The sun never sets in America

Chapter 133 Money and Gunmanship

It can be said that from the beginning, Yan Jun and Man Futing had the idea of ​​harvesting these gold diggers' leeks.

As for getting rich, you can, but you have to keep some, or even most, of it.

Otherwise, if we really let you go to Tongshan City, dig up gold, and finally walk away, wouldn't Tongshan City suffer a huge loss? ?
No matter how stupid the Tongshan City Government is, they will never do this.

So it is perfectly normal to make a fuss about taxes.

"Damn, I can't get through this day. We paid so much money, but things are still so expensive... All the money we made was taken away by those bastards..." The thin gold digger began to complain about Tongshan City. consumption level.

"Who says it's not? Let's just say this gold shovel. I bought it in Jinshan City for a few tens of copper yuan, but here, damn... I charge you two Chinese yuan." The bearded man picked it up and put it away. The gold shovel on the ground complained angrily. In his opinion, selling a shovel for two Chinese yuan had nothing to do with robbing.

"Not to mention the shovel, even the clothes I wear cost three yuan, and they are not wear-resistant. They will be worn out in a few days, and I have to buy new ones..." Another gold digger pointed to the canvas suit he was wearing. , said cursingly, "I see... let's stop doing this, pack up our things, build a car and go home. If you dig here until you die, the gold won't be yours either!!" The gold digger in a canvas suit had an expression on his face. He suggested helplessly.

In the opinion of this gold digger, everything in Tongshan City is expensive. A set of clothes costs three yuan. That thing in Xijing or Jinshan costs half a yuan at most. It is estimated that it is still cheaper, but here it costs six times. Not counting other basic necessities of life.

"Don't talk about clothes and shovels. In my opinion, even those girls who sell meat are more valuable than gold..." The bearded gold digger thought of a 30-year-old Indian woman he found at a brothel in the town last night. The next morning I stretched out my hand and found three Chinese yuan.

He wanted to make a counteroffer, but he was told that if you can't afford the price, don't play, so everything he wanted to say was blocked...

He worked in the mine all day long, wondering if he could dig out so much gold.

"I should have known that I was a woman, it would be so easy to make money." The bearded gold digger became very angry when he thought of what happened this morning.

"Damn it, I would have come here more times if I had known, but now I am at a huge loss."

The bearded gold digger cursed secretly.

"Hey... the world in Tongshan is like this. Forget it, who told us to come here to make a fortune!!" The thin gold digger sighed.

When the other two heard this, they also closed their mouths and looked a little heavy.

After all, what the skinny gold diggers told was all the truth. What did they come all the way from a prosperous place like California to this barren southern Arizona for, other than gold and money.

Without money, everything is difficult! !

For those who came from the bottom of the Qing Dynasty, they understand this truth very well.

At least they can come here to dig for gold in Han. Even if prices are higher and taxes are heavier, they can still save one hundred and eighty Chinese yuan in a year, which is not as much as how much they can earn a month by working in a factory in Xijing or Jinshan. A piece of Huayuan is enough to support the family...

If a situation like Arizona happened in the Qing Dynasty, don't think about it. They would have been divided up by the local gentlemen. People like them would have to scold them even if they got some soup dregs, let alone the soup. They steal.

It can't be said that another hundred killing sticks are waiting for him.

Guo Jiawen, who was on the side, was eating beef patties and drinking the not-so-cheap Fortress Township series wine, while listening to what the gold diggers were talking about.

The Fortress wines under the Fortress Group are also divided into several grades. The lowest one is the one Guo Jiawen drinks. The township series is also the cheapest. In California, you can basically buy it for less than half a Chinese dollar. For one bottle, a worker can buy six or seven bottles with one month's salary.

Don't think this is low. At the same time, British workers were still mixing paint with water and passing it off as wine. (British Empire: Who are you scolding??)
In addition, there are mid-range farms and coconut trees, as well as higher-end Golden Castle and Red Sun.

In fact, wine depends on the place of production and the quality of the grapes. As for the brewing technology, you can acquire it by purchasing a winery from Europe.

Because the original wine technology of Han Dynasty came from Europe, therefore, the Fortress series of wines, especially wines, are actually very popular in the American market.

After all, many of the wines of this period were brewed at home and stored in wine cellars.

But people like things that look flashy. In Mexico and even some places in Central America, local banquets and wedding celebrations no longer use traditional homemade wine, but instead use Fortress series wine with better packaging.

Not for anything else, just for the golden castle on the bottle.

Even in some poor areas, there are people who pour home-brewed wine into fortress bottles to show that they can afford it... I have to say, this is not another kind of spiritual sorrow! !
"Man, check out..." After Guo Jiawen drank the last sip of wine, he wiped his mouth with the paper towel just given by the waiter on the table, and then called out.

"Sir, it's two Chinese yuan in total." The waiter looked at the empty wine bottles and plates on the table, calculated in his mind, and then reported the amount to Guo Jiawen.

"So high..." After hearing this, Guo Jiawen knew that prices here were high from the people just now, but he didn't expect them to be so high.

