1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 232, Gold Rush (Part 2)

A week later, the Whaling Ship “Pekold” had completed its preparations. The cargo warehouse was changed to a cabin, and part of it was partitioned into a storage room. Because it brought more guests, it naturally needed more fresh water. Food or something. Passengers who had paid the deposit in the first place got on the ship one after another. There are also many people who want to board the boat waving banknotes.

“No way, no way! There is really no place.” The sailors said while putting away the springboard, “We can’t hang you outside, right?”

“Hang it up, as long as you let me go on board, I’m willing to pay the same price for a ticket.” someone shouted.

“I’m sorry,” the sailor said, “we don’t sell’tickets’. We don’t want to sink halfway because there are too many people pretending to be.” Mark the sailor replied while putting the rope away, so the ship was on the shore. Under the gaze of those people, they left the pier, full of hope of making a fortune, and sailed to the vast sea.

A month later, the ship arrived in Alaska. At this time, the port of Valdez in Alaska was full of various ships. “Pekold” stopped on the trestle bridge. The passengers got off the ship one after another, and the sailors planned. left. But at this time, a port officer came over.

“Where is your captain?” the staff member asked.

“I am the captain.” Captain Ahab said, “is there anything?”

“Register, and then move your boat to another place.” The man said, “Because there will be more boats coming, there is no place for you to stop here.”

“But, we should have just arrived, don’t we even have time to rest and supply?” Captain Ahab asked.

“If you replenish it and leave within three days, you can stop in the port.” The port agent said, “But, look at your crew. Are you planning to leave right away?”

Ahab turned his head and found that the crew of own had already carried the backpacks they had bought in San Francisco, put up various necessities recommended by “Survival in the Wild” and “Open Sesame”, and were ready to disembark. When did these guys move so fast?

“Then where did we hear?” Captain Haya asked.

“A little bit to the south, about a nautical mile, there is a place leeward, most of the boats are parked there.” The port authority replied, “You have to go there quickly, you are rushing back, maybe there is still time for lunch.”

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So the sailors had no choice but to run one nautical mile south of the whaling ship “Pegode” and found the shelter where the ship was full. After finding a suitable place, the sail was lowered, and the anchor was lowered. Captain Ahab and the sailors took their own things and boarded the boat on the sampan.

“Captain, it’s okay to lose this boat here, right?” a sailor asked.

“It shouldn’t be a big problem before it freezes in winter. However, if it freezes, the ship will probably be scrapped, so we must hurry back before the sky freezes,” Haya said.

“Yeah.” The sailors replied absently. Captain Ahab sighed and said, “Okay, let’s go!”

The group of people still walked in the direction of the port first. Only when you return to the port can you find the way to the river of gold. It’s only one nautical mile from the sea, but unexpectedly circled a few times when walking from the land, which was quite far away. So it took more than an hour for them to walk back to the port. At this time, they were seeing a peculiarly shaped ship approaching ashore.

All the sailors stopped to look at the boat. It was a slender and beautiful boat. The boat was painted black and looked very mysterious. Captain Ahab saw that some people were getting off the boat. Judging from their outfits, most of them seem to be guards of Heishui. But among these people, there is another person who wears the same outfit as a normal gold digger.

It’s already time for lunch. Sailors have all learned in the compilation version of the “Survival in the Wilderness” program. Before entering the wilderness, they should make their own body as healthy as possible, and it is very important to have a proper diet on time. And all the food in the backpack should be kept in the wilderness as much as possible. Therefore, it is better to be able to buy and eat now than to use reserves. “Survival in the Wild” also mentioned that there is a restaurant in this port. Although the taste may not be good, the food provided is still very good in terms of price and nutrition. Of course, considering the remoteness of this place, the price of cereal products here will be slightly higher.

The sailors sat down in the restaurant and ordered some Alaskan-style food, such as dried salmon soup and smoked bear meat. In addition, although the bread here is a lot more expensive than San Francisco, but considering that the chance of eating this kind of grains will become less in the future, everyone also ordered some brown bread.

