Wild North America 1846

american riverside

On April 8th, a week had passed since the burning of Hewan Village. On the site of the ruins, a larger camp was erected, covering an area of ​​12 acres. It was the original site of Hewan Village.

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The American River Gold Mining Company mobilized more than 2,000 gold prospectors and hundreds of soldiers, and it took a week to build it. It was named "Upper River Bend Village".

Now only the village wall has been built, the ground is being cleaned and compacted, and roads, commercial areas, town offices, security offices, post offices, gold mining companies and residential areas are being laid out with lime. Most of them are neatly arranged tents.

The first construction area was the commercial area, and the unified construction was a two-story wooden building. Drawing on the lessons learned from the previous Hewan Village that was burned to ashes by a fire, the planned village and town buildings are mainly in the shape of "Hui" and are composed of 12 to 16 houses.

Fire exits spaced 5 meters apart also serve as village roads.

The advantage of this is that once a fire breaks out, it will affect at most 1 to 2 "hui"-shaped HDB flats, instead of burning down the entire village, causing heavy and irreparable losses.

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Richard hated the unhygienic situation of open defecation and personally presided over the planning of more than a dozen public toilets in villages and towns. Open defecation was strictly prohibited and violators were severely punished.

He plans to arrange for someone to clean up the excrement of cattle and horses on the street next. If conditions permit, he will build a special livestock pen next to Shanghewan Village, adopt a paid storage method, and prohibit cattle carts and horse-drawn carriages from entering the village, so as to completely improve the poor sanitary situation.

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Nowadays, housing construction is in full swing. All the Chinese gunmen of the Tang Dynasty and the armed personnel of Fangcaodi are entitled to receive a piece of homestead for free in the newly built villages and towns for the construction of their own houses.

The homestead is given to you, but it is up to you whether and when to build it. If you do not build a house within three years, the American River Gold Mining Company will take it back for free and use it for other purposes.

This is Richard's move to win people's hearts. As long as you follow him, you will be rewarded in life-and-death battles, you can also get shares and homesteads in gold mining companies, and you will have various privileges near America.

In this hellish place of San Francisco, everything is expensive, especially labor.

But the Chinese gunmen of the Datang Society came up with a good idea, which is to build houses through mutual assistance, which can greatly save costs.

What is mutual aid housing?

According to the establishment of the armed cavalry and musketry teams of the Tang Dynasty, there are 10 people in each team. A squad leader and a deputy squad leader are appointed to take command. The whole team has a total of 12 people. They usually eat, sleep and train together, and the allocated homesteads are also

Together, they are basically a "hui"-shaped group.

Most of these Chinese are skilled carpenters and masons. It is not difficult to build a house together. It takes more than a month.

I have to admire how smart these overseas Chinese are. They quickly spontaneously formed a team-based "housing cooperation group".

More than two dozen "housing cooperation groups" worked together, and with the recruitment of laborers to build the commercial street owned by the American River Gold Mining Company, dozens of houses in Shanghewan Village were erected at the same time, and the construction boom was in full swing.

It won't take long

A brand-new new village will stand beside the American River and become the federation's base camp to control the situation in the region. It will bring together gold diggers and provide one-stop services for food, drink, entertainment, wine, women, and gourmet food. It will also provide gold exchange and storage services.

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This is a bank privately established by Richard. Its full name is "San Fernandez Redwood Bank", which means that the bank thrives like a North American redwood tree and grows into a lush forest.

The bank accepts gold diggers' gold deposit services and exchange bill services, mainly relying on a type of securities called "Sequoia Bank Gold Notes."

There are four types of gold tickets: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars and ten dollars. Their value is equivalent to securities issued by other insurance companies in the United States. They are guaranteed by the American River Gold Rush Company and used to exchange for gold sand in the hands of gold diggers.

Sequoia Bank is the only employer that builds solid stone buildings in the entire village and town. At Richard's request, in the future, the salaries of members of the federation will all be paid with Sequoia Bank gold tickets, and they will be paid at the Fangcaodi and Lobby Club offices.

Commonly used in grocery stores and other business establishments, including protected brothels, brothels, restaurants, etc.

Richard attempted to amass a large amount of wealth through this move and lay a solid economic foundation for the next step of military expansion.

In April, the American riverside was crowded with people. More and more gold prospectors came from new towns and other areas. The total number was close to 20,000, forming a raging gold rush.

after the situation calms down

Shanghewan Village has also ushered in a new round of recovery. A large number of white gold diggers, Chinese gold diggers and Mexican gold diggers have poured into the village, shopping crazily in tent shops, drinking in tent taverns and wandering around in tent prostitutes.

Here to have fun.

Due to the poor conditions, only a curtain can be hung to separate the tents and brothels, and there are no beds.

Some straw was spread on the ground, a mat was thrown on it, and the woman began to receive guests.

Such simple conditions still cannot stop the enthusiasm of gold diggers. The price of 10 US dollars per trip has climbed to 15 US dollars. There are still a large number of men waiting outside the tents, and the business is booming.

Acai, the brothel owner who brought girls from Xinshi Town to do business, invented a new business, which is to watch women standing on the table and posing for 15 minutes, and they are allowed to look and not touch, for 2 dollars each time.

In a large tent, 30 guests can come in at a time, and they can charge 60 US dollars for 15 minutes. There are many hungry men waiting in line outside, and their hands are weak when they really take the money.

