After Andre came over to report the results of the interrogation, Stewart once again offered to return to the town immediately, and said that he would spend more money to hire more free mercenaries, and that Chu Tianjiang would be fully responsible for the escort of the caravan, and that the commission to Chu Tianjiang would not be reduced.

It took a lot of effort for Chu Tianjiang to convince Stewart to continue to Las Vegas.

For this reason, Chu Tianjiang also said that Mark would be eliminated in two days, before the caravan entered the Valley of Death, otherwise Stewart would lead the caravan back to the town.

"You see, Mark has brought five hundred men, and there are only twelve of you."

"Stewart, if you don't believe me, we'll break the peace treaty now, we'll escort the caravan back to town, and then you go and ask for another master."

"This ......" Stewart is not a stupid person, and he has long realized that Chu Tianjiang must have extraordinary abilities.

Chu Tianjiang smiled and didn't dwell on this issue anymore. "If the Chamber of Commerce is leaving Houston, it must not be as easy as leaving, right?"

"It's easy to go, but the Chamber of Commerce is based in Houston, so if you want to go, where can you go?"

"Well, I think it's pretty simple."

"Really?"

Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "I will stay in Lakewood for a while, and if you need to, you can come to me at any time." ”

Stewart nodded, but his attitude was unclear. Chu Tianjiang didn't find it strange, because he had already told Stewart at the beginning that it was not the Jewish group in Denver that had a close relationship with him, but the Asian American group in Lakewood, and the Asian American group was only a small separatist force, and it could not be compared with the Jewish group in Denver and the white group in Texas, so it might not be able to become the backer of the Chamber of Commerce.

"What are you doing in town?" Chu Tianjiang raised the most sensitive issue.

Stewart hesitated.

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't say it. I just think that when you go to the town, you should have something to do with the local garrison, and you also know that I ...... with the garrison."

"Do you know the officers of the garrison?"

Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "Although I was born and raised in the United States, I am always Chinese, and I have some ways, and my relationship with the garrison is reasonable. ”

"This ......"

"In this world, without some backing, no one can live long."

Stewart gritted his teeth and said, "I went to the town to send the daughter of the president of the chamber of commerce abroad, and it is best to let her go to China." ”

"This ......"

"The president of the Chamber of Commerce has only one daughter, and if the Chamber of Commerce wants to leave Houston and no longer be controlled by the white group of Texas, it must first send her away."

"She's in town?"

Stewart nodded and said, "It's a safe place, but Mark came here with me, he must know what I'm doing, maybe ......"

"Who is the most reliable among your men?"

"This ......"

"Since I have promised to protect you, I will do my best. You arrange for one of your most reliable men to go back with Andre and have them send the president's daughter to the base. ”

Stewart was stunned for a moment and said, "Can you send people to the garrison's base?" ”

"Of course, according to the rules of the garrison, only after marrying an officer of the garrison and becoming pregnant, can you go to China as a family member."

"Mr. Chu, I'...... I don't even know what to say. If I can do this, I will definitely repay you, and the president will repay you. ”

"I'm just doing what I should do and what I can do, and I'll just give back."

"Okay, I'll let Carol go back with your men, she knows Miss, and she is the only one who knows where Miss Dao is hiding."

"After dawn, let them go first, and we'll leave camp half an hour late."

Stewart nodded and said, "As long as Miss is safe, it doesn't matter if we live or die." ”

"You can't say that. If you die, who will tell you the president? Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "The president can hand over such an important matter to you......

"Mr. Chu, I'm just an ordinary general manager."

"The status of the general secretary should not be low, right?"

Stewart was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "In the Chamber of Commerce, the general manager is the lowest-ranking member who leads the caravan to engage in trade activities. Under the general affairs there are deacons and sub-deacons who are responsible for specific matters, Edgar is the deacon, and the two members who are in charge of the vehicle are both sub-deacons. Above the general affairs there are the general affairs, the general manager and the general manager. The General Affairs is mainly responsible for large caravans, while the General Administration is responsible for the trade activities in a certain area, and the General is in charge of all the caravans of the Consulate General. It's just that, from the sub-deacon to the general manager, they are only engaged in trade activities, belong to the employees of the Chamber of Commerce, and have no say in the Chamber of Commerce. It is the board of directors who is in charge of the chamber of commerce, and the chairman of the board of directors is the president, who is the master of the chamber of commerce and decides everything about the chamber of commerce. To put it simply, we people are just working for the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Even so, the president must trust you very much if he can entrust you with such an important matter."

