The purpose of Verac's visit was to hope that Gonzalez and Porfirio would wait a little longer, at least until spring, before deciding who to join.
Although Gonzalez said the same thing in reply to Verak, the meanings of the two sides were completely different. One meant it was true, and the other meant to deal with it.
"Is there anything else that we need to know more about?" Gonzalez was deeply curious about Verak's purpose of coming to see him under such circumstances.
"The International Equality Alliance is indeed facing huge challenges at the moment, but in the history of the development of the International Equality Alliance and its predecessor, the Equality Society, the level of threat may not even rank among the top three." Verak was very calm, and this calmness was not consistent with
The calmness of Gonzalez's speech was the calmness of his firm belief that the International Equality Alliance would achieve final victory.
"Haha..." Gonzalez smiled, "Do you know what this place does?"
"You think everything is just a matter of probability?" Verak could hear what Gonzalez meant.
Gonzalez completely understood the purpose of Verak's visit. He lay on the chair and said in a leisurely manner: "You want to prove that the International Equality Alliance will win and resolve the crisis. The International Equality Alliance is still our best choice.
Is it right?"
"Yes."
"Actually, there are some things that we kept tacitly understanding before and didn't say too openly. Now that it's reached this point, we can only make it clear on the table if there are any." Gonzalez leaned forward.
, his arms propped up on the desk, his hands crossed, "Strictly speaking, my uncle Porfirio and I
The reason why we wanted to join the International Equality Alliance before was not because we recognized your purpose and ideas. It was actually because we believed that you wanted to end the chaos in Monlego and restore stability to this country. At this point, we have
We have a common goal, so we can join forces, or to be more precise - cooperate."
At this point in the chat, the two parties have officially dropped their pretense and are no longer pretentiously talking about useless clichés.
Verak said "hmm" and spoke more openly: "The demands of the Monlego warlords are the same as those of you. They also want to rule Monrego and end the chaos. You didn't choose to join them, did you?
We are afraid that they will rob us of everything we have. But it is different when we cooperate with us. Our strength is mainly concentrated in Brexi. If the cooperation goes well, the biggest beneficiaries will only be you. Even if we are at odds, we will be separated.
It is difficult to pose any threat to Meng Lego from such a distance."
Gonzalez felt a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly: "Now that we have reached this point, is there any need for us to continue talking?"
"Of course." Verak was also smiling, but his smile contained a slight disdain and indifference, "You have already said that this is a tacit thing between each other. If you had minded this, we would have been unhappy long ago.
Let’s break up. Let’s talk about it openly now, in the hope that we won’t waste time by being secretive.”
"Okay. The purpose of our cooperation is now so clear. You should understand that verbal guarantees really can't convince my uncle and I. After all, if you really succeed, everyone will be happy. But if you don't succeed, what will we do in Menglego?
Clean up the mess?" Gonzalez said.
"It's understandable, but you also need to understand us. All we can do now is to prove through time that the International Equality Alliance will not stop here." Verak said forcefully.
Gonzalez looked embarrassed: "Time... you may not know that those people from the big warlords go to my uncle's house more frequently than my uncle eats."
"If you could successfully apply pressure to convince your uncle with high frequency, then the result would have been out a long time ago, right?" Verak's eyes were blazing, leaving no room for Gonzalez to shirk, "These warlords are looking for you so frequently, but your uncle still hasn't expressed his position.
Doesn’t this just mean that there are no suitable defectors among the warlords yet?”
"The conflict between the warlords has reached its peak, and a candidate is about to appear," Gonzalez said.
"The weather has turned cold, and this winter is more difficult than before. If you want to have results, at least it will be early spring." Verak slowly guided Gonzalez.
"There will definitely be results in the spring." Gonzalez followed.
"Then take next spring as the time limit." Verak said decisively, "As long as the International Equality Alliance can solve the problem of the Bressey government troops before next spring, we will continue to cooperate. If not, we will not interfere in any of your affairs.
