Chapter 35, Blackwater
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A convoy of migrants, who had just stepped off the train station and had to travel hundreds of kilometers in these caravans to a small town in California, was struggling westward along the dusty roads. Originally left over from the Gold Rush, the town became deserted as gold was mined, but it is set to come back to life with the arrival of new immigrants.
It's just that the road is not very peaceful, and it is full of Indians, who are driven all the way here, and then driven into the backcountry, and they are full of hatred for whites. Given the chance, they don't mind taking out a team of immigrants. Anyway, there are many immigrants, and no one cares, attacking them, on the one hand, you can vent your hatred, and on the other hand, you can also make a little money.
In addition to the Indians, bandits are also a great threat. The history of these gangs is quite long, of course, this long history is according to American standards, if you take it to China and other countries with a long history, this kind of bandit with a history of only 100 years is really not a long history, you know, in Xiangxi, China, some gangs even continued from the Ming Dynasty to the establishment of the Republic.
Most of the gangs here were formed during the gold rush that started a hundred years ago. At that time, countless people flocked to California to pan for gold, but not everyone was willing to bend down and work for more than ten hours a day on the mining deposit, and not everyone could dig for gold as they wished. In such a place where there is almost no social order (if there is social order, it will not be the turn of these fishing wires to dig for gold, and the gold will definitely be wrapped in the name of "the country"), watching those lucky people dig up large pieces of gold and get rich overnight, how many people can not think crookedly?
As a result, bandits popped up like mushrooms in the grass after a heavy rain, so much so that at one time the gangs were no less numerous than those who did legitimate business (many gold diggers were also part-time thieves). Later, as the gold was exhausted, the gold diggers gradually dispersed, and the bandits gradually dispersed. But there are still some bandits that have survived, such as the Neil gang, which is the most famous gang in the area.
"Boss, there's another group of immigrants crossing the river to Redstone. There are more than a hundred of them in total. Got off at the station yesterday and then rented fifteen caravans. Plus, they seem to have hired eleven guards - including a Chinese pig. "A small bandit was reporting to a man with a long beard, a crooked captain's hat, and a visible scar on his face that looked like a collar.
"Well, how are these people armed?" The man asked.
"As before, most people have guns. But that's nothing, anyway, how many of those newcomers have actually played with guns? Even with guns, they couldn't hit anything. The little bandit replied.
"What's the origin of those guards?" Collar continued.
"That's easy to hear." The little bandit took out a piece of paper and handed it to the collar, "These guys advertised at the train station, so I took one of them." ”
The leader took the piece of paper, only to see a picture printed on the paper, drawing two staggered rifles and a large lock, and a line of large bold letters underneath: "Blackwater Security Company". There are also some small prints underneath, which read carefully: "Blackwater Security Company, tailor-made various security services for you." The scope of business includes......"
"It's just ten people, (the person who spoke automatically fired the Chinese pig) plus a large group of guys who can't do anything but make trouble, how useful can it be? At most, we will deal with the Indians who deal with small groups, and if we deal with them, we will seek death. A bandit said indifferently.
"But be careful, be careful to make the Ten Thousand Year Ship."
"Isn't the Gray Wolf Tribe just in the vicinity? Wouldn't it be better if we could let them play with these immigrants first, and then we would pick up a bargain? "Someone came up with such an idea.
"Let the Indians get on? Do you have a problem with your head? If the Indians attacked with all their might, the immigrants would not be able to stop them. When the time comes, will the Indians give you what they have in their hands? Immediately, there was a rebuttal.
"We can get in touch with the garrison, anyway, that bastard of Dole only knows money, and the last time she took our money, she was deliberately late to give us plenty of time. I think he'll be willing to help this time. We can let them dig up the nest of the Indians at a critical moment. In this way, the Indians will have to return reinforcements, and then we can ......"
"If that's the case, that bastard of Dole will definitely open his mouth. Last time he didn't do anything and took the whole $1ooo! This time, we also want him to move people, and I am afraid that only a small half of the things we have worked so hard to grab will be taken to him. ”
"It's better than letting others rush first......
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Yang Tai, who is called the Chinese pig, is indeed not an official employee of Blackwater, he is just Mason, well, just a helper hired by the fool who hit someone else's target in the final. He is a pig baby who was trafficked to the United States, but unlike ordinary pig babies, he is not one of those who was deceived into thinking that the United States was full of gold and gave the snakehead money to sell himself, he was sold to the United States by a Manchu official named Li Fugui.
