Chapter 154 The riot subsided
The three gang leaders who left the Chamber of Commerce all looked unhappy.
If Manceni is still acting, then Weber and Honduras are really worried about the future of their respective gangs.
They all could see that Lei Wen was using conspiracy, a naked conspiracy.
Three major gangs, but only two places in the security army.
This is not only an opportunity to clean up, but also the only chance of survival!
Although Xiacheng District is large, there are only so many underground industries.
Previously, the three companies had checked and balanced each other, and no one dared to make a fatal move for fear of being taken advantage of by the other party.
But once they become the security forces, the two families who have whitewashed their identities can cooperate without interruption, uproot the remaining family, and share the profits together.
Even the same kind in the past will be regarded as the source of success.
This conspiracy is not unsolvable - as long as the three families do not accept it, Raven can only stare blankly.
But do the three families have this tacit understanding?
No way!
If you can really restrain this greed, you won’t become a gangster!
After returning to their respective lairs, the three leaders took action one after another.
The blood-stained harpoon has the longest history and the richest inventory. After Weber returned, he immediately took out twelve thousand gold coins, a box of magic crystals, and the accumulated third-level magic core and more than fifty second-level magic cores. , with a total value of about eighteen thousand gold coins.
Just when he was about to send someone to send the things out, Manseni suddenly came to visit, and the two had a close conversation, with two core points:
First, Baron Raven emphasized from the beginning that the current chaotic public security in Meng En City, and that if you want to show sincerity, you need not only money, but also their efforts in this regard.
Second, although the Silver Hand Brotherhood has some operations in the port area, its roots are in the old city. There have been conflicts between the two parties in the past, but the scale was not large. This time we can unite and squeeze Honduras out. Otherwise, with Honduras's bottomless style and unyielding temper, if he takes over, both families will not be in trouble.
On these two points, both parties reached an agreement.
In the afternoon, after Honduras raised gifts totaling eight thousand gold coins, they also thought of a way to unite.
He has been coveting the port area for a long time, and among the three, the Silver Hand Brotherhood is currently the weakest.
So after thinking about it, Honduras released Manseni's father "Silver Hand" Mott as an expression of goodwill, hoping to cooperate with the Silver Hand Brotherhood to crowd out the oldest blood-stained harpoon go out.
Mott immediately agreed, and Manceni also expressed his willingness to cooperate with Honduras. The two sides had a very pleasant conversation.
That night, riots broke out again in Men'en City, but this time they were no longer targeting civilians, but the second- and third-rate gangsters who refused to obey the rules!
The three major gangsters showed their fangs.
In order to win Raven's trust, these gangsters cut off the left ears of the murdered people. In just one night, more than a dozen boxes of ears were delivered to Raven, each box containing hundreds of them. ear.
The next day during the day, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the lower city was filled with the smell of blood.
After a cruel night, the second- and third-rate gangsters also reacted, and even though communication failed, they all joined together in an attempt to fight back against the three major gangsters.
However, the improvised mob could not compete with the well-organized large-scale gangs. In just one day, more than half of the hundreds of second- and third-rate gangs in Meng'en City lost their leaders and either scattered or scattered. Swallowed into the belly of the three major gangsters.
The momentum did not stop, and that night, the three major gangs continued to go out.
The Silver Hand Brotherhood and the Split Tooth War Gang joined forces and attacked the port area together.
While fighting the Bloody Harpoon army, the Silver Hand Brotherhood suddenly struck back and began to work with the Bloody Harpoon against the Split Tooth warband.
This act of betrayal was too sudden. Even though the Splittooth War Gang had unleashed its powerful combat capabilities, they were still retreating, suffering heavy casualties.
According to participants, the three major gangs together numbered thousands of people, and the fighting was as brutal as any war.
The weapons used by the three parties include but are not limited to crossbows, trebuchets, fire oil tanks, harpoon cannons, etc.
The number of corpses dyed the Moon River red and turned an entire block into ruins.
Fighting from night to early morning, Honduras fought and retreated under the protection of his cronies.
He lost this battle, but he has not lost the "war" yet!
He still has one last chance, that is to hug Raven's lap and completely swear allegiance!
"Damn it, a young man came to save me in the end!" Honduras spat a mouthful of blood and cursed in a low voice.
But it doesn’t matter, he was promoted to the second level by betraying his employer.
Now let Raven protect him temporarily. As long as he takes a breather, regains his strength, and even reaches the third level, he will naturally be able to hug his thicker thighs and trample Raven under his feet!
Although it is already morning, the sky is still filled with dark clouds and is very depressing.
Honduras smeared blood on his face, made a crying expression, and staggered towards the building of the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
This was half an act.
But just after running two steps, there were heavy footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he saw that the Bloody Harpoon and the Brotherhood of Steel were working together to catch up!
