Chapter 253: Give Tangzhou to them

On March 21, 1882, more than a month after the Red Corps advance team evacuated Washington, as a ship gradually approached the Seattle Harbor, earth-shaking cheers came from the dock.

"God, didn't you say there were only tens of thousands of people?"

"All of this has come, right?"

Santos and Jian Wang stood behind Guo Jinzhang, each of them saying a word, both of whom expressed their shock at what they saw.

There are at least tens of thousands of people on the dock... crowded with people, and except for a small open space opened by a group of live ammunition soldiers in the front row, there is almost no place for the needle.

"It seems that everyone is still welcoming me." Guo Jinzhang smiled... He was very excited. He had never imagined that he would be cheered by tens of thousands of people in his life... He used to be just a small worker, and his biggest wish was to raise his salary. In addition, it was best to be transferred to become a member of the production dispatcher. Well, it was the kind of person who was wandering around the factory and asked the authors of various machines if they had finished their work and didn't even have to do a little effort. But he also knew that the kind of job was not

If you have a relationship, you can't adjust it because the production dispatch work of the factory he used to be was actually obtained by the relationship households and the foreman who retired to the second line. Others can't even think about it. He was just wandering with Harazi and watching the people leisurely, but in fact he had no hope at all. But now, tens of thousands of people are cheering at him... I'm afraid that this feeling can only be surpassed by the President during the military parade? At other times, who has the ability to gather so many people to cheer at one person? Especially in China.

"I saw Uncle Hou." The ship was slowly approaching the dock. Guo Jinzhang, Jian Wang, and the soldiers of the Red Sè Corps who went to Colombia with them were standing on the deck and holding a tent to watch, trying to find acquaintances from the crowd on the dock. Jian Wang saw Hou Nan the first one.

"I saw it too, and there is Uncle Qian next to him." Guo Jinzhang simply took out the telescope and shouted at the row of old men standing on the dock.

"Haha, that's not that bastard Liu Tongfu? NN, he's actually wearing a tuxedo... No matter how I look at him, he looks like a duck." Jian Wang suddenly burst into laughter again.

"Don't talk nonsense, what kind of duck? It's obviously a penguin," Guo Jinzhang corrected.

"Penguin?" Jian Wang became suspicious, "I have heard of white goose, gray goose, black goose, and swans. Why have I never heard of penguins? Is this goose delicious?"

"...I don't know." Guo Jinzhang also became suspicious. He had never heard of anyone eating penguins. Perhaps, penguins are not delicious? Otherwise, I dare not say anything else, and the Chinese would definitely be the first to try it.

"I know penguins are a kind of bird that only exists in the southernmost part of the earth. They can't fly, but they can swim and live in extremely cold places." Santos suddenly said.

"Extremely cold? Still swimming?" Jian Wang imagined it for a moment, but finally gave up. "What kind of weird goose is this? His skin must be very thick, right?"

"I heard that there are very few penguins on them." Guo Jinzhang said.

"Will you freeze to death?" Jian Wang widened his eyes.

"How could I know this?" Guo Jinzhang shrugged, "But I know there is an imperial penguin that may be taller than you."

"What?" Jian Wang's eyes became wider and wider, "Higher than me?"

"Well, it's more than 1.7 meters tall, right?" Guo Jinzhang smiled. He just took a few glances at the "Emperor Penguin Diary", but the impression that the movie left him was just one word: beauty is amazing, both the picture and the music. When he learned from the computer that the height of the Emperor Penguin is more than one meter, and there is even an emperor Penguin as tall as 1.7 meters tall, he was even more impressed... That's a bird, apart from an ostrich, how could it be so tall?

"No wonder you said that Liu Tongfu looks like a penguin, hehe..." Jian Wang obviously didn't care too much about the penguin's height. He just associates Liu Tongfu in a tuxedo from a height of 1.7 meters.

...

"Jin Zhang, you're back."

The boat finally landed. As soon as the gangway came, Guo Jinzhang met the oncoming...Bu Pinglai. A man was surprised, followed by Cai Junsu, Hu Youde, He Luyuan, and a few old men he didn't know, all of whom looked smiling.

"Master Bu" Guo Jinzhang shook hands with Bu Ping with a smile, "Welcome back."

"It's so easy to say, I'll accept your blessing." Bu Pinglai sighed, then turned to his side: "Come on, I'll introduce you to a few people..."

"Can you wait first?" Guo Jinzhang smiled at him, then ignored the others and walked straight to the back of the welcome team, "Uncle Hou, Uncle Qian--"

"Boy, can you still see us?" Liu Tongfu stood behind Hou Nan and Qian Shide, his face full of dissatisfaction.

"Not bad, Jin Zhang, you kid is really not a simple guy." Qian Shide limped up with his cigarette puff and slapped Guo Jinzhang twice: "Panama Canal... You, I only realized that the Americans had not obtained anything for decades, but they were so stunned that they asked you to snatch it from the French. You kid are so fierce."

