Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 297 Untitled

  Lizein, 1st Cavalry Camp, Joseph's room

  Adel once again sneaked in through the patrol loophole created by Joseph's mobilization of troops, and had a secret conversation with Joseph.

   "Things are going well. There is news from Francois, asking me to talk to him alone tomorrow morning, and then there will be a new appointment ceremony in the afternoon." Joseph poured Adel a cup of coffee and said.

"His intentions are already obvious. Everything is within our expectations. You will succeed Pissel as the new general." Adel sat down and took a sip of coffee, looking at Joseph who didn't feel much joy about it. .

   Joseph nodded slightly: "I heard that one of your cadres died in the assassination of Pissel?"

"Well, his name is Diaz." Adel had personally experienced this incident, and he had some deep feelings, "Originally he didn't have to sacrifice, but in order to cover the safe evacuation of others, he chose to be the rear guard and restrain Pissey Er's guard platoon and patrol unit, and eventually..."

   "He is a very brave and great man." After serving in the army for so many years, what Joseph admires most is the person who is willing to sacrifice himself to protect his companions. And the Equality Society lacked such people the most, giving him a sense of security that he rarely felt during intrigues in the military.

"yes…"

   "How are your other plans going? For example, propaganda within the Corps." Joseph asked about the progress of the Equality Association.

  Adel didn't know much about this, so he just explained briefly: "It's not bad, the three corps have already sent people in to start work, and I believe there will be changes visible to the naked eye soon."

"It seems that the Corps still has some omissions. I haven't received any abnormal reports, and the Equality Association has already started to promote it." Joseph thought that the patrolling of their camp was very strict, and even Adel had to make special arrangements when he came in. Equality Not to mention the difficulty of being able to send people in and carry out publicity.

  He was ready for the Society of Equality to ask him for help, just like the previous assassination of Pissel, but the Society of Equality did not speak up once during the two difficult missions. If he hadn't hoped to kill Pissel earlier to avoid any changes, and had offered to give the Equality Society information, it would at most take a little longer for the Equality Society to complete the task alone.

  Adel took another sip of coffee: "There is nothing surprising about this. You have never been impregnable, and there are many opportunities to break into the inside."

   "Yes, no matter how many external precautions are made, it will not be able to withstand the internal collapse. Even I will be shaken, so how can other people not make choices for their own interests."

   "After you become a general, lead three corps, and take charge of the defense of Laizein, do you have any plans?"

Joseph sank deep on the sofa, his eyes seemed to reflect countless problems: "The army is not monolithic, you know that. So after I become a general, I still need to cultivate my cronies, which will take a long time. Time firmly controls the three corps. Another point is that the future situation is unpredictable. Although it seems that we have no intention of mobilizing and will fight openly with the Equality Association for a long time, no one can say What will happen at any time. It may be that my position was replaced by someone else soon, or the Corps may be transferred from Laizein... In short, you must be fast and seize this opportunity."

  Adel deeply agrees: "Yes, no one can completely control the direction of the future, all they can do is grasp the present."

"Do you plan to come back?" Joseph asked, "For more than twenty years, the name of Balk Bradrick has been forgotten by everyone. You can come back with your current identity and be my confidant. Solve internal problems together."

   "Come back..." Adel never thought about it, and when Joseph proposed the invitation, he suddenly felt a little dazed.

   "When I become a general, it will not be difficult to arrange you back to an important position."

   "...I forgot what it was like when we fought side by side last time, and I completely forgot what it was like to wear a military uniform last time..." Adel laughed at himself, feeling a little intentional.

  He is not yet a member of the Equality Association. He was responsible for assassinating Pissel because of his status. Now that Pissel is dead, he seems to have no better arrangements.

   It is also a good choice to be able to solve all the troubles faced after becoming a general with Joseph in the army.

"I don't know if you have thought about one thing. If Pissel knows that you are not dead, but we will join forces to kill him twenty years later and take his place, how ugly will his face be?" ’” Joseph laughed.

   "Well, heh." Adel's eyes became clearer, "I probably killed him with my own hands, and comforted more than a hundred innocent brothers who died innocently and my gloomy twenty-year life."

