Wild North America 1846

Richard's move caused an involuntary uproar among everyone present. Some people subconsciously touched their long braids, showing signs of hesitation.

You need to strike while the iron is hot, it will be difficult to do it when it is cold.

Richard motioned his four men to come over with a stern look. They had been following Richard for a long time, and they subconsciously walked over. They were about to say something...

Can't help but explain

Richard directly grabbed the braid on the back of his head and stabbed him with a knife. A cold light flashed and the thick braid was cut off.

This sudden movement frightened these people so much that they did not dare to move. The short blade was so sharp that they were afraid of cutting off their necks again, which would be a big loss.

After dealing with the four braids of his subordinates first, Richard ordered: "No one is allowed to leave here. All of them must cut off their braids for me. This is a sign of joining our Tang Association. You go and do it and remove all the braids."

Cut it for me."

"Uh... I understand, Master."

Under the intimidation of Richard's eyes, his four men were helpless. Anyway, the braids had been cut off, so they might as well break the jar!

I don’t have braids, and you don’t want to have them either!

Under this strange mentality, Dai Changfu and others drew out their short knives, grabbed the people around them and started cutting their braids.

Perhaps the deterrent effect of killing people in the street was too strong. The Chinese gold diggers who were watching basically did not put up much resistance. At most, when Dai Changfu and others came over with daggers, they quietly begged for mercy and begged to be let go.

Let you go, what should we do?

Dai Changfu and the others didn't waste any time talking. They just pulled the pigtails and chopped them off with a knife, shouting, "Brothers, don't move around, be careful of hurting yourself. I'm following the Young Master's strict order and I can't help myself!"

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"Master Dai, Master Dai... your body, hair, and skin are all the things your parents have given you. You must not..."

Not finished yet

With the flash of the knife, the braid was cut off at the back of his head, and the back of his head was so cold that the man shrank his head in fright and no longer dared to speak.

these days

Most of the people who travel across the ocean to seek gold are illiterate. What you tell them about the history of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties is all nonsense. What you say about how dignified Chinese people can't be ruled by the Qing Dynasty and how men should strengthen themselves is also nonsense.

It's almost like playing the piano to a cow.

If it weren't for three dead ghosts like Lin Ada who came to Richard's door and asked him to show his authority on the spot and want to cut off the braids of these Chinese people, I really don't know how much effort it would take.

Even if he talks badly, it probably won't work.

After the initial shock, the gold diggers who were already watching began to resist and were determined not to cut their braids.

Richard was holding a knife in his hand, and all he needed to do was throw it away with a cold look...

Okay, ok, everything is fine.

There were more than 430 people in the village, and in just a moment, the braids on the backs of everyone's heads were violently cut off. Some people held the braids in their hands and cried loudly, while many others were about to cry without tears.

"Okay, don't wail so much."

Richard roared loudly, and the crying voices of the men around him suddenly became much quieter. The shining short blade in his hand pointed to the sky and said loudly;

"Your Majesty, I, Richard, swear to the heavens that the Chinese who have cut off their pigtails are all brothers of the "Datang Society" and will never let you be bullied by ghosts. As long as you find alluvial gold, your safety will be under the control of the "Datang Society"

Taking responsibility, building a house, marrying a wife, and buying fields are all protected by the Tang Association.

Now, everyone comes with me with swords and guns, and takes these corpses with them. Let's go to Erdaoling and Sandaoling villages to attract more Chinese to join the association.

None of the Chinese who join the association have braids, so everyone will be the same and equal, do you think that’s okay?”

"Okay..." everyone replied in unison.

Many people's faces were wet with tears and runny noses. Anyway, they heard that they were going to another village to have their hair cut, so they immediately became excited and started shouting loudly.

Since I don’t have braids, why do you have braids? Don’t make fun of me, then no one else has them.

What Master Richard said makes sense, what is it called...equality.

Hundreds of people became excited, carrying knives, guns, and dragging dead people in horse-drawn carriages. This mainly served as a deterrent. You can't just kill people when you go to one place. The crowd followed Richard and others deep into the valley.

Walking in the direction of Erdaoling Village, it is full of momentum.

in grape valley

The village where Richard is located is called Toudaoling Village, followed by Erdaoling, Sandaoling, Sidaoling and Wudaoling, all separated by rolling mountains, totaling 5 villages.

Most of these five villages are dominated by Chinese residents, and there are also a small number of Mexican Indians. There are about 1,400 Chinese and about 550 Mexican Indians.

Continuing deeper into the valley, there are several indigenous Indian tribes, with a total of about three to four thousand people. They live their own lives in seclusion and rarely interact with whites and Chinese.

Only when exchanging supplies will the two parties come into contact.

The more than 400 people led by Richard were really a large formation. After arriving at Erdaoling Village, they first placed four corpses in the village, attracting young and old men to come and watch. After that, everyone started cutting their hair and acted violently.

It's direct, doesn't make sense at all, and is very efficient.

