America 1881: They Call Me Legend
Chapter 221 Funding gap
Chapter 221 Funding gap
Albert Leonard, a shrewd businessman.
He started out with private loans and bought a farm around Lincolnshire during the last financial crisis.
He thinks he has mastered the essence of business, which is to see the situation clearly, and then develop insignificantly, and don't rush to stand in line.
Therefore, when Lincoln County was in turmoil in the past few years, he neither joined Fred, a direct descendant of the "Santa Fe Group", nor mixed with those local local snakes.
He just raised a lot of cowboys, and while guarding his own large pasture, he gave usury and settled down in a corner.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't have ambitions.
After Fred and his "life and death brother" collapsed, Leonard became the most powerful farmer in the area.
Due to Scott's negligence, he did not respond to the situation in Lincolnshire immediately.
Leonard made a move.
He took over those two places, and at the same time included Fred's lawyer and staff, Alexander Mason.
With his help, Leonard began to annex the land of surrounding farmers.
His outward behavior was far more civilized and more relaxed than Fred's.
As a creditor, he has ten thousand ways to bankrupt the farmers who lent him money, and when they are bankrupt, he can step on their "cadavers" and revel.
Leonard loves to do this kind of thing.
At this moment, the two of them were looking forward to it at the entrance of Lincolnshire.
"Are you sure they are here today?" Leonard straightened his gray dress and asked the lawyer beside him.
Whether it was due to the low level of tailoring or lack of confidence, Leonard always felt that the dress he was wearing didn't fit him very well.
From just now until now, he has been tidying up the folds of his clothes, especially the underarms.
"Yes, that's what he said in his letter," replied Attorney McSean. "We were very good friends when we were in Cleveland."
The "he" in their conversation refers to Meyer, the refinery manager sent by Standard Oil this time.
Meyer is considered an old employee of Standard Oil, but because of his temper, he is not very popular with others.
Therefore, the label for him within the company is that whenever a new oil well or refinery needs to be built, he will be dispatched as soon as possible.
Once the factory is on the right track, his task is completed, and then he will be sent to the next place.
But Meyer didn't want to do that this time. He planned to find a way to stay in this remote place for a longer period of time, so as not to see the bad faces of the bureaucrats in the head office every day.
So, after learning that he was going to be sent to Roswell to prepare for the construction of an oil refinery, Meyer checked the map and immediately thought of his old friend in Lincolnshire, the lawyer Mai Sien.
He wrote him a letter.
Mai Sien immediately told Leonard the news.
Leonard decided to meet the new manager.
He has something to ask the manager.
After Leonard and Mai Sien waited at the entrance of the town for about two hours, a mighty convoy finally appeared on the road not far away.
On weekdays, there are not many convoys coming to Lincolnshire, and there are even fewer convoys of this size. There is no second possibility except for the standard oil company's convoy.
"Here we come!" Leonard rubbed his hands, a little excited.
As the convoy got closer, they could already clearly see the faces of the two people on horseback talking at the front of the convoy.
One had a Lincoln beard, the other had a sullen face and a pointed nose.
"Meyer!" Mai Sien waved at the "Lincoln Beard".
Meyer stopped talking with the people next to him, and drove his horse to Mai Sien, jumped off the horse, and gave the old friend in front of him a big hug.
The two began to exchange pleasantries.
Leonard looked at the two of them, and was embarrassed to interrupt their reminiscence, so he tidied up his clothes again somewhat awkwardly.
It was Mai Sien who realized that his boss was still standing beside him.
"This is Mr. Leonard, my partner." Mai Sien pointed to the farmer next to him, "He is an upright and decent person."
Meyer looked the person in front of him up and down, and he let out a "huh".
This person, how to put it, gave him a feeling, a little, wretched.
Leonard put a smile on his face, and rubbed his hands on the corner of his clothes, "Mr. Meyer, long time, long time to hear your name!"
"Well, hello." Meyer nodded at Leonard, without reaching out to shake his hand.
"I prepared a banquet at home, and I'm here to welcome you." Leonard lowered himself slightly, and said humbly to Meyer.
"No, there are quite a lot of people on my side, and I have to hurry tomorrow." Meyer refused very simply.
The expression on Leonard's face became more embarrassing, but it soon returned to normal, but his hands rubbed the corners of his clothes more frequently.
"Um, Mr. Leonard has something to tell you." The lawyer had no choice but to come forward and said directly.
He knew Imeyer's character, if Leonard couldn't make a boring fart after three sticks, he might turn around and leave on the spot.
Meyer waved at the sullen-looking man behind him, signaling him and the convoy to enter the town.
