"Okay, now that you've promised them, what's next?" Liang Wengeng looked at the figure of the group of Indians leaving happily, and turned his face to look at Zhu Yedao. 【】

"How can you just slaughter that expedition and it's over?" The smile on Zhu Ye's face was still the same, but anyone could hear that he was definitely not joking. "Those American expeditions, phew! Probe [***] Mao, except for killing and robbing, he hasn't done anything good, and the people who helped the other two Indian tribes last time also claimed to be an expedition. ”

By this time, the guards had returned. "Lieutenant Colonel, those two guys are all recruited." The guard looked excited, and there seemed to be some blood spots on his face, and it seemed that the two American citizens had suffered a lot.

"The expedition team consisted of 700 people, including 500 newly retired regulars, or rather, soldiers who had been retired to form an expedition, and more than 200 were experts in various fields, including prospectors, biological samples, translators, and miscellaneous laborers. According to their confessions, they were divided into three teams and marched forward side by side, each team was about 200 people, and if there was something to do, they could respond to each other.

Along the way, they have destroyed several Indian tribes, looted about six hundred pounds of gold, and a large amount of furs...... Their main task was to draw maps, to find mineral and biological samples, and to find suitable places to build towns. ”

After listening to the guard's report, both of them couldn't help frowning. "Seven hundred, that's not a small number." Zhu Ye couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"What, worry about what?" However, compared to Zhu Ye's worried appearance, Liang Wengeng didn't care much, but sat back in the chair, picked up the tea and sipped it.

"I'm so worried that I won't be able to, but I didn't expect that the movements of those Americans are getting bigger and bigger, and the expedition of one or two hundred people has now reached a large team of nearly a thousand people, and it seems that the Yankees are going to speed up the pace of moving towards us." Zhu Ye sat down and took a deep breath.

"Of course, it's been two years since we've been here, and we've had a lot of Chinese on the West Coast, and we've been fighting a lot with the Western pirates and their country's expedition fleets, so it's strange if they don't react." Liang Wengeng said with a smile.

"In addition, the two Americans also explained the meeting point of their expedition and the large group, which is at the confluence of the Sacramento and Pta rivers, seventy miles southeast of the Bison Tribe." The guard then added. "We were interrogated separately, and the contrast between what the two men said fits perfectly."

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"Immediately report this to the governor and let him come back as soon as possible." Zhu Ye immediately picked up the pen on the table, quickly wrote a short letter, and handed it to the guard. "Tonight, it must be delivered to the governor."

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" The guard solemnly accepted the letter and replied with his head held high. In a short time, more than a dozen cavalry galloped out of the town with the guard, and galloped south along the brand-new avenue.

"What kind of dispute did that kid go to the south to deal with?" Liang Wengeng asked Zhu Ye with some curiosity.

"It's nothing, it's just that we are building roads, we have to pass through a group of Spanish immigrants' towns, they don't want to, they have to let our roads bypass their towns, damn, according to Lao Tzu's will, don't you have to slaughter them all, talk about bullshit!" Zhu Ye took out a pack of special military cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and lit it himself, and handed one to Liang Wengeng.

"Your pirate temper can't be changed, don't forget, we are now a regular army, not pirates, not robbers, we really have to do that, then, what is the difference between us and those Western colonists, don't forget, why those Indians trust us so much, don't poke out a big leak, when the time comes, how can you explain to Liang Shao." Liang Wengeng picked up his cigarette, rolled his eyelids, and said angrily.

Hearing Liang Wengeng's words, Zhu Ye smiled, looking like a ruffian. "I don't just talk about it, I know that ideological work is the mainstay, supplemented by violent organs, and this is the highest program for our survival and development in the New World."

"It's good to know, since the governor is out, I believe the problem should not be difficult to solve." Liang Wengeng took a deep puff of his cigarette and said lightly.

"By the way, what are the things you escorted this time, and do you have any equipment that we urgently need now?" Zhu Ye also took several puffs viciously, burning the cigarette butt red, as if he had just passed his addiction to smoking, and asked Liang Wengeng with satisfaction.

"Hey, guess what?" Liang Wengeng sneered at Zhu Ye, and his expression was obscene.

"I'll guess the feathers, say it! Lao Liang, don't sell it, didn't you send another batch of firearms this time? Zhu Ye glared and said angrily.

