Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 256 Untitled

  In the evening, Verack and Willow shipped the first batch of books to Manchester City.

At this time, both Lao Jin and Ruffalo had left, and only Monroe stood in front of a hill of books, holding a wine bottle and sighing: "This is the first time I feel the power of books. It’s really admirable and awesome to watch.”

"Books are just a vehicle for ideas to spread." Verac, who had just helped move the books and stood beside Monroe with his sleeves on his hips, was also staring at stacks of books. What the rich and powerful fear is the person who writes it, the person who spreads it, and the person who understands it.”

   "That's right, it's a human." Willow echoed panting.

Monroe squatted down, picked up a book and opened it: "It makes sense, it's like a weapon, a single weapon is no big deal, but it's completely different if you gather together those who can make swords and those who hold swords." gone."

   "This amount is still quite short, and we will prepare the rest as soon as possible, so I ask you to spread these first." Verak simply sat aside and rested.

"Leave it to me, I'll take care of it, and send a part to Lao Jin and Ruffalo by the way." Monroe closed the book and put it back gently, "Aside from this, what else can we do now? something?"

Verak licked his dry lips and shook his head: "Your priority right now is to arm your mind. Another point I want to make clear to you is that I hope that the theory of equality and my words will open your eyes to the real world. An opportunity, not your life creed, the final answer in your heart."

   "Isn't this the truth and the creed of life?" Monroe stood up, looking around Verak who was sitting and resting, and Willow who was leaning aside.

"It doesn't count." Verak was very thirsty, and his voice was a little hoarse, "I think the truth has no end, and if you want to move forward, you have to constantly break yourself and reshape yourself. So, don't take it as a way to rest easy from now on. Think of it as a step up for you."

   "It's interesting..." Monroe paced back and forth.

   Willow, who was leaning against the door, fell into deep thought because of a sentence Veraker said to Monroe.

  He and Veraker were not at the same stage of cognition, so after walking on the path of equality for a while, Veraker readjusted the meaning of "Theory of Equality" in his mind, and he was subsequently shocked.

   After a while, Verak didn't stay long: "I'm leaving first, and I'll come to you when the new batch is ready."

"About what time?"

   "It's just a few days." Verac said goodbye to Monroe, and returned to the car with Willow.

   After driving the car for a while, Verak found that he asked himself a lot of questions, and Willow, who was discussing things with him, seemed to have not spoken since he finished moving the goods.

   "Are you tired?" Veraker glanced at Willow in the passenger seat and asked.

   "No, this kind of work is nothing." Willow said.

   "Then why have you been silent? This is not like you." Verak joked.

After Veraker mentioned it, Willow let out a sigh of relief, and frowned, "I thought we all valued books like Theory of Equality more than anything else, and thought they were impeccable answers... But listen to you and the door. When Luo was chatting, I found out that it wasn't..."

"so you…"

   "A little bit..." Willow had a hard time describing his feelings. After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a word that could roughly describe it, "...confused."

   "Why?" Verak was puzzled.

"It's just that you are standing much higher than me and walking farther than me. You start to regard the theory of equality that I can't fault in my mind as a step, but I still can't look up to its whole picture... Willow sighed, looking out the car window with complicated eyes, "I..."

Verac almost groped along with the Equality Association, so he never felt like Willow. He froze for a moment, trying to think and answer from Willow's point of view: "Actually, in my opinion, you are Happy. You are working very hard. All of us can see this, so I believe you will catch up soon. As for the theory of equality that you said has changed from leading to steps, do you think it is our intention? Are you redefining its value? No, in fact, it is walking all the way, looking down, and finding it is already below. It is not that we step on it, which sounds disrespectful to it, but it is holding us to a higher level. "

  Willow looked at the passing street scene outside: "You said that truth has no end..."

"I also said don't take my words as an answer." Verak laughed, then turned his head and looked at Willow, "What I mean by this is that I hope we don't rest on our laurels, and always move forward with the heart yearning for the answer." .”

