Chapter 1465: Sincerity
Mo Li's words silenced the refugees, and they lowered their heads in shame one by one, not even daring to look directly at Mo Li's eyes.
Imagine when they first came here, they were poor, and they were willing to die for anyone for a bite to eat.
At that time, they did not fight with each other, they relied on each other as brothers and sisters, because they were refugees who had lost their homes, so they both knew each other's feelings very well.
But with better life, plenty of food, daily necessities and even jobs, they seem to be living better now than they were before the war in their hometown!
It stands to reason that they should be satisfied with the life they have now in the midst of this war, but in fact it is the opposite, when they have a stable life and do not have to worry about suffering from the war, they want more!
Slowly, refugees from different countries and regions began to cling to the crowd and squeeze out others for their own benefit, as if they wanted to drive out all the other inevitable resources, so that all the remaining resources would go to them.
This is the origin of a qiΔ conflict, and it is also the greedy nature of human beings, to put it bluntly, it is full of food!
Seeing that these refugees were silent, Mo Li sneered and said: "The war provides you with food, shelter, and shelter in the spirit of humanitarianism, and we have never asked you for anything, because you are all poor people, and we feel that we should give you some help if we can." But your expression makes me regret that our food, money, and work are only provided to those in need, but now it seems that you do not need the help of war. Starting tomorrow, the Warfire Tribe will be officially disbanded, please leave the Warfire sphere of influence within three days, and I would rather give my soldiers a higher salary than waste so much food and money to feed a bunch of greedy fools! β
After saying that, Mo Li coolly turned around and got into the jeep.
The jeep roared away, and the soldiers of the war looked at these refugees with cold eyes, one of them was also a refugee but finally joined the war and became a small leader, looking at these refugees with disappointment in his eyes.
"Look at you now, before you think you're here! Are you not satisfied? Without the war, do you think anyone would have been so kind to provide you with food and shelter? What a bunch of brainless fools, you all deserve to die in the war! With that, the little leader turned and left.
The mighty team of mercenaries pedaled away, and the speeding vehicles stirred up dust on the ground.
Only the stunned refugees stood in place and watched the back of the departing convoy, and for a moment no one knew what to say.
After a long time, the woman who was crouching next to the injured man stood up suddenly, stared at the others with red eyes, and roared, "Are you satisfied? Are you satisfied?! Your indifferent fights have hurt all of us, and we have all lost this rare and stable life! You damn scumbags, what right do you have to deprive others of their right to live?! β
A man gave the woman a gloomy look, then took a deep breath and looked in the direction of the convoy, he clenched his fists and shouted, "We won't leave!" This is the land of Africa, our homeland, why should we listen to them? There are so many of us that we can take over the factory here and become the masters here! β
"That's right! There is no need for so many of us to be afraid of them, we can take this place, and even though they have guns, will they dare to slaughter us? If they dare to do that, someone will immediately come and sanction them! β
"Yes, we should occupy this place, the QiΔ here will belong to us, and we won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future."
"Occupy the factory!"
"Occupy the factory!!"
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Greed is the original sin, and these pathetic refugees did not realize until this moment that they could have it all because of the war, and instead of being grateful for the war, they wanted to occupy the few factories that the war had opened in the vicinity.
However, it was only a handful of radicals who followed the commotion, and more people were silent, most of them still had a conscience, they knew that if it weren't for the war, they would have died in this continuous war, the war was their benefactor, and they shouldn't treat their benefactor like this!
"Kids, we're all calm and calm, we're from different places, but we've all lost our homes all the same. Since we have chosen to settle here, then we should abandon our previous ideas and regard this place as our new home, there should be no more distinction between us and us, we should be a whole, all a member of this home. An old man walked out of the crowd trembling with the support of his grandson.
This old man is over 70 years old, which is a very long life in Africa.
The people around them fell silent and looked at the old man.
