The Oklahoma Territory, the last undeveloped piece of land in the western United States.

It is bordered by Missouri and Arkansas to the east, New Mexico and Texas to the west, Texas across the River Ride to the south, and Colorado and Kansas to the north.

It was originally an Indian settlement.

After 1830, many eastern Indian tribes moved here.

It became a reservation for Indian tribes.

Union troops are stationed here, monitoring the local Indian tribes and preventing them from doing things like armed uprisings.

However, this did not stop the pioneers who had not yet acquired the land from coveting it.

From time to time, squads would enter the boundaries of the Indian tribes and be driven out under the double onslaught of the Indians and the Union troops.

But as the rest of the western region was carved up, there were more and more such people.

Most of them are speculators, adventurers, and people who have not yet acquired land for various reasons.

These people kept looking for opportunities to sneak in and set up camp, frantically tormenting the nerves of the Union soldiers.

Congress, unable to hold back the surging public opinion, began to consider the issue of opening Oklahoma's borders.

Chen Jianqiu first received the news at a board meeting of the Pacific Railroad.

Someone at the railroad company has been tracking and pushing for this.

Because the borders of the Indians were opened, it was helpful to promote the railway transportation business.

They told Mr. Chen that the Creek and Seminole tribes of Oklahoma had been forced to give up at least 2 million acres of good land in their territory in exchange for $4,173,799 in compensation.

Of course, whether this money can reach these tribes is another matter.

President Harrison agreed to open the area to U.S. citizens on April 22.

At that time, the army will withdraw from the territory and return to the border line to supervise.

The way to acquire land is primitive, simple, and crude.

First come, first served.

As long as the person arrives first and lays the boundary post, you say that this land is yours, and it is yours.

Those who are the first to seize the land have the right to defend their rights to the land by force.

The armies will not be in charge of this, they will only act as starters and referees at most.

Don't you people like to sneak in and enclose the land? Then simply open up directly, let you all in, life and death, wealth in the sky.

Chen Jianqiu was happy when he heard it.

He didn't mean to get justice for the two Indian tribes.

Since the land has come out, if you don't take someone to do it, you are really a little sorry for the original owner of the land.

There are still three months left before the official opening of the border.

Chen Jianqiu has already begun to prepare for this operation.

The Roswell Chamber ushered in a long-lost bustle, and Wyatt, Holmes and others rushed back early to attend this important meeting.

Chen Jianqiu was still sitting on the top, and a large map of Oklahoma hung on the wooden board behind him.

The location of the open area is carefully outlined with a red pen.

"According to the exact information provided by Holliday, the area of this development should be located in the middle plains of the Oklahoma region."

Li Sifu held a small wooden stick and gestured on the map.

"I don't rule out the possibility of continued opening up in the future, but if you can't stand firm in the early stage, I'm afraid you won't even have a share of soup later." Chen Jianqiu added on the side.

"It's part of the Red River basin, and the land is fertile, making it ideal for settlements."

Holmes flipped through his little notebook and said earnestly.

"This place is not only pastures, but also rich in mineral resources, and I took people to investigate them, but they were driven out."

"Hey, why are you kicked out every time?"

Sean looked at the geologist with a grin.

Chen Jianqiu touched his nose.

This scene is familiar, when Holmes was looking for oil mines in Roswell, he was also driven out by the soldiers stationed at the time.

That sounds like a good sign.

"Is there Indian territory around?" Chen Jianqiu looked at the bird.

Asuka walked up to the map and took a pen and ticked a few spots on it:

"As far as I know, these places are the current settlements of the Creek and Seminole peoples, and they are located on the edge of this open land."

"To the north of the open land is the territory of the Cherokee Tribe, a very valiant and warlike Indian tribe."

Chen Jianqiu nodded.

"Well, we won't touch them for a while, if we can say hello to them, try to say hello to them."

Asuka smiled bitterly, "I hope they can accept it, but in my experience, I'm afraid it's difficult." ”

Chen Jianqiu did not continue.

He didn't really want to use Maxim against the Indians.

"Wyatt, what did you learn about the Kansas and Texas side? Who might be our potential competitors? ”

Chen Jianqiu crossed his fingers, put them on the table, and asked.

Wyatt also stood up and walked to the edge of the map.

At the same time, he handed a report to Chen Jianqiu by the way.

He is now the head of the Border Detective Agency in Kansas and Texas and knows the situation very well.

"Most people haven't heard from it yet, but we can guess that the northern and southern borders will be crowded with people." Wyatt said.

"These people don't have to worry, most of them are retail investors, and they don't pose much of a threat to us." Chen Jianqiu said while flipping through the information.

"But there are still some organizations." Wyatt continued.

Chen Jianqiu's gaze also swept to the fourth page of the document, which recorded some information about the organization Wyatt was talking about.

"One is the Oklahoma Colonists' Association, founded five or six years ago by an outlaw named David Payne, who at first defied all laws and tried to find a way to cross the blockade and carve out land in Oklahoma."

"For this reason, these people have exchanged fire with the federal troops stationed there on more than one occasion, although they have all been driven out and the leaders have been arrested."

"But it has also given them a lot of support, and their organization has grown bigger and bigger in recent years."

"How many armed men are there? What kind of equipment are they? Chen Jianqiu was more concerned about this issue, "What other leaders are there besides Payne?" “

"Payne is dead, and the current leader is called. Kutch, there are about seven or eight hundred armed men alone, because the funds are sufficient, so the equipment is not bad, and it is said that there are a few Gatlings. ”

"Well, that's quite a few people." Zhang Danian, who was on the side, nodded.

As a former military general, he still has a certain concept of seven or eight hundred heavily armed people.

"Are there any other organizations?" Chen Jianqiu continued to scroll down through the information.

Wyatt introduced some more to Chen Jianqiu, but compared with the Colonizers' Association, they were much smaller, scattered, and didn't look very eye-catching.

"Seven or eight hundred, well-armed, Gatling guns, hmm" Chen Jianqiu looked at the information, then turned his head and looked at the map behind him.

Finally, he looked at Zhang Danian.

"Since there are seven or eight hundred of them, then Uncle Danian, please pick a thousand excellent ones from Roswell's militia."

"I'm afraid a thousand isn't enough, right?" Zhang Danian frowned.

Chen Jianqiu didn't answer, but shouted to Danny on the other end of the table:

"Danny! And what about the guns we ordered from Krupp last year? ”

(End of chapter)