The second more, ask for recommendations, ask for collections, and put the third more at night.

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George, the great family, finally put down the pen, got into the money hole, and became the president of the East Texas Oil Company.

Of course, the reason why they were able to get this key position from Standard Oil with a small stake was because Rockefeller's men, after a month of basic surveying, came to the conclusion that the reserves of the large East Texas oil fields would definitely not be less than the amount that Thomas had originally advertised.

After getting the news, Young Master Li locked himself in the house for a whole day, he regretted his death, who would have thought that the numbers he made up were so accurate, he knew that this was the case, and he didn't even consider it if he didn't have 50 million. In fact, he underestimated that when the United States discovered an oil field in 1930, it would have been 680 million tons of recoverable figures.

However, there is no regret in this world, unless you can cross it again, but fortunately, through Thomas's efforts, he finally won the position of president, and in this way, he finally grasped some initiative.

And unlike Li Mo's chagrin, whether it is Thomas, Chen Ping, or George, who has just joined, the admiration for him is simply to the point of no return, especially George, who even said that he wanted to write a biography of him, but Li Mo refused.

After solving the problem of money, Li Mo once again set his sights on the northernmost tip of the Pacific Ocean, since he planned to adjust the Pacific Ocean well, then Northwest Canada and Alaska, which are rich in resources, naturally became the top priority.

Fortunately, Li Mo has not relaxed his attention there, as early as after the negotiations with the Rockefeller Company began, he sent Chen Ping to inquire where there are suitable ships to buy, and finally after receiving the cash, he immediately bought four 5,000-ton large cargo ships that had just been built at a price of 500,000 US dollars each, although the price was a little higher, but it was a spot, so he endured it, not only that, Li Mo also placed an order for twelve more ships of the same ship in one breath in Chen Ping's consternation.

The ship was driven to San Francisco by Chen Ping with the temporarily recruited shipwrights. As soon as Thomas had arranged everything for the oil company, he packed all the mining equipment ordered to deter Standard Oil during the negotiations, plus thousands of tons of supplies, into the freighter.

After seeing the four brand-new steam freighters, Li Mo, who had lamented for a few days, finally returned to normal, and with the roar of the whistle, the four freighters slowly sailed out of the port of San Francisco and rushed north.

The Gulf of Alaska in May is still very cold, and there are floating broken ice everywhere, fortunately, with the Aleutian Islands blocking it, the big icebergs cannot go down the river, otherwise, Master Li may really experience the thrill of the Titanic!

However, compared with the troubles in the voyage, Thomas, who was holding Cindy in the cabin, was even more worried, because many of the machinery he purchased this time were large, although he temporarily bought three hundred horses and ten small flat steamboats, but in the face of such a huge amount of materials, he still had no bottom in his heart. So early in the morning, I rushed to Li Mo's room and wanted to find a way to find him.

"I said Thomas, you should go and sleep with Cindy in your arms at this time." Li Mo sighed, stretched his waist, looked at the guy in front of him with great hatred, and thought of it even more viciously in his heart. "Could it be that this guy has become bad after being scared of me a few times? Do you want the young master to comfort the Scottish beauty for him? ”

Of course, this can only be said in my heart, if Thomas knows, it is estimated that he will really find Li Mo desperately. "Hey, it's all at this age, if I'm a few years older, why should I be alone every day, young master? Can only look drooling! ”

"Hey." Sighing again, Li Mo said, "Well, dear Thomas, if you don't have anything important, I swear that I will definitely leave you to those Indian women to deal with!" ”

"Say, it's too vicious!" Thomas cursed Young Master Li as he expressed his worries.

Soon, Chen Ping also came to the rest cabin, looking at the large map that was purchased and resketched by Li Mo, the three of them had no good way, who made the railway to Alaska still on the drawing at this moment, and the railway from Canada to the Northwest is also still in the political axe.

Since ancient times, transportation has been the main factor restricting economic development, especially like the northern coast of the Gulf of Alaska, because it is a bitter cold place, transportation is more difficult, not to mention that there are no heavy trucks, there are no airplanes, completely relying on rail and sea, it is indeed very difficult to develop here.

But this place is too important for Master Li, once the rich resources here are brought out, then no matter what he does in the future, he will be full of confidence, not to mention, now the eyes of the Americans are still in Cuba and South America, and they have not come here, if they don't control here quickly, then when the Americans turn around and start building the Alaska Railway, then for him, it will be a catastrophe!