The old man looked around at the people around him, and then said: "I am the first person to come here, and it has been almost two years now, and in these two years, I have witnessed too many compatriots coming here, and I have also witnessed many people leaving. The funny thing is that those who left did not die in the war, but in the conflict between themselves. Amor, I remember when you first came, you were hungry and couldn't even walk steadily, and I still remember when the members of the war put food in front of you and let you have a full meal, you knelt in front of the members of the war to express your gratitude, but look at you now, you actually shouted to attack the factory of the war? β
A middle-aged man lowered his head when he heard this.
The old man looked at the other man again: "And you, your wife is seriously ill and has only one breath left, if it weren't for the war doctor and those expensive medicines, would she still be able to stay with you now?" In the face of your life-saving benefactor, not only are you not grateful, but you are also clamoring to occupy what belongs to others?! β
Another middle-aged man lowered his head, the woman next to him had a look of guilt on his face, and he held her husband's arm and bowed her head deeply as well.
"We all need to think about it, who among us hasn't been blessed by war? And look at the way we are now, the war has provided us with food, shelter and even work, so that we can live a stable life without worrying about the damage of war. It can be said that the fire of war is our savior! Who else but the war would be so generous to take in and protect so many people who have nothing to do with them? β
The crowd was silent, the old man was old, and he still had some influence among these refugees, plus what he said at the moment was all the truth, even those who wanted to stir up trouble to force more benefits were dumbfounded by him.
"But now that the war has abandoned us, they won't help us, and we'll be left with nothing again." After a long time, one person was humane.
The old man looked at the man and asked, "And then?" β
"I want to say that we have to resist! You are right, we have all suffered from war, and we should be grateful for the conditions that war has provided us with survival. But look, now that they have abandoned us, are they going to let us go back to the upheaval of the past? No! At least I can't, I don't want to go back to the old days, so I have to rebel! As long as we occupy their factories, then we will be self-sufficient and will never have to rely on anyone! "That's human.
The old man sneered and said, "You are such a stupid fellow, haven't you ever thought about why the war would give up on us?" People were kind enough to provide us with a life and shelter. But what have we done? β
Without waiting for the man to speak, the old man continued, "Even if we occupy the war-torn factory according to what you said, do you think we can really survive in this troubled world without relying on anyone? β
"Why not? War is a mercenary organization, and they can't slaughter all of us, then they will be spurned by everyone. β
"You are so naΓ―ve, my child. I believe that the war will not do that, and the generals of the war are good people, otherwise they would not have been able to take us in. But we have even more terrible enemies! β
"Who? Do you mean the armed forces that are entrenched around? As long as we occupy the factory, then we will have enough money to buy weapons to arm ourselves, and then we will have strong strength ourselves, and we will not be afraid of anyone to challenge us! β
The old man shook his head and said, "No, our real enemy is ourselves!" Now that we have just enjoyed food and clothing, and have a stable life, you have begun to compete for the right to speak and dominate, and even at the cost of the lives of your companions! If we really take control of the factories that bring us huge benefits, then I can't believe that something terrible is going to happen! β
The old man's words stunned everyone, and then the man who had spoken earlier opened his mouth but could not refute it.
Yes, the most terrible enemy is not an outsider but oneself!
Think about how well they helped each other when they first arrived, but as everyone's life gradually improved, some people ignited greed in their hearts, and they wanted to control other people or even expel others to gain more benefits for themselves.
This is just in the case of food and clothing, if they really occupy the factory, what will these guys do in the face of such huge interests? Will they raise the butcher's knife again in order to compete for interests?!
There was a deathly silence, and everyone was silently thinking about the issue.
The old man sighed quietly and said, "Before I came here, my greatest wish was to have a place for me to live, and that would be enough, even now my wish is still so simple. And you have all changed, and I believe that your desires should have been the same as mine, but as you have more, greed has taken over your hearts. β
"So what do you think we should do?" Someone asked aloud.
"Yes, you're an elder, what do you think we should do?"
"It's because we're too greedy, and we should be content to have a safe habitat in these chaotic times."
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When the old man saw more and more people talking, he said with a faint smile on his face: "If you really think so, then this matter will be easy to handle." You forces should choose a representative to go with me to the war base, I don't think they will insist on letting us go when they see our sincerity. β
After speaking, the old man's eyes shone with a little wisdom......