America 1881: Legend of the West

Just as Chen Jianqiu was issuing Party A's design brief to Browning, a horse galloped from the direction of the town.

The person who came was Sean, the postmaster of Roswell Township.

The black man stopped his horse in front of Chen Jianqiu and jumped off his horse.

He handed a letter into Chen Jianqiu's hand.

The letter looks quite elegant in appearance. It is sealed tightly with wax and has a red stamp on it.

Chen Jianqiu recognized this poke.

The pattern above is the crest of the Astor family.

Although these families in the United States only have a history of more than a hundred years at most.

In the eyes of the real nobles in Europe, they were just a bunch of upstarts with no background.

But these American upstarts have never belittled themselves.

They also imitated the European nobles and made a complete set.

Chen Jianqiu opened the envelope and began to read the letter carefully.

In the letter, Astor said that a friend of his had encountered some trouble in the Dakota area and hoped that Chen Jianqiu's Border Detective Agency would provide some help.

As Chen Jianqiu watched, he wondered which branch was closer.

That damn place is indeed a bit far away.

But when he saw the name of Astor's friend, the corners of his mouth began to curl up slightly.

After reading the letter, Chen Jianqiu raised his head.

Browning was still pulling out his few hair, and the others were testing the guns on the table. Only the bird's eyes were looking towards the north.

"Are you homesick?" Chen Jianqiu walked to Feiniao's side and asked.

Feiniao withdrew his gaze and nodded:

"Well, every spring, wild flowers bloom all over the grasslands under Black Mountain."

He looked at the desert in front of him and said softly.

Chen Jianqiu collected the letter and stuffed it into his pocket:

"Come on, let's go to Dakota."

Two days later, Chen Jianqiu took Feiniao and Sean on the train heading north.

The train entered Colorado from New Mexico, then passed through Colorado and Wyoming from south to north, and entered the Dakota region.

At that time, the Dakota Territory had not yet been divided into South Dakota and North Dakota, nor had it been established as a state. It was just a collection of the former two and Montana.

Chen Jianqiu did not recruit people from the detective agency this time, nor did he bring anyone from the Long Xiang group.

"Boss, why do you have to go in person?"

On the train, Sean complained.

In the past few weeks, he felt like his butt was going to be rotten from sitting on it.

From New Mexico to Dakota, it basically passes through the entire United States from south to north.

"Because I'm the best."

Chen Jianqiu's answer was very brief and impossible to argue with.

"Boss, why don't we bring more people there?"

Black people have all kinds of problems as always.

"The funds are not enough." Chen Jianqiu gave another reason that seemed reasonable but completely unreasonable. "In addition, if you have more problems, you will not receive your salary next month."

The three people got off the train at Pierre, then mounted their horses and headed towards the Brac Mountains.

Although the Indians won the Battle of the Little Bighorn ten years ago, this did not prevent the federal army from occupying this sacred mountain.

Wait until Chen Jianqiu and the others arrive at Brak Mountain.

Hani Peak still towers into the sky.

The grassland at the foot of the mountain is still green and endless.

But there was not a single Sioux to be seen nearby.

This is now a gold digger's paradise.

Some Sioux were driven further north, and the U.S. Army was still driving them away.

Other tribes, many like the flying bird tribe, were destroyed.

"Don't go into the mountain. It will make you sad if you go in." Chen Jianqiu looked at Feiniao and said to him sincerely.

Asuka knelt on the lawn and bowed in the direction of the mountain.

When he stood up again, the sadness was gone from his face.

In the few years by Chen Jianqiu's side, Feiniao has grown a lot.

He learned to control his emotions.

However, the price is that the young man will never cry again.

The fate of the Indians is doomed, but they still have to continue to survive on this continent.

"Let's go." Chen Jianqiu turned around and walked towards his horse, "If we go further north, maybe you can meet an old friend."

Going further north, you will enter North Dakota.

The surrounding scenery gradually changed from grasslands, forests, and mountains to hills, valleys, and exposed mounds of soil.

