"Do you care about the things in the open area or not?"

In the federal barracks on the border line, Kutch crossed his hands and questioned an officer sitting in front of him.

The officer's name was Bruce Thorne, with the rank of colonel, and he was responsible for overseeing the opening of the entire Oklahoma area.

At this time, he was sitting in his chair with a big grin, listening to the complaints of the president of the colonist association in front of him.

"Listen, sir, those Chinese are encroaching on our territory! They should have disappeared from this country seven years ago! ”

Kutch stared at the officer and said.

"They are all legal citizens of the United States, they are registered with the land office, and my people have checked it, and there is no problem." Colonel Thorne replied lazily.

"But they have weapons! A very powerful weapon! And a large number of armed men! They wounded my horse! My people! "Kutch was a little anxious.

"As far as I know, you were the ones who went to storm their camp first, and they still kept their hands and didn't attack you directly, so you should be glad that you didn't attack you directly!" Thorne looked clear.

"That's because they cheated! They set off first! Occupy there! Kutch raised his tone.

The colonel's cheeks shook a little.

That's a problem!

The border line was supervised by the colonel and his soldiers, and the clearance before the opening was also done by the colonel's men.

By saying this, Kutch was simply accusing the colonel of dereliction of duty.

Colonel Thorne put his hands on the table and stared at Kutch intently:

"Mr. Kutch, your accusations are unfounded, and no one entered there until the borders were opened!"

He knocked on the table and changed his words: "On the contrary, it is your association, if I remember correctly, since a few years ago, it has repeatedly led people into the territory without authorization, and has also exchanged fire with the federal troops stationed. ”

"Speaking of weapons, don't you claim to have 'warriors of a thousand'? Isn't it full of martial virtues? I don't have the ability, why did you come to me and shout injustice? ”

Colonel Thorne was anti-guest, and said that Couch's face was red and white.

"The federal army is sure it doesn't care about the territory, right?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"No matter! You have acquired land in Oklahoma, you are the people of Oklahoma, you can solve your own affairs, as long as the Oklahoma territory does not become independent and there is no humanitarian disaster, we will not intervene! ”

The Colonel leaned back in his chair and began to close his eyes.

Seeing that the Colonel did not seem to be willing to deal with him any longer, Kutch left the barracks in a rage.

Colonel Thorne walked into his tent after Couch had left.

A small box rested next to his pillow.

The colonel opened the lid, and there was a golden glow from inside.

This box was sent by a Chinese man wearing a cloth coat not long ago.

"Mr. Chen asked me to bring it to you." "He said he didn't have anything else to do, but just wanted to give you a little souvenir to thank you for your hard work during this time!" ”

Seeing the golden light, a smile appeared on the Colonel's lips.

He walked out of his tent, returned to the tent, and gave orders to his subordinates:

"No one cares about the affairs in the territory! Do you understand? ”

"Yes! My sir! ”

Back at the camp, Kuchi gathered the core of the Colonists' Guild and sat around the campfire to discuss what to do.

"The federal army said it wouldn't care." Kutch fiddled with a branch on the campfire.

"They don't care, we'll do it ourselves." The pigtailed man slapped his thigh and said excitedly.

A sloppy fat man with curly hair next to him picked at his nose.

"We can't beat the other side again, and you didn't see the iron bump on the car yesterday, it's too scary."

The fat man said with palpitations.

"Get those two things on the bridge, God can't get by!"

"Attacking can't do it, we can outwit it!" The pigtailed man looked unconvinced.

Everyone looked at Kutch, who was silent.

The president was still fiddling the campfire with a branch.

Seeing this, the pigtailed man stood up and clenched his fists:

"President, do you remember a few years ago when we fought the Federation's troops on the banks of the Steele River? At that time, none of us were afraid! ”

"Then we were all caught!" The fat man added.

"That's because we didn't have enough strength at the time! There aren't enough weapons either! The pigtailed man ignored the fat man.

He's still passionate.

"Look, aren't we all under the leadership of the president? Compared to then, we are now strong! None of you flinched back then, do you have to throw in the towel now? ”

"Not bad!" Couch finally stopped playing with the bonfire with the broken branch in his hand.

He stood up.

The pigtailed man's words seemed to stir up a passion that he had not seen for a long time.

"Yes, the people of the association will never admit defeat! The land on the other side of the river was ours! ”

Kutch clenched his fists.

But how do you get this land back?

Thinking of the death-spewing iron bumps, Couch sat down again.

The shock of the thing was so strong that its hand-cranked Gatling looked like a toy in front of them.

He looked around.

Most people are also embarrassed, and the fat man has a more flat posture.

"Let's discuss it, how to act?" He picked up his branch again.

"President, I have a plan!" The pigtailed man suddenly said, "According to my observations, the river over here is not deep. ”

"Nonsense, is this up to you? If it's deep, I'm going to fall like this? The fat man rolled up his sleeves, revealing a large bruise on his arm, "Fortunately, Lao Tzu has rough skin and thick flesh, otherwise this arm would be here!" ”

"Shut up, don't interrupt!" Kuchi stopped the fat man's complaints, and he turned to the pigtailed man, "You continue. ”

"I don't think we have to cross the river from the bridge, but I can take the brothers with me in the dead of night." The pigtailed man said.

"And then?"

"And then? Then we slipped into their camp and set a fire! The pigtailed man smiled and looked at the people around him, "This kind of thing, I think everyone is familiar with it!" ”

"Tents, one after the other, as long as a fire is burned, a camp of thousands of people! When the time comes, it will definitely be a mess, and if you don't do it well, the fire will get bigger and bigger, and it won't be extinguished at all! It doesn't take longer than one night for the camp on the opposite side to be reduced to ashes! ”

The genes of the crowd seem to have been awakened.

"That's right! Burn them! ”

"After midnight, they must not be prepared!"

The pigtailed man's face flushed with excitement, and Kuqi also showed a long-lost excitement.

"Good! That's it! In the middle of the night, cross the river! ”

A busy day passed quickly.

The people in the camps on both sides of the strait are busy with their own business.

The pioneers of the Guild began to search the surrounding area for wood and stone to build shelter in, and then moved it to their own land to build a shelter for themselves.

On Chen Jianqiu's side, the speed is much faster.

Many building materials were transported by train from outside, and the construction of farms or ranches, or even cities, was also preliminarily planned.

Zhang Danian's 1,000 or so Chinese soldiers, turned into construction workers, began to build their own homes on this land.

With the experience of building Roswell, everything became a natural one.

On top of that, from time to time there was a loud roar behind the wooden walls of the camp on the other side of the river, as if it were a steam engine, or something else.

Kuqi and his subordinates watched in amazement as Li Sifu led people to lay wooden stakes on the riverbank.

These men worked until dark.

They pulled barbed wire between the stakes.

"Hey, they actually pulled the barbed wire, that's not easy to deal with!" One of Couche's side said, "Could it be that they're already on guard?" ”

"Well, look at that barbed wire, there are all kinds of spikes, and it hurts to be scratched." The other touched his nose.

The fat man listened and smiled.

He turned and returned to the tent.

When he came out again, he carried a huge pair of pliers.

"Hey, fatty, why do you have everything?" The pigtailed man looked at the fat man and the pliers in his hands, but the happiness on his face could no longer be hidden.

"Of course, we pioneers have everything." The fat man grabbed the two long handles of the pliers with both hands and made a scissor motion.

"With this thing, no matter how powerful the barbed wire is, it can't stop us, so let's see!"

(End of chapter)