The Guart people were not originally an inherent ethnic group of the Yaoxing Empire. A war occurred about sixty years ago, and the Guart people's country was wiped out by the Yaoxing Empire. The Guart people and the place where they lived, All were merged into the territory of the Yaoxing Empire and became part of the Yaoxing Empire. It is undeniable that during the Great Patriotic War, the Guarts showed their willingness to die on the battlefield rather than take a step back, which caused huge trouble for the Shining Star Empire at that time. Later, in order to prevent the defeated Guarts from getting together and causing trouble, a big shot at the time came up with the idea of breaking up the Guarts and sending them to various regions across the country.
Even if the Guart people who were suddenly dispersed wanted to unite, it would be difficult for them to succeed. In addition, the Shining Star Empire frequently had conflicts with neighboring countries on the border, and the Third World War called the War of the Golden Goblet broke out. A large number of young men from Guart were forcibly drafted into the army and died on the battlefield. , causing the Guart people to face an extremely harsh living environment. Coupled with the recruitment of a large number of young Guarts in the war that just ended not long ago, the Guarts as a group have been severely weakened.
Now that the Guart people have lost their family's labor force and backbone, everyone thinks that doing more is worse than doing less. Gradually, the Guart people have become no different from ordinary people, and they are even more afraid of causing trouble. In this rapidly changing society, the Guarts have become synonymous with "honest people" and "cowards."
There are almost 2,000 Guarte families in Tener City. There are less than 300 men under the age of 40 and over 16 years old. The rest have become cannon fodder for the empire in the war that ended not long ago. , which added a lot of bargaining chips to the empire in the war and won a tragic victory. It was said to be a tragic victory, but in fact, for the Ordins, the main race of the empire, it was not a tragic victory at all, but a great victory.
They used ethnic minority populations to replace the Ordins in the war, and successfully consumed the development potential and future of these more and more ethnic minorities within the empire. Not only did they win the war, but they also purified the racial ratio of the population. , simply kill two birds with one stone!
Under such circumstances, Dulin proposed the concept of "Hometown Association". After Graf's publicity, it immediately received a response from many people, especially those who had just reached sixteen years old and slightly younger children. It is precisely because they have personally felt the malice from the empire and society that these children are even more eager to improve the Guart people and their own living environment through their own hands and efforts.
Not to mention that Dulin is willing to provide these children who do not have the upper-class status in society with a decent salary to support themselves and their families.
Looking at a group of teenagers aged fourteen, fifteen or six, Dulin's eyes were filled with an inexplicable look when he looked at Graf. There were three girls in this group of children. If it weren't for the hope and vitality for the future hidden in the eyes of these children, Du Lin might have rejected these teenagers. At this time, he himself had forgotten that he was of this age himself and was not much older than the others.
Dulin pulled Graf to a corner, looked back at the twenty or thirty young men and three little girls, and asked in a low voice: "Are there no adults? In their twenties?"
Graf smiled awkwardly. During the Tenel recruitment, the Imperial Military Forces forcibly recruited all Tenel males over the age of sixteen and under forty into the army. Apart from those people who Miao had hid in the wild for a long time, there were no young and powerful men left. As for those who ran away, they were even less willing to join a hometown association with obvious gang intentions.
These timid people, as well as some who just wanted to live a peaceful life, bluntly rejected Graf's invitation. This made Graff feel very embarrassed, and at the same time secretly resented it. He usually never said no when those people asked him for help, but now when he fought for his own rights for the Guart people, he actually backed down. He doesn't look like a Guart at all, and he doesn't have the slightest bit of courage or courage.
So he could only recruit these children who were dissatisfied with reality and also aggressive.
Facing Graf's detailed explanations, Dulin also felt speechless for a while. But when things came to a head, and Du Lin also needed manpower, he could only admit it with his nose pinched. Although minors lack some experience and lessons than adults, he can only spend more time educating these guys.
When the two returned to the crowd, many people obviously showed nervous expressions. Their eyes remained on Du Lin, eager to get a positive answer.
After a while, when some people showed disappointment in their eyes, Du Lin nodded and said, "You will be welcomed by the fellow villagers!"
