By 1827, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company had succeeded in monopolizing Missouri trade with the Indians.

In this inhospitable and barbaric region, the agents of the American Fur Company were heavily armed, and it was well understood that no competitor, or individual trader, would dare to enter the fur business.

The American Fur Company deterred and controlled everything, and it did not take the representatives of the government into account at all, and did not recognize any laws other than those required for their own interests.

It was through his monopoly on the fur trade in Missouri that John Jacob Astor made an astonishing profit, from an ordinary fur merchant to the richest man in the United States, and with the money earned from the fur trade, he began to get involved in real estate, and also made large investments in coal mines and other minerals, gas factories and other industries.

And Chen Mo's goal this time is to snatch food from the hands of the richest man in the United States!

In fact, Chen Mo could have chosen other targets with weaker strength, but it took too long and the efficiency was relatively low, far less fast and direct than this.

Moreover, the so-called richest man in the United States, a barbaric merchant who monopolized the fur trade in the entire Missouri region by force, was not looked down upon by Chen Mo at all, and his armed team that could deter any vain attempt to invade his "territory" to buy furs was nothing more than a chicken and a dog in Chen Mo's eyes, which could be destroyed.

However, Chen Moke didn't plan to make a move himself, but planned to use this opportunity to exercise the fighting ability of Victor and James.

Few other industries have ventured into the deep mountain wilderness like the fur trade, where force can be used at will, and Victor and James, two natural warriors, needed such an environment to hone their prowess.

John Jacob Astor would not have known that the Chinese merchant he had just ridiculed was not only eyeing his most lucrative fur business, but even planned to turn the armed forces in his hands into nourishment for the growth of the two beasts he raised!

Not long after staying in a luxury hotel in New York, Chen Mo took Victor and James to leave the bustling city again and head towards the lush forests of Missouri.

The two little ones were a novelty when they first arrived in New York, but they soon became bored, and there seemed to be nothing interesting here except for the dense architecture, the lavish decoration, and the busy crowds of people on the streets, and these immutable things quickly became boring after a few days of viewing.

Moreover, New York is a city with extremely developed business and finance, and the pace of the whole city is extremely fast, which makes the two people who grew up in a manor under the forest and surrounded by nature very uncomfortable.

Now that they had finally left the city, which was bustling and busy, but like a cage, Victor and James felt relaxed, like two locked beasts, finally free, sitting in the carriage with a look of excitement on their faces, not at all as sluggish and listless as they had been in the hotel a few days ago.

"Sir, where are we going this time?"

Victor was driving in front of the carriage, James sat in the carriage and looked at the natural scenery outside the window that gradually became familiar and comfortable, the depression of many days was swept away, but he became extremely curious about the destination this time, and after spending a long time with Chen Mo, James was not as restrained as at the beginning, and he asked directly when he had a question in his heart.

Although it was a little strange for Chen Mo to leave again after staying in New York for a short time, James was still very happy in his heart.

After all, he is only a teenager, he likes the relaxed and casual atmosphere, coupled with the beast-like wildness hidden in his heart, which makes him more interested in the vast and free environment, and he is more concerned about where they are going than why he left New York, another busy and crowded big city, or a quiet and free countryside.

Victor, who was driving in front of the carriage, heard James' words through the window and couldn't help but prick up his ears.

Like James, Victor, who grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and often went to the woods to play, didn't like the business atmosphere of New York, but he was a few years older and more mature than James, and he was not as impatient as James.

However, Victor was also curious about his destination.

Feeling the strong curiosity in the hearts of the two children, Chen Mo smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, slowly opened his mouth, and said slowly in the voice that Victor could just hear outside the window in front of him.

"Let's go hunting in the forest!"

Victor and James' eyes lit up when they heard this, obviously they were interested in what Chen Mo said about "hunting", when Victor first entered the forest to play, he often set traps in the forest, or used slingshots to hunt some rabbits, birds and other small beasts, and naturally knew the fun of hunting.

James, who has always been frail and sickly, rarely leaves Howlett Manor, and has no chance to enter the forest at all, is even more eager to hunt.

It's just that the two people inside and outside the carriage who were full of excitement didn't know that the "hunting" that Chen Mo was talking about was not what they thought, and the object of their hunting was neither the small birds and beasts that Victor had captured before, nor the large animals such as bison and grizzly bears, but the armed personnel of the American Fur Company under the command of John Jacob Astor!

With the lure of hunting, Victor and James, who were suffocated in New York, couldn't help but look forward to their destination, and even the speed of the carriage was much faster, and it took a few days to finally reach the vast forest of Missouri.

Leaving the carriage in a small village on the edge of the forest, Chen Mo walked into the forest with Victor and James with excited faces.

Shortly after they left the village, their whereabouts were reported to a group of armed men stationed in the village.

The village is close to the forest and connected to the outside world by a dirt road, which is the only way for many fur traders to enter and exit the forest, and the best place to rest and rest.

However, since the American Fur Company monopolized the entire Missouri fur trade more than ten years ago, there are few foreign fur traders here, and this village has also become the exclusive base of the armed personnel of the American Fur Company, and the information of every foreign person will be quickly reported to them, and these fur merchants who want to evade the armed personnel of the American Fur Company and secretly trade with the Indians in the forest, but once they enter the forest, none of them can come out again!