Decide."
Gonzalez came back to his senses and realized that Verak had never thought about persuading him to continue cooperation. His real purpose was to buy time for possible cooperation.
The current situation of the International Equality Alliance is not optimistic. No matter where this agreement ends, it will be of great benefit to them at the bottom of the valley.
Similarly, Gonzalez and Porfirio are also in deep trouble.
It is not difficult to wait until next spring to decide who to join. There is really no reason to refuse this agreement.
"How's it going?" Seeing that Gonzalez didn't speak, Verak asked.
"This matter is too important. I still need to talk to my uncle first." Gonzalez picked up the phone. "If you have nothing urgent, you can talk together."
After confirming that none of the warlords had been favored by Porfirio, Verak was full of confidence in the implementation of this verbal agreement: "Okay."
Gonzalez called the phone and told his uncle Porfirio everything about the situation.
The answer on the other end of the phone was much crisper than they expected.
Almost as soon as Gonzalez finished speaking, Porfirio agreed to the agreement: the Guard Corps of Monrego City could wait until the next spring before choosing a partner.
"You will be glad for this choice." The stone in Verak's heart fell.
"There is one thing I want to ask you back." Porfirio's thick voice came over the phone, "What are the benefits to you of cooperating with us?"
Gonzalez made it clear that they wanted to join the International Equality Alliance and not interfere too much with Monrego, so they wanted to join forces and cooperate.
In this way, they have the best hope to grow from a small guard captain to the new ruler of the Monlego Empire.
But during the cooperation, the uncle and nephew really could not find any ambition or plot of the International Equality Alliance.
The International Equality Alliance seemed to ask for nothing, which made them fearful.
"What we want is to restore peace to Mongolia as soon as possible." Verak's words were simple, direct, and innocent, but neither Porfirio nor Gonzalez had much doubts.
Because this is really something that only the International Equality Alliance can do.
Gonzalez frowned: "But in comparison, other warlords are much stronger than us. It should be easier for you to support them in unifying Monrego, right?"
"During our time in Mongolia, we witnessed the actions of many warlords. Helping them is contrary to our demands," Verak said.
But we are no better.
Gonzalez thought.
"Then let's make an agreement for the time being. If any emergencies arise later, we will contact you again." Porfirio did not ask further.
Verak was not dissatisfied with words such as 'for the time being'.
If things really go wrong for the International Equality Alliance in the middle, or if one of the warlords in Monrego gains a huge advantage, then the agreement will definitely break no matter how solemn it is.
If you want to make the agreement come true, the important thing is not to pursue the details of the words here.
This can only be achieved if they return to Bressy and survive the difficult days together with their familiar comrades.
After reaching a consensus and leaving the casino, Connie asked doubtfully: "They are so gullible that we do so much just to see Monrego reunified?"
"Do you think we will do this?" Verak asked.
"Of course not. They are not good people. Letting them rule Monrego is no different from letting those warlords rule." Connie blurted out.
"Of course they think so, and we will indeed not watch them rule Monrego and push the people of Monrego from dire straits to another abyss. When that day comes, we will have a fierce battle with them.
The conflict will determine the final direction of the people of Monrego." Verak took the lead and walked towards the outer city, "It's just that everyone knows this, but they can't say it out."
"Why? Didn't we say a lot of things we didn't say publicly last time?" Connie was puzzled.
Verak smiled: "That's because those words are not important anymore. Saying them will help us re-reach an agreement. You have also seen that it is a quarrel, but no one is really embarrassed when saying those things. And this
Things don't have the same effect, and there's no point in making it clear that sooner or later we'll be the ultimate enemy, so there's no need to bring it up."
"It's quite complicated." Connie, who was straight-faced, couldn't figure out the turmoil behind the conversation between Verac, Gonzalez, and Porfirio.
