In the evening

The expedition team raised a bonfire at the foot of the mountain, cooked a large pot of snow-white mushroom and fish soup, and roasted until golden lamb. The rich fragrance drifted away from afar, making people salivate.

There was a small episode in the middle

A pack of wolves composed of seventeen or eighteen thorny wolves rushed into the camp rashly and was shot head-on by the guards on the spot, leaving more than ten wolf corpses behind, and then fled in panic. Three young men from the guards stepped onto the fast horse and chased them.

It is estimated that the remaining thyroves are in danger, and there is little hope of escaping.

Li Fushou sat on the rock and chatted with Pan Shoudao, Wu Mozhou and others, and the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.

The guards cut the roasted lamb with a sharp knife and served it on a plate. They actually grabbed the lamb with their hands and started to eat and chew it. They ate a few bites of meat and drank a sip of wine. It felt so great.

After a moment

Lei Xiao personally brought a bowl of soup to deliver it. Li Fushou nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Lei, thank you. I can smell the fresh fragrance of this fish soup from afar. It must be a great taste."

"Master, you are so polite. This is Lei Xiao's duty. I have never seen such a fat fat-headed fish that I have grown up so old. One of them weighs sixty or seventy pounds. It can only be cooked in several pots. It is enough for all of us to drink. It is such a rare treasure land!"

"Hahaha... It seems that Brother Lei has also fallen in love with this place. Will you be willing to let you come here to be a sheriff in the future?"

"The master cannot be without people. When the little bastards in my family grow up and can serve the master, Lei Xiao is willing to come here to spend his old age. He will do whatever he is told to do. We don't pay attention to it." Lei Xiao's answer was very simple and calm.

"Well, I remember this in my heart."

Li Fushou nodded with a smile and took a big sip of fish soup while it was hot. It felt fresh, fragrant, and tender. A large piece of fish brain that looked like tender tofu slipped into his mouth. It disappeared with a slight sip, and it turned out to be fresh and lost.

He couldn't help but say "Okay" and began to drink fish soup in big mouthfuls.

Li Fushou's bowl of fish soup was all the essence of the fish head. The large piece of fish eye meat tasted wonderfully, which made him unable to help but drink another bowl, patted his stomach with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'm a little overeating today."

Wu Mozhou was also drinking fish soup beautifully, shaking his head and saying, "Is this delicious lake that has become a monster? It is really only available in heaven, how many times can I find in the world?"

"Hahaha... If you want to talk about monsters, there are also a large group of monsters. The fishing guard said that he saw dense fish heads on the river surface. After a few sticks, the big fish jumped ashore. Will he take the initiative to sacrifice himself to repay his kindness?" Xin Changjun teased happily.

Feuerbach Kant nodded and said with a unique humor of science and engineering men. "This is a land blessed by God. If a large-scale construction project is started, local materials can be used to reduce the pressure on logistics supply.

These fish can provide sufficient protein and lecithin, as well as easy-to-digest fat. If you need to intake muscle fiber, well…”

His eyes looked at the remaining roasted sheep skeletons on the bonfire, then turned to the thyrove corpse not far away, and finally looked at the shaking bushes and said, "There are many hares, pheasants and kangaroos here, and many wild boars can be eaten. A rough calculation is made, uh...sorry, without detailed data support, I cannot accurately state this ratio."

Li Fushou was stunned???

Wu Mozhou was stunned???

Xin Changjun was stunned???

Pan Shoudao was stunned???

Then everyone burst into laughter, laughing so hard that they were slacking off, attracting a surprise gaze from the guards.

In this rich land, the most undesirable thing is food.

Li Fushou considered it and said, "Zhongzhai recorded that 1,500 people were arranged from immigrants recently, and it is best to immigrate based on families, and build three new immigrant farming villages along the nearby areas, mainly planting and grazing as the supplement.

This matter must be started immediately, reclaiming wastelands and planting seeds. Next spring is the harvest season, and it can be supplied to the staple food demand in the project without any allocation from other places.

Meat food is solved by the pastoral area of ​​Songjiang Town. The amount used in the project is calculated based on the quantity. Tens of thousands of construction workers have worked hard here for three years, which can also promote the great development of the service industry in Songjiang Town.”

"Brother Yuanding, what do you mean is a decision?" Xin Changjun asked everyone's questions.

"Well, yes, with the influx of large-scale immigrant population, the Songjiang Reservoir project is imperative." Li Fushou stared at the burning bonfire, and there seemed to be a trace of flame burning in his eyes, and said firmly and orderly;

"Songjiang Town has unique geographical conditions and is an important node city for the Red River Valley to effectively control the vast territory of the south. It is also a territory of Southern Victoria. Its rapid development will help us expand our political influence and expand the territory and appeal of the PKP.

