At noon, the three brothers, Stuart and Andre, returned to the estate with their harvest.

Since Stewart was still the largest buyer, and had once again settled the full payment with high-quality diamonds, the exchange arranged for a convoy to escort them back to the estate, as they had done yesterday. With the support of the Las Vegas white group, no one dared to attack the escort of the trading floor.

Over lunch, Stewart talked about a few things.

For example, the blood diamond he used to pay for yesterday was bought by a powerful person at a diamond auction in the morning, which was twice as high. Stewart sighed very much, thinking that he had suffered a big loss and suffered a heavy loss, but Chu Tianjiang felt that it was no big deal.

In the afternoon, Stewart went to the city.

Although the guards have been hired, there are still many things that have not been arranged, such as the purchase of vehicles, fuel, food, etc. In addition, Stewart also made an appointment with two reseller merchants who had purchased a large number of slaves in advance, and negotiated with them about the purchase of slaves.

For the sake of safety, Chu Tianjiang still let the three Andre brothers follow Stewart.

Chu Tianjiang was not afraid that the diamond that Stewart was carrying would be snatched away, but that he was worried about Stewart himself, because in the caravan, there was no one to replace Stewart. Besides, Chu Tianjiang still has to let Stewart return to Houston and establish a relationship with the Houston Chamber of Commerce through him.

After Clara went to take a nap, Chu Tianjiang gathered all the free mercenaries.

Because of the limited time, Chu Tianjiang decided to find out the details of these people in the easiest way, especially their expertise and special abilities.

The first is a physical fitness test.

The manor was big enough, but the time was limited, and Chu Tianjiang put everyone on their backs with eighty kilograms. In order to convince these guys, Chu Tianjiang carried a hundred kilograms of weight on his back and followed them for a long-distance run around the manor, constantly going back and forth in the queue.

In less than two hours, the fitness test ended.

At the end of the day, there were only seven free mercenaries, more than half of whom did not hold out for even an hour, and less than thirty of them who held out for an hour and a half.

This was followed by a martial arts ability assessment.

In order to save time and establish prestige for others, Chu Tianjiang mobilized Nicol and the others, and also let five free mercenaries go together. According to the rules set by Chu Tianjiang, among the five people, as long as one person persists to ten moves, he is considered excellent.

It is a pity that out of more than three hundred freelance mercenaries, only four groups of twenty people meet this standard.

The last was a shooting assessment outside the manor.

Chu Tianjiang asked the Fukushima brothers to set up targets of 200 meters, 400 meters, 600 meters, and 1,000 meters, and allowed free mercenaries to use their own weapons, or select suitable weapons from the caravan's arsenal, and then select targets according to the type of firearms used, that is, four targets from near and far, corresponding to submachine guns, carbines, machine guns, and sniper rifles. Because they all use human head targets, Chu Tianjiang has set a relatively relaxed standard, and out of ten bullets, as long as there are eight bullets on the trigger, it is considered excellent.

Comparatively speaking, these freelance mercenaries have much better marksmanship than physical and combat abilities.

It's just that there are still less than 50 people who have reached the excellent standard, most of them are between qualified and excellent, and nearly 100 people are unqualified.

After the three assessments, Chu Tianjiang had a basic understanding of the personal abilities of these free mercenaries.

Subsequently, Chu Tianjiang arranged a position for them.

Of the three hundred and seventy-eight freelance mercenaries, fifty-eight were women. Although they were all members of a certain team, Chu Tianjiang listed them separately and formed a squadron, and their task was to take care of, assist, and protect the other female members of the caravan. Obviously, this is a relatively easy position, not much of a danger, and most female freelance mercenaries are happy to do so.

The remaining 320 free mercenaries were organized into four 80-man squadrons by Chu Tianjiang, and each squadron had eight ten-man squadrons under its jurisdiction. Because many freelance mercenaries have their own teams, Chu Tianjiang tries his best to organize these teams into a team. It's just that in the selection of the squad leader, Chu Tianjiang is very cautious, and arranges free mercenaries who are not so outstanding, but more obedient. As for the candidate for squadron leader, Chu Tianjiang was ready to let Andre's two younger brothers and the Fukushima brothers take the positions, so he did not make arrangements immediately.

Subsequently, Chu Tianjiang let these free mercenaries taste a little sweetness.

That is, they can exchange their guns for the guns of the caravan, and for free.

Chu Tianjiang had long noticed that except for a few free mercenaries, the guns of the other free mercenaries were all dilapidated, and some could not even be used normally. Although guns are the second life of a soldier, and free mercenaries are no exception, there are very few free mercenaries who really know guns, and even fewer who have the ability to maintain firearms, and free mercenaries have few opportunities to use guns in the first place.

