Be the savior from Frostpunk

Chapter 36 The Game of Lies
"There is an option to use guards to clear the crowd, people will go back to their homes, there will be no increase in London gang numbers, but maybe someone will be injured."

"Let them promote their theories, the dissatisfaction value will increase, and the number of London gangs will increase."

The system acts as a pop-up prompt window in the game, but Li Jianghao never planned to solve the problem in such a blunt way from the beginning.

He stayed in a closed tavern, and he placed the French sword on the closet of the tavern as an ornament.Huck packed up the drinks and brought them to Li Jianghao.

After pouring a drink for Li Jianghao, Huck listened to the intermittent shouting in the distance and asked, "Sir, are you just going to let them continue talking? Let the guards arrest them, as I say." Give me some punishment!"

Li Jianghao drank slowly, and said indifferently:

"These people didn't resist the work arrangement, and they didn't do harm to the world. If I took the initiative to do something, wouldn't it be a cover-up, so that more people would suspect that I was a lackey of the empire, just to restrain the extra people in the ice and snow, to ensure Normal functioning in London?"

Huck smiled and said: "Sir, of course we all know that London is hopeless, and New London is our home. But if you don't do something, there will be people who believe those lies and join the London Gang."

"Huck, tell me, if the members of the London Gang commit acts such as stealing and robbing resources, will the citizens still think that the members of the London Gang are good people?"

Li Jianghao asked with a smile, he is indeed not a running dog of the empire, but Huck is indeed becoming more and more like a standard dog leg, and he has to sigh that this guy is really a natural talent.

Huck showed a look of sudden realization: "If the London gang commits crimes, the citizens will definitely feel that these people threaten their normal life, and will hate them even more. If you order to deal with it at this time, people will not object .”

"Smart, but I didn't think about dealing with them. You also know that guy Brian was deceived by Bernard and chose to form the London Gang because of his cowardice. The people he deceived were just out of fear of the future. In essence, they are not bad people. At most, they just steal some wood and food, and I will pardon them." Li Jianghao said leisurely, his eyes always have to look farther away.

"Your Excellency is really kind." Huck flattered him, "However, I don't know how long this group of people will make trouble tonight, which will affect more people's rest. The new steam shearer will start working tomorrow, and the work efficiency will increase. Affected. People working tomorrow will definitely be secretly thinking about the London gang, do we need to send guards to patrol?"

Li Jianghao waved his hand: "A lie is a lie, there is nothing to be afraid of. The guards will rotate until 30 people complete the training. We have to solve the winter house first. The day after tomorrow, the rail car will follow the track to reach the steel bridge, so that everyone The workers can be withdrawn. Remember not to let Brian know that I will spend the night in the tavern every night, starting tomorrow, you have to stay in the control room and do some camouflage."

Huck was obliged to say: "Mayor, what you say is what you say, even if there is danger, I don't care. You said that we are all brave people."

"If one day I am about to step down, and the glory of the future empire returns, I will definitely recommend you to run for the position of minister, or even the position of prime minister."

Li Jianghao said something that only he could understand, and patted Huck on the shoulder.

"Good night, my future Prime Minister."

The tavern fell into darkness, Li Jianghao found a place in front of the window to lie down, so that he could just watch the flickering fire of the energy tower.

In another neighborhood, Brian watched with satisfaction as his gang members gathered interested people, now able to complete the task assigned to him by Bernard.He will become a leader who will lead people to awaken from lies and become a true leader.

At this moment, Brian didn't know that he was actually the maker of the lie.

However, the development of the next thing was different from Brian's expectations. There were indeed people who were willing to join the London Gang and understand their remarks at a deeper level.But at this time when they made a fuss, there were no guards sent by the mayor to drive them away.

This was completely different from Bernard's judgment, and Brian gradually panicked.He was always a tool man without autonomy, and he began to imagine what he would do if the mayor who could release fire burned them all when he got angry.

Moreover, no security guards were sent, which was inconsistent with the theory they promoted.According to the words of the London Gang, Li Jianghao should strictly prevent people from joining the London Gang.Now it seems that they are allowing the London Gang to expand their numbers, which is very abnormal.

Brian, who was beginning to be suspicious, sent out a signal, indicating that today's party can end.The London Gang has become an open presence among the citizens, and other people will ask the mayor to take countermeasures.At that time, Li Jianghao had no choice but to make a move.Even though Brian thought so, he still pointed towards the energy tower with some guilt.

That night, the number of London gang increased to 30 people.

The next day, as Huck said, many of the workers at work were somewhat absent-minded.People who had joined the London Gang were publicizing their theories everywhere, but the guards actually paid no attention to it. The mayor arranged a day's work and then stopped showing up. It was said that he was inspecting Engineer Andrew's steam core development progress.

On the first day of Bernard's freedom, he did not arrange any work. After all, there are only a small number of people in the London Gang now, and most people are hostile to him.He had to stay alone in the newly built work shed.

The members of the London Gang intentionally or unintentionally replaced their positions in the process of upgrading the tents to the work sheds.People who hated Bernard were naturally happy to change places, and in this way, most of the London gangs gathered together to live together.They themselves did not realize that the development of the London Gang was limited to a certain range at all times.

While it appears to be thriving, stick together.But if someone is going to clean them up, it can be easily wiped out.

When the day's work was coming to an end, Li Jianghao, who hadn't shown up all day, finally appeared, announcing that starting tomorrow all the guards would prepare to take back the Winter House.During this period, all the workers would gather in the tavern after get off work to learn about monsters.

For this order, Li Jianghao explained that it was to prevent monsters from slipping through the defense of the steel bridge and enter New London, and it was also for the safety of everyone.

All of a sudden, people's negative emotions pushed the dissatisfaction value to 40%, and the London gang was overjoyed. The mayor was so dazed that he dared to let people know about monsters, and even told them that monsters might enter the city!This will undoubtedly make more people fearful and uneasy.

And the London Gang can take this opportunity to get more people to join and be more confident in accomplishing their goals.

It was only after people gathered in the pub the next night that the London Gang realized that the development of the situation had not developed in the way they expected.

(End of this chapter)