After the coastal railway is opened, it will also serve as a distribution center for wool and agricultural and animal husbandry products in surrounding townships, reducing many unnecessary long-distance traffic and further reducing costs.

This requires the construction of a large-scale wool spinning factory in Songjiang Town. The planned wool spinning factory will be established here, and will vigorously develop agricultural and sideline products processing and marine fishing industries, and at the same time establish a large steel industrial base, with a scale far exceeding that of the Red River Valley.

All this is based on abundant power resources, so the construction of Songjiang Reservoir is imperative. We must demonstrate and invest in preliminary project preparations as soon as possible. Time is endless!"

"In this way, how to solve the funding gap?" Xin Changjun knew that with the implementation of three large-scale infrastructure projects, Li Fu's lifespan was short of money.

The landlord's family has no surplus food either!

"You can raise some start-up capital to raise some shares in society. The rest can be mortgaged with the high-quality project of Songjiang Reservoir to solve the current funding problems." Li Fushou quickly calculated in his heart, nodded with certainty and said, "At the end of the year, Huitong Bank will pay more than half of the dividends, so I will invest in Songjiang Reservoir. In this way, the construction funds used in Songjiang Town must be reduced. Let's focus on the most important one first."

Secretary Fan Zhongzhai wrote a poem, and wrote down all the master's words without missing a word. He also had the key things to do, which were the top priority.

When I returned to Songjiang Town, I immediately sent an emergency telegram to the telegram office and quickly implemented the master's important instructions.

This matter was told to him. According to the rules, Fan Zhongzhai will keep track of it and report the corresponding development to the master.

It's late at night

Except for the burning bonfires and the guards on night, everyone fell asleep. It was an extremely ordinary night. The howlings of wild beasts came from a distance, mixed with the rustling sound of the wind blowing the woods at night, showing the original appearance of the wilderness.

This is another night destined to be recorded in history. Li Fushou made an extremely important decision here to vigorously develop Songjiang Town.

This is an important decision to expand the Red River Valley power from Queensland to the entire Australian continent, and it is also a starting point for the Red River Valley to develop from a local power to sweeping across Australia.

After dawn

Li Fushou and his party broke up with the field survey team and continued their own inspection tour of coastal railway towns. A group of experts led by Feuerbach Kant will recently be stationed in Songjiang Town, traveling around the nearby mountains and rivers, collecting first-hand information, and repeatedly demonstrating this major project.

If there are no major changes, large-scale construction will be carried out starting from the beginning of next year.

Project preparation projects have been started, including the construction of three wasteland villages and towns, the selection of personnel to build engineering roads, the selection of workers to log wood, the opening of the mountain and quarrying, the construction of large-scale cement plant projects, the notification of Hongshan Steel Plant to arrange the steel bars required for production capacity, and the arrangement of Hongshan Shipyard to produce large steel castings, steel components and other matters, all in an orderly preparation.

Songjiang Town

Located in a hilly area with a higher terrain by Taihu Lake, it has grown to more than 4,000 people from the beginning of the year to the present, with more than 1.7 million pigs, cattle and sheep. It is a larger town on the coast.

Songjiang Town has built a simple wooden trest by Taihu Lake, which can dock 3,000-ton cargo ships and 800-ton passenger ships. It can communicate with important cities such as Sydney, Brisbane and the Red River Valley through waterways. It is the most important way of transportation for the town.

The entire town is mainly made of wooden buildings, with three factories, slaughterhouses, meat food processing plants and wool shearing bases. It is also a concentration of agricultural and animal husbandry products with a radius of more than 100 miles and a major commodity trading center.

The mayor Wu Tiesheng led the Royal Mounted Police to greet him early. This person is no stranger. He can serve as the head of the important node town of Songjiang Town. Li Fushou personally ordered the general and specially arranged this capable subordinate to be the mayor.

Before and after the battle to encircle and suppress the "wild wolf" Bilken bandit gang, Wu Tiesheng, the captain of the No. 17 garrison stationed in the pastoral site, performed well and had comprehensive and capable skills, which left a deep impression on Li Fushou.

Wu Tiesheng therefore joined the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Department and once became the deputy director. He was eventually transferred to Songjiang Town to serve as the mayor.

"Dear Count, Wu Tiesheng has been waiting here for a long time. Please go to the town office to have a rest and have some tea. If you have any important matters below."