At dusk

The last village of Wudaoling also completed the feat of cutting pigtails. The crowd gathered reached thousands. Among them, more than 100 strong young men joined the "Datang Hui" armed cavalry on the spot. This was what Richard initially mastered.

the power of.

Richard took all these young men to Toudaoling Village, killed a cow and two sheep that evening, and held a grand bonfire dinner to celebrate the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone kept making noise until late at night, singing and dancing, letting off their excess energy.

The next day, bright light shone into the room through the window lattice.

After getting up from the warm bed, Richard's head felt dizzy, and he still had a little bit of alcohol left in him.

The Scotch whiskey was indeed strong enough. He deliberately stayed awake last night and patrolled the surrounding area until the end. He didn't rest until about two or three o'clock in the morning, but he was still a little drunk.

After washing myself with cold water, I felt refreshed.

The wooden house went around in a circle

In the house on the other side, the people who were on guard last night were sleeping soundly, and a dozen horses had been led away to eat fresh green grass on the nearby hillside.

The other workers, led by Dai Changfu and others, are running along the roads in the village to build up their strong bodies, which is a necessary quality for the gunmen of the Tang Dynasty.

Next step

We also need to build some stone locks, stone poles, wooden dummies and other equipment to make the training more formal.

By the way, you also need to find a good military instructor.

What Richard wants is not a group of rabble, but "Datang Society" gunners with combat effectiveness, so militarized training is the only way to go. There is nothing to say about this.

There were more than 100 people who needed to establish a stronghold. He looked up and around, his eyes fixed on the high hills on the side of the village entrance.

This gentle hill is about 130 meters high and about 70 to 80 meters away from the road at the entrance of the village. It is the only place to enter the Grape Valley. It is backed by a red oak forest and has an open terrain.

Standing at the door of the yard

Richard fell in love with this place at a glance. The first armed stronghold of the Tang Dynasty would be established here.

Although it is a little closer to the village, there are other conditions. Building an armed stronghold is not a trivial matter. At least the wall facing outside the valley entrance must be very strong. It is the strongest built with stones and can withstand artillery fire.

bombardment.

San Francisco is an important city for shipping trade on the west coast of North America. There are constant sailing ships coming and going, many of which are cargo ships coming from the Caribbean Sea of ​​Central America, and even as far away as the Luzon Islands and the northern continent of China. Muzzle-loading artillery is very common.

, with all kinds of power.

As long as you have money, you can easily buy more than 100 artillery pieces. This is really no joke.

thought about it for a while

Li realized that the project was too big and needed long-term planning.

It's urgent now

Richard glanced at Fergus's corpse outside the wooden fence. It had become stiff after a night, and the exposed hands showed purple-black patches of rigor mortis, curled up like chicken paws.

This thing can't stay here any longer, so today we will arrange to take the corpse to Fangcaodi in exchange for the bounty, and take a look to see if there are any talents to build the camp.

in this regard

The British and Spanish are both masters. They have built countless castles and fortresses around the world that have survived hundreds of years of wind and rain and are still standing at a much higher level than the Chinese.

Among other things, the Spaniards built huge domes of churches. In the era before reinforced concrete, they could build a huge semicircular dome just by building bricks one by one.

Dozens of people can stand on it without it collapsing. It relies on mechanical principles to evenly distribute the weight of the dome to the surrounding stone ring beams. Huagong cannot do this.

besides……

The three people, Lin Ada, who were shot to death in public yesterday, were members of the Chinese gang agreement hall. This Lin Ada was also a second-line incense master.

Although the body was buried, the matter was not over.

Agreement Hall is a notorious human trafficker group that sells "piglets" and "pig flowers" on a large scale between Guangdong, Guangxi and North America to make huge profits. It also opened a Chinese brothel in San Francisco to make some shady money.

In the mouths of Jianghu people, "piglets" are Chinese laborers, and "pig flowers" are mainly young women who are lured, kidnapped, and forcibly bought. Most of them are pretty and pleasant, so they are called "pig flowers."

The Agreement Hall is a Jianghu gang that specializes in this business. They traffic in a large number of women in Guangzhou for 15 taels to 20 taels of silver per woman, and then sell them to San Francisco for a maximum price of 280 US dollars. It is simply a huge profit.

According to estimates by the San Francisco Evening News, in the three years from the end of 1842 to 1845, the Agreement Hall sold a total of about 420 women, making a profit of at least 120,000 taels of silver.

Such an evil gang force will never watch one of its own being killed. If the news doesn't spread out in a day or two, it will spread out in three to five days at most.

So many people have seen it, and it can't be hidden. This is not a big trouble.

Richard is not afraid of trouble. There are more than 1,200 Chinese living in the new town of San Francisco. Most of them work in workshops, there are also a few gold diggers, and there are also some women from romantic places and caretakers.

Sooner or later, he will bring in the Chinese there.

The problem now is that he is also afraid of being shot!

A typical western cowboy duel scene involves two people standing in the street, thirty or forty meters apart from each other, and firing guns fairly to determine the winner.

In fact, in this wild and chaotic West, the vast majority of cowboys do not follow any rules, and most of them die with black guns in the back.