America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 181 The new mayor of Roswell

In the two days after the arrival of the expert team, in addition to the "laid off personnel" who packed up their belongings, Chen Jianqiu also said goodbye to another team of people.

This team is larger than the soldiers, including men and women, old and young.

They are the residents of Roswell.

When Chen Jianqiu took oil expert Smith and engineer Jackson to visit the town of Roswell, what they saw was a mess.

On the route that the tornado passed through, almost nothing was left. Whether it was a wooden house or an adobe hut, they were all completely destroyed. At most, a few broken walls were left there.

"Oh my God! What happened here before?" Smith helped his eyes.

"A tornado."

Chen Jianqiu picked up a broken piece of wood on the ground, took a look at it, threw it aside, patted the dirt on his hands and stood up.

He saw at the edge of the town, the surviving residents were stacking luggage on the carriage.

They all looked numb, with a hint of sadness in their brows and eyes.

"Everyone, gather your things and prepare to gather and set off." A man who looked quite old walked back and forth between the carriages of each house.

"Mayor?" Tom shouted from behind Chen Jianqiu. It seemed that he knew this old man.

The old man was the former owner of the land in this town, the first postmaster of the town, the namer of Roswell, and the mayor of the town - Van Smith.

His father's name is Roswell Smith.

The mayor looked back at Tom. He recognized the young man and walked over.

"Sorry, I haven't had time to tell you about this yet. Where is Vaughn?"

"Dead." Tom sniffed, "He was bitten by a rattlesnake not long ago."

"Oh, poor child, that's really a pity." The mayor shook his head.

He looked around at the residents loading their cars and the scattered remains of houses.

"I think I might have been wrong at first. There's nothing in this damn place except rattlesnakes and sand bugs and damn natural disasters."

Everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

In front of nature, humans are always so insignificant. It will give you gifts, but it will also destroy you when it loses its temper.

"Are you guys ready to leave collectively?" Chen Jianqiu said.

The mayor realized that the speaker was an unknown Chinese, and looked at Tom:

"Who is this?"

"Oh, this is the new commander of our fortress garrison. His surname is Chen." Tom introduced.

"Sorry, I haven't been to the Stone Fortress for a long time and haven't seen you." The mayor hurriedly took off his hat to Chen Jianqiu and saluted, "Well, yes, we are ready to abandon this town. Many of us, including me,

, there is nothing left.”

Chen Jianqiu heard what he meant.

Anyway, the land doesn't belong to him now. It's better to go to other places to find opportunities while staying in this damn place.

"Mr. Mayor, I want to ask you something." Chen Jianqiu said suddenly.

"You said, as long as I know something, I will definitely tell you." The mayor looked like he knew everything.

"Was it Captain Leah who purchased the town and surrounding land from you? Or was it someone else?" Chen Jianqiu got straight to the point. He knew he might not be able to get the answer, but after all, he didn't have much time.

Unexpectedly, the mayor told him bluntly.

"That person is just a white glove guy. The person behind it is said to be pretty well-established. He seems to be from New York. It seems like their lawyers are very skilled in the business. With the help of bastards like Scott, New Mexico is really in chaos.

"It's over." The mayor said angrily. It seems that he suffered a lot of unfair treatment when selling the land.

Chen Jianqiu had an idea in his mind.

"By the way, Mr. Chen, can you send some soldiers to escort us? Just as far as Lincoln County." The mayor seemed to remember that the man in front of him had a gun.

"Oh, you said soldiers, many of them are preparing to go home." Chen Jianqiu pointed in the direction of the Chihuahua Desert, "If you walk faster, you might be able to catch up with them."

The team leaving the town gathered quickly. The mayor said goodbye to Chen Jianqiu and the others and led the team out of the town.

"You are the mayor of this town now." Before leaving, the mayor said to Chen Jianqiu in a serious voice.

There was nothing in writing, no democratic elections, not even a chapter left for him, only a spoken word.

Chen Jianqiu looked at the deserted and dilapidated town behind him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Mayor, you are so generous.

"Boss, why don't you just tell him we found oil?" Sean asked from behind.

"It's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married, so let her be."

Sean nodded as if he understood. His boss seemed to be talking about something familiar from his hometown.

In the evening, everyone returned to the stone fortress.

When the large army left, the entire stone fortress suddenly became a little deserted, and those who stayed were busy with their own things.

Chen Jianqiu returned to the office and called Feiniao in.

He took out a note and a letter from his bag and handed them to Asuka.

The note was given to him by Browning when he was in Montrose. It recorded the temporary residence address of Zhang Danian and the others.

"According to the address on this note, find Zhang Danian and give him the letter. I wrote it very clearly in the letter and asked him to send some people over first. Remember, don't come all over."

Feiniao nodded and went back to pack his things and prepare to leave the next day.

Then, he called the tall and thin accountant in and handed him another piece of paper: "These are the supplies that need to be purchased for the next step of work. Take a look."

The accountant put his face to the piece of paper and frowned as he looked at it: "Many of your things are not next to oil wells. They are all construction materials.

"What's even more outrageous is this, bullets and explosives?" The accountant pointed to a few lines of supplies on the paper, feeling very excited.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Chen Jianqiu looked at him with an indifferent expression.

"No, I have to report this to my superiors," the accountant insisted.

"Okay, no problem." Chen Jianqiu agreed immediately.

Anyway, Roswell's last post office employee had left town with his chief during the day.

Now the only postman within a radius of several hundred miles here is Sean, the new postmaster appointed by Chen Jianqiu.

After everything was almost arranged, Chen Jianqiu was the only one left in the office.

The light of the kerosene lamp in the room was dim. He folded his hands and fell into deep thought.

Oil is good, but without convenient transportation and sales, it means nothing.

Of course it would be great to have a place to stay, but Roswell is now an abandoned ghost town, dilapidated and dilapidated.

What's more, this land doesn't technically belong to him now.

These need to be considered in the long term, and are not things that can be solved in a short time.

Chen Jianqiu did not forget the biggest purpose of his trip - the treasure hidden in the Nava territory.

The attitude of the Nahuas was murky. Not to mention asking for their cooperation, it was hard to say whether they would immediately attack the fortress if I left rashly.

Among the soldiers who surrendered, although they have all been screened by themselves, many of them have no fighting ability. But what if they really make trouble?

If you really want to find the treasure, who should you take with you? Who should you keep?

These are all problems.

Chen Jianqiu stood up and paced back and forth in front of the table. The kerosene lamp projected his profile on the wall, swaying back and forth.

Suddenly, Chen Jianqiu stopped.

He did not turn around, but opened his mouth, as if speaking to the air:

"If you have anything to do, come in. It's cold outside. It's more dangerous to hide sneakily at my door. If you are targeted by Camilla's gun, I'm afraid you won't even have your body intact."

As soon as Chen Jianqiu finished speaking, a man dressed as a cowboy appeared at the door.

He stared at Chen Jianqiu's back and slowly walked into the house.

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