Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 251 No one understands this better than me

   "Yes, if there is such a day, there will definitely be many choices left for us." Willow nodded.

   While the two were talking, Boss Xin who was standing at the door left silently. Before leaving, he didn't tell Willow, and he didn't tell him anything uneasy, as if he had been expecting Willow to do his own thing for too long, wishing that he would spread his wings and fly high without looking back.

After watching Boss Xin leave, Keating went back to the tavern to sit with Veraker and Willow: "Willow, our people will come over to set up a sub-station of the Equality Association later, and they still use the tavern to hide their eyes and ears, but they They have basically no experience in running taverns, and you need to help them learn the skills of various jobs as soon as possible."

   "Leave this to me." Willow grew up in Quinn's Tavern, and he knows all aspects of the tavern very well. "It's just that the people you bring are all Brisey's. There may be some obstacles in terms of language..."

   "I'll act as an interpreter." Sarah, who is in charge of the substation and can speak Bresci and Dunman, was busy with printing, so Verak stepped forward.

   "It's time to exercise Veraker again." Keating handed over the work to the two young people.

   Not long after, Yves, who is also the person in charge of the sub-station, brought more than a dozen members of the Equality Association into the tavern. He first reported the situation to Keating, and then the two sides introduced each other.

  After that, the intensive work started.

  Villac acted as an interpreter, retelling Willow's words into Bresci for everyone to hear. The members of the Equality Association began to understand the structure of the tavern, assigned identities and jobs on the surface, and studied.

  At noon, Sarah arrived at the tavern with another team. They solved the printing issue smoothly, and the printing work can start soon. According to their speed, hundreds of copies of "Equality", "The Internationale", and "Women's Declaration" will not be long before they can be printed.

  The tasks of all parties were successfully completed. Keating did not give them a chance to breathe, and asked Sarah to build a communication network as quickly as possible, and distribute these books after the preparations were completed. Yves needs to get the Equality Club branch up and running within three days, and the tavern has to reopen.

  After distributing their affairs, Keating and Verak had a detailed discussion on tomorrow's meeting, making full preparations for tomorrow's meeting.

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  February 13, 10 am

  Villac drove and brought Keating to the door of Mink's Tavern in Manchester on time. This time, there were four or five cars parked around, obviously Lao Jin, the boss of the Gold Flash Gang, his son Apu, and Ruffalo, the boss of the Black Street Gang, all arrived.

   "Talking in a tavern?" It was the first time Keating talked about such a formal matter in a tavern.

   "I know Manchester City quite well. There is really no suitable place here. It might as well be in a pub." Verak turned off the fire, "Let's go, teacher."

   Keating got out of the co-pilot, and walked into Mink's Tavern with Verac.

  The outside of the tavern is deserted, but the inside is overcrowded. The bosses of the Sea Rat Gang, the Flash Gold Gang, and the Black Street Gang sat at the same table, and other places were full of their subordinates.

   "Why do you bring so many people?" Verac took Keating, and under the half-pushing and half-yielding of the strong men, he came to Monroe, Lao Jin, and Ruffalo.

   "It's too cold outside, so let them come in first." The eyes of the three of Monroe fell on Keating, who was not tall and had a kind smile.

   "Everyone go out and stay in the car." Lao Jin shouted.

  People from the three parties left the tavern one after another, and in an instant, there were only five of them left in the tavern.

   "Sit down." Monroe deliberately reserved two seats for Veraker and Keating to sit down.

   "Teacher, sit down." Verak glanced after sitting down, "Apu didn't come?"

   "There is no need to take him with you in every scene." The tall and mighty Lao Jin said.

Verak nodded: "Okay, then let me introduce each other first. This is the person in charge of our Equality Association in this cooperation, Comrade Keating. This is the old Monroe of the Sea Rat Gang, and this is the Golden Glitter Lao Jin, the leader of the gang, and this is Ruffalo, the leader of the black street gang. They represent the immigrants of the Bresci, Montrego, and Sdell respectively."

