Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 250 Untitled

"This book is good, but it's too long-winded. After reading it for a long time, it feels useful and useless. I can't tell you the specifics. Anyway, I personally think that the Internationale is better. Go straight to the point, and you can feel the power just by reading the words." Monroe's education level is not high, so he can't provide a well-organized view, and only briefly talks about it from his personal reading experience.

  Verak expressed his understanding on this point.

  The difficulty of disseminating "Theory of Equality" has been highlighted early in Laizein. After all, the cultural level of the people is not high. It is too unrealistic to expect everyone to read "Theory of Equality" thoroughly.

  So the "Internationale" appeared very timely, concise and to the point, and supplemented by the deleted and specially extracted parts of "On Equality", finally began to make up for the lack of communication.

   "What about the Women's Manifesto?" Verak asked.

  In his view, for Monroe, the most important thing is not "Equality" and "Internationale", but "Women's Declaration".

  Because what Monroe lacks most is his ambiguity about the inequality of others. He only asks the government to respect his rights and interests, but he never thinks about whether he is doing the same thing as the government in dealing with others.

  If he read the "Women's Manifesto" and learned about women's voices, and had a different feeling, then Veraker would feel that these works really played a role in him.

   "See, what should I say..." Monroe bared his teeth, as if he had encountered a very difficult matter.

"What's hard to say, do you think the things mentioned in it are correct?" Verak asked a very simple question that only needs to answer a few words, "Do you think the divorce system should be established? Do you think it is very important?" Should the rights of legitimate children be protected? Do you think hospitals should set up obstetrics for women to give birth? Do you think women should have equal rights to study and work? Do you think women can be with the Men are just as good, and they can't just be vassals?"

   "Should." Monroe has no objection to this point, "It can be excellent."

Veraker's dissatisfaction with Monroe eased a little, and he emphasized: "We are all human beings. We have different levels of intelligence, different physiques, and differences in personality. This will indeed create a completely different life for us. But it will not affect our personality, dignity, and basic rights as human beings."

"really."

"But this is what happened. We are oppressed, exploited, restricted freedom, insulted... not only the rich and powerful are like this, but we ourselves are also fighting in this way. For short-term self-interest, because we are oppressed by others, we oppress people who are more powerful than ourselves. Weak people—" Verac paused, then asked Monroe, "What do you think it should be?"

"should…"

   "From the heart, I want to hear your real thoughts, not the ones I expect in my mind." Veraker reminded before Monroe said it.

   Monroe didn't speak for a long time, smoking a cigarette, his eyes were deeply fixed on things he couldn't see.

  He guessed that he had thought about the problem Veraker mentioned, but it was decades ago, when he was a child. He forgot what he thought at that time, and the only impression left on him at that time seemed to be 'very stupid'.

   But these days, there's a real group of people fighting for being 'stupid'.

"I think... let's live together peacefully, without so many conflicts." Monroe held back for a long time, combining his current expectations with his childhood thoughts, "you can have enough money to live and entertain without working so long , Doing ordinary work will not be looked down upon by those high-ranking people. If you are sick or injured, you don’t have to worry about not having enough money. You can go to the hospital with confidence and learn a lot..."

   Perhaps his heart was opened, and Monroe, who was racking his brains and didn't know what to say, spoke more and more vigorously.

  Verak listens.

  He feels that only when he knows how the world should be like Monroe, can he learn to compare with the present and know what is wrong. Then go to correct the mistakes and move closer to the vision.

   "... probably these." When Monroe finished speaking, half of the cigarette also burned to the end of the cigarette.

   "Very good." Verac didn't communicate with Monroe any further, and gave Monroe more room for independent thinking. "Since the cooperation has been preliminarily settled, let's pick a time for a meeting."

   “We can do it anytime.”

  Villac followed Keating's instructions: "Then, let's have a meeting here at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."

   "Manchester City?"

   "Well, this is the most suitable place." Verak said.

Monroe was just a little surprised that Verak would choose his own territory, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, I will clean up this place when the time comes. By the way, it seems that you are not the main person in charge of your equal meeting Bar?"

