In the evening

The expedition team set up a bonfire at the foot of the mountain, boiling a large pot of snow-white mushroom and fish broth, roasting mutton until golden brown, and the rich aroma wafted far away, making people salivate.

There was also a hiccup in between

A pack of about seventeen or eighteen thylacines rushed into the camp, and were shot head-on by the guards on the spot, leaving more than a dozen wolf corpses and fleeing in panic.

It is estimated that the remaining thylacines are more than lucky, and there is little hope of escaping.

Li Fushou sat on the rock and chatted with Pan Shoudao, Wu Mozhou and others, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy.

The guards cut the roasted mutton with sharp knives and served it on a plate, and they actually grabbed the mutton in their hands and began to eat and chew it, eating a few bites of meat and drinking a sip of wine, which felt really refreshing.

A moment later

Lei Xiao personally held a bowl of soup and sent it, Li Fushou nodded with a smile and said; "Brother Lei, thank you, I can smell the fresh fragrance of this fish soup from afar, it must taste excellent."

"Master, you are too polite, this is Lei Xiao's duty, I have never seen such a fat fathead fish when I grow so big, one head weighs sixty or seventy pounds, and it can be burned in several pots, enough for all of us to drink enough, what a rare treasure land!"

"Hahaha...... It seems that Brother Lei also fell in love with this place, and asked you to come here to be a sheriff in the future, are you willing? ”

"There can't be no one around the master, when a few little rabbit cubs in my family grow up and can serve the master, Lei Xiao is willing to come here to spend his old age in peace, and do whatever he tells me to do, let's not pay attention to it." Lei Xiao replied very plainly and calmly.

"Well, I took that to heart."

Li Fushou smiled and nodded, and drank a large mouthful of fish soup while it was hot, feeling that the fresh and smooth taste was particularly delicious, and a large piece of fish brain like tender tofu slid into his mouth, and it was gone with a light sip, and his tongue was simply gone.

He couldn't help but say "yes" and began to gulp down the fish soup.

Li Fushou's bowl of fish soup is all the essence of the fish head, and the large piece of fish eye meat tastes wonderful and abnormal, so he can't help but drink another bowl, patted his stomach with satisfaction and said; "Wow, I've eaten a little bit today."

Wu Mozhou was also drinking fish soup beautifully, shaking his head and saying; "Is it true that such a lake is delicious and has become a spirit, it really should only be in the sky, how many times can the world find it?"

"Hahaha...... To say that the spirits are also a large group, the fishing guard said that he saw a dense number of fish heads on the river, and the big fish jumped ashore after a few sticks, so could he take the initiative to dedicate himself to repay the favor? Xin Changjun teased happily.

Feuerbach Kant nodded, and said with the characteristic humor of a polytechnic man; "This is a land blessed by God, and if large-scale construction projects are started, we can reduce the logistical pressure by using local materials.

These fish provide plenty of protein and lecithin, as well as easily digestible fats, and if you need muscle fibers, well......"

His eyes looked at the skeleton of roast lamb that was left on the campfire, then to the thylacine carcass not far away, and finally at the shaking bushes, and said; "There's a lot of hares, pheasants and kangaroos, and quite a few wild boars that are edible, and a rough calculation, uh...... Sorry, I can't pinpoint this ratio without detailed data to back it up. ”

Li Fushou was stunned???

Wu Mozhou was stunned???

Xin Changjun was stunned???

Pan Shoudao was stunned???

Then the crowd erupted in laughter, which drew a wave of astonishment from the guards.

In this fertile land, food is the last thing to do.

Li Fushou thought about it for a while and said; Zhongzhai recorded that 1,500 people from the migrants in the near future, preferably as family units, will build three new villages along the vicinity, mainly planting and supplemented by grazing.

This must be done immediately, reclaiming the wasteland, planting seeds, and next spring, when the harvest season comes, it can be supplied to the staple food needs of the project, and there is no need to allocate it from other places.

Meat food is solved by the pastoral area of Songjiang Town, and the project is priced according to the quantity, and tens of thousands of construction workers have worked hard here for three years, which can also promote the development of the service industry in Songjiang Town. ”

"Brother Yuan Ding, do you mean it's decided?" Xin Changjun asked everyone's questions.

"Well, yes, with the massive influx of immigrants, the Songjiang Reservoir project is imperative." Li Fushou stared at the blazing bonfire, there seemed to be a trace of flame burning in his eyes, and said in a firm and methodical tone;

"Songjiang Town is blessed with unique geographical conditions, is an important node city in the Red River Valley to effectively control the vast territory of the south, and is a territory of Southern Victoria, and its rapid development is conducive to expanding our political influence and expanding the territory and appeal of the Zhi Gong Party.

