Chen Jianqiu hurried all the way to the direction of the mine.

A few kilometers away from the mine, he suddenly saw a bird riding a horse near a street sign at a fork in the road.

Seeing Chen Jianqiu, the bird rode his horse in his direction.

"Boss, you're finally back!" The bird came to Chen Jianqiu and let out a long sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jianqiu sensed that something was wrong very sensitively.

"If you don't come back, Danny and the others are going to have a fight with the Apaches." Asuka frowned.

"Let's go!" Chen Jianqiu didn't say anything more, and flew back with the bird.

Along the way, they encountered several secret posts set up by Geronimo near the mine, and Chen Jianqiu found that the number of secret posts had increased a lot.

They all walked out of hiding and greeted Chen Jianqiu with great respect.

The gate of the mine was closed, and Luo Cen, who was on duty on the front guard tower, saw Chen Jianqiu from a distance, hurriedly came down from the guard tower and opened the gate.

Chen Jianqiu got off the horse, handed the black radish to the bird, and walked inside with Luo Cen.

There were many people in the stronghold, and the people of Apache were busy with their own business, some of them were fetching water, some were sorting forage, and some were repairing equipment.

But when Chen Jianqiu passed by them, they all stopped what they were doing without exception and stood up and saluted Chen Jianqiu.

"Crook's cavalry regiment discovered our original cave, and our warriors and their vanguard exchanged fire, but suffered losses, fortunately there were no big casualties, and their troops were searching the area."

"What about you chieftains?" Chen Jianqiu asked as he walked.

"They're in the old Mexican house, and they're discussing the next steps."

When the two of them reached the outside of the house, they heard a violent quarrel coming from inside the house, one with a strong southern accent and the other with an Apache dialect.

"I said it! I know them, and if we don't block them a few kilometers to the north, they'll soon find out here! When the time comes, we will be meat in a can! Said with a southern accent.

"Our warriors are not afraid of battle, but they are not skilled in the use of weapons, and we have seen the results of the last battle! We're good at harassment, not blocking! We don't have enough manpower! The Indian accent retorted.

"That's because you launched an attack in advance to the west!" The southern accent raises the pitch.

"Obviously, you fired late, if we hadn't repelled the dozen or so people in the west, none of you would have been able to escape!" The Indian tone was also anxious, and the English began to be slurred, making it difficult to understand.

"Turtledove!" Another majestic voice roared.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Chen Jianqiu stepped into the room, and he took a look inside the room.

The atmosphere in the house was a bit oppressive.

A hastily drawn map sits on the table, and the two men who are arguing are the tall Danny and Geronimo's deputy, Ikardove, who are standing on opposite sides of the table and looking at each other.

Danny's face flushed as he did every time he was emotional; The turtledove was young and vigorous, panting and staring at the person opposite.

The chief of the Apaches, Geronimo, sat on a chair at the table, and he had just finished drinking his men, and his face was not very good-looking.

Teresa was half-sitting in her chair, considering whether to persuade her husband; Adam was sunk in his chair as always, the brim of his hat drooping, covering his face, and not saying a word; Holmes curled up in a chair in the corner, looking at his notes to himself, oblivious to what was happening in the room.

And Sean, the black man, looked at Jerónimo for a while, and Danny for the next, with an embarrassed smile on his face, wondering if he wanted to say something witty to ease the atmosphere.

"Don't you want to hear the good news?" Chen Jianqiu threw the box on the table and pressed the map.

Seeing Chen Jianqiu, the faces of everyone in the room were relieved, and Teresa breathed a long sigh of relief, he was really afraid that his husband's bullish temper would come up and he wouldn't be able to pull it.

With a smile on his face, Geronimo stood up and gave Chen Jianqiu a big hug.

"My good brother, you're finally back." He put his arm around Chen Jianqiu's shoulder, "Let's go, let's go out and talk." ”

The two walked outside the house.

Chen Jianqiu took out a cigarette and handed one to the chief, and he found that he was now accustomed to hand-rolled cigarettes without filters in this era.

Sometimes, he doesn't know how to pass his lungs, but he feels like he's missing something in his hands when he thinks.

"Crook has spotted us." Jerónimo snorted, and said to Chen Jianqiu with a little worry, "We handed over the fire, but ......"

"Well, Roczen told me." Chen Jianqiu nodded.

"I'm really sorry that those whiteskins wanted my head and swept you in." Geronimo smiled apologetically at Chen Jianqiu.

"We are people in the same boat." Chen Jianqiu patted Jeronimo's shoulder, "It's okay, we'll have a way." ”

are all people who survive in the cracks of this white world in the west, and sooner or later they will be a thorn in Crook's side.

What's more, he counted on these Indians to help him find treasure.

"After losing the battle, everyone must have an idea in their hearts, let's find a way to gather morale first," Chen Jianqiu said.

After receiving an affirmative answer from Chen Jianqiu, the chief was relieved.

Chen Jianqiu suddenly seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to the chief: "By the way, I haven't finished what I said in the house just now, I got two thousand dollars for you in Asterna, and exchanged it for gold bars, you can find a trustworthy person to keep it first, and if you find a suitable settlement later, it can be used as the cost of settling down." ”

Jerónimo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

After the cigarette was smoked, the remaining small half of the cigarette Chen Jianqiu threw to the ground.

"Let's go, let's go back to the house."

The two returned to the house, and the tense atmosphere on both sides was gone, but they still took the table as the centerline, and sat on both sides, busy with their own work, without any communication.

Chen Jianqiu took Geronimo to the back room and gave him their part of the gold bar.

"It's not too early, let's have lunch first." He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and the group followed their respective leaders out of the house and back to their quarters.

"Chen, you don't really expect these Indians to take us to find the treasure, do you?"

Back in the house, Danny couldn't help himself as soon as he entered the door, and with his straightforward personality, he began to count down the Indian soldiers: "They don't know what cooperation is!" Freedom to wander! No discipline! Some people don't even know how to use a gun! ”

As a former officer of the Southern Army, he really looked down on the frontal combat effectiveness of these people.

Chen Jianqiu didn't seem to hear him, took off his hat and threw it on the table, as well as the box and his bag.

He sat down in his chair, took off his boots, and began to pour dirt from them.

"Sean, go and divide the money in my bag with everyone." He said to the black man as he poured out the dirt.

When Sean heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, and he trotted to the table and reached for his bag.

He glanced at Chen Jianqiu again.

"What do you want me to do? Hurry up and divide the money! Chen Jianqiu put back on his boots and glanced at him by the way.

The black man happily opened the bag, revealing a bag full of green bills.

Except for Adam, who seemed to be still sobering up, the eyes of the others, including the bird who had just entered the door, were attracted by the dollar bill.

"I didn't have that much from the last time in Montrose, right?" Sean licked his lips.

"Well, and my appearance fee at the Santa Fe Ball, the bet money for the opening of the duel......"

Everyone was stunned, their boss was really versatile......

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