After the battle

With only more than 360 people left, the white cavalry team of Fangcaodi entered the Grape Valley according to the order and mixed with the Datang Hui cavalry, which made the strength of the Datang Hui cavalry team quickly swell to more than 770 people, plus the 1,123-person musket team, the overall strength has reached nearly 1,900 people.

In addition, there were more than 230 white captives in the hands of the Tang Society, all of whom were assigned to the hard labor camps in the Grape Valley, and undertook the heavy daily work of building brick kilns, water-powered mills, oil mills, water-powered sawmills, building factories, roads, etc.

According to Richard;

These people have to wash away their sins with heavy labor, and only when they have smoothed out their thorns will they cherish their hard-won stable life.

The Federation took over the security and social order of San Francisco, and took over the shops, land, estates, and wealth owned by John Sartre's power, and its power was greatly expanded.

meanwhile

Richard sent two teams, led by Captain Mike Rabiot and Dai Changfu respectively, to occupy the two important towns of Sacramento and Los Angeles two days after the battle in New Town, and ousted the local Mexican governor and the Mexican army forces, and firmly controlled the entire province of Alta California.

A few days later

Calm returned to the new town, and the grocery stores, grain stores, taverns, and other businesses operated by the newly formed North American Acorn Trading Company under the Tang Society were given new doors, stripped of the old mark of John Sartre, and reopened.

After a period of operation, now Datang Club has a bank and 5 companies, and its industries have begun to take shape.

The bank is Sequoia Bank, which issues four types of negotiable US dollar bills printed by Datang Club, namely one dollar, two US dollars, five US dollars and 10 US dollars, which are equivalent to other US dollar bills in circulation, and purchases Sands to exchange banknotes, and provides account opening savings and exchange services.

The five companies are the American River Gold Rush Company and the North American Acorn Trading Company, which are the cash cows of the Datang Society, providing a steady stream of large funds for development.

In addition, there are three newly established companies, one is the Western Industrial Company, one is the Western Agricultural Company, and one is the Eastern Pacific Shipping Company, all of which are newly established companies that are ready to make a big splash.

on the streets of the new town

Mounted police officers with police badges on their chests patrol in pairs to maintain law and order on the streets. Every once in a while, a group of 12 musketeers can be seen marching through the streets with flintlock pistols on their backs, which will make the wandering cowboys and gold diggers more honest and add to the sense of security of the local residents.

Richard walked down the street with six guards with him, and everyone he met on the street would stop and take off their top hats to bend down to greet him, and Richard smiled politely back.

Came to the door of the Old Barr Tavern

The two guards were the first to push the door open into the tavern, and Richard walked in.

His arrival made the originally noisy tavern suddenly quiet, and everyone stood up and respectfully took off their hats.

"Don't be nervous, please continue, I'm just here for a drink with Old Barr."

Richard's gaze swept over the crowd, and he could keenly sense that although the guests in the tavern were of different minds, not all of them welcomed him to the tavern. But this is human nature, and there is nothing vicious.

After all, he is not a dollar bill, and he can't be liked by everyone.

"Hey, old Barr, a whiskey on the rocks, and a beer for each of my guys, you don't seem happy about my arrival, I don't think I owe you anything?" Richard sat down at the heavy bar and teased in a relaxed tone.

Old Barr shrugged his shoulders helplessly, took out a clean glass and placed it on the bar, then opened a bottle of fine Scotch whisky, poured half a glass, and pushed it over with ice.

Said; "You're the boss, you have the final say."

"Old Barr, we've always been friends, haven't we? I can sense that you are a little apprehensive about not wanting to see changes in the new town? ”

"Lee, now that you're a big shot, everyone is saying that you're the real "King of the Bay Area", and no one has ever been able to do such a thing before, not John Sartre. Forgive my bluntness, and two months ago, you were just a fierce lone gunman, and it all changed so much that it took me time to get used to. ”

"Well, that's going to be a good start, trust me."

"I hope so......"

