Half a month later

Frank won the gubernatorial race with an absolute advantage, and together with Lieutenant Governor Wexford, he held a grand victory carnival party, and Li Fushou, a rancher in the Red River Valley who had not appeared for a long time, came to congratulate him, and on behalf of tens of thousands of Chinese in Queensland, he presented a Chinese plaque with 8 large characters;

Benevolence in the world, fame

Li Fushou explained the deep meaning of these 8 words on the spot, which made Governor Frank so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he was a little out of shape, standing on the stage and holding the plaque with both hands.

Li Fushou stood on the stage and took the lead in applauding, which was a clear signal, and all the Chinese raised their hands and cheered, and the momentum was quite large.

The audience suddenly had gongs and drums, the lions danced, and the lively scene made Frank can't help but burst into tears;

God is pitiful, I finally see my hard work for Queensland, this is the public opinion!

In the face of great honor, no one can hold it.

Even if he is a mediocre corrupt official, a fat moth in the healthy body of the British Empire, Governor Frank still feels that he deserves all this glory, and his life has reached its peak at this moment.

Another corrupt official, the new Lieutenant Governor Mr. Wexford, was deeply touched, and he now had 57 precious canes, as well as a mistress who was fortunate enough to be around every day and would not rehash for half a month, and was tired of extravagant pleasures and had a new goal in life.

Li Fushou appeared in Brisbane after a few months, which has two meanings.

The first layer is, of course, congratulations to Governor Frank on his re-election campaign, and the new lieutenant governor Mr. Wexford has been magnificently ascended to the throne, and from now on he has more important authority in his hands, and can do everything he can to embezzle and bribe, and inflate the family fortune like a balloon.

The second meaning is to ask the other party to fulfill its promise.

Governor Frank, who was in a good mood, was not embarrassed, and since selling the Chinese naturalization certificate, he has received a generous bribe of no less than 30,000 pounds, which is enough for the British Imperial Court to severely punish him and hang him in front of the Home Office.

The interests of the two sides are closely colluded, and one is prosperous and the other is lost.

Again, that's the same sentence;

There are some things you can do, but you can't say it, relying on the Tiangao Emperor, no one can find out, and the small life is still leisurely.

The Autonomous Prefecture Office is covering the lid from top to bottom, including Speaker Edward, who does not dare to lift this big thunder, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope.

Edward took bribes of more than £10,000, and once the bribery case was exposed, he could hang himself in front of the Home Office with the new governor Frank.

A few days later

Li Fushou got his wish and got the appointment of three sheriffs, and announced it as soon as possible.

Mr. Hu Dong, the sheriff of Chinatown and nearby neighborhoods, the former president of the Guangxi Chamber of Commerce, the deputy head of the Hongmen Foreign Affairs Hall, a shrewd and capable man in his 30s, took the lead in defecting to the forces of the Red River Valley, and was open-minded and trustworthy.

Mr. Liu Shan, the sheriff of the port area, Li Fushou's confidant, and the head of the Hongmen Hall, followed the forces of the Red River Valley all the way to the black dead eye.

Wei Chi Shouchou, the magistrate of the Southern District, the confidant secretary of Li Fushou, one of the five tiger generals of Hongmen, served as a military commander in the bloody Dennis Gold Mine incident, and performed very well.

During the visit of the big leader Li Fushou to the United States, he assisted He Shoutian, Nan Huaiyu and other henchmen to control the rear, showing outstanding coordination and control ability, which is worth reusing.

At this point, Hongmen took control of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, with three of the five sheriffs, including four-fifths of the city's population and more than half of the area.

Only the rich mountain district where whites gathered, the Moreton district on the edge of Moreton Bay, was still under the control of the white sheriff.

This is already the bottom line of Governor Frank, and it can't go any further.

The power controlled by Li Fushou has spread from the Red River Valley Ranch to Brisbane City, especially the Southern District and the Port District, which are firmly in his hands, which is of great significance.

The area under the jurisdiction of the Southern District is the area from Chinatown to the Red River Valley Ranch, from the South End of Brisbane City to the junction of the Red River Valley Ranch, and now that the two sides are extended into one piece, it is difficult for the ill-intentioned people to ambush halfway.

In the name of the road maintenance team, the Red River Valley Ranch has set up a road building every 5 kilometers, and stationed eight members of the civilian team, all equipped with breech-fired spears and a full set of horse equipment, to patrol and maintain the road on a daily basis.

There are a total of 7 points along the way, and any wind and grass cannot escape the eyes of these team members, and the frequent patrols of the Chinese Mounted Police make it much more difficult to break down.

The increasing number of Chinese mounted police, composed of gunmen in the Hongmen Neitang as the core, were not soft on white bandits, and any resistance was suppressed by thunderous means.

The side effect was that the law and order situation was greatly improved, and the gold diggers returning from the Palmer River valley no longer had to worry about robbery and murder, and the bandits who dared to wander around the area were either killed or captured.

The port area is Brisbane's main artery for foreign transportation, and all Chinese and whites who come to Queensland to pan for gold have to land here, including guests from Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney, and they are also transported by water, which is currently the most convenient mode of transportation.

To take control of this place is to choke the traffic throat of the city of Brisbane.

A vignette before the gubernatorial election, which caused a shock in white high society.

What happened to Speaker Edward was a slap in the face to all the Britons who were eyeing the development of the Red River Valley, and made them sober up.

No one knows how deep the water is here?

Before making a rash move, you have to weigh whether you can withstand the ensuing thunderous counterattack.