   "Hello." Monroe shook hands with Keating respectfully.

  Although Keating is no longer the minister who is below Brisey and above ten thousand people, in their minds, they are still not in the same world as Keating, one is high above the other, and the other is as humble as dust.

  Old Jin nodded to Keating, his face was not as indifferent as Verak saw in the last meeting.

   Ruffalo is still smooth, and he is tight-lipped in his dealings with others.

   "Would you like something to drink?" Monroe asked.

   "No, thank you." Keating politely declined.

  Verak pushed the start of the meeting: "Since everyone is here, let's stop wasting time and start talking directly."

   "Okay." Lao Jin had no objection.

   Monroe and Ruffalo naturally agree.

   "Teacher." Verak looked at Keating, waiting for Keating to speak.

"This cooperation is of great importance, and we will show our utmost sincerity. I hope that everyone can also determine the cooperation plan together with the pure purpose of solving the matter." Keating first reminded the people here very politely. The meeting only discussed how to abolish the "New Conscription Law", and did not involve other possible private goods.

"certainly."

"Um."

   Several people agreed.

   "First of all, we want to understand the plan you made earlier to provoke a conflict between the people of Dunman and the government of Dunman." Keating and Verak are very curious about how the three parties originally planned to contend with the government.

Now that they decided to cooperate, Monroe and the others did not hide anything, and Ruffalo, the leader of the black street gang, briefly talked about their thoughts: "We plan to find a way to list the deaths of local civilians in Dunman after they became soldiers. Go out, and then secretly stir up conflicts between the local gangs responsible for sheltering various neighborhoods and the government, let them fight, and large-scale conflicts erupt..."

  After listening to the tripartite plan, both Veraker and Keating exhaled heavily.

  Monroe and their ideas are indeed feasible, for example, when the two sides are at war, secretly kill those noble children who have paid to be exempted from military service, and those civilians who make the highest voice. As misunderstandings and conflicts between the two sides deepen, it goes without saying what will happen.

   Even if someone realized that there might be another conspiracy involved, it wouldn't help much.

  Because the conflict between civilians and dignitaries has been provoked, the importance of who kills people has plummeted. Everyone will only hold one thought, to fight!

   "This method is very good. We can manipulate everything secretly and stay out of it on the surface." Ruffalo likes this method that doesn't require much action by himself and others to fight to the death.

"But judging from my understanding of the Equality Association during this period, they will not agree." Monroe has read "Equality" and other books, and he knows that there is a high probability that Verac and Keating will not accept this kind of registration. Way not to go to the table.

"Indeed, we will not do this kind of thing of standing on the sidelines and watching the two sides fight each other. Because we will not watch the people fight alone and trample on their bodies and blood for profit." Keating denied the plan feasibility.

  Verak shook his head vigorously after hearing this: "We will fight with the people and be the ones who rush to the front."

   "Admirable." Ruffalo applauded lightly.

   "Since this doesn't work, do you have any better ideas?" Monroe asked.

  Lao Jin didn't speak, but folded his arms around his chest, waiting for Keating to propose their plan.

  The purpose of their cooperation with the Equality Association is very simple, that is, with stronger allies, the possibility of doing this is even greater. Selfishly speaking, if something dangerous happens according to their plan, they can throw the blame on the Equality Association.

  If the Equality Society disagrees with their plan and cannot come up with a better solution, then there is no need for them to cooperate at all.

  In short, for them, Baili is harmless.

  The Equality Council is simply a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

   "I want to ask a question first." Keating didn't answer directly, "Why do you let the locals of Dunman fight the government?"

   "Self-protection." Ruffalo said, "If they fight, the government will have no intention of taking action against us. And if the locals can win and force the government to cancel the new conscription law, then the situation will be even better."

   "After their dispute is over, will the government stop taking action against you?" Keating continued to ask.

