Rebirth 1912 starts with people on the Titanic

Chapter 18: Your Good Luck Has Come

Wallace Pratt has been in the small town of Meni for almost a year now.

I also haven't worked for almost a year.

The

money he brought with him when he came to California and the salary he received while working for Handar Brown was almost the same in the course of more than a year.

If there is no more work, Wallace will have to give up his adventure and return to his original unit to find a new job, and go to work in earnest.

In a humble wooden inn in Mene, Wallace rose from his musty bed with his hair tousled with his hair on his face, his face full of exhaustion.

Yesterday was another day of failure.

Seeing that the small town of Meni is getting less and less crowded, Wallace is becoming less and less confident about his future.

Staying in this inn was the smallest cost Wallace could afford.

If he can't find a job again, Wallace will have to roll up and get out.

It's just that Ryas is still very unwilling in his heart.

Obviously, his theory of oil exploration is very feasible.

Wallace just didn't understand how he couldn't find a drop of oil after exploring so many places with Handar Brown

Going downstairs, he went to the inn's restaurant and asked for a piece of brown bread, and Wallace picked up a crumpled newspaper and began to look at it.

Recently, the gold rush in the west has shown signs of picking up again.

This is the last motivation for Wallace to stay and stick around.

He hoped that the gold rush would bring new vitality to the increasingly depressed western region, and at the same time bring him a little new work.

At least it would be nice to give him a job where he could barely eat.

To Wallace's surprise, his expectations soon came true.

While Wallace was reading the newspaper, Handar and Bruce pushed open the event door of the small restaurant in a frenzy.

As soon as he walked in, Handar said in a thick voice, "Wallace, your good luck has come." See what I've brought you?".

Looking at Handa's familiar array of mannerisms, you know that he has found Wallace here more than once.

Wallace also didn't expect that his former employer would find him again.

The point is, listening to the meaning of Handar's words, it seems that something good will happen to him today.

What the hell is going on?

Wallace didn't have to think about it to know that his long-awaited job was coming.

Wallace was so excited that he swallowed the black bread in his hand in a few bites.

"Mr. Brown, are you going to reassemble the oil exploration team?" asked Wallace, his eyes lit up.

Without waiting for Handar to answer, Wallace began to speak to himself: "Mr. Handa, I really didn't lie to you, from a geological point of view, there must be an oil field in the wasteland near Meni's town. "

"When are we going to go?" asked Wallace impatiently.

"Ugh...... Wallace, calm down. I'm not going to take an oil risk anymore, that's too expensive. Handar gave Wallace a basin of cold water.

"Not the rebuilding team?" Wallace said with a deflated ball, "and what do you mean by good luck?"

"Huh...... Hey, Wallace. Listen to me first, don't be in a hurry to be so discouraged. Henda laughed a few times on Wallace's shoulder.

With that, he pushed Bruce out and said, "This is Bruce Lee." I introduce you to a new employer. "

"You...... Are you telling the truth, Mr. Brown?" said Wallace, turning sadness into joy.

"Of course it's true, my drilling rig has been transferred to Bruce. He needs a professional assistant now, and I'll bring him to you, Wallace. Henda laughed, laughing very happily.

It seems that it is a very happy thing to see Wallace's appearance.

Wallace didn't have the heart to pay attention to Henda's jokes and jokes.

He jumped up again with excitement, grabbed Bruce's hand and shook it vigorously, "Oh, hello, Mr. Lee." Are you really willing to hire me as your assistant?".

Bruce smiled and nodded, "Yes, Handar told me that your abilities are very outstanding, and you are the talent I need. "

Wallace smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you're looking for me." I can assure you that there will be a big oil field here in Meni. "

"Alright, Wallace, let's talk, I'll go back to the farm first, and Molly is still waiting for me at home. When Hengda saw that the two of them were talking, she got up and planned to leave.

Wallace hurriedly grabbed Hengda gratefully and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Brown." If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known if I would have left California. "

Handar smiled at him comfortingly, "Good job, Bruce will be a good boss." "

Wallace nodded.

Bruce is also very grateful for Henda's help: "Henders, thank you. Say hello to Molly on my behalf and bring me her thanks. "

After a polite gesture, the three of them said goodbye to each other.

Seeing Hengda's tall figure leave, Wallace couldn't wait to ask Bruce when they would start work.

He is almost out of money, and if he can start work a day earlier, he will get his salary a day earlier.

"Don't worry, Wallace. Let's start with your treatment. Bruce smirked.

"I don't care, you just pay the market price. It doesn't matter if it's lower," Wallace said quickly.

"Can you tell me, then, why are you so sure that there is an oil field near the small town of Menny?" Bruce said curiously.

Whether or not an oil field has been found near the town of Meni in the future, Bruce is unclear.

It's just Wallace's self-confidence that makes him curious.

You know, oil explorers in this year, the method of finding oil fields is basically based on luck, and there is no technology at all.

Most people rely on their personal experience accumulated after countless failures to determine whether there is oil in the ground.

