Walking through the Chihuahua Desert, it is certainly difficult to walk without water.

However, Manager Pete and his assessment team clearly have no experience in this area.

By the next day, they found that the water in their water bags was empty.

They don't have water, but Chen Jianqiu does.

In line with the principle of overcoming difficulties together, he said that if he has his own sip of water to drink, he cannot be wronged by the assessment team.

He is willing to share with them the most precious resources of this desert for a fee.

So, on the fifth day, when Pete rode on his donkey and saw the stone fortress, the amount he owed Chen Jianqiu had reached one hundred and two dollars.

Pete looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and went back to Rockefeller for reimbursement, and the rest of the self-admitting and pasting a little.

Chen Jianqiu led the team into the stone fortress.

There were fewer people in the stone fortress than before, only Hanif and the lawyer, and a few Chinese lads as soldiers on duty.

The others, on the other hand, are helping out in the oil wells and in the new town.

"Wash your face, have a meal, and then take you to see the oil well." Chen Jianqiu fetched a bucket of water from the well of the stone fortress and brought it up to Pete.

"You don't need money for this bucket of water, do you?" Pete asked warily.

"No, I'll send you." Chen Jianqiu fetched another bucket of water and poured it into his basin.

He took a cloth out of the room, took off his shirt, damped it with water and began to wipe his upper body.

"What is this stone fortress for?" Pete looked up at the tall stone walls around him.

"Defend against the Indians, you know, this is the place where the Indians lived, and they would come back from time to time to harass them." Chen Jianqiu said while rubbing his body.

"Sao,,harass?" Pete stammered.

He wasn't quite sure what Chen Jianqiu's harassment meant.

"Oh, just come and shoot arrows, peel off your scalp or something." Chen Jianqiu looked disapproving, "We're going to have a dozen people dead this year." ”

Pete's face turned whiter.

The people who came back either returned to their houses to tidy up their things, or were busy moving the grain on the cart to the warehouse.

By the time everyone was busy with everything they were doing, it was already approaching noon.

"Manager Pete, let me tell you about the food standards on our side first." Chen Jianqiu walked out of the kitchen room with a plate.

He brought the plate to Pete, which contained a potato and a piece of cured meat, and a carrot.

Subsequently, Chen Jianqiu brought out his plate again, which was exactly the same as Pete's.

He sat across from Pete and told Pete the price of each ingredient as he ate.

Halfway through listening, Pete knew that when he left here in a few weeks, the number on the IOU would be heavenly.

"There's no way, this ghost place is more than a hundred kilometers away from the nearest town, and the supplies are too short," Chen Jianqiu cut a slice of marinated meat and stuffed it into his mouth along with potato chips.

Pete ate the contents of his plate in silence.

An hour later, Chen Jianqiu walked out of the stone fortress, followed by several members of the assessment team.

They were obviously a little shorter than Chen Jianqiu.

Because Chen Jianqiu rode a majestic black radish, and they rode a donkey.

They passed by the deserted old town of Roswell.

The wreckage of the houses destroyed by the tornado, still scattered on the ground, and the broken walls and roofs tell the newcomers all the time that this place has experienced a catastrophe.

Pete and the assessment team were horrified: "What the hell happened here before?" ”

"Tornado." Chen Jianqiu looked at the deserted town, "We don't live here anymore. ”

Pete's head was a little dizzy, and he was asking himself inwardly.

Desert, remote, Indian, tornado...... What if this place produces oil, and can production be sustainable? Is the cost of shipping out worth it?

He glanced at the rest of the assessment team.

It seems that they have the same idea.

The group rounded the edge of Roswell and headed south until they saw a little green.

Chen Jianqiu looked into the distance, and there was not much change around the oil well that was erected high, but in the direction of the south, about a kilometer away from the oil well, there were many more buildings.

These guys are pretty fast.

A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Jianqiu's mouth, he slapped the black radish's buttocks, and the black horse spread its hooves and galloped away in the direction of the oil well.

