Chapter Forty-Eight: The Wind Rises
The teenagers stared at Durin with wide eyes, they needed something to convince them, and they were hungry for victory. They all knew that if they lost, some of them might die, and the rest would have to leave Turnaire City and wander away, probably never coming back.
Don't underestimate the memory of these "big people", let them hate what they hate, they can remember for a lifetime.
But if they win, they will change the situation of the whole of Turnaire City, they will become "decent people" in the eyes of the people, they will speak, and they will also play a pivotal role in the family. They also change their families, change their living conditions, put their younger siblings in new clothes, and send them to school.
Most importantly, they are able to change their own destiny.
Win or lose, it's a war where everything is staked, so they need to hear something that will cheer them up and get out of the way before the war breaks out, rather than just sitting somewhere and waiting to die.
Looking at the pair of eager eyes, Durin smiled easily and said in a very relaxed tone, "Look, we all know his name is Wood, and we know that his nickname is 'The Woodcutter'. We know that he resides at 93 Mak Heung Gardens, and we also know that his office is on the third floor of 93 Esplanade. We know he has a lot of men, Robben, Gigi and whatever, and we find almost every detail about him. β
"But what does he know about us?" he said, "He doesn't know that my name is Durin, that this monster-like creature is called Graff, and that this beautiful guy who is better than a girl is called Duffer." He doesn't know you, he doesn't know all of you, he doesn't know everything about us!"
"Then how can he defeat us? Is he going to shoot at the air?"
This sentence made many teenagers laugh, a shot may be a bullet, or it may be a bullet, this is a little unhealthy pun, but it is very useful for this group of half-grown teenagers.
Durin also laughed, "The second point is that he is a well-known tycoon in high society, he has countless amounts of money, countless people willing to help him, and many people who are willing to work for him. Do you think he's a little scared when I say this, don't you think he's amazing?", looking at the big guy, Durin shrugged his shoulders, "Wrong, very wrong. In fact, he has nothing, not all the people who are willing to help him are his people, and those who are willing to work for him may not really work hard if they don't have enough benefits. β
"So what does he have besides money?"
"This society tells us that if a person only has money, but he does not have the power to protect this money, and can only rely on the strength of others, then he will definitely lose, and he will lose very badly. β
"And a third point!"
Durin looked at every young face with a radiant look, "He is so rich, he has the beauty that people seek, and we have nothing! It is precisely because we have nothing, so what else do we have to fear? Even if we lose, we will either take our lives with nothing, or let us leave this place where nothing belongs to us with nothing." We don't have any, and we don't need to be afraid of losing anything. β
But he is different, he has too many things, too many things to worry about, so that when faced with every choice, he has to think about whether each choice of his will have some impact on some of his things. β
"I dare to walk to Villa 93 of Mak Heung Garden with a pistol right now, point it at his head and pull the trigger, but does he dare? He has to think, he has to hesitate, and then pay to send a man here to look for us, and only after finding us can he fight us, and be careful of other people and things, even the people he finds may not be willing to fight hard!"
"We can afford to lose, once, twice, many more times, we can afford to lose. But he can't afford to lose, as long as he loses once, he will take the exam to consider self-preservation, and then lose it all. β
"So I stand here and say aloud to each and every one of you, we will win!"
Dover pulled Durin aside after the meeting, and he turned his back to the outside to refuse to be approached, and whispered, "I heard that Wood has quite a few pistols, at least several. With a hint of worry on his face, the deterrent power of guns in a war between gangs is too great, and it is far from being able to be solved by a large number of people. As long as the opponent has three or five gunners and dares to shoot, it is very likely to destroy the morale and fighting spirit that Durin has erected today.
Durin had actually thought about this question the night before, and he patted Dover on the shoulder, admiring him very much. There are really very few people who can still use their brains at this critical moment, and it is very important. Durin glanced at the young man standing around him, and said with a smile: "I have thought about it a long time ago, although we don't have guns, but we have bows and arrows!"
