Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 253 Distinguish between the enemy and us

  Willow has been in the Blood Knife Gang for so long, and has followed Boss Xin to dominate the nearby blocks for many years. He is no longer an ignorant young man. When Verac and Keating proposed to discuss cooperation with Boss Xin, he immediately realized that it was related to the Equality Society. And things related to the Equality Association are usually extremely dangerous.

   "What's the matter?"

   "As far as I know, there are many local gangs in the old South Yorkshire. They each control a block and collect protection fees to strive for the best interests of the residents in the block. Their strength has attracted the government's fear." Keating said.

  Willow nodded while deeply guessing what Keating wanted to cooperate with Boss Xin.

"Recently, the government promulgated a new conscription law, stipulating that as long as you are willing to pay 300,000 ren, you can be exempted from military service and do not need to go to the battlefield. This matter has the greatest impact on immigrants, and it is also very unsatisfactory to ordinary civilians in our country. Fair," Keating added.

"Of course, rich people can enjoy themselves for a lifetime and use money to solve all problems, but poor people can only choose to obey the government's arrangements. This is very unfair." Willow, or the locals in Dunman, can see this fact very much. Tou, "To put it bluntly, it means that the consortium supports the government, and the government protects the consortium. A country established by capital will only regard capital as the truth."

"The thing we want to talk about today is the new conscription law." After seeing Willow's reaction in line with their normal expectations, Keating went straight to the topic, "Equality will come, and changes must begin here. After my paragraph The feeling of time, I think the most suitable shot for Dunman's equality is the new conscription law."

Willow's eyes lit up. He didn't expect the Equality Society to arrange an action so quickly, and he didn't expect the Equality Society to point directly at the new conscription law, which is seriously related to the interests of the rich and powerful: "You mean...abolish the new conscription law. Law?"

"Yes."

"This should be difficult." Willow's face was filled with excitement and joy, but it seemed that these emotions were still restrained by him, "The new conscription law protects the interests of the rich and powerful, which can be said to be the foundation of the government. Bottom line, ordinary methods should not work... Do you have any good ways to achieve abolition?"

  Their plan cannot be achieved by Willow, so Verac de Ketin informed Willow of the plan they discussed without reservation.

  Willow was shocked after hearing this, and opened and closed his mouth many times, but he didn't say a word.

After a while, he probably calmed down, and then he asked in disbelief: "Do you want the outsiders and our locals to unite to protest and put pressure together? Then if the government solves the problem by force, we will Fight back with force?"

   "That's right." Verak said.

   "This..." Willow still couldn't accept it, "Do you know how big the contradiction between locals and outsiders is in Dunman and in the Old South Treaty?"

"I know." When Keating hadn't been to Brisey before, he had often seen local gangs and immigrant gangs fighting with knives on the streets in the old South York City, blood flowing in rivers, "Don't forget, I'm a dunman too."

   "Then do you think it is possible for the two parties to put aside their previous grievances and unite?" Willow shook his head because of his deep-rooted notion that outsiders and locals are incompatible.

During his short time living with the Sea Rats, Verac also absorbed some different perspectives: "I lived with the settlers a while ago, and I understand their views. They feel that what the locals say they rob It is nonsense that local people’s jobs have taken up public resources. Because they are also paying taxes and have the right to legally enjoy public resources. Moreover, their business has also brought a lot of local job opportunities. All of this It’s all mutually beneficial.”

"Are you kidding me? The Montrego people have always been hostile to us because of the Dunmeng War decades ago. In the past few decades, many of their people have come to take revenge. How do you let us build trust? As for the others, willing to come Most of them came to our backcountry because of helplessness. You should also know who are the people who are forced to do so. They let the law and order in Dunman drop again and again. What mutual benefits are they talking about?" Willow heard Verak The words are angry and funny.

   "So you think it's impossible to reconcile the conflict between the natives and the settlers?" Willak asked.