In just one day, I made more than 1,600 US dollars.

Now the Federation has customized two kinds of badges. One is the Federation's military personnel badge, which represents the status of armed personnel from the Tang Association or Fangcaidu and has the right to maintain the security of American River, Fangcaidu, Grape Valley and even New Town.

Capture lawless elements, fight against dissident forces, and eliminate gangsters wandering in the wilderness.

One is the American River Gold Co. badge. Those who wear this badge are law enforcement officers of the American River Gold Co., who play the role of police, tax officer, and civil dispute mediator in this gold-rich watershed.

The people who maintain public security in Shanghewan Village are the personnel of the gold mining company. They patrol back and forth in full gear every day to ensure that these gold diggers behave in a safe and orderly manner.

About 20 kilometers downstream of Shanghewan Village, a camp of the same size was also established and was named "Xiahewan Village".

Lower River Bay Village is larger in scale, with an area of ​​15 acres. It is located on the high ground next to the river beach. The current construction progress is similar to that of Upper River Bay Village, which is also in the early stages.

With these two villages and towns as the core, and covering more than 80 kilometers of rivers upstream and downstream, it is the area with the richest gold reserves in the entire American River, accounting for more than three-quarters of the total gold sand output.

The American River Gold Mining Company has set up checkpoints at both ends of the more than 80 kilometers of river. According to Richard;

This is a strictly controlled area. If you want to pan for gold here, you must abide by the rules of the gold panning company.

What are the rules?

Free gold diggers who enter the area must pay a regular fee, calculated on a monthly basis, and need to pay 2 ounces of gold, which is called a "mineral resource tax."

Generally speaking

In the American River region, which is rich in gold ore resources, ordinary people can easily pan for 1 to 2 ounces of gold every day, which is average.

It is possible for someone with good luck to find dozens or hundreds of ounces of gold in a day, but this is not common.

Therefore, the mineral resource tax of 2 ounces of gold per month is not high, and credit is allowed in the first month and will be paid on the first day of the second month, but you will have to pay an extra ounce of gold as a late payment fee for two months.

The tax plus late payment fee is 5 ounces of gold.

Taking advantage of the reputation of having just suppressed the Alexander-Madison gang, the Federation swept across the entire American River Basin within a week, cleaning up more than a dozen disobedient small groups, and then implemented this policy.

Gold prospectors outside the strict control zone only need to pay a "mineral resource tax" of one ounce of gold per month, with the fee halved.

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The American River Gold Mining Company is responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the gold river, combating robberies and other illegal activities, in order to completely rectify the chaos within the gold mining area and embark on the path of orderly mining development.

From the "mineral resource tax" alone, it is estimated that the annual income will reach 350,000 to 380,000 ounces of gold.

And near Shanghewan Village

Three tall waterwheel-style buildings have been erected, which are the waterwheel-style gold mining troughs under construction. Seven more will be built continuously along the dozens of kilometers of river bends rich in gold sand, from Shanghewan Village to Xiahe.

Bay Village, this is the main business of the American River Gold Rush Company.

"Kahn, I have given you three more days to consider and have shown enough sincerity. I am waiting for your answer if you are willing to join the Tang Association."

Wearing a light-colored cowboy hat and a plaid scarf around his neck, Richard walked up to Old Kahn who was standing by the river. He looked at the green jungle and the towering Sierra Nevada Mountains in the distance, speaking in a relaxed tone.

Said slowly.

Standing next to him was the tall and burly old Kahn, with thick hair like a lion. He was about the same height as Richard, but half as wide vertically and horizontally, and his chest was as thick as a hill.

Old Kahn turned to look at Richard. There was nothing unusual about his young face. His brows had already furrowed into the character "Chuan" and he said angrily;

"God, can't you make the Kahn family quiet? As long as we find enough gold, we will leave here, maybe buy a large piece of land next to the Rose Manor, and live a peaceful life without any worries in the world."

"Kahn, you may not know that a war is about to break out between the United States and Mexico. Who will you choose to help when the time comes?"

"I would not choose anyone. When I came here all the way from Texas with my family, the Republic of Texas had not yet been established. I have no good feelings towards the United States and Mexico. It is none of my business if they go to war.

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"The Union's goal is to form an independent republic in California. Will you join in, man?"

"I don't want to help anyone. I just want to stay quietly. Please don't disturb the Kahn family anymore. Is this small request too much?"

"Haha..." Richard looked at the frightened birds flying in the distance and suddenly smiled meaningfully. A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "There is an old saying in the East: How can you allow others to sleep soundly beside the bed? Kahn

If your family does not join the Tang Association, then what are the intentions of the forty-odd white gunmen you have gathered secretly? Are they planning to play house? Kahn, I have given you the opportunity. I hope you will not make the same mistake again and again.

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Talking room

Richard's body revealed a strong aura, and heavy pressure gathered on Old Kahn's body. This was the murderous aura caused by killing hundreds of people, and the pressure made Old Kahn feel breathless.

Who goes and who follows affects the fortunes and lives of more than a dozen of the Kahn family's nephews and more than 30 relatives and friends. Once you bow your head and join the Datang Society, it will be even more difficult to get out.

How can the eagle of freedom be willing to be trapped on a certain mountain? This decision is not easy to make!