After the opening of the coastal railway, it will also serve as a distribution center for wool and agricultural and animal husbandry products in the surrounding towns, reducing many unnecessary long-distance traffic and further reducing costs.

This requires the construction of a large-scale woolen mill in Songjiang Town, where the planned fourth and fifth woolen mills will be established, which will vigorously develop the processing of agricultural and sideline products and the marine fishing industry, and at the same time establish a large-scale iron and steel industrial base, which is far larger than the Red River Valley.

All this is based on abundant power resources, so the construction of Songjiang Reservoir is imperative, and we must demonstrate and put into advance engineering preparations as soon as possible. ”

"So how can the funding gap be addressed?" Xin Changjun knew that with the implementation of three large-scale infrastructure projects, Li Fushou was shy.

The landlord's family has no surplus food!

"Squeeze can also raise part of the start-up capital to raise some shares in the society, and the rest can be mortgaged with the high-quality project of Songjiang Reservoir to solve the current financial problem." Li Fushou quickly calculated in his heart, nodded and said with considerable certainty; "At the end of the year, Huitong Bank will have a dividend, and I will take out more than half of the shares in Songjiang Reservoir, so that the construction funds used in Songjiang Town will be reduced, so let's focus on the most important thing first."

Secretary Fan Zhongzhai wrote down all the words of the master, as well as the key things to be done, which were listed as top priorities.

When he returned to Songjiang Town, he immediately went to the telegraph office to send an urgent telegram to quickly implement the master's important instructions.

This matter was handed over to him, and according to the rules, Fan Zhongzhai would follow it all the way and report the corresponding development to the master.

It was late at night

Except for a few blazing bonfires and the night's guards, everyone fell asleep, and it was an extremely ordinary night, and the howls of wild beasts could be heard in the distance, mixed with the rustle of the trees in the night wind, showing the wilderness as it was.

This is another night destined to go down in history, and Li Fushou made an extremely important decision here to vigorously develop Songjiang Town.

This was an important decision to expand the Red River Valley's power from Queensland to the entire Australian continent, and it was also the starting point for the Red River Valley to develop from a local power to a sweeping Australia.

After dawn

Li Fushou and his entourage parted ways with the field survey expedition and continued their own inspection tour of coastal railway towns, while a group of experts led by Feuerbach Kant will be stationed in Songjiang Town in the near future, visiting the nearby mountains and rivers to collect first-hand information and repeatedly demonstrate this major project.

If there are no major changes, large-scale construction will begin early next year.

At present, the project of project preparation has been launched, including the construction of three villages and towns for reclamation, the dispatch of personnel to build engineering roads, the dispatch of workers to cut wood, the opening of quarrying, the start of the construction of a large-scale cement plant project, the notification of Hongshan Iron and Steel Plant to arrange the production capacity of the steel bars required for production, and the arrangement of Hongshan Shipyard to produce large-scale steel castings, steel components, and so on, all of which are in an orderly manner.

Songjiang Town

Located in the hilly area of Taihu Lake, it has developed to more than 4,000 people since the beginning of the year, with more than 1.7 million pigs, cattle and sheep, and is a large coastal town.

Songjiang Town has built a simple wooden trestle bridge on the edge of Taihu Lake, which can dock 3,000-ton cargo ships and 800-ton passenger ships, and communicate with important cities such as Sydney, Brisbane and the Red River Valley by water, which is the most important mode of transportation in the town.

The whole town is mainly made of wooden buildings, and there are three factories: slaughterhouse, meat processing plant and sheep shearing base, which is also a concentration of agricultural and animal husbandry products within a radius of more than 100 miles, and an important commodity trade town.

The mayor of the town, Wu Tiesheng, led the RCMP to greet him early, this person is no stranger, he can serve as the head of Songjiang Town, an important node town, Li Fushou personally ordered the general, and specially arranged for this capable subordinate to be the mayor of the town.

Before and after the battle to encircle and suppress the "wild wolf" Bilken bandits, Wu Tiesheng, the captain of the No. 17 pastoral point, performed well and was all-round and capable, which left a deep impression on Li Fushou.

Wu Tiesheng thus entered the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, and once achieved the position of deputy director, and was finally transferred to Songjiang Town to serve as the mayor.

"Dear Earl, Wu Tiesheng has been waiting here for a long time, please go to the town office to rest and drink tea, and there is something important to report below."

"Oh......" Li Fushou glanced at the horse with amusement, waved his hand and said; Then lead the way, and listen to what you want to report? ”

"Obedience."

