Since the beginning of the westward expansion movement, the advantages of the United States have gradually emerged, for no other reason, compared with the traditional European powers, the United States has a large enough territory and a large enough population, which also means that the United States has great potential, at least greater potential than those traditional European powers.

Speaking of territory, in fact, there is no such thing as colonies in the current world, so in a customary sense, when it comes to territory, for example, the United Kingdom, including the colonies of Canada and Australia, are counted as British territory, so territorially, the territory of the United States is not the largest in the world, not to mention that it is not comparable to Britain, Russia, and even France.

However, the potential of the United States is unmatched, thanks to the geographical advantages of the United States and the relatively superior national system, compared with Russia, Britain and other imperial countries, the United States political system is indeed very advantageous, such as the American Civil War, the Democratic Party was defeated, in the sense of habit, at this time the Democratic Party should disappear smoothly, the Republican Party is dominant, but in fact it is not, the Democratic Party has only experienced a period of depression, and now it has gradually come out of the haze, and the Republican Party continues to compete for power.

Among the traditional European powers, France's political system is the closest to the United States, but compared with France, the United States has obvious advantages in military spending, although France is also a democratic system, but it is facing military pressure from Germany, and Britain is fanning the flames, so France has no chance to focus all its energy on developing the economy, and the United States has only one neighbor next to Canada, Canada's area is indeed large, but the total population can't even compare with the entire New England region, so the United States has a very comfortable life in the Americas, At the very least, there is no problem with the food and clothing of ordinary people.

Panama company's food is imported from the United States, even so, the cost is much lower than buying from Panama, such as the most common potatoes, in the United States has become a rotten street agricultural products, many times American farmers use potatoes to raise livestock, if to catch up with the decline in the price of agricultural products, farmers even let the potatoes rot in the ground, because the cost of harvesting has exceeded the market price of potatoes, and in Panama, people here don't even have potatoes to eat, so for ordinary people, it is a kind of happiness to be able to eat all-you-can-eat.

What's more, there is money to get for working for a Panamanian company, although the Panamanian government is corrupt, but for ordinary people there is still credibility, after all, ordinary people have no choice, a company like Panama is already a conscientious enterprise in Panama, so what is not to be satisfied with.

In the afternoon, the Panamanian company took the in-kind stimulus a step further, announcing that the fastest team of the day would be rewarded with a steak and a glass of beer per person in the evening.

Steak and beer, for the average Panamanian is a luxury, some people have not even tasted the taste of beer and steak since birth, with beer and steak as a stimulus, in the following days, the overseers have almost nothing to do, their only job is to supervise the workers not to waste when eating, as for the enthusiasm of the workers, this is no longer to worry.

There is still a lot of work to rebuild the ancient city, first of all, the cleaning of the ruins, the fire burned the flammables, evaporated the wealth, and left behind the ruins, which are all within the scope of the workers' work.

With regard to the ruins, the designers of the Horse Construction Company came up with a very effective countermeasure, including the abandoned city wall, all the ruins were cleared into a deep ditch outside the city, and it is expected that the entire deep ditch will be filled in, and a plaza will be built on the site of the deep ditch, and a monument will be built for reconstruction.

The area of the ruins of the entire ancient city is about 1.5 square kilometers, which of course cannot meet the requirements of the Panamanian company, which wants to build this place into the base camp of the future Panamanian company, which should include office buildings, dormitories, training grounds, hospitals and other office facilities, as well as restaurants, bars, theaters and other leisure facilities, and even in the planning there will be a commercial street here, which will fully meet the various needs of the mercenaries and their families.

In this way, the size of the whole city is bound to expand, it is expected to be about five square kilometers by then, although the city is very military, but the city walls are not planned, the designers of the horse construction company designed a ring road around the city, the whole city will be built into an open city, once completed, the city will also become the most advanced city in the whole of Panama.

"In the future, this is our home base, we will work and live here, our new colleagues will be trained here, and we will be able to maintain our condition when we are resting, so the vast majority of buildings in this city are permanent buildings, which is the starting point of our Panamanian company, and at the same time our hope, so this city will also have a new name, I hope she will be called Springfield." Ford Benjamin still had a lot of affection for Springfield, and his name followed Western tradition.

There is really nothing to complain about about the place names of the West, but it can be understood as the homeland of Westerners, who always name new cities after their hometowns, such as New York, and Cologne, in Panama, from which they are named.

Ford Benjamin did not want to continue to use the name "Panama", although it was intended to emphasize the American background of the Panamanian company, but also considering the tragic experience of Panama City, after all, Ford Benjamin did not want the city he had worked so hard to build to be burned down, so it was the consensus of everyone to choose a new name.

"If it's a permanent building, then you definitely need a lot of reinforced concrete, all of these things, are you going to buy them from the continental United States?" Eddie Hausman, who was invited to visit the new city, once again discovered business opportunities, but this time it was different from the previous wood and stone, and I don't know if Eddie Haussman has the ability to seize it.

"What else could you do? There are no steel companies in Panama, and there are no cement companies, and even if we want to leave more benefits to Panama, Panama will not have the opportunity to get them. Ford Benjamin regretted that if Panama could provide reinforced concrete, then the price would be lower than importing from the United States in terms of cost, but unfortunately Panama did not have it.

"Yes—we don't have a chance—" Eddie Hausman also knew the fact that steel and cement were the basis of modern industry, and unlike the native timber and stone that sprawled over the mountains, Panama could not afford to build these enterprises from scratch.

