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This is not over yet. Long Hao continues to issue a new recruitment order. From today until 12 noon on the 18th, anyone who wants to mine can come to the port to sign up. There is no limit on the number of people or race, and the treatment remains unchanged!

Well, actually there is still a little change, that is, the salary of non-Chinese miners will be reduced by 20%, and the same will be true for their family members.

To recruit so many people, it was natural to add an extra passenger ship. Long Hao allocated another 500 pounds and posted a notice requesting to rent a passenger ship with a displacement of more than 500 tons for one month.

As soon as this move came out, the town immediately boiled, especially the proletarians at the bottom, whether they were coolies or miners, whether they were whites or people of color, they all swarmed to the bottom of the port where the dragon ship docked, asking to sign up to dig for gold.

Mine, even people with a slightly better family background, don’t sign up to see the excitement. Starting from the afternoon of the 16th, the port of Bessel was almost paralyzed by crowds of people!

Seeing this, Long Hao couldn't help but lamented that capitalism only made a few people rich after all. Look, look... the majority of the working people are still poor!

To Long Hao's expectation, a recruitment notice disturbed the peaceful town of Bessel. On the evening of the 16th, several municipal officials hurried to the port and asked to see the owner of the dragon ship.

Naturally, Long Hao would not show up, so he left it to the beautiful and wise Princess Melissa to deal with them.

Possessing a natural aristocratic temperament that no one else can learn from, Melissa, who is as bright as a pearl, shocked several city officials when she appeared!

Melissa sat down elegantly, drank some black tea, and asked in a pure, foggy London accent: "Sir, if you want to see me, do you have any advice?"

Today's Americans are country bumpkins in the eyes of the British, and they themselves think so too, so when several city officials saw Melissa, they immediately became wild ducks with their necks strangled. One official swallowed his saliva,

He asked in a changed American accent: "Excuse me, are you that British aristocrat?"

"I am, do I need to show you my noble badge?"

"No, no, we are not doubting you!" Several officials shook their hands in unison, looked at each other, and then said: "We would like to ask Miss Melissa to modify the recruitment benefits. You know, on the recruitment notice, it says

The salary of non-Chinese workers has been reduced by 20%, which has caused dissatisfaction among many people, who think this is racial discrimination!"

The words of several officials were half true and half false. Naturally, their request to see Melissa was not entirely for the sake of fairness for the miners at the lowest level. In fact, Long Hao's large-scale recruitment of labor has already made the small gold mine owners around Bessel feel even more depressed.

Due to the pressure, the miners under him either threatened to resign and apply for jobs at Longjian, or demanded higher salaries, which put the gold mine owner in a dilemma, so he thought of asking the city government for help!

There is a saying that goes well: if you have difficulties, go to your leader!

"Racial discrimination? It's so funny!" Melissa smiled coldly, her face as beautiful as a peach and plum was covered with frost. She put down the tea cup and said: "I am a white person. Is there any racial discrimination against white people by white people? I am just right.

The Chinese are a little fond of them and want them to make more money, that’s all! In addition, you should be well aware of whether the mining efficiency of blacks and whites is higher or lower than that of the Chinese, right?"

Upon hearing this, several city officials looked at each other and left with a wry smile.

Who in this world doesn’t know that Chinese are the most cost-effective labor force. Who built the railways in the western United States? Chinese! Which country has the most bones buried under the railroad ties? People from the Qing Dynasty! Black people are the best at sneaking, and

White people? If they are reduced to doing coolies, they are definitely lazy and hopeless slackers!

Anyway, the gold mine asked them to come, and they had already done so. If the beautiful British aristocratic lady in front of them didn't agree, what else could the officials do? The wisest thing to do was to leave.

The recruitment of miners was in full swing, but on the other hand, a group of people purchasing weapons did not return until midnight. Long Hao was about to ask the reason for the delay, but found that Zhou Bodang and other people who went to purchase weapons

Both hands were empty, but I brought back a foreign father and daughter.

The father is about 50 years old, with sharp eyes like an eagle. He is obviously a seasoned businessman. The daughter is wearing a large brimmed hat with flowers, and a circle of milky white tulle hangs from the brim to cover her face. However, just looking at her attire, she should be consistent with

Melissa is the same age, an unmarried girl.

Long Hao approached Zhou Bodang, frowned and asked in a low voice: "What's going on for so long? Who are these two?"

Zhou Bodang knew that Long Hao would ask, so he went over and briefly explained the matter.

It turned out that Zhou Bodang led people out early in the morning and looked around the town of Bethel, but found that there were no cold weapons such as long bows and arrows for sale at all. The only short axes for sale were scattered in several stores.

, not to mention the price, the quantity is still very rare, and they are mostly used by nobles to decorate their bedrooms and show off their bravery. They are all flashy things!

When Zhou Bodang saw that it didn't work, he turned around and asked where the guns were for sale. Anyway, he was more interested in those big guys who made a loud bang when fighting. What's the point of long bows and short axes? One bullet passed by and the game was not over.

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But to Zhou Bodang's expectation, buying guns in Bethel actually required an immigration certificate. When the only arms store saw that the buyers were yellow-skinned people like Zhou Bodang, they immediately refused to receive them and kicked them out.

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Zhou Bodang could have gone to find Schmidt, but this guy wanted to save face. Then he thought about it. The small town of Bethel is very tight, but the surrounding areas may not be so. Seeing that it was still early, he led the people out of Bethel.

Well, go to the nearby villages to collect weapons.

As you can imagine, the result was that it was already dark, and Zhou Bodang and his gang were hungry, had their hands empty, and were dejectedly preparing to go back and be scolded by Master Long.

By chance, when he walked into Bethel, Zhou Bodang was stopped by the father and daughter. The father only said one sentence: "I have everything you want, including longbows and rifles. Take me to see you."

Be the master!"

Therefore, Zhou Bodang, who was urgently ill and sought medical treatment, led them back to the Dragon Ship.

Nonsense! Long Hao secretly cursed Zhou Bodang for being clueless. He looked over at Schmidt and saw the Jewish doctor chatting happily with the father and daughter on the deck.

After walking into the cabin, the lights were turned on, and everyone left, leaving only Schmidt, Long Hao, Zhou Bodang, Yuan'er, and the German father and daughter named Schneider.

There was no way, the dragon ship was too small. If we wanted to discuss something, we could only go to the captain's cabin, the guest cabin, or the large cargo hold below the deck. There was Melissa in the captain's cabin, so we had to choose this small room to receive the Schneiders.

cabin.

Schneider didn't mind. He sat down casually and asked Schmidt with a smile: "Are you the owner of this ship? It seems that there are very few British nobles among Germans!"

Schmidt followed Long Hao for many days and gained experience. He was no longer the doctor of geology who only knew how to pretend to be Russian. He smiled and replied: "Schneider, it doesn't matter who the master is. You just need to know that the people here are

People can give you the price you want, but what you have to do now is... whether you can get the product that makes our heart beat!"

Schneider raised his head and laughed, "Mysterious ship, amazing crew composition, I am thinking that on this small freighter going to dig gold mines, in addition to Germans, French, and Chinese who can speak English

Besides, will there be a noble princess? Hahaha!"
Chapter completed!