Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 28 Picnic

In the woods

  The warm sunlight of spring shines through the branches and leaves and turns into dots of light. The breeze is coming, the wildflowers are in full bloom, and the stream gurgling from the front is like a painting.

  A large white tablecloth was spread on the grass, and the basket was filled with fresh fruits, bread, sausage, smoked belly and ham.

  The most striking thing is a half-person tall wooden barrel, which should be the rye beer brewed by the Germans.

  "In Hessen, every family brews beer. This is our tradition and our pride." Conrad Adenauer Artillery Lieutenant Colonel explained.

"I am looking forward……"

Li Fushou was holding a large wooden wine glass in his hand, watching Captain Koch drill a hole in the barrel with a bow-shaped hand drill, and then knocked in the tap with a cork very fast, his movements were very skillful .

   Then turned on the faucet and gurgled down with a dark beer with a strong malt fragrance, which made a group of Germans cheer in unison.

  Li Fushou took a big sip, stretched out uncontrollably, and gave a thumbs up; “Wow, it’s really great.”

  He is not accustomed to this dark beer with the color like soy sauce. It tastes like bitter Chinese medicine. People who like it love it to death, but people who don't like it are fearful.

  But in order to win over these Germans, the necessary gestures must be made.

  This sentence instantly shortened the distance between the two sides.

  Several German guys raised their beards proudly and took up the large wooden wine glasses in their hands to drink, full of harmonious atmosphere.

   "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, what do you think of the Chinese cowboys trained?"

   "The view...I think it's a mess."

   "Oh, can you talk about it probabilistically?"

"Of course, I am preparing to draft a formal report to fully explain many problems in Chinese training." Conrad Adenauer poured a large gulp of dark beer into his mouth and picked up a knife to cut a piece of ham. Pass it to Li Fushou; "This is a German-style ham, can I have a slice?"

"no, thank you."

"Oh, that's your loss." Conrad Adenauer put the ham into his mouth and chewed, and sucked his fingers in his mouth; "Soldier training is a tedious and boring one. Work, especially farmers and cowboys who don’t know how to write. They can’t even tell the left and right, and they can’t understand the commands from the officers. They can only deepen their memories over and over again. Oh my God, this is a disaster."

"Is there any solution?"

"It is best to hold a basic literacy education, so that these idiots can count from one to 50 at least, know how many people are in their platoon, distinguish between the left and the right, and be able to understand the most basic military commands. This is what the Prussian army does. The effect is great."

"Yeah, yes." Li Fushou was very decisive, and said to his secretaries Luo Jingming and Hu Chaoshan; "Just remember this. Arrange a literate person to be a teacher to hold an evening school, and study for two hours every night. These guys have nothing to do. They drink and make trouble all day long. They have to pass exams for their academic performance. Only those who pass can hold the position of team leader or above. This must be announced as a rigid rule. They don’t know the words, and they can only be the bottom gang in Hongmen. Crowd."

  "Following the order of the big leader, we will start making arrangements immediately."

   "Hmm." Li Fushou put down the wooden wine glass in his hand, picked up a bright red strawberry and ate it sweetly, chewed it a few times and then asked; "Then gentlemen, what are the questions?"

Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Adenauer replied: "If the soldiers have received literacy education and can be guaranteed to train for at least half a day every day for six consecutive months, we are confident that this group of farmers will be reborn and equipped with a minimum combat capability. Compared to Prussian soldiers, it is almost half. The obedience of the Chinese is still very good, and I have deep confidence in this."

"Then it's settled." Li Fushou continued to tell the secretary; "Just remember this, take turns to give full-time military training to the backbone of Hongmen in the ranch. I hope to train at least 100 qualified backbones for a tentative period. After six months, intensive training will be carried out.

The rest of the people are given half-time military training for the same six-month period. More than 1,000 people on the ranch will have to undergo rigorous military training. In the next step, the backbone of Hongmen and the hired workers of the hotel will also take time for short-term military training, at least like a Soldiers obeyed orders as if they took up guns to be able to fight.

  Our pasture is an anomaly from Australia. If we don’t have enough strength, all of this will be taken away by the whites. We must publicize the Hongmen brothers to drive more people to recognize the necessity of military training. "

  "Follow the order of the big leader. When we go back, we will list a detailed training plan to minimize interference with pasture production."

   "If there is a shortage of manpower, you can recruit more. It is not a problem."

   "We wrote it down."

"good……"

Li Fushou clapped his hands and stood up and said to a group of Germans; "Gentlemen, enjoy your picnic, remember what you said to me today, I believe in the promise of the German soldiers, just look at the results and not the process. "

   finished

  The expressions of the five Junker military aristocrats who had eaten casually changed suddenly. They put down the food in their hands and looked at each other, and stood up unanimously.

Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Adenauer expressed his stance on behalf of the others. He said with a serious look; "I swear by the honor of the German Empire soldiers and Junker nobles. After rigorous German military training, these farmers will be transformed into qualified soldiers. ."

   "I believe in your promise, Lieutenant Colonel, just let go and practice these bastards, I'll take care of what's wrong."

"as you wish."

