Chapter 57

"As a result, those golden treasures ultimately did not belong to them."

"They worked for sixteen or seventeen hours, and all they could get was a full meal."

"I won't go into detail about the misery of the gold-panning workers here; if you are interested, you can go watch a documentary."

"Of course, our Xia Kingdom doesn't have one, but the United States had a gold rush for nearly ten years."

"In the American gold rush, hundreds of thousands of laborers died; if you are interested, you can go take a look."

"Let's get back to the shanties where the Gelao Society's gold-panning workers lived."

Zhang Lin paused and picked up his teacup to take a sip of water.

The audience below began to think.

Zhang Lin had been laying the groundwork for the gold-panning workers; could it be that Hei Bei Lao Liu eventually went to Old Changsha because of an unfair distribution of spoils?

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If that were the case, the story would be a bit disappointing.

Although Hei Bei Lao Liu was a gang member, his image as a lone hero had already been shaped by Zhang Lin before this.

For such a hero to go far away because of an unfair distribution of spoils would really give the story a sense of fragmentation.

At this moment, Zhang Lin put down his teacup and continued: "The passages between the Gelao Society's shanties were extremely narrow; at this time, people had already walked out of the shanties, and the sound of a bronze gong came slowly."

"In those years, the bronze gong was an important tool for transmitting information."

"Once the gong sounded, it meant something big was happening!"

"The people who came out of the shanties naturally all heard the summons."

"At this time, the sky was very dark, and in the narrow passages, even the faint light of the stars and moon was obscured."

"Suddenly, a small team of people carrying torches, with the leader beating a bronze gong, shouted: 'Our Gold Guide has won; everyone hurry to the riverbank to gather! The whole stretch of the river is full of gold nuggets waiting for us.'"

"This small team of about seven or eight people were all dressed in uniform tight-fitting clothes, looking mighty, each holding a torch, with bright short blades strapped to their raised arms."

"Wherever they passed, the crowd scattered like ghosts to make way."

"The identity of this group of people was very special; they were specialized blade-men."

"So-called blade-men exist only to be loyal to the hall masters, helmsmen, and leaders of the Gelao Society!"

"The supreme status of these Gelao Society high-level officials came from these blade-men."

"Let me tell you about the composition of the Gelao Society at that time; like here in the Jinshajiang River, tens of thousands of people gathered, so naturally, there were people in command."

"The highest level of command was a leader sent by the Gelao Society, just like the Gelao Society headquarters spread across Sichuan and Shaanxi."

"There were twelve halls set up below, each with a helmsman, so the leader had the highest status here."

"Hei Bei Lao Liu's foster father, Hall Master Li, had the dream of sitting in the leader's position!"

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