Where did Lin Zhanyuan hide?

Late that night

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Lin Zhanyuan had to leave with hatred, hiding in the shadows of the new town with resentment, watching the Datang Society and a group of gunmen embezzle the assets of brothels, gambling stalls and cloth villages, but there was no way at all.

Now that he is alone, even if he is highly skilled, how many muskets can he beat?

What hurt Lin Zhanyuan the most was;

The foundation of the agreement hall in North America for several years was completely destroyed, the secret treasury was wiped out, and the wealth lost was as high as 150,000 ounces of gold (only 300 quintals of raw silk were worth $500,000 in North America, worth 25,000 ounces of gold). Above, the North American helmsman has been lost, not to mention the word "miserable"?

The only way to do it now

The only way to rush to the rose manor in the suburbs as soon as possible, pack up some of the gold and silver, and take the ladies who had finally been taken captive, the Qin family and others, and catch the carriage to Sacramento.

As long as you get to Sacramento, there is some accumulated wealth there, and even if you scatter all your wealth, you have to hire enough Mexican gunners to kill them when the time comes......

"Appeal ......"

The leading rider raised his right hand and shouted, and the speeding horse team quickly slowed down, and the flying clouds of smoke and dust rushed over, and were soon left behind by the advancing horse team.

After this high-speed movement, the horses under the knights' seats were all sweating and panting heavily, and adjusted to the rhythm of small strides and canters, so that the horses could slow down the excessive physical strength of the horses.

"President, there's Rose Manor ahead."

It was Wu Degao who spoke, this person is also a practitioner, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, has been in North America for nearly three years, and can converse in English, which is considered an old man.

He was not accepted because of his upright personality, alienated from the inner circle of the North American rudder, and never had any evil deeds.

"Oh, it's a nice place." Richard looked around and couldn't help but praise.

Located about thirty-five or six kilometres east of San Francisco, it is part of the Central Valley, which looks like an endless stretch of gentle hills and green plains.

Further east, the Sierra Nevada Mountains are idyllic with snow-capped peaks, lush forests cascading down the mountainside, and clear streams flowing from the mountains.

The terrain of the entire province of Alta California is called "two mountains and one valley".

In the province of Alta California (an administrative division of Mexico), the mountains that run along the west coast of North America run north-south and are called the "Coast Mountains".

The Coast Range is part of the Pacific Rim Mountains, which stretch more than 1,600 kilometers north through the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington.

The coastal mountain range has many subsidence zone terrain, densely covered with many harbors, valleys, bays, and the mountain range itself is separated by many horizontal valleys, many gorges and rivers, and the natural scenery is extremely magnificent.

In Alta California, San Francisco and Los Angeles are natural ocean ports, and the Bay Area is a natural harbor created by the unique coastal mountain terrain.

It is rich in precipitation and dense forests, most famous for the redwoods in northern California, the Douglas firs and hemlocks from Oregon to Alaska in the United States.

Dozens of kilometers or even more than 100 kilometers to the east of the "Coast Range", there is a "Sierra Nevada" that also runs north-south.

The valley between these two mountain ranges, called the "Central Valley", is dominated by plains and gently sloping hills, and the land is extremely fertile, full of greenery, dense streams and various wild animals, and is the best place to develop agriculture and animal husbandry.

Richard led the horse team all the way, and along the way, he saw a few American brown bears, some roaming wolves, and even more hares and deer, which was a picture of the wilderness.

Following the direction of Wu Degao's finger, you can see that on the gently sloping hills ahead, there are more than a dozen wooden bungalows scattered among them, and there is a circle of wooden fences that are half a person high, and the wooden fences are crawling with wild roses.

Richard's eyes were sharp, and he could see that some people in the Rose Manor had run out, and they should have spotted a long-distance attack on the horse team, but by this time it was too late.

"Degao, you lead a team of men to the back to block it, and those who try to resist will be killed, surrender and avoid death. The others come with me. ”

Order

The armed horse team of more than 30 people was divided into two groups, and Richard led nearly 20 horsemen to rush to the main gate of the manor, pulled out the snow bright long knife on his back, and broke through the gate.

He galloped past as several frightened goats rushed at him, and Richard slashed them with a single sword.

