Kwan handed Sandos a map and a list. The addresses are circled in red pen on the map, and the list is detailed.

Sandoz turned out to be cursory. Shocked: According to the map and the list of buyers, Citi & Co. USA and Guan Houye will become the largest landowners in the United States outside of the federal government and state governments.

Guan Zhuofan said with a smile: "Shandi, not all the maps and lists have to be bought-we don't have so much living money for the time being, and people may not be willing to sell them." Instead, they can be used as alternatives, I have marked the priority, you first do a comprehensive understanding, the owner, the price, and so on. Then we determine the number of locations and how to raise the funds. ”

Sandos's heart was pounding, no matter how optimistic he was about how far Standard Oil could go, he could never imagine the giant who would dominate the world in the future, but he knew exactly what the land on the map, even if it was only half of it, meant.

Guan Zhuofan said solemnly: "Shandi, don't worry, this battle will be fought for another year at most, and the federal government will win Zuihou." After the war, we will definitely carry out the construction and development of the general law, and the economy will have a long-term high-speed growth. ”

Whether it is political, military, economic or business, Sandos has already admired Guan Zhuofan's vision so much, and now he has won such a big battle, so what else can he say? Thinking that following this Guan Hou Ye, he would definitely become a millionaire, his heart was fluttering, and he nodded vigorously: "I will definitely go all out to do this job well." ”

Guan Zhuofan's choice of location is very wide. However, it is mainly concentrated in the northeastern United States, from Washington to New York. It's the most prosperous part of the American North. Although it did not suffer directly from the military disaster, it was close to the front line, and the land price and housing prices were greatly affected; The post-war period was certainly the earliest and fastest recovery area, and in the great development of the "Gilded Age", it was the most flowery and fire-boiled oil.

The areas where the troops have repeatedly crossed the army are basically in the south, and the war has caused serious damage, and the north has deliberately suppressed it after the war. Rejuvenation is a long process. For example, Virginia was one of the richest regions in the United States before the war, but because it was the main force of the rebellion and one of the main battlefields of the war, its development was sluggish after the war, and it was the poorest region in the United States until the 21st century.

Although some of these places eventually developed, the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, so they will not be provoked now.

There is also the west, where land prices are of course cheaper. Hardly any money, but you have to fight the Indians to the death first. Never mind.

As for the house, in a safer area on the east coast, pick a big haode, or buy a few of them, this big bottom can't be copied, and it will come in handy later.

There is one more thing for Sandos to do.

Guan Zhuofan said: "I heard that before the war, General Grant owed a lot of debts in business. He sent troops and horses for the country, and his family lived so poorly, it was really not appropriate. Shandi, you go and find out, these debts, let's pay them back. ”

Sandos was slightly stunned, and then understood: "Okay, I'll do it." ”

Speaking of Grant, there is quite a lot of laughter. I don't know if it was forced by life or something else, but before he became a general and after he left the presidency, the only thing he was interested in was doing business. But unfortunately, contrary to his military genius, Grant had a poor business vision, did everything he lost, and was so in debt that before the outbreak of the Civil War, the top student of the West Point Military Academy, the hero of the Mexican War, fell to work as a boy in a small leather shop.

After Grant stepped down as president, the experience was repeated without any novelty, until the savings of the eunuchs over the years were wiped out. The elderly Grant was destitute and sick, and had to endure throat cancer. Twain wrote a copy of General Grant's Memoirs, which he died before it could be published. But fortunately he wrote such a book, otherwise, Grant would not have left a dollar to his widow.

Guan Zhuofan did this favor, in exchange for Lincoln, he was not 100% sure that the other party would accept it, but for Grant, he was fully sure. One is because Grant really needs money and likes money, and the other is that the two administrations that Grant presided over, which are widely regarded as the most corrupt governments in American history, have had a series of economic scandals. Although Grant himself was not directly caught, Guan Zhuofan did not think that he was the white lotus in the sludge.