   Joseph didn't answer this sentence.

After that incident, all the soldiers of the company died. Adel escaped from death, changed his name and hid in the most remote place and lived for more than 20 years. However, he followed Pissel all the way to the top because of Adel Regardless of previous suspicions, it helped him to ascend to the position of general.

   He is both guilty and grateful.

   A series of tragedies have his responsibility.

  If Adel hadn’t come to look for him and let go of his past grievances, he would still be kicked out of the army by Pissel and become a half-abandoned pawn.

   "Okay, when you become a general, I will come back to work with you." Adel accepted Joseph's invitation.

   "Then I will arrange it in a few days. You will do the handover work in the equality meeting first." Joseph was very happy.

  Adel can become his most trusted person. With Adel, he also has greater confidence to control the three corps, and those officers with powerful backgrounds who may not be convinced by him.

   "...um." Adel responded.

  Joseph thought that he had officially joined the Equality Association and had a special job in the Equality Association, so he reminded him to do a good job handover first and join the Corps at any time to work together.

   But he has not officially joined, but Morais mentioned that he is welcome to join at any time when chatting with him before.

   During such a period of time together, he saw the unity of the comrades in the Equality Association, and saw their bravery and fearlessness.

  Everyone is willing to sacrifice for each other. It is self-evident how great the charm of the Equality Society is.

   "Do you want to join the Equality Association?" Adel had an answer in his mind.

   "Me?" Joseph is not yet ready for this. His current cooperation with the Equality Association relies more on Adel than his own unconditional trust and recognition of the Equality Association.

   "I haven't officially joined yet, but I think it's time to go back tonight and become a part of them." Adel said.

   "What's going on?" Joseph was curious about Adel's mental journey.

Adel thought about it, and wanted to express his thoughts clearly in the shortest possible words: "In my life, I have never done anything worthwhile. The only thing is to wait for more than twenty years to finally die More than a hundred brothers from China took revenge. But that is the result of a cause. If Pissel hadn’t done something like that, everything would not be what it is today. Now I have met the Equality Council again. They did The same thing is because the cause is buried in this world before the result. So I think what they are doing is worthwhile and decided to join.”

"For me, give me some more time." Joseph agrees with Adel's words, but he still knows too little about the Equality Society, "I still know very little about them, and I have thought about collecting some of their books during this period of time." Read, but it is too risky for me to sit in this position to find their books, if you have time, quietly bring me two."

   "Okay." Adel agreed.

   "The most important thing now is to win tomorrow." Joseph said, "If everything goes well tomorrow, everything will be half done."

   "You will do it, I have no doubts about it." Adel drank the coffee in one gulp, "Then I'll go first, you go to bed early."

   "Yes." Joseph sent Adel to the door.

  Adel walked in the direction of sneaking in in the night.

  Joseph looked at Adel's figure gradually sinking into the darkness: "Thank you."

  Adel paused for a moment, but just waved his hand.

   "Oh." Joseph knew that Adel understood what he meant.

  He stood at the door of the room, with his hands in his pockets, breathing the air that seemed to be fresher than ever, feeling relieved.

  —

  The other corner of the cavalry camp, in the armory

  Two patrolling soldiers were sitting in a corner listening intently to Ross's "Equality".

"That's right! This is unfair! We were born and died on the battlefield, and the rewards we got in the end are far inferior to those officers who did nothing but have a solid background. That's why we admire Colonel Joseph so much. He is no different from us. We are so proud to be the head of the First Cavalry Regiment!"

   "That's right, the things we fought for with our lives are not as good as the roads paved for children by those dignitaries. They still look down on us from above, thinking that we are pariahs and inferior people."

   "It will always be us ordinary people who charge and kill the enemy, and it will always be the group of nobles who stand behind talking and laughing. I have long been unconvinced."

   “Whenever it’s time for them to suffer too, to feel what we’ve been through.”

Seeing the two soldiers getting emotional and agreeing with what he said, Ross's confidence continued to increase: "Inequality in life, inequality in justice, inequality in work, these are things that should not be done. Yes, but we just accepted it. Why? Why? Is it the right thing to do all the time? Of course not, it’s just a lack of people at the time to stand up and say it wasn’t true.”

