1855 United States Tycoon

Although there is a glacier shining in the sun nearby, this place is actually not too cold because it is surrounded by mountains on three sides. According to the information left by the expedition team who came here before, the sea here will not freeze for a whole year. This is the highest latitude ice-free port in the entire northern hemisphere and the only deep-water ice-free port in Alaska.

The construction of the port continues. The workers first built their own residences by ramming the soil with plywood, and then began to expand the port facilities—in fact, they were wooden trestle bridges or something. By September, the basic port facilities were built, and larger ships could finally dock directly. So all kinds of new things are constantly being sent over.

The first one that was sent over was a short-wave radio transmitter. With Kite Dafa, you can communicate with the mainland at a fixed time every day. At this time, the United States guys who landed soon discovered a new source of food, and as a result, led to a human-bearing war.

In other words, Chen Bachi was responsible for this matter. Since a week ago, the workers in the port area enclosed the port area with wooden fences and barbed wire, and there has been much less work for the guards. In addition, an expert said that in order to deal with the extreme cold in the polar regions, everyone needs to increase the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer during this period of time. Well, to put it more clearly, it is to make everyone grow fat.

Transporting high-energy food to workers from United States is too costly and too laborious. So Scrooge instructed that the Blackwater soldiers in Alaska should carry forward the spirit of being a family of soldiers and civilians, and actively launch a mass production movement, um, that is, find a way to give themselves and the workers to find some fresh meat.

So the Heishui Guard Team became the Heishui Hunting Team in a blink of an eye, and Chen Bachi also joined in. And he got the liberation he had been looking forward to: no need to wear 130-pound body armor when he was out of the mission, but when he came back, well, the prey or something belonged to him.

"Boris, how about we go to the riverside over there, many animals will come to drink, where we can find more prey." Chen Bachi suggested.

This proposal was approved by everyone. There may indeed be more beasts by the river, and the river is relatively flat and the road is easier to walk. So everyone walked towards the river that was later named the Grizzly River.

Just over the top of a small hill, the Alaski sled dog led by Nils, the leader of the team, became extremely nervous. To be honest, the Alaskan dog has good strength and endurance. It is good for pulling sleds, but it is really not good at hunting. The only advantage is that it will not bark. But this guy is so stupid that he doesn't know how to track prey or anything. If you run around with him, you will probably run for a day without even a rabbit fur. However, there is still a benefit to carrying it, that is, when there is a beast nearby, it will have an obvious reaction-although this guy is big enough, but courageous. But now seeing its reaction, everyone is energetic, because it shows that there are probably wolves or bears nearby.

Everyone immediately got excited. There is nothing more exciting than bear hunting. Everyone carefully checked their own equipment. The 1864 rifle was full of hunting bullets, and the shotgun was full of single-headed bullets. Everyone opened the insurance, loaded the bullet, and then carefully circumvented the small hill. The river immediately appeared in front of them, and in the river, at least six or seven grizzly bears were standing there.

"F*ck! Is this a bear meeting or what?" Everyone was shocked. If there is only one bear, then you are not polite and absolutely do it right away. But there are too many grizzlies here, right? At this time, several grizzly bears came from afar, and in a blink of an eye, there were more than ten grizzly bears on the river.

"Captain, are we retreating?" Chen Bachi said first. Because, there are only six people on his side, and suddenly encountering so many grizzly bears, it is really a bit Alexander.

However, the grizzly bears didn't seem to care too much about these people who suddenly appeared. They still stood lazily by the river or on some rocks exposed in the river, craned their necks, and seemed to be waiting for something.

"We are slowly backing up. Damn, the grizzly bears around hundreds of miles are coming here?" Boris said, although they know that grizzly bears are not social animals, they have the possibility of defeating these guys, but Seeing so many grizzly bears, everyone is beating the drums in their hearts.

Just as everyone was about to retreat, there was a sudden sound of water in the river. Chen Guang turned his head and saw that there were layers of white waves on the river, like the surging sea, facing the direction of the river. The upstream rushed past.

"This is?" As the "tide" approached, Chen Guang discovered that it was not the ocean tide, but countless big fish, swimming upstream against the river.

