At about eight o'clock the next morning, Norman, who was sleeping soundly on the wooden bed, was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. He rubbed his eyes and sat up, bleary-eyed.
"Who is it? It's so early in the morning."
"It's me, Norman Shannon, your best brother."
Norman was quite helpless. He took out the clothes placed on the chair next to him. In the past two days, Cavendi took his two children to the junk shop to buy three or four pieces of clothing, and gave them to those who had been barefoot on the boat for a long time.
Each child has a pair of cloth shoes. Norman, who has been pampered since he was a child, could not accept that his clothes were stained with oil or his cotton shoes were stained with sea water when he was on the Black Crow. However, as Zozo and Zoff continued to give Norman
Thanks to the education of love, Norman's face often turned black and gray after arriving in Roma Town, and his skin became a lot rougher. Now he is rolling on the ground and feels very happy.
Norman, wearing much looser old clothes, opened the wooden door. Outside the door was Shanon, who was already ready to go. She had a knife on her waist and even washed her face. This was completely different from Shanon before yesterday.
possible.
"Are you ready? Norman, today is the first day of becoming a street boy, don't you look forward to what we are going to do today?"
Norman scratched his butt: "Do you know how much licorice juice we drank yesterday? Okay, you go downstairs and wait for me first. Will Zozo come with us?"
Shannon trotted down the wooden stairs, leaving only a word of confusion before disappearing. Shannon, who was obviously two years older than Norman, looked more like the younger one at this moment. Norman returned to the room, and Sally would meet at noon every day.
Helping clean the room and wash clothes by the river. Although Cavendi did not give Sally a specific task, in the past two months, Sally helped Jordan tidy up the tavern, clean the room, and help the old lady clean up. The busiest thing every day
Apart from Cavendi who is looking for a partner, it is Sally.
Norman casually took a piece of patched textile clothing to cover himself, and carefully wiped the cloth shoes given to him by Cavendi with a rag. According to Cavendi, if he collects his own fees in the future, he will buy a pair
Give him leather shoes.
The town of Rom is the largest leather manufacturer in Constantinople, and there is also a tailor with the best craftsmanship. He is Mr. Pudding from the tailor shop in the east of the town. He is the man that the old lady watched grow up, and he is now forty years old.
At his age, he was particularly kind to the two children. When Norman changed his clothes and came to the pub lobby, Shannon was chattering around Sally who was cleaning. Jordan had not gotten up yet, and Sally was just doing daily cleaning work.
After seeing Norman coming downstairs, Shanon changed her target and approached Norman: "Why are you so lackluster? How can you complete the boss's task like this? We are going to become street boys!"
Norman pushed Shanon away and came to him: "So do you know what a street boy is?"
"I don't know yet, but street boys will definitely take to the streets literally!"
Norman was helpless, climbed into the front desk on tiptoe, took out yesterday's leftover bottled milk from the warehouse, drank it and walked out the door: "Then let's go to the street first and go to Mr. Pudding's?" Sarah
Nong was very excited and jumped up and down to follow Norman: "Let's go then! Just go for a walk."
Just as the two children were about to go out, Sally, who was sweeping the floor, looked up at the two of them: "You two, don't you know anything?"
Shanon heard Sally's voice and pulled Norman to stop. He rarely heard Sally talking alone. At this moment, Sally's words aroused Shanon's interest. He dragged Norman back to Sally.
Side by side: "Sally, do you know what a street boy is?"
Sally swept the dust on the floor into a dustpan, then walked out the door holding her skirt: "Looking at you, you really don't understand anything. I once saw how the new generation of the Karl family did it.
First of all, you need to know...how an organization operates. Take the Carl family as an example. Their main source of funds is the income collected from various shops. Secondly, they own their own factories. Some of the dock workers are also theirs.
For this reason, the role of their street boys is to go to various shops to collect fees, once a month, and then be responsible for maintaining the normal operation of the shops. Although there is nothing much that needs to be done, basically those kids are the ones who put Carl's reputation out on the street.
Everyone will be afraid."
Norman frowned: "Isn't this the same as robbery? I also encountered such gangsters where I lived before. They also rushed into other people's stores to steal food and money in the name of protection..."
Sally looked a little sad: "Yes... this is the Karl family. There was a severe drought in Constantinople for a few years, and many poor people died of hunger and heat on the streets. But I think you also know that the real rich
The people living in the city still lived a prosperous life. People on the street watched the people sitting in the shop windows enjoying themselves, and the resentment in the hearts of the poor reached its peak. It was at that time that the Karl family recruited a large number of workers, and they smashed the
Dozens of shops have established their status in the streets of the main city of Constantinople, and then they can justifiably enter each shop and rob them. Even the regular army cannot do anything to them, after all, they have received a lot of benefits."
