Chapter 406: The Lost Lamb (Medium)
Chu Tianjiang kept the ten young girls, but instead of making them maids, he hired them to do housekeeping services.
After taking care of the matter, Connie left happily, leaving the clothes that Clara had bought for the five of them and giving them to her ten little sisters.
There are ten more members in the family at once, and Chu Tianjiang is a little big.
Clara was very happy, probably when Chu Tianjiang was away, someone would chat with her to relieve her boredom, and she used to live this kind of life in Moscow.
Seeing Clara ask them about what they were good at one by one, and then arrange their daily affairs, Chu Tianjiang suddenly figured it out. In this class society that has formed a strict hierarchy, with his current status, he also has a delicate wife and a group of close-knit female subordinates, and only a few male entourages are obviously not enough, and without a large group of maids, he can't go anywhere.
You must know that the head of a caravan like Stewart has dozens of maids around him.
With Chu Tianjiang's current identity and status, let alone ten, even if it is a hundred, no one will think that it is much, and all of them must be young and beautiful.
Otherwise, he will seem out of place in this society.
It's just that I'm afraid that the only one who is willing to accept these ten girls is Clara.
It wasn't until Clara arranged a room for them that Chu Tianjiang left the hall. As soon as I came to the bedroom on the second floor, I was surrounded by Rachel taking the lead.
"Who are they?"
"What happened to the freedmen who had just been freed?"
"Why are we in our house?"
"They're here to take care of us, and Jimmy's little ghosts."
"Need to stay at home?"
"Grandma, I'm already very annoyed, can you not mention this?"
"Of course! Under the same roof, if you become a thief one day...... And I look at those hooves, one by one, eager to climb onto your bed. Do you think we don't know what you're thinking? Rachel grabbed the collar of Chu Tianjiang's clothes. Don't forget, my mother told you. β
Chu Tianjiang sighed and said, "Of course I can't forget, they are just here to take care of our daily life. If you don't believe me, I'm going to blast them out of the way now, and let them roll away, and never see them again, and I don't care if they live or die. β
Rachel was stunned for a moment and said, "Well, it's not necessary, in fact, they are quite pitiful." Of course, you have to swear by it. β
"Swear?"
"You know the content of the oath."
"Okay, I swear. They are just here to take care of our daily life, I don't have any thoughts about them, and I will never marry them. β
"Okay, that's good, it's our good man."
Chu Tianjiang rolled his eyes and said, "You go to Andre and ask where Wild Rose lives." β
"Go to her tonight?"
"I'm going alone, you have to stay here."
"For what?"
"Because there's one more important thing for you to do."
"What?"
"Dispose of the guns we bought back from Salt Lake City. The best parts are disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled, and if there are damaged parts, they are removed from the worst quality parts and replaced. Tomorrow morning, I'll check your work, and one by one. β
Rachel was stunned for a moment, then her mouth curled.
"Of course, I will reward you for doing this well."
"Reward what?"
"How about taking you to Denver, and just the seven of you, and maybe staying there for a few days?"
Rachel immediately laughed. "That's what you said, just seven of us, no Clara, no Andrea."
"Of course."
"Not to kill people and set fires, but to play?"
"Half each, how's that?"
Rachel rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, but we'll have to wait until we've had enough of it before we do anything else." β
"I can agree, but that will depend on the circumstances, okay?"
"No problem, we'll trust you once."
"By the way, if Connie still has the spirit, let them help, and by the way, let them know more about firearms, which will help them in the future."
Rachel nodded, and called Nichole and them away.
A short time later, Rachel returned alone and repeated what AndrΓ© had told her.
It had been three hours since nightfall, and there were still eight hours to go before dawn, and Chu Tianjiang did not delay any longer. With the necessary equipment, Chu Tianjiang quietly left the courtyard in a state of stealth.
According to Andre's description, it only took an hour for Chu Tianjiang to find a hidden manor hidden in a river valley northwest of Lakewood. The valley is not very large, and it is far from the road, there is not even a path, and the location is very private, and in a slit, next to the cliffs on both sides, the manor in the style of a Chinese Taoist temple is even more secluded. At least, it is not visible at all from the air. Even when you enter the valley, there is often a lot of fog, so you should only see it when the weather is good.
The manor is exposed only by a corridor connecting the cliffs on both sides, and a terrace on the west side of the corridor.
It's not hard to find the manor, but it's not so easy to get in.