"Guest officer is joking. We live in a remote area with no roads. Naturally, the prices cannot be compared with those outside. Let's just talk about this bar and this glass bottle. There will be some damage along the way..." Guy He was not surprised to see Guo Jiawen complaining about the price. After all, he had seen this kind of thing too many times, eight times if not ten times a day.

"We are doing a small business. There are bandits on this road, so it is no longer safe. Our boss's goods have been robbed three times, and we have lost a lot!!" The clerk continued to talk to Guo Jiawen about the current security situation. question.

"There are still bandits in Han??" The boy's words made Guo Jiawen stupid. After he came to Han from his hometown in China, except for a period of time in Xijing, he visited other cities, even the two places on the Baja California Peninsula. He has been to all cities, and this road seems to be very safe.

Nothing was wrong. After all, I heard that the Han army wiped out all the local rebels and bandits last year and even at the beginning of today.

How could there still be bandits? ?

"Your Majesty, you don't know. We didn't have any bandits here before, but since the gold mine opened, all kinds of people have come here. Some of them are looking for gold, and some of them just block the road and rob... These people kill people. Don't blink, and rob the caravan and you gold diggers." Seeing Guo Jiawen's puzzled look, the man immediately explained to him.

In fact, since Yan Jun issued the gold mining order in Tongshan City, it has brought not only thousands of gold diggers, but also countless crimes in Tongshan City, which has accelerated its development. breed.

Among these people are murderous bandits, and ordinary gold diggers who quarrel with their companions because of gold. In the end, they kill people on impulse and are sued for their lives, so they have no choice but to become bandits.

Because they were wanted by the patrol, they no longer dared to stay in the city, and even did not dare to go to the mining area because there were so many people there...

They can only deal with a group of gold diggers who are also committing crimes, and even those professional thieves who are already ambitious and want to get something for nothing. They kill people and rob the gold from gold diggers on gold mining roads and near mining areas.

The patrol police and mounted police under Tongshan City have not failed to encircle and suppress these bandits, but they have failed because of Arizona's vast territory and sparse population.

After all, those bandits can't defeat the patrolmen, so why don't they run away? After all, most of the bandits have horses. At critical moments, the team disperses and the horses rush to find them in the middle of nowhere.

Because of this, the Tongshan City Government had to increase its police force, especially mounted police patrolling both sides of the road and near the mining area.

The price of such a large police force is that these gold diggers have to pay another security tax... After all, this is for their safety.

"If your guest is rich, please don't show it, or you may be killed." After accepting two Chinese dollars from Guo Jiawen, the waiter gave one last reminder to Guo Jiawen, who was about to leave the tavern.

Guo Jiawen glanced at the waiter and nodded. Then he picked up the cowboy hat on the table and put it on his head. When he put away his shirt, he revealed two flintlock pistols and a dagger at his waist.

The waiter glanced at it, then retracted his gaze, and then watched Guo Jiawen leave the tavern.

After leaving the tavern, Guo Jiawen looked at the simple town in front of him, and then wandered aimlessly on the street.

"Pizza, freshly baked pizza..."

“Very hot pizza…”

In front of a pizza shop opened by Italian immigrants, the owner's ten-year-old son was slurping down the pizza made by his father. Due to language and accent problems, he said it was very hot.

Inside the store, a middle-aged bald Italian man with Mediterranean appearance was taking out pizzas sprinkled with cheese one after another from the oven.The population of Han State is actually very complex. Most of them are Indians and mixed-race people, and some are descendants of local white colonists.

Even among these people, they are divided into Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Irish immigrants.

It can be said to be quite complicated.

In addition, it is telling the growing Chinese population, which includes not only Chinese immigrants from China, but also naturalized honorary Chinese. (When counting the Chinese population, honorary Chinese must be included)
One of the important reasons for the rapid growth is the support provided by the Han State to the Chinese community and the conditions for becoming Chinese.

If you want to become Chinese in Han, the first thing is to meet the language standards, and the second thing is to get married.

These two conditions are mandatory. Among them, intermarriage alone has solved the life-long problems of many Chinese immigrants.

It can be said that it is one of the most benevolent policies in Han Dynasty.

If it weren't for this rule, Han would have been driven crazy by the restless bachelors in the country. After all, in this era, there were no movies invented by the Japanese.

In fact, even if this is the case, the population of Han State is almost unsustainable with so many male immigrants.

It's like a bowl of water. If you take a sip, everyone else will drink. If you drink half of it, what else will others drink? ?

Therefore, Han's immigration policy actually needs to be adjusted, but because Han's decision-making mechanism is still in the discussion phase, no substantial changes have been made.

This is also the problem with the civil service system. It is stable, but decision-making is not so fast.

But if it is really needed, the Han cabinet can respond quickly.

This is also the benefit of the civil service system. After all, the country has no shortage of talents.