Yang Tai is a "bandit", that is, a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Rebel Army, and he is still a small leader. If it weren't for his bad background, he would not be a member of the authentic "God Worship Society", but a member of the Hongmen (that is, the Heaven and Earth Society) who followed Luo Gang to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Perhaps his official position in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could be a little higher. However, even Luo Outline failed to get a throne, let alone Luo Outline's subordinates. After Luo Xuan's death, Yang Tai was sent to Xiajiang to fight for a generation, but he lost the battle and became a prisoner. Originally, they were "anti-thieves", and when they were caught, they basically waited to be killed, but who knows, the Qing demon who captured them was a money-eyed goods, and he actually casually cut off the heads of a few ordinary people who fled the famine and took them to the imperial court to ask for rewards, and sold them to American traffickers as "strong piglets". So, Yang Tai escaped death and came to the United States.
When he arrived in the United States, Yang Tai was bought to mine, and originally, the piglets who were sold to do this would die of overwork or something in a short time. But Yang Tai was hard-hitting, and after a year of work, the economic crisis came. The mine owner went bankrupt, but Yang Tai escaped with his life.
Later, Yang Tai went to the Chinese Quarter of San Francisco, where Yang Tai became a helper in a restaurant. During this time, Tianzi was good, and Yang Tai learned some basic English.
A year ago, Mason occasionally went to San Francisco and was lucky enough to come across a scenario that many men had imagined when they were YY - heroes saving beauty. In a small alley, he saw two hooligans doing something to a woman. Unfortunately, Mason didn't carry a gun - no one would be fine with a one-meter-four MacDonald 1857 rifle on the street, and each of the two hooligans seemed to be bigger than Mason's.
Mason estimated that he felt that most of the people who went up with his bare hands were not opponents. So I looked around and saw a brick in the corner, and remembered what Scrooge had said when he chatted with them: No matter how high your ability is, you are afraid of kitchen knives, and no matter how good your body is, a brick will fall down. So he picked up the brick and crept behind the two scoundrels.
Mason's original plan was to take advantage of the two hooligans not paying attention, touch it and slap one brick at a time, and then, relying on the momentum that swells after slapping over the opponent, scare the remaining one, and it is done. However, the world is not as expected, Shichang **, Mason touched it from behind, the two hooligans didn't see it, but the fatal thing was that the woman saw it. So the woman yelled at Mason, "Help, come and save me." ”
This shout naturally reminded the two hooligans, and as soon as the two hooligans turned around, they saw Mason tiptoeing over with a brick. So, a rascal immediately turned around and took out a dagger, squinting at Mason: "If you don't want to die, get away." The other thug continued to manipulate the woman.
Mason immediately hid the brick behind his back: "I'm sorry, I'm passing by, you go on, don't bother." As he spoke, he stepped back. Seeing Mason retreat, the woman burst into tears of despair. And the rascal saw that Mason knew each other like this, snorted contemptuously, and put the dagger away.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mason threw the brick in his hand at the scoundrel's head, and if he could hit it, Mason felt that this guy would definitely be able to put down that guy, and then there would only be one guy left, and then it would be easy to do; If he misses, then Mason is going to switch in, Mason's sprint is good, as long as the opponent is not carrying a gun, he should be able to run away safely. As for the woman, well, hopefully she'll hold out until the police guys who call the police arrive.
Mason was a sharpshooter, but he couldn't throw bricks with any more accuracy than with a gun. In fact, the rascal didn't make any dodge moves at all, but the bricks flew more than a meter away from him. The rascal was furious, drew his knife and lunged at Mason. Mason was about to turn around and run, but he saw a bloody flower suddenly burst out of the scoundrel's head—half a brick flew from nowhere, and smashed straight into the guy's head.
The brick was so powerful that it knocked the hooligan to the ground. As soon as the other scoundrel turned around, he saw a man pounce on him with astonishing speed, and as soon as his hand reached into his pocket to take out the dick, the man had already rushed to him, and then he felt a sharp pain in his lower body, and he passed out directly.
The unlucky guy didn't see the whole process clearly, but Mason, as a bystander, saw it clearly. Just now, a man suddenly rushed out of a corner on the side of the alley about twenty meters away, and rushed to the scoundrel almost in the blink of an eye. The man flew up and kicked directly at the rascal's words...... This guy made Mason feel a little bit of pain underneath. The person who suddenly rushed out was Yang Tai.