Willow has been in the Blood Knife Gang for so long, and has followed Boss Xin to dominate several nearby blocks for many years. He is no longer an ignorant young man. When Verak and Keating proposed to discuss cooperation with Boss Xin, he immediately
I realized that it was related to the Association for Equality. And things related to the Association for Equality are usually extremely dangerous.
"What on earth is going on?"
"As far as I know, there are many local gangs in the Old South. They each control a neighborhood and collect protection fees to strive for the best interests of the residents in the neighborhood. Their strength makes the government fearful," Keating said.
Willow nodded while guessing deeply about what Keating wanted to ask Boss Xin to cooperate with.
"Recently, the government promulgated a new conscription law, which stipulates that as long as you are willing to pay 300,000 pounds, you will be exempted from military service and do not need to go to the battlefield. This incident has the greatest impact on the immigrants, and is also very uncomfortable for our ordinary civilians.
Fair." Keating added.
"Of course, rich people can enjoy themselves for a lifetime and use money to solve all their problems, but poor people can only choose to obey the government's arrangements. This is very unfair." Willow, or the locals of Dunman, take this fact very seriously.
Toru, "To put it bluntly, the financial groups support the government and the government protects the financial groups. A country built by capital will only regard capital as truth."
"What we want to talk about today is the new conscription law." Seeing that Willow's reaction was in line with their normal expectations, Keating started to get straight to the point, "The Equality Council is coming, and changes must begin here. After what I have said
With the feeling of time, I think the most suitable thing to fire the first shot of Tun Man Binh is the new conscription law."
Willow's eyes lit up. He did not expect that Equality would arrange actions so quickly, nor did he expect that Equality would directly target the new conscription law. This kind of incident seriously affects the interests of the powerful: "You mean...abolition of the new conscription law."
Conscription law?”
"Yes."
"This should be difficult." Willow's face was filled with excitement and joy, but it seemed that he was still restraining these emotions. "The new conscription law protects the interests of the rich and powerful. This can be said to be the foundation of the government."
With the bottom line, ordinary methods should not work... Do you have any good methods to achieve abolition? "
Their plan could not be realized without getting past Willow, so Verakdekitin informed Willow of their discussed plan without reservation.
Willow looked shocked after hearing this. He opened and closed his mouth many times, but no words came out.
After a while, he probably calmed down, and then he asked in disbelief: "Do you want outsiders and us locals to unite to protest and put pressure on each other? Then if the government uses force to solve the problem, we will also
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?"
"I know." Before Keating went to Bressey, he had often seen native gangs and immigrant gangs fighting with knives on the streets in the old South York, and rivers of blood flowed. "Don't forget,
I am also a Dunman."
"Then do you think it's possible for the two parties to put aside their old grudges and unite together?" Willow's deep-rooted concept that outsiders and locals are incompatible made him shake his head.
During the short period of time he lived with the Sea Rat Gang, Verak also absorbed some different viewpoints: "I lived among the settlers some time ago and got to know their views. They felt that what the locals said they had plundered
It is nonsense to say that the jobs of local people occupy public resources. Because they are also paying taxes and have the legal right to enjoy public resources. Moreover, their business has also brought many job opportunities to the local area. All of this
It’s all mutually beneficial.”
"Are you kidding me? The Mongolian people have always been hostile to us because of the Tun-Mongolian War decades ago. In the past few decades, many of their people have come to retaliate. How do you want us to build trust? As for the others, we are willing to come.
Most of the people who come to our remote and remote areas are forced to do so. You should also know who are the people who are forced to do so. They make our public security in Dunman drop again and again. How can we talk about mutual benefit?" Willow heard Verak.
What he said was both angry and funny.
"So you think it's impossible to reconcile the conflicts between locals and immigrants?" Verak asked.
"I also hope that we can reconcile and coexist peacefully, but you haven't lived in Dunman for long, and you can't imagine how they can be united." Willow did not have any expectations.
Keating, who is fully aware of Dunman's current situation and who actively promotes the unity of the two parties, has seen Willow's series of performances in his eyes: "After reading "Equality", do you still think this way?"
Keating's calm voice calmed down the slightly excited Willow.
He thought about what he saw in The Theory of Equality and was filled with confusion: "What does this have to do with the Theory of Equality?"
"Do you think, in the description of Equality, the Dunman natives and immigrants are essentially the same kind of people?" Although Willow read "Equality", he did not really fully understand it, and some views were still dismissed.
Limited. Keating's mood was very stable, and he patiently helped him clear up the fog bit by bit.
"It's...a kind of thing." Willow followed Kitting's question and fell into thinking.
"Then what is the real problem between you? Is it exploitation, oppression, misunderstanding or friction?"
"It was some small frictions that triggered big conflicts, and then the conflicts between the two parties became deeper and deeper, and the prejudice against each other became bigger and bigger." Willow continued to answer.
Keating then asked: "Then which one of these two do you think cannot be solved? Only by overthrowing, reshuffling, and breaking out of the limited framework can we see the light of day?"
"……former."
"Do you understand what internal conflicts are and who is the real enemy?" Keating looked at Willow.
Willow swallowed.
"We have gone to talk to the Sea Rat Gang, Black Street Gang, and Gold Flash Gang today, which represent the vast majority of immigrants." While Willow was thinking, Keating expressed 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 their basic dignity as a human being. Now the only thing left is the attitude of the locals, which determines whether we can solve the internal problem first
Contradictions, and then defeat the real enemy."
"What you said makes sense." After a while, Willow agreed with Keating's words. "There are just so many people. It is impossible for you to explain the nature of outsiders and the government one by one. It is still very difficult to implement this matter."
