"The hundreds of thousands of people in California are not enough to fill your teeth. Do you know what to do next?"
"I understand, I understand, Mr. Tang, we are going to prepare an ocean-going cargo ship and go to the southeastern coast to find people and save them from this miserable world of water and fire."
"Remember, you have to recruit workers in the name of recruiting, and I don't recommend that you just go to the southeastern coast, but to the northern and southern Zhili areas, where agriculture is developed and there are many farmers, especially in the northern Zhili area, and the language is basically fluent.
Mandarin, convenient for management.”
"Mr. Tang, the officials in the Zhili area are very lenient. When the time comes..."
"The introduction fee is ten dollars per person. If I contact that old witch at Lafayette, she will rush to send you "employees", right? If you can't even do these, I will replace you with someone else."
"How is that possible? I just scolded those corrupt officials. They don't have the consciousness to love the country and the people and save the people from the fire like you!"
"Master Tang's words today have the same effect on me as recreating my parents."
"Master Tang, you are truly wise and powerful. My admiration for you is like the endless flow of a surging river, or like the Yellow River that overflows out of control."
To be honest, in this situation, Tom changed into a Manchu official uniform, and it was really just like in the TV series, He Shen, the adults and his group of henchmen were discussing how to "save the country and save the people."
"Mr. Tang, I watched the sky at night yesterday. Today is a good day for our official Heroes Association to be established."
"I have specially set up the altar, and please move in with your colleagues."
Zhang Zhuzhu also coquettishly invited the other six people to walk out of the private room. Outside the private room, in addition to Tom's bodyguards, there were hundreds of employees and foremans. Of course, they were not qualified to eat with Tom.
"You are a bunch of trash, why don't you get out!"
Tom first walked up to the group of white Texas bodyguards, kicked the three security guards who were knocked down hard, and yelled a few curses in Mandarin in the air.
Of course, the bodyguards didn't understand what Tom said, but they understood Tom's gestures, so they helped the three security guards who were hit by the eggs and left.
In the middle of the hall was a large object covered with red cloth. Zhang Zhuzhu stepped forward and lifted the red cloth. Inside was a golden statue of Guan Gong that was more than three meters tall.
"The emperor and heaven are above, and the earth below is the proof!"
"Today, I, Tom Smith, lead the brothers to found the "Heroes Association"."
"Not for wealth, not for power, not for sex."
"I just want to save the poor people in China from the fire and water!"
"Work together and never give up!"
“Both blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and adversity helps each other!”
"We are of one mind and we will never give up!"
"Emperor, Empress, Earth, learn from this heart!"
In this way, Tom, a 20-year-old young man of pure German descent from Bavaria and a Catholic family, led a group of 30-year-old court employee leaders to burn incense and worship Guan Gong.
Please ask Mr. Guan to witness Mr. Tang’s loyalty.
Considering that most of the Chinese workers are from the south, Tom also specially arranged the burning of yellow paper and chopping of roosters in advance.
After burning incense and paying homage to Guan Gong, Tom found a chair, placed it on the right side of the statue of Guan Gong, and sat firmly on it.
A group of men with varying levels of education, who were at best just intellectuals, swore one by one in front of Golden Guan Gong to join the "Hero Club" that Tom had just established.
One by one, according to their status, they first offered incense to Guan Gong, and then knelt down and "worshiped the mountain" in front of Tom.
"Chief Helmsman——Tom Smith"
"Vice-rudder——Zhang Zhuzhu"
"Master of Qinglong Hall—Qi Dadong"
"Master of White Tiger Hall——Liu Yiyuan"
"Master of Xuanwu Hall——Lin Geng"
"Master of Suzaku Hall—Li Jiao"
"General Protector - Li Niu (cow egg)"
"..."
From noon to dusk, hundreds of Chinese labor foremen, large and small, all became members of the "Heroes Association".
After everyone paid their respects, Tom asked his men to carry out five boxes of silver, which were awarded to the four hall masters and the chief protector by the branch.
The four hall masters and the chief protector also understood the meaning of Tom's public reward, and they were not stingy and gave it all to their little bosses.
After completing all the steps, Tom left in a carriage with several bodyguards waiting at the door.
"This tnnd, is he really the descendant of Mr. Bai Jing'er?"
"Zhang Zhuzhu, a few months ago, you just told me that the boss who sent you here seemed to like the employees and was willing to give them a daily salary of 0.5 US dollars, so I came with my brothers, but it turns out that this is just a single
Do you like Dichao employees?”
"If nothing else, I have already sworn an oath in front of Mr. Guan. Can I still fool him like I did to foreigners before?"
"Don't talk about fooling around or not. After we bow down in front of Mr. Guan and recognize him as the mountain top, we won't be able to leave even if we want to!"
"It's such a big scene. The second master Guan is made of pure gold and is rewarded with tens of thousands of taels of silver. It's hard not to spread the word."
"Zhang Zhuzhu, you must give us an explanation. This ghost is much more difficult to deal with than the previous ones!"
"You are not allowed to call the chief helmsman ghost, that belongs to us, the chief helmsman."
"You little bastard, how dare you talk back to your father."
After Tom left, the six core members of the Heroes Association gathered in a private room to discuss the origins of the "chief helmsman" Tom Smith.
Only Li Zhuzhu calmly touched his few goatees and spoke slowly and pretending to be profound.
"Last year, my boss just told me to secretly go to California to recruit some Chinese workers to work. The more the better, and he even accommodated my whole family in a big house."
"But brothers, listen to my advice."
"What does it have to do with the second master or not? How many of our buddies can still believe this after they have managed to get this far?"
"I don't believe anything about the real Dragon Emperor or the Emperor."
"The important thing now is not whether he is a descendant of Mr. Bai Jing'er, but the money in your hands."
"The three-meter-tall Second Master Jinguan was rewarded with tens of thousands of taels of silver without blinking an eye."
"Think about it, if the imperial court were to be abandoned, how many big officials and businessmen would have so much money?"
"A worker is given ten dollars when he comes to work in the factory, ten dollars! Those idiots have to work hard for twenty days to get ten dollars. We just need to get a door."
"If you don't know US dollars, you should know silver. Ten US dollars is five taels of silver!"
"Let's share some money with those dog officials of the Di Dynasty. One or two cents for each head. Millions of people will come over in less than half a year. If all the 400 million people from the Qing Dynasty come over, it will be 400 million U.S. dollars."
, two hundred million taels of silver!"
"I'm just asking you, do you want the free money in front of you?"
The six of them just looked at me, and I looked at you, and then thought of the tens of thousands of taels of silver and the pure gold of Mr. Guan, especially the silver that Zhang Zhuzhu mentioned. After thinking about it, they finally agreed on the same approach.