   "Heh..." Willow let out a breath, as if he was relieved after understanding something.

   "Do you know why I say you are happy?"

   "...Because you answered my doubts?"

Verak was amused by Vero's words again, but his smile was fleeting, replaced by seriousness and solemnity: "The reason for your happiness is that you have just stepped on this road. The steps under your feet are used by many people. Forged by your own destiny, the road ahead of you has no end in sight for the time being, and we are still tenaciously exploring it.”

   "I've stood with you now, trying to change the status quo." Willow no longer looked out the window, but looked at Verak.

  In his eyes, Verak's face was so resolute.

"So sooner or later you will have a deeper understanding of what the theory of equality means, and what steps mean." Verac didn't speak too clearly, and in some places, no matter how clear he was, he was still weak and weak before he experienced it. of.

"Um…"

  Because he had already had lunch when he was moving the books, Verac said goodbye to Willow directly after returning.

  Willow continued to spend a little free time in the evening studying "Equality" and practicing Bresci. He went back to the hotel to find Keating, and exchanged ideas about the progress of the work.

"Can you make sure that there are no problems? This cooperation is the only option for the immigrants. If they don't resist, there will be an abyss behind them. But for the locals, the government has not pushed them to the end. They haven't read our book yet..." Verak was still apprehensive about the cooperation.

  Uniting so many forces to fight against the government is the first time for them to be equal.

  When storming the Brexi government building before, in order to avoid news leakage, they were so cautious that they did not dare to recruit potential members who might be mixed with government undercover agents to solve the urgent need.

"This group of people is really difficult to deal with. There are many more problems to be solved than the immigrants. You can't stand it now." Keating sat at the desk, studying various materials, "But cooperation It shouldn't be a big problem."

"Gangs pay more attention to their own interests after all." Verak said, "I guess most of them are waiting and watching. When the matter is about to be completed, they will follow suit. If there is any sign of something wrong, they will immediately fight We picked it clean."

Keating was not angry because of other people's double-faced, cowardly, selfish, and short-sightedness: "The world will not always go as we wish, and there will be more and bigger similar things in the future. You have to learn to get used to it, and you have to do it better than me. Better now."

   "Yes." Verak nodded in response.

   "Are you tired today?" Keating pushed his glasses and asked.

"I'm not tired, don't worry, I'll hurry up and finish the book work in the past few days." Veraker was about to rub the bridge of his nose to relieve his fatigue, but when he heard Keating's concern, he immediately cheered up and put on a show. The deputy is waiting to be dispatched as if he can still do a lot of things.

   "I'm not worried about this, I don't worry about your work. Go and rest." Keating saw through it at a glance.

  Verak couldn't hold back and yawned: "And you, why aren't you asleep?"

   "I have to study the weapons again, and I have to think about how to balance these gang leaders, so that the plan can be carried out steadily." Keating held the pen, marking and recording something on the paper.

   "I'll be with you."

   "Go and rest quickly. I can solve these things in a short time. If I ask you to help, I have to explain to you, which is a waste of time." Keating knew Verak well, and found a reason to regard it as his burden.

  Verak gave up the idea of ​​helping, and slowly stood up: "Then I will go back to the room first, and call me if you need help."

   "Go." Keating concentrated on his work.

  —

  February 17th

Verac felt that the transportation could be handled by himself, so he let Willow study in the tavern with peace of mind, drove to and fro by himself, and transported the books to Manchester City continuously, and Monroe divided them into three parts, respectively for Lao Jin, Ruffalo forwarded.

  Three days passed in a row, and on February 20th, the matter of the books from the settlers was finally implemented, and the second step of the plan was half completed.

"As long as poor people commit crimes, they will fall into the hands of the law or the military police for no reason. Rich people commit all kinds of crimes, but they can not be punished by the criminal law, or at least they don't have to be afraid of it..." In Minke's Tavern, Lao Jin flipped through the book , angrily read out the sentence he most agrees with on that page.