  Hearing the solemn promise of the Germans was full of iron and blood, Luo Jingming, Hu Chaoshan and others standing behind them, as well as the entourage, all couldn't help their eyelids jumping wildly, knowing that something was going wrong.

  One of them is considered to be the backbone of Hongmen, and none of them can run through the rigorous military training.

  Germans are not friendly, let alone joke about the honor of soldiers, everyone will have to live a hard life.

  The Germans who left the picnic, the team continued to patrol according to the established plan.

  The problems found by Li Fushou during the inspection will be explained one by one, and a dedicated person will follow up and solve them.

The range of the Red River Valley Ranch is too large. In addition, the large herds of cattle and sheep are grazing in the Smith Ranch. The Fengmei Pastures are all connected to the Red River Valley Ranch. After patrolling, this big circle is more than 300 kilometers, and it took four days to ride a horse.

  This is a routine inspection every month. Under the strict control of the rancher, the huge ranch operates in an orderly manner.

  Much of the credit here is attributed to the "Five Tigers" of Hongmen. It is precisely because of their outstanding talents that the pasture and construction can develop simultaneously, and the operation is smoother than before.

  After returning to the manor, Li Fushou kept calling in the four main halls of Hongmen's inner and outer four halls to discuss the situation to deal with the current severe situation;

  Especially white gold mine owners let white cowboys wantonly infringe upon Chinese gold diggers, robbery and assault, and deaths in an endless stream. Many of the victims are Hongmen disciples.

  In this, black hands from the Edward family must instigate instigation in an attempt to defeat Li Fushou’s prestige and disintegrate the Chinese people’s confidence in the gang.

  This is a temptation and a crazy revenge from the Edward family for the alliance between Li Fushou and Governor Frank.

  With a deep imperial navy background, Speaker Edward has no fear, and constantly makes moves to test Li Fushou’s bottom line.

  The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on

  With the opening of the Queensland governor’s campaign, the disadvantaged Speaker Edward must show his toughness in order to reverse the decline in this crucial election and regain the confidence of white voters.

  Count down

  The largest Dennis gold mine in the Palmer River Basin is particularly rampant. The white thugs under his men have rampantly harmed the Chinese, unscrupulously robbed the gold sand, killed and injured dozens of people in just a few months, and now there is a trend of getting worse.

  The quack, the quack.

  Faced with this situation, Hong Men could no longer remain silent.

  At the meeting, the leaders of Hongmen were very angry and could no longer tolerate the bad public security situation in the gold mine. This was related to the vital interests of the Hongmen gang, and almost everyone agreed to counterattack.

  White gold prospectors colluded with mine guards, and now they brazenly robbed the golden sands that the Chinese had worked so hard to find, and threw the dead into the river to frighten other Chinese.

  The Mounted Police turned a blind eye to this, and the environment of the mine was too bad to be worsened.

  There are so many Hongmen brothers in the development, the gang must not turn a blind eye to this, knowing that there is a deep pit in front of them, they have to gritted their teeth and jumped down.

  At the end of the discussion, Li Fushou made a decisive decision;

The chief of the hall was responsible for this matter by Liu Shan. The secretariat drew out the staff who were good at operations. Luo Jingming and Hu Chaoshan formed a staff team to meticulously plan the action plan. 120 capable and capable personnel were also sent to participate in the operation and launched a campaign against the Dennis Mine. Thunder strike.

  In addition, the Hongmen disciples of the gold mine were mobilized to join the team nearby. According to the Palmer River Basin, they were divided into 7 armed brigades of red, white, yellow, green, blue and purple. The following were organized into several small teams, which were controlled by powerful figures.

Normally go to work, if you encounter sporadic white robbery and infringement, organize your team to fight back vigorously on the spot. The team can’t cope with it and rush to the brigade. The brigade can’t cope with the emergency to the executive hall. The personnel can withdraw to the Red River Valley Ranch afterwards to avoid the crazy counterattacks of the Mounted Police and the Gold Mine.

  All personnel participating in the gold mine armed brigade must pay one shilling a month as a fund. The armed brigade ensures the personal safety and property safety of the participating Hongmen disciples, and the main hall provides full support.

  This part of the funds collected will be used to fight against white bullying, fight for rights and interests, purchase weapons and ammunition needed in armed struggle, operation funds, and compensation for brothers killed and injured in battle. The main hall will provide financial and manpower support as appropriate.

  Hongmen is not Li Fushou alone, but the common support of all Hongmen gangs.

  Since someone else is doing your life for you, the protected gang is obliged to give a part of the money to support and protect themselves in the white gold mine.

  Determined the countermeasures, the leader Li Fushou personally took the seat, and everyone waited to implement it vigorously.

   Draw up capable personnel, detect the enemy's situation, formulate a strike plan and even communicate with Governor Fernanke through specific channels, win the sympathy and acquiescence of the British, and work in an orderly manner.

  Information from all quarters is summed up, and the situation gradually becomes clear.

  The capable personnel who participated in the operation returned from various grazing points and formed teams to participate in the exercises over and over again. The Red River Valley Manor was full of the smell of gunpowder before the battle and became quiet.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

  (End of this chapter)