Chapter 22 Chapter Ten Floras' Idea

In the final hours of the night, few people closed their eyes.The situation is greatly complicated, and no one sees a way out.Apart from building another aircraft, Kamare has no other choice.However, the rations are only enough for fifteen days, and it takes two long months to manufacture the aircraft.Pinning your hopes on this is obviously deceiving yourself. What is even more disappointing is that after careful inspection, it was found that the ration reserve did not have the weight of fifteen days, but only about ten days perfunctory.Thus, by the end of April they would have to starve.In order to postpone the days of starvation, they decided to save food as much as possible.

After a breakfast that was poorer than any he had ever had before, Camarei, accompanied by his guests, went down to interrogate the wounded. who are you?he asked. Fulkus.Dawitt. This is a pseudonym.Say your real name. Danielle.Fran. What nationality? British. What is your role at Blekrant? consultant.This is the title given to the man who ruled the country alongside Kiriel. Have you been here long? Here comes the beginning. Did you know Kiriel before? Yes, I knew Captain Buxton from his team. Jeanne shuddered at the name: fate had sent her new witnesses. In Buxton's team?Camaret repeated, why didn't I recognize you?

Maybe I have changed too much, the wounded man replied calmly, but I remember you, Mr. Camare! Jana.Buxton could bear it no longer, and interjected: in Gary.Were you in Captain Buxton's unit before Kiriel showed up? Yes. Why did Captain Buxton receive him so easily? have no idea. Jeanna continued to ask: Is it Gary?After Kiriel came, he became the actual commander? Yes, Fran replied.He wondered why he was being asked about these events of earlier years. It's Gary.Did Kiriel order Captain Buxton's team to do so many bad things that it caused the captain's demise? Yes.

Did Captain Buxton have anything to do with these crimes? No. Did you hear that, gentlemen?She turned to her companions.Why did Buxton cede power to him? How do I know this?Fran immediately retorted. It seemed that he was honest, and Jeanna did not press on that. So, do you know how Captain Buxton died? He was killed in battle, Fleming replied confidently, and a lot of people died at that time. Jana.Buxton sighed. My question is over.she said. The engineer kept asking. How did the black people who built this city get it in the first place? Fran opened his eyes wide: what a stupid question!

hell!From the village, of course. In what way? Fran shrugged his uninjured shoulder: Just kidding like you don't know.Grab them, that's all. Um!Camare lowered his head heavily. Then, where did the machines that were needed in the first place come from? From the moon, obviously.Fran replied sarcastically. Is it from Europe? certainly. How did it come here? Obviously, not from the air.Mr. Camare, these questions are ridiculous.The machine was brought in from the ship. Where to go ashore? Cotonou 【Note】. [Note] The seaport of Cotonou Dahomey. But it is so far from Cotonou to Blackrant, how did it get here?

By camels, horses, cattle and blacks.Fran replied bluntly.His patience is running out. Such a long distance, I am afraid that many black people died, right? I have no interest in counting them.Fran grumbled. Camaree moved on to another question: Were those machines bought with money? Damn it, cried Fran, who thought it was absurd to ask such questions. That is to say, Blekrant is rich? A lot of money. Where did it come from? Fran could bear it no longer. These are questions that are best asked to yourself, why are you asking me?Are those flying machines you built a joke?You know it yourself: Those flying machines put Gary.Kiliel and his companions were transported to the Basakush Islands, from where they sailed for some excursions in Europe, mostly to England.And, as you know, there are so many banks in Europe, so many rich old women, so many rich men who drop by without invitation.

Is this kind of play often?Camare asked, blushing with shame. About three or four times a year.The last time was four months ago. Who did you visit this time? Not sure, I didn't go this time.It might be a bank, but I do know one thing: this time it's getting more money than ever. Kamare was silent, and he seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden. Last word, Fran.He said: How many plowing negroes are there in the fields? Around four thousand, maybe more.There were another fifteen hundred women. Are these people also robbed like before? No, Fran replied very calmly, now, there are already aircrafts, and they are used to transport them.

ah!Camare said, how did you get in, then? Fran hesitated.It's a serious question, but one that has to be answered. From the reservoir.The gates in the river were closed three days ago, preventing you from pumping water.The cisterns of the palace were dry, as were the cisterns of the factories.The two storage pools are connected by a pipeline under the square, and Chu Mugeng and I climbed in through this pipeline. A few hours earlier, engineers had been informed that the pumps were back pumping.He understood that Chu Mugeng's body was in Gary.Kiriel's side played a role, causing him to open the sluice gate and let the river flow in as usual.

Well, thank you.Camare said.He has learned everything he needs to know. On April 13th and 14th, no new incidents occurred.The enemy's blockade was quite strict. Around the factory, on the river bank, and in the square, there were happy young men standing guard, watching the factory, and no one could go out.And there are signs that the blockade will not be lifted unless the besieged are forced to surrender by starvation. After the aircraft accident, Ameijie.Floras was always looking for a way out of the predicament.By the night of April 14th, a solution was found.On the morning of the 15th, he consulted with Tongale for a while, then called his companions together and went to the engineer.

