Rockefeller very much did not understand Li Mu's enthusiasm for land, for Rockefeller, or for the vast majority of white people, with money, it is the right way to invest to get more profits, it is not impossible to buy land, but the return on this investment is too small, only those who are not wise will do it.

"Unwise? John, don't blame me for not reminding you, now, is the last chance to privatize the island, and it won't be many years before the worthless island in your eyes will be hyped up in the sky, and when the time comes, you won't be able to buy it if you want to. Li Mu rarely told the truth, but unfortunately, it did not attract the attention of Rockefeller.

"Yes, then you go buy it, I wish you to become the king of the island, well, I see you had a good chat with Baron Riem just now, how about it?" How many did you buy? Rockefeller does not approve of Li Mu's investment method, but he has no objection, if it were not for the fact that there is a better choice, maybe Rockefeller will also follow Li Mu to buy the island, Li Mu has proved with facts, many times, Li Mu's choice is still very good.

At least not to lose!

"How many? If it's just a few, would it take me to give that baron so many smiles? Li Mu is also very happy, it would be better if Rockefeller didn't interfere, then Li Mu could buy, buy, buy with confidence: "I spent a whole three and a half million US dollars, if it's just a few, it has to be Kalimantan, or an island of the level of Sumatra." ”

There are more than 17,000 islands in the Dutch East Indies, with a total area of about 1.9 million square kilometers, except for a few large islands such as Kalimantan and Sumatra, the area of other islands is not large, and many islands do not even have fresh water, which is not suitable for human habitation at all.

An island that is not suitable for human habitation does not mean that it has no value, of course, this is also known to Li Mu, even if the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies knows, there is not much possibility of operation, after all, for the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies, the control of the current occupied territory has almost reached the limit of the Dutch, the Dutch have no ability, nor enough troops to control the entire territory of the Dutch East Indies, which gives Li Mu a great opportunity.

"What are you going to do? Not all of those islands are empty, the Dutch are too lazy, and there are really wild people on Sumatra. Rockefeller expressed doubts that Li Mu could do what the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies had not done.

"No, on the island that the Dutch sold me, there was not a single one." Li Mu flatly denied it, and his attitude was extremely resolute.

"It's impossible to ......" Rockefeller wanted to correct Li Mu's mistake, but immediately understood what Li Mu meant, so he shrugged his shoulders and stopped talking nonsense.

What is there to say, the Americans are still attacking the Indian reservations, although no one has talked about the Indians' skulls in recent years, but as far as Rockefeller knows, in Montana, as long as someone obtains the Indian's skull, he can still get a reward from the local government in Montana, so no American has the right to speak in this kind of matter.

"I think you're mistaken, of course I'll send people to find the indigenous tribes, but not to exterminate them, but to move them out of the depths of the mountains, at least where I can see them." Li Mu knew that Rockefeller had misunderstood his attitude towards the natives, although Li Mu did not think that he was a good person, but Li Mu was not so tyrannical.

"What if they don't agree to move?" Rockefeller asked, seemingly not believing that Li Mu would be as gentle as he said.

"No one will disagree." Li Mu didn't explain this time, if someone disagreed......

Well, no one disagrees.

"Cool, so you get a big island of purity, there's a question Reem, what do you want so many islands for? If it's just to make your people happier, then why don't you just kill the Qing Empire, isn't that more straightforward? Rockefeller didn't understand Li Mu's purpose, to be honest, many people didn't understand, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people worried about Li Mu.

"If I say that I am accumulating wealth for Little Padded Jacket and Little Will, even if Little Padded Jacket and Little Will are losers in the future, I can make them worship for a few more years, do you believe it or not?" Li Mu disdains to answer such a question, and now it is too troublesome to explain to Rockefeller what living space is.

"Well, I believe, then, what are you going to do next? Stay in the Far East as a king? For $3.5 million, I think I can buy a lot of islands. Rockefeller didn't know how much Li Mu bought, it was definitely not one or two.