On the east side of the corridor is the gate of the manor, which looks like a sturdy wooden door, but inside is a whole piece of steel, and the two door panels are very tightly occluded. Chu Tianjiang also found that there were several very well-hidden lookout posts nearby, and there were guards on duty inside.
Obviously, the main body of the estate is inside the cliff.
Since it is an underground building, there must be ventilation openings.
Chu Tianjiang carefully searched the cliffs on both sides, especially the cliffs on the east side, but found no vents, and there were no vents under the cliffs.
Isn't there a vent!?
Chu Tianjiang was a little surprised, but it was not impossible. If there are not many people on the estate and there is an adequate supply of electricity, the vents can be replaced with electrical equipment that produces oxygen. As far as Chu Tianjiang knows, this is the case with a small strategic command center in China.
In other words, it is very likely that this is a fully enclosed underground manor.
If that is the case, there is a secret hidden in the estate, and it must be directly related to the Asian American group.
Thinking of this, Chu Tianjiang was even more curious.
What's the secret?
Chu Tianjiang's first thought was the energy source, but he didn't feel the existence of the energy body, so he felt that this situation was unlikely.
Curiosity drove Chu Tianjiang to search carefully again.
This time, he also turned over some rocks that didn't look so natural, and even some trees that looked tall and might have been designed as vents.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
Because the gate of the manor has never been opened, and no one is moving outside, Chu Tianjiang feels that he may not be able to enter the manor if he waits. Besides, even if you get in, how can you sneak out quietly? If the gate of the manor is kept closed, won't you be trapped inside?
When Chu Tianjiang returned to Lakewood, Nichole and the others were working hard, and they also mobilized Connie and other fifty women who joined the first batch of the legion.
Obviously, Connie and the others were all tired, but they just kept holding on.
"Connie, go back to sleep."
"It's okay, we're not sleepy." Connie is tough, and she's always looked after Nicol and the others.
"I'm not sleepy, I can't even open my eyes." Chu Tianjiang sighed secretly, and said, "Okay, don't hold on, there are still many things to do tomorrow." β
As soon as Chu Tianjiang said this, Connie left the basement with the other legion members.
"Husband, we're sleepy too!"
"Don't lie to me, do you want to go to Denver?" Chu Tianjiang glared at Rachel and said, "Also, after this batch of goods is done, we can go to Houston." β
"You're taking us to Houston?"
"Of course, who else can I take without you? Only, I promised Stuart that I would let him return to Houston with half of the arms. Besides, the purpose of our visit to Houston is to win over the Houston Chamber of Commerce, so we can't go empty-handed, and these are the gifts to the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "As for when to go to Houston, it depends on when you can prepare the greeting gift." β
"When you get to Houston, how about taking us out to sea?"
"Houston is a port city?"
"Of course, it used to be one of the largest port cities on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, with the largest liquid cargo terminal in the United States, as well as a dedicated marina."
"After the catastrophe, there are still yachts?"
"The impact point is in the Pacific Ocean, but not in the Atlantic, halfway around the world."
Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you work hard." When I get to Houston, I'll look for an opportunity to take you out to sea, but it depends on the actual situation. β
"I don't care, anyway, when we get to Houston, you have to take us to the sea, or you go to Houston by yourself, and we stay here with Clara."
"She's going too."
"Then stay with Connie and them."
"Sure, they're going too."
Rachel grinned and said, "I don't care so much, if you don't agree, you can do it yourself, anyway, we're going to sleep." β
Chu Tianjiang shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, I promise, auntie!" β
"That's good."
"Alright, don't waste time." Chu Tianjiang's hands have not been idle, and while chatting, he has already cleaned and assembled several carbines. "Within three days, if we can get the job done, we'll leave Lakewood and go to Denver for a walk. When the time comes, if Wild Rose still won't see us, I'll take you to Houston and have Stuart introduce us to the Houston Chamber of Commerce. β
"Really?"
"Of course, you think I'm joking? It's just, you can only do it at night, you accompany Clara during the day, and it doesn't matter if you don't sleep for a few days anyway, right? β
Now, Rachel and the others are also motivated.
For Chu Tianjiang and the eight of them, dismantling, cleaning and assembling the guns couldn't be easier, because they didn't need to use tools at all, they didn't even need rags, the only thing they needed was some lubricating oil, and everything else could be done with energy bodies.