Shanon remained excited: "So we also have to go to the streets to collect protection money?" Instead, she was glared at by Norman. Sally's face became unhappy: "That's not what street boys mean. Besides, the metaphor I used is
The Carr family, not you, seems to be the way Cavendi makes money by getting involved in businesses that are not originally yours. The Carr family intervenes in the weapons category, but under the prohibition of alcohol, Cavendi actually wants to get involved in the alcohol business and Star Fire
I think he may want to find a path that is not an ordinary gang in the later period. But now, there are many people seeking your protection. The way the Carl family makes money will not suit any gang. What you have to do is to use your own
I think Cavendi doesn’t know what he should do now. I heard that there were still stores under Cavendi’s protection in the past six months, but I heard from Uncle Jordan that there are no more shops now.”
Shanon was still a little confused, but Norman already had an idea. He held his chin in thought: "No wonder he was a little unsure when I told Cavendi yesterday. Let's go, Shanon, let's go find him."
Let’s find out what we can do now.”
...
In the afternoon, on the grassy slope next to Roma Town, several bison were foraging in the distance. Norman and Shannon were lying on the ground with grass roots in their mouths, and in their hands were the pine nuts given to them by Mr. Pudding. The two of them were
After wandering the streets for a long time, the two of them found nothing but the appearance of every household content with their status quo.
The two children just stared at the sky. Norman realized something, opened his hands and said: "I said Shanon..."
Shanon had already pulled out the knife from her waist and was playing with it in her palm. The moment Norman spoke, he said in a serious tone: "Norman, what do you think we can do now? Without Cavendi's order,
, I can't rob, steal or collect protection money. In this town, I think if it was Cavendi's order, I would go to every store with a gun like the Carr family and force him to give away the money.
Give me.
But after just walking around the town, I found that I feel like home here, whether it’s the aunt selling fruit on our left, the owner Xinji of the grocery store opposite, or the pudding uncle who often gives us pine nuts to eat. Isn’t this right?
What I need is belonging. If I destroy all these things, where can I belong? So I... I want to protect Rom Town.
I don't know how to make money, I don't know what's going on in Cavendi's mind, I just want to satisfy them, and satisfy the people around me, now not only Cavendi, but also other people in our town,
I want them to be satisfied and continue living their lives as they are now. Norman, what do you think?"
Norman turned his head and looked at Shanon's side face, chuckled, turned over and kicked Shanon in the waist, causing Shanon to put away the knife, and then the two formally struggled with each other: "Damn it Shanon, you are still stupid.
It's better, I almost don't recognize you anymore if you act like this." The two of them rolled all the way from the grass to the bottom of the hillside, accompanied by the laughter of the two children along the way.
Just when the two of them patted their bodies and prepared to go back to the Sunset Tavern, Norman suddenly stopped all joking and looked nervously at a boulder at the bottom of the hillside. Shannon noticed something strange about Norman, and he waved his hand in front of Norman's eyes.
: "What happened? Why are you so tense all of a sudden?"
"Someone... is very dangerous." Norman pulled Shanon down and the two of them lay on the grass. Although Shanon usually chatted with Norman, he and Norman had experienced many dangers together.
Shanon pointed to the three-meter-high boulder not far away to indicate whether the enemy was behind the boulder, and then held the knife tightly in her hand.
The wizard's sensory capabilities far exceed those of ordinary people, especially the sensitivity to dangerous smells. In the past, Arthur sometimes accidentally developed the ability to warn of electric current. As long as there is danger, electric current will emerge from the body in the corresponding direction.
Arthur's reaction ability can be described as terrifying. In this era, there are only a handful of people who can sneak attack Arthur.
Most wizards have their own unique ability to sense crises, even Norman, whose elemental power is so weak that he is no different from ordinary people. If it were Arthur, he would probably be able to sense the danger as early as on the hillside. Norman Low
She whispered to Shanon: "We surrounded them from the left and right, using applause as a signal. The first applause is to advance, the second applause is to retreat, and the third applause is to attack."
Shannon expressed his understanding and moved lightly to the left. He knew that Norman had some secrets of his own, and also knew that Norman and Niss had a different connection. He believed that Norman had the ability to protect himself, and he also believed in what Norman said.
If so, there must be an enemy behind the boulder.
From Shanon's perspective, she can see a cloak hidden behind the boulder, which further confirms that there is someone behind the boulder. What Norman saw from the right should be the opponent's head, but Norman also thought the same at this time,
From his angle, he saw a corner of the cloak. He thought about it and clapped lightly.