"I feel right, you do have some concerns, can you tell me...... Old Barr, if you still consider me a friend? ”

Hearing Richard's words, old Barr put down what he was doing, supported the bar counter with both hands, sighed, and said;

"Man, I've been living in San Francisco for over 10 years now, and I'm used to the peaceful and stable life I used to have.

But what has happened in the past two years?

Everything has changed since the discovery of gold on the banks of the American River.

A steady stream of out-of-towners came here to join in the gold rush, looting, shooting, gambling and endless killings that turned this old town beyond recognition.

And your Tang Dynasty will exacerbate all this chaos even more, and they have wiped out the Hall of Agreement, and now they have slaughtered John Sutter......

Oh, by the way, disarmed the partner Parkview Green.

Oh my God!

Now everyone is singing the praises of Richard, the "King of the Bay Area", and the whole of Alta California is like this, and it is crazy to hear that it will be established independently.

Everything is changing too fast and too fast, and it has become confusing, and I doubt it, are you still the same righteous Oriental boy you used to be? ”

"Hahaha...... Of course, old Barr, you can still trust me. ”

"Like the people at Parkview Green?"

"You're talking about William Richardson, if I don't act first, the Tang Society will be history. I got a head start before the British wanted to backstab the British, and that's how simple it is. ”

Speaking of which

Richard took a long sip from his glass, felt the aroma of the oak barrel of the spirit enter his throat, and his spirits were lifted, and he continued;

"There is a proverb in the old East; The hand is fast, the hand is slow.

Parkview Green wanted just a thug to charge into battle, not a partner who could be on an equal footing with them, and this dissatisfaction was already evident when Datang would take the lead in taking the majority of the American River gold mine.

Man, the world has always been about strength.

Now that I'm in control of Alta California, I'm in control of San Fernandez, and I'm the "King of the Bay Area," where no one dares to challenge my majesty and power, do you have a problem with that? ”

"No, sir."

"That's great, stop pretending to complain, old Barr. Your tavern is making more money a year than it has been in 20 years since the discovery of the gold mines, and it's time to get some money for decent furniture, at least for those three-legged broken tables. Hell, you goddamn Jewish miser. If you can recommend a few excellent people to work in my company, I will let you go. ”

"Please give me a little time, I can't do it, I'll trick my son who is working on Wall Street back."

"Then it's decided, I'll give him a good spot."

"Thank you, sir."

After lingering in the tavern for a while, Richard walked out with a ruddy look on his face, and continued to walk down the street while he was in a good mood.

It wasn't a long way off

Richard suddenly felt bad in his heart, and the huge danger that seemed to be like a substance loomed over him, making him feel hairy behind his back, and the spiritual ability frantically issued a warning.

"Enemy Attack ......"

At the same time as these two words were shouted, a crisp gunshot suddenly sounded, and the hot bullets were knocked down by one of the guards who was about to walk in front, and more bullets fell in the air.

And here, it was originally Richard's location, but in a blink of an eye, the person disappeared.

It turned out that Richard felt a huge danger to his life, and he had activated the spatial flicker ability, and the whole person hid in the corner like a ghost, escaping this almost certain catastrophe.

Six guards were shot down on the spot, and the other four crawled to the side of the house, took out their guns and fired at the enemy, and a shootout broke out on the street.

Take advantage of this opportunity

Richard jumped up and climbed into the room through the window, and his ape-like body stamped on the wooden pillar to the second floor, and then rushed to the side of the room in search of gunfire.

There were no gunmen in ambush in the room, and the gunfire came from a nearby house, where at least three bandits opened fire and shouted loud and rude.

This originally sure assassination attempt failed, which had made the bandits seriously unbalanced, and they cursed loudly and prepared to retreat, when someone pouted and whistled extremely loudly, and heard the sound of horses' hooves on the street in the distance.

Want to run?

Richard pumped out a little bit to observe the movement, the two houses were about 3~4 meters apart, and I saw that the windows on the second floor of the house on the side were half-hidden.

In that case, don't go.

