Old Kahn knelt down and swore allegiance to Richard with the traditional Prussian Junker military aristocracy, which resolved the original tense atmosphere and turned into a family that loved each other in a blink of an eye.

Richard was overjoyed and ordered a banquet to celebrate.

The cavalry sent people back temporarily, and drove a cow and five sheep to the camp of the Karn family, along with several captains and cooks of the Tang Society.

They brought a cart of onions, potatoes, turnips, milk, honey and a dozen bags of flour, as well as two large barrels of beer and a dash of Scotch whisky to prepare for the grand feast.

After a brief lunch, everyone slaughtered cattle and sheep.

Everyone worked together to help, and the Kahn camp was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, and some of the men who were still panning for gold by the river were no longer thinking about the pan in their hands, but looking forward to the sumptuous bonfire dinner in the evening.

A gourmet meal with an unrivalled appeal to gold diggers.

Although there are many wild animals along the rivers of America, hares and pheasants are especially abundant, ordinary gold prospectors have no time to hunt and do not have the skills of hunters, and they most often eat dry cakes, beans and soup, and can only survive the basic needs.

The driving force that supports the gold diggers to persevere in this difficult environment is the dream of gold mining that will one day flourish.

The Kahn family belonged to the more powerful family of gold diggers, with more than 100 men and women, children, relatives and friends, and more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages, occupying a small river bay rich in gold resources, covering a distance of nearly a kilometer.

Their daily lodging was mainly in horse-drawn carriages, and they relied on these mobile carriages to build wooden huts to form a simple camp.

Women, children, and the elderly lived in wagons, while men were crammed into wooden huts on one side, sleeping with hay on their beds and blankets.

Women raise some chickens and ducks on weekdays, and on weekdays, they will go deep into the forest to pick mushrooms, fungus, nuts and wild onions, bake bread, help pick sands, and cooperate with men and women, and live a slightly better life than ordinary gold diggers, but that's all.

The men of the Kahn family also use a frying pan when panning for gold, and the efficiency is not higher than others, but it occupies a small river bay with rich gold resources, and the harvest will be higher.

But in the face of staggering prices in San Francisco, the harvest of gold rush is like sand flowing from between your fingers, invisibly consuming most of it.

Two large wooden casks of poorly brewed beer, weighing about 250 pounds and worth 25 ounces of gold, a 20-pound bag of flour worth 3 ounces of gold, and the prices of milk, honey and tea are staggering, not to mention beef and lamb.

Therefore, although the Karn family has a large population and great strength, its daily consumption is also large, and at least 4~5 bags of flour must be consumed every day to fill the stomachs of adults and children.

Beer, honey and beef and mutton are rare luxuries, and when the wagons arrive, the whole camp suddenly becomes bustling with activity.

Not only did the children gather around the carriage and watch the milk and honey drool coming out.

Even the men who were panning for gold by the river couldn't help but put down their work and gathered around, looking at the two large barrels full of beer with excitement, and couldn't help but sing traditional Germanic folk songs, singing and dancing.

Looking at the festive scene in front of him, a smile appeared on the corner of Richard's mouth, and he turned his face to look at the 16 men standing in front of him, the oldest was 36 years old, and the youngest was only 14 years old, all of whom were old Kahn's sons and nephews.

The sons and nephews of the Kahn family were all distinctively Germanic, blonde, blue-eyed, tall and strong, and according to the tradition of the Junker military aristocracy, Pinsuri was trained in military skills such as horseback riding, fencing, and firearms, and was a qualified cavalryman.

Richard was now extremely short of manpower, and of course he would not let go of the people who guarded the knight Karn's family, and after asking them one by one, he referred to the old Karn's opinion and assigned these 16 people.

Several older sons and nephews were steady, and their heads were a little rigid and stiff, so they arranged to work in the American River Gold Rush Company, some in the cavalry patrol, some in the Sequoia Bank, and some as the captain of the security squad in Shanghewan Village, leading the cavalry team composed of the children of the Kahn family.

Seven people under the age of 30 and over 25 were assigned to serve in the cavalry or musket team, and they had a relatively solid military foundation and led the recruited white soldiers, all of whom belonged to the military force under the banner of the Tang Dynasty.

Richard also selected James Kahn, the sixth eldest of the Kahn family, the seventh Stephen Kahn, and the eighth Mark Kahn to fill his personal guard, as well as two nephews of Mandelheim Kahn and Schlieffen Kahn, a total of 5 people.

James Kahn, the oldest of the five, was 24 years old and was appointed vice-captain of the guard, while Mark Kahn and Schlieffen Kahn were both 17 years old.

