Rebirth 1912 starts with people on the Titanic

Chapter 22: Crazy Oil

Bruce and his party spent a few days in the golden town.

During this time, Barrudo and Hibier again suggested to Bruce, "Boss, I think your farm should hire some people now." You know, now that your farm is a household name all over California, aren't you afraid that people will run up to it and steal your oil?".

Being a household name is, of course, just a metaphor.

But it's a word that pretty much fits the adjective when it comes to Bruce and his farm's popularity in California.

Bruce also felt that they really needed some security now.

Ever since the news of a large oil field had been dug up in the heights of St. Daven Springs.

In the area of St. Daven Springs Heights, you can see an endless stream of strange farms overlooking the blues every day.

The main reason is that the western region is too chaotic.

Not to mention the rampant use of guns, there are countless fugitives hiding in it.

Now that Bruce is well-known in California, it's time to think about security.

Bruce agrees to Barudo's offer and decides to recruit some unemployed cowboys as his temporary bodyguards.

In the western land, these cowboys are very active bodyguards.

These people are very professional herders, and they are also the source of chaos in the western part of the country.

Skilled in horsemanship, aggressive by nature, and armed with a revolver or shotgun, it is simply a ready-made armed force.

Anyway, there are a lot of unemployed cowboys in various towns now.

Just beckon, and Bruce and they can immediately recruit a lot of tall cowboys with strong personalities.

For this, the town sheriff also gave a special thanks, praising Bruce for his contribution to the policing of the Golden Town.

Provided, of course, that Bruce didn't shove any less money into his hands.

I hope to get official protection from this sheriff.

After all, no matter how small his position is, he is also an officially recognized sheriff in the United States, and he can still more or less reduce some of Bruce's troubles.

Cowboys are people who have unstable jobs, and they don't have the next meal.

If anyone can give them a job with a good income, most of them will be happy to work as temporary bodyguards.

Of course, these people have to put a big question mark on loyalty.

It's another day and it's begun.

Early in the morning, Bruce got up from the bed that just fitted properly, and was caught by the noise outside the house.

When I listened closely, I found that most of the content was about his farm and oil field.

I heard a loud voice say, "Hey, brother, is there any excitement for so many people to get together in front of you?" Is it the Straw Hats and the Itali people fighting again?".

Then a disdainful voice replied, "Hey, that was a long time ago." Haven't you heard? Oil is being pumped from the farms near St. Fenda Springs Heights. "

"What? are you telling the truth?" said in surprise.

"Of course, my uncle's nephew's friend's uncle worked as a housekeeper on a farm nearby. My uncle told me the news personally. The disdainful voice said.

"Oh, damn it, I just found out about such big news. No, I'm going to have to take something over there right now to try my luck, maybe I'll be the next lucky one too?"

Bruce, dressed up, stood in front of the window and listened to these discussions clearly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

Now the news of the oil from St. Daven Spring is being confirmed by more and more people.

He is confident that professional oil companies will soon come to his door.

Of course, his approach is not entirely without its flaws.

As the news spreads and is proven, the originally depressed golden town is lively again.

Most of these out-of-towners who came in a hurry were private oil explorers who had heard the news.

They are also nicknamed "wild cats" by the locals of the western region, which means adventurers who wander around like wild cats in search of food.

Generally, the capital of the wildcat is very short, and the main thing is to change places with one shot.

It's rare to be like Bruce when he insists on staying in one place for nearly a month without changing places.

A lot of the time, they're working with people from some specialized oil companies.

Then find a place where you think there might be oil and drill it, and once the money runs out and the oil is not drilled, the team will soon be disbanded.

So the wildcats' favorite thing to do is to gather in the small town bars to ask for news.

Once they determine where oil is actually there, they swarm like flies that smell blood.

Because this method is the most cost-effective and fastest for them to be feral.

Although they did not dare to drill wells in other people's oil wells, no one could control them in the nearby area.

Oil is liquid anyway.

It's the liquid that flows naturally.

They dig oil wells in the land outside your oil wells, and you can't do anything with them when the oil comes out.

Many wildcat prospectors have succeeded in achieving financial freedom by playing this scoundrel approach.

Ever since it was confirmed that Bruce was pumping oil near the St. Daven Springs, the area has been home to countless wildcat prospectors.

They all rented large tracts of land outside of Bruce Farm with a large amount of rice dollars in their hands.

After obtaining the right to exploit oil on this land, a vigorous oil exploration campaign began.

This also directly led to the fact that this land, which was not worth much at all, immediately began to rise in a straight line.

From the beginning of one meter per mu directly rose to the price of three or four thousand yuan per mu.

There are even greedy farmers who offer a staggering price of 5,000 yuan per mu.

Even so, it couldn't stop the feral explorers from swarming in.

As a result, a portion of the wildcat prospectors did dig oil underground on farms near the heights of St. Daven Springs.

This group of people is lucky, they pay a huge price and reap the corresponding rewards.

Of course, there are more people who have nothing to gain, and they can only watch others get rich dryly and blush.

So, the wildcats also found a problem.

That is, the closer you are to the farm's farm, the more likely you are to dig up oil, and the farther away from Bruce's farm, the less likely it is to dig up oil.

