1855 United States Tycoon

Scrooge thanked the tax officer who stupidly hit the gun from his heart. Because the bug was thrown into the prison, the intimacy of those southerners to Scrooge increased significantly. When everyone talks, there is not so much smell of gunpowder. Of course, the conversation is still not intimate. To use the words of the later generations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the flower planter, that is, "The two sides have fully exchanged views and enhanced mutual understanding. The talks are beneficial."

This means that in fact, everyone is still saying different things, and there is no consensus at all. The only improvement is that everyone can talk together. But "enhanced understanding" is a truth, at least, Scrooge already knows the background of these southerners in general.

For example, Mr. Turner’s manor, Leonde’s manor, Anderson’s manor, well, there are Duy’s manor and Dorothea’s manor. Brook Oilfield. This oil field is not particularly large compared to the mega oil fields in Texas and later Alaska, but it is relatively convenient for mining and transportation. Moreover, the reserves of more than 100 million barrels of this oil field are quite sufficient to support the early stage oil industry.

And these families also encountered corresponding problems. The situation in Anderson's family is most similar to Dorothea. Old Anderson died, and his only daughter Lilith inherited the manor. When the war first broke out, Lilith married Joyce of the Leonards. But Joyce was dead, and Lilith became a widow. Of course people with this status can't run around, so she didn't come today, but through other people, Scrooge learned that she is now facing the same problem of not being able to pay taxes. The Leonde family had raised enough money for the own manor, but they were also powerless for Lilith's manor.

In addition to Lilith, there are several other families facing similar difficulties.

But Scrooge knew that this difficulty would not really embarrass them. They have connected with more other people and established a mutual aid organization. They believe that as long as they support each other, they will be able to overcome this difficulty.

In addition, during the conversation with them, Scrooge also learned another message, that is, the public security problem in the south is getting more and more serious. In the war, the middle-aged men of Mississippi died seven or eighty-eight, and most of the rest were lame or something (thanks to Scrooge’s benevolent invention-broken palm landmines). Now the legal system has not been rebuilt. , The raunchy whites all over the street (hobos from the north), and more free blacks who have no jobs, no bread, and nothing but freedom have become factors of instability. Recently, there have been many cases of theft, robbery, and murder initiated by rogue whites and even blacks in many places in Mississippi.

The legal system has not yet been rebuilt, and more importantly, the Southerners simply cannot trust the Yankees, especially the police and courts formed by the Republican Party. So some southern veterans began to contact each other and organize themselves to deal with those guys. This organization has a well-known name in later generations, called the Ku Klux Klan.

"Well, the Ku Klux Klan can take advantage of it. Those guys are full of muscles. As long as they instigate at the right time, they will definitely create an opportunity for them to ask for their own." Scrooge thought.

"Mr. MacDonald, Mr. MacDonald!" Elizabeth yelled as she knocked on Scrooge's door.

"What's wrong? What happened in the middle of the night?" Scrooge asked as he got up from the bed, putting on his clothes.

"It was Dorothea Miss who came to see you, she said, there is a very urgent matter." Elizabeth said.

"Ah, let her wait a while, I'll get down right away," Scrooge said.

When Scrooge came out and saw Dorothea, he found Dorothea flushed with anxiety.

"What's the matter, Dorothea?" Scrooge asked.

"Scrooge Big Brother, you must save them, you must save them!" Dorothea saw Scrooge and immediately rushed towards him.

"What's the matter, Dorothea? Take a breath and say it well." Scrooge said, taking Dorothea's hand.

"Mr. Duy, Mr. Anthony, and many others, they were all taken by the police!" Dorothea said.

"Why? What's going on... Dorothea, don't worry, speak slowly. We always have a way." Scrooge said.

According to Dorothea's description, this is what happened. Lilith found that the price of wood in the harbor has risen, and there are many tall oak trees in her manor. In order to get the money to keep the estate, she agreed with a merchant from Mexico to sell these trees to him cheaply. In order to save money, Lilith drove the carriage by herself to deliver the goods to the Mexican. This road happened to pass through a settlement of free blacks. Then Lilith suddenly disappeared. Everyone suspected that this had something to do with the free blacks, so they approached the authorities and asked to go to the black people's settlement to check. But such a reasonable request was rejected by the authorities.