"There is nothing we can do about it. We can't make any changes. If we don't go to work, we will starve to death. If we don't charge on the battlefield, we will be killed by the supervising team..." A soldier sighed. They knew it was wrong, but the world Nor does it give them the ability to say no to what's wrong.

   "Yeah... well... we used to have a comrade in arms who felt that it was unfair that the nobles could not participate in the battle, and was executed in public in the end."

   "Why can't you make changes? That's what the Equality Society does. Forget what I told you at the beginning?" Ross moved out of the Equality Society again when the two soldiers were so confused that they didn't know what to do.

  Equal society?

   At this time, the Equality Association was proposed, and the two soldiers' impressions of the Equality Association had a preliminary change.

   "Is this what the Equality Council does?"

"Their struggle with the government is to win more rights, to change this world full of oppression and exploitation, to take back what the common people should have and give them back, so that people can live equally and freely." Ross did not say that What I said was too high and complicated, and mainly listed the real things in life, "It is for the workers to work less hours, pay more, and be safe and secure. It is for the children of the common people to enjoy the same benefits as the nobles. The learning conditions do not have to be difficult even for literacy. It is for everyone to get medical treatment after illness. It is not that doctors only serve the nobles, and the poor are only worthy of death. It is because everyone has the obligation to defend the country during wars. It shouldn’t be that only civilians are being killed by artillery fire, while dignitaries are drinking and having fun in the rear...”

   After Ross finished speaking, the two soldiers fell silent.

   They imagined the world that Ross talked about.

  Workers are treated better and are not discriminated against.

  Children don't need to work early, they can learn more knowledge and create greater life value.

  Patients are not driven into despair by poverty when they fall ill, and their families are revived by a generous hospital.

  When defending the country, regardless of background and race, everyone works together to resist foreign enemies.

   No one is above everything, all are created equal.

   This is something they dare not even describe in their dreams.

   "That's great, just listening to it makes me feel very comfortable..." A soldier sighed and lit a cigarette, "Do you smoke?"

   "Thank you." Rose took the cigarette and moved to the match lit by the soldier.

  The soldier helped Ross light a cigarette, took a deep breath and said, "It seems that the Equality Society is really good, and the most important thing is that it has been able to fight against the government for so long, even we can't do anything about him."

   "I heard that they are doing the same thing in other countries, but it doesn't seem to be going well..."

"Yes, they were hit hard in the old South York in Dunman, but I believe this will not bring them down. They fought for several years in the Lazein, and lost countless lives, but after one person fell, A dozen or dozens of people stood up again. We all admired them, which is why we said that they would not lose, how could they lose when fighting for the people," Ross said.

   "Thinking about it this way, we are killing them instead, really..."

   "We can only obey the orders of our superiors. If we really have a choice, we don't want to wipe out such a group of people who are good for us..."

  Three people were sitting in a corner smoking a cigarette, and there were sighs.

"What are you doing?!"

  Suddenly, a question came from beside them.

   "Squad Leader Alvin." Seeing that the person coming was his squad leader, the two soldiers quickly put out their cigarettes and stood in line.

  Ross also quickly got up and stood aside, quietly observing the person coming.

   "I said why it took so long to inspect an armory. It turned out that I was just lazing and chatting here." Alvin paced back and forth, examining the three people, "Who are you?"

   "Hello, my name is Danny Rose, and I am the maintenance staff of the Armory." Rose replied.

"What are you talking about?"

   "We are fellow villagers, so we sat down and chatted. I didn't expect that chatting would waste time." A soldier replied by fabricating a lie first.

   Alvin glared at the soldier: "Did I ask you?"

   "Yes, we are fellow villagers, and we were just talking about our hometown." Ross attracted Alvin's attention.

   "Fellow town?" Alvin was skeptical about this, "Then tell me, where are they from?"

   They mentioned this when they were chatting just now, and Rose immediately said: "We are all from Kipp City."

   "Kip City is so close to Laizein, and Laizein Rido is a native of Kipe City, so what's there to talk about?" Alvin asked.