"Lots of fish!" The huge school of fish that popped up suddenly shocked everyone. At this time, the grizzly bears who had been standing in the river or on the bank were immediately busy. They almost They bite the fish out of the water bit by bit, then eat them quickly, and then another one.

"It turns out that these grizzly bears knew that there were fish coming, so they waited here." Chen Guang said, "Or we can catch some of them back, and look at the fish and get fat. If you just get so many of them back, it's enough to eat. "

"Don't be busy, let's step back a little bit, and then use a rifle to shoot at a distance to kill these bears! Then come catch the fish." The captain's appetite is obviously greater.

The Grizzlies didn't pay much attention to the departure of those few people. After all, they are not big bears, they don't have that high IQ, and there are very few people in this place, let alone people with guns, so they are unaware of danger. And the gang of stupid humans here had absolutely no good ideas for protecting animals. As a result, ten minutes later, the massacre began. In the crisp gunfire, one after another grizzly bears fell to the ground or in the river. The remaining grizzly bears finally found that something was wrong, so they didn’t care about eating fish anymore. Run, you don't know where you are going in a blink of an eye.

"Well, brothers, let's go catch fish and cut meat, Jimny and Duncan, you two will go back and ask someone to help!"

In this successful hunt, humans slaughtered as many as six adult grizzly bears and fished several tons of salmon. As for what impact this will have on the ecology of Alaska, well, these people can't think of it. This guy who knows for sure, um, that guy’s attitude will probably be: "You kill hard, it’s better to kill the cubs in the world to the last dozens, and then we will protect them with iron cages. , And then drag it to zoos all over the world to let them sell cute and help me earn a little money."

In short, this hunt has solved everyone's protein and fat problems. Before the arrival of winter, including the guards of Heishui and those workers, everyone's thick skin and fat layer had thickened to varying degrees.

It's just that such a good day of eating fish and meat every day is not too long. By the beginning of October, heavy snow arrived as scheduled, and the entire Alaska immediately became a vast snowfield. Several consecutive snowfalls within half a month made the weather suddenly cold. However, the construction of the port has not stopped, and a new instruction came from the radio: taking advantage of the snow and convenient transportation, transport the materials stored in the warehouse to the mining area to prepare for future development.

So in the blizzard and snow, some of the fat workers and soldiers in Heishui, led by several expedition team members, boarded a dog sled and headed to the mining area. As the fattest person in Heishui, Chen Guang was naturally sent out.

"Now we have shipped 3,000 tons of materials to Alaska, including nails, barbed wire, hacksaws, axes, explosives, and landmines. The subsequent shipping is still going on. The expedition team has also built a site in the mining area. A small camp and a warehouse that can live about 20 people. This winter, we rely on dog sleds to transport some of those materials to the mine warehouse, so that the development of the mine can begin as soon as the freezing is thawed next spring." Dorothea explained.

"Why don't you ship things over again next spring?" Kathleen asked, "Send people to deliver things now. In this kind of weather, people and materials will definitely lose money on the road. This is all right. The company’s wealth is wasted. Moreover, people need to be guarded when it is sent. The coast is warmer. Even in winter, workers can work, but those sent to inland mining areas can’t do anything at all. This is also for labor. It’s a waste of mine, isn’t it? Why not just leave everyone behind, continue to expand the port, and wait until spring is here and the mining area can begin development before sending people and materials there?"

"This is because, except for a small area near the port, other places are frozen soil. With the arrival of spring, those places will become quagmire, so in the whole spring, land transportation will definitely be in Paralyzed. I’m afraid that this state will not end until summer.” Dorothea replied, “The situation in Alaska is very special. It cannot be estimated as the state in the west of United States. In addition, the port’s throughput is short-term. It’s enough to see that there is no need to expand it to a larger size now. Although basic construction is difficult to carry out in the mining area in winter, a small number of workers are not without work there. Some semi-finished materials can be used during this time. Here, it is done by the workers who stayed in the mining area. Therefore, there is no problem of wasting labor.” Dorothea replied.

"Well, very good." Carol laughed. He said to Catherine, "Catherine, I've said that Dorothea is already a reliable expert. You see, I'm fine. She is basically alone now."

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