Two or three years later, the equipment of the town's police station was almost bought, and the annual donation of $10,000 was enough to recruit a few new police officers.

Or simply set up a branch office very close to the ranch.

It can be said that Chu Xiangqian will be the parent of this branch in the future.

At this time, if anyone is looking for trouble with Chu Xiangqian, the police of the custody sub-bureau will definitely run over to help as soon as possible.

In terms of force, the town police were co-opted, and the donations to the middle school and primary school were really to win over the town's residents with children.

So much so that not only did the only local newspaper in the town send people to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, but even in Santa Barbara County, two newspapers sent people to interview.

Chu Xiangqian didn't have any opinion on the interview, but refused to take pictures.

The three reporters were still dissatisfied, but they saw the $100 in the red envelope that Chu Xiangqian quietly gave.

Suddenly, the mouth of the laughing could not be closed.

Then he said to Chu Xiangqian that red envelopes are the custom of Hong Kong Island people, which is approval and praise with both hands and feet.

After dealing with the principals of the middle school and elementary school, Chu Xiangqian pulled Sergeant Will and Deputy Sergeant Gogen and said, "Gentlemen, are you interested in building a special shooting training range for the police department?"

I can provide the money and the land to build on a hill on the ranch near the town. ”

Will and Gogan understood as soon as they heard that the shooting training ground was just an excuse, and what Chu Xiangqian wanted was to build an arsenal in his own ranch.

Will looked at the assistant, who was also Gao Gen, who had been his partner for more than ten years.

Seeing that he nodded slightly, he said to Chu Xiangqian, "Mr. Stark, thank you for your contribution to the security of the town.

The shooting range is fine, but I think we can go one step further and create a National Guard training ground next to the shooting range.

The cowboys on your ranch can help the police department maintain law and order when necessary while joining the National Guard, which the town belongs to.

At the same time, I hope that Simon will agree to accept the police department's offer to become a deputy sheriff like Takane, and be my deputy. ”

Chu Xiangqian's eyes lit up, but the conditions were so good, and there must have been a lot of requests from Will and Gao Gen.

And Gao Gen, the deputy sheriff, really wants a competitor to appear in the police department?

Seeing Chu looking forward at him, the bearded Takane couldn't help but smile and said, "SIR, the daily affairs of the police station are not only boring and tedious, but also have a low salary.

Will and I wish someone could really help us.

And I'm almost pissed off by the 4 bastards at the police station, who are often lazy and don't talk about it, and often mess things up.

Simon came to help us, and in the future, the affairs of the north side of the town could be completely managed by Simon. ”

Chu Qianqian was stunned, this was hinting at the security of the ranch and leaving it to Simon and the ranch to manage by themselves?

If this is the case, then whoever dares to go to the ranch to make trouble in the future can just arrest people.

As for what Kogen said, the four officers of the police station are all rubbish.

If you think about it carefully, most of the police officers in small towns in the United States are recruited by small town residents.

These people are ordinary people, not to mention comparing with special forces, and their military literacy is not even comparable to ordinary soldiers.

Otherwise, in the news of the previous life, there would not have been a few ranchers, and the town police, county police, and state police would not be able to find the north.

Moreover, the police of the United States care very much about their rights and the scope of their powers and responsibilities.

The state police and county police should not want to interfere in the matters that belong to them.

Even if the FBI people come, they will still be scolded back or even driven away.

Locals also trust only local police officers.

If you are really in trouble, then call the National Guard, and after the case is over, people who have no rights will come to help.

And members of the National Guard, who are born locally, also like to join in the fun.

Not only can he befriend the sheriff and the police, but he can also be regarded as a hero in the eyes of the townspeople afterwards.

Of course, the National Guard is under the management of the state, but in practice, as long as the sheriff wants to appoint whoever is a police officer on the spot, that person is a small-town policeman.

After the case is over, the police badge sent out is taken away, and the person is restored to civilian status.

Otherwise, it would not be said that the sheriff of the small town in the United States is the overlord of the soil.

The only thing that can restrain him is the votes of the town.

So the sheriff only cares about the interests of the townspeople.

After Chu Xiangqian thought about it clearly, he had actually promised to let Simon be the deputy sheriff.

As for whether Simon wants to go to work at the town police station every day.

Anyway, I can report every day, and then go out and do my own thing.

Or set up a police post on the north side of the town and find two or three more people to assist Simon.

If Simon was paid only $1, even the townspeople couldn't accuse him of being irresponsible.

