Alchemy Greater China

() "Schmidt, your intentions are good, you abandon the ego and fulfill the big ego, you are worthy of being a qualified Dragon Scale Party member... But you are still too impulsive, hehe, the Morgan consortium is going to build a railway here ?”

Long Bo's eyes were burning, and he continued: "How can it be so easy? Don't forget, whose territory is this... Now, if they can solve the troubles around them, they are already pretty good!"

trouble?

Yes, the elites in Mingyue Village are in trouble!

After the talks that night and the harvest of "military power", Pulitzer was counting the roster proudly, but bad news came one after another.

"Report, there are two accountants who were frozen to death last night!"

"Report, part of the shovel became brittle due to ice, and the tip broke off during excavation! Five workers were injured!"

"Report, the temperature of the machine for stamping the rails is too low, making it impossible to generate steam, and it is now on strike and unable to operate!" ..

"Report, the ground at the vein is too hard, the power of the excavating machine is not enough, three drill bits have been scrapped, and the progress is much lower than expected!"

...Such reports flew to Pulitzer's desk like snowflakes, making this elite member of the Morgan Consortium a little restless.

Pulitzer frowned, put on his bearskin coat, and walked out of the house.

As soon as he went out, the icy wind outside made Pulitzer's cheeks freeze: Damn, what the hell, why is it so cold?

It was still the same wooden three-story building. Pulitzer walked in, and Jinclair and others were there. The only difference was that the brazier in the middle changed from one to three!

All the flames were blazing, almost like a bonfire.

"Mr. Morgan is finally here. Let's wait until the flowers are all withered..." Jin Keleha was angry, and his hands seemed to be healing his wounds, and he refused to move his nest in front of the brazier.

"The flowers are not withered. They are frozen into icicles!"

Aymoang Chen of the Citigroup consortium murmured, "Ah, have you taken the wrong medicine? Why is the temperature dropping all the time these days, at least 30 degrees?"

Pulitzer sat down. Even though there were three big fires facing him, he still dared not take off his bearskin coat: "What's the temperature now?"

"Minus 23... Celsius!"

"Hmm!" Pulitzer rubbed the space between his brows.Looking at Jin Kelai: "The weather is really weird! Whether people are frozen to death or machines are too frozen to work, it's all related to this ghostly cold climate!"

"You still need to say it?"

West, who was also wrapped in a thick coat, rolled his eyes, "Before you came, we had already discussed it and came to a preliminary conclusion: We people should have been misled by the information that was sent back before!"

"I fully understand what you're saying!" Pulitzer nodded and said, "I think this is also the reason. Before I came here, I had already taken a copy of the parameter list of the stamping machine. Let's take a look. This is a company owned by Morgan a month ago. specially made."

"I also have the parameter sheet. These shovels, shovels and trolleys are specially produced by a mold factory commissioned by our Loeb Group."

"This is the parameter list of the earth-shoveling machine we customized, look at it!"

……

Not only did Pulitzer prepare the parameter list, but all the people sitting here were elites. They ordered someone to call out the parameter list of the faulty equipment a long time ago. The round table was immediately filled with a row of lists in black and white.

Including King Klay.After the seven people took out the parameter sheet, no one looked at it.Because the conclusion has already been drawn before this.

Jinclair said in a deep voice: "The problem is the same. These parameters show that the machinery or tools we order are all manufactured according to the minimum temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius!"

Pulitzer stroked his chin and continued: "So... it's below minus 20 degrees. It's not surprising that the machine strikes and the tools are damaged! However, the strange thing is that everyone's equipment is manufactured according to this parameter ?”

The remaining six people.They all nodded.

"If one family is misled, you can still blame the intelligence agent, but our seven families have been misled, then the problem should not be the intelligence agent!" Pulitzer frowned, and said: "The information is correct. , then the problem can only be caused by the abnormal climate today! In other words, before we came, the lowest temperature in Alaska... would never be lower than minus 20 degrees!"

"Mr. Morgan's analysis is good! This is the truth, and the result of our discussion just now is also the same!" Jin Kelai agreed, "I don't think this is some kind of God's joke. There must be some reason that makes the temperature here drop. the son came down."

"yes……"

There was a spark of wisdom in Pulitzer Morgan's eyes: "Actually, we all missed a little key! Our family also missed this key, so that we made a big mistake!"

"What is the key? I would like to hear more about it!"

The eyes of Jinclair and the six others lit up.

It's easy to find the key, but I'm most afraid that I can't even find the key, and I don't have a clue to remedy it!

"Hey, our family has one thing in common, that is, they are all engaged in financial fortunes, Rockefeller may be an exception, but apart from Old John, how many elite children in the family know how to mine..." Pulitzer sighed Sigh, speak eloquently.

Mining cannot be said to be a university subject, but it involves a lot of knowledge, such as geology, geography, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, environment, smelting, etc., all of which require professional talents to preside over them, except for a few No one in a large company whose main business is mining dares to say: I can dig out the ore if I find out the veins!

