America 1881: Legend of the West

"This area was set aside and Sanjiang Bank was built here."

"The warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative is here. Another batch of fertilizer will be shipped here. After the land is reclaimed, base fertilizer will be added."

"Take a message to Father James so that they can prepare the lamb and calf."

"We won't consider moving the factory here for the time being. We don't have the advantages in resources, transportation, and population. We will wait until Holmes leads people to find a mine. If there is a mine, we will consider the next step."

In a tent at the south bank camp, Chen Jianqiu was discussing matters related to the new city with everyone.

Next to them is the construction site, and the new town is under construction in full swing.

Unlike Roswell, trains are here in advance.

The ownership of the railway itself belongs to the Santa Fe Railroad Company. It is enough to build a train station next to the railway.

In this way, there is also a post office.

There is no problem with the supply of materials. The supply and marketing cooperative sells everything, from food and drink to fertilizers, farm tools, and seeds. As long as you join the supply and marketing cooperative as a member, you will enjoy discounts.

They are also available in gun stores, directly operated by Roswell Military Factory. They are absolutely authentic and quality guaranteed.

New red necks around you can buy with confidence.

Chen Jianqiu is not worried about the security here at all.

Because the Public Security Bureau was established earlier than the post office.

As for the power to maintain law and order, probably none of the towns in the west is as strong as this one.

After the meeting, everyone left the camp. Only Chen Jianqiu and Li Sifu were still standing at the table looking at the map.

"Has there been any movement on the other side of the river these two days?" Chen Jianqiu asked, lowering his head.

"Nothing happened. They all seem to be running their own farms and pastures honestly." Li Sifu replied, "But it seems that they are short of food. I heard that they have almost finished the buffalo herd in the north."

Chen Jianqiu sighed.

These bison really didn't escape.

Tens of thousands of people rushed in at once, and no matter how many bison there were, they couldn't survive.

"Let's go take a look." Chen Jianqiu found something and pressed it on the map on the table, then led Li Sifu out of the camp.

They walked out of the small door in the wooden wall and came to the river bank. They looked across the barbed wire fence to the other side of the river.

In the camp of the Colonists Association opposite, simple buildings began to be erected.

Most of them are built along railway lines.

However, since the train was owned by the Santa Fe Railway Company and Chen Jianqiu set the station on the bridge side, the group of people still had to watch the train whizzing past them without leaving a cloud behind.

In addition, there are some caravans selling daily necessities in the camp.

The living standards on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are really different.

"Boss, look, what is that?" Li Sifu suddenly pointed to the other side of the river and said.

Chen Jianqiu looked in the direction Li Sifu pointed.

There was a pile of wood piled on the opposite bank of the river, and a group of people were carrying the wood to build a building.

"Is this a sentry tower?" Chen Jianqiu touched his chin.

He saw a familiar person.

I don’t know whether it was because of lack of manpower or because everyone else in the association was very busy. Kuchi went to the battle in person, holding a hammer and driving nails.

Ku Qi also saw Chen Jianqiu and the others.

His face darkened.

What happened before made the president feel humiliated.

None of his men wanted to go to the other side of the river.

As long as you ask, you either need to dig fence posts for your pasture, or you need to go hunting to replenish food and support your family.

Finally, after days of being stuffy in the tent, Couch came up with an idea.

"I want you to look good in two days." Ku Qi muttered, while making a neck-wiping gesture towards Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu narrowed his eyes.

"What are they doing?" Li Sifu was puzzled. "What are they doing at the sentry tower on the other side of the river?"

"Is it important?"

Chen Jianqiu didn't look very interested, then turned around and walked back to the camp.

Couch and his henchmen began to build guard towers by the river day and night.

They cut wood from the forest several kilometers away, dragged it back with horses, and then began to pile it on top of each other.

The other cowboys came in their turn because they had things to do on their own land.

Only Kutcher was doing this the entire time.

For this reason, there is nothing else on his pasture except a sign declaring sovereignty.

During the construction process, Chen Jianqiu on the other side of the river did not respond at all, let alone obstruct it.

"These Chinese will pay the price for despising us!" Kuchi muttered as he hammered the nails as if possessed.

A month later, four tall wooden sentry towers appeared on the north bank of the river.

On a sunny afternoon, President Couch led his supporters to climb one of the watch towers.

He climbed to the highest point of the watch tower.

Climbing high and looking far away can be refreshing, especially in this endless wilderness dotted with pastures and farms.

People cultivated the land and grazed cattle and sheep.

You must know that a month ago, this place was still an undeveloped virgin land without any trace of man-made changes.

The earth is a scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing.

Couch looked around and wanted to say something, but he was not Whitman (author's note: American poet), so he couldn't read any beautiful verses.

Finally, a sentence popped out of his mouth:

"Fuck me!"

"Ah?" The braided man who had just climbed up knew that his president was not very knowledgeable, but he couldn't just sigh like this.

When he came to his president, he finally understood why Kuchi was so moved.

Behind the wooden wall on the other side of the river, a town has begun to take shape!

With this town at its core, various ranches and farms radiate outward like a network.

A main road parallel to the railway passes through this network like a meridian, and dirt roads crushed by cars extend from this meridian in all directions.

What kind of speed is this? !

Cookie, the braided man, and the other cowboys were stunned.

As senior pioneers, they have seen many western towns rise from the ground, but never seen them so fast!

Everyone took another look at the land on the north bank of the river behind them.

What a difference!

Compared with the other side, my side is not even a village!

"I think it's because they occupied the other side." The braided man didn't know whether he was lying to Kuchi or himself.

"The train stops on the other side of the river, which allows the energy on the other side to continuously receive supplies of materials and manpower from the outside world. People coming from the outside will also give priority to staying on the other side of the river." After thinking for a while, he gave his own solution inference.

"So, we need to take back the train station!"

However, Kutcher was not very interested in his talk.

"Where's my gun?" He turned to the man with braids and shouted.

The braided man quickly took off a Springfield rifle he was carrying and handed it to Couch's hand.

Couch took the bullet out of his pocket and pressed it into the chamber.

Then he raised his gun and aimed it at the workers who were busy on the construction site opposite.

Couch pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

A shot rang out over the North Carnedine River.

On the south bank of the river, a Chinese worker who was laying tiles on the roof suddenly covered his shoulders.

Red blood flowed from his fingers.

Hua Gong stumbled and fell from the roof.

Fortunately, there was a co-worker next to him, and he quickly caught him.

"Someone has been shot!" There was a noise on the construction site.

All the workers who were still on the roof climbed down the ladder and looked for a place to take shelter.

Kuchi laughed and threw the gun to the braided man:

"Fight like I do, every day! Do you hear me? If the other side fights back, you can hide or go down the tower. When they leave, you can go up and continue fighting!"

The braided man took the gun and looked a little hesitant.

"President, what if the other side gathers troops and attacks?"

Kuchi snorted:

"We can't cross this bridge, and it's not that easy for them to cross. Go and put our Gatling on the bridge. They're not the only ones with heavy firepower!"

He glanced at the south bank of the river again, then turned around and descended from the tower, muttering something in his mouth:

"You can't even think about living a good life on the land we can't get. It's disgusting to you."