"Oh..." Li Fushou rode on the horse and looked at it with an interesting look, waved his hand and said, "Then lead the way and hear what you want to report?"

"Abide by the orders of humble duties."

Walking on the streets of small towns

There are many shops on both sides, with various daily necessities and tool shops one after another. There is also a three-story Fulinmen Hotel at the intersection of the town, next to it is Huitong Bank and the town police station.

It was almost noon, and it seemed very lively.

Several carriages were carrying tall wool bags, and some people selling agricultural products set up stalls on the roadside, with many interested customers.

Several white men came towards each other in two four-wheeled caravans. The accompanying guards immediately surrounded him and checked the caravan. No abnormalities were found. It seemed that a bankrupt white farmer was migrating with his wife, children and children.

"Mayor Wu Tiesheng, are there many white people entering Songjiang Town recently?"

"Reporting to Lord Earl, over the past six months, more than 100 white people have settled in Songjiang Town, many of which are employers and merchants in bankrupt ranches. The total number is about 400, accounting for about 20% of the permanent population of Songjiang Town. After all, we have many cowboy families nomadic on the pastures all year round and do not often return to the town."

“How did they perform?”

"Although there were some minor frictions, they were still quite friendly in their daily lives. They knew that this belonged to the Earl of Queensland, and no one dared to move here."

“What about the security of the town?”

"Reporting to Lord Earl, there are no major incidents. There are still many sporadic casualties among the bandits in the wilderness. In the past six months, there have been more than 10 casualties, causing three casualties, more than a dozen injured, and thousands of sheep were stolen, mostly in some remote grazing areas."

“Has any effective measures been taken?”

"Reported to Lord Earl, many of these sporadic horse bandits are guest appearances by white cowboys. We have centralized management of the hired white cowboys, implemented the system of taking leave for outings, and strengthened militia training for new immigrants. Basically, every adult man has to study for three days and ask them to pick up guns to defend their homes. The public security has improved significantly in the near future."

While speaking, he had already arrived at the town office. Li Fushou turned over and got off the horse and walked in with a horse whip in his hand.

The personal bodyguard brought the tea and retreated, spread out and guarded the town office, leaving Wu Tiesheng alone in the room to report.

Li Fushou sat on the chair, picked up the hot tea he had just made and took a sip, and asked, "Is there any difficulty here in Songjiang Town?"

"It is definitely fake to say there is no difficulty, but these temporary difficulties can be overcome. But yesterday, Gusu Town sent someone to report the news and said that the trace of the Billy boy bandit gang was discovered, which made me very worried about the safety of the adults."

"Billy boy?"

"Yes, it is the remnants of the "wild wolf" Bilken bandits who escaped. There are about thirty or forty people in this bandit bandits. They have been in the area further south to Sydney, harming the local ranchers. I don't know how they wandered to our territory. Fortunately, they are afraid of the name of the Red River Valley and dare not commit crimes and harm the people." Wu Tiesheng explained carefully.

Billy Clayburn, nicknamed "Billy Boy", is an experienced routine offender. He once followed Bilken along the coastline from north to south, almost causing disaster to the entire southeastern coast of the Australian continent.

Dozens of bloody battles of all sizes have made this cruel white bandit leader extremely rich in combat experience, and he is also as cunning as a fox, and he is more cautious than the original bandit boss Bilken.

Once there is a turbulence, you will flee hundreds of miles away.

The RCMPs in New South Wales and Victoria have been repeatedly lost, and even if they catch the tail, they will bite it back, ending up with heavy losses.

So, Billy and the "Scarface" Eck gang that has been in trouble with Victoria were both formerly under Bilken's powerful men, and now they are two major disasters in Australia, with the official bounty amount reaching 1,300 pounds.

Consider it briefly

Li Fushou made up his mind to drive away the Billy bandit gang, and this gang of disasters would definitely be fine on the ground of the Red River Valley.

With their strength, they cannot rob the town, but the nomadic spots on the wasteland are no match for them at all. If the wolf walks thousands of miles to eat meat, they will never change to vegetarian food, right?

"The situation you reported is very important. Recently, the Leopard Cavalry guards were training nearby and passed my orders; then they rushed to Gusu Town and Songjiang Town to station, and sent armed patrols to strengthen the patrol. Your town sent experienced militias and Royal Mounted Police to assist, and it is necessary to ensure that the bandits are driven back to the south."

"As for the order, I will go and pass the order."

Mayor Wu Tiesheng bowed his hand, turned around and went to the secretary to convey the master's order, and planned to send a message to the commander of the Leopard Cavalry Guard.
Chapter completed!