Boss Xin had friends in neighboring cities in the Old South. Verak followed the map and took Boyin and Keating with him. Soon, under the arrangement of his friends, he safely boarded the train and headed to the northern border city.
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It has been almost half a year since the end of the civil war in the Old South. When Verak and Keating first arrived in the Old South two months ago, they could hardly see any trace of a war. Over time, they felt that this country should have recovered from the gloom.
Get out completely.
But leaving the Old South, they traveled across the country and saw a dilapidated scene that was completely different from the capital along the way.
As the capital of the Old South, the city is changing with each passing day. Yesterday's bloodstains can be wiped clean today, but other cities are different. They are aging and sick. A war is a serious illness, and it will take a long time to recover even if it is not fatal.
Seeing this scene, Verak, who had never experienced war personally before, and had not been to many places, felt his heart sink. In his eyes, the cost of war was extremely painful and unbearable, and he did not want to see this.
Scenes can be found all over the world.
After leaving Dunman, where the true situation was hard to explain, the group entered the Kingdom of Sder, which was blocked between the United Dunman Republic and the Pruman Empire.
The journey this time was about twice as long as that of Verak, Keating and the others from Lezein to the Old South. Therefore, even though they spent most of the time traveling by train, they still only traveled with Pugh on April 1st, April Fool's Day.
The people from Hanniton City in the Luman Empire gathered together.
As early as December last year, the Equality Association spent a lot of effort to establish a sub-station here because of the more advanced ideas of Pruman. In the short term, it was dedicated to searching for the source of the ideas. Now this sub-station has not only found
The source of that idea has also become a convenient place for them to stay.
"President." Lin En, the person in charge of the Pruman branch of the Equality Association, personally came to the station to greet Boyne, Verak, and Keating.
"Long time no see." Boyin shook hands with this comrade who, like Sara and Yves, was one of the thirty-eight preparatory cadres who had been mentored by Verac. "Do you remember this person?"
Lin En's eyes were bright: "Of course we know each other. At that time, a group of us were leaving Lezein to establish branch stations in various places. Comrade Verak once spoke while pretending to be President Chris."
"Hello." Verak smiled apologetically when he heard that it was another person he had dealt with when he was pretending to be Chris.
"But I still admire you when I hear that you confessed your identity and helped the Equality Society a lot." The straightforward Lin shook hands with Verak vigorously.
"This is Comrade Keating." Boyin introduced Keating.
Lin En clasped his hands this time: "I have admired you for a long time, and you are very welcome to join the Equality Society!"
Boyin smiled and glanced at Verak: "Okay, hurry up and go somewhere to rest."
"Okay." Lin En put the three of them into a car and drove in one direction, "What you did in the Old South made governments around the world be more vigilant, fearing that equality would spread like an infectious disease.
Their place has become like Lezein, the Old South Testament. During this time, even Pruman listed your wanted order and strictly checked people with Brexi background. So we
You have to be careful and don't be too ostentatious."
"Yes, at least they are starting to fear us." Boyin was very optimistic.
"That's why our Pruman branch has been very low-key recently. Apart from finding Winston's location and keeping an eye on him secretly, he has done nothing else," Linn said.
Verak was a little confused about this: "I heard that the Pruman government was also looking for him. How did our people find him before the government? It stands to reason that the government is far more powerful than us."
"The Equality Society has been hiding in Tibet for so many years, and it is quite good at evading government arrests." Linn joked, "Winston has moved to many places in recent years, and it is difficult to trace his whereabouts. It's just recently that he has
There were rumors that he had come to live in Hanniton City, so we conducted the most detailed investigation in places with a high probability of hiding, and finally found him."
"I really want to go see him now." Verak couldn't hide his excitement and couldn't wait to talk to the man named Winston all night long.
Although Boyin was heading towards Winston on this trip, he was very calm after the two parties were already in the same city: "He is right there. With our people watching, there will be no danger, nor will there be any surprises."
