In silence

The elder Karn could feel the weight of the pressure that seemed to be like a substance, making his back bones fidget like pins and needles, and his heart was turbulent.

Not far from the river

Kahn Sr.'s nine sons and seven nephews, as well as several young daughters and dozens of friends and relatives, were busy by the river, some digging through the hard river flats with shovels, some panning for gold by the river, some cooking soup by the campfire, some feeding the horses black beans, all silently busy.

But their worried eyes, from time to time, were all focused on the two people by the river.

Old Karn, who had thick blond hair like straw, was the most important patriarch in the family, and his decision was related to the fate of everyone.

Not far from Richard, the cavalry captain Gao Shiheng led dozens of cavalry to dismount and stand, holding the reins of the horses and waiting for orders, faintly forming a semicircular encirclement.

As long as an order is given, it is immediately a scene of blood spattering five steps.

This situation is not unusual, the cavalry has swept away more than a dozen armed gangs in the past week, killed and wounded dozens of people, and captured many prisoners, and now they are all working honestly in Shanghewan Village.

At the very least, these white captives had to serve a few years of hard labor, eating the worst meals and doing the most tiring work. It is necessary to smooth out all the places where the thorns were blown up, and then it is possible to get out of the situation at the bottom.

For any resistance, Richard directly suppressed it with bloody means, and did not say a word of nonsense.

From this point of view, it was already an extra kindness to the old Kahn family.

Old Karn asked in a dry voice; "Can I say no?"

"The right to choose is yours, Karn, and what flows on the banks of the American River is a symphony of life and wealth, so beautiful that it makes you stop breathing," Richard said, turning his head, his deep eyes fixed on the old Karn's face, and the hidden cold murder flashed, and continued in a faint tone;

"Perhaps...... There is a color from the Kahn family that will make the American River even more colorful at this time of year. ”

Old Karn's stubborn face was wrinkled deeply, his lips trembled and he wanted to say something, but he closed it tightly, and suddenly knelt down on one knee like a mountain of gold and a jade pillar, and said with his head bowed;

"God bears witness that the Knight of Karn, derived from the military aristocracy of the Germanic Junkers, kneels humbly at your feet, asking for your mercy and forgiveness. The Karn family is willing to be your sword to conquer any enemy, willing to be a guardian of light and darkness, and will never change through the vicissitudes of time. I humbly prostrate at your feet and ask you to grant me the glory of a knight. ”

The elder Kahn was indeed a down-and-out knight, and in the early years of the Southern German principalities, his viscount lord and army were defeated and killed, while he was mortally wounded, and he spent a long time recuperating on his sickbed before recovering a life.

When Kahn Sr. recovered from his injury, he found that he had nowhere else to go.

The original lord's fiefdom and castle had long since become the spoils of the victors, and he, as a knight and nobleman attached to the viscount lord, was now just a stray dog that no one cared about, and it was difficult to even make a living.

In a desperate situation

With a grit of his teeth and a stomp of his feet, the elder Karn embarked on a long voyage to North America in search of hope with his wife, children, brothers and nephews......

No matter how difficult life is, in the depths of his heart, there is always a belief in the Junker military aristocracy, which is an indelible knightly glory.

Old Karn's kneeling caused the surrounding Karn family to exclaim, and they silently walked over and knelt on the river beach behind Old Karn.

Needless to say, the choice of the elder Karn was the choice of all the people of the Kahn family.

Richard stood on the riverbank, with a cold wind blowing and his clothes fluttering, and his noble temperament was outstanding.

He drew his long knife and gently placed it on the left shoulder of the elder Karn, who was kneeling on one knee, the sharp blade reflected the side of the elder Karn's face in the sunlight.

Richard said;

"I swear by inheriting the ancient blood of the Oriental royal family for thousands of years, the ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the heavens and the earth learn from them;

I swear

I will always have your place, with the company and protection of the Karn family forever.

I promise

You will never be asked to do anything that would detrimental to the honor of the knights, and I solemnly swear before the gods of heaven and earth.

I grant you the glory of knighthood, and will provide you with a stage to show the glory of your family, and follow in my footsteps to create more glory. ”

"God testifies, and I solemnly swear before the gods; The Kahn family will always be on your guard, offering you advice to sacrifice your life in the fulfillment of your knightly mission, always humble in heart, and with loyalty and bravery as its motto, which is the eternal glory of the Kahn family. ”

Old Karn uttered his vow aloud, and the group of nephews and nephews behind him chanted it louder and louder, almost shouting at last.

The oath echoed on the banks of the American River, and suddenly a strong cold wind blew, which seemed to be in harmony with the oath, and was remembered by the gods of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers.

"You can all get up." There was a rare look of kindness on Richard's face.

He was in a very good mood at the moment, and as a devout follower of God, the sonorous oath made by the old Karn family was very credible.

His superhuman psychic ability felt this piety, this oath of allegiance that was not mixed with the exchange of interests, and made Richard feel the excitement from the bottom of his heart.

His Tang Dynasty has never belonged to the Chinese alone, but is an eclectic way to absorb the elite forces of various nationalities, gather on his side, and create a new world in the wild wasteland of North America.

This time since

Richard had been busy consolidating the great gains he had made at the River of America, and had not yet been able to spare his hands to remove the great obstacle to the new town.

But the federation did not do nothing, according to the news from the new town;

The Mexicans will automatically become invisible in this battle without taking sides, which is undoubtedly the biggest piece of good news.

In the whole of San Fernandez, there are more than 3,000 Chinese, more than 8,000 whites, more than 13,000 Mexicans, and 5,000~6,000 indigenous Indians.

In terms of population alone, Mexicans make up the majority, nearly half of the huge number.

The reason why the Mexicans do not show strength commensurate with the number of people is that they are scattered and weak.

Among them, only the Juan Carlos family has more influence, and the others are completely negligible. The Carlos family's choice to sit on the sidelines has reduced the biggest uncertainty for the federation to take over the new town, which is a rare opportunity.

Since the beginning of April, the weather has gradually warmed.

A large number of gold prospectors poured into the American River region to fulfill their dreams of wealth, and the new towns that bustled in winter are now less than one-third of their original population.

This was the period when John Sartre's strength was at its weakest, and considering the imminent outbreak of the Mexican-American War, it was time to move away from John Sartre's block.