America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 179 Tom and Jerry

Chen Jianqiu led the team out of the stone fortress and headed straight for the oil well camp.

By this time, the tornado had dissipated, leaving only a mess.

Chen Jianqiu has no intention of going to the town to express condolences to the victims for the time being. After all, he is now empty-handed and has nothing.

He didn't even have a Bible in his hand.

Neither material encouragement nor spiritual comfort can be provided to them.

Therefore, Chen Jianqiu still focused on the matter at hand: getting Holmes back first, this man is a treasure.

He had not expected the sudden appearance of the Pinkerton detectives. Chen Jianqiu knew that after the last time in Lincoln County, Lynch would not give up.

But I didn't expect it to appear at this juncture. If these evil-minded guys returned to the drilling camp and kidnapped the geologists, it would not be easy to handle.

Thinking of this, Chen Jianqiu patted the black radish.

The black horse drank water in the stone fortress and ate a few mouthfuls of oatmeal, and then became energetic again. At this time, when he felt his master patting him, he raised his hooves again and accelerated tirelessly.

Dozens of minutes later, they arrived at the drilling camp.

The camp was quiet, the campfire was still burning, but the bodies on the ground were gone.

Chen Jianqiu had an ominous premonition.

Everyone reined in their horses and stopped.

"Holmes!" Chen Jianqiu shouted loudly.

No one answered.

Chen Jianqiu dismounted, took out his gun and walked into the camp. Others followed him into the camp.

They also took out their weapons and were on full alert.

There seemed to be some kind of whisper coming from underground in the camp.

"Holmes!" Chen Jianqiu shouted again.

Half of the head emerged from the ground not far away, with a pair of eyes blinking.

Then, an arm stretched out from the ground and waved to them: "Here it is!"

The voice was not that of Holmes.

Chen Jianqiu put away the gun and walked over.

In front of the pit is a large pit filled with corpses of soldiers. The geologist is holding a shovel and covering the corpses with soil.

Next to him, there were two soldiers doing the same thing. Neither of them had guns beside them. While they were working, they were still discussing some irrelevant topics.

"Mr. Holmes, you don't have to work too hard, we can handle it. You can take a rest." A soldier straightened up and said in the direction of Holmes.

Then he was stunned because he saw Chen Jianqiu.

Didn't this person already run away? Why did he suddenly come back? And he brought so many people with him?

Chen Jianqiu smiled at him and waved his hand, looking harmless. The soldier really couldn't connect him with the murderous maniac just now.

You know, all the people lying in the pit now were his fault.

Chen Jianqiu knelt down, looked at Holmes, who was sweating, pouted in the direction of the two soldiers, and whispered:

"Who are these two people?"

The geologist wiped the sweat from his head: "Oh, these two people? It turns out that one is a boiler worker and the other is a metalworker. The two of them couldn't even hold a gun, so they were left to guard the camp."

"Oh~" Chen Jianqiu nodded thoughtfully.

It turns out that Vaughan's soldiers do have technical skills. He thought they were all self-taught by reading manuals.

"How come they are so polite to you and don't do anything to you?" Chen Jianqiu continued to ask him.

"Oh, they respect intellectuals very much, yes, like me." Holmes also straightened up and straightened his back.

"What about me?" Chen Jianqiu said with a smile.

Holmes raised his head and saw him squatting on the edge of the pit, pinching soil, and a smile quickly appeared on his face: "You are not bad, you are not bad, but it would be nice if you could give me some more original stocks."

Chen Jianqiu ignored him and shouted directly to the two soldiers opposite: "Hey, what are your names?"

The two soldiers looked at each other:

"Tom."

"Jerry."

"Where is your home?"

"We don't have a home, sir. After the Great Depression of 1873, we had nothing."

"Okay, it's just you two." Chen Jianqiu jumped down from the pit. He took out the stack of U.S. dollars he had given to Holmes from his pocket, divided it into two stacks and stuffed them into their hands. "Follow me from now on."

Let’s mix it up.”

"I'll give you your share later." Chen Jianqiu turned around and smiled playfully at Holmes, "It will be included in your original share."

Holmes sighed. This was not the first time this guy had taken money from him to reward people.

In Chen Jianqiu's words, who makes him the one who owns the original shares?

Feiniao and the others also found a few shovels from the tent and joined Chen Jianqiu in burying the pit.

Chen Jianqiu covered Vaughan's face with the last handful of soil, then added another layer of soil, and stepped on it firmly with two feet.

Dust to dust, dust to dust, born from nature, and return to nature.

After burying the people, they, with the help of boilermakers and metalworkers, dismantled the drilling rig and steam boiler and reloaded them onto the carriage.

These things took them a long time, and by the time everything was loaded onto the carriage, it was almost dark.

"Go and seal the borehole." Chen Jianqiu ordered.

After the two master workers finished processing the hole, they looked back and said, "Don't we really need to leave a mark or something?"

Holmes pointed to his eyes and then to the map in his hand: "Don't worry, you have to trust my eyes."

Everyone broke out of the camp and set off. Since there were many big guys on the carriage, the return journey was not as fast as the departure.

When we returned to the stone fortress, it was completely dark.

"If you don't come back, I'm afraid we will have to send a group of people to look for you again." Geronimo opened the door of the fortress and welcomed the team in.

"Have you found those Nahua people?" Chen Jianqiu asked as he walked into the house covered in dust.

"No, except for the mountains in the south, there are plains in other directions, with an unobstructed view. If they are really in the mountains, I'm afraid we can't find them even if we try to find them." Geronimo, who is also a local Indian, knows it very well.

the living habits of these tribes.

"Then let's wait until they come to us." Chen Jianqiu picked up the water on the table and drank it.

"What to do with those surrendered soldiers?" Geronimo pointed to the room opposite, where the guys who were squatting in the corner were locked up.

"Lock them up first. We don't have time to deal with them now." Chen Jianqiu continued to drink water. "First, let the two cooks come out and take care of their food. The food will be deducted from their inventory."

He needs to rest now, and so does Holmes. Sleeping next to a steam boiler is indeed not a very pleasant experience.

This night, everything was peaceful and peaceful. There were no Nahuas, no jailbreaks, and no gunshots.

In Vaughn's previous office, Chen Jianqiu sat on a chair, flipping through the information on his desk and cabinet, such as letters, authorization documents, etc.

He wanted to see who the owner of this place was.

Vaughn's immediate boss was a man named Joseph Calloway Leah, who was well-known in New Mexico. Vaughn called him the captain in his letter.

But judging from other documents and the Masonic letter, it was clear that this man was just a white glove.

Among all the information, Chen Jianqiu has seen another name mentioned more frequently.

This man had a relationship with him once, at a dance in Santa Fe.

Senator from New Mexico, Scott.

It seems that this person has also done a lot of help here, whether it is about the legality of land acquisition or other things.

"This guy is really good at everything in New Mexico."

The image of the old man appeared in Chen Jianqiu's mind, and he said to himself.

He sat back on the chair and played with Vaughn's seal in his hand: "These guys can stretch their hands so long?"

While he was still thinking, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

Asuka suddenly appeared at the door of the room:

"Boss, there's a situation."

Chen Jianqiu raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"A few people came outside the fortress."

Could it be the Nahuas?

Chen Jianqiu dropped the seal in his hand and walked towards the stone wall.

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