Ackerman got off the train from Dodge City with his dozen men, bought horses, and marched along the railroad line to New Mexico.

They thought about the difficulties they might encounter along the way, but they never imagined that they would be so difficult.

They first entered the mountains of Colorado and watched all kinds of wild animals bark at them; Then I lost the railroad in the no-man's land of eastern New Mexico and almost got lost.

During this time, they encountered at least three waves of gunmen of unknown origin.

But fortunately, the two sides just looked at each other, and they both knew that the other party was not a good person, and after thinking about it, they didn't hand over the fire.

Along the way, they also experienced water and food shortages.

Jennings sighed along the way.

If the explosives in the package were edible, he would have nibbled on them.

The gang robbed two teams of hapless pedestrians along the way before they got to a town where they could see people.

By the time he was about to arrive in Santa Fe, the dozen or so eastern thugs in suits and leather shoes had completely lost their lust and couldn't even speak.

The only thing they learned along the way was that they didn't need to go to the ambush site in particular.

New Mexico is so desolate, even outside the city of Santa Fe, let alone killing a person, even if it kills a dozen people, no one will know.

So they set the location on an abandoned farm on the northern outskirts of Santa Fe.

From the outside, the buildings on the farm are still in good condition. However, when they entered the buildings, they found that only the warehouses were barely able to enter.

They even cleaned the inside and outside of the farm, especially the warehouse, so that it didn't look so desolate.

"What time is it today?"

Ackerman stood in the doorway with his hands behind his back and asked Jennings, who was wiping the table.

"I don't know." Jennings shook the dry cloth off his hand, and the dust on the cloth flew all over the room, "Boss, we haven't had the concept of a date for a long time. ”

"Could it be that the agreed date of meeting is already past the agreed date?" Ackerman scratched at his hair and muttered to himself.

His hair had knotted in a lump and looked like a lump of straw wrapped in dry mud.

"I don't know." Jennings looked at his listless brothers, and then said to Ackermann:

"Boss, otherwise, let's go find out where there is water first, if this goes on, Boss Chen hasn't taken the plane yet, and we will die of thirst first."

"Shut up, I didn't ask you." Ackerman rubbed dirt down his hair.

"In this way, you follow me into the city, and the others, those who should be looking for water are looking for water, and those who should be preparing are preparing."

He gave orders to Jennings and the other thugs who were at work.

"We'll be in the city for two days, and we'll come back with any news."

Ackerman and Jennings mounted their horses and headed for Santa Fe.

The capital city of New Mexico is not quite what they imagined.

The streets are narrow, the buildings are bizarre, and there are all kinds of people on the road, but they all seem to be Mexican.

The worst thing is that these Mexicans speak Spanish.

These two don't know anything about Spanish.

After dancing and gesturing for a long time, no one understood what they were talking about.

They stopped at the door of a grocery store.

There were a few yellow-skinned people at the door.

These people don't look like the others.

At first, Ackerman thought it was an Indian, but when he looked closely, he didn't look like it.

"Sir, is there anything you can help me with?" One of them noticed them and asked.

Although the accent is strange, it is indeed English that is spoken.

"Well, where is the nearest hotel, and why don't all the people here speak English?" Jennings struggled to make himself look a little kinder.

"It's a Mexican ghetto in Santa Fe, and the white people are in the west of the city." The man pointed to the west.

Ackerman and Jennings had a sudden realization.

It's no wonder that the architecture here doesn't look like American in any way.

But they had a little more doubt.

"And where did you come from?" Ackerman asked.

He asked a little rudely, and the men looked displeased, but nevertheless answered his question:

"We are Chinese, from Roswell. What about you? ”

"Delaware." Jennings replied absentmindedly.

The Chinese's answer surprised the two.

It's hard to meet English-speaking Chinese on the streets of eastern cities.

Not to mention that after the bill was published.

Not only do these people speak English, but they don't have braids behind their heads, and they are very confident when they speak.

"Roswell?"

Ackerman and Jennings glanced at each other and looked down in deep thought.

When they looked up, they found that the Chinese had disappeared.

The two suddenly felt faintly that things didn't seem to be so simple.

But they discussed it for a long time, but they still didn't come up with a reason.

Eventually, Ackerman decided to find a place to stay and talk about it tomorrow.

After walking around the city, they finally found a place to live in the west of the city.

It is said to be very close to the Chamber of Commerce.

The two finally had the opportunity to figure out the specific date now.

Fortunately, the meeting time originally agreed in the letter happened to be tomorrow at noon.

The next day, Santa Fe City West, near the Chamber of Commerce.

Two strange customers came to Mr. Hunt's clothing store early in the morning.

They said they were in a hurry, they didn't have time to order, and they needed ready-to-wear clothes.

Since the last time Astor and Chen Jianqiu visited the clothing store, Mr. Hunter has been preparing a lot of one-size-fits-all clothes in the store.

The two people on the second floor can't afford it, but there are still big road goods on the first floor.

"Jennings, do you think I look like a businessman in this outfit?" Ackerman pouted and looked in the mirror as he asked his subordinates on the side.

Jennings was also tidying up his clothes, and he looked into the mirror.

Mr. Hunt's clothes still can't hide the ferocity of the two, and they are still two thugs.