Ride a horse on the streets of the town

There are many shops on both sides, all kinds of daily goods and tools are sold one after another, and there is a three-storey Fulinmen Hotel at the crossroads of the town, next to the Huitong Bank and the town police station.

At this time near noon, it was very lively.

Several horse-drawn wagons loaded with tall wool bales passed by, and some people selling produce set up stalls on the roadside, and there was no shortage of customers who were interested.

Several white men drove two four-wheeled caravans to meet them, and the accompanying guards immediately surrounded and inspected the caravan, but found nothing unusual, it seemed that a bankrupt white farmer had migrated, bringing his wife and children with him.

"Mayor Wu Tiesheng, are there many white people who have entered Songjiang Town recently?"

"Back to Lord Earl, in the past six months, more than 100 white people have settled in Songjiang Town, many of them are employees and merchants of bankrupt pastures, with a total of more than 400 people, accounting for about 20% of the permanent population of Songjiang Town, after all, we have many cowboy families who are nomadic in the pastures all year round and do not return to the town often."

"How are they doing?"

"Although there are some small frictions, they are usually quite friendly, and they know that this belongs to the territory of the Earl of Queensland, and no one dares to be rough here."

"What about the security of the town?"

"Returning to the Earl, there are no major incidents, there are still a lot of sporadic casualties caused by the wandering bandits in the wilderness, there have been more than 10 cases in the past six months, resulting in three casualties, more than a dozen injuries, and thousands of sheep that have been snatched away, mostly in some remote grazing areas."

"Have you taken any strong measures?"

"Back to the Earl, many of these sporadic bandits are white cowboys cameo, we have carried out centralized management of the hired white cowboys, implemented the system of going out to ask for leave, and strengthened the militia training for new immigrants, basically every adult man has to study for three days, let them pick up guns to defend their homes, and the law and order has been greatly improved recently."

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the town office, Li Fushou turned over and dismounted, and walked in with a horsewhip in his hand.

The personal guards brought tea and retreated, and scattered around the town office to guard around, leaving Wu Tiesheng alone in the room to report.

Li Fushou sat on the chair, took a sip of the freshly brewed hot tea, and asked; "Are there any difficulties here in Songjiang Town?"

"To say that there are no difficulties must be false, but these temporary difficulties can be overcome, but yesterday Gusu Town sent someone to report that they had found traces of Billy Kid's gang, which made me very worried about the safety of adults."

"Billy the Kid?"

"Yes, it is the remnants of the escape of the "wild wolf" Bilken gang, this gang of about thirty or forty people, originally in the area further south near Sydney, scourge the local ranchers, somehow wandered to our territory, but fortunately, afraid of the name of the Red River Valley, did not dare to commit a large-scale crime and mutilate the people. Wu Tiesheng cautiously explained.

Billy Claiburn, nicknamed "Billy the Kid", is an experienced and habitual offender, who once followed "Wild Wolf" Bilken along the coastline from north to south, almost scourging the southeast coast of the Australian continent.

Dozens of bloody battles have made this murderous white bandit leader extremely experienced in combat, and even more cunning as a fox, more cautious and cautious than the original gang boss Bilken.

Once the wind blows, it will be hundreds of miles away.

The RCMP in New South Wales and Victoria repeatedly pounced on the air, and even if they caught the tail, they would bite back, and end up with heavy losses.

So to this day, Billy the Kid and the "Scarface" Ex gang that plagued Victoria were once Bilken's right-hand men, and now they are the two scourges of Australia, with an official bounty of £1,300.

Think about it for a moment

Li Fushou was determined to drive away the Billy Kid gang, and this scourge would not be good on the ground of the Red River Valley.

With their strength, they can't ransack the town, but the nomadic spots in the wasteland are no match at all, and the wolves will never change to vegetarianism when they travel thousands of miles to eat meat, right?

"The situation you reported is very important, recently the leopard cavalry guards have been training nearby, passing on my orders; They immediately rushed to Gusu Town and Songjiang Town to station, and sent armed patrols to strengthen their patrols, and your town sent experienced militia and RCMP to assist, so as to ensure that this group of bandits was driven back to the south. ”

"Obey the order, and then go and give the order."

Mayor Wu Tiesheng arched his hand, turned around and went to the secretary to convey the master's order, and sent a telegram to the commander of the leopard cavalry guard.

The Leopard Cavalry Guard, with a full strength of 400 people, is an elite military force trained around the clock, and has seen blood with real guns and ammunition, and it is not a problem to cooperate with the local militia to eliminate this handful of swaying bandits.