California's goldfields are a place of lack of order and violence, where almost everyone is constantly under the threat of being held at gunpoint.

When the gold diggers come in, they have to fight for every inch of land and gold under the gunpoint. When you have a certain amount of gold in your hand, you must always be on guard against being taken away by others at gunpoint. When you leave the mine, you have to go through a round of gambling at gunpoint.

The game is hosted by a gang called the "Gray Wolves", which brings together some of the best gunmen in the mines.

They didn't dig for gold, they just asked the gold diggers to leave with half of the gold to play a gun fight.

Nominally, it seems to be a fair game, with both sides dueling with equal amounts of gold, and the winner taking it all.

But the members of the "Gray Wolves" are all gunners in professional duels, and ordinary people have little hope of winning under their guns, and those who are not willing to give up die one after another. Later, those who left the mine had no choice but to abstain and hand over half of their gold panning proceeds.

On occasional occasions, the Gold Diggers have won a duel with their guns drawn, but the victors have often been absorbed into the "Grey Wolves" gang.

Therefore, the strength of the "gray wolf" is still getting stronger and stronger.

Why can such a gang of robberies exist? You know, if everyone in the mining area resists together, at least a few hundred muskets will come at them, which is enough to easily wipe out this team of only a dozen people.

That's because the vast majority of gold diggers belong to many different teams, and the largest team is only twenty or thirty people. The overall combat power is still much inferior to the elite gunner team like the "Gray Wolves".

No gold rush team is willing to take the lead in standing up and fighting to the death with the "gray wolf", the result of that. will only lose himself to the fullest. Nor can any gold rush team drive the rest of the team to be cannon fodder, after all, no one will work for others in vain.

The "gray wolf" was not robbed for nothing, at least nominally, there was formal justice, and the bet for the duel was only half of the gold, and it did not force everyone to have no way to live.

At that time, European and American immigrants who were adrift for survival had a temperament close to pirates in their bones. I felt that it was a normal way to use muskets to gain wealth.

Therefore, the "gray wolf" stood at the top of the ecological chain in the mining area to suck blood, and everyone silently accepted it.

Just like the California gold mine is the sea of the ocean. And these guys are a gang of powerful pirates.

However, while merchant ships can be eaten by pirates, regular pirates can also be eaten by larger pirates.

On this day, the "gray wolves" were again the same as usual. Stop people at the place where the exit of the mine must pass through and "duel".

According to the wire they planted. There are three groups of people who will leave today, all of them are medium-sized teams, and the amount of gold accumulated is quite considerable.

The leader of the "Gray Wolf", Moder, is a middle-aged man with gray hair and a gloomy complexion. He had served in the army as a sharpshooter, nicknamed "The Gray Wolf", a name that had now become the name of the robbery team he led.

"Since we have come to this place of wealth, each of us wants more. Modell spoke lightly. He said something that was repeated every time, "So I'm going to give you a chance to get something more." Send your best marksman, take half of your gold as a bet, and have a fair duel with us. ”

The people who wanted to leave the mine looked at each other with a hesitant look on their faces, not knowing whether they should give up or gamble desperately.

This hesitation was also human, and Moder knew that they would not be willing to give in immediately, but after a painful struggle in their hearts, most of them chose to give the gold obediently.

So he looked at these people patiently, while also appreciating their tangled expressions.

"So, Mr. Gray Wolf, do you want to have a chance to harvest more?"

A gentle voice reached his ears, and Moder turned his head suddenly, and immediately saw a neatly dressed man, looking at him for a long time.

The man who suddenly appeared was dressed as a high-class person, wearing clean white gloves and carrying a long cane. His appearance is very pleasing to the eye, but this image appears in the mining area, which looks very out of place.

Modell frowned, "You want to come in and pan for gold? You can't do anything like that." ”

"No, I'm not here to dig for gold. The man's words remained gentle, "I'm just here to take over your business." ”

"What are you talking about?" Morder's eyes suddenly became as sharp as a blade, "Be clear, this is my territory!"

"You're wrong, everyone on the road knows that California is my territory. The man said unhurriedly, "My name is White." ”

The entire Gray Wolf Regiment was stunned, of course they had heard of the name of this California underworld boss, but his sphere of influence should not include San Francisco Bay, why did he actually put his hand here today?

"I know you're very capable. "But you want to take over the business by yourself?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps coming from afar.

It didn't take long for everyone to see a large group of black-clothed people appear, and due to the large number of people walking at the same time, they even brought up a cloud of dust and dust in the process of moving.

"I have a hundred gunners here. White and everyone else walked behind him, pressed his cane on the ground, and spoke slowly, "Is it enough to take over?"

Whether it is a gunman or not, as long as you look at your eyes, you can naturally understand.

The members of the Gray Wolf Regiment looked over the faces of these black-clothed men one by one, and sure enough, everyone's eyes had the temperament of shooting and aiming. Although I don't know what their shooting level is, with such a huge disparity in the number of people, each of them will be set on fire by seven or eight guns, and there is no way to fight against each other.

"Good, good!" said Morder smutteredly, "this is your territory, let's go!"

"Wait. ”

Modell said angrily, "What else do you want? I've already given you the business, can't you go?"

"Since you have come to this place of wealth, don't you want to get more?" White said indifferently, "I am willing to give you a chance to gain more, send your best marksmanship, take half of your gold as a bet, and have a fair duel with us." ”

Modell's expression turned very ugly, "You want to apply this rule to us too?"

"Now that you have taken over the business, of course, you have to follow the rules, and no one can be an exception. White remained silent, "Could it be that you don't know how to compare guns at all?"

The gunmen of the Gray Wolf Regiment couldn't help it anymore, and shouted one by one, "Since you want to draw a gun to fight, what are you afraid of him?" "If he is willing to send us gold, don't stop him!" "There are no guys here in California who can use guns, I swept through here a few years ago!" ......

Modell stretched out his hand to stop the shouting of his men, and said with a gloomy face, "Mr. White, I am from the Sharp Shooter Regiment, and I hope you can avoid unnecessary conflicts. ”

"The foundation of our Tao is to respect tradition and keep promises. White said with a blank face, "You can't break the rules." ”

"Good!" said Modell, smirking angrily, "since you insist on a gunfight, then we will accompany you." However, we have a lot of gold, and one duel is too rash, so we might as well compare it a few times. ”

"How do you want to come?"

"We have six chests of gold, each weighing a hundred pounds. "Bet half the gold, that's three chests, and I think one chest should be one at a time." ”

Huai nodded, "That's fine, let's bet on three rounds." ”

After Moder made up his mind with him, he felt a lot more relieved. After all, the stakes in this duel are too big, and the risk of winning or losing is uncertain, and if your gunman touches a dud, it will be too unjust to lose. Now you can face off three times, and with the ability of the gunners of the "Gray Wolf Group", you won't lose them all.

He didn't ask White if his gold was enough, and as the other party's California underworld tycoon, he openly took over the business in front of the gold diggers in the mining area, and he must show his credit, and he would not be repaid.

"My first gunslinger here is a bit special, but I don't think you mind." ”

Moder was naturally a little puzzled, "What's so special about him?"

"He does not use muskets, but long swords, and he will draw his gun and duel with you. (To be continued......)