The Indians called it "Badland", which means it is extremely desolate and cannot be cultivated.

But for Chen Jianqiu, who lives in the Chihuahua Desert all year round, this is nothing.

At least, there are patches of green pasture here.

The sun is setting in the west.

On a mound not far away, a slope rat was standing on its two hind legs, craning its neck and staring at Sean.

This slope rat looks very fat.

The black man raised his bolt-action rifle and took aim at the hill rat.

Just when he was about to shoot, a huge black shadow swooped down from mid-air and killed the poor little bird with one claw.

"You damn bird! Steal my prey again!" Sean raised his gun and protested loudly at the corn in the sky.

However, Corn didn't mean anything to him at all. He carried the prey and disappeared without a trace. He didn't know where to go to enjoy its dinner.

"Hey, boss, our dinner was taken away by corn!" Sean turned his head and wanted to complain to Chen Jianqiu.

But he found that Chen Jianqiu and Feiniao were studying the map.

"Boss, we can't seem to find our location." Feiniao looked at the map with a headache.

Chen Jianqiu looked at the map carefully under the setting sun, and then looked up at the surrounding landforms.

There are no roads in this damn place, and there are no traces of people.

He could only roughly judge his current location, which should be not far from his destination - Shepherd Town.

"Let's go north first." Chen Jianqiu put away the map, "Find a place to spend the night and prepare dinner on the way."

The three men rode northward for more than half an hour.

The corn seemed to have eaten and drank enough and flew back, hovering above their heads.

It was getting dark.

Suddenly I heard an eagle whistle in the air.

"Boss, look, there's a ranch over there!" Sean excitedly pointed in the direction of the horizon not far away.

Chen Jianqiu looked in the direction Xiao En pointed.

The outlines of two small wooden houses appeared in his field of vision.

The cabin is surrounded by a fence, and inside the fence, a small number of sheep can be vaguely seen.

"Let's go and ask for directions and see if we can borrow a place to stay or something." Chen Jianqiu said to the two people behind him.

The three of them rode horses and slowly arrived at the gate of the ranch.

The sheep had returned to the fold, and it was pitch dark inside the wooden house.

"Is there anyone there?" Chen Jianqiu shouted loudly.

No one said yes.

There was silence in the pasture, only the sheep stared at them in a low-key manner.

"Is anyone there?" Chen Jianqiu raised his voice this time.

But still no one answered.

"Master is out?" Sean tilted his head, "How about we go in and take a look."

However, just as they were about to drive their horses into the pasture and approach the two cabins.

The door to one of them opened with a bang.

A woman who looked to be in her thirties appeared at the door holding a gun.

She raised her gun, pointed it at the three people outside the ranch, and shouted at them:

"Stay away from my ranch!"

At the same time, the window of another house was also opened.

An old man stood in the window, also pointing a gun at them, looking like an old dog.

Chen Jianqiu sat on the horse and looked at the two men with guns.

In the West, he was used to this kind of greeting.

"Relax, don't be nervous, we are just passing through! Let's see if we can stay overnight!"

Sean climbed off the horse and tried to clear up the misunderstanding.

However, the woman has no intention of letting down her guard at all:

"No! We don't provide accommodation here!" Her voice sounded like a broken gong, which sounded very harsh. "How far can you get away?"

"We can pay you." Sean put his hand into his clothes to take out the money and took two steps forward.

"boom!"

The gun in the woman's hand went off.

A cloud of dust flew up in front of the black man, causing him to jump back in fright.

"Fuck, this bitch is really shooting!" Sean cursed.

Chen Jianqiu was still looking at the ranch.

There is no other place to hide people here. It seems that there are really only these two people in the ranch.

couple?

Not very similar, the age difference is a bit big.

Father and daughter?

It doesn't seem right either.

"Let's go." Chen Jianqiu turned the horse's head and hooked his hand at Sean, "Don't be embarrassed just standing there. Let's find a place to camp nearby."

For some well-known reasons, the main plot may have to be paused. Let the blond boy Holly stay in the union for a while, and then continue after two days, inserting a very important branch plot.