"Let's talk here if you have anything to say." He turned his head and said to the two people in front of him.
Three people stood under a big tree on the mouth of the Lincolnshire town.
Leonard's originally prepared speech changed the environment. He didn't know where to start for a while, and started to touch the buttons of his clothes again.
Meyer was starting to look a little impatient.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the lawyer hurriedly said, "Mr. Leonard would like to ask you if you are sure you want to build an oil refinery in nearby Roswell."
"Yeah? Otherwise, what am I doing here?" Meyer looked puzzled.
"Uh, isn't it inconvenient to transport the refined oil? After all, both Roswell and Lincolnshire are a bit far from the nearest city." Leonard finally remembered what he wanted to say, and continued Talked.
"Oh, the follow-up railway construction project leading here has already started, what's the matter?" Meyer didn't quite understand what kind of medicine the two men were selling in the gourd, "I guess it will take half a year to get here."
"Thank you, thank you." Leonard had already got the answer he wanted, his expression could no longer conceal the ecstasy in his heart, and the corner of his clothes was almost flattened by that restless hand.
The more Meyer watched, the more disgusted he became. He blamed his old friend in his heart, why did he find such an illiterate person as a partner.
He said goodbye to the lawyer, then got on his horse and went to his team.
"Get rich, get rich." Leonard's smile could no longer be concealed, and it broke out completely.
Now his mind is full of tumbling dollars, and he has an idiot-like smile on his face.
"Um, I still don't quite understand." The lawyer looked at his boss, still a little puzzled.
"Go back quickly, let's figure out how much we will charge for the remaining farms." Leonard walked towards his horse impatiently.
These fools have not yet realized what the railway to Lincolnshire means.
More people will come here, and their own cattle, sheep, and crops can also be transported directly by railway.
The most important thing is that the surrounding land prices will directly double.
If you don't start now, when will you wait?
He returned to the manor excitedly, and locked himself in the study for a long time, thinking about it for a long time, and the door was only opened in the afternoon.
The lawyer was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a newspaper. When he heard the sound, he turned his head and watched Leonard come out of the study.
However, unlike when he first entered, his complexion was not very good at this time.
Leonard walked up to the lawyer and sat down on the sofa chair beside him.
"Maxen, my cash seems to be far from enough. I need to find a way to get some money."
One more, two more later
(End of this chapter)
Albert Leonard, a shrewd businessman.
He started out with private loans and bought a farm around Lincolnshire during the last financial crisis.
He thinks he has mastered the essence of business, which is to see the situation clearly, and then develop insignificantly, and don't rush to stand in line.
Therefore, when Lincoln County was in turmoil in the past few years, he neither joined Fred, a direct descendant of the "Santa Fe Group", nor mixed with those local local snakes.
He just raised a lot of cowboys, and while guarding his own large pasture, he gave usury and settled down in a corner.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't have ambitions.
After Fred and his "life and death brother" collapsed, Leonard became the most powerful farmer in the area.
Due to Scott's negligence, he did not respond to the situation in Lincolnshire immediately.
Leonard made a move.
He took over those two places, and at the same time included Fred's lawyer and staff, Alexander Mason.
With his help, Leonard began to annex the land of surrounding farmers.
His outward behavior was far more civilized and more relaxed than Fred's.
As a creditor, he has ten thousand ways to bankrupt the farmers who lent him money, and when they are bankrupt, he can step on their "cadavers" and revel.
Leonard loves to do this kind of thing.
At this moment, the two of them were looking forward to it at the entrance of Lincolnshire.
"Are you sure they are here today?" Leonard straightened his gray dress and asked the lawyer beside him.
Whether it was due to the low level of tailoring or lack of confidence, Leonard always felt that the dress he was wearing didn't fit him very well.
From just now until now, he has been tidying up the folds of his clothes, especially the underarms.
"Yes, that's what he said in his letter," replied Attorney McSean. "We were very good friends when we were in Cleveland."
The "he" in their conversation refers to Meyer, the refinery manager sent by Standard Oil this time.
Meyer is considered an old employee of Standard Oil, but because of his temper, he is not very popular with others.
Therefore, the label for him within the company is that whenever a new oil well or refinery needs to be built, he will be dispatched as soon as possible.
Once the factory is on the right track, his task is completed, and then he will be sent to the next place.
But Meyer didn't want to do that this time. He planned to find a way to stay in this remote place for a longer period of time, so as not to see the bad faces of the bureaucrats in the head office every day.
So, after learning that he was going to be sent to Roswell to prepare for the construction of an oil refinery, Meyer checked the map and immediately thought of his old friend in Lincolnshire, the lawyer Mai Sien.