Camare shut himself in his room and alone endured the pain of knowing the truth.Only now did he understand that the establishment and development of Blackrant was entirely based on robbery and murder. Only now did he know that the gold that he relied on to realize his invention plan had a shameful origin. Amijay.He was still brooding bitterly when Floras and his companions arrived.He sank deep in the easy chair, motionless, his eyes were dazed, and he looked exhausted.He hadn't eaten anything for two days and nights. Amijay.Floras felt inappropriate to speak to such an interlocutor, who had expected to see the dexterous engineer before him.Dong Galle brought something to eat according to Floras's instructions, and persuaded Camare to eat a little, but the engineer obediently ate it. Only then did his pale face turn red.

It occurred to me that to escape from this hopeless situation, Floras spoke, we could enlist the help of countless allies who are at your side. What kind of ally?Balsac and Shadorei asked at the same time. Those black people who lost their freedom in the Second District.You know, apart from women, they also have more than 4,000 people, which is a force that cannot be ignored. Yes, said Barsac, but these niggers are unarmed and don't know we exist. Therefore, answered Floras, go and join them, and arm them. Who goes to these niggers?asked Balsac. Black East Galle like them. But the factory has been blocked!As soon as he appears, he will encounter the fire of the platoon. No, he couldn't go out the door, he was supposed to hide in the fields late at night, mingle with the Negroes, and then he could go into town with them.Monsieur Camaret, can you make a tunnel from under the cordon to the fields? No problem, Camare replied, looking up. Normally, this takes a long time.Camare thought for a moment and continued, but I can design a machine to save time, and I will design it right away. This machine is very effective in drilling holes in desert areas.It only takes fifteen days to build the machines and dig the tunnels together. As long as there are technical problems in front of Camare, he will be at his fingertips, like a fish in water.His brain started to work, and his eyes became active. One more question, said Floras, won't tunneling take all your men? There are still quite a few people left. Can the rest of the people manufacture three or four thousand weapons during this period, such as knives, spears, clubs, and all kinds of stabbing and cutting weapons? Can.Camare replied. Could you please send these weapons to the second block on the scheduled date without being caught by Gary.What did the people of Kiriel notice? It's a bit difficult, Camare replied calmly, but it can be transported in the dark. Floras breathed a sigh of relief. We are saved!He exclaimed, You know, Mr. Camaret, that Tongale will go out of the tunnel, and join the black slaves, and prepare to revolt in the night, and these unfortunate people must be waiting for that day.They will not hesitate to rise up and fight as long as they are given weapons.Let's get to work! I've started, Camare said quietly, sitting down at the drawing table. The flying machine, already under construction, was set aside.All the workers were at work: some were making weapons, some were making earth-moving machines, some were drilling a log for some reason, and some were digging a large shaft under the base of the wall. On April 21, the shaft was dug to a depth of ten meters.Camare thought it was enough, so he began to dig into the horizontal.Engineers designed a steel cone about five meters long and 30 centimeters in diameter, with regular helical teeth around its surface.An electric motor spins it into the loose dirt, which falls into the cone and out the back of it.The silt is then transported out of the well. When the huge auger digs into the soil, the sand on the upper wall of the tunnel is also supported by itself from falling.Behind the steel cone is connected a metal cylinder of the same diameter that is pushed forward by a jack.In this way, the horizontal tunnel becomes a metal pipe eight to ten meters long.After the tunnel is dug, a smaller auger is used to create an exit to the surface. In the process of these works, there is no shadow of Kamare.Only when he needed to solve a complex technical problem did he show up sullenly and in a daze, and quickly retreated to his quarters again. The tunneling work was completed within the scheduled time.At dawn on April 23, an 80-meter-long pipeline had been installed, and the remaining work was to dig an exit well, which would be completed before the sun came out. There is no time to delay: the rations can only last until April 27 at most, and the portion of each meal is already pitifully small. The mood of the workers has gradually changed.All were earnest in their work for deliverance, but their countenances were gloomy, and from time to time they spoke to each other in words full of sorrow.They are beginning to lose faith in engineers who, not so long ago, were thought to possess superhuman strength.Yes, although the magician is talented, he cannot guarantee that they will not starve to death, and his charisma is gradually declining. On the other hand, complaints began to spread in the factory.This is Kamare's story about Jeanna before the first attack on the factory by the palace.Buxton's few words aroused.At that time, Gary.Kiriel's intentions with his female captives are not much appreciated.When the situation deteriorated further and the exhaustion of power weakened people's reason, Gary.Kiriel's fantasies were prominently included in the discussion. Many people thought that they were surrounded, starved, and suffered, all because of Miss Buxton's beautiful eyes, and there was no doubt about it.If she surrendered, there might soon be peace.It seemed too unworthy to sacrifice the lives of a hundred and fifty people to save her alone. Jana.Buxton read