"It's nothing complicated. For a conversation like this, you know that the other party is not a fool, so just talk directly. Both parties, openly and secretly, know very well that as long as they agree to cooperate, it means that tit-for-tat is acceptable," Verak explained.
"I still feel complicated." Connie shook her head.
Verak strode forward: "You will understand later."
He didn't know these things originally. After dealing with people a lot and playing games for a long time, he naturally gained experience.
"Now we can only pray that the situation in Monlego will not change within three or four months," Murphy said.
"The most important thing to pray for is that the situation in Bresi can be stabilized and reversed as soon as possible." Verak corrected, "As long as Bresi's situation turns around earlier than Monrego, everything is still under our control."
"If we really help them unify Mongolia and turn them into a behemoth with our own hands, how can we defeat them?" Murphy was worried about this when he translated Verak's words in the casino.
Verak didn't take it to heart at all: "It's too far away. Let's wait until the day comes."
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Outer city, hotel
“If I want to go back to Bresi from Monrego, I feel it’s faster to take the land route.”
A group of people gathered around the map to discuss the return route for Verak, Murphy, and Connie.
"How did you get to Bash?" Lopez asked.
"It took almost a month to go overland," Murphy replied.
Lopez followed Brexi and looked at Bash, and said in surprise: "This is too far, why don't you take a boat? By boat, you can reach Bash after crossing the Sea of Sinwellen? You can save at least half of it.
time, right?"
"At that time, the Bash, Pruman, Welland, and Bressi government forces were fighting on the Sea of Signe Weilen. The routes were blocked and we could only take a detour." After Murphy replied, he studied the route, "We
How about going to the Kingdom of Seder first, then to the Federation of Richeille, and then back to Bressy from the Federation of Richelie?"
"This route is the way we took to get to Bash." Verak nodded slightly, "If we start from here, it will take about three weeks."
"Isn't three weeks still a little too long?" Connie interjected.
"Well, three weeks later, the situation in Bressy will definitely be very different. If you want to go faster, you can only choose a more dangerous route, that is, go directly to Dunman, from Dunman to the Federation of Richey, and then to
Bressi." Verak drew a straight line on the map with his index finger.
Murphy's brows could not relax: "The control in Dunman is very strict now. It is too risky for us to take the train through."
Verak didn't hesitate too much: "There are two roads now. One is safer, but takes three weeks. The other is risky, but can shorten the journey by a week. What I mean is that I still hope that we can go back earlier, Dunman.
I’ve been there once, so there should be no problem.”
"Then go the way of Dunman." Murphy agreed with Verak.
"Are you going back to Bresi from the direction of Dunman?" Lopez asked.
"Yes, this way we can go faster and meet up with the comrades at the main station earlier to deal with the government forces together." Murphy said in Mongolian.
"Then when will you leave?"
"The sooner the better, like now." Murphy was anxious.
It has been less than four hours since they learned that Morais was assassinated and that government troops broke through several sections of the Equality Army's defense lines.
"Then let's..." Lopez knew that this matter was quite urgent, but he still felt that the departure of Verak and his party was sudden.
"You can stay here with peace of mind and continue to collect intelligence and information as much as possible during this period, but don't do anything dangerous." Murphy warned, "We can save some money by shortening the journey by seven days.
, you keep this money, and other branches will remit money to you in the future, so you don’t have to spend your precious time on making ends meet..."
"Understood..." Faced with numerous instructions, Lopez and others suddenly felt a little lonely and could only respond passively.
"At that time, you can live with those children, and you can also help more people as conditions permit... The main thing is that you pretend not to be different, otherwise you can still get money for the subsequent charity dinner - now this
It doesn’t matter anymore..." Murphy felt sorry for the charity dinner.
After listening to Murphy's translation, Verak, who had determined the route, did not show any impatience: "Let's leave in the evening and use the afternoon to hold a formal joining ceremony and the establishment ceremony of the sub-station for Lopez and others."