America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 464 Outpost Tactics
"This area is marked out, and the Sanjiang Bank will be built here."

"The warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative is here, and another batch of chemical fertilizers will be shipped over. After the land is reclaimed, the base fertilizer will be applied."

"Send a message to Papa James so they can get the lamb and calf ready."

"I don't think about moving the factory here for the time being. Resources, transportation, and population don't have advantages. Wait until Holmes takes people to find the mine. If there is a mine, then consider the next thing."

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, the train passes here in advance.

The ownership of the railway itself belongs to the Santa Fe Railway Company, and 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, you will enjoy discounts.

There is also a gun store, the direct store of the Roswell Arms Factory, absolutely authentic, quality assurance.

The new red necks around can buy with confidence.

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

Because the police station was established earlier than the post office.

As for the power to maintain law and order, among these towns in the west, I am afraid that none of them is as strong as this one.

After the meeting, everyone left the camp one after another, only Chen Jianqiu and Li Sifu were still standing by the table looking at the map.

"Is there any movement on the other side of the river these two days?" Chen Jianqiu lowered his head and asked.

"There is no movement, it seems that they have gone to run their own farms and pastures honestly." Li Sifu replied, "But it seems that they are short of food. I heard that the bison herd in the north is almost finished by them."

Chen Jianqiu sighed.

These bison really did not escape unharmed.

Tens of thousands of people rushed in at once, no matter how many bison there were, they would not be able to survive.

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

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

In the camp of the colonists association on the opposite side, crude buildings also began to be erected.

Most of them are built along railway lines.

However, since the train belonged to the Santa Fe Railway Company, Chen Jianqiu set the station on the side of the bridge, so these people still had to watch helplessly as the train roared past them without leaving a cloud behind.

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

The standard of living on both sides of the strait is 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.

A pile of wood was piled up on the opposite river bank, 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 if it's because of lack of manpower, or because other people in the association are very busy, but Couch himself went into battle, carrying a hammer head, and was driving nails.

Ku Qi also saw Chen Jianqiu and the two of them.

His face darkened.

What happened before made the chairman feel humiliated.

None of his men were willing to go to the other side of the river.

As long as you ask, you either need to dig stakes for the fence of your pasture, or you need to go hunting to supplement food and support your family.

Finally, after a few days of being stuffy in the tent, Couch had an idea.

"I want you to look good in two days." Ku Qi muttered, and at the same time made a gesture of wiping his neck to 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 our river?"

"Is it important?"

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

Couch and his henchmen began to build watchtowers along the river day and night.

They felled logs from the forest several kilometers away, dragged them back by horses, and began to pile them up one by one.

The other cowboys took turns, because they had other things to do on their own land.

Only Kutcher is doing this all the time.

For this reason, until now, there is nothing in his pasture except for a sign declaring sovereignty.

During the construction process, Chen Jianqiu on the other side of the river did not respond, let alone obstructed.

"These Chinese will pay the price for belittling us!" Kutcher muttered as he tapped the nails like a maniac.

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 one of the guard towers.

He climbed to the highest point of the sentry tower.

The view from the heights can be refreshing, especially in this endless wilderness, dotted with various 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 traces of man-made.

A scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing on the earth.

Couch looked around, trying to say something, but he wasn't Whitman, and couldn't pronounce any beautiful lines.

Finally, a sentence popped out of his mouth:
"Fuck!"

"Ah?" The braided man who just climbed up knew that his president was not well educated, but he couldn't just express such emotion.

When he came to his president's side, he finally understood why Couch was so emotional.

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

With this town as the core, various pastures and farms radiate outward like a web.

A main road parallel to the railway runs through this network like a meridian, and dirt roads that have been rolled out by cars extend from this meridian, stretching out in all directions.

What kind of speed is this? !

Cooke, Braid, and the other cowboys stared dumbfounded.

As veteran pioneers, they have seen many western towns spring up, but never this fast!

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

By the way!

Compared with the opposite side, my side doesn't even count as a village!

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

"The train stops on the other side of the river, which enables the opposite side to continuously obtain supplies and manpower from the outside world. Those who come from outside will also choose to stay on the other side of the river first." After thinking for a while, he gave his own inference.

"So, we're going to take back the train station!"

But Kutcher didn't take much interest in his eloquence.

"Where's my gun?" He turned his head and shouted at the braided man.

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

Couch took a bullet from his pocket and loaded it into the barrel of the gun.

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

Couch pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

A shot wafted over the North Carnedine River.

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

Red blood flowed from his fingers.

Hua Gong staggered and fell off the roof.

Fortunately, there was a worker next to him, and he quickly grabbed him.

"Someone got shot!" There was a lot of noise on the construction site.

All the workers who were still on the roof climbed down the ladder to find a place to hide.

Couch laughed, and tossed the gun to the man with the braids:

"Fight like I do, every day! Do you hear me? If the opponent fights back, you should hide, or go down the tower, and when they leave, you go up and continue fighting!"

The braided man took the gun with a hesitant look on his face.

"President, what if the troops are gathered face to face and attack?"

Couch snorted:
"We can't cross this bridge, and it's not so easy for them to come over. Go and put our Gatling on the bridge, and they are not the only ones with heavy firepower!"

He glanced at the south bank of the river again, then turned around and went down the tower, muttering at the same time:

"The land we can't get, don't even think about living a good life, it's disgusting to you."

(End of this chapter)