"They haven't been back for a long time, and they didn't have much time to meet the people of Kip City in the Corps, so they wanted to ask me about the changes there." Rose's psychological quality has been well honed, and he tried his best to explain to Al Wen eased his doubts, "I just happened to live near their relatives' block, so I told them what it looks like there now."

   Alvin took a deep look at him, then glanced at the two soldiers: "You all return to the team."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

   The two soldiers gave Ross a wink, beckoning him to take care, and then left the armory quickly.

   "Where are the other maintenance personnel?" Alvin put his hands on his hips and looked around.

   "Today's work was over half an hour ago. They should all be resting in the dormitory. I stayed until now because I met a fellow villager and chatted." Ross said.

   "You mean, there are only two of us in the armory now?"

"Yes…"

  Alvin didn't fully listen to Rose's words, he patrolled around on his own, and confirmed that there was no one in the armory, only there was a guard in front of the gate, and he waved to Rose and let him come over.

   "Is there anything else you can do?" Rose felt that Alvin's attitude was a bit strange.

   "You and them are not fellow villagers at all, and you don't care about the changes in Kip City when you stay together, right?" Alvin saw through Rose's lie.

  Rose was shocked, and tried to keep calm on his face: "Why do you say that?"

   "Because I came over five minutes ago and heard you talking about the Equality Council, and you were so fascinated by the discussion that you didn't realize that I was standing behind the ammunition box." Alvin said the reason.

  It turned out that he already knew what Ross and the two soldiers were talking about, but he just didn't mention it in front of the two soldiers, maintaining the illusion of believing them.

  But why did he wait until the two soldiers were sent away before coming to him to tear off the disguise?

Ross realized that although the matter was complicated, there should be no danger: "Since you have heard it all, then there is no need for me to hide it. We were indeed talking about the Equal Society just now. They are very curious about the Equal Society, and I lived in Leizein since I was a child, and I know all this very well, so I told them about it."

   "Don't you know that we are responsible for eliminating the Equality Association? Under such circumstances, how dare you spread the Equality Association's things to them?"

   "I know...but I just explained to them what the Equality Council does, and I have no other ideas." Rose argued.

   Alvin's eyes were sharp: "Whether you have other ideas is not up to you. I have every right to hand you over to other departments for interrogation."

  This sentence has a strong sense of threat.

  Once Ross is handed over to other departments for interrogation, no matter whether he really has other ideas, he is very likely to be labeled as an equal society and then executed publicly.

"I didn't! Please believe me!" Rose became excited half-truthfully, "I just talked to them about equality, and I didn't do anything else. I came here to work just to earn a little money to live. Please don't hand me over to other departments, please!"

   "Shh." Alvin made a silent gesture, then looked up and down at Rose, "I don't need to arrest you, but you have to promise me one thing."

   "What's the matter, tell me, as long as I can come, I will definitely follow your arrangement!" Rose's guess was right, and Alvin really had other ideas.

"Retell to me what you just told the two of them about the Equal Society, but this must not be known to a third person other than you and me." Alvin was also curious about the Equal Society, but he The approach is much more cautious than the previous two subordinates.

   "Include both of them?"

"certainly."

   "Why...they..."

   Alvin said coldly: "There are so many reasons, do as I say."

   "Understood..." Rose breathed a sigh of relief.

   "Come with me, come here and talk." Alvin was worried that the position he was in was dangerous, so he took Rose to a more hidden corner, "Tell me."

   Speaking so suddenly, Ross pretended to be at a loss: "Which aspect do you want to know?"

   "It seems that you know a lot."

   "Everyone who lives in Laizein knows something about it..."

   "Just tell me everything you know."

"Okay... Let's start with the theory of equality that almost everyone in Laizeinli knows... The first chapter of the theory of equality is about understanding inequality. It says that in today's society, no matter how you look at it, apart from the creed of equality There is no other basis than that. But that does not prevent us from arguing that inequality still reigns..."

  —

   When Rose returned to the dormitory, it was already close to one in the morning.

  He chatted with Alvin for over an hour.

   This squad leader looked meticulous and extremely strict, but he was no less curious about the Equality Society than the two soldiers. He almost asked Ross until he could no longer answer. When parting, he did not forget to remind him of the consequences of this incident if others knew about it. Ross made several guarantees before letting him leave with peace of mind.

