Alien world

Chapter 941 172. Continue to expand
The people on the street listened to a wonderful story for the night, but they were still kept in the dark.

These people were divided into three types: the first type was Lame Babu, Dahl, Little Smalls and other former members of the Salted Fish Gang who knew Francois's origins.

The second type is the strong and healthy people they rescued and recruited into the Salted Fish Gang. They can vaguely guess the origin of Francois.
The third group is the majority of residents who were given herbs and food. They don't know the origin of Francois, or even the conflict between the Kingdom and Liberty City, and they stand on the side that is good to them.

The first two types together numbered more than eighty people, which was almost enough for Francois' next goal: the Free Blade used the Salted Fish Gang as a cover and began to control this street.

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

Then it was time to clean up the streets. The streets, which were full of sewage, dead animals and rats, were a breeding ground for the plague.

Francois hired a hundred residents to clean up the bodies and sewage with just a hundred pounds of black bread, but Darl complained that 10 pounds of black bread would be enough.

"They will be our people in the future. What good will it do to treat them harshly?" Francois criticized Darl's xenophobic mentality. Darl was very happy instead, thinking that he was cultivating himself.

Francois did think so. He couldn't handle it alone, so he needed help. Lame Babu was the best candidate, and Dale and Small also had potential.

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

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

Francois and his gang with the Salted Fish Gang looked like they were not easy to deal with, but some vendors recognized them as the ones who bought a large amount of rat meat yesterday and looked at them with anticipation.

Dahl walked up to a vendor with a familiar look. In front of him, on the sheet was a row of skinned dead rats, and next to it was a price board with marks of repeated wiping.

To some extent, the vendors are also very powerful. Dahl bought all the rats yesterday, and he caught so many again in one day.

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

The vendor smiled and said, "Wheat outside has become more expensive. We can't do anything about it..."

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 rat.

"We want them all, but there's one condition. You teach us how to catch the mouse."

"This..." The vendor hesitated, worried that if he taught them, he would have even less ability to sell his products.

Francois spoke up: "From now on, we will take all the mice you catch. How about that?"

An agreement was reached, and the vendor handed over his skills in making mouse traps. They bought a few 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 toilets that emitted a foul odor all day long was also taken out. Although the street is not as clean as the inner city, it is much cleaner than the surrounding streets.

The Salted Fish Gang built a tent on the side of the big house to treat Lame Babu, and there was a line of people waiting outside.

Little Smalls went to teach the residents how to make and arrange rat cages, while Francois took a walk around the streets.

He began to understand why Annan always liked to wander around the streets of Liberty City... It was a bit wrong to say that he was patrolling the territory like a dog, but walking around like this and watching the surroundings gradually become better was indeed different...

Back at the big 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 had not yet become corrupted to that extent. If they made too much noise, it would easily attract the attention of the City Lord's Mansion. It would be better to hide in the dark first... At noon, the Salted Fish Gang set up a cooking pot and a grill outside the big house, prepared food for everyone, and watched the magic video together.

The Salted Fish Gang took the opportunity to recruit 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 inform on him.

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

He personally took Lame Babu to the next street to cure the sick and save people, and brought the homeless and orphans back to Saltfish Street - the street had its own name, but Francois and the Saltfish Gang agreed that this name was better.

The residents have no objection. As long as you give them food to eat, they won’t say anything even if you call it Fenkeng Street.

Soon, Francois and Lame Babu became famous in the nearby streets, but at any time, there will always be a lack of villains with dark hearts...

Noor dragged his exhausted body back home and fell on the bed. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard the neighbors' praises from behind the thin wooden wall, saying that the Salted Fish Street next door treated the sick for free and helped the poor.

When he talked about 'not lacking anything', Noor suddenly lost his sleepiness.

He lay on the hard bed and listened for a long time, then he could not help but get up and ran to the street, where he saw the people the neighbor had mentioned.

The people who maintained order were indeed thugs from 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 a noble be hanging out with a bunch of commoners...

Nur ran to Xianyu Street again and saw several gang members standing guard at the street entrance with bulging bellies.

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

"Sir, I have something important to report to Lord Spencer..."

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

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

Officer Spencer, who was smoking a pipe, 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 some noble lady is being kind-hearted?"

"Neither. That noble is an outsider..."

Spencer sat up straight, "Are you sure?"

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

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

Noor shuddered, for he knew what had happened to the people who had disappeared from Inigo Street... they had all been eaten. He puffed out his chest and said loudly:
“It’s guaranteed to be true!”

(End of this chapter)