Alchemy Greater China

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In the early morning of August 1890, 8, the clear siren sounded on the Dreamseeker, and the turbid white water splashes at the bottom of the ship receded one after another. A group of white men dressed in cool black windbreakers stood in two straight rows on the port, the frontmost It was Chambirov who was waving his arms while weeping in pain: "Master Long, have a good journey, and I will complete the task you gave me! Commander Cui, I will study "Sun Tzu's Art of War" carefully..." The Dream came out of the Port of Bethel, headed south all the way, bypassed the Alaska Peninsula, and finally arrived at the port of Seattle on September 16rd.

Seattle was founded in 1869, known as Emerald City, Rain City, etc. In this era, it is a pearl inlaid between the United States and Canada. As an emerging international port, there is an endless stream of freighters traveling between the two ends of the Pacific Ocean. Dock here.

With a displacement of 1200 tons, the Xunmeng is ranked No. [-] in the Port of Bethel, but it is very ordinary when it arrives in Seattle. No one knows that this small cargo ship with the Spanish flag is loaded with a group of excavators from Alaska. The golden man is also the gravedigger who is determined to bury the world's powers: the Dragon Scale Party!

All the way the Dreamseeker sailed, Thunder Dragon was using the sailors he recruited. It seemed that the results of the training were pretty good. From the south of the Alaska peninsula to the Pacific waterway that had been rotten by people, everything seemed so calm .

There is more than one large port in Seattle. Various types of cargo ships docked on the shore, black smoke lined up, sirens sounded one after another, and various national flags fluttered in the wind, as if declaring: This is the era of great voyages, and it is the best time. The era of the world is also the worst era, adventurers, join us and make countless fortunes!

There were many small fishing boats beside the cargo ship. Long Hao stood on the top of the cabin, looking around, there were countless cargo ships, fishing boats, and even warships with majestic bodies moving slowly. None of the national flags on them belonged to the big one. Qing Dynasty!

The decline of the Qing Dynasty and the weakness of the Chinese people are deplorable!

Long Hao felt emotional, and when he saw Schmidt, who had dealt with the Seattle tax officer, come up, he said, "Get off the boat, we're going to buy a boat!"

Yes, Long Hao did not go directly south to Portland, but chose to stop in Seattle halfway in order to buy a freighter.

A 1200-ton German-style freighter, a dragon ship that is about to be eliminated, and a Sinopi that cannot be used for ocean navigation, the composition of Long Hao's fleet is too shabby to tell!

This time in Seattle, he wants to buy a freighter that can go across continents and oceans!

Today's America is the golden age of booming industry. As long as you have money, you can buy nothing!Even if you want a battleship, as long as you issue a national license, these Yankees who regard money as God can place an order for you and send it to the dock to start construction!

Long Hao's current net worth is about 50 U.S. dollars, which is just over 10 U.S. dollars when converted into British pounds. He is far from qualified to buy a battleship, the crystallization of top technology in this era. What's more, he needs at least 10 U.S. dollars as The start-up capital of a chemical plant!

Therefore, ocean freighters are the most appropriate choice now!

Long Hao raised his hand to grasp the sky, and sighed: "Money, money, it's still too little!"

This is also normal. Although according to Schmidt's estimation, the Longyi Gold Mine definitely has more than 300 tons of gold reserves, but the reserves are just a number. If you want to dig them out, it will take manpower and time!

So Long Hao decided, biting his belt, to buy an ocean-going freighter first, to buy labor and expand production!Snowball, snowball, so that you can grow rapidly!

Where on earth is labor the cheapest and best available?Although Long Hao was unwilling, he still had to admit that it was the most cost-effective to go to the Great Qing Dynasty on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to recruit people!

Going around, I actually walked on the same road as Cherov!Long Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he immediately convinced himself: Cherov is catching people as piggies, but I am hiring people to work, and I will pay them!Essentially different!

Thinking of this, Long Hao's mood improved a bit!

American freighters are actually not cheap. Long Hao took Leilong, Melissa and others to visit several shipyards, comparing them, and finally finalized the order at a Spanish shipyard.

