

"Isn't this the end of the Dunman Civil War? The government is about to start maintaining stability. They are afraid that during this period of time, the Union Army will resurgence, and there are often workers' demonstrations. The proliferation of guns makes these demonstrations often lead to gun battles, so they simply started. Guns are banned. So, the price of guns has doubled, and now it has become a huge profit..." Delek briefly described the background of selling guns, "Every time you sell a gun for me, I can give you this amount .”

  Verak looked at Derek's raised five fingers: "Five silver grams?"

   "It's all in Dunman, let's count in Dunman's currency, five thousand lun."

"Five thousand luns?! That's ten gold grams! I can get so much money for just a gun? Are you kidding me?" This amount really surprised Veraker, and it was only the part that was allocated to him. , including Derek's share, it is estimated to be tens of thousands.

"It's all small money, don't make such a fuss. If you think about it, if you can sell ten a day, it will be fifty thousand gallons. Isn't this enough for your salary as a worker in Brisey for a year? So you just touched it when you first came. It was a coincidence that I met you. What's the matter, do you want to do it?"

   "Wait." Verak asked, "You just said that the sale of guns is strictly prohibited in Dunman. What will happen if I get caught?"

Derek originally wanted to hide it from Verak, but after hearing that Verak just said that he was not afraid of anything, he wanted to make a bold confession after Dunman made a big statement again: "The Dunman man was caught selling guns. , will be imprisoned for decades, and foreigners like us are basically shot when caught.”

   If you catch it, you will die, which is normal. If huge profits are not accompanied by huge risks, they will not be huge profits.

   "What? Are you scared? Didn't you just say that you didn't want to tie your hands and feet, and you want to have a big fight?" Verak didn't speak for a few seconds, and Derek couldn't help but get agitated.

   "I'm not afraid." Verac didn't show timidity, thought for a while, and asked Derek about the news of the Sea Rat Gang, "Do you know the Sea Rat Gang?"

  This time Derek squinted his eyes full of caution: "How do you know about the Sea Rat Gang?"

   "How do you think I got here?" Verak asked back.

   "Looking for someone to ask?"

  Verak shrugged his shoulders, and the meaning was self-evident: "I came here thinking of joining the Sea Rat Gang, but I didn't expect to see any shadow of the Sea Rat Gang after half a circle, and I was pulled into the alley by you first."

   "There's no need to go to the Sea Rat Gang, and you won't make much money with them." Derek relaxed a little.

   "You seem to have some conflicts with the Sea Rats?" Verak noticed that Derek was nervous when he mentioned the Sea Rats.

"It's not a big deal, they also strictly forbid people in Manchester City to sell guns. If you want to do it with me, you should not only be careful outside, but also walk around in Manchester City with energy." Derek said it was not a big deal, But he still took Verak to the depths of the alley.

   "They're all Bresci, why do they care so much? Could it be that the guns are also bad for the Sea Rat Gang?" Verak further understood.

Derek took another breath of the cigarette, threw the cigarette **** on the ground and stamped it out, then shrunk his neck and put his hands in his pockets to keep warm: "This matter is very complicated to talk about, and you don't need to - if you insist on listening, then I will talk about it You probably didn’t know it when you first came here. Dunman recently promulgated a new conscription law. This conscription law is obviously aimed at civilians, but we foreigners suffer the most.”

   "How to say?" Verak asked knowingly.

"This new conscription law stipulates that as long as you pay 300,000 ren, you can be exempted from military service. The rich don't have to go to the battlefield at all, and all the poor who can't afford it will be used as cannon fodder! For outsiders like us who are not citizens of Dunman It’s even more extreme, some of them were forced to sign the service certificate as soon as they moved in in Dunman, and were treated as free soldiers by the Dunman government!” Speaking of this, De Laike was a little emotional.

   "Then what does this have to do with the Sea Rat Gang banning guns?"

"Because this is obviously aimed at us outsiders and intends to weaken us." De Laike should have said, "Dunmen people are so xenophobic, and it's not that the government can't hear their voices. They also want to solve the problem and occupy us. The public resources and employment that have been taken away are redistributed to the locals. But our identity is quite special. Dunman has just resolved internal conflicts, so he will not take the initiative to deal with outsiders and make enemies with other countries. So they have to find excuses and use legitimate The reason is to solve the trouble and make it difficult for other countries to interfere. Therefore, not only the Sea Rat Gang, but now all gangs that are not natives of Dunman have banned guns. .”