In the front, "Barracuda" Weber is carrying a harpoon. Next to him is "Silver Hand" Mott, who has lost his legs and feet after being tortured. Manseni is supporting her father with revenge in her eyes. Pleasure!
Honduras's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the original five-point panic expanded to ten-points. He ran wildly, rushed to the door, and screamed:
"Baron Raven... Lord Raven, save Save me!”
However, the strong man whom I saw yesterday was still standing at the door.
His eyes were deep, and he looked at Honduras as if he were looking at a dead man.
Honduras’ heart trembled: Has this person been bribed? !
“Get away!”
Honduras roared, and for the last chance of survival, he mustered up his remaining fighting spirit, as if he had covered himself with a cloak of flames, and strode towards Eric.
He clenched his right hand into a fist and drew it behind him, like a powerful bow fully charged.
The moment he rushed in front of Eric, the bow suddenly let go, and his fist hit Eric's face like a meteor!
"Heh."
Eric showed a contemptuous smile, took a step forward, planted his legs firmly in front of and back, clenched his fists, and had a steely fighting spirit. The surge turned his armor-clad right hand into a veritable iron fist - to be precise, an iron hammer!
Boom——
The silver and red collided, and the fighting spirit exploded into a ball of silver-red mixed rainbow-like light. The floor under the two people's feet suddenly exploded, and the gravel flew away, and large tracts of sand were scattered.
Then.
Honduras’ fist retracted strangely.
It was not according to his wishes, but was smashed back by a powerful force!
With a cracking sound, the phalanges and metacarpal bones shattered like mud, the flesh and blood exploded, and the bones on the forearm even broke through the elbow and flew out with a whoosh!
"Uh-huh——"
Honduras' body could not fully digest the huge force of the blow. His body flew out, smashed the wall of the street building, fell to the ground, and spurted out A mouthful of blood.
The remaining steel fighting energy invaded along his arms, cutting the flesh into pieces until his throat was slit.
Blood is flying!
This scene immediately made Weber’s hair stand on end. He looked at Eric as if he were looking at a monster!
As an old rival, he knew how strong Honduras was, but such a veteran second-level powerhouse could not stand in front of Raven's personal guards for three seconds!
If before, Weber thought that Raven was only strong in scheming and skill, then now, he deeply realizes that Raven not only possesses wisdom, but also controls the tyrannical force to protect wisdom!
At this moment, the door opened, and Raven Shiran walked out with a warm smile on his face.
"Lord Baron." Eric saluted Raven as if he had done an insignificant thing.
As soon as he appeared on the stage, he became the focus of everyone's attention.
Raven's steps were relaxed, and he looked at the Honduran corpse as if he were looking at a piece of garbage. Then he turned back and glanced at Weber, Mott, and Manceni.
Rapid footsteps sounded, and Weber, Mott and Manseni came to Raven with a group of men.
Originally, they brought people here with the intention of showing off their muscles to Raven, but Eric's punch shattered everything.
Even Raven's smile became unpredictable at this moment.
The three of them knelt down on one knee and saluted in unison: "Lord Baron!"
Behind them, a group of gang members and future security forces also knelt down on one knee and saluted:
"Lord Baron!"
The sound echoed in the streets, deafening. "I see your sincerity." Raven raised his hand gently:
"Get up, my security forces."
Boom——
Thunder exploded and heavy rain poured out, extinguishing the last bit of flame in Honduras’s eyes and freezing this scene in his eyes forever.
The rain is fair, it hangs over the city of Meng, washing away the ashes and blood of the lower city, and also washing away the mess of the upper city.
It’s like two worlds.
While the lower town was plunged into a hellish scene, the upper town was partying all night long to celebrate the end of the war. The streets were full of wasted bread, bacon, and wasted bread and bacon, and were smashed after just two sips. wine jar.
There was even a lot of vomit.
But at this moment, Hyde had no intention of paying attention to this. He was walking so fast that even the servant behind him holding an umbrella could not keep up.
Going through the hall and arriving at Earl Tyrone's study, a little raindrops fell on the carpet. He gasped: "Father... news from the lower city!"
Tailon raised his head. , frowned slightly: "I told you, don't be so impulsive all the time, wipe your face."
Hide grabbed a silk scarf, wiped his hair, and slowly took a breath.
"Tell me, what is it?" Tyrone asked.
Hide blurted out: "It's Raven. The riot in the lower city was solved by Raven!"
"So fast? Only two days have passed since he left the castle and went to the lower city. !" Tai Long's face was happy, then darkened, and then he was happy again.
As the Lord of Meng En City, it is a good thing that the riots in the lower city have calmed down, especially if they calmed down so quickly. However, this trouble was not solved by the Slater family, but even so, as the City Lord, he , you must also have a positive attitude.
“What is the specific process?”
Hyde took out a document from his arms and handed it over: "This is from Typhon's Tooth."
Taking the document, Tai Lung opened it and scanned it carefully, his expression changing several times.