"Hehe, how can you keep up with you, Uncle Qian? By the way, didn't you say you wanted to find a wife from China? Is there any?" Guo Jinzhang asked with a smile.

"He? It's not possible." Hou Nan couldn't help but laugh from beside him.

"Farting, why can't I do it? Every morning I'm holding the sky," Qian Shide suddenly became serene and screamed.

"Hahaha……"

"By the way, why didn't I see Asheng and Dachang?" He greeted Liu Tongfu, Chu Si, Liang Zuying, Huang Sande and others respectively, and Guo Jinzhang continued to ask. He was strange on the boat just now. Li Asheng and Zhao Dachang were also important leaders of the Red Sè Corps, but they never appeared... These two guys couldn't not want to come to greet him, right? This is too shameless for him.

"Don't worry, they're fine." Hou Nan smiled, "Asheng couldn't let go. As soon as he returned to Seattle, he would take people to Alaska... Everyone couldn't persuade him, so in the end he asked him to go with Dachang."

"Oh?" Guo Jinzhang was stunned. He really didn't expect that Li Asheng would go to Alask directly. "How is it? Have they arrived... so what's going on there?"

"Everything is fine." Qian Shide waved his hand, "This kid is half a lucky general. Not long after he arrived there, our people found the gold mine. Now, the foreigners were stunned, hahaha..."

"There are not so many people in the gold mine. Let them come back quickly. The next step is the construction of Tangzhou government fu. It won't work without him." Guo Jinzhang also smiled for a while, and then said again.

"We have so many people, what are you afraid of if one or two people are missing? Besides, if Tangzhou needs to be built, Hanzhou must be built, right?" Cai Junchuang, who had been standing behind Bu Pinglai, suddenly spoke.

"What do you mean?" Jian Wang's face sank.

"Hehe, what do I mean? It's..."

"Ajun, shut up. When is it your turn to speak here?" Cai Junchuang wanted to say something, but Bu Pinglai suddenly spoke with a stern face.

"Yes, yes, you are right, you are right." Cai Junchuang laughed and stepped aside.

"Haha, it seems that everyone attaches great importance to the construction of our Tangzhou and Hanzhou... But this is right, this matter cannot be delayed anymore. Let's get into the process as soon as possible." Guo Jinzhang laughed dryly and turned his head: "Afu, send someone to notify Asheng and Dachang and others, and come back to attend the meeting immediately to discuss the construction and development of Tangzhou political fu."

"Okay" Liu Tongfu grinned and turned around and was about to leave, but he suddenly stopped after a few steps: "Jin Zhang, what should I do if Asheng and the others come back? If no one looks at him, the foreigners won't watch him... You don't know how powerful the gold rush is, right?"

"The gold mine will not be dug for a while." Guo Jinzhang snorted coldly, "What's more, if the Washington government knows this, it will definitely not be possible to watch us make money... If we don't give them some, they may not give up. We still have a fight with them. Asheng and Dachang are more useful in Seattle than in Alaska."

"Okay." Qian Shide slapped his hands. Unexpectedly, the Chinese workers around who came to greet him did not know why he slapped, but they still followed suit. So, like a contagion, the dock was quickly covered by warm applause, and for a moment, there were "slap" applause everywhere.

"Haha, don't stand here for now. Jin Zhang rushed all the way, but he hadn't had a rest yet."

The warm applause and more and more shouts forced everyone's conversation to be further simplified. At Hou Nan's suggestion, Guo Jinzhang got on the carriage, waved his hand all the way, and slowly "moved" back to the municipal government... According to Hou Nan, everyone originally wanted to build a governor's mansion for Guo Jinzhang, but unfortunately because all kinds of projects were very busy, there was really not much manpower. The governor's mansion belonged to Guo Jinzhang, so he had to consider Guo Jinzhang's own opinions, whether it was Western or Chinese... so he delayed it. Therefore, Guo Jinzhang had to temporarily live in the municipal government in Seattle. In fact, almost all the leaders of the Red Corps live here. Here is a general command center covering military, economic, and engineering construction.

"Our city construction is reliable enough."

Along the way, Guo Jinzhang saw the construction results of Seattle... and, if it is more precise, he saw the construction results of Seattle's huge military base.

"It's not reliable." Hou Nan couldn't help but sigh after hearing Guo Jinzhang's sigh: "Remember when Grant fired his cannon, our trenches became mud ponds and were useless. Although we have reached an agreement with the Americans now, everyone knows that this is just a stopgap of people. It's like Liangshan's recruitment... It's not possible."

"You are right. Although Tangzhou has been established, we can't take Americans lightly in a short period of time." Guo Jinzhang nodded.

"Let's stop talking about these things, let's talk about something practical first." Liu Tongfu released a notebook from his body, "Jinzhang, from the main force of our Red Sè Corps chasing Longst away until you come back today, there are already 70,000 Chinese in Seattle, and about 13,000 white people... In other words, there are nearly 100,000 people now."