What's more, a firearm in good condition, especially a precision firearm, is very valuable.

For example, an M4 carbine equipped with a Picatinny rail and an optical sight is worth around 2,000 ounces of gold if it is in good condition. For example, a fully equipped and in good condition Remington 700 sniper rifle has a market price of more than 5,000 ounces of gold.

Some "heavy weapons" are even more expensive.

For example, a fully equipped and well-conditioned M249 light machine gun can sell for 10,000 ounces of gold, while an M240 general-purpose machine gun can sell for 20,000 ounces of gold. If it is a relatively rare firearm, such as the M200 sniper rifle, the market value is difficult to estimate.

For the vast majority of freelance mercenaries, there simply would not be enough money to buy these precision firearms.

You must know that the basic commission from Las Vegas to Denver is 100 ounces of gold, and Chu Tianjiang opened 200 ounces of gold, even if the full bonus is added, it is only enough to buy an M4 carbine, and it takes ten runs of such a business, and it is an employer like Chu Tianjiang who is not bad for money to buy an M240 general-purpose machine gun. If you meet other employers, I'm afraid a hundred times is not enough.

Freelance mercenaries who can run ten business runs alive are already rare, let alone a hundred.

Obviously, when he was in the town, Stewart took a fancy to Chu Tianjiang's group of "free mercenaries", which was directly related to the sophisticated equipment they carried. At that time, the guns carried by the twelve of them in Chu Tianjiang were worth at least 50,000 ounces of gold, which was equivalent to 25,000 times the commission offered by Stewart.

After the guns were allocated, Chu Tianjiang asked the free mercenaries to set up tents in the manor.

Although there were enough houses in the manor, and there were hundreds of rooms in the villa, Chu Tianjiang had no intention of letting these guys live in it.

It's not that Chu Tianjiang looks down on them, but he thinks that they are soldiers, so they should look like soldiers.

This, of course, is also related to the traditions of the Chinese army.

Although some free mercenaries were dissatisfied with this, when they thought of Chu Tianjiang's ruthless methods, they were only dissatisfied.

Besides, living in a tent is not much different from living in a house, and Chu Tianjiang did not withhold food.

After all this, it was already evening.

Before dark, the three brothers Stuart and Andre rushed back.

Because of the increase in personnel and the mixing of men and women, the deacon of the caravan set up four dining areas on the lawn outside the villa according to Chu Tianjiang's instructions. Chu Tianjiang and the deacons of the caravan occupied a dining area, the other personnel in the caravan, mainly the maids, occupied a dining area, the purchased slaves occupied a dining area, and the hired guards occupied a dining area.

Although the Fukushima brothers have not yet been officially accepted, Chu Tianjiang also let them have dinner together.

Of course, Jimmy and the other six imps must be with Chu Tianjiang and them.

Before dinner, Chu Tianjiang called the three Andre brothers and the Fukushima brothers over, and arranged for the other four people besides Andre to work, that is, they were the squadron leaders of the four squadrons, and Andre was responsible for taking care of the squadron composed entirely of female free mercenaries. Subsequently, Chu Tianjiang arranged work for them, that is, four squadrons had to take turns to carry out guard duties at night and during the day, each shift lasted eight hours, and the extra squadron was responsible for accompanying Stewart to deal with various affairs outside the manor.

Although Chu Tianjiang did not command large-scale operations when he served in the Tiger Brigade, as a middle-level officer, he knew how to control and command the army. Every member of the LTTE is required to go to a military academy for more than half a year of professional study before being promoted to a mid-level officer.

By the time Chu Tianjiang had arranged these things, dinner would be ready.

Undoubtedly, the dinner prepared for them was the most sumptuous.

Regardless of whether Chu Tianjiang is willing to engage in a class system or not, in this world, the concept of class is extremely clear, and the class hierarchy itself is a tool for maintaining authority.

Clara's appetite is still not good, but she still forces herself to eat quite a bit. The main thing is that in the afternoon, when Chu Tianjiang was assessing those free mercenaries, Nicol and the others went far away and picked a lot of vitamin-rich wild fruits for Clara. They heard from a maid who had given birth that pregnant women should eat more vitamin-rich fruits. Nichol and the others are so attentive, even if Clara has a bad appetite, she can't thank them for their kindness, so she can only eat as much as she can.

Nicol: They were excited, and they kept chattering.

Chu Tianjiang knew what they were talking about, but he deliberately pretended not to hear it, and he didn't provoke them.

Stewart looked preoccupied, still thinking about it while eating, and seemed to have encountered some trouble, but it was not good to say it in front of so many people. Chu Tianjiang didn't rush to ask, because he didn't want others, especially Clara, to worry about the caravan's affairs.