1855 United States Tycoon

After conducting a series of inspections on some companies of the Scrooge family and the University of Cleveland, Rong Wing and Scrooge reached a preliminary agreement to purchase a set of the latest 1864 rifle production line, and arranged for China The students came to United States to study and reached their intention.

After Rong Hong was sent away, Alaska's development plan was officially launched. Scrooge's conditions were quite generous under the conditions at the time. In addition, there were many unemployed people at the time. So although Scrooge has repeatedly emphasized that high wages correspond to high risks, and Alaska's natural environment is harsh. Sparsely populated, almost no infrastructure, once you get sick, even the simplest cold can cause death. But the people who signed up almost broke the door of the recruitment office.

"Hey, Jose, are you going to Alaska too?" a man standing in a long line said to the other big guy standing beside him.

"Ah, Jack, there's no way, I have to make a place where I can eat." Jose replied, "Don't say anything else, at least they can promise to keep me full. Why are you going to Alaska?"

"That's just to say, it's natural to be like you, just like you." Jack replied, "Yes, I heard that it is very cold in Alaska, and it is snowy for most of the year. It can often be cold enough. It’s more than sixty degrees below zero (Fahrenheit temperature, roughly equivalent to fifty degrees below zero degrees Celsius). It’s scary to think about it. It is said that the snow will fall thicker than people. I heard people say that you should sleep at night until dawn the next day. , I pushed the door and found that the door couldn't be opened. The whole house was buried in snow. In the end, I could only climb out of the chimney. I don't know if it was true."

"It must be nonsense. How can there be such a big snow? Especially it is impossible to have so much snow in one night. Well, Jack, are you afraid of dogs? I heard that all things going out over there rely on dog sleds. You can adapt. Come on?" Jose thought of a serious problem again.

"Yes, I am a little afraid of dogs. But I am more afraid of starvation. Besides, someone told me that although sled dogs look like wolves, they are actually very gentle and do not bite." Jack said.

At this time, they saw one of their acquaintances, Eddie, coming over from the registration office in frustration.

"Eddie, what's the matter?" Jack asked.

Eddie raised his eyes, saw them, stopped, and said depressed, "What else? Those people said I didn't meet the standards."

"What kind of standards are there? Are you here to tell us?" Jose asked hurriedly.

Eddie, who had just been rejected, was not in a good mood, but because Jack and Jose are both friends of Own, he told them in detail:

"Generally speaking, they prefer big people. As far as I saw earlier, the bigger guys basically pass. Well, Jose, you are so big, surely no problem. If you are not big, um, it’s dangerous. It’s because they will let you lift heavy objects later, and they will let you blow into a pipe or something. Anyway, I was eliminated at that point.”

"Thank you so much," Jose said.

"Eddie, don't be discouraged." Jack said, "I heard people say that they actually don't have very precise standards. Moreover, with so many people auditing here every day, they can't remember them all. Tom tried it three times. , It was passed the third time."

"Really? Thank you so much! I'll come back this afternoon." Apparently, Jack's words encouraged Eddie, and he seemed full of confidence again.

After waiting for a long time, it was only two hours later that it was Jose and Jack’s turn. As Eddie said, Jose passed quickly. As for Jack, maybe the guy in charge of the audit is in a good mood. , Anyway, it barely passed. The people in the company told them: Go back and prepare. Next Monday, they will leave for Alaska.

A few days later, Jose and Jack, arranged by the Alaska Development Company, boarded a train to Mississippi in the south. Because all the ports in Alaska are on the Pacific coast (the Arctic Ocean on the other side, there will be no ports at least until there is no reliable icebreaker), so their itinerary is quite complicated. They will first travel to Mississippi by land, then take a boat to Veracruz, Mexico, then pass through Mexico to Acapulco on the Pacific coast, and then take a boat to Alaska.

After such a toss, when Jose and Jack really set foot on the land of Alaska, it was already more than two months.

At this time, the pier had not been fully built, and the big ships could not be approached. Only small boats could be used to transport people and things ashore. After landing, the first thing is to get the clothes. Although it is only early autumn in the Great Lakes, it is already very cold in Alaska. At night, it is said that the temperature was already below 32 degrees (Fahrenheit), and it was about to freeze outside. After finishing the clothes and allocating the room, we are going to have lunch.

