Richard's move caused an involuntary uproar among the people present, and some people subconsciously touched their long braids, revealing hesitation.

Iron needs to be struck while it is hot, and it is difficult to do it when it is cold.

Richard motioned to the four subordinates to come over with a stern look, they had been following Richard for a long time, and subconsciously walked over, just about to say something......

I can't help but say

Richard directly grabbed the braid on the back of his head is a knife, and the cold light flashed, and the thick braid was cut off.

This abrupt action scared these people into not daring to move, the short blade was so sharp, for fear that if the neck was cut off again, it would be a big loss.

After first solving the long braids of the four men, Richard ordered; "Everyone here is not allowed to leave, all of them cut off their braids for me, this is a sign of joining my Tang Club, you go and cut all the braids for me."

"Uh...... Got it, young master. ”

Under the coercion of Richard's gaze, his 4 subordinates were helpless, anyway, the braids had been cut off, so just break the jar and break it!

I don't have braids, and you don't want to have them!

Under this strange psychology, Dai Changfu and the others pulled out short knives, grabbed the people around them and began to cut their braids.

It may be that the deterrent effect of killing people on the street is too strong, and these onlookers basically did not resist too strongly, at most they begged for mercy and begged for mercy when Dai Changfu and others came over with short knives.

Let you go, what are we going to do?

Dai Changfu and the others didn't talk much nonsense, they directly pulled the braid and slashed it with a knife, and they were still shouting in their mouths; "Brothers, don't move, beware of hurting yourself, I am also under the strict orders of the young master, and I can't help myself!"

"Dai Ye, Dai Ye...... The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it must not be ......"

The words are not finished

The knife flashed, the braid broke off at the back of his head, and the back of his head was cold, so frightened that the man's head shrank and he didn't dare to speak anymore.

This year

Most of the gold diggers who have crossed the ocean are illiterate, and what you say to him about the history of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties is all nonsense, and what you say about how dignified Chinese sons and daughters can be ruled by the Qing Dynasty, and men should be self-reliant, etc., are also in vain, and playing the piano to the cow is almost the same.

If it weren't for the three dead ghosts of Lin Ada, who sent them to the door and let Richard stand up on the spot, and wanted to cut off the braids of these Chinese, I really don't know how much effort it would take.

Even if you talk about it, you probably can't do it.

After the initial shock, some onlookers began to resist, resolutely unwilling to cut their braids.

Richard had a knife in his hand, and he just threw it away with a cold look......

Well, OK, everything is fine.

There were more than 430 people in the whole village, that is, in a moment's effort, the braids on the back of everyone's heads were rudely cut off, some people held braids in their hands and cried, and many more wanted to cry without tears.

"Alright, don't howl."

Richard roared, and the voices of the men around him crying suddenly became more than half smaller, and the shining short blade in his hand pointed to the sky and said loudly;

"The emperor is above, I, Richard, swear to Tianming that the Chinese who have cut off their braids are all brothers of the "Tang Society", and they will never let you be bullied by ghosts. As long as the sand gold is found, the safety will be borne by the "Datang Society", and building a house, marrying a daughter-in-law, and buying a field will all be protected by the Datang Society.

Now, everyone will come with me with knives and guns, take these corpses with them, and let's go to Erdaoling and Sandaoling villages to recruit more Chinese members.

The Chinese who joined the club didn't have braids, so everyone was the same, they were equal, do you think it's okay? ”

"Good ......," everyone replied in unison.

Many people had tears and snot on their faces, anyway, when they heard that they were going to other villages to cut their braids, they suddenly became energetic and shouted loudly.

If I don't have braids, why should I have them? If you want to laugh at me, then you don't have anybody.

Young Master Richard's words make sense, what is that called...... Equal.

Hundreds of people became emotional, carrying knives and guns, dragging dead people in carriages, which mainly played a deterrent effect, and they couldn't kill people in one place, and the crowd followed Richard and others to the direction of Erdaoling Village in the depths of the valley, full of momentum.

In the valley of grapes

The village where Richard is located is called Toudaoling Village, and there are two mountains, three mountains, four mountains and five mountains, all separated by a continuous mountain range, a total of 5 villages.

Most of these five villages are mainly Chinese, and there are a small number of Mexican Indians, including about 1,400 Chinese and about 550 Mexican Indians.

Further down into the valley are several tribes of indigenous Indians, numbering about three to four thousand, who live their lives in seclusion and have little contact with whites and Chinese.

The two sides will only come into contact when exchanging supplies.

The more than 400 people led by Richard were really in a big battle, and after coming to Erdaoling Village, they first put 4 corpses in the village, attracting the old and young masters to come and watch, and everyone began to cut their hair, acting rudely and directly, without any reason at all, and the efficiency was quite fast.

It's dusk

The last Wudaoling village has also completed the feat of cutting braids, and the crowd has reached thousands, among which more than 100 strong guys have joined the "Tang Society" armed horse team on the spot, which is the power that Richard initially mastered.

