The Owen family's ranch base camp is located at the foot of the mountain not far from the river, a few miles away is a dense forest, where kangaroos, thylacines, pheasants and wild boars can be seen from time to time, and ostriches galloping across the field.

Now it has been renamed Red River Valley Ranch, which belongs to Li Fushou's private property, and no one is allowed to trespass without permission.

The castle law of the British Empire granted immunity to the law by killing people who trespassed without permission in order to protect their private property rights.

The law of the castle is a legal interpretation that protects the private property interests of nobles and large estate owners, giving them the right to defend their property, which belongs to the privileges of the wealthy, and Li Fushou happens to enjoy such legal convenience.

The main body of the manor is a white Victorian building, Li Fushou stands on a high building, looking out through the elliptical window lattice, his subordinates are driving a few four-wheeled carriages in, free-range chickens, ducks and geese and other birds "quack" screaming and scattering in all directions, and a big rooster even flew to the tree.

After completing the handover procedures for the ranch, Li Fushou hurriedly came to live for a few days, just in time to send a large number of recruited Chinese to the manor for settlement.

Winter is approaching

Many of the gold diggers in the Palmer Valley have left the goldfields to return to Brisbane's Chinatown for the winter, and will not return to the goldfields until the beginning of spring next year to continue their gold mining careers.

As a result, Chinatown has become lively, and there is an endless stream of sturdy men who have nothing to do every day, and the business of Qinlou Chu Pavilion has exploded, and the restaurant is full of people every day, and the shops have ushered in the best moment of doing business.

If you don't work, you won't have money, and many Chinese can't stay idle, and they will rush to see the recruitment of Red River Valley Ranches.

They don't have high requirements, just give a shilling every month for food and housing, anyway, they have strength, whether it's carpentry work or clearing wasteland and planting everything.

Most people plan to work on the ranch for a few months, wait until the beginning of spring next year, and then go to the Palmer River valley to pan for gold and make a lot of money.

There was no shortage of horses and tools in the pasture, and when the first batch of 600 workers arrived, they were in full swing.

The first thing they had to do was to build permanent houses, use explosives to dig up rocks in the vicinity, build a large number of workshops, warehouses and level docks.

as planned;

Pregnant sheep are fed in a warm sheepfold to improve the survival rate of the sheep and reduce the loss of extensive stocking.

Second, a large amount of pasture needs to be stored to supply more than 100,000 sheep and more than 2,000 cattle through the harsh winter, rather than letting them die after a blizzard.

The second is to build a dam in the Red River Valley to trap torrential rains in spring and autumn, and to use hydroelectric power to generate electricity. Cow and sheep manure can fertilize the land and form a circular biological industry chain.

In Li Fushou's plan, the Red River Valley Mountains have a large number of high-quality iron ore resources, and can set up docks along the Brisbane River, and put into operation steel mills and shipyards to create more jobs and economic benefits.

The pasture continues to expand the herd, milk can be processed into milk powder, wool can be dyed and processed into wool products, excess beef and mutton can be canned, and the scale of pig breeding needs to be expanded, after all, the Chinese population has a great demand for pigs.

Sausages, braised pig's head, braised pig's ears, braised pig's tongue, stir-fried pork kidney, pork liver, braised pork intestine, pig's blood porridge, stewed pig's trotters, pork ribs in sauce, braised pork......

As long as there are a large number of Chinese groups, pork products will not be marketable, and they can really eat flowers.

Li Fushou stood at the window of the manor and thought about it, countless ideas came to his mind, and he was stupid for a while.

In this vast land, there are countless magnificent pictures to write.

The entire area of the British Empire, including New Zealand, is rich in resources and has a total population of more than one million people, and the biggest problem is that the market is too small.

But open your eyes, as the world's largest colonial empire, the British Empire has colonized lands across five continents and a huge market of up to 550 million people.

As long as the products are cheap and high-quality, they are well received by customers, and the products from Australia can enter the colonial areas of the Commonwealth without barriers, which is Li Fushou's biggest reliance.

The nearest big market, the North American Citigroup, is located in the southern states and California, which has a huge population and market.

It has only been 11 years since the smoke of the Civil War dissipated, and the wounds caused by the war are full of devastation, the overall economic and industrial level has regressed for more than ten years, and many ruined towns are still in ruins.

As a result, there is considerable demand for products from Australia, such as wool, leather and steel products, which is a vast untapped market.