I saw a flash of Xueliang's knife, and the first ram weighing more than 150 catties was directly split in half from the stomach, and blood was scattered on the spot.

"All of them will come out of the house for me, kneel down, and those who dare to resist will be put to death."

The horse team swept by like a storm, the men and women in the manor screamed and knelt down in panic, and some women were directly frightened and cried, how could they have ever seen such a vicious battle?

Fortunately, the Rose Manor was large enough, and Richard led the horse team to sweep through like a storm, and after two turns, he saw that there was indeed no resistance, so he reined in his horse and stopped.

The men rushed into the wooden houses like wolves, and soon the screams and cries of women were heard, and then the women and Chinese laborers who were hiding in the houses were driven out and knelt on the ground outside the empty houses.

Richard had already sheathed his long knife, and stood in front of the manor's mansion with a horsewhip in his cold hand, and did not comment on the rough behavior of his subordinates.

Even if you want to make rules, it's not this time.

It didn't take a while

Wu Degao dragged a trembling middle-aged scribe over, kicked him in the crook of his hind leg, forced the middle-aged scribe to kneel, and then hugged his fists to report;

"Your Excellency, there are more than 180 Chinese laborers in the manor, and nearly 50 people are dredging ditches in the fields, and I am preparing to send someone to arrest them.

Also enquired;

The thief chief Lin Zhanyuan did arrive at the Rose Manor yesterday night, and at dawn this morning, he took away 4 carriages and all the gold and silver finesses, as well as more than 10 beautiful pig flowers, including the little lady of the Qin family, and headed north.

A few days ago, there were 121 pigs who were detained in the Rose Manor, and now there are 109 of them, all here.

This person is Lin Fu, the chief butler of the Rose Manor, and the young women who have been sold to North America over the years have been trained by more than 10 vicious women under him. ”

After hearing this, Richard raised his eyebrows, his sharp eyes forced him to look at Lin Fu who was trembling in front of him, and asked coldly; "Lin Zhanyuan came here last night, did he explain anything?"

"My lord spared my life, yesterday the young gang master came in a hurry late at night, called us all out of our sleep to cook, pack up our bags, pack up the gold and silver, and hurriedly went out early in the morning. The little one asked what was going on, and he told me to take a good look at the manor, and didn't say anything else, and the little one didn't dare to ask, please Mingjian, the big man! ”

"How many gunmen did he take?"

"There were only 11 gunmen in the manor, and the young gang leader took 10 of them, and he also set up 4 carriages, loaded almost all the gold and silver, and took away 12 young and beautiful girls."

"Is it one man and one horse, or one man and two horses?"

"Back to the old man, it is one person and two horses, there are not enough horses in the manor, and 5 big green mules have also been taken away."

That's right......

Richard turned his eyes to look at Wu Degao, only to see Wu Degao nodded; It means that the stables are empty, and the big animals have been taken away.

If the confession is true;

Lin Zhanyuan and his entourage left the manor as soon as it was dawn, it was almost 7:00 in the morning, and it was now 13 o'clock at noon, and they had been walking for 6 hours.

It takes more than 130 kilometers to reach Sacramento from here, and horse-drawn carriages cannot travel fast on such dirt roads, at best, they are eleven or twelve kilometers per hour, which is about half the distance.

Hurry up and catch up, there should be hope to catch up.

Come to think of it

Richard no longer hesitated, and ordered;

"Degao, don't send someone to arrest those contractors, those are harmless.

Your people will stay in the Rose Manor for the time being, screen likes and dislikes, and preach to these people about the policies of our Datang Society, the Datang Society has a bottom line in doing things, and will never hurt the innocent.

In addition, let all the horses out, I will take 10 people to chase, one person and three horses, I think Lin Zhanyuan can fly to the sky with wings?

In addition, send someone to the rudder to report the situation here, so that they can firmly guard their home, and before I come back, all their strength will be concentrated on the rudder, and they must not be dispersed.

If someone intends to attack unscrupulously, organize the gunmen to resolutely repel it.

Tell them

Once the rudder stronghold is lost, the Chinese will no longer have a foothold in the new town. By tomorrow evening at the latest, whether Lin Zhanyuan is caught or not, I will lead the team back. ”

"Obedience." Wu Degao's expression was solemn, and he replied with his hands clenched into fists.