Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 255 Full power

"I really want to travel the world with you, meet those knowledgeable people, and change those oppressed places. But I know that I still lack a lot. I will try my best to learn Bresci first, and then I will go to Lezein to see Look." Willow had great hopes for the path that Equality would show him.

   "Sooner or later, don't be impatient." Veraker comforted the passionate Willow just like Keating comforted himself.

   "Comrade Virak, can I ask you one more question?"

  Walak, who was walking on the street, let out a gentle "hmm".

   "I firmly believe that we will definitely change the world, but I want to know how long it will take." Willow asked curiously.

   "Why do you ask that?" Verak felt that it was a very nonsensical question to suddenly ask how long it would take, but since Willow was willing to ask such a question, there should be some special reasons.

   "I just can't wait, like when I was a child, every time the holidays approached, I was looking forward to what kind of delicious food my parents would prepare, and what special gifts they would give me..."

  Willow’s description made Verac amused, and he smiled and said: “I don’t know, I just know that this festival is there, and we are getting closer and closer to it.”

   Seeing Verak smiling happily, with bright eyes like stars, Willow felt infected again: "I'm really looking forward to that day."

   "Me too." Verak's eyes twinkled.

  …

  In the evening, Keating and Boss Xin finished talking about things, and everyone had dinner together. Boss Xin ate very slowly, as if he was stalling for time. He didn't know if he was reluctant to leave the Quinn Tavern, or he was thinking about Willow.

   After dinner, Boss Xin and Keating met two days later to negotiate with the leaders of other gangs, and then Willow drove Boss Xin back to the slaughterhouse.

  On the way, Boss Xin noticed the smile on Willow's face, and teased, "When you came to find me in the afternoon, you were still frowning. Why do you look so happy now?"

  Willow grinned, holding the steering wheel firmly with both hands: "Boss Xin, I've figured out something."

   "What's the matter?" Boss Xin squinted at Willow with a cigar in his mouth.

   "Some things are not faced with a choice. It is not that if you have one, you will lose the other." Willow lamented the biggest gain today, "I have been struggling with this before, and today I found out that I was thinking too much."

  Boss Xin knew what was bothering Willow before, but he didn't point it out, he just raised his eyebrows and hummed: "I don't understand what you're raving about again."

  Willow smiled and didn't explain much.

"Phew..." After taking a puff of smoke, Boss Xin became a little more serious, "Willow, remember, I, the Blood Knife Gang, are not your burden, each of us owes your father's help, and we will do it without hesitation. Giving back to your father will also push you to the path you want to go without hesitation. So, don’t think so much, if you want to see the wider world, just go and see, if you want to do what you yearn for, just do it. "

   "...Thank you." Willow's eyes became moist as he thought of how Boss Xin had cared for and valued him since he was a child.

"Keating is a good guy, and the Verac he trained is also a reliable person, but what the Equality Society is doing is very dangerous... I actually want to tell you to be careful, but I want to tell you that I have high hopes for you. "Xin Lao Dao.

   Hearing this, Willow's tears began to roll.

  He knew what Boss Xin meant.

  He would rather let go and let himself be his brilliant self than see himself alive.

  —

  In the tavern.

   "...That's it." Verac shared with Keating the conversation he had with Willow outside in the afternoon.

   Keating learned that Willow had a headache because of this incident, and he was doing things that made him feel painful. He praised Verac: "You are great, and you helped Willow see the essence of the matter."

  Villac likes Keating to praise him very much, but he can't stand Keating's praise the most. He quickly waved his hands: "No, no, in fact, this matter is very obvious, but Willow didn't see it clearly when he was in it."

   "Xin will leave tomorrow to contact the leaders of those other gangs. I will join hands with him to negotiate on the 15th. There should be no major problems." Keating saw Verak's humility in his eyes.

   "Go to Manchester City to meet Monroe and the others on the 16th, and the first step of the matter will be settled." With Keating on board, Veraker is not worried about any problems here.

   "Well, in the past few days, you have helped Sarah to complete the printing work and the preparation of weapons. After the settlers and locals have talked, our second step plan will start immediately."

