The factory night became very lively for the first time.
Except for the worker who was in charge of the night shift, everyone else gathered in the corridor wearing coats and listened to the transferred members introduce themselves one by one.
"I am Andal Cleaver, I am twenty-three years old, and I am responsible for statistical work in the Equality Society."
"I'm Leonard Moulton..."
"My name is Harvey Duke..."
After each transferred member introduces himself, he will receive warm applause from the workers.
The workers living here sincerely welcome the arrival of new members. They know that these young people, whose average age is much lower than theirs, will become the hope to lead them out of the gloom and out of the quagmire.
In the long, long days that almost no one could count, no one ever told them that it was wrong for them to be oppressed, and that they should stand up and resist, take back the fruits of their labor, and let their thoughts break out of the cage.
It was Francis who appeared first and set up a banner among the confused workers. It was Chris who betrayed the camp of vested interests and wrote "Equality" to awaken the world.
More and more young people are joining this struggle one after another, using their blood to build the cornerstone of the new world.
Therefore, they choose to believe in young people.
After everyone had finished their introductions, Keating called on everyone to try to listen and let the workers talk about their affairs and their personal feelings in this society.
Why do they want to change everything through violent revolution?
Why are they the righteous party?
You can get the answers to these questions from the workers’ mouths.
They wear tattered clothes, and even have no shoes, so they can only live barefoot. Because they do not have much income, they can only buy rotten things and eat potato peels, vegetables, and rotten fruits to satisfy their hunger. Their residences are small and simple.
The polluted black water and the thick smoke from chimneys poisoned the body.
Verak spent two months in prison living a life with almost no spiritual pursuits, and the same was true for the working class outside in the supposedly broad and free world.
But in fact, they live numbly day by day, and their morality collapses, leading to the prevalence of alcoholism, indulgence, and crime.
During the Industrial Revolution, the use of machines became more and more common, which caused a large number of workers to lose their jobs. At the same time, child labor and female workers were more widely employed, and sedatives were abused to calm unattended babies at home.
There are more and more disabled people in slums, and that’s because factories lack necessary safety equipment. Women live in hot water, and they’re being sexually exploited blatantly in society and in factories.
The unsatisfied desires of the bourgeoisie oppress the entire society and make it breathless.
Women are infertile, babies develop malformations, and men have mutilated limbs.
What they deprived were the poor and entire generations of people.
When these shocking things were told by the workers, it shocked the hearts of many transferred members.
They knew some of these things very well, but they had never thought about it before, nor had they sat with the victims and listened to the victims tearfully telling their stories face to face.
You heard someone tell you that a worker accidentally had his arm cut off by a machine because he was too sleepy because the factory did not install safety facilities to reduce costs, and because he had to work for fourteen to five hours straight.
It's completely different from the feeling when the worker stands in front of you, raises half his arm, and asks you what he did wrong.
Verak, who had a lot of experience, naturally knew all this. He listened quietly and watched the reactions of the transfer members intently.
In his opinion, starting from this night, the cohesion of the Equality Association will become stronger and their direction will become more determined.
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December 24
In the hotel in the southern district of Lezein, Diaz and Nord got up early, got dressed, and planned to go out again, pretending to investigate the surrounding areas and give a strong signal to the people in the intelligence agency who were secretly monitoring them.
"You don't have to get up, have a good rest." Nord yawned and called Nord, who was about to get up, back to rest. "I'll have to rely on you to cover for me at night."
"I'm not sleepy either." Murphy said, "Is there anything I can do?"
"There will be plenty of days for you to perform in the future, so don't be impatient." Diaz got dressed and grilled something by the stove. "What you have to do now is to calm down and stay here so that the people in the government don't get upset."
Suspect."
Murphy was sitting on the bed, neither sleeping nor getting off the ground.
Nord rinsed his face with cold water, but still felt a little confused, so while Diaz was eating, he sat by the stove and closed his eyes to catch up on his sleep.
Seeing this, Diaz asked: "Don't you want to eat something? You have to walk around outside for a day today, which is considered physical work."
"No, I just want to sleep a little longer." Nord shook his head and had no appetite for food.
"Eat something, here." Diaz handed Nord a few slices of bread.
"Thanks." Nord opened his eyes and took it.
"Let's work hard today." Diaz chewed his food. "The main thing is that we get up early and go out to investigate. It seems that we are pressed for time and we are very concerned. This may speed up the changes in the government's layout."
Nord waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't mean to complain or be dissatisfied, I'm just a little sleepy. I know these details are very important, and details determine success or failure. Don't worry, I still have this awareness."
"That's good." Diaz actually knew that Nord would not be pretentious, so he was just trying to comfort him casually.
After quickly eating something to pad their bellies, the two of them didn't waste any time. After saying goodbye to Nord, they started investigating in a fashionable manner just like yesterday, except that they each chose a direction towards the hotel.
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At this time, the genius was slightly bright, and snoring could be heard in the room rented by the Intelligence Bureau. Rock Shriver occupied the sofa alone and fell asleep with a thick blanket.
"Director!"
A call from the window woke everyone up.
"Huh?" Rock Shriver's sleep was very light. When he heard someone calling him, he immediately opened his eyes. He stood up and walked to the window after less than two seconds, "What's wrong?"
"Diaz and Nord are out again." The intelligence officer responsible for keeping an eye on the hotel in shifts replied.
"What time is it now?" Rock Shriver took a telescope and looked over. On the street, Diaz and Nord were almost out of his surveillance range.
The subordinate looked at the time: "Six-thirty."
"So early..." Locke Shriver was surprised, "Send someone to keep an eye on it, be careful not to be discovered."
"Yes." A subordinate left.