"To tell you the truth, I had a relationship with the president's daughter who was a high school classmate." Stewart smiled reluctantly and said, "After the invaders retreated, the Chamber of Commerce was established, and I entered the Chamber of Commerce with this relationship, starting as a deacon. If it weren't for messing up two things, I'm afraid I'd be in charge by now. The president asked me to do this, not because I was very competent, but because I was not very visible in the Chamber of Commerce. To put it bluntly, no one would believe that the president had entrusted such an important matter to a general who had lost two caravans in a row. ”

"The thing is, Mark still has his eye on you."

"It's thousands of kilometers from Houston here, and sooner or later the white Texas group will know what I'm doing."

"The problem is, if the president only has one daughter, and her safety is related to the future of the Chamber of Commerce, the president will definitely have other arrangements."

"Of course, the president sent three caravans at the same time, and the other two caravans had a member who looked like the young lady. In my caravan, the young lady is also disguised as an ordinary member, and she uses a pseudonym. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten here. ”

"Unfortunately, Mark still caught up with you."

"There's nothing to be sorry for, he's a step late." Stewart smiled and said, "If he had arrived a few days earlier, we wouldn't have made it to town." In addition, I left the caravan in Las Vegas, even the escort, and arranged for my men to buy slaves in my name, so Mark was delayed in Las Vegas for a few days. By the time he found out I wasn't in Las Vegas, we were already in town. ”

Chu Tianjiang thought for a while and said, "How many guards are there in the caravan?" ”

"About three hundred."

Isn't that all gone? Chu Tianjiang was secretly surprised. In the abandoned town of Death Valley, Chu Tianjiang and the others sent out more than 300 corpses.

"We're a small caravan, and we can't attract attention, and a convoy of three hundred people is already pretty good."

"Does the Chamber of Commerce have a limit on the size of each caravan?"

"Nope. The captain of each caravan, the general manager and the general manager, has the ability to make decisions on their own, and the caravan conducts a variety of transactions along the way. As long as you have enough capital, you can recruit troops and expand the size of your caravan on your own. Of course, the premise is that there needs to be enough value. After a slight pause, Stewart said, "To put it simply, the value of the caravan's goods and the expected profit determine the size of the caravan. Without enough profit, there would be no money to recruit guards, and there would be no way to expand the caravan. ”

"Are you confident in your business talents?"

Stewart was stunned for a moment, and then said: "In this world, the key is not whether you can do business, but whether you can reach your destination safely." Any caravan that can safely reach the next trading town with a full load of goods can make unimaginable profits. In fact, the profit of the caravan is determined by the depreciation on the road, and the smaller the loss, the higher the profit, and the ability to do business is secondary. ”

"Stewart, do you want to be promoted from general secretary to general manager?"

"This ......"

"I think you're a good partner."

"What do you mean?"

"Let's put it this way, I have a sum of money, but I don't know where to spend it. If you want, we can work together and the profits will be divided equally. ”

"How to cooperate?" Stewart immediately became interested.

"I don't know anything about business, and I don't know much about the situation in the mainland. I leave the funds to you to handle, you take care of the goods, and I provide security for the caravan. After arriving in Denver, the settlement will be made, and the profit will be split in half. Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "Of course, if you lose money due to security issues, I will bear all the losses." If for other reasons, you will have to bear the entire loss. ”

Stewart's eyebrows jumped a few times and said, "Mr. Chu, I don't think you're a free mercenary. ”

"Yes and no. What it is, when you get to Lakewood, you will know. ”

"You ...... with the Asian American Group"

"Just understand, you don't need to say it."

"Okay, I'll work with you." Thinking that Chu Tianjiang had a close relationship with the garrison and some kind of connection with Lakewood's Asian group, Stewart's confidence suddenly increased. "It's just that to buy more goods, you need to expand the size of the caravan, you need to buy more vehicles, hire more members, and you need a large escort team. These are big expenses and require a lot of money. ”

"What is the price of diamonds in Las Vegas?"

"What diamond?"

"Natural diamonds over twenty carats, and they are all of the highest grade."

Stewart was stunned for a moment and said, "How many diamonds do you have?" ”

"Dozens, maybe hundreds, I don't know exactly how many. You know, I'm not interested in money, and everything of value is kept by my subordinates. ”

"You...... You trust your men too much, don't you? ”

Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "It's not about believing, it's about trusting." If you don't trust your men, how can you get them to work for you? ”

"Mr. Chu, it seems that I have been underestimating you."

"Well, are these diamonds enough?"

"Absolutely enough. A twenty-carat natural diamond is equivalent to two hundred ounces of gold, and at least five hundred young and beautiful women can be bought in Las Vegas. ”

"Diamonds are worth so much?"

"Of course, large natural diamonds are the easiest valuables to keep and are popular everywhere."

"In that case, you'll have to think about how to expand your caravan."

Stewart nodded, already counting on it.