Wildcat was immediately sure that Bruce had the best oil resources in his hands.

As a result, many wildcat explorers began to appear near Bruce's farm, and some even spread the news that they wanted to lease the oil exploration rights in Bruce's farm at a high price.

Unfortunately, Bruce never showed up much, leaving the wild cats with nowhere to go.

Because Bruce knew that behind these wildcat prospectors, it would soon be those oil companies.

In order to add more fire to their own oil fields.

Bruce directly instructed the Wallace trio to deliberately spread information about the production of Bruce's oil wells in the town.

So, under the deliberate guidance of Wallace and others, the daily production of the oil well dug by Bruce spread.

The daily oil production has reached an astonishing more than 2,000 barrels per day, and the annual oil production has reached a staggering 100,000 tons.

With such an astonishing amount of oil production, it is undoubtedly a rich oil well that is well worth exploiting.

It made the feral cats even more insane.

What especially made Bruce angry and laughed was that.

The farmer who sold the Bruce Farm before actually ran back from Los Angeles after learning the shocking news.

It is claimed that Bruce used false news to defraud his farm from him for two thousand dollars.

If Bruce doesn't compensate him for his losses, he's going to have to make Bruce pay.

Such a scoundrel's remarks, Bruce didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Here is the rice country where whoever is strong and who is reasonable, and it is not the Eastern Dragon Country where everything must be reasoned first.

Bruce would care about this scoundrel?

Even passers-by who listened to the farmer's words dismissed him.

Everyone understands what this guy has in mind.

However, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Bruce still generously gave the former farmer a compensation of 10,000 meters of knife.

After receiving the compensation of 10,000 meters, the farmer immediately left the golden town with gratitude.

He hadn't actually planned to take his farm back from Bruce.

After all, the United States is a "country of contracts" that pays attention to black and white.

Now that he sold the farm to Bruce in black and white, the fact is irreversible.

Even if he goes to court to fight a lawsuit, he can't win.

This is also thanks to Bruce's very confusing complexion, otherwise, he would not have the confidence to ignore the other party.

......

Without spending a penny, you get a lot of money.

The farmer was satisfied, and left overnight with 10,000 meters.

After seeing off the rogue former farmer, Bruce finally waited for his first guest.

To Bruce's surprise, however, the guest was none other than his old acquaintance, Mr. Handar Brown.

The first time she saw Bruce, Handar came up and gave Bruce a big hug.

"Oh, Bruce, you've given me a huge surprise!" Henda Brown congratulated with a smile.

"Thank you, Handar. I'm just a fluke. I have to thank you for helping me before, so I have my current success. Bruce said with heartfelt gratitude.

Handar waved her hand and laughed, "No, no, no, Bruce." It's all the result of your own efforts. The little help I gave you was nothing. "

Handa knew that he really didn't help Bruce much.

Aside from the second-hand drilling rig, it was just a Wallace for Bruce.

Bruce's success has nothing to do with his help.

But Bruce was able to say that, and it did make Handar happy.

Because he actually came to Bruce this time with a purpose.

Bruce is so passionate about himself, which means that his relationship with Bruce is not unfamiliar.

Then there is hope that his purpose will be achieved.

"Okay, Handar. Tell me, what's the matter with you coming to me? Don't tell me you're just here to congratulate me. Bruce quipped.

Handar snorted and said, "Huh...... , yes, Bruce. I am here this time to congratulate you on your success, and secondly, I want to talk to you about cooperation on behalf of our Western Mining Company. "

"Cooperation?" Bruce had predicted.

"Yes!" said Henda, "as you know, our family grew up on gold mines. After the development, our family has invested in many industries. Including manufacturing, freight forwarding, and more. "

"Unfortunately, the return on these investments was not as great as we had hoped. Handar laughed self-deprecatingly.

"You may not know that a few years ago, after a self-eruption occurred in an oil field in Texas, the oil industry in the United States began to flourish. "

"In addition, you have also seen that the number of cars in the United States is rising rapidly, and a discerning person knows clearly that the era of oil is coming. "

"So, I also thought about investing in the oil industry. But where is oil exploration so easy. Handar shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It has to be said that Handar Brown is indeed a very far-sighted businessman in the United States.

He was able to sniff out the oil industry so quickly and put it into action, which is one of the very few people at the moment.

However, having a vision does not mean success.

Otherwise, Hantec would not have directly sold the drilling equipment in his hand to Bruce cheaply.

In Bruce's opinion.

With Hantec's industry and value, a few small failures are not enough to have much impact on Hantec's industry.

Now Handar has come to Bruce, which shows that other ambitions in the oil industry have not given up.

Bruce's success so quickly did surprise Hantec and his western mining company.

For Handar, Bruce's success is tantamount to stepping through iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get there.

The question now is whether Bruce is willing to reach a partnership with Western Mining.

In this regard, Hantec still has very high expectations.

"Bruce, you know, our family and a couple of families started a Western Mining Company. The main direction of the business is mining machinery and transportation in the western region. Handar continued, "It's just that in the past few years, our company's business has not been sluggish. If you want, our company would like to cooperate with you to develop that oil well together, what do you think?".