"So we are vigorously printing Equality, The Internationale, Women's Manifesto and other works, and we are also preparing newspapers, music and other forms of propaganda to inform everyone who is the enemy, what we face first and what urgent needs to be solved."
Willow cried and laughed: "Mr. Keating, your idea is good, but how can it spread to so many people? How many people can understand these things? How can the government turn a blind eye?"
"This is what we want to talk to Xin," Keating said.
After a long conversation, all doubts and questions were answered, and the conversation returned to the beginning.
"No wonder you told me about gangs in the first place... What you really have to do is to convince Boss Xin to participate, and then start with Boss Xin to win over more gangs, and use the power of gangs to complete this final step
." At this point, Willow understood everything. "I have never thought about using gangs to solve problems."
"You protect various neighborhoods, and the introduction of the new conscription law also tramples on your dignity and fairness. Therefore, our cooperation is very necessary, whether it is to repeal the new conscription law or to eliminate the contradiction between locals and immigrants,
Both have visible benefits to people's lives." Keating pointed out that both sides have the same goal.
Willow couldn't find any conflict, and what side effects this matter would have. He exhaled, stretched out his hand to rub his brow bone: "There is really no reason to refuse."
"Then what is your final opinion on this matter?" Verak, who was mainly responsible for listening, asked as in the previous meeting in Manchester City.
Willow's attitude will be the key signal.
Firstly, since he is from a local gang, if he agrees, it 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, he will definitely be shaken later.
Boss Xin agreed that with him as the center, the numerous local gangs should not be a big problem.
"I..." Willow pondered, and carefully gave his final opinion, "I think this is the only way, whether it works or not."
Willow wasn't sure yet whether 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 signs of wavering on his face and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "If he agrees, the gun will be loaded."
"Do you think Mr. Xin will agree?" Verak wanted to hear Willow's feelings and was prepared.
"It's hard to say. Boss Xin participated in the Dunmeng War with my father before. He was lame in that war. So while the Mongolian people hate us, he also hates the Mongolian people. Over the years, he has led
We have had many conflicts with the Mongolian people. It is probably difficult for him to unite with that group of people." Willow didn't know for sure, "But this is for the residents. This is what he sees.
One of the most important things in..."
"It seems we still have to wait until we have an interview to know the result." Verak looked at Keating and said.
Keating took a sip of water and looked at the time on his watch: "Where is Xin?"
"Probably at the slaughterhouse," Willow replied.
"Whether he agrees or not, we have to talk to find out. We will set off to find him to explain the situation right away." It is now two o'clock in the afternoon, and they have enough time today to implement Boss Xin's side.
"Are you looking for Boss Xin?"
"Um."
Willow quickly stopped the two people who were about to get up: "The slaughterhouse is not a suitable place for talking. I'd better go find Boss Xin and pick him up."
"That's fine." Keating didn't have any special opinions on the choice of the conversation location.
"Can you drive?" Verak took out the car keys.
"Yes." Willow took the key, "I will try to pick up Boss Xin as soon as possible."
Keating sipped his saliva: "We will wait for him here."
"Well... then I'm going." Willow left the tavern and drove the car that Verak often drove these days to the slaughterhouse.
After Willow left, Verak filled up the water for Keating: "Teacher, Willow took the initiative to pick up Boss Xin, probably because he wanted to talk to Boss Xin in detail in advance?"
"Well, he himself is still a little hesitant. He wants to take this opportunity to be one step ahead of us, reach a consensus with Boss Xin, and then meet us." Keating also saw through Willow's real purpose of picking up Boss Xin, but he
Let Willow go, "This can't stop him, they have to ventilate secretly."
"Indeed. Do you think Mr. Xin will agree?"
"I always have only one opinion." Keating frowned slightly, "When faced with the right answer, we have no choice."
Verak understood what Keating meant and felt more at ease: "By the way, teacher, I think what Willow just said is that the new conscription law is the foundation of the government, and they will not compromise easily. We go on strike,
If you march to protest, there is a high probability that you will be suppressed by force, so you have to prepare for the worst and confront them head-on."
"The weapons matter is not difficult. We have enough funds." If the gold is in place and the Equality Society has deep pockets, it will be relatively easy to provide a batch of weapons for use in the confrontation between the people and the government in the Old South. "But do they dare to fight against the government?
Fight, whether we can fight or not is unknown."
"Yes...the theory of equality cannot solve all problems..." After watching "Theory of Equality" today, Willow was still slightly inclined to take into account the interests of Boss Xin, which made Verak feel a little emotional.
It is still difficult to thoroughly read "A Theory of Equality".
It is equally difficult to completely change a person by just reading a book without experiencing other things.
Looking at it this way, the shot fired by the Equality Council in Dunman becomes particularly important and has many meanings.
"What do you think?" Keating was basically leading the meeting all day today, somewhat ignoring Verak's insights.
Verak looked admiringly: "My views are generally consistent with yours, teacher. There are a few differences, but the ideas you finally proposed and the way you handled them are much better than what I wanted to do."
"How about you take charge of talking to Xin when he comes?" Keating gave Verak a difficult task.
"Me?" Verak hesitated a little. He knew Keating was training him, but he was worried that he would mess up such an important thing.
"Don't you dare?" Keating deliberately provoked Verak.
Verak then thought about it. With Keating sitting next to him, he would one day encounter someone more troublesome than Boss Xin. Such an opportunity should be firmly grasped, so he said: "Of course I dare. When Boss Xin comes,