  “Since Dunman people are so xenophobic and the government is always trying to drive out outsiders, why do you insist on staying here?”

   "Do you think everyone thinks this? It's either forced to come here, or they have lived here for ten or twenty years. It's not so easy to just leave." Derek shook his head.

  Verak was silent for a while thoughtfully: "Then why are you still selling guns?"

"Why don't you sell it if you can make money? What's the matter with the government, what's the matter with the Sea Rat Gang, whether they live or die has nothing to do with me? I have no obligation to hug them for warmth. I made the money I should have earned, and where do I want to go after that?" Why, isn’t it more comfortable than being cold-eyed here?” Derek said dryly, “Having said so much, what do you think, are you willing to do it with me?”

   "Just do it, it's easy to talk about if you earn money." Verak temporarily agreed to sell guns with Derek.

   This serves two purposes.

  One, Derek was doing such a dangerous job, but he revealed all the secrets in a face-to-face meeting with him. This is not in line with the cautious character of a person who makes money on the edge of death. He needs to get in touch with Derek more to find out why he is so confident.

  The second is that he wants to join the Sea Rat Gang, wants to be trusted by the people in the gang, and wants to quickly rise to a position with a little right to speak, so he had better have something to show. Derek, who disregarded the safety of the Sea Rat Gang and the thousands of Brescias in Manchester City, sold guns privately, and of course Veraker would not miss the best meeting ceremony.

   "Follow me." After Verak agreed, Derek led him out of the alley and walked towards the end of the street.

   "Where to?"

   "I'll arrange a place for you first, and then I'll go see the boss." Derek picked up a cigarette again.

   "Boss? I thought you were in charge of doing this." Verak raised his eyebrows.

Because on the street, De Laike lowered his voice a little: "I am mainly responsible for recruiting people, and other people are responsible for purchasing goods and contacting buyers. After all, guns are strictly prohibited things that cannot be sold by just anyone. , Where do you buy from, and how to get out, there are ways in every aspect."

   "Also..." Verak felt a little relieved.

   It seems that Derek is more at ease with himself because he has more secretive big shots above him, so that even if he leaks the news, it will not shake their roots.

   This also means that it won't be too difficult for him to take down only one Drake.

   "How many people do we have?" Verak tried to ask for more information.

  When it comes to the secrets of the organization, Derek's mouth immediately became strict: "You don't need to know this, you just need to send the gun I gave you to the designated place and the designated person, and then wait to receive the money."

   "Okay. I understand. The less I know, the better. I just do what I should do."

"If you can think like this, it means that you are a very measured and self-aware person." Derek patted Verac on the shoulder, "Such people don't have to worry about not making money, and they will hang out with me in the future. Guaranteed to make you a lot of money."

   As he said that, Derek took Verak to the nearest small hotel, spent fifty luns, and booked the worst room for Verak.

"I'll help you pay for one day's rent first, then where you live, what you can afford, and what kind of life you want to enjoy, you have to work **** your own." In the room, Derek settled Verak down.

   "When can I sell guns?" Verak scanned the room, and there was nothing in it except the bed. It could be said to be extremely simple.

"After I finish seeing the boss, I will come to you with information about the goods and the owner. If you do it quickly, maybe you can earn tens of thousands of luns today." Derek walked out the door after finishing speaking. "Okay, just stay in peace and wait for me to come back to find you."

  Verak let out a "hmm" and lay down on the bed: "Then I'll rest for a while."

   "Bang!" The door was closed and Derek left.

  Listening to the gradual silence outside, Verak sat up from the bed, walked slowly to the door, and opened the door a crack.

   Seeing no one outside through the crack of the door, he walked out, left the hotel straight away, went to the nearest restaurant in the name of having breakfast, and inquired with the owner of the restaurant about the Sea Rat Gang.

   Starting today, there will be a three-day double monthly ticket, and the reward will be a quadruple monthly ticket from 8:00 pm to 12:00 pm. Please vote a lot, so that you can go up at the end of the year. I wish you all a long and safe life!

  (end of this chapter)