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June 28, 1875, St. Louis, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Founded in 1764, this large city in eastern Mississippi has a history of 111 years, which is very old for the United States, a country that was founded less than 100 years ago. The city of St. Louis experienced a rapid boom in the decade or so following the First American War. Because the Pacific Railway connecting Donghua meets the Mississippi River here, it has become a key thoroughfare of various states similar to the three towns of Wuhan in the Ming Dynasty. Timber, furs, porcelain, silk, gold, silver, copper, and other precious metals were transported by rail, and cotton from the Confederate States of America was transported by rail to Donghua, either to supply Donghua's textile mills, or to be exported through San Francisco and Los Angeles. At the same time, many Chinese businessmen and workers also poured into St. Louis, using their hard work to continuously build this city belonging to the Union State, just like the Chinese people in another time and space, they are the most diligent and thrifty laborers.

The difference is that most of the Chinese who emigrated from Donghua carried guns! The national emblem of the Donghua Kingdom is a combination of a gun, a sickle, a hammer and a crown. According to the Constitution of Donghua, it is the unshirkable obligation of every Donghua citizen to learn to use and own firearms.

In addition, according to Donghua's law, adults (16 years old) who do not know how to use a firearm cannot obtain citizenship, cannot receive land under the Homestead Law, cannot apply for a passport, cannot go to university, cannot register a marriage, or even buy a train or ferry ticket to leave Donghua. In a word. It's just that there are guns all over the world. It's hard to move without a gun.

And with guns. The Chinese who are also proficient in using it are naturally prone to conflict with others. In fact, not only in the Confederate States of America, but also in all Chinese areas in the world outside the Ming Empire, there will often be conflicts between the Chinese and other local ethnic groups.

However, large-scale anti-Chinese incidents do not occur very often. Only in the land of the Indochina Federation, which was openly opposed to the Ming Dynasty, there was one large-scale anti-Chinese incident - and of course, unlike the anti-Chinese in another time and space, not the massacre of unarmed Chinese, but the siege of the large estate of the United Rubber Company by an indigenous mob. Engaged in a bloody battle with the guards of the United Rubber Company, and rows of them were shot by machine guns! Then the Ming army sent troops to protect overseas Chinese, indiscriminately killing and retaliating. One massacre after another was fought until the British army was heavily fortified outside the fortified area of Singapore (not just Singapore Island, but a large area including Johor, Uludinam, Kulai and Kota Tinggi).

This incident took place in December 1868, which was dubbed the "Malayan Atrocity" by Westerners, and almost triggered a war between China and Britain. In the end, under the mediation of Napoleon III and Mathilde I, the Indochina Federation sent the prince to apologize, pay 20 million Chinese yuan, and hand over 10,000 Chinese culprits (all executed by the Ming army) in exchange for the withdrawal of the Ming army. According to statistics released by the British, more than 300,000 people died in the atrocities, 99% of whom were indigenous to the South Seas. After that, in an uproar of world public opinion. Zhang Jiaxiang, who commanded the army to invade the Malay Peninsula and kill people, was promoted to marshal and was awarded the title of duke, and thousands of officers were promoted to knighthood because of their meritorious service in killing!

For the next 7 years. Not even a small period of exclusion has ever happened on this planet.

However, after the Socialist Workers' Party of America won the election of the American Empire. All the Chinese on the land of the Confederate States of America have been officially notified by the embassies and consulates of the Ming Empire and the Donghua Kingdom: a large-scale anti-Chinese incident is very likely to occur! It is strongly recommended to evacuate the states east of the Mississippi River.

Chinese in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, west of the Mississippi River, were advised to "live in a concentrated manner" and "stay vigilant," although they were not advised to evacuate. Three states, Nebraska, Kansas and the newly formed Oklahoma (formerly an Indian reservation), were not warned because they were not white-majority.

St. Louis, Mississippi, is in an area where Chinese people need to "live in a concentrated area" and be "vigilant at all times."

In the northwest corner of the city, a street is divided in two by wooden fence shelves. White cops or active Ku Klux Klan members don't go that way.