Putting it aside, stood up and walked to the window, looking towards the lower city.
For a while, he regretted handing over the position of president of the Xiacheng District Chamber of Commerce to Raven.
“If I remember correctly, Raven is only twenty years old this year, right?”
Hearing his father's question, Hyde immediately replied: "Twenty-one years old, father."
"Twenty-one years old..." Tyrone sighed: "Only one year older than you!"
“From now on, don’t blame him for cheating you once. Don’t blame him for competing with you for the viscount.”
“Let’s walk around with him more!”
At the same time, in the Meng’en City Church, Archbishop Thomas also looked at the document in his hand: “ Is the content correct? ”
"Yes, Your Excellency the Archbishop." Savanna's hair was slightly wet from the rain, but her voice was very steady: "I observed the entire process, and the believers in the Bloody Harpoon and Silver Hand Brotherhood also provided very rich information. ."
"Okay "What a means." Thomas clicked his tongue: "If he is willing to believe in our Lord, he will definitely have a place among the cardinals in a few decades."
Savanna's pupils shrank, this was her first time. I heard Thomas speak so highly of people for the first time.
Thomas didn't pay attention to her expression, but took off the glasses from his eyes and placed them on the table.
Part of his impression of Raven came from Savannah, and the other part came from Lux.
Thomas had come into contact with Lux. Like her teacher, Grand Priest Crouch, this priestess had unquestionable faith in the Lord of Light.
Before, he was still a little confused as to why Lux was so concerned about Raven's affairs, even disobeying orders to help Raven.
Now he started to understand a little bit.
Leaven is indeed a person worthy of investment and wooing.
“Although he has not yet become a viscount, Baron Raven’s territory has exceeded that of an ordinary viscount.”
"Savannah, go to the secret vault and get a copy of 'Magic-Infused Citronella', and then take a copy, no, two copies of second-level magic, and give them to Raven for me, saying that you are going to wipe out the Hand of Death from him. A gift for the sect’s outstanding contribution.”
Savannah was stunned. A second-level magic was worth several thousand gold coins, and a third-level spice like “Magic-Infused Citronella” was even more valuable. City, even Archbishop Thomas only has a limited quota a year.
"Your Majesty the Archbishop, I have no intention of questioning your decision." Savannah said: "But why do you treat Raven so differently? Even if the Earl of Montreal asked for it, you did not give the magic incense to him. Leave it to him?"
Thomas said softly: "I am planting the seeds for the fruits of ten years."
"Go!"
"Yes, Your Excellency the Archbishop." Savanna took the order and left.
When crisp footsteps stepped onto the stairs leading to the secret vault, a person was climbing up the stairs where the Fox family was stationed.
Stepping onto the last staircase, Gul'dan pushed open the oak door: "Father, are you calling me?"
"Take it and have a look." Montreal pinched his eyebrows with his fingers. A document was forwarded to Gul'dan.
Gul'dan sat down and started flipping through the pages with a disdainful smile on his lips.
A few minutes later, Montreal lifted his fingers from his brow: "Do you have anything to say?"
"It's just a little clever." Guldan said casually.
"Eh..." Montreal sighed: "It seems that you didn't listen to what I said last time."
"This is not cleverness, this is politics!"
< br>“His plan was fair and aboveboard, and although there was blood all over the ground, he achieved his goal without spending a single soldier.”
Gul'dan kept silent: "I know, you want to say that it took him only two days to recruit two gangs and quell the riots in the lower city. This is indeed a gain, but..."< br>
“You can’t just look at what he got, but also what he paid.” Montreal said.
Montreal thought of itself.
This cooperation with Thomas paid a huge price, but the harvest was quite limited. Even excluding the benefits obtained by the Fox family's vassal nobles, the Fox family itself made no profit.
It can be said to be a complete loss-making transaction.
Raven, on the other hand, didn't pay any price - there was a vacancy in the security force list, and the bad reputation of being involved with the gangs became a good reputation for making the gangs change their ways.
What this gained was absolute control over Xiacheng District.
"If I were his age..." Montreal's expression was mixed: "I was his age..."
"Alas——"
A cry Sigh.
Raven didn't know that he had attracted the attention of the three big guys, and even if he knew, he didn't have time to care.
After the death of Honduras, the Silver Hand Brotherhood was renamed the "Protective Hand Legion", the bloody harpoon was renamed the "Port Guard Legion", and they all wore the badges of the security forces and took to the streets.
Almost overnight, the riots in Xiacheng District completely subsided. Even though some people were still committing sporadic crimes, they were no longer relevant to the overall situation.
And Raven's reputation spread throughout Men'en City. For a time, there was an endless stream of businessmen from the Lower City who came to visit him, blocking the street in front of the Chamber of Commerce.
All kinds of congratulatory gift lists fell on his desk like snowflakes.
……
(End of this chapter)