America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 220 The beginning of the town

The fat manager Pete lay on the bed and groaned, and Teresa checked him out.

One of his forearms was broken and his neck was broken.

This fat man was really rough-skinned and thick-bodied. He was beaten so hard by a group of people that none of his ribs were broken.

But there are no less places that should be broken or swollen.

Teresa treated his wounds, then found some wooden boards, fixed his neck and arms, and hung them up with bandages.

The fat man's originally round body looked thicker.

As for the other people, they all suffered more or less soft tissue contusions. The worst one was old man Schultz. First, he was hit half to death by Engineer Jackson with a wrench a few days ago, and then he was beaten again today.

"I,,I want to find,,the person in charge of public security in this area." Pete said weakly, his swollen lips opening and closing.

"Ah? What do you want from me?" Chen Jianqiu sat on the edge of the fat man's bed, leaned down, and listened.

"Why don't you arrest those people outside! You, you obviously have a gun!" The fat man could still move his fingers and pointed at Chen Jianqiu's waist.

"I only have six bullets, brother." Chen Jianqiu spread his hands and said.

"You, you are derelict in your duties, I want to find, find the mayor of this town!" Peter continued to say with difficulty.

"I am also the mayor for the time being. If you have anything to say, just tell me." Chen Jianqiu patted Peter on the shoulder, "It is my duty to do so."

Peter was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.

Chen Jianqiu patted his chest again: "Well, it's too unsafe here. I'd better send someone to send you back."

He calmly took out another piece of paper: "Please write down today's medical expenses. Don't worry, don't worry about the money you owe. I won't wait for the money to be used."

Peter closed his eyes and nodded, looking hopeless.

A few days later, a carriage slowly drove out of Roswell.

Hanif led the way on horseback, while Donny sat on the driver's seat of the carriage behind.

On top of the carriage were the experts from the assessment team.

As for Manager Pete, he lay motionless among the experts, looking at the blue sky without saying a word.

After sending away the evaluation team, Chen Jianqiu took Camilla, Li Sifu and Sean to the cave where the gold was hidden.

The waterfall is still the same waterfall, and the lake is still the same lake.

"Boss, what is this bucket of live rabbits used for?" Sean asked Chen Jianqiu a little confused.

On the flatbed truck behind Li Sifu stood an iron barrel. This iron barrel was originally used by Chen Jianqiu and the others to transport crude oil samples. When they returned, it contained some daily necessities and food.

Chen Jianqiu asked Feiniao to trap some live rabbits in the southern forest, then threw the rabbits into the bucket and brought them over.

"Stop talking nonsense and dig a hole." Chen Jianqiu jumped off the horse and pulled out the shovel from the back of the cart.

Several people spent an afternoon digging a large pit more than three meters deep on the edge of the lake, going straight up and down.

If we dig deeper, I'm afraid the wall of the pit will collapse first.

Chen Jianqiu asked them to put the rabbits in the bucket into the pit, and then lit a bonfire next to the pit.

They hid about a hundred meters away from the lake and waited quietly for nightfall.

After dark, there were indeed bursts of noise from the water, and pairs of scarlet eyes appeared in the dark night again.

The rabbits in the pit also felt the danger approaching. They ran around in the hole and dug the soil in the pit with their feet.

The attack began, and the first Chupacabra discovered the rabbits. It quickly jumped into the pit and bit one of the rabbits on the neck.

The monsters behind him also followed up, one after another, and jumped into the pit.

Then, they found that they could no longer climb to the top of the pit.

"It's done." Chen Jianqiu clapped his hands.

After the last monster jumped in, he led several others to the edge of the pit.

The bottom of the pit was densely crawling with monsters half as tall as a man, one lying on top of the other.

Those near the edge of the pit used their forelimbs to pull on the pit wall and tried to climb up, but their lower bodies were grabbed by their companions and they could not move. They looked like they were going to die together.

These monsters walk on two legs like some people, have the habit of sucking blood, and even have the habit of cheating their companions, as if they were spirits.

"Push the kerosene over here." Chen Jianqiu shouted to Li Sifu.

Li Sifu returned to the car, rolled down another barrel containing kerosene, and pushed it to the edge of the pit.

They poured a whole barrel of kerosene into the pit.

Chen Jianqiu picked up a burning firewood from the nearby campfire and threw it into the pit.

For a moment, the fire was blazing into the sky, and the air was filled with the strange smell of burnt protein.

These monsters probably shouldn't exist in this world in the first place. Now, it's better to let them return to the flames.

This time they took a box of gold.

Even so, Chen Jianqiu still didn't touch the bottom of the artificial lake.

Chen Jianqiu remelted the gold and turned it into gold nuggets.

Some of these gold nuggets were quickly sent to Astor's steward in Santa Fe, and similarly, the contract regarding the change of ownership of the land around Roswell also officially came into effect.

Chen Jianqiu became the owner of that large piece of land.

The residential area of ​​New Roswell Town is under construction in an orderly manner.

Building materials are basically sourced locally. Although the forests in the mountains to the south are not as dense as those in the north, they can still provide a lot of wood.

In addition to those people from Niu San, Zhang Danian continuously sent some bricklayers and carpenters over.

Once Chen Jianqiu wandered to the edge of the town and saw several master bricklayers taking clay and starting to build walls.

He looked at the land south of the town, where there were intermittent and unconnected pastures.

After a while, we will have to find a way to solve the irrigation problem. If it doesn't work, we have to find a way to raise the cattle and sheep first.

Some time after Christmas, something else happened.

Browning asked someone to send this year's year-end share of the Montrose Gun Shop and a batch of guns and ammunition.

According to Browning, the turnover this year is quite considerable. After deducting the salaries paid to the bodyguards provided by Zhang Danian, there is still a lot of profit.

He will come to Roswell in a while, chat with Chen Jianqiu about the development of the gun shop, and stop by to see an old friend.

However, what Chen Jianqiu is actually most concerned about is the oil well, or even not just the oil well.

It's definitely not okay to just sit back and have nothing.

In mid-January, Abiot finally brought news about this, as well as Scott's dissatisfaction.

Standard Oil Company finally decided to build a refinery here to welcome the birth of their trust. The construction team and armed plant protection team that set out first are expected to arrive in early February.

Scott was extremely angry that they were able to successfully collect oil in New Mexico. He originally thought that Chen Jianqiu should have successfully driven these people out of Roswell at the end of last year.

Chen Jianqiu didn't care at all about Scott's anger. What interested him was another reason for Scott's anger.

It is said that Leonard, the upstart Lincolnshire man, has already established a relationship with Standard Oil Company.

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