After using the space flicker again, Richard had steadily entered the next room, only to see that the two bandits in the room were shooting out through the window, and the other opened the door and was about to go out, but suddenly looked back in shock.

"Bang Bang ......"

Richard unceremoniously flicked the hammer with his left hand, and all six bullets in the revolver musket were wiped out in one go, only to see the three bandits twitch in the rain of bullets, and one of the bandits was knocked down by the huge repulsion force, and fell out of the window directly from an upside-down onion.

The other two bandits fell to the ground with their bodies twisted and cried out in pain, and Richard stepped forward with a cold expression and stomped on the bandit's neck, causing his howl to stop abruptly.

He easily put away the revolver musket that had been emptied of bullets, seized two spare guns from the bandits, opened the musket wheel and looked at it, and saw that they were all guns full of bullets, so he closed them with confidence.

"Beechcraft, what's going on? Damn it, come down, it's too late if you don't leave. From downstairs came the anxious shouts of the bandits.

Richard quickly poked his head out of the second-floor window to take a look, and saw a dozen or so horses galloping down the street, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust along the way, and pedestrians screaming and avoiding it.

He quickly turned around and looked through the crack in the door again, only to see that there were four bandits gathered at the door downstairs, presumably waiting for the horses to answer, and one of the bandits with a full beard raised his face and looked in the direction of the second floor, just face to face with Richard.

This bandit couldn't help but be stunned, where did a white little white face come from?

When it was too late, Richard poked out the muzzle of his gun and fired a "......pop, pop", and fired five rounds in almost a second, and then shrank his head and quickly left the door, leaning against the window on the other side.

From here, you can clearly see the situation downstairs and outside, if there is a bandit who wants to get on his horse and escape from here, it depends on whether he can get faster than the bullets.

At this time, there was a burst of screaming and wailing from downstairs, and then a bullet "snapped ......" and immediately pierced the wooden door through several bullet holes.

"Damn, damn it, I got shot."

"There's an enemy upstairs, what the hell is going on? Beach, are you still there? ”

"Boss, Tyronn Lue is dead, and Marco has been shot in the stomach, it's terrible."

Between words

"Horn Horn" was shot a few more times, knocking the door like a hornet's nest, and the sharp wooden stimuli shot out under the huge kinetic energy.

If you are still hiding behind the wooden door at this time, it is inevitable that you will not be affected.

The sound of horses' hooves whistled, and in the blink of an eye they were in the vicinity of the house, when the door of the first floor suddenly opened, and three bandits rushed out with revolvers in their hands, and while firing fiercely in the direction of the guards, they ran a few steps to escape on horseback.

In the exchange of fire, one of the bandits running behind was hit by a bullet and staggered to the ground, while the other two bandits rushed into the street, and when the horses were about to pass by, they ran a few steps to turn over and jump on their horses.

Right now

Richard stood at the window on the second floor with a cold expression, aiming at the two bandits more than ten meters away and firing one after another, and the bullets cut one eye-catching blood hole after another in the back of the bandits, knocking them to the ground mercilessly.

"Oh God......"

In the frightened screams of the bandits, the iron hooves of the roaring horses trampled down fiercely, the rumbling smoke and dust were filled, and more than a dozen sturdy galloping horses galloped past, trampling the two bandits into a puddle of flesh.

It's okay now, play thrilling moves and burp yourself directly.

It's a lot to say, but in fact, the attack happened very quickly, and it only took three or four minutes before and after, and never more than five minutes.

When a large number of musketeers and mounted police arrived, Richard walked out with a cold face, and there was infinite anger between his eyebrows.

The identity of the gangster who attacked this gang has been figured out, it is John Sartre who has gathered the fish that slipped through the net, from the "wolf brothers" Mancott gang in Las Vegas.

The second and third members of the gang were killed in the battle to destroy John Sartre, and the rest were resentful and wanted to retaliate, which led to this dangerous attack.

There were a total of 8 people, 7 dead and one wounded, and the "wolf brothers" Mancot gang was completely wiped out.