"Actually, it's not much, it's not 20 years ago, and it's impossible to think about four dollars a square kilometer." Li Mu's four dollars per square kilometer refers to the price at which the United States buys Alaska from Russia.

"Hahahaha...... If it's really that cheap, then I'd like to buy it too. Rockefeller was also amused by Li Mu, although Alaska has not shown much value now, but four dollars a square kilometer of land is indeed very cheap.

Baron Riem did not stay in Manila for too long, probably because he was ashamed of such an act that bordered on surrender, and after signing the contract with Rockefeller, Baron Riem returned to the Dutch East Indies the next day, and he really had no face to stay in Manila.

Now, Li Mu and Rockefeller were busy, Rockefeller finally got his wish to buy the oil field in the Dutch East Indies, although the process was a little disgraceful, but Rockefeller did not care about his reputation that was already bad enough, and there were more reasons to be criticized, after signing the contract, Rockefeller immediately sent a telegram to the United States, organized a drilling team as quickly as possible, and entered the Dutch East Indies to start looking for oil fields.

Li Mu was not idle, in the process of negotiating with Baron Riem, Li Mu stumbled upon the fact that the island of New Guinea does not belong to any party at present, and this news really surprised Li Mu.

Baron Riem had limited knowledge of the island of New Guinea, which was said to be large and undeveloped by any country, and there was no exact figure for the total area, and the population on the island was zero.

Baron Riem doesn't know the specific situation of New Guinea Island, but Li Mu knows a little bit, to be exact, Li Mu doesn't know how big New Guinea Island is, only knows that it is about the same size as Kalimantan, the largest island in the Dutch East Indies, and New Guinea Island is not as populated as Baron Riem said, there are some indigenous tribes living on New Guinea Island, these indigenous tribes are very fierce, it is said that they have the habit of cannibalism, and they are called "cannibals" by the surrounding natives, perhaps because of this reason, Neither the United Kingdom, nor the Netherlands, nor Germany, have yet to attack the island of New Guinea.

In the original history, it was not until 1884 that Britain and Germany began to develop the island of New Guinea, in fact, it was not developed, and there was no logic in the colonization of these years, most of the time it was a few explorers who landed on an island, and as long as it was determined that the island did not belong to any country or power, then the island could be declared the private territory of these explorers.

It is indeed very illogical, for example, Alaska was occupied by Russia in this case, and the Bismarck Islands next to the island of New Guinea were also determined to be German colonies in this case, and the Russians and Germans occupied Alaska and Bismarck at almost no cost.

Since colonial expansion is so easy, then Li Mu can also compare the gourd to draw a scoop, ask for people, Li Mu is more, Luzon, Ryukyu, Japan, if it is not enough, Li Mu can also be transferred from Panama and the Bahamas to the Far East, this is not troublesome, the only trouble is the reaction of the Dutch and the British, if there is no Washington to support Li Mu, even if Li Mu sends people to land on the island of New Guinea and declare that the island of New Guinea is Li Mu's private territory, the British and the Dutch will not agree, Li Mu is not afraid of the Dutch, but the British, Li Mu didn't dare to challenge yet.

Of course, Li Mu was not stupid enough to report to Washington, this kind of thing, it is better to cook raw rice into mature rice, so after Li Mu knew this fact, he immediately formed an expedition team, first landed on the island of New Guinea, and established a bridgehead.

To be on the safe side, Li Mu chose half of the gunners of the Springfield Company and half of the mercenaries of the Far East Company, and Jimmy, a senior mercenary of the Far East Company, was responsible for leading the team.

"When you land on the island of New Guinea, you may be attacked, and if it happens, you're welcome, think about how the Americans dealt with the Indians." Before leaving, Li Mu taught Jimmy the right time.

"Don't worry, boss, I know." Jimmy's performance has always been very steady, the key is that there are no indecisiveness in many Chinese, and he can do it when it is time to start, which is an important reason why Li Mu chose Jimmy.

