Chapter 570: Mine Protection [1]
"Memnon wants to see me?", Durin looked at the young man standing outside the door, claiming to be a staff member of the town hall, but he didn't expect that not long after he arrived in the west, Memnon reacted.
It's not impossible to see Memnon now, but Doolin has more to do. Not choosing the rest of the empire as their destination, except for those developed places that have become delicacy on the capitalists' plates, the class as a whole has long been solidified, and there is a need to confront a large number of social vested interests, any small action will trigger some unpredictable consequences. None of the politicians in the imperial capital, the nobles in the north, and the big capitalists in the south were easy to mess with.
Even if Durin has tens of millions of liquidity in his hands and has a fellow townsman association to rely on, he may not be able to do it head-on. Instead of wasting your money and strength to fight for an uncertain future, it is better to focus on the vast and sparsely populated western region. The economy here is far less developed than in other places, and the people are relatively strong, except for a very small number of capitalists, there is still a "simple" folk style here - try not to go to the middle of nowhere after dark, the people here will tell you how cruel the reality is.
Therefore, by targeting the western part of the country, we can effectively reduce competition, and at the same time suppress the Move Forward Party and find a way to turn this part of the force into our own strength.
Durin didn't have much time now, and he needed to take a turn around the west before the beginning of spring to let the people here know that there was going to be a huge change here. So he didn't have time to meet Memnon, and if he wanted to do something after meeting Memnon, he would probably have a little trouble.
This does not mean that there is no trouble if you don't see Memnon, it is purely a principle of exchange of initiative, and when you see Memnon, Dühring will lose some potential initiatives, but if you don't see him, then these potential initiatives are still in your own hands, and they can be thrown out as an excuse when necessary.
The staff who had come to inform Durin was in his thirties, not tall, wearing a thick leather suit, and when he opened his eyes wide, he would have a few forehead lines on his forehead, and with his rough skin and cold eyes, he looked more like a robber than a government worker.
"I'm very sorry, but I have important things to do, so I can't go to see Mr. Memnon for the time being. You can help me convey my thanks to Mr. Memnon for the invitation and tell him that I will meet him when the weather warms up. ”
Du Lin decisively refused the invitation, but the messenger did not leave immediately, he was still standing outside the door, the open door let the cold wind outside the door blow in, the people in the room were not wearing many clothes, and they already felt a trace of cold erosion. He looked at Durin with a straight look, he didn't know much about Dorin, but he knew Memnon.
At first, Memnon wanted to start a war to seize power in the form of an "uprising", but unfortunately it was quickly suppressed by the Imperial Army. This time he made a comeback in another way to break into the heart of the empire, to win the supreme power of the country through peaceful means, and to complete the coup d'état. In the west, people know a lot about the old history of Memnon, and there are always some people who belong to the losers of this society, and they are the ones who want Memnon to succeed the most.
Because only when the Memnon succeeds, they can obtain more benefits if they take refuge in the Memnon.
And this government worker who passed the message was one of them.
He said with a smile: "Mr. Dulin, maybe you have a little narrow understanding of Mr. Memnon, Mr. Memnon has a very large influence in the west, and has won more than seventy percent of the cities in the entire state, the next step is to run for governor and have a great chance of sitting in that position." Personally, I think it's better for you to accept Mr. Memnon's kindness, and it's a good thing for you, for me, and for Mr. Memnon, isn't it?"
He looked at Durin, and Dulin also met his gaze, and after the two looked at each other for a moment, Durin's expression became a little indifferent, he tilted his head slightly, played with a lighter in his hand, and asked with a smile: "If I understand correctly, you are threatening me?"
"Threat?", the man bowed his head slightly, "No, no, no, Mr. Duhring, this is not a threat, I just explain some things more clearly, so that you can have a more sufficient reference to make the most suitable decision for you, this is not a threat, it is help!"
Durin couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, he pointed at the man, and said, "You have a very funny way of talking, have you ever worked in a circus before?