After all, everyone understands that this is Sheriff Will's means of wooing people, and it does not involve the vital interests of the residents, and the ghost offends Will and the people of Alisa Ranch.

"Can I hire two advisors to the ranch to guard against wild beasts?"

Will and Gogan's faces were pleased, and after thinking about it, they suggested, "SIR, we propose to join the establishment of the Solwan Wildlife Conservation Fund.

Or, the Cattle, Sheep and Crops Research Fund. ”

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian felt that this was a good idea, and the former hired Will and Gao Gen as guards for the researchers to enter and exit the mountains.

One is a sergeant and the other is a deputy sergeant, and they are not only familiar with the local environment, but also can be regarded as senior firearms, guides and protection experts.

Every month, in the name of research, he and Chu Xiangqian or the people from the ranch go into the mountains to hunt, which can be regarded as studying and protecting wild animals.

It's normal to take money in the fund.

As for the cattle and sheep and crop research funds, they were used to win over other prestigious and powerful public officials in the town.

In the future, other ranchers, farmers, will not be able to compete with themselves in this regard.

Chu stretched out his hand and said to Will and Gao Gen, "What do you think of the monthly salary of 200 for the title of consultant?" ”

Will and Gao Gen swallowed their saliva after hearing this, and waited for Chu Xiangqian to say again, "I think the two of you have enough ability to get hired by two funds at the same time." ”

Will and Gogan's necks turned red with instant excitement.

The combined salary of the two funds is $400 per month, which is more than twice their salary as a sergeant and deputy sergeant.

Don't look at the United States police have a lot of power, but their salaries have never been high.

Even a few decades later, the average annual salary of a New York police officer is only 30,000 or 40,000.

Will now gets up to 2,000 a year, while Gorgen only gets about 1,600.

Chu Xiangqian's annual salary is $4,800, which is directly three times the annual salary Gao Gen gets.

In the future, if he and Will have different opinions on the affairs of the ranch, the custodian Takane will definitely favor the ranch.

Coupled with Simon becoming the deputy sergeant of the police department, Will can be regarded as picking up a stone and shooting himself in the foot.

But for the sake of the face of the $4,800 annual salary, Will will definitely have to compromise.

When the two agreed, seeing Chu Xiangqian chatting with the others, Gao Gen took the initiative to say to Will, "Will, I think it is necessary for us to remind the people in Los Angeles.

We don't care what they do outside of our jurisdiction. But in the future, if you want to continue to transport contraband through the canyon, you will not be able to get along with the whole town.

It's also hard to get along with us. ”

Will nodded without hesitation, the Los Angeles Horse team only gave themselves $200 a month, and the two were still evenly divided.

In order to let the town police not go to patrol over there.

Compared with Chu Xiangqian's $400 per person, how to choose, needless to say.

"Call everyone these nights, let's go to the canyon and wait."

Gogan nodded, then frowned and asked, "Do you want to tell Simon, or even Mr. Stark?" ”

Will thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, we'll take care of this, otherwise I'm a little uneasy with so much money."

When the trouble is solved, we will both be able to have some confidence when we face Mr. Stark in the future. ”

Gao Gen nodded, after taking other people's money, he had to do things for others.

Otherwise, when he saw Chu Xiangqian, he wouldn't be able to speak.

Not to mention, I helped solve the problems of the ranch, and there is reason to look forward to continuing to raise my salary in the future.

——

In the evening, Chu Xiangqian and Margaret hugged each other, standing on the balcony on the second floor of the main building of the manor, drinking red wine while looking at the pasture at night.

Suddenly there was a warning from the.

When Chu Xiangqian's attention was on the chickadee's line of sight, he saw three police cars driving from the dirt road at the edge of the ranch towards the valley.

Commanding the to lower the altitude, he soon saw that 6 policemen were all equipped with guns, and they were also holding shotguns or M14 rifles.

At a glance, you can see that these people are ready to fight someone.

Seeing the three police cars parked at the bottom of the canyon, Chu Xiangqian quickly understood that it was he who had won over Will and Gao Gen at a large price today, so that the two of them would take the initiative to help solve the troubles of the Los Angeles gangsters.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, and secretly said that he really responded to that sentence, if the money is enough, you are God.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian didn't speak, Margaret looked back at him in confusion and asked, "What's wrong, dear?" ”

Chu Xiangqian thought about it, and still said selectively, "Today, I will hire Sheriff Will and Deputy Chief Gao Gen to become advisors to the upcoming Solwan Wildlife Conservation Fund, Cattle and Sheep and Crop Research Fund.

