As soon as Jimmy learns the news, he sends an experienced cowboy to search the area Tom has shown.

The results of the search showed that the makeshift camp had indeed been reconnoitred by the previous night, as confirmed by broken grass stalks on the ground, faint footprints by the river, and makeshift paths in the jungle.

Jimmy praised Tom and rewarded him with $100 as a reward for his devotion to his duties, but instead of arranging for an ambush, he threw some food at the place where the traces were found, believing that if anyone came again, he would feel the "kindness" of the mercenaries.

That's right, it's kindness, although Li Mu's order is full of malice, although Jimmy is essentially casting a long line to catch a big fish, but until he finds the nest of the indigenous tribe, Jimmy will maintain restraint.

What's more, there must be more than one indigenous tribe on Jurassic Island, maybe dozens, maybe hundreds, to move all these indigenous tribes out of the depths of the mountains, Jimmy needs a part of the local indigenous people as an internal response, otherwise, this work may last for decades, and Jimmy doesn't have so much time to waste on Jurassic Island.

Everyone was very short of time, and after Lei Haobo returned to China, he sent 150 people to Luzon Island for training within three days, and at the same time hired 500 people from the Far East Company to go to the Qing Empire.

"Give, give as many people as you want, choose the best people to go over, and at the same time equip the best weapons, remember, ask for a good price for Lei Haobo." Li Mu supported Lei Haobo and spared no effort, in front of the family and the country, Li Mu can still distinguish the importance.

"Reem, our best men have already been sent to Jurassic Island, so ...... I can only send white mercenaries to the Qing Empire as much as I can, which will help somewhat, though I'm not sure. "Steven of the Far East Company has no one to send, Li Mu has recently dispatched too many people, and Steven is also a clever woman who has no rice to cook.

It's funny to say that in the Qing Empire, although the Qing government nominally did not divide people into three, six, nine and so on, in fact, in the Qing Empire, foreigners were first-class people, banner people were second-class people, Mongolians and other ethnic minorities were third-class people, and Han people were fourth-class people, so there were many benefits to sending white mercenaries to the Qing Empire, at least, no matter what those white mercenaries did, the Qing government would not launch an encirclement and suppression at the first time, and it was always necessary to find out who those mercenaries were serving.

This is the sorrow of ignorance!

"Mainly in the direction of the Qing Empire, if necessary, transfer manpower from the Jurassic Islands to the Qing Empire, in addition, if there is a shortage of manpower, it can also be recruited from within the United States, the First Cavalry Division and the Navy have soldiers and officers retired every year, as long as they are given enough compensation, they will definitely not refuse to come to the Far East." Li Mu still has a lot of methods, it is still a matter of money, as long as he doesn't worry about the cost, how many mercenaries he wants, it's ridiculous to say that there are still some people in the Far East Company from the British Royal Navy, and they are also loyal to the Far East Company.

No, it should be said, they are loyal to money.

"Yes, Mr. Ream, I will send a telegram to New York at once, but even if it is soon, the first reinforcements will not arrive in the Far East until a month later." Steven didn't dare to pack the ticket, Li Mu spent money generously, but every penny spent, the financial department will conduct the strictest audit, so this is not a good errand, objectively, the regulations of the Far East Company are stricter than the Ministry of War.

Violating the regulations of the Ministry of War, at most, being ordered to discharge from the army, or perhaps being tried by a military court, under normal circumstances, military violations of military discipline are made into small and small things, and there will be no too strict punishment.

Violating the rules of the Far Eastern Company will end up much worse, the Far Eastern Company does not have a military court, and under normal circumstances, mercenaries who violate military discipline will not be given a chance to defend themselves, and the mercenaries will not even have a chance to appeal, and it will not be too easy for the officers of the Far Eastern Company to punish the soldiers, and they will not even violate any procedures, and they will be justifiably killed.

"It doesn't matter, Lei Haobo won't put up an anti-flag right away, at least Lei Haobo will wait for these 150 people to finish training before he can make a move." Li Mu is not in a hurry, Lei Haobo is not stupid, the first batch of people sent to Luzon for training are all Lei Haobo's old family members or children, and the families of these people have already moved to Luzon, and they will definitely not betray Lei Haobo.

