While there was a lively fight outside, there was no movement at all in the Feidong Club. There were many of them, but they only had a few guns, and they didn't even dare to go out and take a look at what was happening in front of their house.
It wasn't until Patel contacted Neri through their secret channel and confirmed that he was not pretending and had not rebelled against the enemy that he opened the door and let him in.
Just let him go.
At first, he was worried that the governor would be dissatisfied, but he was not. Gu Hang graciously let him go in first and explained the situation clearly. The governor's troops would stay outside the waste cave for two days, waiting for news from him.
As for what news he was waiting for, Gu Hang didn’t say it clearly, but Patel probably understood.
The Governor has completed the rescue he promised, and now it is time for the Wasted Dong Society to show its sincerity.
Patel doesn’t feel bad about this.
Is there anything wrong with the Feidong Society completely obeying the orders of the Governor?
Entering through the doorway, he returned to his hometown.
Familiar faces appeared in front of him.
Their faces are both pale and black. They are pale because they live underground all year round and are not exposed to sunlight; they are dark because the sweat from labor is sticky with mine ash, and they are unable to wash themselves regularly.
He is the leader of the Wasted Cave Society. There are more than 900 people in the cave, and he knows every face.
People rushed to ask him
"Patel, are we saved?"
"Have all those damn robbers been killed?"< /p>
"Who saved us?"
Faced with many of these questions, Patel responded sentence by sentence while walking at the beginning. Later, he really couldn't answer everyone one by one. question, I could only give a unified answer loudly while working hard to get through the crowd.
"Yes, we are saved."
"Those robbers have been killed."
"It was the Governor who saved us."
People cried with joy when they heard the answer.
After finally getting through the crowd, he turned back and looked at the malnourished and definitely not pretty faces of his compatriots. He was both proud and worried.
The pride comes from the fact that he brought in reinforcements and saved everyone.
Worry means not knowing what the future will bring.
Sighing slightly, he turned his head and saw his uncle, Old Butch.
Old Butch's hand was damaged when a cart full of ore overturned. The wound became infected and was later amputated. He almost didn't survive. During that time, Patel was promoted.
After Old Butch recovered, he did not try to seize power. In the environment of the Wasted Dong Society, there was no room for exploitation and oppression. The leader is elected, and the entire settlement is too poor. Even as a leader, the working and living conditions are not much different from others.
Due to his disability, Butch cannot do muchA new life. But he is still using his remaining energy and doing his best to assist the younger generation, Patel.
Old Butch used his remaining one hand to pat his shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's what I should do." Patel responded. .
The two of them entered a small room, and Patel told Old Butch the whole story of how he went to seek help.
Old Butch sighed, "It's a disaster, not a blessing."
The attitude of the old comrade seemed a bit pessimistic.
Patel disagreed with his view, "I don't think it's a disaster or a blessing. This is definitely our opportunity. The Governor-General said that he will not only save our lives, but also He will save it to the end. He is here to build the whole world, and our Feidong Society is the first stop."
Patel sighed, "How can you believe what those big guys say? , We people are like rats and bugs in the gutter. When did they treat us as human beings? When you want to use it, say a few nice words and seem to value you. If it is no longer useful, you will be ruthlessly treated. "Abandon him."
Patel said, "I don't think the Governor is like that."
Old Butch sneered, "You idiot, what do you know?" How many days will he have?"
"What can we do?" Patel asked, avoiding the question of trust or distrust, "Can our situation get worse? More than 900 people. , working so hard down here in the mine, no one dares not to be diligent, and those who are not diligent will starve to death. But even so, we still don't have enough food and clothing, and there are casualties due to work from time to time, and every winter. It will freeze people to death.”
“We don’t have the extra property to buy guns or cannons to arm ourselves, so we can only lock ourselves in a hole when encountering any danger, and pray that the danger will pass by itself. , because we were too poor, and the robbers didn’t want to spend too much effort to pry open the turtle shell, so they couldn’t eat two bites of the meat. This time, they met the most greedy one who was determined to break in and sell the living people for food rations. We can only sit back and wait for death."
"I definitely don't want my compatriots to continue to live like this."
"What else can we lose? ”
These words silenced Old Butch. After a while, he finally said, "We will lose our freedom."
"Hahaha, freedom." Patel's laugh was so loud that it almost reached the door. Those who didn't know thought he was I'm really happy, "Can freedom be food? This time I also went to Fuxing City, the capital city of the alliance, and I met slaves. The life of slaves is much better than that of us. We are not even as good as cattle and horses. If we pay Freedom can prevent our people from starving to death, freezing to death, and being eaten as food rations, then I am willing to pay for freedom."
Old Butch finally couldn't say anything else. Neng sighed again, "I don't object to any of your decisions. I just hope that we won't regret it."
"We will never regret it."
"I believe you will not regret it."
On the same day, Gu Hang saw Patel coming back, bringing several All the people who could speak to him in the Feidong Society expressed their complete surrender to him.
It was completely within Gu Hang’s expectation.
The people of Feidong Society have no choice.
Patel said humbly, "Mr. Governor, there are a total of 907 people in the Wasted Cave Society, waiting for your first order."
"Let's go into the cave and have a look. ”
“Why do you want to go into the cave?”
“Not welcome”
“No, but the conditions there are very poor, you”
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He really didn’t want Gu Hang to enter the mine, not for any other reason but because the conditions in the mine were too poor.
More than 900 people live in a narrow cave. Even if there is a vent, the smell inside is definitely not good. The living conditions were shabby, with excrement and urine everywhere
Patel was very afraid that the conditions in the mine would stain the Governor's gorgeous clothes, and he was even more afraid that the Governor's heart would be stained.