The two earn $400 a month, and it seems that the troubles of the ranch should be solved soon. ”

Margaret was stunned for a moment, then realized that Will and Gogan probably knew about the ranch's troubles for a long time.

"You mean, the sheriff and the deputy sheriff knew that there were flour merchants and went through the canyon to transport flour, but they didn't care?"

Chu Qianqian nodded, "I talked to Simon in the afternoon, and during the two generations of the ranch's previous owner, it took a lot of dirty means to expand the ranch to 10,000 acres.

So much so that the relationship with the locals is not good.

Moreover, the former owner of the ranch was engaged in finance, and after inheriting the ranch a few years ago, his mind was all about the stock market and the futures market.

Basically, I don't deal with people in small towns.

If it weren't for Simon and others, their livelihoods were all on the ranch and they took the initiative to defend the ranch.

Some people in the town may have colluded with the mafia who transported the flour.

Now I'm here to hire the townspeople to work, and to woo the town's rich and public officials.

Naturally, the attitude towards me from top to bottom of the town is different.

Moreover, $4,800 a year is equal to 2 times Will's salary. What he and Gorgen hope for most now is probably that I won't even have a cold in the future. ”

Margaret giggled.

Hugging Chu Xiangqian's neck, he said with a smile, "I know that you are the best." ”

After speaking, he took the initiative to offer a hot kiss.

Kissing, kissing, Chu Xiangqian picked up Margaret and walked to the bedroom, and after a while, he remembered the deep soprano.

It's just that what Chu Xiangqian didn't expect was that there was already a group of more than a dozen mafia who had already sneaked into the ranch by night.

And the was in the canyon more than ten kilometers away at this time, staring at Will and the others.

Half an hour later, after Chu Xiangqian knocked Margaret down, he was about to hug the chick and let her rest for a while, when he came to the second scene, suddenly a gunshot rang out.

Immediately there was a fierce gunshot, Chu Xiangqian reached out and pulled the silk sheet, and Margaret, who was screaming in fright, picked her up and walked to the attic.

The chickadees also flew to the side of the manor in the middle of the mountains as soon as possible.

Go up to the attic and lock the blast door, unless the entire main building is burned down, forcing the people in the safe house to come out on their own.

Otherwise, if you want to break through this kind of 4 explosion-proof steel door, you can't do it with guns alone.

Chu Xiangqian comforted Margaret a few words, walked to the cabinet, and took out a tactical vest and a shotgun.

After checking it, I made sure that the gun was fine, and I had a bullet chain attached to my body, and then I clicked into the gun.

I also took a Springfield rifle left by the former rancher, which is a 98K imitation by the United States.

Pull the bolt to see how the gun is doing, then open a cartridge box and load the gun.

In the end, he gave the revolver to Margaret, and he turned over on the roof.

In the past few minutes, the have also flown back.

Chu Qianqian looked through the's line of sight, and soon saw more than a dozen people with Thompson submachine guns or shotguns appearing in the manor, facing the house where Arthur and others lived next to the main house.

It seems that it was Arthur and others who discovered that someone had infiltrated in advance.

That's when the gun was fired as a warning.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Chu Xiangqian was not worried about the four of Arthur at all, and he couldn't handle these dozen people.

But the suppression of firepower made it impossible for Arthur and the others to kill all the invaders in a short time.

However, even so, Arthur's four cooperated with each other to easily kill 3 intruders who wanted to break into the main house.

As long as the main house is guarded from being invaded, it is completely possible to wait for a dozen cowboys to come to support.

After Chu Xiangqian determined the situation, he raised his gun, condescendingly, and shot at an outcropping intruder.

In my sight, I saw that the man's head exploded like a watermelon. Chu pulled the bolt forward, turned the muzzle, and fired another shot at the exposed toe of the other person.

"Ah、、、、。h

The severe pain made the man subconsciously possess and hold the soles of his feet.

It's just that within two seconds of the head being exposed, Chu Qianqian, who had already pulled the bolt of the gun and reloaded it, fired another shot at the person's head.

The whole manor fell silent.

But Arthur and the others understood that someone must be helping them and others.

And this person can basically be sure that it is Chu Xiangqian.

After just dropping the two of them, Chu Xiangqian's line of sight did not see other intruders for the time being.

But this did not bother him, and while making the circle a few times, he pulled out three rounds and refilled the rifle.

The muzzle then fired a shot at a wall next to a window.

(End of chapter)