Wild North America 1846

Chapter 73 Sudden Assassination

after the battle

The Fangcaodi white cavalry, with only 360 people left, entered the Grape Valley according to the order, and mixed with the Datang Hui cavalry, which quickly expanded the strength of the Datang Hui cavalry to more than 770 people, plus 1123 Musketeers , the overall strength has reached nearly 1900 people.

In addition, there were more than 230 white captives in the hands of the Datang Society, all of whom were incorporated into the hard labor camp in the Grape Valley to undertake heavy daily work such as building brick kilns, hydraulic mills, oil presses, hydraulic sawmills, building factories, and roads.

According to Li Cha's words;
These people have to use heavy labor to wash away their sins. Only when the thorns are smoothed can they cherish the hard-won stable life.

The Federation took over the public security and social order in San Francisco, and took over the shops, land, manor and wealth belonging to John Sutter's forces, and the power has been greatly expanded.

at the same time
Richard sent two teams, led by two captains, Mike Rabiot and Dai Changfu, to occupy the two important towns of Sacramento and Los Angeles two days and four days after the end of the battle in New Town, and expel the local Mexicans. The governor and the armed forces of the Mexican army have firmly controlled the entire province of Alta California.

a few days later

The new town returned to calm, and the grocery store, grain and oil store, tavern and other businesses operated by the newly established North American Acorn Trading Company under the Datang Club put on new doors, removing the old imprint of John Sutter, Re-open for business.

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

The bank is Sequoia Bank, which issues valuable USD bills printed by Datang Club. They are one dollar, two dollars, five dollars and ten dollars in total. They are in circulation with other dollar bills at the same value. They buy Sands to exchange banknotes and provide account opening savings. and exchange business.

The five companies are the American River Gold Panning Company and the North American Acorn Trading Company. These two companies are the cash cows of the Datang Club, providing a steady stream of large sums of money for development.

In addition, there are three newly established companies, one is the Western Industrial Company, the other is the Western Agricultural Company, and the other is the Eastern Pacific Shipping Company.

street in new town

Mounted police officers with badges hanging on their chests patrolled in groups of two to maintain law and order on the street.Every once in a while, you can see a team of 12 musketeers walking through the streets with flintlock guns on their backs. This will make the stray cowboys and gold diggers more honest and increase the sense of security of the local residents.

Li Cha walks easily on the street, with 6 bodyguards beside him, everyone he meets on the street will stop, take off his top hat and bow to him, and Li Cha will return the courtesy smile.

Come to the door of Old Barr's Tavern

The two guards pushed the door open first and entered the tavern, and Li Cha then walked in.

His arrival made the noisy tavern suddenly quiet, and everyone stood up one after another, taking off their hats respectfully.

"Everyone, don't be nervous, please continue, I just came to find Old Barr for a drink."

Li Cha glanced over the crowd, he could keenly feel that although the guests in the tavern had different thoughts, not all of them welcomed him to the tavern.But this is human nature, and there is no malicious intention.

After all, he is not a dollar bill, and he cannot be liked by everyone.

"Hey, old Barr, have a glass of whiskey with ice, and a glass of wheat beer for each of my guys. You don't seem happy because of my arrival. I remember that I don't seem to owe you any money?" Richard sat down At the side of the heavy bar, he teased in a relaxed tone.

Old Barr shrugged helplessly, took out a clean glass and put it on the bar, then opened a bottle of good Scotch whiskey, poured half a glass, and pushed it over with ice cubes.

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

"Old Barr, we have always been friends, haven't we? I can feel that you have some concerns. Do you want to see changes in the new town?"

"Lee, you're a big shot now, and everyone's saying you're the real "King of the Bay Area," and no one has ever been able to do something like that before, not even John Sutter. Please forgive my bluntness, and in two Months ago, you were just a lone shooter, so much has changed and it will take time for me to get used to it."

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

"hope so……"

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

Hearing Li Cha's words, Old Barr put down what he was doing, put his hands on the bar counter, sighed, and said;
"Man, I have been living in San Francisco for more than 10 years, and I am used to a peaceful and stable life in the past.