The smiling expression on the man's face retracted, and he became a little cold, "You think I'm amusing you?" Mr. Durin, maybe you have some power elsewhere, and people will respect you. But this is the West, and your set of things doesn't apply here!, I repeat, Monsieur Memnon would like to see you, and you can say no, but you must know that there are some things that are not the best option. ”
As he finished saying these words, a cold thing pressed against his head, but instead of immediately restraining his temper like some people do, he turned his head stiffly when the gun was pointed at his head, and looked at the young man standing beside him with the gun against his head.
A very handsome young man, so handsome that he could be one of the prettiest women in the city when he changed into a woman's clothes, and he faced the young man, and he asked, "Do you dare to shoot......?"
The gunshot rang out, but not in his head, but in his knee, and Du Fo's wrist flipped slightly, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at his other leg, "What did you just say? Give you a cigarette?"
The man didn't fall, he stood in place with his hands on the door frame, without saying a word, his eyes looked straight at Du Fo, and the blood in his bones was activated by a bullet. He raised his chin and clenched his teeth, every word as if he was squeezed out of his teeth, "Another bullet aimed at my head, just like you threatened me just now?!"
The muzzle of Dover's gun was raised, pressed against the door of his head, and he pressed it so hard that the heat remaining from the muzzle of the bullet that had just been fired made the area around his forehead that was pressed against the muzzle reddened slightly.
Dover looked at Doolin, and the man also looked at Doolin, who didn't have much expression on his face, "You can go on the road with peace of mind, I will visit your family and the people behind you......"
The blood exploded instantly, shattered bone fragments and white and red things sprayed to the ground, and after a few seconds, a body fell to the ground with a muffled thud. Durin looked at Icourt, "Clean up this place, find out who he is, and reunite them as a family." He is talking about an insignificant matter, but it determines the ultimate belonging of a family.
Durin saw the gangsterism in this man, if he was not one of those robbers galloping on the Gobi, he must be a gangster, and this kind of person was able to successfully infiltrate the town hall and give orders on behalf of Memnon, indicating that he represented the interests of some people. It's easy to kill him, and the people he represents will definitely not just forget it, they will definitely find a way to figure out what the situation is, so Durin will not give them time and opportunity to toss, and directly wipe them out in ignorance.
Icourt and the other townspeople in the room were not surprised by this, there were not many shootings or even killings in the streets in the west, after all, this was contrary to the "security and stability of the west" that the empire had been propagating, but it was definitely not less. Dying one or two people is like dying one or two horses, it's too commonplace. It's just that this death has brought a completely different spirit to everyone here, a feeling that is indescribable but comfortable throughout.
Once upon a time, even in the face of contradictions and conflicts, the Guartes did not dare to take the initiative to stand up and be the first to pull the trigger, because they did not have a big tree to rely on, and there was no backer who could preside over "fairness" for them, but now they have. Durin's approach is so uplifting that it makes people realize that everything he said before is not just boasting, but really wants to bring some change to everyone.
This is also the reason why Durin used moonshine to open the way for the revitalization of the Guarts, in addition to the large profits from the sale of moonshine can improve the living conditions of the Guarts in various places, this kind of fighting and fighting is the most important. If a race wants to get back on its feet, the first thing to do is self-confidence, to untie the invisible shackles on their bodies, so that they dare to roar at the sky and dare to fight against all injustices!
The next day, Durin left with a few young men, and then he had to go deep into the west, not only to go around every city, but more importantly to get a few mines. In this part of the West, there is a very special "profession" called the Mine Guard.
As we all know, after the discovery of the first natural open-pit gold mine from the west, countless gold diggers came here with their families, hoping that they could be favored by the goddess of fate, and found a rich gold mine from somewhere, and became a winner in life. According to the current law in the western region, gold diggers who discover gold mines can receive a reward of at least 100,000 yuan if they feed back the information about the gold mines to the state government. If you sell this information to those capitalists, you will get even more profits.
But there is another option, which is to mine yourself, find some friends and relatives to spend money to bury the gold in the area, and then start digging the gold mine and live a different life from then on. In the process, there are also some problems to face, such as robbers, horse bandits, and some forces that "take over" through brutal slaughter.
Large-scale fighting continued to be staged, which caused the law and order in the west to collapse to the extreme, so after the passage of the Imperial Parliament, a clause on the establishment of individual armed forces in the western part of the empire was codified into the imperial code - "Western Civilian Mine Guard Group Formation Act (Provisional)"