Walked around town.

The door of the police station was ajar, the deputy sheriff died, and the sheriff went to the city to recuperate, making the town today more weak than ever.

There were very few troublemakers, and the drunks who used to lie on the side of the road were gone, and the pedestrians on the road were in a hurry, and their faces were worried.

Two vigilantes with guns on their backs stood lazily in front of the bar, talking about last night's battle and the whereabouts of the gold bars.

There were a lot of people gathered around them, and some laughed and wondered if they had divided the gold bars.

"Hey, Stephen, you're looking good today."

When Lin Yao came to the door of the bar, a security officer greeted him with a smile.

This person is a resident of Stone Town, in his thirties, and he also participated in last night's operation, and he still remembers Lin Yao's marksmanship.

"Jack, how's it going?"

Lin Yao shouted Jack into the bar, ordered two drinks, and sat down near the window.

Jack took a sip of wine and said distraughtly: "Don't mention it, the sheriff was sent to the city by carriage in the middle of the night, and the deputy sheriff also died, and now there is a big mess, and we haven't even discussed the issue of compensation for the deceased." ”

The scale of Stone Town is not small, and the current world is not peaceful, and the garrison strength is not comparable to that of later generations.

Stone Town, for example, had a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, and ten sheriffs in its heyday, for a total of twelve guards.

Last night, a deputy sheriff died, three sheriffs, and the sheriff was also injured, leaving the sheriff leaderless for a while.

"In any case, we helped the train get rid of the robbers, and the railway company will definitely compensate them, and we really can't let the families of the dead go to the railway company to make trouble, they will definitely come up with a lot of money."

"I think Hanon's revenge is more important than the issue of pensions, although I don't know who killed Hart, but we all joined the pursuit team yesterday, Hanon will definitely avenge his brother, one counts as one, and no one who participated in the operation can escape."

"I don't know if you've noticed, it's a weird atmosphere today, the townspeople are ostracizing us, they're blaming us for provoking Hanon, and they're afraid he'll be angry with the town."

"I suspect that if Hanon's men come for revenge, they won't help us much."

"So, we need to be prepared, first of all, to strengthen the force of the vigilante, the existing guards are simply not enough to protect the town, and we also need a sheriff to lead us against Hanon, you know what I mean?"

The theft of the gold bars has been reported to JPMorgan Bank.

Today or tomorrow, the detective agency hired by Morgan Bank will arrive.

They will investigate the case, see who took the gold bars, and assess the possibility of finding them.

In order not to make himself a key target of suspicion, Lin Yao could not leave Stone Town for a short time.

He wasn't hurt, and old Billy could leave under the guise of being hurt, which didn't work for him.

You won't be able to leave for a while, so you have to be careful of Hanon's people.

Lin Yao believes that Hanon's revenge will not come within three to five days.

But that's just speculation, and you can't base your hopes on speculation.

Strengthening the security station was imperative, and he believed that he was not alone in worrying about it, but also others who had participated in the operation last night.

"The sheriff is appointed by the residents of the town, and the residents need to vote, and the other thing is that we protect the town and enjoy one-third of the town's taxes, which is only enough for us to recruit a dozen people, and we don't have the money to recruit too many guards."

Jack looked embarrassed, he didn't understand Hanon's horror, if he could, he hoped to recruit a hundred vigilantes, relying on the number of people to scare Hanon away.

Unfortunately, this is not realistic, the police office does not have much money to recruit new members, and Stone Town is only a medium-sized town, and the tax is about $1,500 a month.

One-third of the tax revenue was spent on the town's garrison, which was only $500 a month.

Normally, a sheriff's salary is $80 per month, a deputy sheriff is $60, and a regular sheriff is $30.

Ten vigilantes, a deputy sergeant, and a sergeant are already the limit of what the current tax can support.

"I know there's a lot of difficulty, but we're going to get over it, aren't we?"

"Yesterday we had 25 people, eight killed, four wounded, and 13 fine."

"Of the 13 people, three are vigilantes, and the remaining 10 are townspeople or cowboys from outside."

"Now they are also facing the problem of possible retaliation, and if we are willing to pay them, even if it is only half the salary of a normal vigilante, they will not refuse for the sake of their own lives."

"That way, we can hire 22 people for five hundred dollars, and if there is still some money in the office, that number can be increased again."

"In addition, we can call on the people of the town to donate, and they can't put their hopes that Hanon won't retaliate against them, and we can receive thousands of dollars or more for even a dollar of donations from one family."

"Also, we can apply to the state legislature for the deployment of police forces, and those big men in the legislatures will take two-thirds of their tax revenue every year, so there's no reason to ignore us when we are threatened, right?"

Under Lin Yao's persuasion, Jack slowly became interested.

The person who was able to join the pursuit team last night and go face to face the train robbers would not be a coward, let alone bury his head in the dirt like an ostrich when a crisis strikes.

Jack walked away in a hurry.

He's going to talk to the other vigilantes, gather the cowboys who joined the hunt last night, and convince the townspeople to donate.

Lin Yao didn't participate in these things, because he was just an ordinary resident, and he had just come back from a few years out, and the people in the town wouldn't listen to him.

At the end of the day, the wind is calm.

Of the ten cowboys who took part in the operation last night, eight agreed, while the remaining two fled early in the morning.

It's just that the call for donations didn't go well, and they only got $600 in donations, of which $100 came from Lin Yao's family.

Those who refused to donate money to increase the number of guards in the security station believed that even if Hanon came to retaliate, he would not retaliate against the ordinary residents, just as Emperor Chongzhen called on his ministers to collect donations when Li Zicheng attacked the capital.

Before Li Zicheng broke through the northern capital, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't even afford to pay his military salary.

In order to boost morale, he had to solicit donations from his ministers.

No one responded, and then I borrowed money instead, and you didn't have to donate, you just lent it to me, and I will pay it back to you when you have money.

In the end, less than 200,000 taels of silver were raised, but the soldiers were owed three years of military salaries, and more than 100,000 taels of silver were a drop in the bucket, and the soldiers simply did not have enough faith to resist Li Zicheng.

After breaking the city on three days, Li Zicheng raided the mansions of officials in the city and harvested 70 million taels of silver.

Of course, it is not without good news.

The state legislature was asked for help from Stone Town and decided to bring in five well-equipped mounted policemen who were experienced in combat and could face ordinary robbers with one or two.

Although there are not many people, they can be used as a small area of assault force, and this elite squad can be of great use at certain times.

Another piece of good news is that Lin Yao has been promoted.

Old Billy leaves Stone Town under the pretext of recovering from his injuries, and the position of sheriff becomes vacant.

Jack ran around, and the donation was not done, but he got himself the title of sheriff.

After becoming a sergeant, he thought that Lin Yao helped come up with many ideas, and Lin Yao's marksmanship was also good, so he wrote the appointment letter of the deputy sheriff with a stroke of the pen.

The sheriff is chosen by the townspeople, and the deputy sheriff is appointed by the sheriff.

In this way, Lin Yao started his old profession again and became a glorious deputy sergeant.

The only thing that made him unhappy was that he was not officially recognized by the state legislature as a deputy sheriff in a small town.

In the entire Stone Town, the only people who can be recognized by the state legislature are the tax collector and the sheriff.

Deputy sheriffs, sheriffs, tax collectors, strictly speaking, are all supernumerary people, who are only recognized locally and cannot appear on the list of councillors.