"clear."

   "Okay, it's getting late, go back and rest." Keating drove Verak back to the room to rest.

   After returning to the room, washing and lying down, Verak put his hands behind his head, looking at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep.

  He doesn't take Dunman's matter very seriously, because they have been relatively smooth all the time, and everything is going well. After all, the correct answer is there, and everyone has no reason to refuse it, easily forming a torrent and sparking a prairie fire. The only thing that is really difficult is the final head-to-head fight with the government, and he is also ready to rush to the forefront.

  Compared to these, he was looking forward to Pluman's trip.

  When I mentioned it to Willow today, he seemed to have no fluctuations. In fact, he was looking forward to meeting those with more advanced ideas than Willow.

  He wanted to seek a deeper answer, and wanted to write Chapter 10 of "Equality" "How We Change" as soon as possible.

   Give Chris an explanation.

   Outline the hazy world in my heart more clearly and in detail.

   Thinking about it, Verak fell asleep and had a good dream.

  The next day, February 13th, Veraker got up very early as a habit, greeted Keating, had breakfast together, and then went to deal with affairs with Sarah.

  The Dunman sub-station has just been established, and it will immediately launch a huge demonstration and protest action to abolish the "New Conscription Law" and fire the first shot of equality, so the pressure is very high. Verac's help effectively relieved Sarah's burden.

On the other side, Willow, like a chicken blood, earnestly taught the members of the Equality Society, and used all the free time he could use, studying harder than Veraker at the beginning. Writing Bresci, studying "Equality".

  Time passed quickly, and two days passed in the blink of an eye. On February 15th, Keating met Boss Xin by car and went to negotiate with the leaders of other gangs.

   Late at night, Keating and Boss Xin, who had been talking for a whole day, returned to the tavern.

  Villac, Willow, and Sara welcomed the two of them in and sat down, asking about the status of the negotiation.

   "Oh..." Boss Xin kept smoking when he came back.

When a few people had a bad feeling, Keating didn't play with Boss Xin, and told everyone the result directly: "The negotiation went well, they agreed to cooperate with us, and put aside the past with the settlers. It's just them It’s not as good as Xin knows us well, and he still has a lot of precautions, which can only be eliminated through time and practical actions.”

   "You are so boring." Boss Xin stubbed out his cigar in dissatisfaction, and asked Willow to pour him a glass of wine.

   "That's good." This result is in line with Verak's prediction.

It is inevitable for others to be wary of this. Those who can carve out their own territory here are not good people. If they don't understand the Equality Society, they will definitely think that the Equality Society can't help them for no reason. There must be something A conspiracy that cannot be put on the table.

   "Great." Willow clenched his fists, not hiding his excitement.

Seeing that Willow is not as calm as Veraker, he feels that he is a head shorter than Keating, Xin Laodao: "Things are not as simple as Keating said. In fact, there are still some complicated things that need to be dealt with slowly. Dealing with these people must be done with a clear mind." There are too many, and you have to be careful to be noticed by the government, anyway, there will be headaches in the future."

   Keating agreed: "Shin is right."

   "If you are busy here, I can go to talk to Monroe and the others by myself tomorrow." Verak suggested.

   Monroe and the others have basically reached an agreement. If Keating has something to do, he can handle it alone.

But before Keating could speak, Boss Xin, who was drinking, rolled his eyes: "Then ask Willow to go with you, he is the heir of our Blood Knife Gang, and his words are enough to represent our locals." sincerity."

   "That's fine." Verak had no objection.

   "Then you guys can go to Manchester City tomorrow." Keating glanced at Boss Xin and agreed with a smile.

  —

  February 16

  Verak drove and took Willow to meet the three leaders of the settler gang, Monroe, Old King, and Ruffalo at the same time and place.

   "Mr. Keating didn't come today?" Monroe, Lao Jin, and Ruffalo stood at the table and waited respectfully as if they had met Keating for the first time. The only difference is that this time they emptied the tavern ahead of time.

