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After the conference dispersed, Long Hao organized the first small party core meeting, and did not let Zhou Bodang and others go until 1:30.

The small meeting decided that the dragon ship would stay in Bessel for three days. In addition to continuing to purchase daily necessities, it also assigned two tasks to everyone: first, recruiting people, and second, purchasing weapons!

Recruiting refers to recruiting Chinese workers as much as possible in Bethel Port and surrounding towns within Long Xiaohu’s budget plan. In the name of mining!

The purchase of weapons was because the arms storage on the dragon ship was seriously insufficient. Under the practical conditions of being unable to contact arms dealers in a short period of time, some primitive weapons became Zhou Bodang's only choice.

Long bows, sharp arrows, short axes...these weapons of the cold weapon era are the acquisition targets of Zhou Bodang and Xie Zhi.

As for Maxim and the artillery, they were placed on the dragon ship as a deterrent and would not be used easily.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning on March 16, the market town by the port of Bessel suddenly became lively. Many coolies gathered around the notice board at the entrance of the town, staring at a recruitment notice that was still ink-stained in Chinese and English: A ship from

Swedish freighter, with a British aristocratic background, is now recruiting a hundred diggers. The monthly salary is guaranteed to be 20 US dollars, including food and accommodation. If a gold mine is found, the salary can be doubled! If you want to apply as soon as possible, Chinese workers will be given priority!

What kind of rice? Such generous treatment? It also has the guarantee of a noble man from the British Empire, so there should be no fake news!

Many coolies looked at each other with disbelief: Why did they add the sentence "Chinese workers first" at the end? Could it be to make fun of us?

You must know that the United States just passed the infamous "Chinese Exclusion Act" eight years ago (1882), and the status of Chinese immigrants in the United States fell to its lowest point. These Chinese who fled to the other side of the ocean because they could not survive at home were severely punished.

Their treatment is simply inferior to that of black people and dogs!

However, they were doubtful. When the first Chinese coolie ran towards the port, everyone reacted: there are only 100 places. It is better to believe that there is a quota than there is. If this is really the case, if you don't take action,

But I have to regret it to my heart’s content!

As a result, a column of dust bounced up, and a stream of muscular people rushed towards the dragon ship in the port! The white patrol officer who passed by thought that the Chinese were rioting, and almost took out the rifle on his back!

Zhou Zhou is a helmsman, bilingual in Chinese and English, and he was highly regarded by his superiors when he was in Beiyang. He promised to promote Zhou Zhou once he became a full-time employee! However, he secretly joined Hongmen, and at the end of Hong's life, he decided to return to San Francisco.

When the time came, he resolutely followed.

Later, he joined the Dragon Scale Squadron, and last night he became a glorious Dragon Scale Party member. No, now the organization has a glorious and arduous task for him: sit under the dragon ship and recruit Chinese workers!

Zhou Zhou picked up a few boxes and sat on the shore early in the morning. Just when he was bored and about to yawn, a flow of people suddenly rushed from the direction of the town. There were probably no less than a few hundred people. They were all strong and frightened.

He almost abandoned the box and climbed back onto the dragon ship.

"Are you all here to recruit miners?"

Fortunately, Zhou Xiang remembered at the last moment that someone had gone to the town to post a recruitment notice early in the morning. Could it be that these eager yellow-skinned compatriots came after seeing the notice? Then he stopped escaping back to the dragon ship and allowed these people to leave.

A crowd of Chinese workers surrounded him.

"Are you? Are you the person in charge of recruiting for that... dragon ship?" The Chinese workers couldn't help but be surprised and confused when they saw Zhou Zhou's face.

Swedish ship, British nobleman, why is the person in charge of recruiting workers a Chinese?

"Yes, I have been ordered to recruit 100 miners. You stand back and line up to come one by one!" After all, Zhou Xiang had been a sailor, experienced storms, and had the blood of foreign devils on his hands. He had a straight face and was covered in blood.