   "Yes, Comrade Keating, who is the main person in charge of this project and also my teacher, will come with me tomorrow." There was no need to hide this matter, and Verac informed Monroe.

   "Keeting..." Monroe, a Brescia native who has lived in Dunman for a long time, is familiar with the name 'Keeting', which is much louder than the Equality Council. "Is it Robin Keating?"

"you know?"

"It's really him?! He came out of prison?! And he became a member of your equal society?!" Monroe guessed casually, but he didn't realize that it was Keating. Those of us who have moved to Dunman know something about the diplomatic bridge between Lexi and Dunman."

  Verak said "hmm", "It's Robin Keating."

   "It seems that we have made money from this cooperation." Monroe felt more at ease when he thought of someone like Keating sitting in charge, "It's no wonder that you can make such a big fuss over Laizein."

   "Why are you alone in the tavern today?" Verak put aside the subject.

   "Knowing that you are coming, I specifically ordered them not to come to the tavern today." Monroe picked up "Equality" again, "The other thing is to create a quiet space so that I can smoke and drink while reading."

Veraker is quite satisfied with the changes in Monroe's reading in the past few days. He looks forward to a greater change after Monroe finishes reading the book and cooperates with them to fire the first shot of equality: "Okay, you continue to read Well, I'm going back."

   "Okay, I will inform Lao Jin and Ruffalo later, and meet here at ten o'clock tomorrow." Monroe is used to Verak coming and going in a hurry these few times.

  Leaving the tavern, Verac drove back to Mantelin Street.

  It was already half past ten when he came back. Keating and the others probably had almost emptied the Quinn's Tavern by this point, so after parking the car, he didn't go back to the hotel, and walked directly into the Quinn's Tavern.

   Today, there is no sign in front of the Quinn Tavern that refuses entry to foreigners, but a sign that the business is closed.

   Walking into it, Veraker found that it was empty, with wine and everything in it, and the layout was the same, but there were no people there, which was a huge difference from before.

   And the few people he was talking to, he happened to know all of them.

   "I'm back." Verak said in Dunman.

   Keating, Boss Xin, and Willowy, who were sitting and talking around a table, looked at him.

   "Is the negotiation over there?" Keating asked in front of Boss Xin and Willow.

"The discussion is over, and we will have a meeting at ten o'clock tomorrow. To my surprise, Monroe took all the equality theory into account this time, and I am looking forward to his performance in the future." Verak also sat down, "You where?"

"The tavern is vacated, and Yves is going outside to build a channel, and the transportation can start tonight." Keating said, "After reading the Equality Theory, Willow is very interested in the Equality Society. We just talked a lot about the Equality Society. Regarding matters, he wants to apply to join the Equality Association."

  Verak grinned and stretched out his hand to Willow: "You are welcome to join us."

  Willow deliberately shaved off his mustache, and he looked handsome. He stretched out his two hands and clasped them tightly, his face full of joy of finding like-minded people: "Thank you."

"We need the strong support of the local people to carry out our work here, so Comrade Willow will stay in the old South Treaty for the time being, assisting Sarah and Eve to develop the sub-station. When the conditions are right, you can go to Laizein to study." Keating also arranged Willow's work before Verac came.

   "Okay, you can learn Bresci, and then go to work in Laizein." Verak said to Willow.

   Now in the eyes of Willow, Lezein, the base of the Equality Association, is the holy place he yearns for infinitely: "I will learn Bresci as soon as possible."

   "There will be many useful books in the future, such as the Internationale and the Women's Declaration that Mr. Keating and I translated. You can read more after it is printed." Verac said.

   "I told him about this." Keating laughed.

"I've already said that. That's fine. I don't have anything to add. You can ask me anytime you have any questions. In short, you are very welcome to join the Equality Association and fight for this great cause together." Verac and Willow concluded shook hands.

   Boss Xin listened to the conversation between the three of them: "I'm done with all the busy work, I'll take you to see the gold."

   "It's time to see it, let's go." Keating hasn't seen the gold for more than two years.