Escape to other places. Our top priority is to go to the sub-station to rest, and then plan the most appropriate way to contact him, and bring people who are proficient in Brexi and Pluman to see him."
"Hmm." Verak just said it, and didn't really want to go straight to Winston as soon as he arrived at Pruman.
"Lynn, I remember that you are very good at Pluman. It is also for this reason that I temporarily appointed you as the person in charge of the Pluman branch. When I go to see Winston, you will be in charge of translating.
, help us communicate." When it came to translation, Boyin simply included Lin En.
Lin En originally planned to recommend himself, but after hearing Boyin's advance arrangements, he readily agreed: "Okay, President."
Hanniton City is one of the big cities in the Pluman Empire. Although it is not as prosperous as the imperial capital, it is enough to represent the best side of Pluman. Unfortunately, even as a big city, it is still not what Verak knows.
There are some discrepancies.
It took the four of them less than twenty minutes to arrive at the branch station established by the Equality Association in the name of opening a hotel.
The hotel is located in a downtown area, not far from the station, so the number of people coming and going is the most complicated, and it can help them cover up in secret.
"There are only a few people who dare to build a branch station right under the eyes of the enemy. Except you." Seeing Lin En park the car in front of a busy hotel, Boyin admired.
"This is incomparable. If I lead people to attack the government building, I will definitely evacuate to the suburbs like you. Now I have done nothing. In the eyes of everyone, I am just an ordinary person doing his duty. Of course, there is no need to build a
Remote places hinder development." Lin En got out of the car and led the three people inside.
On the surface, the hotel was operating normally, with many real guests coming in and out. Therefore, after Lin En led a few people in, he did not shout anything about the Equality Association, and let his men open at the best location on the third floor.
There were three rooms, and three people were arranged in them one after another.
After the three of them packed their simple luggage, Linn took them to the darkroom of the hotel.
The darkroom is neither big nor small. A large number of secret documents are stored on one side, and a long table is placed on the other side for meetings. Two comrades were sitting next to the long table. After seeing Boyin and others coming in, they all got up.
Say hello: "President."
"They are my right-hand men, Allen, Vernal, this is President Boyne, Comrade Verak, and Comrade Keating." Linn introduced each other quickly, and then asked Boyne and others to sit down.
, "President Boyne and the others came here mainly to see Winston. Allen, please tell us in detail the information we got from observing Winston during this period."
The young man named Allen nodded heavily and faced Boyne and said: "President, we have found some new information about Winston. Winston has been hunted by the Pruman government for about two years. In the past two years,
Throughout the year, he earned a meager salary by writing articles for others. He hardly went out on weekdays. In addition to buying food to maintain the most basic life, all the money he had was used to buy newspapers, books...
…”
Alan talked a lot, basically talking about how hard it was for Winston to live alone.
Verak sighed as he listened.
It seems that not everyone is lucky enough to meet Bole.
The founders of the Equality Society, Francis and Chris, were college classmates. When Francis established the Equality Society and struggled to fight against the government, Chris, who came from a wealthy family, provided him with the most critical financial support. Later, he took over his important responsibilities and became the founder of Equality Society.
There will be new leaders for Equality.
If Winston fails to hold out until their equality comes, who knows what will happen to him.
"Fortunately we are here, fortunately we are not fighting alone." Boyin was glad that they could meet each other and learn from each other's strengths.
"Yes, seeing him still struggling in such a difficult environment reminds us of the most difficult days before our Equality Association." Linn agreed, "Now it's our turn to give him a hand."
"I also hope he can help us," Keating said.
Equality will lose Francis, Chris, who are best at pioneering ideas and theories, and the rest of Boyne, Morais, Verak, Keating and others will only be able to learn from their ideas, broaden their ideas, and innovate.
It has huge shortcomings.
It is really rare to find a like-minded person like Winston who can single-handedly surpass them in ideology and theory.
Equality requires such people, and the world needs such people.