   When telling Alvin about equality, Ross was afraid that he would reveal too much and cause Alvin's suspicion, so he only said some superficial things, and never revealed more important content.

   "Huh..." Everyone in the dormitory seemed to have fallen asleep, and Rose took off his clothes under the moonlight, and tiptoed back to the bed to lie down.

   "What happened?" Before Ross stretched his body and closed his eyes, the voice of Barron, a member of the intelligence department, came from his upper bunk.

   "In the armory, I chatted with the soldiers and a squad leader about the Equality Society. They were all very curious about it." Ross replied in a low voice.

   Hearing that it was a matter of talking about equality, Barron stared outside for a while from the upper bunk, made sure that no one was outside, turned over, and whispered to Rose's bedside: "What's going on?"

  Ross told Barron the truth about what happened tonight.

  Barron frowned after hearing this: "The risk is too great. If something happens to you, the comrades lurking in will be in danger."

"Don't worry, I told them from the beginning, and told them not to spread this matter to you, or my job would be lost. They now think that this is just my personal behavior, and even if something happens, they shouldn't be implicated On you." Rose took precautions against the incident.

   "...You are really courageous, and the consequences of a little carelessness will be dire." Barron said.

   "It's not like you were born and died, so there's nothing to be afraid of doing publicity."

   "If you get caught, you will die." Barron reminded.

Ross actually knew very well in his heart: "But we need to hurry up and master the corps as soon as possible, so as to have a chance of victory. Fortunately, it went well. It can be seen that their curiosity about the Equality Society is greater than their hostility. As long as We can get them all to have a full understanding of equality, and then it will be much easier for Joseph to lead them to defect."

   "By the way, there is one thing I haven't had time to tell you. Pissel is dead." Barron's voice sank.

   "I know this. I heard a lot of people talking about it when maintaining firearms. Since Joseph is about to become a general, we can't hold back."

   "Comrade Diaz was also killed in the assassination." Barron told Ross another piece of news that failed to reach the attention of the corps.

  Ross froze for a moment, his smiling face froze.

   "In order to cover the evacuation of the vice president, Comrade Morais, he gave up his chance to escape..."

   "Oh..." Rose's joy faded, "He is a very good person..."

  Barron said: "I have dealt with him, it's a pity..."

   "Murphy, Verac and the others must be very sad." Rose looked out the window.

  —

  Equality Association Main Station, Meeting Room

"That's the way it is. He should be promoted to general after the meeting tomorrow. I will assist him with his official duties and resolve internal troubles, and then create more conveniences for you." Adel, Boyne, and Morley Si reports on the conversation with Joseph tonight.

   "He is right. There are too many unpredictable things. We still need to speed up our progress. If we can control Laizein one day earlier, we can control it one day earlier." Boyne said.

   Morais let out a "hmm".

"There is one more thing. I want to officially join the Equality Association." Adel applied, "I think this is a very meaningful thing, and it is worth giving your life to do it. I didn't miss it before I contacted you. Collecting your information and getting along with each other during this period of time has made me firm in this idea."

   "Welcome to be a member of us." Boyin got up and shook hands with Adel, "Let's fight together for the new world, for equality, for freedom, for beauty, and for unity."

  The membership ceremony of the Equality Association has always been very simple, but this seemingly simple sentence has become extremely solemn because of the practice of countless comrades who threw their heads and blood.

   Morais also stood up and shook hands with Adel: "Welcome, Comrade Adel."

   "Thank you." Adel shook hands one by one.

   "Next, you will be assigned to the Operations Department. At present, you are still performing the task of assisting Joseph, and you will make new arrangements later." Boyin made the assignment for Adel.

"clear."

  —

  April 22, morning

  In the cafeteria of the Main Station of the Equality Association

  Villac, Keating, Nord, Winston and others went to the cafeteria to eat together. No one took the initiative to mention Diaz's affairs, nor did they bother Murphy who wanted to be alone.

   "Villac, how is the book?" Keating asked while eating.