Soon Diaz and Nord disappeared into the street. Rockshriver put down his binoculars and sat back on the sofa without any sleep: "I can see that they are in a hurry."
"The time advantage is on our side. If they can't get weapons, they won't be able to compete with us." The subordinate next to him diligently prepared coffee for Locke Shriver.
"At their speed, they can figure out the surrounding situation in at most two days. After that, I'm afraid the Equality Society will send more forces here to prepare for plundering the military warehouse." Rock Shriver drank a sip.
Taking a sip of coffee, "Our preparation time has to be accelerated."
"Then the application form you wrote yesterday..."
Rock Shriver held the coffee and thought for a moment and said, "Send it over."
"Now?"
"What if?"
"Understood." Another subordinate left.
After Rock Shriver drank all his coffee, he turned on the gramophone and listened to piano music.
His behavior made the intelligence bureau personnel who had just been awakened dare not go back to sleep and started working again.
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Government Building, Boyin under House Arrest, Daniel's Room
Boyne stood in front of the window, looking at the morning scenery of Lezein.
In the past few months, he has not even stepped out of the government building, and has not been in contact with the peace or other organizations.
"Why did you get up so early?" Daniel, who used to be Verak's driver and now accompanied Boyin to act as a hostage in the peace talks, asked.
They have been locked up here for a long time and can do nothing except read books, newspapers and listen to music every day.
This kind of life is not bad, but they have more important things to do, so they have no intention of passing the time.
As time went by, Daniel became the first to become more decadent. If Boyin hadn't insisted on teaching him things every day, he would have eaten and slept every day.
"Can't sleep." Boyin put his hands in his pockets and looked worried.
"Are you still worried about them?" Daniel also came to the window.
"Yeah." Boyin sighed, his brows not relaxing for a long time, "The situation outside is very complicated now. They haven't taken action for a long time, and they don't know what happened."
Daniel also sighed: "You said before that Rock Shriver came to you to talk about releasing Verak, just to test you. Now he hasn't come for a while. What do you think is the reason?"
"Because I have no value to him for the time being." Boyin replied, "He can't get anything from here, so there is no need to spend time and energy on me."
"What do you think...is going on outside?" Daniel asked about what was going on outside.
This topic has become a taboo between them. Daniel saw Boyin becoming more and more serious and anxious today, so he couldn't help but want to ask him what he was thinking.
The Equality Association did not act according to the scheduled time, and there is still no news. This must mean that something happened internally. Although they are trapped in the government building and cannot determine whether the situation is good or bad, but thinking realistically, they can make them violate the
How could Boyin's plan be a good thing...
"I'm worried that there is an internal conflict." Boyn said, "I was a little worried about Chloe before I left, and now this feeling of uneasiness has been magnified several times. When Chris was still alive, he
He strongly advocates expressing demands to the government in a soft way to solve the problem. When we decided to take action at the World Expo, he also opposed us. Now that he and Morais co-chair the overall situation in the Equality Association, he may take advantage of
This opportunity will influence the direction of the Equality Association.”
"You mean, Chloe and Morais had a conflict, which caused the plan to be postponed or canceled?" Daniel couldn't believe that this was the case, even though he knew Chloe somewhat,
I know that Boyin's analysis is not unreasonable.
Boyin shook his head and said: "I don't hope that's the case, but I can only think of this as the reason."
"Comrade Morais has always believed in you. You and he proposed the action against the World Expo. He will definitely not change suddenly. And Chloe, we had differences with us a long time ago, and now you are not here
, it is really possible that he and Morais are on an equal footing..."
"The reason is no longer important. What is important is what we should do if this thing really happens." What really bothers Boyin is the countermeasures.
"We... what can we do..." Daniel was eager to go out and have a big fight, "We can't even get out of this door, and we won't be busy at all."
Boyin lightly punched the glass with his fist: "It's not an option if we continue like this. We don't have much time left."
"You want to escape?" Daniel asked.
"You can't pin everything on others." Boyin looked at the place where his fist made contact with the glass, his eyes filled with the desire to break free, "We have to go out and change everything."
"Let's not talk about whether we can go out. As long as we make a fuss, it means that the peace talks have broken down." Daniel reminded of the consequences.
These things have been recurring in Boyin's mind recently, and he knows very well what his actions will involve: "Of course I know, but if the peace talks break down, peace and equality will fall apart. Which is more important?"
"this……"
"It's only a small chance that they missed the World Expo. They are divided internally. It's a big chance that the government finds opportunities to defeat them one by one." Boyin whispered, "I can't just sit back and watch them become like this."
Of course Daniel was not willing, but he was more worried than Boyin: "But this is just your guess. What if the situation on their side is good? For example, they suddenly thought of a better way and then gave up.
The plan you made."
"I don't dare to bet." Boyin turned to look at Daniel.
His eyes were deep and his tone was decisive and mixed with unconfidence.
"They didn't follow the record at all." Boyn looked directly at Daniel, "We don't know anything, but we can't really do nothing. If they are really in trouble, we can save the situation by venturing out. If they
It's a good plan, then I'll bear all the consequences."
On the one hand, the life and death of the Pingding Association is at stake, and on the other hand, the development of the Pingding Association is hindered.
As the third president of the Equality Society, Boyin did not have the courage to gamble.
"...I listen to you." Daniel chose to follow Boyin without hesitation.
"We have to find a way to get out of here." Boyin walked back to the living room.
"Do you have any ideas?" Daniel followed.
Boyin said "hmm" and picked up the fruit knife on the table: "There is only one way to get out now."
"You..." Daniel's eyes widened.
"Only by leaving this room first can we try to find a chance to escape from the building." Boyin rolled up his sleeves and put the fruit knife on his arm.