But I’m afraid that the talent will be buried! !
In addition to pizza shops, there are only some Han restaurants (actually Chinese restaurants) left on the street, as well as some exotic Indian foods, mainly corn and pumpkin, the two most common staple foods in the Americas (for Indians )

In addition, there are some shops selling hardware tools, especially gold mining tools. In a short 300-meter street, Guo Jiawen saw at least eight such shops, and the business inside was very good.

And with the appearance of the argument inside, the price probably won’t be much lower.

There is also the only gun store in the area.

In fact, news about guns and gun bans has always been a hot topic in the Chinese media and even the government.

Supporters believe that Han is a vast country with few people and many wild animals. It is also close to the United States and Mexico, so all people should own guns to ensure their own safety.

Opponents believe that guns are a destabilizing factor, as they are armed with sharp weapons and have murderous intentions.

Guns are not a good thing and may become the source of unrest in the Han Kingdom.

Both sides insisted on their own opinions. There was a heated quarrel in the media and in the central area of ​​Han Dynasty. The pro-gun faction was eager to have a fight with the anti-gun faction.

But the Han Dynasty is a centralized country after all, and the center, or the cabinet king, is the core that determines all this.

Other officials in the cabinet also had different opinions and debates about guns.

After doing it again and again, it ended up on Liu Peng's desk again.

Liu Peng is actually opposed to individual gun ownership. After all, from the continuous shootings and armed robberies in the United States in later generations, it can be seen that it is definitely not a good thing for guns to remain among the people, especially if they fall into the hands of lawless elements.

It may even increase the cost of governance in Han State.

But Liu Peng is also very particular about adapting measures to local conditions as time goes by.

In this era, or in this Han country, which is full of wilderness, sparsely populated, and borders the United States, holding a gun is the right choice.

Therefore, it was a correct choice for Liu Peng to let go of gun ownership during this period.

But this does not mean that Liu Peng will completely let things go and let the people do whatever they want.

Apart from anything else, to hold a gun in Han, one must have a gun license. The first one is to be over twenty years old. This alone excludes those energetic young men who are seventeen or eighteen years old and have no way to vent their hormones. outer.

The second rule is the rule about carrying guns. You are not allowed to carry guns in urban areas. Once discovered by the patrol police, there is only one option, which is to be arrested and imprisoned for several months and to serve several months of hard labor. This is It's not bad, but the most terrifying thing is that they resisted during the interrogation and even threatened them with a gun.

Then this person will face the second and most serious one, which is to be shot on the spot! !
In addition, there are more than a dozen scattered rules for holding guns. In short, the gun can be given to you, but until the critical moment, you can only use it to beat wild beasts and guard against bandits...

As for using a gun to rebel, it depends on whether your head is strong or my big man's knife is strong...

It can be said that holding a gun in Han is definitely more painful than in the United States.

And what’s even more terrible is that every gun sold in a gun store must be marked and registered locally.

I also have to sign and show my proof of identity, which is the Chinese version of my ID card, a black book...also called a black book.

Without a black book, it is difficult for you to even go out. When you go to any place, the first reaction of the local patrol police when they see you is to check the black book of you, a stranger.

On the black book, there is a picture of you, your date of birth, your place of residence, and various official seals that are complicated and anti-counterfeiting.

Although counterfeiting also occurred, under the attack of the Han Dynasty, it did not become widespread. It was only spread in places like Tongshan City where there was a mixed bag of fish and dragons.

"Brother, do you want a black book... I'm cheap, do you want it?" A man in gray clothes with a Cantonese accent blocked Guo Jiawen's path when he was walking in an alley, and smiled at the nervous Guo Jiawen said.

"Don't worry, I, the blue man, won't be able to find out." The man in gray was worried that there was something wrong with the black book for Guo Jiawen, and then explained it again.

(The so-called blue skin is actually the police of Han Dynasty. Because they wear blue striped uniforms, they are also called blue skin by the criminals, also called blue dogs)
"How much?" After hearing this, Guo Jiawen's heart turned and he asked immediately.

"One price, five..." The man in gray held out five fingers to Guo Jiawen.

"So expensive??" After hearing this, Guo Jiawen actually had no intention of wanting it at all, but on the surface, he still frowned and pretended to be dissatisfied with the price.

"Brother, the price is not high anymore. Some time ago, those blue leather bags cost at least eight yuan..." After hearing this, the man in gray immediately explained, "Otherwise, it's four and a half yuan, you give me Four and a half yuan, I'll sell this to you." Seeing that Guo Jiawen was unmoved, the man in gray immediately gave way.

"Forget it...it's too expensive, I don't want it anymore." After hearing this, Guo Jiawen shook his head, and then walked forward, never leaving the person in front of him.

"Brother, how about four yuan... how about four yuan, three yuan, this is the end." The man in gray looked at Guo Jiawen who wanted to leave, his expression immediately changed, and then he took the initiative to reduce the price.

"Two dollars, I want two dollars." Guo Jiawen turned around and said to the man in gray, with a firm expression on his face, as if this was his bottom line.

In the end, under Guo Jiawen's stubbornness, he spent two Chinese dollars to buy this black book that would save his life in the future.

　Please give me a reward and make a full order.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)