   "I also hope to reconcile and peacefully coexist, but you haven't lived in Dunman for long, and you can't imagine how they can be united together." Willow didn't hold any expectations.

  As Keating, who knows enough about Dunman’s current situation and is actively promoting the unity of the two parties, he sees Willow’s series of performances in his eyes: "After you read the theory of equality, do you still think the same?"

  Keating's steady voice calmed the slightly agitated Willow.

  He thought of what he saw in the theory of equality, and was puzzled: "What does this have to do with the theory of equality?"

"Do you think that in the description of the theory of equality, the natives of Dunman and the immigrants are essentially the same kind of people?" Although Willow read "Theory of Equality", he didn't really fully understand it, and some points of view are still being accepted. limited. Keating's mood was very stable, and he patiently helped him clear the fog bit by bit.

   "It's... a kind." Willow followed Keating's question and fell into thinking.

   "So what is the real problem between you? Is it exploitation, oppression, misunderstanding, friction?"

   "It was some small frictions that led to big conflicts, and then the contradictions between the two sides became deeper and deeper, and the prejudice against each other became bigger and bigger." Willow continued to answer along.

   Keating then asked: "Then, which of these two do you think cannot be resolved? Only after overthrowing and reshuffling the cards and jumping out of the restricted framework can we see the dawn?"

   “…the former.”

   "Do you understand what internal conflict is, and who is the real enemy?" Keating looked at Willow.

  Willow swallowed.

"We have already talked to the Sea Rat Gang, the Black Street Gang, and the Flash Gold Gang, which represent the vast majority of immigrants." While Willow was thinking, Keating threw out the most important sincerity, "I What I can assure you is that the immigrants are willing to unite with the locals to fight against the government and regain the minimum dignity as a human being. Now it is only the attitude of the locals, which determines whether we can solve the internal problems first. Contradictions, and then defeat the real enemy."

   "You make a lot of sense." After a while, Willow agreed with Keating's words, "It's just that there are so many people, it's impossible for you to explain the nature of the outsiders and the government one by one. It is still very difficult to implement this matter."

  “So we are vigorously printing works such as Theory of Equality, The Internationale, Women’s Declaration, etc., and are still preparing newspapers, music and other forms of publicity to inform everyone who is the enemy, what we are facing first, and what urgently needs to be resolved.”

  Willow laughed and cried: "Mr. Keating, your idea is good, but with so many people, how do you spread it? How many people can see these things? How can the government turn a blind eye?"

   "This is what we want to talk to Xin about." Keating said.

   After talking a lot, the doubts and questions everywhere have been answered, and the conversation has returned to the beginning.

"No wonder you told me about the gang at the beginning... What you really need to do is to persuade Boss Xin to participate, and then start with Boss Xin, attract more gangs, and use the power of the gang to complete this last link. At this point, Willow understood everything, "Using gangs to solve problems, I never thought about it."

"You protect every neighborhood, and the new conscription law tramples on your dignity and fairness. Therefore, our cooperation is very necessary, whether it is to abolish the new conscription law or to eliminate the conflict between locals and immigrants, Both have visible benefits to the lives of the people." Keating pointed out that both sides have the same goal.

  Willow couldn't find any conflicts. What side effects would this matter bring? He let out a sigh of relief and rubbed his browbones: "There is really no reason to refuse."

   "Then what's your final view on this matter?" As in the previous meeting in Manchester City, Verak, who was mainly responsible for listening, asked.

  Willow's attitude will be a key signal.

   Once he is a member of a local gang, he agrees, which means that many people will agree. Secondly, Boss Xin regards him as his heir. If he agrees to this plan, even if Boss Xin disagrees at first, he will definitely waver in the future.

   As soon as Boss Xin agreed, with him at the center, the many local gangs should not be a big problem.

   "I..." Willow pondered, and gave his final opinion cautiously, "I think this is the only way, no matter whether it works or not."

  Willow wasn't yet sure if this would work, but he knew they had no choice.

