Chapter 193: Taranthan Sweet Cakes
As the undead calamities swept through the various seedy areas of Saint Joseph Street, Ji Tang and Zhao Zhenzhen, late to the scene, finally arrived at the gates of Indahl with the logistics team.
Since Lord Yang and Rex had brought along all the town hall staff and most security squad personnel, with a small number left to guard Weisshem, Ji Tang and Zhao Zhenzhen had no choice but to temporarily hire many townsfolk to help with loading and transporting goods. This was also why they had arrived so late.
After connecting with the town hall officers in the camp and getting an update on the battle situation, Zhao Zhenzhen, who was really adept at grassroots work, immediately reorganized the available officers into groups and issued new orders.
Over two thousand undead pillaging… or rather, conducting a targeted crackdown in the city, would inevitably cause unrest among the city's residents.
The undead were non-human creatures after all, and the brothels, clientèle, and gamblers that were targeted were all locals. With a basic sense of empathy, the city's inhabitants might sympathize with the targeted lawbreakers and feel disgust, aversion, and fear toward the undead; these emotions, coupled with anxiety and tension, could easily escalate into panic and unrest—big trouble would ensue if that were to happen.
The officers' mission was to ease city folks' tension, bridge relationships, and dissolve any antagonistic sentiments they might have toward Weisshem.
As the proprietors and patrons of Saint Joseph Street's club district were crammed into wagons and sent to prison, Officer Barton and two colleagues, with a group of newly contracted local youth, drove several cargo-loaded high-chassis iron shell carriages (previously mentioned modified tractors) grandly to the Free Market, some 500 meters away from the bar district.
Due to the territorial war, the Free Market was very quiet, and most vendors did not dare to set up stalls (fearing looting), leaving the usually bustling market square empty except for a few vegetable vendors huddled at the edge.
After parking the carriages, Officer Barton and his colleagues quickly organized the youth to unload and set up stalls.