A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 325 About Desire
About the traitor thing.

When Martin asked before, Arthur had no intention of saying anything. Now looking at Charlie and Eamonn who were sitting opposite him with serious faces, Arthur finally said after careful consideration:
"Don't be so serious. It's not a big problem. After all, we will continue to encounter this problem in the future. Take it easy, it's really not a big problem."

Different from Arthur's optimistic attitude, seeing that Arthur didn't intend to pursue the matter further, Charlie said resolutely:
"No, traitor, must be dealt with."

Aemon, who was sitting beside him, also nodded and said in agreement:
"That's right, boss, to be honest, I don't understand the thoughts of these people. If they had approached us with the purpose of inquiring about information from the beginning and infiltrated into us, I think we would not have discovered it until now. And if we were bribed midway, I think it would be even more unreasonable. As far as the treatment you give us, boss, looking at it, there will definitely be no better one."

Regarding Aemon's words, Arthur shook his head helplessly and asked with a smile:

"Looking at what you mean, you shouldn't have interrogated every one of those people you brought to Saint-Denis, right?"

Aemon nodded and said in a stern tone:
"Yes, but no one is willing to admit it. So, boss, if you already know who the traitor is, please tell us directly. No matter who it is, we will deal with the problem."

After Arthur confirmed that Charlie had the same meaning as Aemon, he sighed and said:
"Do you know? I didn't come to you today to talk about the issue of traitors. Although it may be difficult for you to accept the existence of disloyal people in your team, I'm afraid I have to pour cold water on you. After I got the list, I found that there was more than one person who could be called a 'traitor'.

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Just listen to Arthur continue:

"I understand your feelings. After all, even those who have benefited from betrayal will hate traitors. I am not going to forgive traitors. After all, traitors have no integrity at all. They can betray once, then they can betray a second time, but... As I have repeatedly emphasized to you, we cannot avoid the emergence of traitors. Therefore, compared with spending time worrying about who the traitor is and why he betrayed, or looking for traitors, it is just a waste of time. Shuihe Company should only be a company, so as an employee of a company, I don’t need them to have any unrealistic loyalty to the company. I only need them to work hard enough to deserve their pay. Do you understand what I mean? ?”

Arthur's words successfully caused both Charlie and Eamonn on the opposite side to fall into thinking. It might be difficult for the two men from the military to change their minds immediately, but after a period of thinking, they finally came to their conclusion. We can only accept Arthur's choice to deal with it this way.

"So this matter is over like this?" Eamonn asked.

Arthur looked at Aemon and replied affirmatively:
"Yes, let it pass."

……

While Arthur was still staying in Rhodes Town, Saint Denis was unexpectedly lively.

Regarding the fact that Arthur divided the territory that belonged to Bronte into two parts and gave it to Zheng Shixiong and Ryan of Hongmen, people on both sides were very satisfied. However, it was like any agreement that seemed perfect. Or the agreement will eventually be broken due to some inadvertent reasons. Desire is endless. Once you get it, people will always want more.

If you ask Arthur what he thinks of this result, he will only tell you that it is not that people have desires, but that people are desires.

Just like what Jacques Lacan, the French structuralist writer who is about to be born, will say in the future, people are human beings because of desire, or in other words, human existence must be based on desire.Human desires are different from animal desires. To be more precise, although human desires require animal desires as necessary conditions, human desires must essentially and actually transcend their animal desires.

If Ryan were a puppy that Arthur raised on a whim, he would just keep his territory obediently after he was full. But Ryan is a human being, and he is the one who finally has the power. He was content with the territory Arthur had given him.

The two groups of people who actually occupy Saint-Denis now do not have too many temptations. After just one cross-border conflict, Zheng Shixiong decided to teach this newly minted boy a lesson, while Ryan did not feel that as a Chinese Zheng Shixiong has the ability to hold such a large territory. You must know that in terms of quantity and scale, the proportion of Chinese Americans in Saint Denis is far lower than that of Mexican Americans.

For Ryan, this is a very simple judgment. You have fewer people than me, so why should you take the same large territory as me?

The day after the war broke out between the two sides, the new chief of the Saint-Denis Police Department, former Sheriff Lambert, found Hosea.

"Mr. Matthews, hasn't Mr. Morgan come back yet?"

Hosea knew the news about Ryan and the Chinese going to war almost immediately, so he knew the reason why Lambert came to him.

But how to express his position on this matter needs to be carefully determined by Hosea.

After all, Ryan is half of his own, and Zheng Shixiong can also be regarded as Arthur's ally. Now that the two sides are at war, Hosea must not reveal it to Lambert. Arthur and he have never been beaten at all. call.

Although in fact, both of them did go to war without saying hello, but Hosea had to show a behavior that Arthur acquiesced in. Considering this, he said after deliberation:
"Director Lambert, is the new office comfortable?"

When Lambert heard Hosea mention his promotion, although he had other things he wanted to talk about more, he still said politely:

"Except that the scenery outside the window is better, they are almost the same. Speaking of this, I also want to thank Mr. Morgan personally."

Conversations between smart people always hit the mark. After making sure that Lambert understood who he should thank for his promotion, Hosea said:
"Director Lambert came here today, right? Is it because of the conflict between Mexicans and Chinese?"

"Yes, Mr. Matthews, this matter is quite sudden. I came here mainly to know Mr. Morgan's attitude towards this matter, and then from what standpoint our police department will handle it. "

Lambert said this very beautifully. He described the visit he came to question as if he was here to 'listen to the leadership's work arrangements'.

Although these words sounded very comfortable, Hosea understood that Lambert came more to ask for an explanation. After all, bodies were hung on street lamps early in the morning, shops were shot at, and two groups of people were killed directly at the end. Fighting in the lively streets, all these things, let alone Lambert coming to the door, even if he didn't come, Hosea would have to contact Lambert.

"this matter……"

(End of this chapter)