   "We want to meet with Xin as soon as possible to talk about this matter." Keating showed no fluctuations on his face, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief, "If he agrees, the gun will be considered loaded."

   "Do you think Boss Xin agrees?" Verak wanted to hear Willow's feelings, so he made preparations.

"It's hard to say. Boss Xin participated in the Dunmeng War with my father before, and he limped in that war, so while the people of Menglege hated us, he also hated the people of Menglege. Now we have many conflicts with the Montrego people. It may be difficult to unite him with those people." Willow didn't know what to do, "but this is for the residents, which is what he sees. One of the most important things in…”

   "It seems that the result will not be known until we have an interview." Verak looked at Keating and said.

   Keating took a sip of water unhurriedly, looked at the time on his watch: "Where is Xin?"

   "Should be in the slaughterhouse." Willow replied.

   "We'll have to talk to him to find out whether he agrees or not. We'll go find him to explain the situation." It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and they have enough time today to get Boss Xin to implement it.

   "Are you looking for Boss Xin?"

"Um."

  Willow hurriedly stopped the two who were about to get up: "The slaughterhouse is not a place suitable for talking, I should go to Boss Xin and take him over."

   "Alright." Keating had no particular opinion on the choice of the place for the conversation.

   "Can you drive?" Verak took out the car keys.

   "Yes." Willow took the key, "I will try to get Boss Xin over as soon as possible."

   Keating took a sip of water: "We will wait for him here."

   "Well... then I'll go." Willow left the tavern, and drove the car that Verac often drove these days to the slaughterhouse.

  After Willow left, Verac poured water for Keating: "Teacher, Willow took the initiative to pick up Boss Xin, probably because he wanted to have a detailed discussion with Boss Xin in advance, right?"

"Well, he himself is still a little hesitant, and wants to take this opportunity to be one step ahead of us, reach a consensus with Boss Xin, and then meet with us." Keating also saw through Willow's real purpose in picking up Boss Xin, but he Let Willow go, "This can't stop him, they always want to ventilate secretly."

   "Indeed. Do you think Boss Xin agrees?"

   "I will always have only one opinion." Keating frowned slightly, "When faced with the correct answer, we have no choice."

Verac understood what Keating meant, and felt more at ease: "By the way, teacher, I think what Willow just said, the new conscription law is the foundation of the government, and it makes sense that they will not compromise easily. We have passed strikes, There is a high probability that marches to protest will be suppressed by force, so we still have to prepare for the worst and confront them head-on.”

"The issue of weapons is not difficult, we have enough funds." With gold in place, equality will be rich, and it is relatively easy to provide a batch of weapons for confrontation between the people and the government in Jiunan and Li, "But do they dare to fight with the government? Fight, whether you can fight or not is unknown."

   "Yes... the theory of equality can't solve all the problems..." After reading "Theory of Equality" today, Willow is still a little inclined to take into account the interests of Boss Xin, which made Verak feel a little emotional.

   It is still difficult to read "Equality" thoroughly.

   It is equally difficult to completely transform a person by only reading a book without experiencing other things.

  Looking at it this way, it is extremely important for the Equality Association to fire this shot in Dunman, and it has many meanings.

   "Do you have any opinions?" Keating was basically leading the meeting all day today, ignoring Veraker's opinion a bit.

  Verak expressed admiration: "My opinion is basically the same as yours, teacher. There are a few differences. The ideas you finally put forward and the way you deal with them are much better than what I wanted to do."

   "When Xin comes, you are responsible for talking to him, how about it?" Keating threw a difficult task to Verak.

   "Me?" Verak hesitated a little, he knew that Keating was training him, but he was worried that he would mess up such an important matter.

   "Don't you dare?" Keating deliberately provoked Veraker.

Veraker thought about it, with Keating sitting next to him, he would one day meet someone more difficult than Boss Xin. Such an opportunity should be firmly grasped, so he said: "Of course, when Boss Xin comes, Just leave it to me."

  (end of this chapter)