Chen Jianqiu carried the body of the hapless cougar back to the camp.

"Oh, that's a big guy." The groom gave a heartfelt admiration.

"I want teeth, put them in a necklace and catch them." Sean licked his lips.

"Are your ancestors from Wakanda?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at the black man.

"What is it?" Sean didn't know why, he said very calmly, "I know my mom is black American, but my dad doesn't know because I don't know who my dad is." ”

"Nothing." Chen Jianqiu handed over the body to Asuka.

The Indians were good at handling this stuff.

Asuka peeled the carcass in three strokes and divided it by two, and then spent a long time picking shrapnel in the flesh.

It was soon dark.

The smell of meat soon dissipated in the camp, and the people were already hungry and devoured the meat.

To Chen Jianqiu's surprise, the meat of the cougar tasted okay.

Sort of, like a calf?

After filling their stomachs, the crowd chatted for a while around the campfire.

Chen Jianqiu and Asuka were on night duty, and the others went into their tents to sleep.

After several days of trekking, they reached Bismarck, where they parted.

"If you have time, come to New York often!"

On the platform, Roosevelt shook Chen Jianqiu's hand and said solemnly.

"Although our views are not the same on some things, this does not prevent me from respecting you, let alone denying the fact that you are my savior."

His words were sincere, just as he was with his honest standards.

"I think we're friends."

Chen Jianqiu smiled and shook his hand:

"Say hello to little Astor for me."

After parting ways with Roosevelt, Chen Jianqiu and the others spent a few more weeks taking the train back to Roswell.

The research on chemical fertilizers is in full swing.

Holmes and his oilfield drillers went to the basin and began drilling, and soon got a batch of potash.

Betzelius led a group of chemists to screen and purify the main ores.

The first samples were not produced very much, plus phosphate fertilizer and natural sodium nitrate saltpeter from Mexico.

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are also complete for a while.

But Zhang Danian couldn't wait.

He had to take advantage of the right weather to plant things quickly.

As for the type of agricultural products to choose, Chen Jianqiu had already decided before leaving.

Mainly potatoes.

That is, potatoes.

It's easy to bring back bad memories of the Irish in the United States.

For example, why did they, or their parents, come to the United States?

Forty years ago, there was a great famine in Ireland when the potatoes they relied on were stricken with late blight caused by the bacterium Phystans.

The potatoes were not harvested.

Plus all sorts of inappropriate human behavior in the British Empire.

Millions of people starved to death, and others were forced to leave their homes and go overseas to earn a living.

A large part of them crossed the ocean to the continent of North America.

The main reasons for the late blight of potatoes are, firstly, that the potato varieties in Ireland are abnormally single and have poor disease resistance; Second, Ireland's climate is relatively humid and cold, which is prone to the growth of pathogenic phytophthora fungus.

As it happens, Roswell doesn't have this problem.

What is dry here can not be drier anymore.

Chen Jianqiu is not at all worried about these North American varieties of potatoes getting sick.

Roswell has a large temperature difference between day and night, and long hours of daylight.

He believes that with the help of chemical fertilizers, the best quality potatoes can be grown here.

In addition to potatoes, there are also some sorghum and peanuts.

As for Betzelius and the chemists, they are studying how to further produce more efficient hydrolyzed potash fertilizers.

Chen Jianqiu gave them ample time and financial support.

Because he knows that as long as any of the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers can be economically mass-produced, then he is basically sitting and counting the money.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that your arms business in New Mexico is in full swing?"

In a mansion in Juarez.

Mr. Le Mantool, Mexico's Minister of Commerce, is playing billiards with Chen Jianqiu, the richest man in New Mexico.

This mansion was given to him by Chen Jianqiu as his residence in Juarez.

He sat on a chair at the pool table, sipping coffee on the edge of the chair.

The pole rested silently against the side.

He's lost five or six games in a row.

Chen Jianqiu let him tee off in every game, but as long as he broke the link and sat back on the chair, Chen Jianqiu never let him stand up again.

"Well, it's okay."

Chen Jianqiu walked around the table, observing the ball on the table, and designing the route of hitting the ball.

"It takes a lot of copper to produce bullets, and as far as I know, your copper is now mainly purchased by Rockefeller's United Copper Company, right? There seems to be a little misunderstanding between you. ”

Riemantour sipped his coffee as he pondered his words.

What he said was the truth.

Since Standard Oil returned from New Mexico, Rockefeller has never forgotten Chen Jianqiu's opponent.

He didn't miss any opportunity to disgust Chen Jianqiu.

"Well, it's a little bit of a misunderstanding, but it's not a big problem, we still have copper mines from Chile."

Chen Jianqiu's expression did not change, and he said lightly.

He leaned over and started hitting the ball.

"But Chile is far away after all, so it's not a good deal." Riemantour smiled rather than laugh.

He's still telling the truth.

The route from Chile to the United States is long.

With that ship loaded with copper ore, it would be better to decorate it with more saltpeter.

"What? When did you suddenly worry about my raw materials? Chen Jianqiu aimed at the white ball, "Say, is it that Dias has sent you some task again?" ”

Seeing Chen Jianqiu say this, Riemantur went straight to the point:

"The Mexican government wants to buy the ownership of the railroad built by the Santa Fe Railroad Company in Mexico, and in exchange for giving you a copper mine in the north, which is currently the most productive copper mine in North America."

"In addition, the land that was given to you before will still belong to you."

"The railway has not been completed yet, and the price is difficult to estimate."

Chen Jianqiu hit it with one shot.

With a "bang", the target ball went into the net, and the white ball followed his planned trajectory and stopped exactly in the predetermined position.

"Well, that's another issue, and we want you to continue to provide labor and technical support to finish the railroads in the remaining two states."

Riemantour said.

Mexico's states are more siloed than their neighbors, and Díaz needs to take control of Mexico by taking control of the railroads.

Chen Jianqiu looked embarrassed:

"It's hard for me to convince the other shareholders of the railroad, you know, the old guys in the east are hard to deal with."

Riemantur looked at Chen Jianqiu's appearance, and his face twitched.

Who doesn't know that the board of directors of the Santa Fe Railroad Company exists in name only.

The second shareholder is the governor of New Mexico, or your ferromagnetic.

Aren't these things all your words?

"Let's add another silver mine." Riemantour gritted his teeth.

"Then add the phosphate mine in Baja California, but I would recommend that you wait until the railroad is all done before handing it over to the Mexican government."

Chen Jianqiu started hitting the ball again.

He was not at all worried about whether Riemantour would agree.

As long as they achieve their own ends, these compradors are unequivocal in selling their country's assets.

"Okay."

The Secretary of Commerce replied cleanly.

Chen Jianqiu's pole struck out again.

This time, though, the ball didn't go into the hole.

He walked up to Riemantool, smiled and said to his opponent, who was almost numb in the buttocks:

"Mr. Minister, it's your turn."

After the two played for a while, there was a knock on the door of the mansion.

The servant opened the door, and a man hurried in.

It's Abiot.

He walked up to Chen Jianqiu's side and said something into his ear.

"Mr. Rimantool, I have some things that I need to miss."

Chen Jianqiu said apologetically.

The two returned to the municipal office in Juárez.

Abiot took out a telegram and handed it to Chen Jianqiu.

"Roswell turned around." He said.

This telegram was taken by Hanifti Hawley, in Hawley's tone:

"Boss, what should I do next, if I continue to do this, I'm afraid I'm going to be the boss."