But everyone wouldn't just let it go. They found Jim, the "nice black" who had been following Dorothea, and asked him to go there and have a look. As a result, Jim came back and said that he had found a carriage there, much like Lilith's. Everyone feels that action must be taken immediately. So they organized more than one hundred people overnight, put on white burqas, surrounded the black colony with weapons, and then rushed in and searched. As a result, they found Lilith's carriage and her clothes. At gunpoint, a black man confessed that they attacked Lilith, robbed her, raped her, then killed her, tied the stone and threw it into the river.

Lilith was once known as the "Flower of Mississippi", and she was the object of countless youth crushes. Later, she married someone. Her husband was a hero of the Southern Army and sacrificed to rescue her comrades. Such people were attacked, raped, and killed by a group of lowly blacks. This kind of thing made all the people who participated in this operation extremely angry, so they bloodbathed this black settlement, killing more than three hundred black people living here in one breath. Finally, a fire was set, and the settlement was burnt clean.

All of a sudden, the matter became a big deal. The government, which had been slow to respond, immediately began to investigate the matter. Just tonight, the army suddenly acted, and almost all men with identities in the entire area were arrested. It is said that a traitor has emerged among the southerners, allowing the government to obtain real evidence. According to the officer who thought he was leading the team, those Southerners would be hanged on the gallows within a month.

"Don't worry, Dorothea! I can do it." Scrooge said, and he looked at the clock again and said, "It's too late now, and there will be no one to go out. We will go early tomorrow morning. Find someone to help. Well, you don’t want to go back either. It’s too dangerous to be out there now. You will live with Elizabeth tonight. At dawn tomorrow, we will try to save people."

Dorothea hesitated, but thinking about the recent chaos, she still blushed and nodded.

Early the next morning, Scrooge took Dorothea to the police station."Mr. MacDonald, it's not that I don't want to help. It is because this case has too much influence. The top is very angry, thinking that this is a deliberate provocation by these Southerners and must be severely cracked down. And we also got some Based on the facts, I can say that we absolutely did not wrong them. They did 100% of this matter." Sergeant Dobias spread out his hands, looking helpless.

"Sheriff, we know your difficulties." Scrooge said slowly, "But, you still have to ask your sergeant for some things. First of all, I think these suspects should have the right to see own lawyer. In addition, I am worried. The prison conditions here are too bad, so I hope the sheriff can provide a convenience for family members and friends to visit the prison. Oh, yes, I recently collected a piece of this thing. I don’t know whether it is true or not. I heard that the sergeant is in this regard. Experts, so please help me identify it.” Scrooge said as he took out a small black velvet bag, and poured out a crystal-clear diamond almost the size of peanuts. “Alarm You can take it back and examine it carefully."

Sheriff Dobias carefully pinched the diamond with his fingers, looked at the light, and then put it in his own pocket. "There is no related equipment here, I will take it back to help you see it." The sheriff said.

"Sheriff, thank you." Scrooge said. "Some of these people are friends of my Little Sister. Can we visit them?"

"Ah, what's wrong with this? Is this a citizen's right granted by the law." The sheriff said, "If their lawyer needs to understand the case, um, you can also ask them to come to me."

"Thank you so much," Scrooge said. "Then can I go see Mr. Duy and Mr. Anthony now?"

"No problem," the sheriff said, "I can take you there now."

"Mr. MacDonald, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, we really don't know what to do..." Mrs. Duy and a large group of other women all had tears in their eyes and expressed their gratitude to Scrooge.

"Madam, I have already made a telegram to invite Lawyer Romes, and he will be there soon. Lawyer Romes is the best criminal lawyer. He has represented hundreds of cases in the past ten years. He has only one record of losing. I believe that he must have a way. In addition, you all know that these guys in the judicial system are corrupt and messy. As long as the management is in place, there will be no problems. So everyone can rest assured. "Scrooge said in a big deal.

"A thousand words, I can't express our gratitude to you, you are such a good person!" Mrs. Duy said gratefully. And at this time, Dorothea, who was sitting on the side, also looked at Scrooge tenderly, her eyes full of twinkling little stars.

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