Even now, when many Americans mention the Chinese, they still have the impression of being submissive and timid.

In fact, this is not the case, people are good at being bullied, horses are good at being ridden, real honest people cannot survive in the jungle society, maybe many Chinese are sold overseas as piglets, they are indeed their own people, but after so many years of elimination, those honest people have become sleepers under the railroad tracks, or become fertilizer in the plantation, the Chinese who survived, like most white people, when they need to use violence, they will not flinch.

Jimmy is one of them.

"Go, you are only the first batch, there will be reinforcements soon, what you have to do is to find a suitable place, set up a temporary camp, facilitate the follow-up work, if you see adventurers from other countries on the island, you have to deal with it, remember, your hands and feet must be clean." Li Mu is not a black gun, this is the law of the sea, if the explorers of other countries meet Jimmy, then the explorers of other countries will not be polite, this is still a custom handed down from the Age of Discovery, even if the most serious maritime merchants, they will become pirates when they need to.

Jimmy's expedition team had a total of 130 people, which was already considered a strong strength in this era, and in order to deal with the dangers that might be encountered, Li Mu equipped Jimmy with light machine guns and mortars, so that even in the face of a large group of natives, Jimmy and they could hold out for a while.

When the expedition team is enough, Li Mu can declare that New Guinea Island is Li Mu's private territory, and at that time, even if Washington does not want to cause trouble, it is necessary to protect Li Mu's personal interests, which is Li Mu's legitimate right.

To be honest, if possible, Li Mu even wanted to follow Jimmy and them to the island of New Guinea, all along, Li Mu had an adventurous heart, but if there was no accident, it is estimated that Li Mu would not have the opportunity to explore in person, even for the sake of Xiao Cotton Jacket and Xiao Wei, Li Mu would not take risks easily.

What's more, there are more important things waiting for Li Mu to do.

The Qing Kingdom came, this time not the spokesperson of a certain governor, nor the embassy and consulate officials of the Qing government, but a businessman named Lei Haobo.

Like Pan Tingzhen and Lin Xianghai, Lei Haobo asked Li Mu for help.

In fact, as long as you are a discerning person, in recent years, you can see that the surrounding area of the Qing Empire has undergone earth-shaking changes, from the road of counterattack in the Ryukyus, to the Far Eastern companies in Luzon, unconsciously, the Chinese have more and more living space overseas.

In the Qing Empire, because of the continuous immigration of the Pacific Company, many Chinese businessmen learned more and more about the living conditions of Chinese Americans, so it was inevitable that some people would want to do something.

Speaking of which, Lei Haobo still has a lot to do with Pacific Company.

Before the large-scale immigration of the Pacific Company, Lei Haobo was a grain merchant in Huguang, and the Pacific Company in order to get more immigrants, and Lei Haobo went back and forth, the Pacific Company provided grain to Lei Haobo, and Lei Haobo introduced bankrupt farmers to immigrate to the United States, as the connection between Lei Haobo and the Pacific Company became closer and closer, Lei Haobo made more and more profits through immigration, and finally, Lei Haobo couldn't help but want to do something.

Even Lei Haobo was smart, and when he saw Li Mu, he did not ask Li Mu for help at the first time, but encouraged Li Mu to return to the Qing Empire and launch a war against the Qing Empire.

"It is impossible to return to the Qing Empire, it is impossible in this life, and it is impossible for me to send mercenaries to the Qing Empire, Washington will not allow me to do that, have you thought about it, if I overthrow the Qing government and become president or emperor, then what will Washington do?" It is impossible for Li Mu to rebel back to the Qing Empire, even if the chrysanthemum set of electric drills will not rebel, if Li Mu really does that, even if it is only this possibility, Li Mu's efforts in the United States over the years will all be in vain, and the Chinese will soon become the target of all white people, which is impossible for Li Mu to accept no matter what.