"Hey, wait for us, Chen...... Ahem, ahem......" Pete ate a mouthful of ash behind Chen Jianqiu.

He also slapped the donkey on the buttocks under his crotch, but the donkey lost his temper and threw Pete directly to the ground.

By the time Pete, who had a blue nose and a swollen face, and the assessment team arrived around the oil well, Chen Jianqiu and oil expert Smith were already waiting for them.

Because there has not yet been a clear reply from Chen Jianqiu and the news of expanded reproduction.

So Smith and Engineer Jackson had a very easy time, and the soldiers under their command turned workers also went to the construction site next door to earn extra money.

The checkout over there is all real gold sand.

Smith, an oil expert, stayed in his cabin next to the well, studying the best depth to drill.

Therefore, when Chen Jianqiu arrived, the expert did not rush to ask for news from the company, but pulled him and showed him his research results during this period of time.

When Pete and the team arrived at the well, he saw Smith sketching on a wooden board.

The old man behind Pete Schultz was stunned, and Smith was also stunned when he saw Schultz.

"It's you?!"

The two of them spoke at the same time.

Oil expert Smith used to work for Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, but then left for some reason, as for what the reason was, Smith never said, and Chen Jianqiu never asked.

There is no mutual affection between old colleagues, and there is no sympathy between scientists.

The atmosphere between the two seems to be a little wrong.

"Where's the sample oil?" Schultz changed his old and dizzy image and asked Smith aggressively.

"On what basis do you command me? Do you think it's still the same as when you were in the company? "Smith doesn't give face at all," Rockefeller smelled more oil than a dog. ”

The sample oil has been sent out, if it weren't for the sample oil, you people would be here?

This is purely a harassment, an insult.

"We came to take over the well at the request of the company and assess the scale of production, which is now an asset of Standard Oil." Pete joins the fray.

"Who are you?" Smith pointed at Chen Jianqiu at the fat man who was talking in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more unpleasant he became, "What he said is true?" ”

Chen Jianqiu nodded: "Well, that's right, Astor sold most of the equity here." ”

Smith looked incredulous, and Schultz's face was full of mockery: "It's all said, people like you honestly dig up your specimens." What kind of coaxing is there behind you, do you know how to refine oil? ”

With that, the old man put his hands behind his back and slipped to the edge of the oil well by himself.

He sniffed, and in a nearby room, he found a barrel of sample oil.

Schultz looked into the barrel a few times, sniffed it, then found a stick from the side and poked it inside.

"I'll just say, you bales should get out, what good things can you get out?" The old man proudly closed the lid, "The crude oil here has a high content of sulfur compounds, and all of them have a smell of rotten eggs, which requires a special refining process. ”

Pete's heart "chuckled" again.

The old man's words hit him widely, because Engineer Jackson, who happened to be idle, took Tom and Jerry to screw the steam engine.

"What do you mean?" He spun out and looked angrily at the arrogant old man.

Schultz thought that he was a pheasant oil expert like Smith, and nodded: "Yes, you can all go back, everything in the original company, we have taken over here." ”

Jackson flew into a rage and threw the wrench in his hand at Schultz's head.

Although it was a little crooked, it still hit the old man in the chest.

The old man staggered back a few steps, and finally sat down on the ground, barely catching his breath.

"We'll sue you!" Pete ran over to help Schultz and said to Jackson, "I'll let you know how expensive this wrench is." ”

"Then I'll give you another punch. Let's do the math! Jackson was about to rush forward, but was grabbed from behind by Smith and Tom.

Chen Jianqiu stood aside, hugging his shoulders and watching, without the slightest intention of obstruction.

He waved to Jerry on the side, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Jerry nodded, and rode towards the new town a kilometer away.

Oil workers are doing odd jobs on the construction site over there.

After a while, a group of people rushed in the direction of the oil well, dusty along the way.

At the same time, their roars were heard.

"Someone is going to smash our jobs, brothers, kill them!"

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