   Monroe and Ruffalo are drinking at the same table.

  Walak, who was resting in the tavern, looked at Lao Jin expectantly.

"This book is very good..." Lao Jin commented, "I think as long as you are not a fool, you know that the world is unequal and we are oppressed. It's just that we really say that there is inequality everywhere and what kind of suffering we have suffered. Those of us who haven't read any books can't give an organized answer. In the past, when we chatted privately, there were always just a few sentences and a few general questions. This book is not as comprehensive. Let the despicableness of the government and dignitaries be invisible."

"Yes. We Brassey issued the Declaration of Human Rights and Citizens' Rights, and you Dunman also issued the Declaration of Independence. The government often clamored for equality, freedom, and human rights. The name of the country also read the republic and the United States with a high-sounding sound. But what's the use of that?" Verak smiled helplessly.

   "If the problem is that they can change it with a few words and a declaration, then the world is too simple." Lao Jin, who gradually agreed with the Equality Association, scoffed at the rhetoric and pretense of the governments.

   Monroe saw that Lao Jin was interested, and asked Ruffalo loudly: "What do you think?"

   "Same as you." Ruffalo still echoed the answer.

"Don't just keep saying that. Everyone knows that you are impeccable in everything you do. No matter what you say is true or not, it's always flattering. But today I want to hear some truth from you." Monroe Unsatisfied with this answer, he urged Ruffalo to express some real feelings with the help of alcohol.

"I'm really the same as you." Ruffalo smiled. "I agree with what you have talked about during this time and what I have read in the book. Whether it is about the status quo, the essence, or our response to all these I also agree with the change plans I made. But I haven’t thought about the big things. I am very self-aware. I only do what is within my ability, which is the part of the things I am responsible for in this plan. I am very I admire Verac, I admire Keating, I admire Equality, but that's all."

  Monro refilled Ruffalo's drink with a smile: "Although the words are not nice, I like to hear the truth."

   "What do you think of Monroe?" Ruffalo saw that Monroe's interest in "Theory of Equality" and the Equality Society obviously surpassed theirs.

   Lao Jin, who has never liked to read books, but read "Equality" repeatedly, looked at Monroe.

  Verak didn't speak, and poured himself a small glass of wine.

"I don't even have any ideas. I've always been used to being undisciplined. I usually have a lot of intrigue. Whenever I have free time, I just let go of my brain and relax. Sometimes I still feel quite tired. I don't know what I'm pursuing after being busy for a long time... um... so equality It’s interesting to talk about this thing, so I’m more concerned about it.” Monroe hiccupped, propping half of his face on the table with one hand, “I thought about it a long time ago, or make a sum of money, and keep silent. I don’t want to leave here, but I feel that I have lived my life, what can I do in other places?"

  Verak swallowed his wine and stared at the glass.

  Munro seemed to be drunk, and his eyelids couldn't be opened: "Equality will appear late, but fortunately, it's not too late."

   "What do you mean, you want to give up what you have now, and really do things with peace and equality?" Ruffalo was a little surprised.

  Before they officially confirmed their cooperation with the Equality Society, he felt that the absent-minded Monroe was the person who could best separate the gang from the Equality Society. Unexpectedly, he had this idea first.

"I just want to find something interesting to do. I haven't found it before, but now I seem to have found it... I'm not sure. I still don't know much about these things. I'll finish the current thing first. ..." Monroe said.

   "What about you, Lao Jin?" Ruffalo first glanced at Verak before asking about Lao Jin.

   "I don't know yet." Lao Jin's attitude was ambiguous.

Verak drank the wine he hadn't poured: "Will the Equality Association force anyone to join? The purpose of cooperating with you is to overthrow the new conscription law, but if you can really see the different and worthwhile from the Equality Association I welcome you to learn more before considering whether to join."

  (end of this chapter)