He wrote him a letter.
Mai Sien immediately told Leonard the news.
Leonard decided to meet the new manager.
He has something to ask the manager.
After Leonard and Mai Sien waited at the entrance of the town for about two hours, a mighty convoy finally appeared on the road not far away.
On weekdays, there are not many convoys coming to Lincolnshire, and there are even fewer convoys of this size. There is no second possibility except for the standard oil company's convoy.
"Here we come!" Leonard rubbed his hands, a little excited.
As the convoy got closer, they could already clearly see the faces of the two people on horseback talking at the front of the convoy.
One had a Lincoln beard, the other had a sullen face and a pointed nose.
"Meyer!" Mai Sien waved at the "Lincoln Beard".
Meyer stopped talking with the people next to him, and drove his horse to Mai Sien, jumped off the horse, and gave the old friend in front of him a big hug.
The two began to exchange pleasantries.
Leonard looked at the two of them, and was embarrassed to interrupt their reminiscence, so he tidied up his clothes again somewhat awkwardly.
It was Mai Sien who realized that his boss was still standing beside him.
"This is Mr. Leonard, my partner." Mai Sien pointed to the farmer next to him, "He is an upright and decent person."
Meyer looked the person in front of him up and down, and he let out a "huh".
This person, how to put it, gave him a feeling, a little, wretched.
Leonard put a smile on his face, and rubbed his hands on the corner of his clothes, "Mr. Meyer, long time, long time to hear your name!"
"Well, hello." Meyer nodded at Leonard, without reaching out to shake his hand.
"I prepared a banquet at home, and I'm here to welcome you." Leonard lowered himself slightly, and said humbly to Meyer.
"No, there are quite a lot of people on my side, and I have to hurry tomorrow." Meyer refused very simply.
The expression on Leonard's face became more embarrassing, but it soon returned to normal, but his hands rubbed the corners of his clothes more frequently.
"Um, Mr. Leonard has something to tell you." The lawyer had no choice but to come forward and said directly.
He knew Imeyer's character, if Leonard couldn't make a boring fart after three sticks, he might turn around and leave on the spot.
Meyer waved at the sullen-looking man behind him, signaling him and the convoy to enter the town.
"Let's talk here if you have anything to say." He turned his head and said to the two people in front of him.
Three people stood under a big tree on the mouth of the Lincolnshire town.
Leonard's originally prepared speech changed the environment. He didn't know where to start for a while, and started to touch the buttons of his clothes again.
Meyer was starting to look a little impatient.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the lawyer hurriedly said, "Mr. Leonard would like to ask you if you are sure you want to build an oil refinery in nearby Roswell."
"Yeah? Otherwise, what am I doing here?" Meyer looked puzzled.
"Uh, isn't it inconvenient to transport the refined oil? After all, both Roswell and Lincolnshire are a bit far from the nearest city." Leonard finally remembered what he wanted to say, and continued Talked.
"Oh, the follow-up railway construction project leading here has already started, what's the matter?" Meyer didn't quite understand what kind of medicine the two men were selling in the gourd, "I guess it will take half a year to get here."
"Thank you, thank you." Leonard had already got the answer he wanted, his expression could no longer conceal the ecstasy in his heart, and the corner of his clothes was almost flattened by that restless hand.
The more Meyer watched, the more disgusted he became. He blamed his old friend in his heart, why did he find such an illiterate person as a partner.
He said goodbye to the lawyer, then got on his horse and went to his team.
"Get rich, get rich." Leonard's smile could no longer be concealed, and it broke out completely.
Now his mind is full of tumbling dollars, and he has an idiot-like smile on his face.
"Um, I still don't quite understand." The lawyer looked at his boss, still a little puzzled.
"Go back quickly, let's figure out how much we will charge for the remaining farms." Leonard walked towards his horse impatiently.
These fools have not yet realized what the railway to Lincolnshire means.
More people will come here, and their own cattle, sheep, and crops can also be transported directly by railway.
The most important thing is that the surrounding land prices will directly double.
If you don't start now, when will you wait?
He returned to the manor excitedly, and locked himself in the study for a long time, thinking about it for a long time, and the door was only opened in the afternoon.
The lawyer was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a newspaper. When he heard the sound, he turned his head and watched Leonard come out of the study.
However, unlike when he first entered, his complexion was not very good at this time.
Leonard walked up to the lawyer and sat down on the sofa chair beside him.
"Maxen, my cash seems to be far from enough. I need to find a way to get some money."
One more, two more later
(End of this chapter)
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