At this time, Graf directly grabbed Dulin's hand, and when Dulin was shocked, he opened the knife mark in his palm that had only grown for two days. Blood suddenly poured out, but when faced with the blood, the young men, including the girls, did not show the slightest fear. Instead, they were all extremely excited.
Without Graf's intervention, the boys and girls lined up, took the dagger from Graf's hand, opened their palms, and held them tightly with Dulin's. What was different from last time was that these boys and girls also kissed the back of his hand.
The last ceremony was a ceremony of cooperation, a ceremony of never betraying friends, but this time, it is a ceremony of allegiance.
In the unique minority religious culture of the Guart people, kissing the back of the hand is a very important etiquette and ritual performed by family members to their parents. It first came from the families of the Guart nobles. During festivals, nobles would line up to kiss the back of the king's hand to show respect and obedience to the king. This ritual has long become a daily ritual, and basically every Guarte person knows something about it.
Especially the teenagers living in the city, because of the social environment, they admire and yearn for everything in the Guart Kingdom period. They remember the past and at the same time inspire themselves.
When the last of the three girls kissed the back of Du Lin's numb hand, Du Lin glanced at the bloody floor under his feet, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
This time I have no feeling in my palms, and my arms are also a little numb. Will it be amputated
Of course, even if you cry at this time, you should cry with a smile.
He nodded vigorously with a straight face, "From today on, we are all a family. We share the glory regardless of each other!"
Graff's face turned a little red. He clapped his chest and roared, "No matter how different we are, share the glory!"
Looking at the hysterically roaring teenagers, Du Lin was surprised at the consequences of a ritual and a word, and at the same time, his heart beat a little faster. He squinted his eyes slightly, feeling like he was in a state of ecstasy!
The establishment of the hometown association in Tenel City was just an inconspicuous drop of water falling into the lake, unable to even create ripples. Even if some people learned about this through certain channels, they didn't care too much.
Can a hometown association established by a group of half-grown children, like a plaything, still have an impact on the underground world structure of Tenel City that has not changed for several years? Don't be kidding, let's not talk about the small gangs that can only occupy one or two streets and are not even gangs. How many really big gangs are easy to mess with? Not only does it have a more professional team of thugs, but it also has powerful hand crossbows and thermal repeating crossbows that are prohibited for civilians to own!
This is a powerful weapon. A thermal crossbow is enough to wipe out twenty or thirty people in one go, so everyone regards the hometown association as a child's play.
Some people don't care about the establishment of hometown associations, but there are also people who care about the establishment of hometown associations. In the city of Tenel, there is a big shot in the upper class, the vice-president of the Tenel branch of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and also a Guarte, Hedler. He is very concerned about the initiation and establishment of the hometown association.
This is a legendary Guarte, and he is also a Guarte who suffers discrimination from the Guarte people.
It may be a bit convoluted to say this. In fact, before the demise of the Guart Kingdom, some Guart people had already surrendered early and became "good people who stand on the side of justice." One of them was Haidler. Father. At that time, in order to shorten the war as quickly as possible and reduce the number of Ogdin people who died in the war, the Yaoxing Empire gave these surrendered Guart people great benefits and high treatment, hoping to "influence" the Guart people in this way. The resistance force of the special kingdom.
Indeed, these people played a big role, but after the destruction of the Guart Kingdom, their situation became very embarrassing. The Ogdin people were unwilling to give more benefits to these kind people, and used various excuses to take back some of their privileges. Handler's father was also greatly affected by this, and the family was even on the verge of bankruptcy. Heidler's father died suddenly of a cerebral infarction, leaving the precarious family fortune to Heidler, who was only twenty years old at the time.
With his superb methods and personal abilities, Heidler went through ups and downs several times, and finally established his position in the Yaoxing Empire Chamber of Commerce and became a master.
It is precisely because of the ups and downs that Heidler hopes that the scattered Guarts can unite. But he couldn't do it. His status was high enough, and some people were already wary of Heidler, a Guarte who occupied one of the thirty-six seats in the Chamber of Commerce. So he couldn't do it. If he did, those wolf-like guys would have excuses and reasons to kick him out.
When he learned that a fellow named Dulin Kesma had established a hometown association, he immediately began to investigate all social information about Dulin. He wanted to meet this person.
(End of chapter)