"Okay, I'm not going to tease you kid, I'll tell you the good news, this time I've escorted not only 15,000 immigrants, but also 5,000 Japanese laborers, and 1,000 elite soldiers. As for weapons, fifty mortars and five thousand shells, one hundred and fifty revolvers and fifteen thousand rounds of ammunition, and two thousand flintlock pistols and corresponding ammunition. ”

With Liang Wengeng's words, the joy on Zhu Ye's face became more and more, and in the end, he slapped his thigh excitedly. "Damn, it's time to send it, but it's only 5,000 shells, isn't it a little less?"

"Are you a cannonball or a cabbage?" Hearing Zhu Ye's complaint, Liang Wengeng couldn't help but widen his eyes: "If you want to be too little, give it to me, Lao Tzu is lacking this thing." ”

"Hehe, Brother Liang, who said no, five thousand is five thousand, and a cannon with a base number of shells is enough to last for a while. Well, just right, take those American expeditions to try out the new guns. Zhu Ye laughed dryly, raised his brows proudly, and when he mentioned the American expedition, there was a little more chill in the smile on his face.

"By the way, is there a grenade, why didn't you hear you say that there is a grenade?" Zhu Ye scratched his scalp before he thought of another important weapon.

"Ten thousand, but as I said above, only two thousand belong to you, and the rest are your brother and mine." Liang Wengeng looked proud. Hearing this, Zhu Ye jumped up directly: "What, only two thousand are ours, this is impossible." I said Brother Liang, do you want to embezzle our army's things? ”

"Put your dog stinky fart, do you need to swallow it privately? Look at it yourself, this is a list of arms, if it weren't for your kid's small body and not being beaten, just by what you say, Lao Tzu would have to beat you to the bottom of the sea. Liang Wengeng took out a list from his pocket, threw it on the table, and scolded viciously with a glare.

"Ah...... It's only two thousand, I'll it, I said Brother Liang, let's discuss it. Zhu Ye scratched his scalp, his eyes rolled reverently, and he squeezed to Liang Wengeng's side and sat down, with a flattering look on his face.

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"What? Want to hit Lao Tzu's idea? Do you know that you, Brother Liang, and I are specifically trying to rob people. Liang Wengeng laughed sinisterly, and the white teeth on his lips shone brightly.

"How dare I fight your idea, I mean let's discuss something, how about changing something?" Zhu Ye raised his eyebrows, looking like a real businessman.

Liang Wengeng touched his slippery chin: "What to change?" What do you kid have to trade with me? ”

"I'll take five hundred muskets for your two thousand, oh no, how about a thousand grenades?"

"You kid is a mallet when you are a stick, get away!" Liang Wengeng laughed angrily.

In the end, Zhu Ye tried his best, Liang Wengeng really couldn't stand this guy's entanglement, and finally reluctantly agreed to send this guy 1,500 grenades, however, Zhu Ye had to get him 5,000 catties of game jerky and at least 2,000 catties of fruit.

"I really want to kiss you." Zhu Ye stretched out his hand and invited Liang Wengeng's shoulder, and said very affectionately. "Brother's great grace, the younger brother has received it."

"Lao Tzu wants to beat you!" Seeing that disgusting face, Liang Wengeng rolled his eyes and said viciously.

The sun was shining brightly, and the delta at the confluence of the Sacramento and Pta rivers, seventy miles southeast of the Bison Tribe, was a fertile and fertile land, lush green, all over the delta, and on the banks of the river, some animals were drinking water by the river, jumping and playing happily.

"It's beautiful here." Jordan, a veteran major, who was standing next to the temporary camp surrounded by horse-drawn carriages, leaned against a tall boulder sticking out of the ground, took out the small wine bottle hidden in his pocket, took a sip of the strong and mellow whiskey, and sighed.

"It's a great place to build a city, this wide valley, big enough for a town of hundreds of thousands of people, and the plain across the riverbank, you see, I don't think it's a problem to even double the population." Beside him, a middle-aged man with eyes was also sighing. His name was James, and he was a construction engineer who joined the expedition because he had been tasked with following it to the West Coast in search of suitable locations for the city to be used to develop the western part of the New World with the American Axe.

From head to toe in this emerging country, every citizen is full of vitality, and they are eager to obtain a broader space for development, more minerals and products, so that the country can attract more immigrants, so that the country's strength can grow rapidly.

It was with this goal and hope in mind that James decided to follow the expedition, and after several months of trekking, he finally reached the west coast, and was overjoyed by the thought that he had found six or seven places suitable for the construction of large towns, and that if these places were connected by great roads, the influence of the United States of America would stretch across the whole New World.

(To be continued)