"Mr. Keating has basically negotiated with many local gang leaders, and now he is busy perfecting some details." Verak took Willow to sit at the wine table, "So this time I brought another Someone more important is coming."

   "This is..." Monroe looked up and down at the young Willow.

Verac introduced him as an intermediary: "This is a member of our Equality Association, and also the heir of the blood knife gang, Willow. This is the old Monroe of the Sea Rat Gang from Bresci, and this is from Montreco. The boss of the Glittering Gold Gang, Lao Jin, this is Ruffalo, the boss of the black street gang of the Sder people."

   "Blood Knife Gang... a member of Boss Xin?" Monroe narrowed his eyes.

  Old Jin's reaction was the most intense, and he immediately stared at Willow viciously, with the potential to fight on the spot.

   "That's right, Boss Xin is my uncle." Willow nodded and looked at Lao Jin.

"Your uncle participated in the Dunmeng War." The Blood Knife Gang is famous, and Lao Xin is also well known. As a Menglege man who is incompatible with the Dunman people, once Lao Jin learned of Willow's origin, the atmosphere became tense. tensed up.

  Verak was about to speak to ease the atmosphere, but Willow rushed to Lao Jin first and said, "That's all in the past, we decided to let it go."

   "Put it down..." Lao Jin was taken aback, he didn't expect the other party to behave so peacefully.

  According to past habits, a battle would break out if the two of them said something wrong.

"I know what happened back then, and my father also participated in that war." Willow said, "It's been so long, I don't know if there is any point in exploring right and wrong now, but I know that there is nothing better than us continuing to fight against each other." Let’s move on to more important things. If you need an apology, then I’m sorry. As a matter of sincerity, on behalf of our Blood Knife Gang, I can let go of the old hatred and no longer be hostile to everyone.”

A boy with a hairy head has a calmer understanding of the overall situation than himself, and Lao Jin can't hold on anymore, not to mention that he agreed to cooperate, which is equivalent to agreeing to let go of hatred with the locals: "... let's go, I hope you guys Not lip service."

   "Don't worry." Willow exuded frank goodwill, reducing the tense situation.

Verac, who originally wanted to save the game, watched Willow make a suitable response, and he solved the problems of Lao Jin and Montrego himself, and he was relieved a lot: "What do you think? The final cooperation is still there." What's the problem?"

   "I have no problem." Monroe was the first to express his opinion.

   "No problem." Lao Jin followed.

   "Me too." Ruffalo finally agrees.

   "That's good. Since everyone is willing to cooperate, we will arrange the implementation of the plan as soon as possible." Verak smiled confidently.

   He is bound to win today's negotiation.

  The local gangs have basically settled down, and of course the immigrants will not refuse.

   The final result was not surprising. The three parties agreed to cooperate. Lao Jin and Ruffalo also had some exchanges with Veraker on books such as "Equality".

Faced with Monroe's invitation this time, Verac did not refuse any more. During lunch, he included Willow, answered many of their questions, and made the foundation of cooperation more stable. When faced with questions from his subordinates, he can answer questions in an orderly manner, not that he himself does not know what the book means, and everyone is staring at each other. After working for a long time, they only understand a little bit.

   After finishing everything that should be done, Verac and Willow didn't stay any longer, and drove back to the city.

  Although it is not a luxury that everyone can see through "Theory of Equality", "Internationale", and "Women's Declaration", they cannot print only a small number of works because of this. In the past few days, the printing factory that Sara had arranged was running at full capacity, and volume after volume of books were shipped out, filling the warehouse.

"Are there enough books now? How about newspapers and excerpts?" After returning, Verak found Sarah to inquire about the situation. To Monroe and others, let them spread the word and let more people know about this.

   "There is still a lot of difference, but you can transfer half of the warehouse." Sarah looked at the list and estimated the gap.

   "Okay, Willow and I will transfer a batch, and take them over first, and pass as much as you can." It is much more efficient to get a part first than to take the same amount and take it over. After greeting Sara, Verac and Willow immediately went to the warehouse to load the books.

  (end of this chapter)