A strange world

Chapter 941 Section 172. Continued Expansion

The people on the street listened to a beautiful story for a night, but they were still kept in the dark.

These people were divided into three types: the first type was Lame Babu, Dar, Little Smo, and other former members of the Salted Fish Gang who knew the origin of Francois.

The second type was the people who were rescued by them, who were strong and recruited into the Salted Fish Gang. They could vaguely guess the origin of Francois.

And the third type was the majority of residents who were given herbs and food. They didn't know the origin of Francois, and they didn't even know the conflict between the Kingdom and Free City. They stood on the side of who was good to them.

The first two types together had more than 80 people, which was almost enough for Francois's next goal: Free Blade used the Salted Fish Gang as a cover to start controlling this street.

The first thing was to let the Salted Fish Gang members control the street and guard the entrances and exits of the street to prevent malicious residents from tipping off.

Then the street was cleaned up. The streets full of sewage, animal carcasses and rats were simply a breeding ground for plague.

Francois only spent 100 pounds of black bread to hire 100 residents to clean up the bodies and sewage, and Dar complained that 10 pounds of black bread was enough.

"They will be our people in the future. What's the benefit of treating them harshly?" Francois criticized Dar for his xenophobic mentality, but Dar was very happy and thought he was cultivating himself-

Franccois really thought so. He couldn't handle it alone, so he must help share the burden. Lame Babu is the best candidate, and Dar and Little Smo also have potential.

Then Francois followed Dar to the market. The sky was a little gloomy, and the bleak cold wind blew through the deserted market streets, making the vendors and pedestrians along the street wrap their single clothes tightly, and a cough sounded.

In addition to rat meat and hard bread, the street sold furniture and various stolen goods.

Francois and others with the Salted Fish Gang looked difficult to mess with, but some vendors recognized that they were the people who bought a lot of rat meat yesterday, with expectations.

Dahl walked to a vendor with a familiar look. On the sheet in front of him was a row of skinned dead mice, and next to him was a price board with traces of repeated wiping.

To some extent, the vendor was also very powerful. Dahl had just bought all the mice yesterday, and he caught so many again in one day.

"Why did the price go up again?" Dahl said dissatisfiedly.

The vendor smiled: "Wheat outside has become more expensive, and we can't do anything..."

Money here is just cold metal, and black bread is hard currency. One pound of black bread can be exchanged for a skinned and gutted dead mouse.

"We want them all, but there is a condition, you teach us how to catch mice."

"This..." The vendor hesitated, worried that if he taught them, he would be even less able to sell them.

Francois said: "We will take all the mice you catch in the future, how about it?"

An agreement was reached, and the vendor handed over the skills of making mouse traps. They bought a few more sacks of mouse meat and black bread and returned to the street.

The sewage on the street was cleaned up, and the filth in the toilet that smelled all day was also taken out. Although the streets are not as clean as those in the inner city, they are much cleaner than the surrounding streets.

A tent was built on the side of the Salted Fish Gang's house to treat Lame Babu, and a line of people was queuing outside.

Little Smo went to teach the residents how to make and arrange rat cages, while Francois walked around the street.

He began to understand why Annan always liked to wander around the streets of Liberty City... It's not right to say that he was patrolling the territory like a dog, but walking around like this and watching the surroundings get better little by little was indeed different...

Back in the house, Dahl was training new gang members. He also proposed to build fortifications at the entrance of the street, but was rejected by Francois.

Xing'er City has not yet been corrupted to that extent. If they make too much noise, it will easily attract the attention of the City Lord's Mansion. It's better to hide in the dark first...

At noon, the Salted Fish Gang set up a cooking pot and a grill outside the house to prepare food for everyone and watch the magic images together.

The Salted Fish Gang took the opportunity to absorb almost all the young and middle-aged people on this street. The residents were also willing to stand on Francois' side, and no one wanted to tell on him.

On the afternoon of the second day after Francois arrived in Xinger City, the Free Blade began to spread outward.

He personally took Lame Babu to the next street to treat illnesses and save people, and brought homeless people and orphans back to Salted Fish Street - this street has its own name, but Francois and the Salted Fish Gang agreed that this name is better.

The residents had no objection. As long as they were given food, they would not say anything even if you called it Fenkeng Street.

Soon, Francois and Lame Babu also became famous in the nearby streets, but no matter when, there will never be a shortage of villains with dark hearts...

Nur dragged his tired body back home and fell on the bed. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard the neighbors' praiseful conversations behind the thin wooden wall, saying that the Salted Fish Street next door treated patients for free and helped the poor.

When it came to "nothing is lacking", Nur suddenly lost his sleepiness.

He lay on the hard bed and listened for a long time, and couldn't help getting up and running to the street. He saw the people the neighbors were talking about.

The people who maintained order were indeed the thugs of the Salted Fish Gang, but the young man standing next to Lame Babu... Noor was sure he had never seen him before.

And how could a guy who looked like an aristocrat be mixed with a bunch of civilians...

Noor ran to Salted Fish Street again and saw several gang members standing guard at the street corner with bulging bellies.

Some guesses popped up in his mind, and then he was caught by a huge surprise, and he couldn't wait to sneak into the city guard's station.

"My lord, I have something important to report to Lord Spencer..."

The guard didn't move. Nur endured the pain and took out a silver coin and handed it over, and the guard took him to the door of the city guard.

"Lord Spencer, do you still remember me?" Nur bent down flatteringly.

Holding his pipe and puffing smoke, the city guard Spencer said impatiently: "What's the matter?"

"Sir, as a citizen of Xing'er City, I have always followed the laws of Xing'er City as a guideline, you know this... Just now, I found some people from the Salted Fish Gang coming. They treated the poor and distributed food."

"Maybe it was a noble lady who was kind?"

"Neither, the noble was an outsider..."

Spencer sat up straight: "Are you sure?"

"Yes! I saw it with my own eyes!"

Spencer extinguished his pipe thoughtfully, stood up hurriedly and said: "Lead me. But if you are found to be lying...I remember that several people disappeared on Inigo Street, I will throw you there!"

Nur shuddered, because he knew what happened to the people who disappeared on Inigo Street...They were all eaten. He straightened his chest and said loudly:

"It's guaranteed to be true!"