Travelling from Australia to North and South America is easier and less restrictive than travelling to and from East Asia.

Li Fushou was thinking about it at the desk, Fan Asheng walked in lightly, and knocked lightly on the door when he saw this.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Young Master, the neighboring Smith Ranch and Ludendorff Ranch have arrived near White Creek together, it seems that they have bad intentions, should we make some preparations in advance?"

"Oh...... Hehe, what a boldness, how many people did they come? ”

"There were about twenty-three or four cowboys, all on horseback with guns, heavily armed."

"Go and inform Nan Huaiyu and Liu Shan, order the ranch guards and white cowboys to assemble, bring weapons and let's take a look."

"Yes, young master."

Li Fushou stood up, tied the heavy gun bag around his waist casually, picked up a cowboy hat and hurriedly walked out.

When he reached the gate of the manor, there was already a crowd of people neighing, and the fast-moving cowboys were fully armed and mounted on the horses, and many people hurried out of the huts, put their spears in their horse bags, and then quickly turned over and mounted their horses.

"Young Master, please get on the horse."

"Hmm."

Nan Huaiyu led the two horses over, handed the reins in his hand to Li Fushou, stepped on the jujube red quart horse with his own movements, and ran out with both feet knocking the horse's belly, shouting loudly to the whole team.

It didn't take long

More than 50 heavily armed knights were ready to go, 40 of them were selected Red River Valley Ranch Chinese gunmen, and a dozen white cowboys.

Li Fushou took the lead in galloping away, followed by a large number of cavalry rushing towards Baixi, the sound of horses' hooves was like muffled thunder, attracting the attention of a large number of Chinese workers.

They don't know what's going on?

Unexpectedly, the owner of the manor, Young Master Li, was personally dispatched, I'm afraid something big would happen!

Clear banks of the White Creek

More than two dozen heavily armed cowboys sat or lay leisurely, and some people drank horses by the river, with a relaxed look.

The tall and lanky Smith and the strong, bear-like man Ludendorff sat on a boulder by the stream and talked about Li Fushou, an Oriental who had recently settled in the Red River Valley ranch.

Both of them, one British and the other Dutch, owned tens of thousands of acres of ranch in the Red River Valley, and have been in business for centuries in Brisbane, Queensland.

"Hell, the Red River Valley Ranch has hired hundreds of Chinese workers, what does this Chinese rancher want to do?"

"Hmph, no matter what he wants to do, I will never allow this yellow-skinned boy to break the quiet idyllic life in the upper reaches of Brisbane, I hate the name Red River Valley, and I hate this Oriental boy even more, he is not welcome here, he had better go back from where he came, otherwise, I will let this bastard know how powerful the shotgun is."

"Hahaha...... Ludendorff, you should say this to this Oriental boy in person. ”

"Phew, don't think I don't dare, I'm going to scare him out of the way."

The wild and bear-like Ludendorff spit out the grass roots he was chewing in his mouth, his whole body was thickly hairy, and his arms were covered with dense hairs, and he was an extremely strong Nordic giant.

"Smith, please believe me, the Red River Valley ranch employs a large number of Oriental laborers is a very serious incident, these locusts from the East will ruin life here, they sweep across the plains like a plague, bringing disease and hunger, leaving nothing in their path, we must drive him away."

"It's not realistic, Ludendorff, it's the property of the Chinese, he has the right to stay here."

"Hmph, if this rancher named Lee dies in the wasteland, then it's all over."

"Maybe......"

The two men were talking, their words full of hatred for the Chinese ranchers, and as the most conservative white group, they were uneasy and wary of the influx of Chinese in the Red River Valley ranches.

Prior to this, no Chinese had ever stepped into the traditional realm of white ranchers.

They are like hedgehogs in danger, nervously showing their sharp spikes, trying to maintain the traditional ranch life.

Suddenly

The calm stream shook violently, like a flare gun, which caught the attention of the experienced cowboy, who screamed in horror;

"Shet, it's a large group of horses rushing in our direction, damn it, get on our horses, we might be attacked."

"Oh God! We're doing stupid things. ”

The cowboys rushed to the horses in a panic, and controlled the restless quart horses to meet the coming place, only to see a galloping horse appear on the high hillside not far away, and on top of it sat a young knight in full armor, and looked at it with a cold gaze.

Then more knights appeared on both flanks of the hillside, five ...... Ten...... Twenty ...... Forty ...... Fifty ......