But what happened in the past two years?
Everything has changed since gold was discovered along the American River.

A steady stream of outsiders came here to join the feast of gold panning, robbery, shooting, gambling and endless killings, which changed this beautiful old town beyond recognition.

And your Tang Dynasty exacerbated all this chaos. You wiped out the Agreement Hall, and you killed Alexander Madison and his gang, and now you slaughtered John Sutter...

Oh, by the way, by the way, the partner Fangcaodi was also disarmed.

God!

Now everyone is extolling the prestige of "King of the Bay Area" Richard, the whole province of Upper California is like this. It is crazy to hear that an independent country is about to be established.

Everything is changing too fast, making people feel at a loss. I doubt it, are you still the righteous oriental boy? "

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

"Like those people in Fangcaodi?"

"You're talking about William Richardson, right? If I don't take the first step, the Tang Dynasty will have become history. I took the first step before the British wanted to backstab. It's as simple as that."

Speaking of here
Li Cha picked up the wine glass and took a big sip. Feeling the strong wine with the aroma of oak barrels enter his throat, his spirit was lifted, and he continued;

"There is an old oriental proverb; the hand is quick and the hand is slow.

What Fangcaodi wanted was a thug who would charge forward, not a partner who could be on an equal footing with them. This dissatisfaction had already emerged when Datang first took over the majority of the rights and interests in the American River Gold Mine.

Dude, this world has always been about strength.

I now control the province of Alta California, I control San Fernandez, I am the "King of the Bay Area", and no one here dares to challenge my majesty and power. Do you have a problem with that? "

"No, sir."

"That's great, stop whining, old Barr. Your run-down tavern is making more money in a year than in twenty years since the discovery of the gold mines. It's time to spend some money on decent furniture. At least replace the three-legged broken table. Hell, you bloody Jewish miser. If you can recommend a few good people to work in my company, I will let you go."

"Please give me some time. If it doesn't work, I will trick my son who is working on Wall Street back."

"Then it's settled, I'll give him a good place."

"Thank you, sir."

After lingering in the tavern for a while, Li Cha came out with a rosy face, and continued to walk along the street while he was in a good mood.

not far

Li Cha's heart suddenly "thumped" and he felt something bad, the kind of huge danger that was as real as it was enveloped, made his back feel trembling, and the psionic power frantically issued an early warning.

"Enemy attack..."

At the same time as these two words were uttered, there was a clear gunshot of "啪啪啪" suddenly. The hot bullets were about to knock down a guard walking in front, and more bullets landed in the empty space.

And here, it was originally Li Cha's place, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye.

It turned out that the moment Li Cha felt that his life was in great danger, he had already activated the space flickering ability, and the whole person hid in the corner like a ghost, and escaped the almost fatal calamity.

Two of the six guards were shot down on the spot, and the other four crawled and hid in the side of the house, took out their guns to shoot at the enemy, and a gunfight broke out on the street in an instant.

take this opportunity
Li Cha jumped up and turned into the house from the window, his body was nimble like an ape, he stared and stepped on the wooden pillar, then went up to the second floor, and then rushed towards the room on the side following the sound of gunfire.

There was no gunman ambushing in this room. The gunshots came from a nearby house. At least three gangsters were shooting inside and shouting rudely.

This assassination, which was supposed to be sure, failed, and the gangsters were seriously out of balance. They cursed loudly and prepared to retreat. Someone pursed their lips and whistled extremely loudly, and they heard the sound of horseshoes on the street in the distance.

Want to run?

Li Cha took a cold breath and leaned out a little to observe the movement. The distance between the two houses was about 3~4 meters. He saw that the window on the second floor of the house next to him was half-closed. It must be that the gangsters had just observed the surrounding situation and did not lock it up. He could vaguely see the figure inside the house. flashing.

If so, then don't leave.

After flashing the space again, Li Cha had already entered the next room steadily, and saw two gangsters in the room shooting out through the window, and the other opened the door cursing and preparing to go out, but suddenly realized that I looked back.