Just as the sailors were eating food together and looking forward to the prospect of making a fortune in the future, the team of Heishui’s guards and the guy who seemed not the same as Heishui’s guards also entered the restaurant. They quickly ordered food for themselves. Because the table was not enough, the guy who looked like an ordinary gold digger walked over to the sailors with his own plate, and a white fox terrier jumped behind him.

“Hello,” the guy familiarly greeted Captain Ahab, “Sir, can I sit here?”

Ahab glanced at him, did not answer, just moved a little aside.

“Thank you, sir.” The man said politely, and sat down with his own plate. There was a large piece of buttered white bread on his plate, as well as several pieces of bear meat and smoked fish. In terms of weight, there were almost two people. But in a blink of an eye, he stuffed the boss a piece of smoked fish into the fox terrier’s mouth.

“Hello,” the guy introduced himself as he stuffed bread into his mouth: “My name is Ding Ding and I’m a reporter from the New York Daily Times. This is my partner Milu… Milu, send my greetings to everyone.”

But Milu was concentrating on dealing with the large piece of smoked fish, and he didn’t care about the tintin at all.

“Are you Tintin from the New York Daily Times?” a sailor yelled, “I have seen your interview with Mr. Bell. Did you come here to pan for gold too?”

“No, no.” Ding Ding shook his head and explained with a grin, “The boss asked us to make a series of reports about the Alaska gold diggers. So, I was sent here…Of course, if gold is easy to mine, I also plan to dig one or two yuan back.”

“Well, good luck,” said the sailor. “You seem to have come by boat with the people from Heishui?”

“Yes, their ship is fast.” Ding Ding said, “The news is to be fast. As long as one hour faster than others, you can get commendation from the boss. Well, what do you call it?”

“My name is Ahab. I am their captain. This is my Big Fook Bill. This is our shooter Sheldon…” Ahab also introduced his own.

“When are you going to leave?” Ding Ding said, “If you are not in a hurry, I suggest you rest at the port for one night before leaving. This way you will be more energetic and you can walk with us. Well, I heard that the road is not very peaceful recently. .”

The road is not peaceful, this is something that everyone expected. When you think about it, you can understand that there is only a port in Alaska. This is considered to be a civilized world, and there is still some order. Once out of the port, a person dies, like a drop of water evaporating in the desert, you can’t find it. There is gold here, and the gold diggers have guns. They threaten each other even more than wild beasts. Some guys who have not been able to dig for gold may even have the idea of ​​killing people and making money. Even killing people is not necessarily to snatch your gold. If it’s not done well, it’s just for the supplies in your backpack. Kill you and take these away. He can stay here for a longer time, and there will be more. Opportunity to dig into gold.

In this way, whether it is a newcomer who has just arrived in Alaska, or a person who wants to go back after digging for gold, they are in danger of being robbed along the long road from near the mining area to the port. It would be a good idea to follow the more professional and more powerful guards of Heishui.

…

“What’s the listening rate of the radio show?” Dorothea asked.

“Madam, we issued a questionnaire to users of the radio. This is the result of statistics.” Canaris, the head of America’s business survey, replied. The gold of Alaska, and the unique environment and stories of Alaska are very interesting. This category of programs has the highest listening rate. And our music programs, the listening rate is second only to Alaska topics, in addition, our economic dialogue programs, especially The listening rate of “Stock Market Everyone Talks” is also good. In addition, the listening rate of reading novel programs is also good.”

America Business Investigations is a division separated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Blackwater. They were originally engaged in business intelligence, but now they are independent and take the form of public activities. They are responsible for conducting socio-economic investigations and publishing to the public on a monthly basis. A very professional investigation report. This is part of the media empire built by Scrooge. Through this institution, the McDonald family can slowly obtain the right to judge companies in various economic activities, and finally obtain the same as Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch in later generations. They can rely on own ratings to get them. The power that stirs up the world market.

“How about the newspaper?” Dorothea asked again.

“The New York Daily Times’ recent sales have been ascending by a large margin.” Canaris replied, “Especially the discussion in the newspapers on the reality and long-term impact of the gold rush on the United States economy is very fascinating…”

“Yeah!” Dorothea nodded happily…