Except for some developed cities, the Shining Star Empire is basically a vast and sparsely populated countryside. In such an environment where there is no human interference with nature, wild animals were once infested. It was not uncommon for no one to consider targeting the use of guns to farmers and ranchers living in the suburbs, but this idea was later rejected. Instead, bows and arrows were issued, and guns were replaced with bows and arrows.
This was done to prevent the conquered race from getting enough guns and ammunition to cause a civil war. There are some extremist groups among the conquered races, and they may really rebel when they are armed. Of course, the truth is not as terrible as the big people imagined, the law is like a door full of holes, and the organizations have long been armed enough to see them revolt or do anything.
In the final analysis, the ultimate goal of people is nothing more than power and wealth.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with the current Durin, and the popularity of bows and arrows instead of guns has made many farmers in the countryside have good archery skills, and almost every household knows how to bow and arrow. In the city, there are also several bow and arrow clubs, of course, they are definitely not open to ordinary farmers, because in the eyes of many high-class people, farmers do not master archery, but hunting, a way to use bows and arrows in an unconventional way.
Only when they use expensive and fancy bows and shoot expensive arrows can they call archery.
In fact, bows and arrows are far better than pistols in battle, the range of pistols is only 20 meters, but the effective range of bows and arrows can exceed 50 meters, and some powerful hunters can even shoot through arrows at a distance of 80 meters.
The use of a bow and arrow in a frontal battle is definitely more effective than the use of a pistol, and it works wonders.
Seeing that Du Lin had already thought about it, Du Buddha didn't talk much. His strength lies in his boldness, his black hands, and his certain brains, but he thinks he is a little worse than Durin. In addition, he is only a team leader now, so he believes that Durin can arrange everything.
The liquor in the bar was still served, but the escorts had become more and more inconsistent, and nothing had happened for days, which overwhelmed some of the people in Turnaire who knew the details.
Shouldn't there be a war, and why hasn't there been any movement on either side?
In fact, they don't know that the two sides haven't even seen each other face to face until now, so how can they talk about fighting?
Such a quiet and oppressive atmosphere was finally broken on the ninth day after the incident.
Graff swooped into Doolin's office like a wounded bison, and DΓΌhrin sat in the boss's chair looking at him, his eyes not fluctuating.
Graff suddenly felt uncomfortable, and he subconsciously waved his arm, took a few steps back and forth, and punched the newly renovated wall of his office. The wooden wall panels had punched a hole in him, and with such a simple punch, five dollars were gone. New wall panels, new wallpaper, and hiring workers, when these expenses are concentrated in one wall panel, it is sky-high.
"If you want to vent your excessive energy, I suggest you go to the third floor, I have hung several sandbags on the third floor, cowhide, and I might be happy if you can break them. β
Graff's agitation was eased by the devastation of his fist breaking the wall panel, and he sat down in his chair with his butt, making the chair make an unpleasant sound of wood rubbing. He held his head in his hands, his face helpless, "My mother and brother have been taken away. β
Graff had a mother, but for the first time Durin knew that he had a younger brother. A few years ago, when he was conscripted, Graff went into hiding in the wilderness and was not forcibly drafted into the army, as he said. But he never said that he had a younger brother, which made Durin feel a little displeased, and he hid it well, "Who took it, Wood?"
"Who else but that bastard?", Graff snarled as soon as he looked up, he only learned about it from his neighbor when he went back to deliver the money, and he thought he was going crazy!
That was the only one he had, especially his younger brother, who depended on him, and all the money he had earned over the years was used for his brother's schooling, except for a part of his own. To outsiders, he never said that he had a younger brother, because his younger brother was a "good boy", an excellent student, and was currently attending university in the capital. During this time, Graff sent his brother a lot of money, which made his brother go from surprise to fear, afraid that Graff had done something illegal, so he secretly took leave and returned to Turnier.
Unfortunately, he was bumped into by Wood's men and taken away along with Graff's mother.