Ruffalo coped with it with ease: "At that time, the government will face many problems, at least it will not be possible to deal with us in a short period of time. And once the new conscription law is cancelled, our people will not be signed to serve as soldiers for no reason. will not be weakened."

"At this time, there are two more problems." As a minister who has assisted Ravel in power for many years, Keating can easily see omissions, "First, after the disputes have been quelled, will the government use you to divert it? Contradictory? Second, will the new conscription law only amend the content about the natives, while retaining the relevant bills for immigrants who have not spoken out in this dispute?"

   "I think..." Ruffalo frowned.

  Old Jin looked serious, while Monroe smiled.

"In some cases, when you think that this matter has nothing to do with you, you are already in trouble." Keating fundamentally undermines the need for a tripartite plan, "Your plan is to know how to use the power of the people and the government The bad thing about confrontation is that you are too separated from the people. The consequence of this is that the victory of the people is not equal to your victory."

"I think what Mr. Keating said is very reasonable." Monroe was not at all unhappy because the shortcomings of his own plan were revealed. Correct mistakes.

   "You just pointed out that there is such a possibility. The real situation changes rapidly, and no one can say for sure." Ruffalo made the opposite opinion.

Keating gave a very approving "hmm" at first, and then expanded the advantages he had established: "I have been in power for many years, and no one understands the operation of the government and the way these things are handled better than me. The real situation is indeed changing rapidly, but Some things are constant. I will not say that if you follow this method, the result will definitely be what I said, but this possibility exists objectively. As a politician, I have been in the government People who have worked for decades feel that it cannot be ignored.”

  Villac applauded secretly after seeing the changes in the faces of Monroe and the others.

  He talked with Keating from the afternoon until late at night yesterday, but this time he came prepared.

  They know that they can't measure and treat others with their own ideals and moral sense. Equality would be willing to sacrifice for the people, Monroe and others would not.

   Cooperation seeks benefits.

  Munro and others thought of it. After cooperation, they will continue to use their own plan. If something goes wrong, equality will take the blame. It would be great if equality would have a better plan.

   Keating certainly knew what these people thought.

Therefore, he and Verac knew that they would fight side by side with civilians and that immigrants and locals would not be adopted when they united. They did not come up to talk about ideals, justice, and freedom, but followed what Monroe and others cared most about. Safety and interests are the starting point, and the tripartite plan is no longer feasible.

   Little by little, Monroe, Lao Jin, and Ruffalo realized that the only way to unite and fight side by side is the most realistic and feasible way. Today's cooperation is half done.

   "Your opinion is undoubtedly higher than ours in this regard." Keating's aura is too strong, and Monroe is more convinced of Keating than Ruffalo in this matter, "What do you think, Lao Jin?"

"I agree with what he said 'the victory of the people is not equal to our victory'." Lao Jin said his opinion in a deep voice, "We should only have this chance. If we really use up the locals, there is no fundamental Solve our problems online, and I don’t need to say much about the results after that.”

Ruffalo actually didn’t mean to insist on his own opinion. He knew how to speak according to the situation, and Keating’s words were indeed reasonable, so he quickly changed his tone: “I agree with everyone, since our original plan exists If there is a huge loophole, then there is no need to think about it any further."

   "Yes, our meeting this time is to find a solution that really suits us." Verak pushed the balance of speaking power to his side.

"Then what do you think we should do? According to what you just said, stand with the locals, fight together, and fight for our rights at the same time?" Monroe is concerned about what to do, "After listening to what you said, it feels like It makes sense, but you should know that the locals are very hostile to us, we have been excluded, even if we want to unite with them, they will not accept it."

"That's right, we need to unite with the locals, because we are all essentially the same." Keating said slowly, "The conflict between the immigrants and the locals is that we have to resolve it before fighting the government." problem. As for how to solve it, simply put, it is to let everyone recognize the enemy and recognize the friend.”

  Verak took out the "Equality" and other books he brought in a timely manner, and distributed them to Lao Jin and Ruffalo: "These books can solve all your problems."

  (end of this chapter)