North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 49 The First Huge Sum

Blood Eagle and a dozen other Blackfoot warriors all left drunk in the end.

They took away three thousand kilograms of grain and five large barrels of rum and disappeared into the night.

"In this world, there really is nothing that can't be solved with a meal of wine! If that can't be solved, then two meals will do!"

Looking at their disappearing backs, A Zu breathed a sigh of relief.

For both emotional and practical reasons, he was unwilling to go to war with the Indians.

Later generations made it very clear through genetic sequencing that Indians and Chinese have a common ancestor, and their ancestors all came from northern China.

From this point of view, Indians are indeed the distant brothers of the Chinese.

Once the fighting breaks out, it will be a fratricide, an absolute tragedy.

Moreover, regardless of whether we can win or not, why use human lives to solve something that can be solved with food and wine?
After dealing with this wave of Blackfoot people, the gold mining process continued as usual.

In this way, more than ten days passed in a dull and boring manner, making a fortune every day.

The amount of gold found every day is increasing, and has grown to more than 800 ounces per day.

When it comes to the half-monthly supply replenishment, Captain Vic still personally drives the boat to deliver the supplies.

A-Zu also personally led his men to the place where the ship was unloaded last time, waiting for the rumbling paddle steamer to arrive.

As soon as the boat docked, Vic jumped over the side and gave A-Zu a big hug.

"Dear Li, how have you considered what I told you last time?"

The debt pressure on Vic disappeared, and he became much more cheerful.

"I prefer gold to women!"

A-Zu patted the buckets of gold around him!
"Haha, this shows that you are still too young and have not tasted the fragrance of a woman!"

As he spoke, Vic turned around and looked at the large iron barrels around A-Zu, and said in surprise: "So many...!"

"Half a month, 10,700 ounces, I leave it to you!"

"How many did you say?!!"

A-Zu then repeated it again.

“Oh My God!!!”

Captain Vic couldn't control his emotions and burst into an exclamation of disbelief!

"Ten thousand seven hundred ounces, that's... two hundred and twenty thousand dollars!"

Captain Vic quickly lowered his voice and looked around warily: "Li, how could there be so many in just half a month?"

"A lot?" A-Zu smiled faintly: "If there is no such huge benefit, why should I take such a huge risk?"

"Li, aren't you afraid that I will run away with all this gold?" Captain Vic tried his best to lower his voice, but still couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart.

"Run? Can you run?" A Zu said calmly, "I believe that with Mr. Captain's vision, he knows clearly that as long as you keep following me, you will only make more money!"

"A mere two hundred thousand dollars in gold is just an appetizer!"

Ah Zu grinned and said, "Even if Mr. Captain runs off with the gold, your 20% stake will belong to me. Hehe, I only make money and never lose money!"

"Hey, Li, you really have a firm grasp of human nature!"

A Zu changed the subject: "Hurry up and tell me, what's going on in San Francisco now? Is there a commotion?"

"It's a huge commotion!" Vic replied. "I don't know where all these enemies of the Cameron family have appeared from. They're vying for the Cameron family's property, both openly and covertly."

"Li, guess how many times the Cameron family has been sued in just half a month? How many lawsuits have they lost?"

"Sue the Cameron family? Haha, what a vulgar method!" "Yes! In just half a month, the Cameron family has been sued more than twenty times. Almost all of them accused the Cameron family of illegally occupying their property and demanded that the Cameron family return it!"

A Zu replied, "This is just the obvious one, right? There must be more hidden tricks."

"Li, I have to admire your vision once again! These days, the remaining descendants of Cameron have suffered more than a dozen assassination attempts, both large and small."

"Some even openly came to the Cameron family's door, holding loan notes whose authenticity was unknown, demanding immediate repayment. They even openly robbed and stole the Cameron family's property...!"

"There are even gangs that have directly kidnapped Cameron's descendants and are demanding ransoms...! It's like all the bad guys in California have emerged to take a bite out of the Cameron family's fat piece of meat."

A-Zu shook his head: "Not all of them are bad people. Many of them are victims of the Cameron family. Now it's time to pay back their debts."

"Yes! I saw a report in the newspaper about an orphan girl who broke into Cameron Manor alone, killing everyone she saw. After she ransacked the entire manor, she disappeared."

"An orphan girl?"

"Yes! The newspaper speculates that it was the last orphan of the Benjamin family, Victoria Benjamin! Her entire family of more than 30 people were killed by Old Cameron. She was only nine years old at the time and escaped death by hiding in the fireplace chimney."

"Now, she has grown up and become the goddess of vengeance, the nightmare of the entire Cameron family!"

"The goddess of vengeance?"

"Yes, that's what the newspapers call her!"

"Haha, interesting! If I have the chance, I'd like to meet this goddess of vengeance!"

"By the way, Captain, please send more food and rum next time you resupply. The more the better."

Vic asked in surprise, "Why do you need so much food and wine? There are more than fifty of you. How much can you eat?"

"We have far more than fifty people to feed now!"

A Zu continued, "We have a little money now, but we must keep a low profile. When you return, you must order a complete set of equipment and supplies for the machinery factory in advance. Here is the list I have made. You must also recruit people for the machinery factory in advance."

Vic took the list, agreed, and then handed Azu three letters and all the newspapers from the past few days.

After unloading the supplies, Captain Vic sailed away with more than 10,000 ounces of gold.

Back at the gold mining camp, Azu put the newspaper aside and picked up the three letters.

One was from Vivian and the other from Daisy.

There was another one from Edgar Allan Poe.

Vivian's letter, written in Chinese, was very short, only one sentence in fact.

"Azu, I miss you so much! I will stay here and wait for you to come back!"

it is more than words.

"This little silly girl!"

A-Zu grinned, feeling warm inside!

The letter written by Daisy was much longer, reporting in detail on the operation of Huamei Company over the past half month.

How many pairs of jeans and how many prefabricated houses were produced, how many were sold, how much income was earned, how much was spent, how much money was earned... and how many new people were recruited by the company, the progress of shipbuilding, and so on. Every detail was written clearly.

There are also many small things in life. The letter said that their family was very busy and their mother had no time to cook. She was often starving and had lost several pounds... His younger brother, Jones, who studied in a church school, came home for the summer vacation and is now also helping out in the company!

"Dear Boss, when will you come back? The company can't do without you! We all can't do without you!"

"We all miss you so much...me too!!!"

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