The knights quickly spread out to the sides, forming an obvious cavalry encirclement, and without saying a word, they drew their cavalry spears from the horse bags in front of them, and the battle was about to break out.

The cowboys from Smith and Ludendorff Ranch immediately panicked, and although they were heavily armed and fully armed, they were carrying short, single-action revolvers, which were not at all comparable to the power of long guns.

In the beast-infested wasteland, the revolver carried by the cowboy is a must-have weapon for everyone, but the spear is different.

"Damn, they're going to war with us?"

Ludendorff's words contained panic and anger, he did not expect this Chinese rancher to be so tough, come up and speak directly with a musket.

"We are afraid of the worst-case scenario, the fire is extremely bad for us, and the hair is oil...... Let everyone lay down their arms, we should show goodwill to the Red River Valley pastures, and never come for provocation. "Smith's face darkened, and at this critical moment, he finally made a sober decision;" Everybody be quiet, stay all here, and I'll go and explain to each other myself that it's all a misunderstanding. ”

Fighting was a loss in both numbers and weapons, and Smith quickly made a wise decision...... Confessed.

He stretched out his hands to show that there was no hostility, and then rode his horse and ran to the front with small steps, and said with a stiff smile;

"Oh, our dear neighbor Lee, please let your men lay down their weapons, we have come with good intentions, and we don't want to be injured by misfire, let us all calm down and sit down and talk."

"I have nothing to talk to you about, get out of my land." Li Fushou's face was still cold, and he looked like he was rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Ok, I'm Smith, that gentleman is Ludendorff, and the southeast of the Red River Valley Ranch is our ranch, I think it's okay to ......"

"Shut up idiot, I know what you're trying to do, get out of my ranch now." Li Fushou has no leisure to talk to the other party, let alone maintain the hypocrisy on the surface, which is completely nonsense;

"If you enter the Red River Valley Ranch without permission next time, you will be greeted by scorching bullets and death, I won't say it a second time if you warn, now get out of my way, immediately, immediately ......"

"Alright, alright, we'll leave right away."

Smith saw that he couldn't talk at all, and the other party would be tough at any time, so he hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled.

Ludendorff, who had been unashamed earlier, didn't dare to let go of a fart, and disappeared into the distant woods on his horse.

What can you do if you are as strong as a bear?

A bullet is still fatal, Ludendorff is not as reckless as he appears, and he can escape faster than anyone else.

Li Fushou waved his hand coldly and ordered; "Nan Huaiyu led a team of people to press up from the left, Li Shan led a team of people to press from the right, and Old Mike took your white cowboys to follow up in the middle, and sent this group of uninvited guests out of the Red River Valley Ranch all the way, and finally fired a warning shot, act now."

Order

More than fifty knights all took action, and the horses' hooves roared across the moor, fanning out, and soon disappeared into the distant hillside.

Seeing the horse team walking away, Li Fushou rode his horse to the white stream and turned over, patted the horse's buttocks and let it graze on its own.

The breeze was blowing, Li Fushou sat on the stone by the stream to rest for a while, the fish heads in the clear stream were dense, and they were swimming happily, the big ones even weighed twenty or thirty pounds, shaking their heads and tails and splashing a large splash.

The waist-deep weeds of the surrounding wilderness are dotted with wildflowers, white, red, and yellow.

The cold autumn wind blows, and the leaves in the forest make a "rattle" sound, and they look full of life under the blue sky.

He couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart;

This is really a land with abundant water and grass and rich resources!

Thinking of the greedy faces of white farmers Smith and Ludendorff, a look of contempt crossed Li Fushou's face.

None of these knife-sharpening neighbors have a good relationship.

It's not a robber who is better than a robber, it's not a bandit who is better than a bandit, just wait for the Red River Valley ranch to show its soft underbelly, and then rush up and tear it to shreds.

Harmony is precious...... Wrong, forbearance is the best...... Wrong, take a step back and open the sky...... It's outrageously wrong, this set of good old people's practices doesn't work.

In this wasteland of the jungle, only relying on knives and guns to protect oneself from harm, and not pinning the future on the sympathy of jackals, is simply seeking skin with tigers, so stupid that it can't be more stupid.

The white rancher came with his men loaded with live ammunition, which was a naked declaration of force, and Sima Zhao's heart was known to passers-by, and he didn't even need the most basic fig leaf.

For such people, the strongest possible response must be given.