"It's time to talk about going to see him." Boyin and the others had finished resting and had a more comprehensive understanding of Winston.
"There should be nothing special to prepare to see him. You can go there at any time." Linn stood up and went to the shelf where the documents were placed and pulled out a few books. "You previously ordered us to prepare books such as "The Theory of Equality" in Pluman.
, these are the final products,”
Boyne, Verak, and Keating each picked up a book and flipped through it, but among them only Keating understood the meaning of a few words, could say a few simple greetings, and had no ability to determine whether the book was translated well.
"Can you ensure that the translation is in place?" Boyin asked.
"Don't worry, I personally did the translation. I carefully checked the finished product several times to make sure there were no problems before I secretly printed dozens of volumes." Lin En assured.
"When you go to see him, bring these books to him so that he can have a general understanding of our equal society." Boyin put the books away, "Can I go see him today? If possible, I will do it later.
I’ll go right after lunch.”
Linn thought for a while: "No problem, I will take you there after dinner. Vernal, President Boyne, Comrade Verak, and Comrade Keating will leave it to you to take charge of the life issues."
Seemingly in his early thirties, Vernal responded with a kind face and asked the three of them what they wanted to eat for lunch and what they needed.
Boyin and the three of them traveled very simply and neatly. They basically just brought a few books and a change of clothes. They didn't even think about making any difference in terms of living conditions. They asked for lunch to be the same as what everyone usually eats.
Just don't specialize them.
But Lynn didn't do exactly what they said. For lunch, he prepared special Pruman delicacies, pea soup, sausages, roast pork, etc. as a treat.
"The pea soup is especially delicious with sausages." Linn sat at the same table with three people and praised Plumman's food. "The roast pork with sauerkraut is also great, plus mashed potatoes, sauces, etc., as much as you like.
How much can I eat?"
"Does everyone else eat this for lunch?" Boyin asked Lin En without enjoying it first.
Lin En laughed and said: "They are all eating this for lunch today. I know you don't like to be special. The main reason is that everyone is here for the first time today. In addition, our hotel business is good and we are not in a tight situation. We still need some simple hospitality."
"You kid." Boyin smiled helplessly and motioned for a few people to eat.
Verak first ate the cut sausage, then took a mouthful of pea soup: "It's delicious..."
Keating had traveled in Pruman, and he had a longer memory of the food than the almost forgotten language: “I tasted this roast pork decades ago, and its aroma was different from the ordinary.
Barbecue. I still remember Pruman’s gnocchi, fish chowder, goulash..."
Lynn and Keating talked about Pruman's food. After a brief understanding, he admired Keating's experience.
Verak tasted the food carefully, and he felt that Pruman's special food was better than Dunman's.
After lunch, after resting for half an hour, Linn drove the three of them to a slum neighborhood that was relatively remote and dilapidated and had low rents.
Worried that the arrival of the car would alert the cautious Winston, Linnte parked the car outside the block and took the three Boyns on foot to meet the members of the Equality Society who had been secretly monitoring Winston.
"President Boyin!" The comrade of the Equality Association who was responsible for monitoring was extremely excited after seeing Boyin.
"Tell me about the situation, how is Winston?" Linn got straight to the point.
"It's still the same this year. I went out to buy a piece of bread at noon and never came out again." The subordinate pointed to a room opposite the room where they were sitting that had the curtains drawn all day long.
Verak came to the window and stared at the room with a floor lower than theirs.
Winston's family background is not as good as Chris's, but he once had no worries about food and drink, finished college safely, and had a bright future. Now he is hiding alone in such an environment, living the most difficult life, going to
The answer to opening up a new world must be difficult for him.
"Is it safe around here?" Lin En kept checking and urging to ensure that Boyin and the others' meeting was absolutely safe.
"It's safe. There is no danger in the entire neighborhood," the subordinate said.
"We will be more vigilant later. If there is any disturbance, we will be notified as soon as possible."
"yes."
Lin En looked at Boyin who also came to the window: "President, we can go over."