With a displacement of 3700 tons, it is 46 meters long and 19 meters wide. The command cabin is erected in the middle of the yang, and there are two masts at the rear, which can be hung with sails if necessary!The power is driven by the most reliable 6 sets of steam boilers, and there are special coal bunkers and two watertight compartments to ensure that the hull can still float on the sea when the water inflow is less than 100 tons.

When fully loaded, it can reach 2600 tons. Its forward speed at full speed is 14 knots and its average speed is 11.5 knots. It can be regarded as a so-so ocean-going cargo ship!

There was no other way for Long Hao to choose it. Who let the owner of the Spanish shipyard see the royal certificate presented by Melissa, so he readily discounted the price of the freighter by 15%, and he could buy it for only [-] US dollars!Long Hao, who was rather shy in his pocket, chose this ship 'Homecoming'!

The meaning of the name "Returning Home" is obvious. The Eastern Continent that Long Hao left has always been his hometown in his heart!It's just that the time is not yet ripe. If you go back now, in that piece of land that 'turns magic into decay', you won't be able to use many fists and kicks, and you will only be trapped to death slowly in the mud!

Only when we have strong strength can we consider the issue of going back.

The Homecoming is a ready-made freighter. The freighter is no more than a battleship, and it needs to be ordered to be built!Many shipyards have stocks of ocean-going freighters, and the owner of the Spanish shipyard saw that Long Hao didn’t pick and choose, so he was happy and gave him another discount of 5 US dollars in one breath!

Lei Long took half of the sailors, Zhou Bodang took half of the guards, and boarded the home ship. It was not too late. After loading the necessities, they were about to set off for China.

According to Long Hao's plan, there, they will recruit a group of manpower, then return to Alaska, and then continue to transport the gold produced by the Longyi Gold Mine!Exchange bills!

Then, go ahead and recruit!

Such a long voyage should be regarded as training sailors!

Long Hao said to Lei Long: "Try to recruit some compatriots with clean or broken families! If there are talents who have committed crimes, you might as well spend some money to get them through, and save them if you can! Remember, we are most short of talents now. Especially handmade talents with special skills! Don’t save me money, I will allow you to give priority to recruiting these talents for the dollars exchanged for the gold produced!”

Regarding being unable to follow Long Hao to San Francisco, where his master is, Lei Long had already prepared in his heart. Although he was a little disappointed, he still obeyed the order and saluted: "Yes, don't worry, master! Lei Long promises to complete the task, for the young master. Recruit more talents!"

When he returned to China this time, Lei Long had another plan in mind, which was to see if he could win over a group of former colleagues from the Beiyang Navy?Otherwise, it would be a bit exhausting to train these rookie sailors with a dozen of them alone!

Lei Long, an honest man, has small calculations in his heart, and Zhou Bodang, the 'soldier oil boy' is even more so. He has made up his mind to go outside the pass after returning to recruit Long Hao's father, Long Zhengxing's old department. !Go ahead, carry a gun to find a brother, fight with a family, follow the young master to wander outside, dig gold, and fight foreign devils, such a fun thing, how can you miss those buddies who didn't have time to escape to the sea?

The figures on the Homecoming, besides the smug Lei Long and Zhou Bodang, are also the slanted shadow of Zheng Gongxiao, the head of the SS regiment...

In order to avoid the troubles that may be encountered after the Homecoming arrived in the Qing Dynasty, Long Hao deliberately registered a shell company in Seattle, named 'Dream Island' (dream.is), and the registered legal person filled in Schmidt's name. Of course, the actual controlling person is still Master Long!

For this reason, Long Hao had a rare conscience and decided to give Schmidt 3% of the shares in Dream Island, but the Jew blinked and chose to exchange the 3% shares for 3 US dollars in cash!But a few years later, when Dream Island developed into a behemoth, the Jewish doctor of geology often sighed and complained from time to time that he was fooled by Long Hao and sold a cornucopia for a mere 3 US dollars. , I went to my grandma's house!