"Clap clap clap clap..."

Li Cha unceremoniously moved the hammer continuously with his left hand, firing all 6 bullets in the revolver in one breath, and saw the three gangsters twitching in the rain of bullets, and one of the gangsters was knocked down by the huge refusal force , and fell directly from the window with a headlong fall.

The other two gangsters fell to the ground with their bodies twisted, howling in pain. Li Cha stepped forward with a cold expression, and stomped on the gangster's neck fiercely, causing his howl to stop abruptly. end.

He conveniently put away the revolver with empty bullets, seized two spare guns from the bandits, opened the revolver and took a look, and saw that they were all loaded with bullets, so he closed them with confidence.

"Beach, what's the matter? Damn it, come down quickly, if you don't leave, it will be too late." The gangster shouted anxiously from downstairs.

Li Cha quickly poked his head out of the window on the second floor to take a look, and saw a dozen or so horses galloping along the street, raising smoke and dust all the way, and pedestrians screamed and avoided.

He quickly turned around and looked through the crack of the door, and saw 4 gangsters gathered at the downstairs door, presumably waiting for the horses to respond, one of the bearded gangsters raised his face and was looking towards the direction of the second floor Come, I happened to see Li Cha face to face.

The gangster couldn't help being stunned, where did he get such a fair boy?

It was too late and then too soon, Li Cha poked out the muzzle of the gun and "cracked..." a burst of wild shots, shooting out 5 bullets in almost a second, and then quickly left the door with his head shrunk. The body leans against the window on the other side.

From here, you can clearly see the situation downstairs. If a gangster wants to get on his horse and escape from here, it depends on whether he can run faster than the bullet.

At this time, there was a burst of screams and wailing from downstairs, and then the bullets "slapped..." shot up, and immediately pierced the wooden door with several bullet holes.

"Damn it, damn it, I got shot."

"There are enemies upstairs, what's going on here? Beach, are you still there?"

"Boss, Tyron Lue is dead, and Marco was shot in the stomach, it's just terrible."

Talking room

"Ba Ba Ba Ba" fired a few more shots, hitting the door like a hornet's nest, and under the huge kinetic energy, the thin wooden stimuli shot out.

If you are still hiding behind the wooden door at this time, you will inevitably not be affected.

The sound of horseshoes roared, and they arrived near the house in the blink of an eye. At this time, the door on the first floor opened suddenly, and three gangsters rushed out with revolvers in their hands. They opened fire violently in the direction of the guards. While running a few steps, he was about to get on his horse and escape.

During the exchange of fire between the two sides, a gangster who ran behind was hit by a bullet and fell to the ground staggeringly, while the other two gangsters rushed to the street. Seeing that the horses were about to pass by, they ran a few steps Ready to turn over and jump on the horse.

right now
Li Cha stood at the window on the second floor with a stern expression, aimed at the two gangsters more than ten meters away and fired repeatedly. The bullets dug eye-catching blood holes one after another in the back of the gangster, and knocked him down mercilessly. land.

"God..."

Amidst the horrified screams of the gangsters, the roaring horses stomped down fiercely with their iron hooves, rumbling smoke filled the air, and more than a dozen strong galloping horses galloped past, trampling the two gangsters into a puddle of flesh. mud.

Now it's all right, play a thrilling action and directly burp yourself.

It sounds cumbersome, but the attack actually happened very quickly, and it took only three to four minutes before and after, never more than five minutes.

When a large number of musketeers and mounted policemen arrived, Li Cha walked out with a cold face, with boundless anger in his brows.

The identity of the gangsters attacked by this group has been clarified. It is the fish that slipped through the net called by John Sutter, the "Wild Wolf Brothers" Mancourt gang from Las Vegas.

The second and third members of the gang, as well as several gang members, were killed in the battle against John Sutter, and the rest harbored resentment and intended revenge, which led to this dangerous attack.

A total of 8 people, 7 dead and [-] injured, the "Wild Wolf Brothers" Mancourt gang was completely wiped out.

(End of this chapter)