Because the other end of the wooden fence is Chinatown. The Chinese living in St. Louis and those who had retreated east of the Mississippi River were concentrated in this area, which covers an area of about 3 square kilometers. It's right next to the train station and next to the Missouri River. However, it can be retreated or defended, and there are several warehouses where food is stored in the Chinatown area, so it is enough to supply more than 20,000 Chinese people for a period of time. So in addition to the urgent things that must not be missed. The Chinese gathered here will never leave Chinatown. The Chinese are a minority in St. Louis, accounting for only 10% of the total population. Nearly 200,000 Americans who dislike the Chinese live in St. Louis, where Ku Klux Klan activity is rampant! Who wants to go out and ask for trouble?

The Chinese here are just waiting for instructions and arrangements for further evacuation.

But they weren't unarmed sheep, as barricades had been erected behind wooden fence shelves, old Jason 1862 machine guns (similar to Gatling guns), and in some important places old 12-pounder Napoleonic guns!

The young people of the diaspora took up arms, usually the Jason Model 1859 rifle, but some were armed with newer Jason Model 1873 rifles. The 1873 rifle is the latest standard weapon of the Ming Army and the Donghua Army, with a caliber of 7.92 mm, firing smokeless powder gun bullets, with a single row of vertical box magazines, and a capacity of 5 rounds. Definitely a powerful rifle! The only downside is that the recoil is somewhat high.

However, for a young man like Sun Mei who has been a 12-month-old soldier in the Donghua Army, there is no difficulty in using it. And for Bai Siwen, an old fat man who relied on bribery and cheating to get a gun license, there is really no difference between this rifle and a burning stick.

In a mansion in the heart of St. Louis' Chinatown, Big White, who was stranded trying to liaise with the Socialist Workers of America on behalf of Jujuan, is learning how to use a rifle in a hurry.

"Master, this is the bolt, this is the bullet, the bullet is loaded like this......" Sun Mei was sweating profusely and teaching Bai Siwen, who was trembling with fat all over his body, to knock on the door of shooting. But Bai Siwen was in a hurry and couldn't learn anything, so Guan Yuanbao, who was watching on the side, also shook his head - Guan Yuanbao immigrated to Donghua from the Western Qing Dynasty.

When he was in the Western Qing Dynasty, he had already paid homage to the Minister of the Guard, and he was regarded as Ye Lan'er's confidant. But I really can't get used to Ye Lan'er's lowly attitude of calling herself Emperor Zhu's slave and maid. After a few words of persuasion, he was dismissed from his errand. In a fit of anger, he simply took the wealth he had looted for many years and crossed the sea to Donghua to join Bai Siwen. And he didn't want to stay in Jujuan's Donghua. simply moved to St. Louis to start trading agricultural products, but I didn't expect to be involved in this turmoil.

Just when he was about to open his mouth to persuade Bai Siwen to spend that effort and stay from house to house. I faintly heard a few gunshots! Then there's the sound of something falling on the ground.

"Hit hit...... Got up? The rifle in Bai Swen's hand had fallen to the ground, and the old fat man's face turned green with fright. In addition to regretting in his heart, he cursed his cheap son-in-law Jujuan in a circle.

"It's okay, it's okay." Guan Yuanbao is an old man in the Western Qing Dynasty, and he still has this experience, "It should be a warning shot, maybe someone wants to get closer." ”

"Someone...... It must be the Ku Klux Klan! "Bai Siwen regrets it, you must know that things have developed to such a point, he will not listen to Juan's arrangement when he says anything.

"Lin'er, go see what's going on." Guan Yuanbao commanded a girl with a high nose, white skin, and slightly sunken eyes standing beside him. This girl's name is Guan Lin'er, she is eighteen years old this year, and she was born to a woman of local Turkic descent whom Guan Yuanbao married in the Western Qing Dynasty. Now he also wears an armed belt around his waist and a revolver. She is now a Donghua national, studying at a Chinese school in St. Louis, and can play with guns...... The girl had been ordered, and before she could get out of the house, several more gunshots rang out. Then the machine gun went off like a popping bean! (To be continued......)