   "It's okay, I finished one third of it and took a lot of notes." Verak replied, "Where are you?"

   "I preliminarily selected the address for the establishment of the club school yesterday."

   "Where is it fixed?"

"Kip City. It is still too risky to build a school for thousands of people to study in Laizein. Even with Joseph's help in the future, it will not be safe after all, but it will cause a lot of inconvenience if it is too far away from Delezein. , so in the end it was settled in Kip City." Keating explained the reason for choosing the location.

Verac has no objection to this. Teacher Keating is very considerate in his work. When he rarely needs to give supplementary ideas, it is usually Teacher Keating who takes the initiative to ask him and give him a chance to think: "When will the school be established? Is it officially running?"

   "A month later, the cultivation of these talents will be almost done, and the situation we are facing will not be as difficult as it is now."

"Your incident has given me some new inspiration." Verak thought of something on his side, "I estimate that Comrade Winston and I will also start a pilot factory in about a month. It is also not a small risk to do Laizeinli, and it should be better to go to Kipu City."

   “This way, we can also help each other.”

"Um."

"By the way, Adel has officially joined the Equality Association, but he will not work in the association for the time being. He will go to the Corps in a few days to help Joseph solve the problem." Because Keating is usually outside, he learned the news faster than the whole Verak who reads in the house all day is much faster.

  Verak finished the cabbage soup: "Do you understand the affairs of the Propaganda Department? Ross and the others went to work as undercover agents in the Corps, and they don't know what's going on now."

   "I didn't see Piaf last night, but Joseph has become a general, and Ross and the others will be relatively less dangerous." Keating said.

   "I hope everything goes well with him." Verak didn't want to see another accident with Rose.

   "Don't worry." Keating finished his meal, "Let's go, and try to complete our task as soon as possible."

  —

morning

  Government building, President's office

  Joseph wore a neat military uniform and was led by the presidential secretary to the door of the president's office.

   "Dong dong dong." The secretary knocked on the door and said, "Your Excellency, Colonel Joseph is here."

   "Come in."

   "Please come in." The secretary opened the door, and after Joseph walked in, he closed the door and stood outside.

   This was the first time that Joseph came to the President's Office to meet President Francois alone. In the past, he at most followed Pissel to attend the meeting, and it was difficult for Francois to see him.

   "Your Excellency the President." Joseph walked through the spacious and luxurious living room, stopped in front of the deeper office area, and bowed to Francois who was walking towards him.

   "Long time no see, Colonel Joseph." Francois smiled all over his face, and he didn't have any negative emotions tainted by Pissel's death at all.

  This cold-bloodedness is in stark contrast to the comrades in the Equality Association who have no hesitation and sympathy for each other.

  Joseph looked at Francois, and there was no compliment on his face: "What do you want me to do?"

   "Soldiers really like to go straight, and Pissel is the same as you." Francois smiled and shook hands with Joseph, and invited him to sit down in the living room, "I like your character very much."

   "It's a pity that General Piercell yesterday..."

"It is indeed a sad and regrettable thing, but the more we get to this time, the less time we have to grieve. Only by doing the next job well is the best consolation for his sacrifice." Francois Only then did the smile subside, and he sighed.

   This set of rhetoric is almost exactly the same as that of the Equality Association, but one is so sincere and the other is so hypocritical, Joseph couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

   "You should know what I called you here today." Francois was enthusiastically poured a glass of wine by Joseph, showing that he valued him very much.

"General Pissel sacrificed, and the three corps cannot be without a leader. You want to talk to me about the position of major general, right?" As long as normal people can see this, Joseph did not pretend to be stupid. .

"That's right, the threat of the Equality Association is still there. They dare to carry out night raids and assassinations under such a tight blockade. We must not mess up." Francois said, "So about the new command of the three corps The major general needs to be appointed as soon as possible, and to respond forcefully to these provocations made by the Equality Council."

   Joseph nodded: "Do you want to appoint me?"

Francois was used to going around in circles, and he couldn't adapt to Joseph's straight-to-the-point chat: "Well... I have this intention. You have a high prestige in the army, and you will be promoted to major general to lead the corps, and there will be the least dissent. And you used to Excellent combat experience can also show that you have the qualifications to take on this role, and at the same time, you have the ability to effectively eliminate them in a situation where equality will become more and more rampant."