"That more than ten thousand white people cannot be counted." Cheng Degui said, chanting Yan Juan'er. When Guo Jinzhang came, he did not show up, but was commanding his troops in the city to maintain order... There were more than ten thousand white people around him, neither him nor Hou Nan, Qian Shide, Chu Si and others dared not be careless. According to Guo Jinzhang's former teaching, the gun was always held in his hand and held it tightly.

"But they have arrived in Seattle and they still want to live like this." Liu Tongfu said, "And there is another point, that is, most of these goods now want to find a boat to Alaska... If you drive them, they can't leave."

"It's all gone into gold." Qian Shide said with his cigarette puddle.

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have made this public." Liang Zuying scratched his head, "Asheng and the others are too. How good is it to be calm and make a fortune in silence?"

"I asked them to announce this matter." Guo Jinzhang said, "Before leaving Washington, I told Ah Sheng that as long as a gold mine is discovered, it will be announced to the whole world immediately... Ah Sheng came according to the previous discussion."

"But you have attracted all the thieves now." Liu Tongfu smiled bitterly, "Didn't you just say it on the dock? Americans can't watch us sit and make money... This is true. As soon as we discovered the gold mine, the Minister of Interior Henry Moore Teller sent a telegram, wanting to get a bargain, we ignored him, but I'm worried that they will really not give up as you said."

"Ministry of Interior..." Guo Jinzhang sank. He originally thought that the U.S. Interior Department was engaged in public security, spy and other affairs, just like the Public Security Department of New China, should be the head of the CIA and the FBI in later generations. In fact, the interior departments of countries around the world have similar responsibilities. But when he arrived in Washington, he realized that the U.S. Interior Department is completely different from the Interior Department of other countries in the world. Although it is also one of the important departments of the U.S. federal government, it is responsible for protecting and developing land and resources on all lands of the U.S. federal government (including marine waters under the federal jurisdiction) and other minerals, oil and other resources. In other words, this U.S. government government is the main management department of the U.S. federal government related to public land (including marine waters under the federal jurisdiction) and other minerals, oil and other resources. In other words, this U.S. government government

The important department under its jurisdiction is actually equivalent to China's Ministry of Land and Resources. Of course, in terms of power, the US Department of Interior cannot compare with the Ministry of Land and Resources of New China. You should know that all China's land belongs to the Chinese state and theoretically belongs to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land and Resources. However, the US Department of Interior can only manage land that is not owned by people or local governments. Although this scope is large, compared with the Ministry of Land and Resources of New China, the difference is not as simple as a little. Moreover, since most of the land owned by federal governments is in the western United States, most of the US Secretary of Interior is responsible for the Western Conference. This is the case with the current Secretary of Interior Henry Moore Teller. Thinking of everything the Red Corps did in the western region, this Secretary of Interior is probably their potential enemy.

"Ignore them." After Guo Jinzhang considered it, he waved his hand directly. "According to the agreement, Washington State and Alaska belong to us, including the land, they have no reason to get a bargain... If they have to make a fuss, they have to exchange it for something. If they want to make money, they don't even have a mén."

"I know." Liu Tongfu sighed and took the notebook back. "The Ministry of the Interior ignores it, that is, ignores Washington. Then do you ignore those people like Mr. Bu?"

"I just wanted to ask." Guo Jinzhang nodded after hearing this, "I thought that Mr. Bu will come back long ago. He is the old leader of Chinatown in San Francisco. Our senior opened a fragrant hall to call me a red stick, which helped us a lot... He came back, or brought a few old acquaintances back, and I had nothing to say. Moreover, he is our group, so what should be given should be given, and we cannot neglect it. But... what are the things that people you don't know? It's impossible to just come and see the fun, right?"

"Hehe, of course they are not here to watch the fun." Qian Shide sneered, "Jin Zhang, do you know that you violated Hong Mén's rules on the dock today?"

"Oh?" Guo Jinzhang was stunned, "I have violated the rules?"

"That's right." Cheng Degui also smiled, "Those who follow Mr. Bu are not ordinary people. They are all Hongmén leaders in Honolulu... In terms of status, they are at the top of our ancestors, better than Bu Pinglai. You don't even pay attention to them... What's this called disrespectful elders? Do you understand?"

"Don't respect the elders? Hehe," Guo Jinzhang stroked the corner of his mouth with his fingers, "It seems that these 'ancestral masters' are not good."

"To put it bluntly, they are similar to Americans, and they also want to see if they can get a bargain..." Liu Tongfu curled his lips disdainfully, "Maybe they want to directly occupy Seattle and get Tangzhou."

"I believe this." Jian Wang snorted coldly, "That person named Cai said on the dock. Hanzhou also needs people... It is obvious that he wants Asheng and Dachang to not come back in Alaska."

"It's a thousand miles away," Liang Zuying said.

"Jin Zhang, what do you say?" Liu Tongfu said again, and with his words, everyone else turned their attention to Guo Jinzhang. Because everyone knows that Guo Jinzhang is the last person to make a decision.

"If they have the ability, then what if they give Tangzhou to them?" Guo Jinzhang said lightly.
Chapter completed!