Forming a fighting friendship with the future president of the United States, and then becoming a friend with a friendship of wealth and wealth, will be very helpful to the future friendship between the two countries and to their personal plans for major affairs.

Of course, there are skills in paying off Grant's debts, especially not letting people gossip, and Guan Zhuofan believes that Sandos can do it.

After careful deliberation, Sandos left Chattanooga early the next morning.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Zhuofan wanted to write a recital to the imperial court, the domestic imperial court.

This is a very troublesome matter.

When he said trouble, of course, he didn't mean the text, Xuan Jun brought the copywriting, and he barely came to write it himself; Nor is it just the inconvenience of delivery. But the princes of the temple, there are almost no people who really understand the domestic situation in the United States, including Prince Gong, who is in charge of foreign affairs, and at most he can be regarded as a foggy flower. Thousands of miles away, after the fold is handed over, there is something on it that is not understood or even misunderstood-this is inevitable, there is no way to explain it, and if you don't get it right, you will misunderstand the big thing.

It is necessary to have a person who is fully aware of the situation in Beijing in case of an adviser.

It goes without saying that this person must first be his own person; Second, the situation in the United States and domestic officialdom should be very familiar; Again, you must have an official body, enter the palace, and be courteous; zuihou, this official body can't be a real position, otherwise he has to be ordered to enter Beijing.

In this way, except for Libin, I don't think about it as a second person.

Before the Battle of Chattanooga, as soon as Grant agreed to dismantle the missionary heights, Kwan Zhuofan sent a telegram to Hong Kong, and then forwarded it to Shanghai by ship, informing Libin that he should wait in Hong Kong. On the third day after the end of the Battle of Chattanooga, Kwan Zhuofan spent half the night in the telegraph room, and also stayed in the telegraph room with Libin, who was in Hong Kong, and repeatedly exchanged telegrams to discuss various matters.

Accepting the so-called American famous objects, Guan Zhuofan was hesitant to write it in the excerpt, but then he thought that this was unavoidable, and if he didn't say it himself, others would say it, and even the Americans themselves would say it. Their consular ministers did not say it, but the newspapers and magazines would say that the Battle of Chattanooga would soon cause an international sensation, and that the news would be transmitted back home sooner or later.

The "military rank" can still be confused, and the "Commander of the Tennessee Theater" and "Joint Commander-in-Chief of the Western Theater" cannot be confused, although there is no similar name in China, it is not difficult to understand, Cixi and Prince Gong are both smart people.

Before going to the United States, he also vaguely underpinned the two palaces and the king of parliament. To fight a war, there must be a unified command, and to fight a war with the Americans, it is natural to enter the sequence of other people's armies; Just like the foreign gun team in China, it also has to have a name, and if it wins, it has to be named a deputy general, a staff general, or something.

As for not asking the court for instructions in advance -- no matter how unreasonable people are, they have to admit that they will go abroad for thousands of miles, and there is no way to ask for instructions in advance for this kind of thing, and at most they can pretend to scold themselves for a few words: "The ministers should be punished."

The excerpt was naturally led by Guan Zhuofan, the minister of the Qincha and the second-class Jiayong Marquis, and there were also the names of the first-class light car commander Huaer and the governor of Jiangsu, Zhao Jingxian, who was still in Shanghai. Of course, Libin had to leave early, and he couldn't stand the "six-hundred-mile expedited".

It's all in order, and I'm about to send a telegram, the guards are coming, and Washington is coming.

Is it an old acquaintance, Secretary of War Simon? Cameron, who is the "special envoy of the president", came to announce two things on behalf of the president.

The first one, awarded to Jiang De, Arthur? MacArthur and Wu Jianying Congressional Medal of Honor.

This was to be expected, and the Tennessee War Zone reported these three men, but it was only a notice, and the official ceremony of awarding the medal had to go to Washington, D.C., and be presented by the president himself.

The second was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant general to Guan Yixuan.

This big exit Zhuo Fan was unexpected.

*(To be continued......)