Chapter 348: The Bounty and the Drunkard Sheriff
The skirmish that had just occurred in the county town was quickly quelled with the presence of the sheriff.
However, many people still heard the gunshots and ran out of the house to see the excitement and witnessed everything that happened after that.
Zhang Heng's initial goal has been achieved, and no one dares to stir up trouble when he walks on the street anymore, but on the other hand, he has also successfully entered the list of undesirable people in Lincoln County.
The sheriff's gaze at him spoke for itself.
In fact, the attitude of the townspeople towards him did not change substantially, only that they were more vigilant, and where he and the turnip passed, the women pulled the children into the house, and the men stopped, their faces nervous and hostile.
Zhang Heng found a bar, bought some forage and beans for the radish, and rewarded it for its hard work in the past few days, while he himself asked for a glass of dark beer recommended by Mr. Marshal, plus the staple steak and fried eggs, and thought about his situation and next move while eating.
He'd found Lincoln County, but the environment was a little harsher than he had imagined.
He is probably second only to the Indians in terms of unpopularity, and even ahead of the villains and hooligans.
Zhang Heng couldn't even be sure if the chef had spat in it when he was cooking his steak, and the $49 he had scavenged from Richie's gang had cost $3 halfway through, and now he had $46 left, which would cost him almost $1 a day if he stayed in a hotel and ate, in other words, it was only enough for him for a month and a half.
This is still a situation where he does everything, so as usual, this copy still needs him to find a way to make money.
In this way, Zhang Heng missed the forty kilograms of gold a little.
In addition, he didn't know what kind of criteria the term "settlement" in the main quest implied, whether it meant to have a fixed place to live here, or to live for a certain amount of time? Or you can live forever, the first two are easy to do, if you want to live forever, you have to buy an industry.
But now there is no point in thinking about things so far, Zhang Heng finished his lunch and decided to go to the police station in the town to take a turn.
There's a lot of work he can do, but given how friendly he is in the town right now, there's not much left for him.
One of the jobs that make the most money and doesn't require much cooperation from others is the bounty.
The meagre police reserve could hardly cope with the vast and complex environment of the west, and many towns had only one or two law enforcers, sometimes even facing enemies several times their own, who had to maintain local law and order and adjudicate cases part-time, making it almost difficult to get out of town.
Even with this, there is still a huge gap in the manpower of the bailiffs.
This is also the reason why the security in the west is so poor, once someone commits a crime in one place, as long as they find a random place incognito, it is difficult for the police to chase them all the time.
Thus was born the profession of bounty hunter.
The police offer rewards of varying prices according to the danger level of the offender and the size of the crime, and the bounty hunters will hunt down the fugitives on their behalf.
This is a profession that only brave and adventurers dare to engage in, Zhang Heng has never doubted his combat effectiveness, but when he came to the police station, he looked at the bounty list in front of the door and knew that he still thought about this matter a little simpler.
Those fugitives with a relatively low bounty were ruled out by Zhang Heng at the first time, because although the danger of chasing these people is relatively small, the benefits obtained are not proportional to the pay, especially for a novice like Zhang Heng, he is very suspicious that the money he earned in this circle has not been spent on the road.
And many of those guys with a relatively large amount are not acting alone, which Zhang Heng doesn't particularly care about, but they are more mobile and their whereabouts are mysterious, Zhang Heng is a man who sails Lv3, drives a car Lv2, and even drives a spaceship, this copy did encounter some trouble in transportation.
Although he and Radish also had a tacit understanding and got along happily on the way here, Zhang Heng knew very well in his heart that there was still a big gap between his riding skills and the four-dimensional attributes of the radish tabula rasa and the average level of this era, not to mention those powerful guys.
Moreover, Zhang Heng's marksmanship belongs to the radish not moving, or when he gets off the horse, he can exert his full power, and once the radish runs, his accuracy will drop a lot.
To sum up, the money on the bounty looks tempting, but it is not easy for Zhang Heng to make money, and he also has a disadvantage, that is, he is not familiar with the surrounding towns, and he is likely to run a lot of unjust roads, of course, his reasoning and analysis ability and combat effectiveness are also not possessed by many people.
Zhang Heng felt that this could be done, but he needed to put some thought into choosing a target.
Just as he was standing outside the door looking at the bounty, the drunkard sheriff who had dealt with him not long ago also saw him and walked out of the house with his stomach up, "Boy, let's talk ugly ahead, you'd better be honest when you're in Lincoln County, I've seen a lot of young people like you who think they've learned a little marksmanship, do you know what happened to them?" ”
"I want to hear about it." Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
"Back then, I could put down five with one gun." The sheriff made a handsome shooting motion, and at the same time exhaled the smell of alcohol from his nostrils, but the next moment he slipped under his feet, but he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately someone next to him helped him, and someone urged, "Sheriff, it's time, everyone is waiting for you." ”
"Do I have to go, Jameson?" The sheriff was basking in the glory of the past, interrupted and muttering discontentedly.
"I'm afraid that's the case, in Lincoln County you are the embodiment of the law, the nemesis of criminals, and I'm pretty sure you need to show up on this occasion to deter Xiaoxiao, and besides, the final verdict needs to be read aloud by you." Speaking of deterrence, when the night was small, the people who came glanced at Zhang Heng intentionally or unintentionally.
"Well, you have to let the lawless guys know how good the law is." The drunken sheriff nodded, but instead of leaving with Jameson, he turned around and went back to the police station.
"Uh...... Are you going in the wrong direction, Sheriff? ”
"Hell, am I such a waste in your eyes, Jameson, I'm going to get the bottle I didn't finish." The sheriff replied scoldingly, and he staggered back to his desk, took the bottle on it, and picked up his hat again, and then slowly walked out again.
At this time, Zhang Heng also noticed the crowd gathered in the officialdom not far away, as well as the tall wooden platform in the center.