America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 169 Oracles and Lies
"Hiss~" Chen Jianqiu gasped.

He almost forgot that Holmes is a geologist at heart, and exploration is his profession.

Petroleum can be said to be the blood that flows in the blood of the United States of America. Until more than 100 years later, this country is still looking for traces of this liquid all over the world like bloodhounds.

But now, in 1881, oil is inferior to coal, and people haven't fully uncovered all the uses for this treasure.

Except for a very few visionaries.

Therefore, except for Chen Jianqiu, none of the people present showed any overly surprised expressions.

"So why are you not allowed to carry out geological exploration?" Chen Jianqiu continued to ask.

"Because that land has already been bought!" Holmes said angrily, "but I don't think they can find anything. A bunch of fools who only know how to dig holes."

Chen Jianqiu suddenly understood a little bit, and he read the letter again from beginning to end.

"So this letter?" Chen Jianqiu looked puzzled.

"The Freemasons like to pretend to be ghosts, what kind of things are they?" Holmes was still depressed, "I guess those fools will sell the land directly if they can't find where the oil is. gone."

Chen Jianqiu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he felt that the style of the letter was inconsistent at first. It turned out that the whole text was actually playing tricks.

This is a complete misunderstanding of wrong entry and wrong exit.

Another story of driving out the natives for the oil on the land.

The so-called search for a treasure with an oracle turned out to be a search for oil.

"But why do I feel that he wrote so exaggeratedly?" Sean curled his lips.

"Masons have always been like this, and all the people I know are like this." Holmes still looked dismissive.

Chen Jianqiu was very emotional.

What Astor heard, what that man said to his grandfather was true, it was just that the Freemasons suggested that they start some oil business besides real estate.

That's right, this is related to the rise and fall of their family.

In the end, the old man didn't move. The idiot set up an expedition team and came here by train.

Poor Lockart took his life for it.

As for the old mayor, it was even worse. He found an ominous letter somewhere, and combined with the news that the treasure map had been discovered, he made a move.

These two came for the prophets and oracles, not the treasure itself.

How miserable.

"However, the treasure on the human skin map should be real." Holmes added, "I checked it with some data in the past two days, and it's all right."

However, Chen Jianqiu didn't seem to be listening, he seemed to be thinking about something.

Oil, well, not bad.

After all the preparations were completed, the eighteen warriors finally embarked on the journey to enter the Nahua territory.

According to Holmes' suggestion, they prepared enough water and enough dry food.

Out of Lincolnshire they soon entered a moor.

After walking in the wilderness for three or four days, Chen Jianqiu finally understood why Holmes asked them to prepare so much water and dry food, and also understood what was described in the letter, the townspeople of Roswell wanted to run out one after another s reason.

This wasteland is really deserted.

Although during these months of travel, Chen Jianqiu has seen countless western wilderness, including the plateau wilderness of Wyoming, and the inland weathered wilderness of southwestern New Mexico.

But there is no one like this barren land.

Looking at the past at a glance, you can't see the end at all, there are not a single tree, and even cactus are rare.

What I eat every day, apart from jerky, is bread as hard as iron.

There is no prey here.

Not to mention them, the corn flew in the sky for two days. Except for catching a rattlesnake for dinner on the first day, the corn had to fly back to Chen Jianqiu's shoulder for meat to eat.

At this time, it is the middle and late November, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge.

It may be 25 to [-] degrees Celsius during the day, and it is enough to wear single clothes, but it can drop to around zero at night. The deerskin sleeping bag alone is not enough, and the clothes have to be stuffed.

Because it is difficult to find even a shelter from the wind in this area.

They had to form a circle around the campfire with horses and carts, so that these loyal companions could shield themselves from the wind.

On the fifth day, what Chen Jianqiu was worried about finally appeared.

Someone's body can't hold it anymore.

Not the premature Holmes, nor the oldest High Priest.

It's Adam.

He fell off his horse again.

Chen Jianqiu was riding a black radish and walking at the front of the team when he suddenly heard a "boom". He looked back and saw Adam lying unconscious on the ground.

Chen Jianqiu got off his horse in a hurry, and rushed over with Teresa and Geronimo.

Since the last time I fished at the lake.

Regardless of Adam's objection, Chen Jianqiu forbade him to forcibly turn on the shooter state by drinking again during the battle.

As for life, every time Adam can get the wine in his hand, there is only the bottom of the bottle left.In Chen Jianqiu's words, he would rather pour out the wine than see this guy drunk on the ground again.

"Bastard! I'm not your father, why do you care so much?" Adam looked at the bottom of the wine bottle every time, swearing, and then finished with a lift of his neck, and then hung the empty wine bottle over his mouth and poured two Finally, he reluctantly threw the bottle away.

"Old man, don't rush to die, I haven't finished learning your tricks yet!" Chen Jianqiu counterattacked.

But every time, a smile appeared on the corner of Old Adam's mouth.

But all of this could not prevent Adam's condition from getting worse, his complexion became worse and worse, and the frequency of angina pectoris became more and more frequent.

Both Teresa and Geronimo were helpless.

This is not a trauma and can be cured. In the United States in the 19th century, there was no cure for such a disease.

"Everyone stop and rest for 10 minutes."

All the people got off their horses, and everyone leaned over.

"You all go to rest, we will continue on our way later." Chen Jianqiu said to everyone.

"Yes, everyone go about their own business, don't crowd around here, Adam needs to breathe." Camilla also walked over.

Adam was laid flat on the ground, Chen Jianqiu was watching beside him, and Camilla was quietly accompanying Chen Jianqiu.

"Chen, if there was such a day, what would you choose?" Camilla asked suddenly.

It seemed that nothing could escape this girl's eyes. Chen Jianqiu looked at Adam with a complicated expression.

"Maybe, maybe not. I never asked him why he joined us; he never asked me, where to go, where to go." Chen Jianqiu took a deep breath.

"Maybe, he and I have already made a choice."

Camilla stopped talking and looked towards the horizon.

The wind in the wilderness raised tiny grains of sand and gravel, and brought them to Chen Jianqiu's face, making his face so painful that he had no choice but to press down on the brim of his hat again.

"Hey, why are you two standing beside me with solemn faces? Get out of the way, get out of the way, I'm not dead yet." Adam suddenly opened his eyes.

He suddenly became like a normal person, got up from the ground, touched the broken place on his head, and patted the ashes on his body.

Chen Jianqiu didn't say anything, just handed him the hat he dropped just now.

"I'm afraid we are going to welcome guests." Camilla who was looking into the distance said suddenly.

Everyone looked in the direction of Camilla's gaze.

In the distance, on the horizon, a group of people came towards them.

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