"Boss, why don't you forget it, I think they are dressed very well in the west." Jennings gestured to a pair of jeans and a hat next to him on the clothes rack.

"Shut up, now let's go to the Chamber of Commerce!" Ackerman straightened up.

"No need."

A voice came from behind them.

In the mirror, a third person suddenly appeared.

A yellow-skinned young man.

He was followed by three men, all wearing bright revolvers at their waists.

"I heard that you are from Delaware?" ‘

The young man asked, looking at the clothes on the shelves on the first floor.

"How do you know?" Ackerman jerked back.

The young man did not answer the question, he picked up a cowboy hat, put it in his hand and looked at it:

"I'm the Chen Jianqiu you're looking for."

He walked between the two and put his hands on their shoulders.

"You don't have to go to the Chamber of Commerce or anything, let's talk about something here."

Ackerman's cardiac arrest. Subconsciously want to pull out the gun.

But he suddenly glanced at the three people who had come in with the young man.

Their hands were already pressed on their revolvers.

"It's not convenient to talk in the city, let's change places another day." He was so nervous that he could almost hear his own heavy breathing.

And Jennings, who was on the side, was even more angry and didn't dare to make a sound.

Chen Jianqiu smiled:

"The Chamber of Commerce is really not suitable for talking, but it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, you lead the way, let's go now."

Ackerman's mind was spinning.

It seemed like the best way he could choose at the moment.

It seems that there are still a few people under this Boss Chen, and they are also well-informed in Santa Fe.

Now my side is at a disadvantage, but when I get to the farm outside Santa Fe, it doesn't have to be.

This Boss Chen still held it up, thinking that he had a chance to win.

He thought there were only two people on his side.

As everyone knows, he has always been clean and clean, as soon as he arrives at the farm, let him fly.

Ackerman agreed.

They settled the bill, walked out of the clothing store, and took Chen Jianqiu and them towards the outside of the city.

"Your new location isn't going to be outside the city, is it? There's no one around. ”

After leaving Santa Fe City, Chen Jianqiu suddenly asked.

Ackerman didn't look back, his voice came from the front, but the corners of his mouth hung a grim smile:

"Mr. Chen, do you have anything to worry about? This is your place. ”

"That's right." Chen Jianqiu touched his chin and stopped talking.

The group soon came to the vicinity of the farm.

Ackerman, who was at the head of the line, looked in the direction of the farm.

He seemed to see a man near the barn, and when he saw the group, he quickly turned back into the barn.

is worthy of his subordinates who have followed him for many years, and he knows that he can act in ambush without prior notice.

Ackerman glanced back at Chen Jianqiu.

Boss Chen didn't seem to notice this detail, and was talking and laughing with the three people he brought.

Several people's horses stopped at the barn door.

"How did you find this place?" Chen Jianqiu dismounted and looked the barn up and down.

"I found it when I was passing by." Ackerman and Jennings pushed open the barn door and made a gesture of please to Chen Jianqiu.

"Looks like this place has been cleaned?" Chen Jianqiu looked inside the barn, then turned to the two of them, his eyes were a little suspicious: "You are not two people here." ”

"Just the two of us." Jennings looked nervous, his feet plowing the ground.

"We cleaned up before we left." Ackerman added. "Please come in, on behalf of Mr. Henry, what I want to talk to you about involves the future pattern of the Gunpowder Association, which is very secretive."

Chen Jianqiu smiled and said to the three people behind him: "You guys wait for me outside." ”

With that, he turned around and walked into the barn.

Ackerman and Jennings were overjoyed and hurried in.

The door closed behind Chen Jianqiu.

"Hey, hillbilly, how did you think about Mr. Henry's letting you join the Gunpowder Society?" Ackerman sat down on a chair at the table in the middle of the barn.

He changed his politeness on the outside and became extremely arrogant.

"Don't you think it's a little dark in here?" Chen Jianqiu glanced around.

Sunlight shone through a small window into the warehouse.

"Don't talk nonsense, agree or disagree?" Jennings's attitude also became arrogant, and he asked, crossing his waist.

"If those conditions were still the same, I might not have been able to agree to them." Chen Jianqiu said with a grin, "Unless I am allowed to lead the association." ”

"Are you dreaming?" Jennings rebuked angrily, "Then you're toasting and not eating and drinking." ”

Ackerman interrupted his subordinates' words, put his hands together on the table, and stared at Chen Jianqiu viciously:

"Do you know how we treat disobedient people?"

"I want to hear about it." Chen Jianqiu asked with interest.

"We'll let them fly into the sky, understand?" Ackerman has threatened nakedly.

"Collapse~" He clenched his ten fingers and opened them, making a gesture of blooming.

"Oh."

Chen Jianqiu agreed.

Ackerman and Jennings were stunned for a moment.

What's wrong with this person, "oh" and it's over?

It seems that he does not shed tears when he sees the coffin.

Ackerman held out his hand and slapped him behind him.

"Smack"

"Smack"

"Smack"

There was no movement.

He felt something strange and slapped it a few more times.

Still no movement.

The smile on Chen Jianqiu's face disappeared.

He walked over to the table, leaned down, his hands on the table, and stared intently at Ackerman.

The only ray of sunlight in the warehouse, shining on half of his face.

His gaze was as sharp as an eagle.

"Do you want me to clap my hands?"

(End of chapter)