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"Hahaha! You see, young man, this is my pasture, which is 10 hectares and raises 50,000 cattle and sheep. (To read the latest chapter of this book, please visit the Wèn Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)" Henda Brown said proudly, pointing to a meadow in front of him. Originally, Situ Nan found Brown's home in Los Angeles, and the servant could tell Situ Nan that the Brown couple were on vacation at the ranch! So Situ Nan chased him to the ranch outside Los Angeles.

Although Los Angeles is also a big city in the United States, most of the population is in the city, but the suburbs are vast and sparsely populated, and the Brown family's ranch also includes a large area of forests and rivers, which is really not simple, Situ Nan thought to himself when he has a large area of such a ranch or farm, and when he has time, he can invite friends to hunt in the wild.

But now Situ Nan thinks more, I don't know if there is oil in this land, he even thinks that he will have money in the future, and it is not bad to open a meat processing factory, in two years, the First World War will start, this is not only the American ** fire dealer made money, all the Americans made a lot of money.

"Mr. Brown is really a good manager, not only is he a well-known mining merchant in California, but he also owns such a large ranch, which is really impressive." Situ Nan praised.

"Hey Handa, dinner is ready, call the guests to eat!" Molly Brown urged, and with the help of the servants, he had prepared dinner, all the food from their farm.

"Huh" a few of them rode around for an afternoon, the harvest was not bad, there were two rabbits and a wild boar, which was a lot of Lao He, although his boss had a face, not enthusiastic at all, but it was undeniable that his marksmanship was good.

"Your friend is extraordinary, it would be better if he could not keep a straight face." Handar said to Situ Nan.

"He's always like this, just get used to it." Situ Nan said. The Brown couple don't have too much ethnic discrimination, so they are not enthusiastic about He Wenxiu, but Lao He always has a bad face for white people, and Situ Nan is used to it.

"I didn't expect you to come to see me, Stoney, you're a good boy, come, try the tortillas." Molly warmly entertained Situ Nan and the two.

After dinner, the men gathered to get down to business, and Molly instructed the servants to do the housework.

"Mr. Brown, I would like to inquire about a man named Bert Fordlaw, who I heard is a mining company owner." Situ Nan asked.

"Oh!? Bert Fordlaus. Indeed, he is a powerful miner in California, who has been a gold mine for generations, but he is a braggart. Why are you asking him? Handar asked.

"I met him on the train, and he happened to have a set of drilling equipment, and I wanted to take it down, and I wanted to invest in the oil business." Situ Nan said calmly.

"Finding oil is a risky business, and I appreciate your courage. But you still have to find workers and technicians, I happen to know a geologist who is going to be sent by the government to work in the Philippines, and he hasn't left yet, he's in Los Angeles, and he's leaving next month, and I think he's a good choice, you can go to him. Handar said.

"What's his name?" Situ Nan asked.

"Wallace Pratt." Brown said.

"Wallace Pratt?" Situ Nan seemed to have heard of it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Alright! I'm going to look for him. See how he is? Situ Nan said.

Although Brown was not engaged in the oil industry, he met many businessmen and government officials in California, and what made Situ Nan feel even more was that the next day Handar personally took Situ Nan to visit Bot Fort Laus, and Situ Nan was able to get drilling equipment from Bot at half price, and with Hantec's guarantee, Situ Nan paid half of the money first, and the rest of the money was paid off a year later.

This is in the initial stage of Situ Nan, every money is precious, Brown's help is a great favor to Situ Nan, although it is just a gesture for Brown himself, Henda Brown heard his wife Molly say that Situ Nan is a righteous young man, and after the sinking of the Titanic, he saved many people. For such a young man, Handar Brown doesn't mind giving some help. And after coming into contact with Situ Nan, Brown found that Situ Nan is a young man with potential, and now what he lacks is just an opportunity, and maybe the investment in him now will have a greater return in the future. Because of these reasons, Brown's blue eyes for Situ Nan are not difficult to understand.

After getting the equipment, Situ Nan found Wallace Pratt, a very good young man, a geologist who was on his way to the Philippines, under Brown's guidance.

After talking to him, although this young man named Pratt didn't talk much, he could often grasp that speaking was the point, and he often squirted out some professional terms in his mouth, well, this Situ Nan didn't know much about it, but it didn't prevent him from thinking that this was a young man with an inner show, and the first meeting seemed a little cramped, but Situ Nan still had to talk hard to convince this Pratt to jump ship from the technician of the Navy Bureau.

Yes, Situ Nan constantly emphasized the importance of oil in the industrial field, and that oil exploration requires science and technology, not personal sensory experience, or the guidance of some god. You must know that at this time, oil exploration technology is not very reliable, many people do not believe in technical theories, many oil people rely on experience to eat, and some people even boast that they can smell oil hundreds of meters underground.

Pratt's words made Pratt a confidant, Pratt himself was a man who believed in technology, and he suddenly felt that it was not bad to follow this young man to find oil, and he didn't have to go to the distant Philippines to do any research, who knows where it was, where there was no oil.

In this way, Pratt's head was abducted by Situ Nan as soon as his mind was hot. Situ Nan didn't know that the person he abducted was an outstanding petroleum geologist who would later become famous in the United States, and was considered the "greatest oil seeker", otherwise he would have laughed when he read.