According to the regulations of Lei Haobo and the Far East Company, Lei Haobo will send four groups of people to Luzon for training in the future, with a total population of about 1,000 people.

The Far Eastern Company was responsible for the training of these people and their equipment in the future, and Lei Haobo did not pay the Far Eastern Company cash, but borrowed 35 million US dollars from the Bank of America for the training of these 1,000 people with the taxes of the Liangguang Customs as collateral, as well as the support of the Far Eastern Company for Lei Haobo in the later period.

Sounds a bit much, right, but this is normal, because the benefits are always proportional to the risks, if Lei Haobo succeeds in rebellion, then Lei Haobo owes the Far East Company no less money, but if Lei Haobo fails, well, this money is equivalent to a waste, so it is normal to be a little more expensive, and it is normal for the interest to be higher, the Bank of America is not a philanthropist, nor is it a living **, and the Bank of America cannot be expected to open up to Lei Haobo.

Of course, Li Mu will not go to great lengths to scrape money from Lei Haobo, according to the agreement between the Far East Company and Lei Haobo, the Far East Company will assist Lei Haobo in the future to establish a completely modern management of the customs, the Far East Company will send a considerable number of management personnel, financial personnel, and training personnel, the biggest role of these people is to check all the gray income in the customs, according to Li Mu's predictions, at most within ten years, just the excess income from the modernization of the customs, It was enough for Lei Haobo to repay the arrears of the Bank of America.

Sending mercenaries to the Qing Empire, Li Mu was ready to completely turn his face with the Qing government, and sure enough, when the first batch of mercenaries went to the Qing Empire, the Far East Company had its first conflict with the Qing government.

The first batch of mercenaries landed in Ningbo, and it is a sad fact that the mercenaries of the Far Eastern Company landed in Ningbo, not even using the wharf of the Qing government, but landing in Ningbo from the wharf of the Qichang Steamship Company.

Qichang Steamship Company is an American enterprise, in 1862, Qichang Steamship Company built a wharf in Ningbo, opened the Shanghai-Ningbo steamship route, this wharf and route to a certain extent to promote the development of Ningbo, however, the dumping of Western goods and the corruption of officials made Ningbo's social contradictions increasingly intensified, in the deliberate control of the Qing government, these contradictions were all relied on on the head of the Qichang Steamship Company, and the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government had nothing to do with it.

The mercenaries landed in the Qing Empire and were taken very seriously by the Qing government.

Even at the beginning of the immigration, the Pacific Company was also cooperated by the Qing government, because some Qing Empire officials believed that the migration of the Pacific Company would reduce the displaced people of the Qing Dynasty, and objectively help the Qing Empire reduce hidden dangers, so as to maintain the rule of the Qing Empire, so in the initial period, the immigration behavior of the Pacific Company was supported by the Qing Empire.

With the passage of time, with the gradual improvement of the status of Chinese Americans and the imminent departure of the first batch of Chinese graduates with higher education, the Qing Empire began to pay more and more attention to the immigration issue of the Pacific Company, for the same reason as to maintain the rule of the Qing government, because at this time most officials believed that more and more Chinese Americans with higher education were not conducive to the rule of the Qing Empire, and Su Ri'an Li Mu did not approve of these highly educated Chinese returning to the Qing Empire at this stage. But there will always be some people who will have their families and countries in mind, which will bring more and more hidden dangers to the Qing government.

Therefore, the current Qing government is opposed to the immigration of the Pacific Company, the Qing government does not want too many Chinese to receive higher education, if possible, the Qing government hopes that all Chinese will not be able to receive education, so that the Qing government can continue to implement their foolish plan to maintain their rotten rule.

Probably since last year, the Qing government's attitude towards the Pacific Company began to change, and now hundreds of gunmen of the Far East Company have landed in Ningbo, which has received more attention from the Qing government, and the Qing government has even sent a telegram to Washington to protest against the Far East Company's dispatch of mercenaries to the territory of the Qing Empire, demanding that Washington restrain the Far East Company and withdraw all mercenaries who landed from Ningbo.

"You mean, the Qing government sent a telegram to Washington?" Li Mu couldn't believe it, the Qing government's reaction was unexpected by Li Mu, but it was reasonable.

Objectively speaking, Li Mu hoped that the Qing government would be more hardened, so that Li Mu might be able to look up to the Qing rulers.