  Villac followed several people and got up and walked towards the wine cellar.

  Although he didn't want to take this gold as his own, just looking at the gold worth 200 million gold grams and hundreds of billions of luns with his own eyes, he couldn't help but breathe heavily and his heart beat faster.

   "Be careful." Boss Xin led the three of them into the wine cellar with countless wine barrels and a strong smell of wine.

  The wine cellar did not take any special precautions because of the gold hidden. It looked ordinary and would not attract people's attention at all.

   "The gold is all here." Boss Xin came to the side, and lifted the floor that was hard to detect abnormalities, revealing the tightly sealed and densely packed different wine barrels inside.

   "Is it all sealed inside?" Keating came to the floor and looked inside.

  Verak and Willow both leaned over and looked at the wine barrels that looked normal.

   "Well, there are hundreds of barrels stored underground, and it will take a lot of effort for you to just move them out." Xin Lao said.

   "So many?" Verak thought they were all packed together, dozens of barrels at most.

   "Do you know how much this thing weighs in a cubic meter?" Boss Xin asked Verak.

  Verak knew that the density of gold was very high, but he didn't have much idea of ​​how heavy it was: "How many tons?"

   "Close to 20 tons." Boss Xin raised the wine barrel under his feet, "This barrel is 500 kilograms, you come and try it?"

   "I can't lift it." Verak didn't ask for trouble, and was shocked that the gold was so heavy.

  Keating was as calm as ever, but let Boss Xin open the camouflaged floor to look at the wine barrels and the approximate quantity, and he had a bottom line in his heart: "Okay, I also saw the gold, let's go back."

   "Well, Willow will stay here to help you, and I will take people back to the slaughterhouse." Boss Xin said as he walked.

   "Okay, I will contact you if there is anything." Keating said.

"Um."

  The misunderstandings between the two have been eliminated, and now the relationship between Jin and Willow has been re-established. They might not be friends, but they are much better than the level of fighting when they disagreed a few decades ago.

  Verak waited for Willow to close the floor again, then followed Keating and Boss Xin to leave.

   "How does it feel to see so much gold?" Willow took the initiative to talk to Verak.

Verak smiled wryly: "I didn't see anything, I just saw some tightly sealed wine barrels. To be honest, I didn't feel anything. But if you put so much gold in front of me, then I might go all the way It's gone."

   "Indeed." Willow thought deeply, "When I learned that I was stepping on such a large sum of gold a year ago, I didn't feel relieved for several days."

   "Didn't you think of taking it away? So much money, you can't spend it in ten lifetimes." Verak crawled out of the tavern bent over.

In the end, Willow gave him a hand, and then climbed up the stairs: "I never thought, my father's advice was still secondary at that time. What really prevented me from thinking about it was that the amount of gold was too large. It gave me a deep sense of fear. I didn’t dare to move at all, for fear of being discovered. I don’t know how my father managed to save the gold quietly and remain normal in front of us.”

   "Your father is very powerful." Verac, who learned about Wilson's life experience from Keating and Mr. Xin, gave such an evaluation, "He persisted in obscurity, which few people can do."

   "I also think he is very powerful, he is my role model." Willow grabbed Verak's outstretched hand, and stepped back to the ground with one step.

   "Do you want to build hospitals and schools in the future, so that poor people can also be doctors, don't have to worry about treatment costs, and enjoy the right to study?" Verac said.

   "That's right, I didn't know what to do at first, and I had no clue, but now I feel that I have a direction." Willow and Verak returned to the table in the tavern and sat down side by side.

  Keating said goodbye to Boss Xin at the door of the tavern.

"Believe me, all of this will come true." Verak described his imagined future to Willow, "After the new world comes, you will become a very good doctor and save many people. You can go to school to teach those students from poor backgrounds, so that they can master the skills of survival, life-saving and wounded..."

   "What about you? What will you do when the new world comes?" Willow's eyes brightened.

  Verak was stunned. He didn't seem to have thought about what he would do in the future: "I... I don't know. Anyway, there will be so many opportunities, so you can do whatever you want."

  (end of this chapter)