"Was what he said true?"
Su Mo looked at Liu Zhi. The latter hesitated, then quickly nodded, confirming some details Ji Wuming had not mentioned.
"Of course. I wasn't among the first people to join the Red Flower Gang. I joined after they came ashore, but I knew the impact the shipwreck had caused. Some people really did flee with the supplies afterward.
"At the time, it was Lord Ji who came forward and recruited a group of unaffiliated survivors. He obtained some supplies from them, which barely allowed us to establish the Red Flower Gang's initial foundation."
Since he had already brought it up, Liu Zhi took advantage of the opportunity and revealed some important information.
For example, Ji Sheng had not recruited those people solely through his so-called eloquence. The people who now lorded it over ordinary survivors in the territory, such as the former administrator of No. 2 Gathering Place, Lin Deying, and his relatives, had been the price of the supplies exchanged. Furthermore, after investigating the warehouse accounts over the past few days, they had discovered that most of the supplies Ji Sheng used to support his private soldiers came from the territory's main warehouse. Even without this incident, it would have been discovered sooner or later.
Su Mo and Hunter Tiger were not surprised by any of this.
Ordinary people who rose from nothing all had more or less some unsavory history.
As for Su Mo himself, he did not dare guarantee that he had never acted selfishly during the process. To demand that others be morally perfect would be blatant hypocrisy.
"Judging solely by the things you've done, dying ten times wouldn't be excessive. However, the situation in the wasteland is rather special right now. I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself through