477 Master
It is not easy to support a large business with tens of thousands of people.
The number of people in several branches of Junma Weapons Company has exceeded 10,000. Together with the family, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are tens of thousands of people. So many people have to eat every day, so it is not easy to find enough dollars to feed them.
The current Junma Weapon Factory has been working hard to produce nearly a thousand pistols of various types every day, and the combined rifles and shotguns are nearly a thousand, as well as nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns, as well as more than ten artillery pieces. These weapons can be easily equipped with a regiment. If it is only based on the current US Army organization of more than 20,000, it would be better for Li Mu to change his career as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the American people have a huge demand for weapons, and the "Eastward Movement" has come to an end, but the threat from the Indians still exists. In addition, there are bisons and various other wild animals on the grasslands, which forces people who are migrating to the west to arm themselves as much as possible.
They not only need to protect their own safety, but also their family members.
In Indiana, Springfield, Zhang Changrong and his companions got off the train, pointed to the station sign and laughed.
In the United States, "Springfield" is really a very common name, probably the same as the "Sandaokou" and "Xiaoqingshan" of the Qing Empire.
Springfield in Indiana is of course different from Springfield in Massachusetts. Springfield in Massachusetts is the military-industrial center of the United States and the machine manufacturing center, occupies an important position in the American economy. Springfield in Indiana is just a small town next to Lake Michigan. It is estimated that the name of this town cannot be found on the map of the state.
Zhang Changrong is one of the tens of thousands of farmers of Junma Group. Since more than a year ago, Junma Group has begun to develop land in Indiana and Illinois in a planned manner. Zhang Changrong and others are the fourth group of Chinese people who came to Indiana.
The low wooden house is gray and smells of decay. Most of the glass on the windows is broken, the stone steps in front of the door are incomplete, and occasionally you can see traces of bullet craters, indicating that it is not peaceful here.
The broken platform had no sunshade on it. There was a layer of stone slabs on the ground, but now it was mostly damaged. It was raining a few days ago. When Zhang Changrong jumped to the platform, he accidentally stepped on a damaged stone slab in the air. The accumulated water under the stone slabs spewed out, splashing on Zhang Changrong's brand new work pants and fur shoes. Zhang Changrong immediately cursed.
"Hahahaha, deserve it."
"I told you a long time ago that we are now denim, so we should wear jeans."
"Congratulations, this is a welcome from Springfield, Indiana."
The companions immediately started to laugh loudly, regardless of Zhang Changrong's increasingly ugly face.
When leaving Massachusetts, the Junma Group prepared a set of appropriate clothes for each of Zhang Changrong and others, as well as various essential items on the journey. The others were more careful and were wearing old clothes. Only Zhang Changrong changed into new clothes, so Zhang Changrong was very angry at this moment.
"Or, go up and change your clothes." Zhang Changrong's wife also felt sorry for her, but she didn't feel sorry for her clothes, but she felt sorry for Zhang Changrong's embarrassment.
Zhang Changrong's wife is a Chinese from the Qing Empire, Guangdong and Guangxi. She came to the United States from the Qing Empire last year. Although Zhang Changrong's wife got married in the Qing Empire, Zhang Changrong didn't mind. At least she knew the cold and the heat, and was a Han man with a strong and righteous root. Zhang Changrong was already very content.
Although Junma Group has been working hard to immigrate to the United States, compared with the huge Han population base in the United States, Junma Group's efforts are not enough, and not all Chinese can find a Chinese to start a family.
"No, my brother's legs and the fire in San Francisco have all been wrecked out. What's this little mud?" In front of his wife, Zhang Changrong was still showing heroic performance.
Zhang Changrong experienced the anti-Chinese riots in San Francisco, so he cherished his current happy life. After arriving in Springfield from San Francisco, Zhang Changrong worked hard and performed well, standing out from the tens of thousands of workers in Junma Construction Company, so that he could successfully win the beauty and then obtain the qualification to purchase land.
"Some people come to help unload things." Someone greeted the car at the rear of the car.
Zhang Changrong responded, handed the bag on his shoulder to his wife, and ran towards the rear of the car.
The shoulder bag is a product of the subsidiary factory of Junma Group. The blue denim bag has a novel style and is easy to use. It has been widely praised once it was launched.
There are many affiliated factories of Junma Group, and textile factories are just one of them. In addition to shoulder bags, the textile factories also produce various backpacks, bedding, and various ready-to-wear.
Before various shoulder bags and backpacks appeared, most of the items people carried with them were cloth pockets when traveling. There were more pockets in this kind of pocket, but there was no convenience at all.
The textile factory affiliated to Junma Group is now undergoing restructuring, and the textile factory will belong to the Barron family in the future.
After unloading the luggage and adding coal water, the train continued to run into the distance with heavy breathing and black smoke. Only more than a hundred Chinese and more than a dozen white people were left on the platform.
Two groups of people of different races naturally gathered on both sides of the platform and looked at each other.
These white people are pioneers from the east, commonly known as cowboys. They are actually new immigrants or unemployed vagrants who cannot survive in the city. They have to come to the west to see if they can get some food.
Naturally, there is no law or morality in the mind of such people. In most cases, although they are the same as normal people, they do not mind changing their hunting objects to humans as long as the situation allows.
Unlike the Chinese who have family members, these dozen white people are all men, and they are all young and middle-aged. Although the number is relatively small, they look much more concise.
After all, the United States is a country dominated by white people. Whites naturally have psychological advantages when facing other races, so these dozen white people look at Chinese people without much friendly eyes.
Especially when they noticed that the Chinese were carrying large and small bags of luggage, the white people looked like jaguars staring at the herd of bison.
In a strange environment, adults will always subconsciously remain vigilant, and children will lose their minds. For them, everything in the world is full of fun and curiosity, so when adults are packing their luggage, children will inevitably feel happy.
There is no such thing as family planning these days. There are a few children in a family, four children can barely get through, five children are average, and more than six are considered worthy of their ancestors.
There are times when so many children cannot be taken care of. Although all children of Junma Group age must be admitted to school, before entering school, all children are basically in stock.
As for children, it is normal to play and play. Several children chased each other. A child suddenly fell down near the dozen white people and started crying loudly.
The child's mother rushed over immediately. Generally speaking, if you make sure the child is safe and sound, a slap is inevitable.
In the west, women are scarce animals, especially in the eyes of cowboys who live without a fixed place. Since they will not stay in the same place for too long, they will naturally not be able to bring their families. So, when the young mother rushed over, a cowboy whistled loudly, which immediately caused all the cowboys to burst into laughter, and someone made a despicable gesture to the young mother.
Chinese women in this year were very reserved. Traditional ethics gave them heavy constraints. They did not go out of the door and took care of their husbands and children to serve their parents-in-law, etc. They have not been in the United States for a long time. Under the protection of the Junma Group, most of the people around them are Chinese. So facing more than a dozen unrestrained cowboys, the young mother returned to the middle of the Chinese with tears in her eyes.
"What's the matter?"
"Did those grandchildren bully you?"
"Brothers, scout the guys!"
Immediately someone started to clamor and shouted that they would be looked at by the unsightly white people.
During the years of living and working in Springfield, while giving the Chinese a strong body, they also gave them unyielding fighting spirit. If they were a group of weak sheep in the past, then in the brainwashing of the Junma Group day after day, they have become a group of powerful wild wolves.
Guarding an arms company, the Junma Group lacks the most weapons, especially these future farmers, who came from the safe Springfield to the strange Indiana state, almost wishing to arm themselves to their teeth.
Oh, oh, almost forgot that they were all registered militias of the National Guard, and by regulations they could equip everything except guns, including light machine guns and grenades.
It is not a good idea to anger a group of militiamen, especially a group of militiamen from a weapon company. Within two minutes, the militiamen had a bullet belt with python military pistols wrapped around their waists, carrying a terrifying shotgun in their hands, and some even had oval grenades on their chests.
Oval grenades are also the latest product of Junma Weapon Factory. Once this grenade weighs only 400 grams explodes, it can fire more than 200 pieces of debris within a 15-meter range. Although it sounds less powerful than 1,800 steel balls, if you are in the explosion range, you can only pray for God's blessing.
No one of the cowboys doesn’t know what kind of people they have messed with. When they saw the Chinese people start to clamor, the cowboys were still interested in waiting for their work, but when they saw the Chinese people being armed in an orderly manner, the cowboys were stunned.
"Hey, brother, this is just a misunderstanding." An older cowboy came over to explain before the conflict broke out.
"Who is your brother? You have red eyebrows, green eyes, and look like monsters. If my brother grows like this, it won't work." Someone refused to give in and said something, this person didn't sound very nice.
But as long as I continue the words, I shouldn't be able to beat him up. The old cowboy was very conscious of spitting on his face and soft words rolled in: "Okay, everyone, that was just a misunderstanding just now. The boy who made a mistake will definitely teach him a lesson when I go back later. You will definitely not want to leave a bad impression on the people here on the first day of coming here."
He didn't hit the smiling person, not to mention what the old cowboy said was a little reasonable. The Chinese people were not going to die, and their anger disappeared in an instant.
"Sorry, I'm late." A loud loud voice came quickly with the rushing sound of horse hooves. It was Lao York, the contact person of this immigration site.
In order to better adapt these farmers to local society and help farmers solve their difficulties, Junma Group has arranged a liaison officer at every immigration point, and the liaison officer in Springfield, Indiana is Old York.
Old York is responsible for first resettling these future farmers, then determining the location and area of their farms, helping them build houses and purchase livestock, doing a good job in safety protection, etc.
In short, Old York is like the logistics steward of the farmers.
"York, are you okay?"
"York, you're here too slowly."
"We thought you were eaten by a wolf."
They were all acquaintances, otherwise York would not have been appointed as the contact person for Springfield. When York came over, people greeted him in a mess, and no one noticed that the group of cowboys had disappeared quickly.
"I thought you would arrive only in the evening, so I just went to the town's tavern for a drink." Old York was very happy. His job was to serve future farmers. The more people came to Spiringfield, the more important his work was.
"York, we are about to find you, the group just now..." Someone wanted to settle the score with the group of cowboys just now, but unexpectedly, he could no longer see anyone after looking back.
"What's going on?" York dismounted, and his shiny leather boots stepped on the stone slab and made a metal sound. It seemed that the soles of the shoe were added.
The principle of adding shoe foot is the same as that of horseshoes, which is to reduce the wear of the soles. In this way, it is possible to wear a pair of shoes for more than ten years.
Someone told Old York what had just happened. Old York's face turned cold in an instant, and the hands on his waist subconsciously picked up the leather rope on the gun holster.
"Where is a man?" Old York's voice was cold, and it made people feel cold.
Old York is a white man, and was once a stray cowboy. Later, he joined the security team of Junma Group. It is said that his hands were stained with blood.
Many people didn't believe this before, but now it seems that the rumors seem to be true.
"York, isn't it?" Zhang Changrong didn't expect that Old York was so serious. It seemed that the public security in Indiana was not very good, and Zhang Changrong's heart suddenly rose.
Chapter completed!