Conspicuous slogans can be seen everywhere in the city, in the grass of the green belt, on the walls of buildings, on the roadside and on the street, there are all kinds of slogans;

"A beautiful city depends on everyone, let us take care of it together."

"Spitting is strictly prohibited, and violators will be punished with heavy fines."

"Vehicles and pedestrians walk on the right, in an orderly manner, without fighting or grabbing."

"Damaging public property is immoral, and the general public has a responsibility to stop it and report it."

"Respect for women is the virtue of every gentleman."

"Drive mules and horses into the city, and don't forget to put on dung bags."

"Greening plants to beautify the city requires the common care of every resident, and it is immoral to trample on flowers and plants at will."

All slogans are in Chinese and English, uppercase Chinese and lowercase English, concise and distinct, easy to understand, very local characteristics.

These city slogans can play a huge role in subtly regulating everyone's behavior, which is more useful than telling them 100 times in the ear.

The brothers stood at the door of the brightly lit restaurant, which was a completely Chinese-style decorated tavern, with exquisite carvings on the wooden door, cornices and arches, and through the wooden grille windows, you could see that the guests inside were full, and the fragrant aroma of vegetables wafting out was very attractive.

The plaque on the door reads "Brother Yutou's hometown restaurant" in gold lacquer, which looks quite good.

"I think it's just this restaurant, let's go in and have a good drink, the bird has faded out of the mouth of the small fire wheel in the past two days, and now I even eat it with profit." Lu Qiang looked like a starving ghost, and he almost came out of his mouth, he took a few steps forward, suddenly stopped, and looked at the slogan on the side of the road and read it; "Huh...... This is "to completely put an end to the vice of spitting, and violators will be severely punished." "Oh grass...... Spit also has to be managed, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe in this evil today! ”

With that, he spat vigorously to the side of the road.

Then Lu Qiang was dumbfounded, and a middle-aged white woman wearing a red armband came out of nowhere to stop him, and muttered that it should be in Spanish, and none of the brothers could understand it.

The middle-aged white woman pointed to the red armband on her arm, which read "City Order Administrator" in Chinese with English countermeasures, and pulled out a large card from the bag she was carrying.

It reads; Spitting, a fine of two shillings.

"Won't you...... Really? Lu Qiang's phlegm is expensive enough. Zhao Qishan was also dumbfounded.

"Pay the fine obediently, don't go against the law enforcement officers, I think you kid just owes it, it's just nothing." Ma Limin kindly reminded him.

Mai Guangtian looked at Lu Qiang and seemed to be a little unable to pull his head, pulled his arm and said; "Who says it's not, Lu Qiang, don't make a mistake, there are RCMP officers on the other side, if you get whipped a few times for this matter, it is estimated that you won't be able to get out of bed for a month."

"If you want me to say that...... This kid just doesn't clean up. ”

This time it was Lu Qiang's turn to be said to be green, he secretly glanced at it, and there were two mounted policemen sitting on horses at the corner of the street in the distance, turning their heads to look over, which made him feel a little excited in his heart, and immediately obediently took out the money to pay the fine.

Everyone knows that in any town in the Red River Valley, don't fight the RCMP, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat.

There were no prisons or exiles in the towns of the Earl's domain, and those who violated the criminal law were either flogged or severely punished, and in serious cases, they were thrown into the mines to serve hard labor or directly on the gallows.

Whether it is an iron mine or a coal mine, the prisoners who are serving hard labor are welcomed with both hands, and as much as they want, as for whether they can get out alive or not, it depends on God's will, and it is not very normal for some people to die in the mines in these days.

There is no labor protection law, no 8-hour work system, no bill of rights, doing heavy labor for 12~14 hours a day, eating food that is not as good as pigs and dogs, and those who can survive can be called geniuses, and they will not dare to commit crimes again in their lives.

Under the strict management and heavy punishment, the security of the earl's territory is better.

It is said that in these places in northern Queensland and New South Wales, there are many black-hearted mine owners who specialize in pit indigenous peoples, and deceive these South Pacific natives into working in the name of introducing workers and digging gold mines.

Anyway, there is no one behind these indigenous groups to protect them, so who are they pitted?

In the laughter of his partner, Lu Qiang paid the fine with a shy face, and then followed the others into the tavern with a gray face.

He didn't know that he was seen by someone with a heart when he took out a heavy money bag......

A few hours later

The brothers came out drunken with their teeth on the wine burps, and it was already the dead of night, except for a few theaters with lights on, and most of the shops that did night markets had closed.

There are only pedestrians on the streets, and occasionally one or two horse-drawn carriages pass by, making the city seem not lonely at night.

Due to the power shortage in Red River Valley City, only the tall street lights on the central avenue are bright electric lights, and the bright ones are like a river of lights at night, and the other roads are old-fashioned kerosene street lights, which can only illuminate the vicinity of more than 10 meters.

Walking down the street leading to the hotel, the dim lights of the gas road reflected the stumbling figures of several people.

Lu Qiang drank a little too much, and was supported by Zhao Qishan and Mai Guangtian one by one, and Ma Limin followed Lu Qiang without a word, and there was no lack of showing off in his tone.