"How do you solve this problem?" Li Mo's gaze swept over the map over and over again, and suddenly, he picked up the pen and sketched it again in the amazement of Thomas and Chen Ping.

This time, Li Mo did not start to enclose the land again as the two imagined, but after connecting several circled veins, he began to radiate around, and when they were all depicted, Thomas and Chen Ping found that starting from the port of Chirkut in Skagüey, it was like radiation, enveloping Dawson, Mayo, and even Fairbanks.

"Li, you don't want to build your own railway, do you?" Looking at the lines and finally turning to Skagui, Thomas woke up like a dream.

"Why not?" Li Mo smiled and put down his pen.

"God, you know what? According to your plan, the total length of such a railway would be at least a thousand miles, and at present prices it would cost at least five million pounds, twenty thousand workers, and at least three years to complete. "Thomas is a professional, and when he sees the lines, he immediately calculates.

"Money is not an issue, the important thing is that we don't have that many resources, and such a large-scale construction of railways also requires the consent of the Canadian political axe." Chen Ping also shook his head.

The corners of Li Mo's mouth were raised, and he suddenly lowered his voice, like a big bad wolf tempting the little white rabbit, and said mysteriously: "Thomas, do you know what business is the most profitable in this world?" ”

"The most profitable? A gold mine, of course! Thomas said immediately, his eyes widening, and he thought, what is this guy going to do?

"No, it's a rodeo!" Suddenly, Li Mo suddenly drew a big circle around the periphery of the drawn line.

God, that circle has included the entire watershed, what the hell is that guy going to do? Thomas touched his forehead, he felt that he was about to go crazy, why did he, a top student who graduated from the University of London, always seem so ignorant in front of this demon?

Chen Ping next to him was even more at a loss, could it be that the young master wanted to seize this place by force? God, although Canada is separated from the United Kingdom, it is not something that these people can deal with at the moment, who only have a few dozen guns.

Looking at the sluggish two, Young Master Li became more and more excited, thinking that the whole person behind him was actually hot, only to see him swing his fist fiercely: "I inquired when I was in the United States, Americans and Canadians are very interested in building a railway through Alaska, especially the Canadian political axe, they have come up with a complete railway plan, but they are worried about the capital and the rate of return and have not started." ”

"So, Thomas, you can go and tell the Canadians that you are willing to invest five million pounds to help build this important railway, but in return, the political axe must sell you the mineral rights to this watershed for thirty years!"

Thomas was dumbfounded, where is this playing a big game? If the political axe really agrees to this condition, then it can be said that the entire river basin will become his Li Mo's private territory in the next thirty years. And even if he agreed, he didn't have much money and manpower to develop it, knowing that just the gold mine needed 20,000 workers. And judging from the circle drawn by Li Mo, the amount of money needed will be astronomical.

"We don't have that much money!" Thomas was simple and direct, but Chen Ping didn't say a word, just staring at the map, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Hehe, no money! Then go find the money. As soon as we win the right to develop the entire river basin, you will immediately announce the news of the discovery of a large gold mine, and then send people to look for other mineral deposits, and after finding it, immediately go to the United States, to Europe, to those rich people's places, to attract investment! Tell them that there is an abundance of gold, iron ore, coal and sulphur, as well as abundant timber and furs. ”

"Attracting investment?" Thomas had a strange look on his face.

Young Master Li, who had already fully entered the state, didn't care if there was no such word this year, and continued: "Yes, attracting investment, since we can succeed in Rockefeller once, then why can't we do it again here?!" ”

"I know, young master, do you mean to use gold mines as bait, and then use the media to draw a big cake, and those businessmen come here to invest and build mines?" Chen Ping was the first to react.

Looking at Thomas and Chen Ping, who had been agitated, red-faced and short-breathed, Li Mo continued to pour oil: "Yes! At that time, as long as you control the merchants who come according to the proportion, then you will wait for the rest of your life to count the money and play! ”

"It's just five million pounds!" Young Master Li didn't know that at this moment, in the eyes of the two of them, he had become a certain creature with a pair of horns on his head and a carrot as a lure.

"Okay, I'll try!" Thomas has been completely aroused, and in the face of the largest cake in history, Master Li has shown the decisiveness and determination that a Jewish businessman should have.

"Don't worry, when you buy the main gold mine, we still have time to get started!" Li Mo narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Trust me, you will become a real mining tycoon!" ”

"Young Master, we're here!" Outside the door, there was the roar of Zhang Shun and the whistle.