The murderous aura stirred up immediately frightened these Chinese workers!

Are they really Chinese compatriots? Does that British noble have a particularly favorable impression of us Chinese?

The Chinese coolies were muttering to themselves as they queued up, but naturally the process of queuing involved fighting with fists and kicks in order to grab a seat ahead of them.

Hey, Chinese people, one person is a dragon, two people are gods, and if there are more than three people, they love fighting among themselves! Long Hao stood on the dragon ship, lowered his head and looked down, looking at these compatriots who were pushing and shoving, and he was filled with emotions.

If China wants to rise, it must not only have cannons and ships, but also education! The road to victory is still long!

"Stop fighting, anyone who strikes again will be disqualified!" Zhou Zhou couldn't stand it any longer, frowning and shouting, at the same time, two comrades were also hung from the dragon ship (they are called comrades in the party, hehe)

,Assist in detailed recruitment.

The scene suddenly calmed down. It was 20 US dollars a month, including food and accommodation. Who wouldn’t want to be involved? If you get an advantage over others because of the fight, thank you!

The registration was carried out in an orderly manner. Seeing that the progress was too slow, Long Hao sent two more comrades to help. As a result, before 11 o'clock, all 236 Chinese workers were registered.

The recorded information is very detailed: name, age, ancestral home, family situation, whether there has been any disease...

After the registration was completed, Zhou Zhou cleared his throat and said with some embarrassment: "Fellow compatriots, we are acting under orders. There are only 100 places to recruit, so the 136 compatriots at the back... I'm sorry!"

"How can this be done? Isn't it registered?"

"I want to get on the boat and I want to get dollars!"

"I won't leave if you don't recruit me!"

"Liar, they are liar, wuwu..."

...At this moment, the Chinese at the back suddenly stopped working, and the situation tended to get out of control.

"Please be quiet. This noise is really embarrassing to us Chinese people. Do you want foreigners to laugh at it?" Long Hao fell down from the dragon ship at some point. He was so angry that he shouted loudly like thunder.

The shock caused more than 200 noisy Chinese workers to lose their voices for a while.

Long Hao not only practiced 13 sets of gymnastics every day, but also learned some breathing and breathing techniques from Long Bo. Although his shouting was not as good as the legendary "lion's roar", it was 120 decibels easily.

"Who is he? Is he a child?" Everyone couldn't help but whisper after seeing Long Hao's appearance clearly.

Long Hao walked up to Zhou Xiang, flipped through the paper they were recording, and ordered: "I've ordered that anyone who makes noise without authorization will not be recorded! Anyone who doesn't want to cut off his braids will not be recorded! Anyone who has parents, wives and children at home will be recorded.

Priority for hiring!”

Zhou Zhou nodded and repeated Long Hao's words with a big tin speaker. The Chinese workers immediately stopped making noises, but they were still hesitant about cutting off their braids. A few of them even turned around and left after hearing this.

The braids of his hair were swung around, as if they were demonstrating to Long Hao and the others.

I don’t want to save my compatriots who are foolish and loyal to the Qing Dynasty for the time being! Seeing this, Long Hao sighed softly and returned to the boat.

One hundred places is not a problem. As long as the conditions are suitable, we will recruit them all. Long Hao will not be stingy with a few dollars. In this colonial era when the great powers are preparing for war, what is the most precious thing? The answer is correct, population!

Zhou Xiang and others were busy. After noon, they recruited a total of 178 Chinese miners. Then Long Hao announced with a stroke of his pen that all Chinese workers who had their hair cut off and were admitted could have their families go with them, and women would receive a monthly subsidy of US$5.

, the monthly subsidy for children is US$3, and the monthly subsidy for the elderly is US$2.

As soon as this news came out, those Chinese who did not want to cut off their braids and leave early felt regretful in their hearts: Damn it, is that British aristocrat a kind man? Women, old and weak all need it, can they mine? And they still need subsidies.

?Foreigners, do you panic when you have so much money?
Chapter completed!