With this small amount of alcohol, are you embarrassed to show off?

"Stop, take out the money on your body, don't think about tricks, or I'll kill you with one shot."

Out of the darkness came two strong men with the brims of their hats lowered, and the muzzles of the black holes of the revolvers in their hands were pointed at the four of them.

The sudden appearance of the two gunmen made the night air seem to be stagnant, and being so frightened, several people suddenly woke up most of the drunkenness, and subconsciously reached out to their waists to touch the gun, but they felt empty.

Not only is spitting strictly forbidden in metropolises like the Red River Valley, but non-duty public officials and militia members are strictly forbidden to carry guns with them, so they keep their guns in small hotels and don't carry them with them at all.

"It's really not honest, since you want to die, grandpa will fulfill you." The tall robber in front of him was immediately angry when he saw the actions of Zhao Qishan and the others, and involuntarily raised the muzzle of his gun.

"Brother, don't be impulsive, you have something to say." Zhao Qishan didn't want to die here, so he hurriedly saw an empty hand raised, indicating that he was not threatening; "Please don't shoot, it's no problem to ask for money, we will definitely cooperate."

"Let me look at your hands, don't play tricks."

"Don't worry, none of us are carrying weapons, I will take the money bag out slowly." Zhao Qishan glanced at Mai Guangtian next to him and said; "Don't resist, these two brothers just came out to ask for money, let's just cooperate as much as possible, don't make any extraneous branches."

"With what...... Grass! Lu Qiang raised his drunken head, looking at the two robbers standing in front of him who seemed to have double vision, he shook his head and finally saw clearly, and immediately scolded;" You two...... Two what dog things? Holding a ...... in your hand Belch...... Take a dead mouse to charge your head, and have the ability to drink with me...... Drink another bottle ......"

"You are looking for a dead ......" was caught and scolded by a drunk, and the tall robber in front of him had a crooked nose.

"Don't mind, don't mind...... This bastard doesn't look like he's drunk, he's just talking nonsense, and don't take it to heart. Zhao Qishan hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Lu Qiang's mouth, and said with an apologetic smile.

"What the hell are you...... Hurry up and throw the money bag over. ”

"Come on, come on, I'll take out this drunkard's money bag first." Zhao Qishan stretched out his other hand and touched Lu Qiang's chest, took out the heavy money bag, and threw it away with a wave of his hand.

At this time, Ma Limin also took out the money bag on his body and threw it over, and the two robbers almost reached out to pick up the money bag one after another, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand involuntarily pointed up to the sky.

At this moment, Mai Guangtian, who had not spoken, moved, and he left Lu Qiang very tacitly and rushed out, rushing straight to the nearest tall robber.

Zhao Qishan and Ma Qishan also moved at the same time, and rushed forward at the same time, Lu Qiang, who was so drunk that he was talking nonsense, lost the support of one left and one right, and a dog ate and fell on the street.

A crisp gunshot ...... pierced the silence of the night.

......After another gunshot, Zhao Qishan and others took control of the situation, waving a fist the size of a sandbag and smashing it down again and again, opening the peach blossoms of the tall robbers.

The short robber who was standing a little behind was knocked down by Ma Limin alone, rolling on the street and screaming in pain, and it was also soft under him, it turned out to be a female robber, no wonder he kept silent, the revolver in his hand was easily snatched away, and not a single shot was fired.

The two shots fired were both tall robbers, one shot high into the night sky, and the other shot splashed stone chips on the stone road, and the one that didn't bounce back and hit Lu Qiang's leg.

Although the reflex force of this bullet has been greatly reduced, it still pierces a bloody hole in Lu Qiang's thigh and is deeply embedded in the flesh.

"Oh grass, oh grass...... I was shot. Lu Qiang's drunkenness was awakened by the severe pain, he had just fallen and eaten and knocked his nose bleeding, and he screamed in pain after being shot in the thigh again, and the drunkenness had gone for three or four minutes, and it all turned into a rolling cold sweat.

He is now completely blind, how could he fall? Why was he shot again?

Why am I so unlucky?

The sound of gunfire in the night pierced the silence far away, and soon the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the dusk streets, and several RCMP officers galloped in on horseback, holding the reins of the horses in one hand and resting the rifle on the shoulder with the other, the safety of the rifle had been opened, and it was ready to be fired flat.

Seeing the six people rolling down on the street from a distance, the RCMP immediately slowed down their horses, stood up from their horses with their rifles in their hands, and only held the fast-trotting horses tightly with their legs.

"All hands up, or we're going to shoot."

"Don't be impulsive Mr. Policeman, the armed robbers have been caught by us, we have no weapons on us, no threat."

"Shut up bastard, do as I say, all lie on the ground with your hands out and put your hands out where I can see, or we won't mind beating you into a hornet's nest."

"Okay, okay." At this time, the RCMP must not carry it hard, it will really shoot and kill people, Zhao Qishan and the others can only lie on the ground aggrievedly and honestly stretch out their hands.

Only Lu Qiang was still sitting on the ground in a daze, covering his bloody thighs with his hands and muttering to himself; "Who the hell shot me...... Belch...... Why am I here...... Who are you? ”