There are even some of them that go directly to metaphysics.

There are not a few people who rely on their feelings to find oil.

In terms of the methods of these people, even the tomb robbers of the Dragon Kingdom cannot be compared.

They were able to find the oil completely because the blind cat ran into a dead mouse and ran out of shit.

At the same time, it can also show that in the chosen land of rice, oil resources are indeed enviable.

After a conversation with Wallace, Bruce finally understood where he came from.

This kid turned out to be a staff member of the Naval Technology Section.

Because he offended a commander above, he was arranged by the army to go to Africa to do research, so he was to be thrown into the place where birds don't poop in Africa, so as to rectify him.

As for how he offended his own chief?

Judging by the way he wanted to speak and stopped, Bruce could guess something without thinking.

Unexpectedly, this kid played quite a lot.

It's no wonder that he has a job with a stable salary, but he still has to go to California to eat ashes.

However, this kid's expertise is still very solid.

When chatting with Bruce, a few technical terms pop up from time to time.

Bruce was confused.

Wallace's past, Bruce doesn't care.

He also borrowed some knowledge about oil field exploration and Wallace from later generations to talk about oil exploration technology, which made Wallace admire him and almost introduced Bruce as a confidant in life.

"Boss, you're right. There is certainly a scientific approach to oil exploration. It's just that the science and technology in this area are not perfect enough. Wallace couldn't agree more.

"Then you should work hard to develop a set of feasible technologies for oil exploration in the future, and maybe you can create a discipline that is unique to you. Bruce patted Wallace on the shoulder encouragingly.

"You're absolutely right!" replied Wallace thoughtfully.

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A few days later, Bruce arrived at St. Davin's Springs with his assistant Wallace and two big black men he had hired in the small town of Mene.

And from a farmer who couldn't run it soon, he spent more than 2,000 yuan to buy a semi-abandoned farm.

The farmer's mouth almost crooked when he heard that someone was willing to take over his broken farm.

This farm is really broken to the point where I can't bear to look at it directly.

On the farm, in addition to half of the Gobi, where nothing grows, and half of the land is steep and icy stone mountains.

It is impossible to grow any food on the mountain, except for a few wild grasses.

Only in the center is there a small plot of land that can be planted, on which some potatoes are grown, and some cattle and sheep are raised.

Just this kind of farm, let alone two thousand meters of gold.

In Wallace's words, even if it was given to him for free, he hated it.

Wallace really couldn't understand why Bruce had spent such a large sum of money to buy the land.

What's the difference between this and giving money to someone directly?

Bruce mysteriously comforted Wallace, who was about to jump, "You'll know later." "

Wallace was really afraid that Bruce would be deceived and lose two thousand meters of gold in vain.

This is 2,000 yuan, and even in a big city like Los Angeles, 2,000 meters of gold is a lot of wealth.

The main thing is that he is afraid that Bruce will spend money so indiscriminately, and they will be yellow again in a few days after they have just established a small team.

That kind of day running around for three meals a day, Wallace had enough.

"Boss, you don't want to tell me that there's oil in the ground on this farm?" asked Wallace, stunned.

"Why can't we have it? We haven't dug yet, who knows if there's oil down there?" Bruce laughed.

Seeing Bruce insisting so much, Wallace had no choice but to let Bruce go.

Fortunately, the two big black men recruited from Meni Town are more silly.

They don't care if Bruce's business is a loss or not.

All they know is that their lives have settled since they were hired by Bruce.

Bruce offered them a daily wage of 3 meters a day.

Directly more than other gold diggers have to pay 1 meter a day.

That's a lot of money in California.

These two black men, one named Barudo and the other called Hibiyeh.

I don't know what it means.

I guess even they don't know what these two names mean.

After settling down on his farm, Bruce began to give Wallace, Barroudeau, and Hibier orders to start work that afternoon.

Without saying a word, the two black buddies, Barudo and Hebiye, directly carried the second-hand drilling rig bought from Handar and followed Bruce to find a vacant land and start work stupidly.

Wallace saw this, what else could he do?

I had no choice but to follow along.

"Let's drill right here. Bruce pointed to a spot in the clearing, commanding Barudo and Hebiye.

"Okay, boss!" said Barudo and Hibiyer as they set up the drill rig without saying a word.

"Boss, are you really going to dig oil wells here?" Wallace asked feebly.

"Pretty good here, huh?" said Bruce, glancing around.

"But there are so many rocks here, and drilling in this type of ground will wear out twice as fast as other places. Wallace pointed to the scattered rocks and was about to roar.

The price of a drilling rig is more than 10,000 yuan, and the price of a drill bit is not low, at least several hundred meters.

Reducing the wear and tear of the drill bit is also an essential skill for a qualified oil driller.

"It's okay, just do what I say. Bruce waved his hand disappreciatively.

With that, Bruce ignored Wallace, who was about to go crazy, and jumped directly on the only horse on the farm and galloped away.