For a few days

Li Fushou took He Shoutian, Fan Asheng, and a few people to remove a large number of weeds from the rubber warehouse, level the ground and clean the doors and windows, and the debris and garbage that were cleaned up filled several carriages.

As a result of this hard work, the old warehouse on Handel Strasse has been brought back to life and brought to life.

Later, they bought paint, tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, stoves, grain, oil seasonings, etc., and the restaurant gradually took shape in the intense preparations.

Busy for more than ten days

September 19, 1876

Taking the homonym "long to long", Fu Linmen Hotel officially opened in a joyful congratulatory voice, with red banners and lanterns at the door full of strong Chinese characteristics, and invited the lion dance team of the local Chinese community to have a lively time.

"Welcome, welcome, please come ......"

Fan Asheng walked outside with a big red wedding sticker, with a courteous smile on his face, and greeted people he knew warmly.

This rubber warehouse is long and large, the floor is covered with solid granite strips, and it presents a very solid texture after cleaning, and there are more than 20 square tables at the front of the spacious and tall warehouse, which can accommodate nearly 200 people at the same time.

The back half of the storeroom is simply divided by wooden planks to form 12 private seats for guests to drink and chat in a relatively private environment.

The brand-new planks smell of oak and everything looks clean and tidy.

The back kitchen is located outside the storeroom, which has been converted from a long stable, and a row of eight pots and stoves are built against the wall, using high-quality coal from Queensland, and the mist on the stove is steaming, with the strong aroma of steamed meat.

After the opening of the Fu Lin Mun Hotel, six more cooks were recruited in Chinatown, as well as nearly 20 handymen, all of whom were sturdy men.

Steamed buns, boiling water, stir-frying, greeting the busyness of guests, a jubilant opening scene.

In the cabin not far from the back kitchen, Li Fushou smiled bitterly and checked it with his hand, putting the last pound and sixpence in his pocket, which was all his remaining possessions.

Thanks to the old gambler Minelli's blessing, the rental fee worth 18 pounds was not spent by a big son, which made Li Fushou have a lot more money on hand.

That's why he was able to recruit people on a large scale, buy rice, flour, grain, oil, seats and benches, and open this very large restaurant.

There are no less than 30 hotels in Chinatown, and the Fulinmen Hotel is large enough to rank among the top five, and can serve more than 300 customers at the same time.

Li Fushou dared to give everything he had because his money was too easy to come by, and he was young enough to do things with an indomitable tiger spirit.

I made more than 80 pounds from playing the trick of "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave" at the pier, and the rest was spent on the hotel except for the £44 paid poll tax.

Thanks to the super purchasing power of the pound sterling during the steam age, it was finally all in place.

He reached out and pushed open the door and walked out, a ray of warm sunlight shining on him.

In September, Queensland is a time of wonder with white clouds, a deep blue color that makes your heart tremble, and a faint scent of roses in the air.

Li Fushou Shi Ran walked out of the door, just in time to see a big man with two large baskets in his hands, the baskets were large pieces of cooked beef, and they were steaming.

"Young owner, you are auspicious."

"Well, Huaiyu, there are a lot of people in the opening today, so I'm busy with the work in front and greet him, don't make any trouble."

"Got it, I'll go right away."

Li Fushou nodded, staggered past this northern man named Nan Huaiyu, and walked forward calmly.

Due to the recent sharp contradictions and disputes between Chinese and white gold diggers, many injured Chinese gold diggers in Chinatown are either recuperating from their injuries, or hesitant to linger, or afraid to move forward, and are stranded in Chinatown and unwilling to go to work in dangerous mines.

There are more and more such people, although there are no accurate statistics, it is estimated that there are hundreds of people.

Therefore, Fu Linmen Hotel recruits handymen, and you can pick and choose the best one.

Nearly 20 miscellaneous servants were personally selected by Li Fushou, and most of them were from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they were strong men, mainly loyal and reliable.

Nan Huaiyu was one of the few people from the north, he was born in Cangzhou, where martial arts were prevalent, and learned to be good at fighting for justice since he was a child, and was shot and wounded in a serious conflict with white gold diggers.

After recovering from his injury, when he was hesitating whether to return to the gold field, he was recruited by Li Fushou to be the head of the miscellaneous labor.

Another miscellaneous leader was Liu Shan, a slender and capable man, twenty-four or five years old, who had good marksmanship, and was also wounded by a stray bullet in a gold mine fire, and had just recovered from his injuries.

They are undoubtedly a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the white gold diggers, and the troublemakers that the white gold mine owners dislike the most, and can basically declare the end of the gold digger's career.

After all, this is the territory of the colonists of the British Empire, and the blacklisting of Chinese workers like Nan Huaiyu and Liu Shan means that the future is cut off, and it is very difficult to make ends meet.

Liu Fushou stretched out his hand generously at this time, which was tantamount to a rain from heaven for them, and they were doubly diligent in doing things.