"You newcomers have eaten, each took an axe, and followed the guards to the mountain over there to cut the wood. In ten and a half days, it will snow here. Before it snows, you have to Build houses for the next batch of workers, just like the previous batch of workers prepared houses for you. Otherwise, when the time comes, the new workers have no place to live, so you will be thrown out to feed the wolves!" After the good team, a responsible person shouted at them.

"Okay, do you understand? If you understand, go eat immediately!" the man shouted.

"Understood!" everyone said one after another.

The dining hall is built with wood and clay. The wall is entirely made of soil and is very thick. Jose estimated that the wall is almost three feet thick. The door of the room is also made of wooden boards about half a foot thick, which is extraordinarily strong. The room is very short and the windows are very small, so the room is very dark, almost like a cave.

"Why built the house like this?" Jose muttered.

"In order to keep warm," a big guy sitting next to him said in strange English.

Jose turned his face to look at the man with such weird English. With the light coming in from the window, he saw that this man did not look like a white man, but a bit like an Indian.

"Are you an Indian?" Jose asked in surprise.

"No, I am from China." The person replied, "I am a member of the guard here. My name is Chen Guang. My nickname is Bachi."

"Are you a mercenary in Heishui?" Jose asked enviously, "There are still Chinese in Heishui?"

"Yes. There are a few, but I am the only one here. They said that I learn English slowly because there are always Chinese people who speak Chinese to me, so they sent me here. But here, mine English has improved a lot." Chen Guang said stumblingly, "Although it is not very good, but you can understand it somehow?"

Probably to learn English as quickly as possible, Chen Guang speaks a lot. But it's strange to say that although this guy was talking non-stop, he didn't delay eating at all. There was obviously more food on his plate than the average person—Josie took a look, and compared to his plate, Chen Guang’s plate had two large pieces of Spam and a large piece of thick smear. The buttered bread, and an egg-but in a blink of an eye, Chen Guang has eaten it completely.

"You guys in Heishui are eating really well. But it seems that you eat more than them. Do you eat as much as you want?" Jose asked.

"If they are willing to carry 130 pounds of things for a few hours a day like me, then they can eat so much." Chen Guang ate the last egg in one bite, and then exclaimed: " Eggs are delicious, and Spam is simply not something human eats." The sense of superiority almost made Jose faint.

However, Chen Guang can only feel a little bit of superiority in front of such ordinary people. Among Heishui's comrades in arms, he can only be the object of being ridiculed by others. That one hundred and thirty-pound thing is actually a body armor with thick steel plate inserted. Chen Guang must wear it for a long time every day, until he trains to walk, people can't see that he is wearing it. As for the purpose of such training, everyone knows that it is to block bullets for important tasks. A man like Chen Guang who is eight feet tall and has a waist circumference of eight feet, one block there can definitely block the important person to be protected.

After the meal, the new workers each got an axe, ready to go up the mountain to chop the tree. Several Heishui mercenaries took their guns and followed them to alert.

"Chen, is there any danger here?" Jose asked when Chen Guang was walking beside him with a rifle.

"Danger, too much. There are wolves here. There are about a dozen or twenty in a group. If you are alone, they can chew you to the bone. Well, yes, you must remember Live, although these guys look almost exactly the same as our sled dogs, they are completely two things. Don't admit it wrong." Chen Guang couldn't help laughing as if thinking of something funny.

After a little laugh, Chen Guang went on to say: "In fact, there is nothing wrong with a wolf. As long as you are not alone, there is nothing wrong with it. The most dangerous thing is the grizzly here. Last month we met one, good fellow, That guy, if you stand up, it's estimated to be ten feet tall. And it's not afraid of people at all."

"What happened later?" Jose asked.

"Later, of course it was eaten by everyone." Chen Guang said, "The fat is very thick and the fishy smell is very heavy. Except for the soles of the feet, it is not tasty."

At this time, they had arrived at the logging site-a hill with tall spruce.

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