"I think I understand what you're trying to say."
Zhang Heng nodded.
He has been trekking under the scorching sun for more than five hours, and his body is weaker than usual. And until now, he still doesn't know where he is or what direction Lincoln County is. It's rare to encounter a few similar people in the vast Gobi. , Zhang Heng did have the idea of being as friendly as possible before opening the door and walking into this bar.
But now it seems that his original plan is going to fail.
Historians have always repeatedly emphasized the catastrophe brought to the Indians by this vigorous westward expansion movement. In just a hundred years, about one million Indians were massacred (only during the westward expansion movement), and the rest were They were forced to move to reservation areas, but few people mentioned the sacrifices of the Chinese in it.
After the Civil War, the United States abolished the slave system. At the same time, the westward expansion movement opened up wasteland, especially the laying of railways, which required a large amount of cheap labor. Therefore, businessmen finally turned their attention to Southeast Asia. At that time, China's population exploded in the late Qing Dynasty. There was also the Taiping Rebellion, uprisings continued in various places, and a large number of poor people who could not survive flocked to Hong Kong and Macau. Later, they either voluntarily or were deceived into taking a boat to America and became coolies. Their wages were low, they could endure hardship and were obedient, and they were willing to engage in various jobs. A dangerous job.
The Pacific Railway, known as one of the seven industrial wonders of the world, has a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers and runs through the entire American continent. Almost all of the most difficult and dangerous sections of this railway were completed by Chinese workers. There is a famous saying in later generations, called - —There is a skeleton of a Chinese laborer under every sleeper on the Pacific Railway.
However, the influx of these cheap laborers, who had little to eat and plenty to do, and almost no sleep, had a great impact on the labor market in the United States. The discrimination against Chinese workers also reached its peak at that time, especially when the railway was about to be completed. At that time, because they were worried that these Chinese labor unions would swarm into nearby towns and seize jobs, there were even vicious incidents in which miners joined forces to attack Chinese workers. They rushed to the Chinese workers' camps at night with knives and guns, and the frightened Chinese workers could only flee in all directions.
In this era, widespread discrimination against Chinese workers is nothing new, and don’t think that this kind of discrimination is just lip service. Zhang Heng didn’t know if the story told by the bear-like guy in front of him was true. , but he has actually read some similar real cases.
In the West in the 19th century, someone shot and killed a black cowboy just because he didn't like black people. He escaped before the sheriff arrived. Then he went to other towns to drink incognito and saw another black man in a bar. It was really... Unable to bear it any longer, he drew his gun again and killed the other party. He was then surrounded by bailiffs and shot to death.
There are countless similar things in the West.
This is a place where bullets are more important than reason. Everyone is a walking constitution. Whose laws are more effective depends on whose bullets are faster.
Zhang Heng was not very angry. In fact, he understood the other person's thoughts very well. He came to the bar alone, thirsty and tired, and had no weapons on him, not to mention firearms, not even a knife. On the other hand, looking at the other side, There were seven people, seven men armed to the teeth, strong men and horses, and drunk. It was hard not to have some fun to cheer yourself up at a time like this.
Zhang Heng had to admit that he had gone in the wrong direction from the beginning. There was no point in trying to be friendly when facing thugs in a chaotic place. But it didn't matter. Dealing with thugs and villains was his strength. Maybe it was because He had been away from the copy of Black Sail for so long that he almost forgot the standard way to deal with this kind of thing.
Zhang Heng then picked up an empty wine glass on the bar, raised his glass to the bear-like man, and said, "This glass to you makes me reminisce about those nostalgic old times."
Just when the guy was wondering how Zhang Heng could toast with an empty wine glass, he immediately saw the empty wine glass enlarging in front of his eyes.
Zhang Heng directly put the wine glass on the bear-like man's face, and then punched the bottom of the glass. The next moment he heard the sound of the bridge of his nose breaking.
The other people in the bar were stunned by this sudden scene. They were all immersed in the happy atmosphere a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, their companions were beaten. Is this Chinese man in front of him a blind man? Look Not clear about your situation? Aren't normal people supposed to behave with their tail between their legs in this situation? How could they take action first?
However, their reaction was also very fast. The guy playing with the rifle immediately picked up the rifle in his hand. However, Zhang Heng moved faster. After the bear-like man touched the glass, he fell backwards. During the process, Zhang Heng had already drawn the revolver from his waist.
The two of them raised their guns almost at the same time, but Zhang Heng was still half a second faster. As he pulled the trigger, a bunch of blood sprayed out from the head of the guy holding the rifle, and he immediately lay on the table and disappeared. Fa moved.
Then Zhang Heng turned his gun and went to the table where people were playing cards. One of them, a bearded man, and a thin man also pulled out their pistols. Zhang Heng ignored the thin man and shot him before the bearded man could fire. At the same time, the thin man also pulled the trigger, but perhaps because of his nervousness, the bullet grazed Zhang Heng's body and flew towards the wine rack behind him.
Zhang Heng didn't even blink. He turned the muzzle of his gun and killed the other person next to the thin man. At this time, the man with the knife had already rushed up. The bright knife was less than a few centimeters away from Zhang Heng's chest. At the same time, the thin man finally Also aimed at him.
In this situation where he was almost certain to die, Zhang Heng remained calm. He chose the guy with the knife, but when he pulled the trigger, Zhang Heng himself rushed forward facing the blade.
Finally, just when the knife was about to stab him, the bullet took away the life of the knife holder first, and the thin man's gun was blocked by the corpse of his companion.
Zhang Heng slowly sent another bullet into the opponent's eyebrow.
The sound of gunfire woke up the drunkard who was sleeping soundly in the corner. However, when he opened his eyes, he found that his companions had fallen down. His mouth was wide open with a look of ghost on his face. Fortunately, his troubles were not there. How long could it last? Soon Zhang Heng gave him the last-minute bullet.
This only happened in a few seconds. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you probably wouldn't have been able to believe that seven fully armed men would be wiped out single-handedly in an instant.
Zhang Heng threw away the revolver that had no bullets in his hand, picked up the lever rifle on the ground, and then raised the gun and shot the owner of the bar.
The latter's body was blown away directly and hit the wine rack. His eyes were full of disbelief. After all, he had just touched the revolver under the bar. Before he could shoot Zhang Heng, he was shot by the other party. One step ahead.
Zhang Heng sighed and said, "Since you are already deaf, let's just do it to the end. Why do you have to get involved?"
It's a pity that the bar owner couldn't hear his last words.
Zhang Heng picked up a new cup from the bar, then walked to the card table, poured himself a glass of whiskey, drank it in one gulp, and finally replenished his body with some water. Then he moved a stool and took it Drinking whiskey, he came to the bear-like man with a broken nose.
The latter looked at him with completely different eyes now. After witnessing his companions falling to the ground and dying one after another, his tall and strong body curled up into a ball and shivered on the ground, not even caring about the blood that had been bleeding. Nose, said in horror, "You...who are you?"
Zhang Heng placed the stool in front of him and sat on it.
"How about we put your question later and you answer a few of my questions first?"
