Scott is dead.

Except for Chen Jianqiu and the coachman, no one knew.

Those who knew he had left prison thought that he had long since disappeared into New Mexico; Everyone else thought he was still in prison.

The Santa Fe Group, which lost Scott, soon collapsed.

The Democrats took control of the entire state of New Mexico.

As the biggest boss behind the scenes of the Democratic Party, Chen Jianqiu has made a lot of money.

The Roswell Military Works built a new plant near Taos.

The new governor, Gardner, with the help of Chen Jianqiu, made good on his promise.

Many small factories began to pop up all over New Mexico.

Sanjiang Bank provided them with loan funds, and the Roswell Military Factory provided technical standards and guidance support.

These small factories produce some of the upstream component products for the Roswell Ordnance Factory.

New Mexico was originally the least popular place on the frontier outside of Arizona.

Because it is dry and rainy, it is not suitable for the growth of the farmer, and it is not like Texas where large quantities of cattle can be grazing.

But with the rare appearance of factories as in the east, many immigrants from the west flocked in.

At the same time, more Chinese crossed the ocean to the port of Ensenada, Mexico.

This deep-water port in Mexico has replaced San Francisco as the first stop for Chinese people on the North American continent.

They then took the train to Juarez, from where they entered New Mexico.

This western border state is gradually showing a thriving atmosphere.

As the main driving force behind all this.

Chen Jianqiu rarely interfered in the affairs of the state government.

However, according to the usual practice, as long as there is a new bill, Haring will communicate with him in advance, so as not to damage the interests of the financiers behind it.

With the development and expansion of Roswell's businesses, more and more talents have come to this town.

They were mainly chemists and mainly worked for explosives factories.

As chairman of Roswell's Science and Technology Committee, Holmes, the night school principal, suddenly remembered his identity as a geologist.

He felt that he could not waste his time, so he proposed to Chen Jianqiu to organize a group of explorers to go to New Mexico to see if there were any new mineral deposits.

Chen Jianqiu agreed.

And he told Holmes that it wouldn't be long before he could cross the border to northern Mexico to do the same.

Because former Mexican President Díaz is back in power!

As a leading figure in the school of Scientology, Riemantour was also appointed Minister of Commerce.

He immediately approached Chen Jianqiu, hoping that he could further increase his investment in Mexico.

The content includes, but is not limited to, the construction of railways, and it is also possible to have a decent mine.

Everyone is busy.

On this day, the explosives expert Makqin suddenly found Chen Jianqiu.

The two went to the warehouse where the raw materials were stored.

"There is another batch of saltpeter shipped from the Juarez port." He pointed to the mountains of yellow-white crystals in front of the warehouse and said, "The warehouse can't be saved!" ”

"They're like this every time, and they don't think about the production capacity here!" Makqin complained.

"Then let's pile it up first." Chen Jianqiu said disapprehantly, "The goods of other companies in the Gunpowder Association are all shipped directly from Tijuana, and the cost of shipping from Roswell is too high. ”

"The main ingredient in this thing is sodium nitrate, and it's hot in the summers in New Mexico, so it's not appropriate to pile it in the open."

Makqin picked up one of them, flipped it in his hand, and threw it back into the saltpeter pile.

"Then you can only build a shed first, you go to Li Sifu and ask him to bring a few people over with materials, let's order it first." Chen Jianqiu looked at the saltpeter pile and said.

Fortunately, the climate in New Mexico is similar to that of the Atacama Desert in Chile, and it doesn't rain much.

"Okay, I'll look back at the manufacturing workshop, when will this batch of raw materials be sent in." Makqin replied.

Seeing that the matter was dealt with, Chen Jianqiu turned around and walked towards his black radish.

He rode out of the yard and swayed along the south side of the town in the direction of the refinery.

Yellow is still the dominant color in Roswell.

However, the green that appeared in front of him, although it was very sparse, made Chen Jianqiu's eyes light up.

There is a test field.

A man-made canal runs through the test plot and leads the waters of the Pecos River to the town of Roswell.

On both sides of the canal are planted some New Mexico juniper, sheltering some of the wind and sand.

And around them, some desert plants, such as shrubs and artemisia, also stubbornly grow, green patches.

It's just that in the experimental field, it's still a sparse piece.

Chen Jianqiu rode his horse along the canal and approached the test field.

He suddenly found that not far away, Zhang Danian was sitting on the ridge, rubbing the soil with his hands, and sighing.

Chen Jianqiu got off the horse and walked to the old man's side:

"Uncle Danian, why do you sigh every time I see you?"

Zhang Danian raised his head, the wrinkles on his face deepened like a ravine, and he looked sad:

"It's been more than two years, and there are still no crops growing in this field."

Zhang Danian's depression stems from the feelings for the land that have been engraved in the bones of Chinese farmers for thousands of years;

On the other hand, it is the sense of responsibility of being the chairman of the Roswell Committee of Agriculture.

Guns and ammunition have been made, banks have been opened, and they are all developing well, but his experimental field has not achieved any results at all.

What kind of chairman is the chairman of the Committee of Agriculture without agriculture?

Chen Jianqiu smiled, he also squatted down and comforted the old man:

"It's nothing, there is no food growing in this place, besides, we now have enough funds to purchase from outside."

"That's not the way to go." The old man shook his head, "How can there be any reason to put the lifeblood of food in the hands of others." ”

Chen Jianqiu naturally understood this truth.

"This land is not fertile, everything is sparse, dung, grass ash or something, I have tried many times, but I can't make base fertilizer."

Lack of fertilizer?

Chen Jianqiu's mind suddenly remembered something.

He pulled Zhang Danian up from the ground.

"What's wrong? Jianqiu? Zhang Danian patted the ash on his buttocks and looked at Chen Jianqiu with a puzzled expression.

His young master has always looked pampered and unfazed, and he is rarely so excited.

"I know where there is fertilizer!"

Chen Jianqiu pulled Zhang Danian and walked in the direction he came.

He felt that he had neglected the matter.

There has been no way to take this barren place before, because there are no decent resources in hand.

But it's different now.

I got saltpeter from Chile!

Isn't sodium nitrate the best nitrogen fertilizer you can find right now!

Although it is said that this thing is not as affordable as making explosives and gunpowder as fertilizer, it is not said that it is not okay!

Now these people don't realize the beauty of fertilizer.

Jin Ke is a thing that can turn decay into magic.

As long as you have the resources in your hands, so many chemists can't make other fertilizers under your own guidance?

Chen Jianqiu rode a black radish and took Zhang Danian to the pile of saltpeter.

Li Sifu was leading a group of people to build a shed, and when he saw the two of them coming, he was about to say hello or something.

"Don't build it yet, move some of it to the open land, crush it and sprinkle it directly in the field to make base fertilizer." Chen Jianqiu looked at the stunned crowd and ordered.

"This thing, can it be used as fertilizer?" Zhang Danian will be skeptical.

"Try it, how do you know if you don't try." Chen Jianqiu winked at him.

"Give me some time, and I will find other raw materials to make this land grow food!"