It's no wonder that the fledgling Pratt is just a young man who has just stepped out of school and doesn't have much fame.

After finding a technician, Situ Nan recruited several skilled oil workers, among whom was a dark and strong man with an old face, he said that his name was Hayes, and when he heard that Situ Nan offered a salary of three dollars a day, which was one dollar more than the other oil workers, he ran over.

During the interview, Situ Nan asked him, "Why did you come to me?" ”

"The salary is high here, and I have several younger siblings at home," Hayes said. Hayes cracked his mouth, his honest expression was unmistakable, but the determined eyes, the awesome muscles seemed to tell others that he could fight hard at any time for this job.

Embarrassment! Heyer is a natural blue-collar man! Situ Nan slandered this basketball player Hayes who looked like him in his previous life.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed! Where are you going to drill wells? Situ Nan already has a goal, and he believes that he will succeed this time. But before that, he had to get his hands on that piece of land, or at least the oil exploration rights. So he went to St. Davion's Springs in Los Angeles, where he had what he wanted.

There was a piece of high land in Shengdafenquan, but the land was not good, and it could not produce any crops, well, there were only two trees worth two dollars, so Situ Nan spent less than four thousand dollars to buy this two-hectare land from the owner.

The rest of the farm is also a rotten land, grass may still grow, the rest of the thought, the area is not very large, about 2000 acres, due to the poor soil quality, are all stone land, can not grow crops, it is simply a piece of chicken ribs, so the original owner wanted to sell the nearby land, so in the case of "reluctantly", Situ Nan spent 2000 US dollars to buy the rest of the land.

At this time, California was vast and sparsely populated, the land was not so valuable, and it was not close to the city, so Situ Nan was able to spend thousands of dollars to buy a large piece of land, covering almost the entire area of the oil field.

If there is no oil, this land is really worthless, but now it is difficult to say who will win or lose.

The farmer signed the contract, and after getting the money, he looked excited, as if he was laughing at where a stupid X spent so much money to buy a rotten land, is it good feng shui here? Oh, Americans don't seem to believe this.

"Are you sure you can drill oil here?" He Wenxiu, who came with Situ Nan, asked puzzledly, in his opinion, 6,000 US dollars could buy better land than this fast decaying land. Situ Nan's burning of money made him feel a little heartbroken.

Coupled with the money to buy equipment, Situ Nan's net worth of more than 10,000 US dollars is almost exhausted, and if he can't get oil, then he will have to be a farmer.

"If you eat mine, you will spit it out, and if you take mine, you will bring it back. Don't worry, I'm not stupid, we're developing soon, I'm sure. Situ Nan said confidently.

Two days after getting the land, Situ Nan and his entourage happily transported the machine to the high ground of Shengda Fenquan, and after some debugging, finally installed the drill floor in the afternoon.

Finally able to start work, Situ Nan was excited. As the drill bit rotated rapidly, the excavated soil continued to dig up. Operating a drilling rig is not only an individual job, but also a technical job, and you really can't use this guy without a certain amount of experience.

Fortunately, with Hayes, seeing his excited expression, the muscles all over his body bulged, and his movements were skillful, well, a little professional is the taste. Situ Nan considered whether to give him the Most Valuable Employee Award.

Bot didn't lie to himself, the devices looked a little old on the outside, but they worked fine all the time.

The percussion drilling rig they use has only two workers per shift, one is the driller, and the pipe drills into the ground; The other is a tool hand, who repairs and prepares drill bits and other tools.

With the enthusiastic help of an old tool hand, Situ Nan became a "qualified tool hand" and was familiar with the whole process of drilling.

It is good for the boss to understand technology, but he does not have to bow down to everything, and leave professional things to professional people to do. This is Situ Nan's idea, in fact, after being familiar with the operation process, Situ Nan is unwilling to stay there and engage in repetitive work, especially the extremely noisy drilling rig that Situ Nan can't stand it.

So after a while, Situ Nan handed over the work to Hayes, and the two shifts took turns to operate, with Pratt by the side to assist and guide.

Sometimes Situ Nan rode around the farm he had just bought, wearing a cowboy hat, like a nobleman patrolling his territory, with indescribable pride.

The original owner of the farm still planted some potatoes that were not harvested, so Situ Nan pulled a lot of potatoes for stew, well, the meat was hunted, the place here is relatively remote, there are dense woods on the highlands, and there are a lot of prey in it.

Situ Nan was not far from the construction site, and hearing the rumbling sound of the machine made him feel good.

Situ Nan wore a cowboy hat and a shotgun in his hand, approached the prey carefully, and then suddenly opened fire, and put the prey down with a "jump".

Under Lao He's tutelage, after wasting a lot of bullets, Situ Nan's marksmanship has improved a lot, as evidenced by the pheasants and hares that die under Situ Nan's guns every day.

He Wenxiu also didn't like drilling, he felt that doing that job was stupid and boring, and he was happy to accompany Situ Nan to hunt.

Among these people, Situ Nan is the most informal, the most hard-working is naturally Hayes, well, there is also the most diligent Pratt, who not only learns the skills of manipulating the machine, but also analyzes the composition of the drilled rock, thinks about the nearby geological structures, and tries to get first-hand information, and the practice is more direct and profound than the conclusions in the books.

Pratt feels that this trip has not been in vain, a hard work, a harvest, and practical research, Pratt, the future geologist, is growing up step by step.

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