After all, they are young people, and they are more malleable.

After some arrangement, Richard turned his face sideways and said; "Karn, you family have been panning for gold by the American River for more than a year, and you have some savings, I will leave you three groups in Shanghewan Village, the location is close to the commercial street, and the construction is up to you."

"Thank you, sir, for your care, the Kahn family is grateful."

"You're welcome, the so-called peaceful living can be happy, your family has so many people, and you can quickly build a house by helping each other, and the officers of the Tang Society buy materials in the hydraulic sawmill not only at a preferential price, but also give priority to supply, which is also a welfare!"

"Sir, the Kahn family still has some savings, so I'm going to either not build a house, but build a traditional Germanic house, I've been on the road for most of my life, and if I want a stable home, it's good to go to Riverbay Village."

"Oh...... That's not a small project. Richard knew that traditional German-style architecture was made of mountain stone, which was sturdy and durable, with a unique Germanic character, and that it was expensive Portland cement, which was expensive.

He thought about it for a moment, nodded and said; "In that case, then I will send you 15 prisoners to help the Karn family build their homeland. At present, there are only more than 100 prisoners, most of whom are used in the construction sites of the Commercial Street and the Sequoia Bank, and not many can be transferred. ”

"Thank you, sir, and I would like to express my sincerest thanks."

"But...... Portland cement is not easy to make. Forget it, if you really can't order a set of cement plant equipment from Europe, anyway, it can be used in the construction of new towns in the future. It will be delivered in three months, and production will start at the end of the year. During this time, you can accumulate enough stones, wood, sharpen knives and cut wood! ”

After a little thought, Richard made up his mind, and prepared to send an order to the British when he returned.

A rotary kiln with a specification of 1.85×32 meters is produced by the British Colfex Company, with a daily output of 1.7 tons of Portland cement clinker and 230 barrels of cement per day, which is about 39 tons at 170 kilograms per barrel.

This production capacity is already able to meet the current needs of the new town.

A complete set of Colefiz company-sized production Portland cement plant equipment is worth about 14,000 pounds, almost 7~80,000 US dollars, and the price doubles to 150,000 US dollars, which is 150,000 US dollars.

Measured in gold, worth 7,500 ounces of gold, Datang will be able to afford an investment of this size.

Richard treated the Kahn family with great kindness and entrusted him with important tasks, which couldn't help but arouse the jealousy of the captains around him, why did these ghosts let the young master treat him so favorably?

Mid-19th century

The traditional Chinese have experienced more than 200 years of Manchu servitude and poison, and the feudal ideology of superiority and inferiority is serious.

Liu Wu, the captain of the pro-soldiers, privately made eye contact with Zheng Laosi, Duan Debiao, Gao Shiheng, Wu Degao, etc., and they all showed strong disbelief and wanted to compete.

And the Musketeers George Rabiot and Embiid Rabiot, who stood aside, were automatically ignored in the eyes of these Chinese captains;

White ghosts are all the way.

Not really

Georges and Embiid Rabiot were pure French, still with the pride of Napoleon's Europe, they spoke French, ate elegant French meals, and looked down on the barbaric Germans.

The French and the German kingdoms have always been rivals in the struggle for hegemony in Europe, and the war between the two sides has lasted for hundreds of years, and the blood feud cannot be finished for three days and three nights, and two people cannot urinate in the same pot.

If it weren't for this North American wilderness, which is different from other places, the two sides would have been fighting each other a long time ago.

"Young Master, I take the liberty of requesting that I want to try the catties of these people in the Karn family, please allow the young master." Liu Wu couldn't help it, clasped his hands into fists, knelt down on one knee and asked loudly.

Following behind Liu Wu, the other Chinese captains also knelt down on one knee and said with their fists clenched; "We also have this intention, please fulfill it young master."

They spoke Chinese, which neither the Germans nor the French could understand, so they could only look at Richard with a puzzled gaze, implying an inquiry.

Richard smiled slightly, and then said the meaning of several Chinese captains.

This really stabbed the hornet's nest, the men of the Kahn family were instantly enraged, their emotions were ignited like flames, "Hulala" knelt down on one knee, and the young men "clanged" their chests with their fists, like a group of emotional gorillas, vowing to fight.

Even old Karn's face turned red, and he put one hand on his chest, and bowed solemnly; "Your loyal knight Karn has asked to fight, and we will show valor with blood and sword to preserve the glory of the knight."

In this case, the frenzied fighting mood has been completely ignited and cannot be suppressed.

Richard also has the intention of letting the two sides compete, firstly, to consider the combat level of each person, and secondly, to facilitate integration.

In the army, only the strong can serve the public.