Chapter 54: The Wind of Change
"Did you hear that, there is going to be a war!"
"Isn't it, I heard that the army of the Saigu people has already conquered the Marton Rainforest!"
"So what are we going to do, run quickly?"
"Where can I go? We don't have any money, so where is it not the same? Hey, leave it to fate. ”
At the bazaar, several shabby-clad women whispered together. They had a newspaper in their hands: the Port Ward Journal, which had the headline "Dunba Village Falls, Segou Demon Goes to Port Ward." In the past two days, similar news has made people panic.
In the city hall, there was a bald man in military uniform, who smashed several newspapers on the table: "Desmond, I have told you that this matter must be kept secret!" Do you know what secrecy is!? ”
The young man named Desmond in front of the bald man cried and said, "City Lord Miles, it's not that I don't work hard, but I really can't hide this matter!" The village of Dunba is lost, and the refugees are pouring directly into Port Ward, city lord, you can't expect our citizens to be blind and blind to the Seigu people just outside the door! ”
"I don't care so much about you! Desmond, I'll just say a word, you now give me everything you can to stabilize the situation in the city, Your Majesty's third and fifth mobile corps is about to arrive, this is our most elite troops, the two divisions of the First Frontier Corps are also on the way, such elite generals, Your Majesty can appoint me as the commander of this theater of operations, it is already high hopes for me, but the problem is also very serious, although it is easy to defeat the rabble of Costana on the battlefield, but all supplies can only come from Ward Harbor, It's a big burden, Desmond, if the army's supplement is a problem, it's not a question of whether you, the head of the town hall, can survive, or whether you can live! The bald Miles Lord slapped the table and lectured Desmond.
Still weeping, Desmond said, "Alright, Lord Miles, I'll do my best!" ”
"Do your best? Try your best to make a fart! What I want is for you to do it for me! Alright, let's go down! ”
Desmond bowed and went down.
Desmond's face was still bad when he left the city lord's office, and he knew that if he took on such a big logistical task, he would inevitably have to take it out of the citizens. However, out of morality, he always wanted to improve the lives of the citizens, not to make them suffer more; But Yu thought privately, although he didn't want to bear the infamy, he had to take it by force, because after all, he was a bureaucrat of the Roe Empire, if Port Ward was not in the hands of the Roe Empire, who would he be a bureaucrat for? He frowned.
Suddenly, he had an idea and came up with a good idea: since he didn't want to bear the infamy, wouldn't it be better to let someone else come? He immediately thought of the Dock Brotherhood, through which he oppressed the citizens, got supplies, and got rid of infamy, and when the war was over, he cleaned up the Dock Brotherhood by himself, which was another great achievement.
The more Desmond thought about it, the more he felt that things were okay, and he immediately went home, and asked his subordinates to bring a message to the leading brother through a special channel, asking him to talk about it at home.
The big brother went that night, and the two conspired all night long, eventually deciding to give up Midtown and Downtown at the price of City Hall in exchange for the support of the Dock Brotherhood for City Hall during the war. Both of them got what they wanted, and in an instant, the Wharf Brotherhood seized control of Midtown and began to collect protection money for every household, and the Snorlan family was no exception.
Early in the morning, a few grumpy knocks woke Snowland, he put on his clothes, flew downstairs, and asked, "Who?" ”
"Collect protection money! Open the door! ”
Snorlan was already angry when he got up, and this time he was even more angry and charged protection money? Where did the gangsters come from? He was about to teach the two thugs a lesson, so he opened the door.
"What are you guys messing with? Dare to come here and collect protection money? Don't you know where the city hall is in charge? ”
The two thugs at the door sneered: "I don't know yet, do you?" The whole of Midtown has been taken over by our Wharf Brotherhood! Hurry up, you have a fifty gold protection fee for each house on this street. ”
Snorlan was even more furious when he heard this, and before he could think about how Midtown was taken over by the Wharf Brotherhood, he looked at the two thugs and said coldly, "Are you sure?" ”
"What the! Hurry up, take your family and the next one! The thug on the left pulled out his dagger and gestured.
Snorlan's anger is not to fight in one place, and it is a punch to the face of the little thug with a dagger! This punch made the thug fly backwards, his left eye socket was bleeding, the thug only felt that his eyes were full of stars, and for a while his head seemed to have a wedding, gongs and drums were noisy, firecrackers rang out, he sat on the ground and shook twice, and fainted directly!
Another gangster is also a brave and ruthless master, he also pulled out a dagger and grabbed it at Snowland, Snowland grabbed his hand, and then clicked it, the gangster's right hand was directly dislocated, and Snowland kicked again, and the thug also flew more than a meter away, rolling on the ground and wailing with his hands.
"Get out of here! Don't blame me for not keeping me alive again! Snorlan snorted coldly and slammed the door shut.
Snorlan sat in his chair, thinking about the matter, and Theresa and Leslie heard it.
"What's wrong, Big Brother Snolan?"
Snorlan told the story.
"The Wharf Brotherhood has taken over Midtown?" Leslie frowned.
"Indeed, I want to go to Kane and ask about the situation." Snorlan said.
"Don't go, in case you get recognized. I'll go. Leslie said.
Snorlan thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, you can go, and after you go, go directly to Teacher Carmelo's house to find us." ”
Leslie nodded and set off. Snorlan said to Theresa, "Theresa, just in case we go to Camerona first to find out what is going on. ”
Theresa nodded, and the two of them simply cleaned up and went to Carmelo's house. After explaining the situation to Carmelo, Carmelo pondered for a moment and said, "This incident happened suddenly, and I don't know the whole story for the time being. So, just in case you stay with me during this time, if you are still there, you are likely to be targeted by the Brotherhood. ”
Snorlan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay, then trouble Mr. Carmello." ”
"It's out of the way, oh, by the way, I've got a new target for you, you can find time to do it in the next two days."
Snorlan nodded and asked, "Who is it this time?" ”
"Lucas, the giant in charge of Midtown."
Snolan's eyes widened: "What? ”