A strange world

Chapter 944 Section 175. Letter of Recommendation

The deputy city lord didn't know whether to praise or scold, so he had to say: "You know, Spencer, I have always been optimistic about you..."

Spencer secretly curled his lips. These were all his tricks to coax others, but he still pretended to be moved.

"If you contact them, let them come to me..."

Spencer pretended to be surprised: "You..."

"Shh... Don't tell anyone."

"I understand."

Spencer pretended to be shocked by the secret, left the city lord's mansion, and quickly rushed to the Salted Fish Gang to see Francois.

"What do you think?"

Francois didn't know the deputy city lord, and couldn't tell whether he was really surrendering or testing.

Spencer warned: "Don't take me with you if you want to die. That old guy is a thorough politician. He can sell you while talking to you with a smile."

Francois thought: "He won't tell you these things for no reason..."

"He doubts us!" Spencer screamed regardless of his image.

"Very likely."

"We have to kill him!" Spencer paced back and forth in the room, "Once he dies, we will be safe!"

"Or we will be completely exposed."

The Salted Fish Gang is now too conspicuous, and the nobles can notice it just by glancing at the outer city.

"What should we do! Where are your reinforcements?"

"I don't know."

"No, I can't work with you anymore." Spencer behaved a little out of control, which was not surprising to Francois. Greedy people are usually afraid of death, and it is a capital crime to collude with Liberty City.

"You don't want money anymore?"

"No matter how much you earn, you have to live to spend it!"

Francois heard this, turned around and took out a letter he had prepared yesterday from the drawer and handed it to Spencer.

"This is my letter of recommendation. Even if I'm not here, as long as you take it to Liberty City, you can directly become an official of Liberty City."

Spencer looked at Francois, then looked at the letter of recommendation, and said in a daze: "Do you have the habit of hiring corrupt officials in Liberty City?"

"Orcs are just wild beasts that eat everything in the wilderness, but in Liberty City they are the most courageous warriors."

"Damn, you convinced me."

There are not many people who can refuse Liberty City, but Spencer is definitely not one of them.

Watching him put away the letter of recommendation, Francois' tone became more intimate: "When did you see the magic image?"

"Some time ago, when everything was not so bad, there were merchants who came to sell magic stones."

"Where is your money?"

"My money is...what are you going to do!" Spencer's sigh instantly turned into vigilance.

"Now we are family, that money can help us more if we use it to buy supplies, and it will also help you."

"Don't even think about it!"

"Didn't I give you a letter of recommendation?"

"What do you mean your letter of recommendation? That's mine!"

There is no such person in Liberty City, and Francois feels helpless. He doesn't know whether it is right or wrong to bring such a miser back to Liberty City...

"Don't you think that I am more effective than a letter of recommendation when I am alive?"

Spencer counterattacked unceremoniously: "You are right, but are you worthy of hundreds of gold coins?"

Francois finally got the money from Spencer, which was considered borrowed - he signed an IOU, and Liberty City still paid it back.

After leaving, Francois's first thing was to bring all of Spencer's men and their families to Salted Fish Street.

It has nothing to do with trust, but a group of soldiers belonging to the Free Blade can avoid a lot of trouble, and Spencer has no objection to this. In fact, they had been secretly contacting Spencer's people before, but the effect was not good.

...

In mid-September, the temperature at night in Xinger City had dropped to the point where a coat had to be put on over a single coat at night.

There are a total of thirty-four streets in the southern part of the outer city of Xing'er City, and almost a quarter of them are the territory of the Free Blade. With so many people, it is difficult to keep any secrets, so the existence of the Free Blade is limited to the Salted Fish Gang. People outside only think that it is the nobles and the city guards who are kind.

More and more people who can't survive come to the territory of the Salted Fish Gang, and the men of these people will join the Salted Fish Gang, and the women and the elderly will spread the "kindness" of the Salted Fish Gang, attracting more people.

"Cough cough cough——"

That day, Francois walked on the street and found that the coughing that should have disappeared has gradually increased recently.

Is it because it is getting colder?

With inexplicable worries, Francois came to Lame Babu's hospital, which was crowded outside.

Lame Babu took Little Smo to see patients, but because they had the same symptoms, they often asked a few questions and stuffed a herbal medicine.

"What happened?"

"A group of refugees escaped from the border, and they brought the plague. Now the plague has broken out in several nearby towns..." Lame Babu sighed.

"I know..."

Francois left Salted Fish Street and went to the City Guard to find Spencer.

Spencer has never been in such a good mood, and it can even be traced back to his childhood when he lost three copper coins on the street-after all, he not only jumped off the shaky ship of the Kingdom of Recanel to escape, but also got a job.

When the confidant informed Francois that he was coming, Spencer wanted to give him a friend's hug.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Francois asked directly.

"Tell you what?"

"Refugees with the plague."

"Oh, you mean this... Don't worry, the plague will be eliminated soon."

Francois didn’t know where Spencer’s confidence came from: “You don’t understand the plague…”

"It's you who don't understand the kingdom."

Francois had no choice but to suppress his eagerness and let the streets under his jurisdiction pay attention to outsiders and people who came into contact with outsiders.

As a result, later on, Francois heard that the refugees infected with the epidemic were "purified" by the mage group in the inner city.

Before Francois could be shocked, Spencer sent someone to say that his men had captured a man from Liberty City and asked him to confirm it.

"How did you catch him?"

Francois suspected that it was faked by the Rekaner Kingdom to lure him out.

Spencer shrugged: "They said they were going to Noan Port. My people asked them where Noan Port was, and he said it was in Lesham. Ordinary people don't have much culture. When asked, they only know the answer to the New Royal Capital."

Francois wondered who the unlucky guy was. Could it be Elder?

He followed him to the dungeon and saw the man from Liberty City who had been exposed, and he was a familiar face - Francois had seen him in the foreign aid corps.

"You..." The soldier pretending to be a refugee recognized Francois and hesitated.

"He is Spencer, one of our own." Francois said, "Did you come here on your own or..."

Spencer opened the cell door, and the young soldier said: "I came here with my companions. The city lord decided to speed up the offensive and sent us to disperse and infiltrate the Ruikaner Kingdom. I heard about the Salted Fish Gang as soon as I got here. I guessed it was you, but they caught me before I could find you.”

"How's the situation outside?"

"The Kingdom of Ruikan'er does not dare to take action. It can only accuse us and make noises about taking magic images."