Richard brought all these young men to Toudaoling Village, killed a cow and two sheep that evening, and held a grand bonfire dinner to celebrate the establishment of the Tang Society.

Everyone made a fuss until late at night, singing and dancing, venting their excess energy to the fullest.

The next day, bright light shines through the window lattice.

Rising from the warm bed, Richard's head felt groggy, and there was still a little bit of alcohol.

The Scotch whisky was really strong, and he deliberately stayed awake last night, and he patrolled the surroundings until the end, and did not rest until about two or three o'clock in the morning, but he still drank a little too much.

After washing with cold water, the whole talent was refreshed.

The inside and outside of the wooden house went around

On the other side of the room, a few people who were in charge of guarding last night were sleeping soundly, and a dozen horses had been led away to graze on the tender grass on the nearby hillside.

Under the leadership of Dai Changfu and others, the rest of the people are running along the roads in the village, tempering their strong physique, which is a necessary quality for the gunners of the Datang Society.

Next

It is also necessary to build some stone locks, stone poles, wooden stakes and other utensils to make the training gradually formalized.

By the way, also to find a good military instructor.

What Richard wants is not a group of rabble, but a combat-effective "Datang Society" gunner, so militarized training is the only way, there is nothing to say.

There are more than 100 people who need to establish a stronghold, he looked up left and right, and his eyes were fixed on the high hills on the side of the village entrance.

This gentle hill is about 130 meters high, and it looks like it is 70 or 80 meters from the road at the entrance of the village, and it is the only place to enter the grape valley, with the red oak forest in the background.

Stand at the gate of the courtyard

Richard fell in love with this place at a glance, and the first armed stronghold of the Datang Society was set up here.

Although it is closer to the village, there are other conditions to say, and the construction of an armed stronghold is not a trivial matter, at least the wall facing the outside of the valley mouth should be very strong, and the stone barrier is the strongest to resist artillery bombardment.

San Francisco is an important city for shipping and trade on the west coast of North America, and there are many large ships with sails, many of which are cargo ships from the Caribbean Sea in Central America, and even as far as the Luzon Islands and the northern mainland of China.

As long as you have money, you can buy more than 100 guns casually, which is really not a joke.

I thought about it for a moment

The project that Li perceived was too big and needed to be considered in the long run.

Now it's a priority

Richard glanced at the corpse of Ferguez outside the wooden fence, which had stiffened after the night, and his exposed hands were purple-black patches of zombies, curled up like chicken paws.

This thing can't stay here any longer, so today I will arrange to bring the corpse and go to Fangcaodi in exchange for a bounty, and by the way, see if there are any talents to build the camp.

In this regard

The British and Spaniards are masters, and the countless castles and fortresses they have built around the world are still standing after hundreds of years of wind and rain, and the level is much higher than that of Chinese workers.

Among other things, the Spaniards built the huge dome of the church, and in the era when there was no reinforced concrete, it was possible to build a semicircular dome with just bricks.

Dozens of people standing on it will not collapse, relying on the principle of mechanics, the weight of the dome is evenly distributed to the surrounding stone ring beams, and Huagong can not do this.

And also......

The three Lin Adama who were killed in public yesterday were from the Chinese Gang Association, and this Lin Ada, who was still a second-way incense master.

The body was buried, but it wasn't over.

Agreement Hall is a notorious human trafficker group that sells "piglets" and "pig flowers" on a large scale between Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and North America for huge profits, and opens a Chinese brothel in San Francisco to make some shady money.

In the mouths of the Jianghu people, "piglets" are Chinese laborers, and "pig flowers" are mainly young women who are seduced, kidnapped, and forcibly bought, most of whom are delicate and lovely, so they are called "pig flowers".

They abduct a large number of women in Guangzhou at a price of 15 taels ~ 20 taels of silver per woman, and then sell them to San Francisco at a maximum price of 800 US dollars, which is simply a huge profit.

According to the San Francisco Evening News, in the three years from the end of 1842 to 1845, about 420 women were sold in the agreement, and the profit was at least 150,000 taels of silver.

Such a gang of underworld gangs will never watch their own people being killed, and the news will not spread in the next two days, but will spread in three or five days at most.

So many people have seen it, and it is impossible to hide it, which is also a big trouble.

Richard was not afraid of trouble, and there were more than 1,200 Chinese living in the new town of San Francisco, most of them working in workshops, but also a small number of gold prospectors, and some women and janitors in Fengyue places, and he would sooner or later have to co-opt the Chinese there.

The problem now is that he is also afraid of being shot!

A typical western cowboy duel scene is two people standing on the street, thirty or forty meters apart from each other, and a fair shootout for the winner.

In fact, in this wild and chaotic West, the vast majority of cowboys do not follow any rules, and most of them die from black guns in the back.