"Owner, there are a few white gold diggers at the door to make trouble, they are all carrying guns, and Director Fan is dealing with them, I am afraid that the intention is not good." Liu Shan walked in quickly from the outside, and reported in a hurried tone.

Li Fushou was inspecting the steaming buns in the big basket, and when he heard this, he turned his head and raised his eyebrows and said; "Let the brothers the guys, come with me to the front and see what the hell is going on?"

"Okay!"

A group of people rushed out of the door, holding more than 10 swarthy spears and shining swords in their hands, all with a wild fierce air on their faces.

After a crisp gunshot

The chaotic crowd at the entrance of the Fulinmen Hotel instantly fell silent, only a few strong quart horses tied to the wooden railing neighed uneasily, snorting loudly, and the heavy hooves of the horses trampled on the granite slabs.

Li Fushou slowly put down the revolver in his hand, blew the muzzle of the gun with his mouth, and looked around at everyone on the field and said; "Who is causing trouble with me? Stand up for me. ”

Seeing this posture, he moved his gun without saying a word, which immediately shocked several white gold diggers.

The white gold diggers wore yellow-orange-orange bullet belts around their waists and obliquely inserted 0.4-inch Colt single-action revolvers, which required a single bolt to be fired, like a cowboy in an American Western.

"Look, we don't mean anything." The white gold digger in the lead, Luke, who had lost three pounds and two shillings at the docks, opened his hands to indicate that he did not have a gun.

Being pointed at more than 10 black hole guns, their lives are in danger at all times, and these white gold diggers are no longer rampant.

Li Fushou frowned with some disgust, held the Colt revolver and said coldly; "Please leave here now, and don't come back again, you're not welcome here."

"Hey...... Lee, don't do that, we should be old acquaintances, don't forget that I also lost three pounds to you, we are only here to try the palace fried chicken and sweet and sour tenderloin, and if we can, two more glasses. ”

"Then you need to hand over your weapons, keep them on the counter, and retrieve them when you leave, the hotel is not allowed to bring weapons in."

"What the hell is this, it's my freedom to carry a gun, you can't interfere."

"Follow my rules or leave." Li Fushou's tone was firm and unyielding, who knows how these white gold diggers who make trouble after drinking will behave?

If the Fu Linmen Hotel wants not to become a battlefield, there will be bloodshed at two ends in three days, and the prohibition of carrying weapons is the most basic rule.

The most striking example of this is the tavern run by white men in the neighborhood, where every few days there is a big fight, and there are no shortage of shots fired on the spot, and drunken drunkards simply cannot control it.

Luke was reluctant to hand over his weapon, hesitated for a moment, and in the face of the muzzles and shiny blades of more than 10 black holes in the Fu Linmen Hotel, he wisely chose to leave.

Several white gold diggers untied the reins of the quarthorse and turned over on the horse with a sharp movement, Luke stared at Li Fushou fiercely and said;

"Don't be a rampant Oriental boy, beware of being shot on the road."

"If I were to retract that, Luke, you bastards can outrun bullets no matter how fast you bastards run? Do you dare to gamble your luck...... Leave calmly under the indiscriminate gun. ”

Li Fushou raised the revolver in his hand, the muzzle of the gun was firmly pointed at Luke and the others, and more than a dozen spears around him were raised in unison, and the faces of these white people immediately changed.

Whenever there is any wind and grass, they will fire, and the rifle is full of bullets, which is no joke.

"Oh...... Damn, I didn't mean to offend you, please forgive me for being indiscrete, it should have been a misunderstanding. Luke stiffened and stopped, raising his hands and not daring to make any other movements.

"Luke, don't challenge my patience and bottom line, tell your companions to follow my rules, or I'll beat you into a hornet's nest as deliberate bandits."

"OK, you won, can I go now?"

"......"

Luke and his companions touched their noses, and galloped away with their feet on the horse's belly, not daring to say anything hard.

These are all bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, with the wild atmosphere of the wild region, believing in the three indiscriminate people who speak with guns, and dare to open a dye house if they are given three colors, and the traditional forbearance and retreat will be regarded as cowardice, and they will be told what big truth.

For such people, speak directly with a gun.

Zheng Canghai, the president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the restaurant guild, Mai Debang, silently exchanged glances, looked at this young junior in their hearts, and walked forward with a smile to salute and greet them.

These two Chinatown Chinese leaders are also in their 30s, and they are considered to be steady-old figures in the emerging city of Brisbane.

It occupies a pivotal position in the commercial layout of Chinatown.

Generally speaking, Zheng Canghai and Mai Debang acted more old-fashioned, and they still put peace first and forbearance first in the traditional Chinese businessmen, and would not take such drastic measures to respond to the provocations of white gold diggers.

Even if you suffer a little loss, lose some face, and lose some money, as long as you can calm down the incident, you will be Amitabha.