"Not necessarily, it depends on your determination." Ford Benjamin does not think that anything is absolutely impossible, and has witnessed Li Mu and the Junma Group step by step to the scale it is today, and Ford Benjamin firmly believes that man will win the day.

This is not idealism, in fact, many things are like this, sometimes we will preconceived that I can't do it, I can't do it, so we don't try at all, compared with most people, Li Mu undoubtedly has more courage to try, tried, may succeed, may also fail, although the probability of failure is relatively large, but at least there are no regrets in life, but if you never try, then you will never succeed, so there will be too many people sigh, if at the beginning-

After coming to Panama for a long time, Ford Benjamin's understanding of Panama is gradually increasing, many times Ford Benjamin is sighing, Panamanians are in the treasure mountain and do not know it, as far as Panama's local natural resources are concerned, as long as Panamanians are diligent, Panamanians can live a rich life, such as the land here, because the climate is suitable, the soil is fertile, after sowing crops on the land, basically do not need to take care of it, you can easily get a bumper harvest, Another example is the forest resources throughout the Isthmus of Panama, where mahogany, araucaria, teak, mahogany, cedar, etc. are all valuable timbers, and as long as they are properly developed, they can obtain a steady stream of income.

Panama is also rich in mineral resources, but there are not many mines, the scale of the mines is often pitiful, the level of technology is extremely low, the copper ore reserves here are more than 200 million tons, the reserves are the fourth in the world, as far as the current level of technology is concerned, can be mined for 200 years.

Of course, Ford Benjamin is not Li Mu, so Ford Benjamin doesn't know what resources are hidden underground in Panama, but this does not affect Ford Benjamin to pour chicken soup for Eddie Hausman, and because of the lack of data, Ford Benjamin is unscrupulous.

"So what should we do?" Eddie Hausman is ambitious, not all for personal gain.

For the benefit of the official party, perhaps Eddie Haussman does not have such a lofty consciousness, but Eddie Haussman certainly does not want to leave Panama with only plunder and trauma, and does not want Panamanians to mention themselves in the future without bright spots, just like the outgoing Ulysses Grant, people are about to die and their words are good, some people will fall into madness when they are about to lose power, and some people will want to make up for society, which is human nature.

"Go to the Santiago Investment Company, they have created a miracle in Santiago that cannot be replicated in Panama." Ford Benjamin is still habitually fertilizing and not flowing into outsiders' fields.

About the San Diego Investment Company, which in the Caribbean, has indeed become a miracle.

Just a few years ago, Cuba was under Spanish rule, and Santiago was just a humble node on the Caribbean coast.

Now San Diego, after the Horse Group and the Morgan family took over the port of San Diego, industry and commerce have developed rapidly, San Diego has built a steel plant, expanded the scale of the port, and focused on the development of the processing industry, in recent years, Santiago purchased raw materials from the entire Caribbean, and then shipped back to San Diego for further processing, and then the processed products were sold back to the entire Caribbean, and has gradually become the industrial center and commercial center of the Caribbean.

Compared with Panama, Santiago has better conditions and more resources, which Panama does not have, but Panama also has advantages, and after the opening of the Panama Canal, Panama will become the throat of the Caribbean Sea by virtue of the canal, and Panama will have more advantages than Santiago, so Panama is not without the opportunity to copy the Santiago model, on the contrary, this opportunity is great.

"San Diego Investments—" Eddie Hausman hesitated.

Eddie Haussman certainly knows the background of the "San Diego Investment Company", the two major shareholders of this company, and also one of the two major shareholders of the Canal Company, what makes Eddie Haussman hesitate is that although San Diego has developed rapidly because of the existence of the San Diego Investment Company, at the same time, Santiago has lost a lot of things, such as the autonomy of the local government, which makes Eddie Haussman feel a little unacceptable.

In San Diego, just as Eddie Haussman learned, the local government of San Diego has almost lost all rights, and the current local government of San Diego is like a service department of the San Diego Investment Company, and all the meaning of its existence is to serve the San Diego Investment Company.

It's hard to say whether that's a blessing or a curse for Panama.

"On this point, I will only say one thing, in the future, after the canal is completed, most of the benefits generated by the canal will definitely be at the disposal of Bogotá, and it has nothing to do with your Panamanian government, and you may not realize it now, but I believe that one day, you will feel unwilling, because that is not what you want, so think about it, when you can't make up your mind, it might be a good idea to let someone else help you make up your mind." Ford Benjamin tried to see that this was meant to incite Eddie Hausman to rebel.

Although Ford Benjamin does not know it now, in the future, Panama and Colombia are indeed two countries, so what Ford Benjamin said is not all groundless.

This is actually very easy to understand, for example, the Panama Canal that is about to start construction, the Panama Canal Company from the United States invested in the canal, the Panamanian government that went out of the territory, and the Panamanian people paid for the manpower, and the Colombian government did just sign a word on the contract, and then it had to take most of the revenue generated by the canal in the future, so how willing the Panamanian government was.

This is how the disagreement arises, once the pay and the gain are not proportional, the cooperation will definitely not last long, for the company, for the country is also the same, even if Ford Benjamin does not provoke, sooner or later, the Panamanians will be dissatisfied with this distribution model, so since the disagreement will definitely happen, let's come earlier.