After surviving the most difficult moments, the Red River Valley finally ushered in the harvest season, and the originally unstable situation was completely settled.

Good news came one after another

The Queensland Autonomous Office officially filed a record, and the Chinese were allowed to establish a militia organization "Xinghua Society", which was a great progress for Chinese power.

Li Fushou served as the president, and the vice presidents were He Shoutian, Nan Huaiyu, Zheng Canghai, the former president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, and the chairman of the restaurant guild Mai Debang, all of whom were the core backbone of Hongmen.

Based on the original seven gold digger self-defense brigades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple, plus two independent establishments of the Red River Valley base camp and Chinatown, a total of nine militia military units were formed.

Members spend three days a month organized by the "Xinghua Society" for military training, mastering basic skills such as the use of firearms, horse riding, and marching in processions, and familiarizing themselves with passwords and commands, so as to enhance the cohesion and action of the gang, and the effect is becoming more and more obvious.

The autumn breeze is bleak, and the fallen leaves are golden

Two months have passed, and it is late November.

"Tut-tut...... The decline in income is obvious, and it seems that this business is almost at the end of its life, and we have to think about other ways. ”

Li Fushou held a report in his hand and sighed again and again.

This is about the income and expenditure of the sale of naturalization certificates in the last year or so, and we can see a clear downward trend.

There are now more than 46,000 Chinese in Brisbane, of which more than 10,000 are gold diggers who have come in the past year or so.

£40 is not a small number, and not everyone can take it.

The remaining gold prospectors have been in Australia for more than a year, or have migrated from the Victorian goldfields, Melbourne and Sydney, with modest savings, more than half of whom have already purchased citizenship certificates, bringing the total to 17,240.

Li Fushou made a huge profit of more than 300,000 pounds, including 165,000 pounds on his trip to North America (including 100,000 US dollars for Higgins & Co. and 100,000 US dollars for international humanitarian operations), 71,200 pounds for the large-scale infrastructure of the Red River Valley Ranch, 15,000 pounds for the purchase of the Ludendorf Ranch, 10,000 pounds for bribing Earl George Sturges, and thousands of pounds for other things.

The figure on the final statement is only £36,000, which is all the money left for the Red River Valley ranch.

Since November, the number of naturalization certificates purchased by Chinese has dropped sharply to 621, showing obvious signs of exhaustion of purchasing power.

The current thriving situation in the entire Red River Valley is created by tens of thousands of Chinese gold diggers, and this kind of large-scale investment regardless of harvest is absolutely unsustainable.

The report of the Fu Lin Men Hotel is also attached to it, which is much inferior in comparison.

Today, it has 11 stores and more than 680 employees, of which 4 branches are located in the industrial town of the Red River Valley.

Business is thriving every day, and customers are flowing endlessly.

After a year, excluding expenses, the net profit was 7,761 pounds, 8 shillings and 3 pence, an average of more than 700 pounds per branch.

A profit of 700 pounds, which is almost equivalent to a well-run ranch, but Li Fushou is completely out of sight, and his appetite is much greater.

Li Fushou took out another thick statistical account book of pasture industry and agriculture and carefully examined it, from which we can understand the current actual output.

According to the deal reached by Fischer Import and Export Trading Company of the United States, all machinery and equipment will be paid a balance of 30% of the total amount after the installation, commissioning and production, and the rest will be paid by barter of agricultural and animal husbandry products and mineral products.

After entering August

More than 10 non-staple food processing plants, canneries and flour mills have been put into production, and a large number of goods have been loaded and shipped to North America, of which 90% of the barter trade has been completed, and the balance is expected to be paid by the end of November.

Fischer is very satisfied with the implementation of the plan and intends to further expand the cooperation and act as an agent for the Red River Valley Ranch to sell high-quality agricultural and animal husbandry products in North America.

Some agricultural and mineral products are also sent to the port of Auckland, which is distributed by the Normandy Import and Export Company, and the current sales proceeds have not yet been recovered, and it is expected that there will be no less than 66,000 pounds of revenue by the end of November, which is linked to the current accounts receivable.

The burgeoning industrial town of the Red River Valley has reached a population of more than 10,000, in addition to more than 4,000 native Caucasian women, there are nearly 8,000 Chinese laborers, of whom more than 3,000 are recruited by the ranch, and most of the rest are doing odd jobs on the ranch.

In order to solve the employment problem of this part of the population, the pastures are expanding their herds, expanding the cultivation of cultivated land, expanding the exploitation of iron ore and coal mines, and stepping up the construction of steel mills and coal and coke plants.

These two heavy industry enterprises are large employers, which can solve the employment problem of at least more than 2,700 people, greatly alleviating the current employment pressure.

The construction of the steel plant has been carried out for more than four months, and it will take more than two months to complete, and the construction site is working overtime.

Some of the equipment installed in advance, technical experts from the United States are training workers, so that after production, the production capacity can be quickly formed and on the right track of self-development.

The coke plant will be put into operation before the end of the year and will become the largest cash cow in the Red River Valley pasture, and the situation is very good.

Due to the abundant manpower of the pasture, the sheep herd has grown to 1.15 million heads, the cattle herd has exceeded 10,000 heads, and the number of sows in the herd has reached more than 14,000 heads, entering a stage of explosive growth......

Li Fushou was very satisfied with the current situation, he touched his smooth chin, the corners of his mouth curled and curved, and his heart was full of a sense of accomplishment in farming.

Now the good situation is not easy to come by!