Wild North America 1846

This time, Richard launched an attack. He indeed had a plan to eradicate the Agreement Hall, which was a big blockage in the road, and he also had the idea of ​​​​capturing a lot of money. After all, the Datang Society's funds were too tight, and if there was no more income, it would soon cease.

Hehetang is involved in pornography, gambling and drugs, so his family must be rich.

But Richard didn't expect that he would be so rich, it was like he had dug a big gold mine.

It’s normal if you think about it

San Francisco is a city surging with gold rush. There are far more men than women. Most of the tens of thousands of gold diggers are single men. This is a huge demand.

Not counting those countless hidden doors, there are only 7 brothels in the entire city. Among them, the 4 Chinese brothels in the Agreement Hall do most of the business of gold diggers and sailors because of their low prices.

According to the water ghosts at the core of the Agreement Hall, the monthly turnover of the four brothels is tens of thousands of ounces of gold. This does not include the profits from the gambling stalls. It can be said that the money is made every day.

Why can’t those white gold diggers make a fortune?

Isn't it because as soon as some gold is dug up, white gold diggers go to new towns and go whoring and gambling wildly, until the last piece of gold sand in their bodies is used up, then they dejectedly pick up their tools and go to the American rivers to dig for gold again.

Anyway, money comes easily, just cultivate yourself.

This secret room was built underground in a Spanish-style house. It was built with large boulders. The interior was extremely solid and exuded a cold luster under the light of the kerosene lamp.

It complements the golden color, showing the psychedelic color of wealth, which is simply addictive.

This underground secret room is not large, less than 20 square meters, divided into two small rooms, and has a heavy wooden door covered with iron sheets.

In one room were countless gold ingots, silver and banknotes, and in another room were more than a dozen boxes of firearms and several large barrels of black powder. The firearms were all shiny Republic 9th-year muskets, seven in each box. There are hundreds of them in total.

Forcibly suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Richard locked the door with his backhand and walked out along the stone stairs.

The entrance was a study room, and Richard pushed the bookcase over, completely blocking the entrance.

In the study room, a delicate woman knelt on the ground and shivered. When she heard the noise, she raised her head, her pretty face already covered with tears.

This girl was Lin Zhanyuan's beautiful concubine, her name was Ye Xian'er. She even choked up and cried, "Master... Master... I... uh uh uh... I tell you everything I know, please... please... You are so noble, please spare my life!"

"Let me ask you, who else knows about this secret room?"

"In the past, the helmsman, Brother Hao, was in charge of the secret room personally, and no one was allowed to interfere. Later, Brother Hao died, and even the young gang leader held the key, he never let us in. If you know...Uncle De and the accountant The third master should know the location of the secret room, but they have never entered it. The other three are our family members, but I have never entered it."

"Well, you are just a prostitute, I won't embarrass you. For now, find a room in the front yard to live in, and we will make plans later."

"I would like to thank Mr. Li for your support." Ye Xian'er prostrated deeply again.

But behind her respectful expression, there was this unspeakable resentment, hidden beneath her pitiful appearance.

Although Ye Xian'er is a concubine, in this three-acre land in San Francisco, North America, there is no mistress pressing down on her. She is the undisputed head of the family, and everyone must respect her.

Now that Lin Zhanyuan's property has been taken away, he is running away in panic like a bereaved dog. How can he forget the hatred of taking away his property and destroying his family?

Richard clearly felt this malice, and there was a hint of coldness in the corner of his mouth that was not easily noticed, but he said: "Don't worry too much, I will arrange it properly, you can go ahead."

After sending Ye Xianer away, Richard walked outside the house and saw Li Wu and others guarding the left and right sides of the house, so he ordered: "You guys will stay here. No one is allowed to enter without my permission. Remember, Lin Zhanyuan

There is a chance of killing someone with a carbine at any time, so keep your bullets fully loaded and be vigilant."

"Master, please leave this place to us, don't worry."

"Well, Lin Zhengde still hasn't spoken?"

"Yes, Master, but our people are now interrogating other prisoners, and we may be able to get some information."