It's a pity that the Qing government's reaction disappointed Li Mu, what is a protest?

If there is no real action, it will only be a protest!

Li Mu would not do this, so after Li Mu got Situ Lei's confirmation, he immediately asked Situ Lei to send a telegram to Ningbo City: "Tell them that the mercenaries landing in Ningbo have nothing to do with our Far East Company, let alone Washington, the Far East Company is a mercenary company, whoever gives more money, the Far East Company will serve whom, and the mercenaries landing in Ningbo is a purely commercial act, which is in line with the spirit of the contract and the commitment of the Far East Company to customers." ”

Li Mu didn't want to explain too much to the Qing government, and it was estimated that it would be difficult for the Qing government to understand the "spirit of contract", so Li Mu didn't have much hope, it was just an excuse, what should Lei Haobo do, and it would not be affected.

To Li Mu's surprise, on the third day of the telegram, Cheng Gengchi suddenly came to Manila to ask to see Li Mu.

Cheng Gungchi had dealt with the Horse Weapons Company before, and Li Mu knew that Cheng Gungchi was a staff member of a certain governor of the Qing Empire, and when he visited at this time, Cheng Gungchi should be shouldering some kind of task.

"Mr. Reem, it's a pleasure to meet you." After Cheng Gengchi saw Li Mu, he greeted Li Mu in fluent English, which somewhat showed Cheng Gengchi's attitude, Cheng Gengchi, and the governor behind Cheng Gengchi, treated Li Mu as an American, and there were no other factors.

It's okay to do this, don't pull the relationship, don't pull a strip of water, and the outright interest relationship, which is more in line with Li Mu's positioning of himself.

Well, since it is a purely commercial relationship, there is no need for Li Mu to be cowardly, so after Cheng Gengchi said hello, Li Mu just nodded slightly, and sat on the chair without even getting up, this attitude should be arrogant enough.

It is also normal that Li Mu is the boss of the Junma Group, one of the bosses of the two major trust enterprises in the United States, and there are really few people who can sit on an equal footing with Li Mu, according to the principle of "identity equality", maybe the governor behind Cheng Gengchi will come to see Li Mu in person, so that Li Mu can be treated equally.

Send a staff member over and slap you in the face, right?

Seeing Li Mu's rudeness in behaving so much, Cheng Gengchi was also very surprised, but Cheng Gengchi still had a strong ability to self-adjust, and quickly adjusted his emotions.

"Mr. Ream, I would like to know, if you were to withdraw the mercenaries, what conditions would you want? If I can, I can also sign a contract with the Far East Company, and I can pay twice as much as Lei Haobo, the rebel thief, hired people from the Far East Company. "Cheng Gengchi is rich and rich, and he is going to use money to smash Li Mu to death.

"Hehe, Mr. Cheng, you don't want to buy Lei Haobo's contract with Far East Company, you want to buy the reputation of Far East Company...... Tell me, how much is the credibility of the Far Eastern Company worth? Li Mu laughed, estimating that the price offered by Cheng Gengchi was not enough.

Will Li Mu be short of money?

Just kidding, how much does the Qing Empire earn in a year?

About 60 million taels of silver.

How much does ZAMA Group make in a year?

Don't look at this year's financial statements have not yet been finally summarized, as far as the current situation is concerned, the annual income of the Junma Group in 1878 has exceeded 200 million US dollars, which is a net income, not a gross profit, nor a total value of assets.

Li Mu also said this in English, and before he finished speaking, Rockefeller, who was sitting next to Li Mu, laughed and burst into tears, smashing Li Mu to death with money, even Washington didn't dare to think so, what Cheng Gengchi said was a complete joke in Rockefeller's opinion.

"Stop laughing, isn't it funny? Tell me, how much is my stake in Mobil Oil worth? Li Mu didn't want to talk about the Junma Group, it was meaningless, it was probably beyond Cheng Gengchi's understanding, so he simply took Mobil Oil to talk about it, so that Cheng Gengchi could understand better.

"What? Are you going to sell your shares in Mobil Oil? Sell it to me! How much do you offer, is $100 million enough? "Rockefeller is very cooperative, and it is not exactly a joke, if Li Mu really wants to sell the shares of Mobil Oil, Rockefeller will really buy it.

Even if the price is higher, I will buy it.