   "Please forgive me. As a soldier, I am used to speaking out directly when I have any problems, instead of hiding in my heart." Joseph apologized first.

   "You can say anything directly." François wished that Joseph would be like this. Such a person doesn't have many thoughts, but is easy to control.

"I think I have this qualification, but Colonel Benson of the 7th Light Infantry Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey of the 15th Light Infantry Regiment are not inferior to me, and their backgrounds are profound, so they should be here In this matter, there is a competitiveness far beyond mine. I don’t know, why didn’t you go to them?” Joseph was very puzzled, and he didn’t want to talk nonsense like François pretended to be.

Francois didn't expect that Joseph was really unabashed, and immediately changed his style with a sincere look: "You are right, among the three of you, the two of them are actually more likely to be promoted to major generals, but things are also different. It's not that simple. As far as I know, they are all resistant to this position, thinking that this position is dangerous, and whoever goes up will be the next target of the Equality Association."

   "So it's just me."

"Since you go straight to the point, I won't beat around the bush. Now you are the only one who can take on the big responsibility. But I don't think this is a bad thing. Under normal circumstances, with your background, there is no possibility of climbing higher. Now it is different, no one is more courageous and responsible than you, no one can do what you can do. You can seize the opportunity to become the unprecedented first civilian general and climb higher." Franco Wa gave a further temptation, implicitly reminding Joseph that he may not be promoted to lieutenant general or even general in the future.

   "I think so too." Joseph looked straight at Francois frankly, "This is my chance, they dare not let me come."

"That's right, this is an era where risks and opportunities coexist. The more they can't do, the more you can win. As the president, the last thing I want to see is a group of cadavers. People, there will be more and more people like you in the future, and I will give you more and more opportunities." Francois admired Joseph more and more.

"Thank you."

   "I want to thank you for being able to take on such an important task at such an urgent moment, and do things that others dare not do to resolve the crisis. Come, have a drink." Francois picked up the glass and touched Joseph lightly.

   Joseph drank the wine in one gulp.

Francois took a sip and put down his glass: "In the afternoon, I will publicly promote you to the rank of major general, command the 1st Cavalry Regiment, the 7th Light Infantry Regiment, and the 15th Light Infantry Regiment, and take over the defense of Lezein. , responsible for the elimination of the Equality Association."

   "So do you have an idea for the new head of the First Cavalry Regiment?" Joseph asked.

   "So, do you have someone to recommend?" Francois didn't object.

   "There are indeed a few highly capable subordinates under his command, such as Major Gail and Major Brian." Joseph mentioned two of his cronies.

   After Joseph became a major general, if he wanted to quickly complete the control of the three corps and perform his work efficiently, he had to provide him with some support.

After weighing it up, Francois said generously: "I will give you full authority to appoint the head of the First Cavalry Regiment. I know that after you become a major general, the other two powerful candidates will not be so easily convinced. You are willing to be dispatched by a person with a civilian background. In the future, you can directly come to me to solve any problems you encounter at work, and I will help you unconditionally. They may have prominent family support behind them, but your Behind it is me, the President of the Republic of Bresci."

   "Understood." Joseph showed a moved expression, but his heart was still cold.

  Francois supports himself to strengthen his control over the Corps, which is also good for him. Only by holding a confidant regiment in his hand that is divorced from the will of the powerful can he sit more firmly after restoring the monarchy.

   "There may be no one in this world who values ​​you, but I am different. I only value a person's ability, not his background. If you do a good job under my staff, there will be unlimited possibilities in the future."

"With a president like you who doesn't know who you are, I have nothing to worry about. Next, I will wipe out the Equality Society in an all-round way to ensure the stability of Laizein and your safety." Joseph expressed his loyalty at the right time. "Remove all obstacles for you and continue to lead the people of Bresci."

"Okay." Satisfied, Francois refilled Joseph's drink, "I'd love to see a soldier like you stand taller and set a benchmark for everyone to see that as long as you have the ability, nothing is impossible things."

  (end of this chapter)