America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 206 I want to buy land!

Chen Jianqiu did not know the address on the letter.

In fact, he has only been here once, and he can't remember the strange-looking street names, some of which are even in Spanish.

It stands to reason that Camila is the one who is most familiar with Santa Fe in their group and the only one who can speak Spanish.

But it was too conspicuous to bring a beautiful woman, so he thought for a long time and came here alone.

He walked all the way, talking and gesticulating all the way to ask for directions.

However, the further he walked, the more familiar he found it.

And he soon discovered the reason why he was so familiar.

The address recorded in the letter was just across from the chamber of commerce where the Astor family's temporary office was located, a small two-story adobe building.

Chen Jianqiu was a little dumbfounded, he should have thought of this earlier.

The city of Santa Fe itself is not very big, and the regions are clearly divided. The rich and the rich get together, and the poor and the poor are neighbors. The activities of the white people are generally white people, and the Mexican area is full of Mexicans and Indians...

Forget it, Chen Jianqiu hasn't seen the Indian settlements in Santa Fe yet, and they should all be driven out of the city.

The gate of the small building is inconspicuous, but the sailor's badge on the door is exactly the same as the letter.

Chen Jianqiu pushed open the door and walked in.

The first thing you see when you enter the door is a bar with a height of half a person.

A young man with freckles was holding his chin and looking outside in a daze.

From the looks of it, the business of this company is really not very good.

"Hi, I'm looking for, um, Manager Prince. Is he there?" Chen Jianqiu walked to the stage and asked.

"Ah? Sorry, what did you just say?" The young man's soul seemed to have just been pulled back from thousands of miles away. He straightened up and looked at Chen Jianqiu.

"Thank you, Manager Prince. I'm from Roswell." Chen Jianqiu said.

Hearing that it was Roswell, the young man with freckles immediately felt relieved. He stood up and gestured to Chen Jianqiu to follow him.

The young man took Chen Jianqiu to the door of a room on the second floor and knocked on the door.

"Come in." A flat voice came through the door.

Chen Jianqiu pushed the door open and walked in.

In front of a large office desk by the window, sat a thin middle-aged man with glasses and a refined manner. He was reviewing some documents on the desk.

Hearing the movement at the door, he didn't even lift his head, but just glanced at Chen Jianqiu through the gap above the glasses.

"Is there something wrong with you?"

"I'm from Roswell." Chen Jianqiu said the same thing as downstairs, "Vaughn asked me to find you."

"Oh? They usually don't send people directly." Manager Prince bowed his head and said, his pen didn't stop, and continued to walk on the paper on the table.

"Roswell was destroyed by the tornado." Chen Jianqiu's words were thrown into the lake like a stone, "Vaughan is dead."

The pen in the manager's hand stopped.

He raised his head, took off his glasses, narrowed his eyes, and looked up and down at the Chinese standing in front of him.

"Smith and Jackson are still in Roswell, they are safe now, and my people are temporarily maintaining order there." Chen Jianqiu's voice was neither too fast nor too slow, neither high nor low, "The situation is troublesome, I need to find you Talk to the boss."

Everything he said was true.

Because every lie needs more lies to complete.

However, each of his words is independent, and the connection between each other can only depend on the listener's own thinking.

Manager Prince is an old man. He looked at Chen Jianqiu's expression and pondered the meaning of his words.

"Is there anything you can talk to me directly? Captain Joseph is not here today. He went to Texas earlier this week and may not be back until next week."

Prince made a plan, the Chinese in front of him would either choose to chat with him, or he would drag himself out first.

"No, sir, I'm not looking for you, nor Captain Joseph, I'm looking for someone who can make a decision." Chen Jianqiu shook his finger at him.

Just as Prince was about to continue pretending to be stupid, he saw Chen Jianqiu open the box in his hand, and took out a few things for him.

is Vaughan's seal and all authorization documents.

The manager's expression changed.

Something really happened to Roswell.

"Believe me, the matter is very urgent and important. If you want to discuss it with the local police in Santa Fe or directly with Scott, you can, but I suggest you ask your boss first." Chen Jianqiu was opposite Prince sat down.

His chess fell, it depends on the opponent's reaction.

Prince certainly wasn't going to go straight to Scott.

His behind-the-scenes boss has repeatedly told him not to let Scott know anything before asking them for instructions.

Because this guy is not a good bird.

The manager's face was serious, he thought for a while, then stood up: "Sir, what's your name?"

"Just call me Chen Long."

"Excuse me, I have to report, please wait a moment." The manager saluted Chen Jianqiu and walked out of the room.

Chen Jianqiu sat quietly in the room and waited. He reckoned that the manager might have gone to make a telegram.

However, it didn't take long before the sound of footsteps came from outside the door of the room again.

The door was opened.

"Sir, it's a coincidence that the person you are looking for is here today."

After Prince led a person in, he withdrew by himself, "Let's talk, I'm downstairs, please tell me anything."

Chen Jianqiu turned his head and was stunned when he saw the people brought in by Prince.

And when that person saw Chen Jianqiu, he was also stunned.

However, it was Chen Jianqiu who came to his senses first, a smile appeared on his face, and he shuddered when he saw it:

"Aster, I haven't seen you in a month or two, and I'm a lot paler."

He had guessed that the Astor family might be one of the potential owners of this land, but judging from what Astor did, it seemed that he didn't know about it.

Unless, he had been playing dumb before.

Astor looked a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Brother, don't get me wrong, I just found out about this two weeks ago."

"I had already planned to go back, but our old man sent me a telegram, asking me to stay here, saying that since I've come here, I might as well deal with the mess here before going back."

Astor looked at Chen Jianqiu's half-smiling expression, and was a little panicked: "Really, my father doesn't even know about this land!"

"Sit down and talk." Chen Jianqiu pointed to the sofa in the room, as if he was the owner of the office.

"There has been no news from Roswell for a long time." Seeing that Chen Jianqiu had spoken, Astor heaved a sigh of relief and sat on the sofa, "I was just about to send someone over, but you came, how is it? What's the matter?" Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I want to buy that piece of land from you." Chen Jianqiu crossed his fingers and placed them on his chest, staring straight at Astor.

"Uh, I heard that birds don't shit in that shitty place. What do you want with that piece of land? Are you also interested in the oil there?" Astor looked puzzled. According to the information he got, that shitty place drilled It took five years to find half a drop of oil.

Moreover, his views were not the same as those of the Freemasons.

"Moreover, even if oil is found there, it won't make a lot of money. Transportation itself is very problematic, and pipelines need to be laid. In addition, the most profitable thing now is not crude oil itself, but oil refining." Astor moved out of his business , I have to say that his analysis and vision are very accurate.

"I need a place to stay." Chen Jianqiu still didn't mention oil.

"Actually, I also advocate disposing of this land, but there are some troubles now." Astor scratched his head.

"This land belongs to a private company, and we are only one of the shareholders. I checked the other shareholders, and they are all members of the Freemasonry." Astor continued, "One of them has a special interest in oil. emotions."

"His name is John Rockefeller."

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