Chapter 33 To save yourself first, save others (various requests)
"them?"
Zhu Xianhai raised his eyebrows and asked urgently.
"You mean, there were still people who didn't escape at that time?"
"That's for sure. The mine is such a large area, and more than a thousand people are not panning for gold in one place. In other words, someone from our side escaped, and the others are still there? In the past two years, they don't know
How many sins have been suffered!"
Zhu Xianhai opened his eyes in shock and said.
"You mean, there are more than a thousand of our people there!"
"That stupid Qing Yao sold two thousand people to foreign devils at one time in exchange for five hundred foreign guns..."
"Where are they?"
"Where else could they be? They were all sold to the mines!"
Zhu Xianhai asked one after another.
"Where is the mine? Where is it?"
…
As soon as I closed my eyes, I had a nightmare.
In his dream, Zhu Xianhai saw in the dense rain forest, his compatriots, all skinny and emaciated, struggling in the mud, with whips constantly falling on them, wolves and dogs barking, and even eating people.
The blood and muddy water mixed together, dyeing everything red.
"Why didn't anyone save us..."
A dying voice echoed in the nightmare until Zhu Xianhai woke up from his dream.
Why didn't anyone save us!
He woke up with red eyes, looking frightened and restless, with cold sweat on his back. He muttered to himself.
"Why, why don't you save them!"
Staring ahead, Zhu Xianhai's eyes became determined. Those people were his compatriots anyway!
…
gun!
Twenty Remington m1858 revolvers and sixty m1860 Henry rifles are all neatly placed in boxes. These weapons are not expensive, like the Remington m1858 revolver, which only costs 15
pesos apiece, which is much lower than the price of a Colt revolver. If it were in the United States, the price would be even cheaper. The wholesale price is the same as the retail price in the United States. However, Henry rifles are really not cheap. Each one costs 50 pesos.
That’s $50!
The more expensive ones are bullets - 100 rounds of .44 caliber Henry bullets cost 5 pesos, which are much more expensive than gunpowder, flash caps, and lead shot bulk bullets. However, Henry bullets with metal shells are fast to load and are not afraid of rain. There is nothing better than them.
Weapons more suitable for tropical rainforests.
Including modified pistols, these weapons cost Zhu Xianhai nearly four thousand pesos, and now these weapons were placed in front of Li Fugui and others.
"Brother Zhu, what...what does this mean?"
Li Fugui and others were dumbfounded when they saw the weapons being moved from the carriage.
“Wells Gold Mine!”
Zhu Xianhai said.
"I don't know what you are thinking, but... ever since I learned that there were more than a thousand compatriots in the gold mines, being oppressed like animals by those animals, I couldn't sleep. I wanted to save them, but
, I can’t do it alone!”
Zhu Xianhai looked at them and then took out a wad of money from his arms.
"There are several thousand pesos here. If you don't want to go, just leave with two hundred pesos and buy a ferry ticket to California. It costs about 20 pesos. From California to Shanghai or Hong Kong, it takes 30 pesos. The remaining money
, enough for you to go home, let’s get to know each other, Zhu will never let you end up in a foreign country.”
On one side is a gun, on the other side is money.
"Brother Zhu...this..."
Faced with such a choice, everyone was stunned. Li Fugui and the others all looked at the guns, then at the bills, and finally their eyes fell on Zhu Xianhai.
"This, this, this..."
Sun Hu took a step forward, picked up the gun and said.
"Brother Zhu has never met the brothers who were sold to the mine, but he is willing to risk his life and property to save them. If we don't go, can we be worthy of those brothers?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Er continued.
"Brother Zhu, if you don't care about anything else, I'm going to blame you for what you did today. From today on, the life of our second son will be yours."
No one hesitated, and no one went to get the guns. They all chose guns. Only Li Fugui stood there, leaning on a cane. He glanced at his legs in embarrassment, then looked at Zhu Xianhai and said.
"Brother Zhu, we brothers are right when we call you brother! I just don't know if you think we are useless, brother."
Li Fugui's words made Zhu Xianhai laugh.
"Can you shoot?"
"meeting!"
"Would that kill someone?"
"This is even better. What do we men do? We are rebels! Isn't it just killing people?"
"Yes, that's the truth, but! This time we have to let those white-skinned pigs taste our power!"
Zhu Xianhai looked at them and said.
"However, before we go, we need to practice shooting guns first. There are few of us, so this is the only thing we can rely on!"
…
"Ba-ba-ba"
In the warehouse factory, there was a burst of intensive gunfire from the simple shooting range.
Along with the gunshots, bursts of metallic crunching echoed in the factory building, empty cans filled with targets.
"Ba, Ba, Ba..."
Holding a Henry rifle and wearing a green military uniform, Zhu Xianhai kept pressing down the lever of the Henry rifle to shoot the empty cans and bottles.
"Brother Zhu, what a great shot!"
After a round of shooting, there was a burst of praise from all around. This is not flattery, Zhu Xianhai's shooting skills are indeed good, this is the "primary shooting technology" blessed by the system's golden finger.
"Brother Zhu, your quick-shooting skills are amazing. I estimate that if we were to fight in the past, more than a dozen people would be knocked down in the blink of an eye. One by one with this shot.
, those people still have a chance to fight!"
"It's just so-so. There is no advanced shooting technique. It's just three points and one line. The bullets of Henry rifles like this are not very powerful and have small recoil. As long as you hold it steadily, three points and one line, within 100 meters, basically
It means hitting that."
Zhu Xianhai held a gun and explained to them. They were all wearing green military uniforms. The style of the military uniforms was somewhat similar to that of later generations. He specially customized it in his tailor shop. Green was more suitable for concealing traces in the rain forest.
"You just need to practice more, remember, three points and one line..."
Standing beside them, Zhu Xianhai guided them one by one on how to hold the gun and how to aim.
They have all rebelled and killed people, but their marksmanship skills are hard to describe. Some have used firecrackers, some have used foreign guns, and of course, they have also used revolvers. But what is certain is that none of them have experienced
Systematic shooting training.
They have never understood what the three points and one line are and what adjusting breathing is. In fact, without the blessing of the system, Zhu Xianhai would not know it either.
What's the easiest way to improve your shooting skills?
It is live ammunition shooting. As long as you feed enough bullets, your shooting skills will definitely improve. As the training continues, everyone's shooting level will become higher and higher.
"If you keep them with you in the future, you don't have to worry about safety issues..."
In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Xianhai also had this idea. In these days, his own people are more reliable. It is better to have a group of subordinates than to be alone.
Many "tragic deaths" in the Sims life taught him a crucial life philosophy, which is not only to have guns, but also to have people!
Just... there is another problem that needs to be solved - what should we do to save those people?
Although for Zhu Xianhai, who did not even have the power to protect himself, these Taiping soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles were undoubtedly the capital of self-protection.
With them protecting him, even the military minister can hardly threaten him. What is the most important in troubled times?
People!
Gun!
In the past, he had money to buy a gun, but there was no one to buy it.
There is someone now.
But the problem is...there are more than a thousand people.
He can afford to raise dozens, or even hundreds, of them, but if more than a thousand people just sit back and eat nothing, they will definitely eat him up!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.
That’s more than a thousand people!
If we don't find a way to settle them, this matter will be really difficult to handle.
Suddenly, Zhu Xianhai found that he was in a difficult situation...