"Okay, then I'll go take a look."

Richard nodded. There were only a few Spanish-style monasteries in this quiet little garden. Unexpectedly, there was a lot inside, and a treasure trove of astonishing wealth was hidden inside.

There were still many things to do tonight, so he strode towards the front yard without stopping.

Soon after

From the mouths of other prisoners who were tortured, we learned that in addition to making a living in brothels and gambling stalls, the Agreement Hall also owned many business titles. In addition to its establishment in San Francisco, it also had two brothels in Sacramento, with thirty or forty gunmen stationed there.

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There is a manor of thousands of hectares under the Agreement Hall called Rose Manor more than 30 kilometers away.

There is also a three-masted sailing ship in the bay. It is the large wooden ship that crossed the Pacific from the Luzon Islands to San Francisco. It is called the "Guangfu". Lin Zhanyuan came here on this ship.

Thus

There are three possible places for Lin Zhanyuan to go, one is the "Guangfu" in the bay, the other is the Rose Manor in the suburbs, and the other may be fleeing to Sacramento.

Of course, it is also possible that it is hidden in an unknown residence in San Francisco.

But this is not safe. After the Datang Society took over the territory of the Agreement Hall, no Chinese group dared to accept Lin Zhanyuan and openly confronted the Datang Society.

The above three locations are the farthest from Sacramento, tens of kilometers away from San Francisco. Without a strong horse and sufficient food, it would be difficult for Lin Zhanyuan to reach there in a short time.

Rose Manor is in a similar situation. It takes at least seven or eight hours to walk there without horses. In the wilderness of North America, groups of wolves and brown bears often appear, making it very dangerous to walk alone.

The closest one is the "Guangfu" in the bay, so Richard is going to personally lead the cavalry to capture the ship completely.

But there's no rush now

The manpower that was spilled out was cleaning up the brothels and gambling stalls, and people should be left to guard the sub-rudder compound here. Only after all the dust has settled can the next step be taken.

It was expected that Lin Zhanyuan escaped over the wall. He had no horses in his hands, and the journey to the bay was about ten kilometers. It would take more than an hour, and it would definitely not be as fast as the chasing horse team.

I waited in the lobby for about 40 minutes.

Dai Changfu and more than 20 gunmen came back with more than 40 prisoners. Needless to say, the rest of them all stayed at the prostitute village and gambling stall to keep things going.

Dai Changfu's men and Gao Shiheng's men joined together, plus Li Wu's 9-man personal guard, bringing together nearly 50 people. There were more than 70 prisoners, all of whom were locked up in a wing with their hands tied behind their backs.

"There's no need for Changfu and Liu Wu to go. They'll keep their homes here, and by the way, I'll screen out the bastards who usually do evil things and force girls into prostitution and put them in solitary confinement."

Richard gave an order, then turned to Gai Wangshan and He Daozhai and said, "You two work together to examine Lin San carefully. He is the helmsman of the North American branch of the Agreement Hall. All the properties, shops and money in the account are

This person knows all about it, and ah, bring some people to raid Brother Hao’s house for me. He must have made a lot of money in North America in the past few years, and he has to dig up three feet of the ground to raid it for me."

Speaking of which

Richard paused for a moment and looked at the gunners in the front yard who were in high spirits after fighting in the middle of the night. Now almost everyone was equipped with firearms. It was the time when the troops were strong.

He said loudly: "Brothers, now we must work together to knock the Agreement Hall to the ground. From now on, we can be proud and proud, and we can be popular and drink hot food. Everyone, tell me whether this is the truth."

"Well said, President, we all obey your orders."

"That's good, just do as I assigned you just now. Gao Shiheng will take your people and follow me."

Finished the instructions

Without further ado, Richard took the reins of the horse from his entourage and got on the horse. About twenty other people also mounted their horses and rushed out of the yard in the night, heading towards the bay.

The horses' hooves roared, galloping happily along the silent and empty streets, rumbling away like a black cloud.

The strange thing is that Sheriff John's people seemed to be invisible, and they were never seen from the beginning to the end.