in some words he heard occasionally, and in those dark eyes, some people felt resentment towards her, and understood that they held her alone responsible for the present precarious situation. Although she doesn't completely see it that way, but people's words are awesome!She was thinking: If she asked Gary.Kiriel surrendered, maybe everyone would be saved? Certainly it was intolerable to be with the man who was suspected of killing her brother.However, this suspicion has not been confirmed.Besides, if the situation is critical, she can escape his clutches by dying.However dangerous the prospect, it was her duty. The thought took such a grip on her that she couldn't resist telling her friends.She blamed herself for being too timid and said that as long as Gary.Kiriel made sure everyone was safe, and she went and surrendered to him.De.After hearing her words, Sun Bolin was so sad that he burst into tears. You are insulting us, miss!Amijay.Floras cried out angrily.Moreover, being humiliated can't save anyone.Gary.Kiriel is fully convinced that he can get us all captured, that he will not let us go easily, and that he is a man who does not keep his word. Balsac, Dr. Shadorei, and even Poseidon all supported Floras' statement with one voice.Jana.Buxton had to abandon her noble but pointless project. After the road was opened, the plan was naturally abandoned.Tongale was to go there in a few hours and give the signal for an uprising the next day.After lunch, start drilling the shaft.After midnight, a length of chimney-pipe stood in the field, and the faithful Tongale disappeared in the darkness. The chimneys were immediately stowed, and the narrow shaft mouth was filled with sand and gravel.Directly opposite the factory is the corner where the white residential area and the slave residential area meet.When the time is right, Tongale will send a signal requesting to send weapons from this corner.On Camare's order, a raised platform was built in the workers' dormitory area near the Red River.On the evening of the 1st of May the besieged gathered on this high platform to watch the corner from which the signal was to be given. But, as expected, the day was in vain.Even if Dong Galle could reach the unfree black area, he would not have time to organize an uprising.There was still no signal the next day, and people in the factory became uneasy.What everyone comforted was that the moon was shining at night, so the weapons piled on the high platform could not be transported there anyway. The fear of the besieged is growing.On the night of May 3rd, the night was dark, and there was still no movement in Tongale, and the situation was even worse, because the last morsels of food had been eaten for the day.In the next two days, three days at the most, either win or starve to death, there is no other way out. The Fourth of May was a long day for the besieged.They waited with extreme restlessness for dark, but that night, too, there was no signal from the Neighborhood. The daytime on May 5th was once again filled with ominous foreboding.I haven't eaten for three days, and my stomach is growling with hunger.The workshop was empty, and the workers and their wives and children paced despondently in the yard, complaining to each other and blaming Dong Galle for forgetting them. Jana.Buxton passed a group of people and heard people talking about her. Anyway, it's a disgrace for a man to cry out without worrying whether anyone will hear him!For a woman, let us suffer so much!if it was me Are you not ashamed to say that?a woman asked. shy?You laugh at me, old women!I have a baby crying for food! Do you think I have no children? If you are willing to let your children starve to death, that is your business.If we're still here tomorrow, I'm going to find the manager, we can't get this far to satisfy this lady's wishes, may the devil catch her! What a coward you are!cried the woman angrily. Jana.Buxton was so devastated that she could barely stand.In the eyes of these unfortunates, she was the only cause of these disasters, which was simply intolerable to her.But how to prove them wrong? The daytime on May 5 was finally sent away hour by hour, minute by minute.The sun is setting on the horizon and night is falling on the earth.Dark clouds had covered the moon three times since Tongale passed, and it was another fine day tonight.Will he use this great opportunity to send the long-awaited signal? At this time, no one had any hope for Dong Galle, but all eyes were still fixed on the corner of the wall that might send out the signal, as in the past. Seven and eight. The factory clock strikes eight, but there is still no movement. A few minutes after eight-thirty, the excited besieged trembled with joy.No, East Galle wasn't going to leave them behind: Flares went up over Second Street. There was no delay for a second now, and Kamare ordered to move a strange thing to the high platform.It was a wooden cannon with a barrel containing a shell that was fired into the air by compressed air. The cannonball, dragging a hooked steel rope, flew over the happy lads' quarters and landed on the second block.There are hooks on the steel rope, which are used to fix the rope to the city wall. Kamare carefully turned the pulley wrapped around the steel rope, and he quickly felt the opponent's movements, and the experiment was successful.An aerial passage was paved. Immediately work began on the delivery of weapons over this airway.First a few packs of dynamite, and then four thousand knives, axes, and spears were sent in bundles.At about ten o'clock, you're done.People left the high platform, each took a weapon at hand, crowded at the gate, surrounded the women in the center, and waited for the moment to attack. However, one person was missing in the crowd, Jeanne.Buxton.Dr. Sunberlin, Floras, and Dr. Shadore called her name and searched every corner of the factory, but there was no sign of her. Jana.Buxton is missing.