And the place of Alaska is even more special. Before Schmidt, no one had ever dug ore in this 'U.S. Great Ice Bank'!The environment, temperature, geology, etc. parameters of mining here are all a mystery!In the final analysis, the parameters passed back by the intelligence personnel of various families were all provided by Schmidt, and there was no reference for comparison at all, so the parameters said 'it will never be lower than minus 20 degrees', and each family also Without hesitation, it is believed to be the truth!

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, this flaw is easy to see. Although we have never been to Alaska before, it is at the same latitude as Canada. How can it be possible that the temperature is not lower than minus 20 degrees?"

When Pulitzer said this, everyone understood, and when they suddenly realized it, they were also annoyed by their own negligence.

The key is that there is no experience and no comparison!

"Another point. Even if there is no reference, such a flaw is relatively obvious, but we all turn a blind eye to it, and the intelligence personnel are convinced...Why?" Pulitzer continued: "Then there is only one possibility, the 'temperature parameter' The intelligence officer sent back, he absolutely believes that Alaska will not be below minus 20 degrees. At least...in the mine!"

"Yes, what Mr. Morgan said is very reasonable!" King Klay slapped his head: "I remembered that our Rockefeller has stipulated that any parameters in the intelligence must be passed back to the family with rigorous evidence. You can’t just talk about it! Yes, it is precisely because of this reason that the family will firmly believe in these parameters and use them as standards. A batch of machinery and tools adapted to the Alaskan environment have been ordered!”

The custom-made machinery must be easy to drag and consume less energy. After all, the transportation in Alaska is very inconvenient nowadays. The lighter it can be and the less fuel it consumes when driving, it means that more machinery can be brought into the mining area, and the mining efficiency is also higher. will be higher!

This is also the reason why temperature parameters should be included in the scope of consideration for customization!

Pulitzer said in a deep voice: "Who still has the intelligence personnel who were active in Alaska with them? If so, call them out and ask!"

From Kinclair down, the six persons in charge all showed embarrassment: "...I have already sent someone to call! Uh, where are the intelligence personnel from the Morgan Consortium?"

Pulitzer turned his face, and snorted unnaturally: "These intelligence personnel have made great contributions. Go back to the family to rest..."

Make a great contribution to the devil!

The six persons in charge snorted and raised their middle fingers of disdain in their hearts!

The intelligence personnel of various chaebols, in fact, were those who signed the mining area distribution agreement with Schmidt on behalf of their respective masters in the early stage. Since the content of the signed agreement was not favored by Pulitzer and other powerful chaebols, most of them were driven out. Go back to the headquarters and accept the punishment!So make a great contribution.What a nonsense!

On the other hand, Goldman and Loeb consortia, because of their older intelligence personnel, are still in the team this time, but they are not welcomed by West and others, and are left behind in the three mining areas ahead. inside.

West said: "It will take a while for people to come. We can't be idle in this spare time, we should go to the scene to check!"

Pulitzer nodded in agreement, and the person stood up: "I should go to the field to take a look. I have been sitting here waiting, can I figure out the reason for the sudden drop in temperature? Walk around, and your feet won't freeze, hehe!"

Under the leadership of Pulitzer, seven responsible persons came to the scene where the malfunctioning machinery was placed.

The scene was three kilometers away from the north entrance of Mingyue Village. There was a half-dug mine there, but the inside was empty, full of messy traces of the evacuation. Needless to say, it was evacuated by the guards when they evacuated.

This mine is no different from the previous gold mines abandoned by the guards. This is an experimental mine for detection. It can only be used for ore sampling, and cannot be excavated on a large scale!Otherwise, there is a danger of cave collapse and burial.

Generally speaking, there are good ore veins near the experimental mines. As long as the sampling and analysis are completed, the mines for production can be excavated.

This is the case in the first-line base villages in southern Alaska. There is basically one experimental mine in each village, and there are even two or three in larger villages. There are very few exceptions like those small gold mines for production. It is a gift that has been planned long ago to give to this consortium.

300 meters away from the experimental mine, a three-meter-high steel machine stands on the side of a hill like a mighty ancient warrior. The weapons in his hands are two hard and sharp drill bits. Unfortunately, this 'warrior' Already 'frozen', his whole body was covered with white frost, and the weapon in his 'hand' was also stagnant in mid-air, extremely stiff, with a sense of helplessness and desolation of unfulfilled ambition.

"This is the third excavator that has been damaged by freezing..."

When the person guarding the steel machine saw Pulitzer and other bosses approaching, he quickly sucked his snot that was about to freeze, walked up to him, and explained with a bitter face.

"Is it completely useless?"

The bosses don’t understand the actual technology, but when you take a closer look, this excavator is really terribly frozen. Not only is there frost on the outside, but the exposed transmission shaft and other parts inside are also white, with particles of ice slag, clinging to it. , it seems that unless there is a house warming cleanup, it is wishful thinking to want this 'Iron Warrior' to move again!

"The steam engine can't start, no matter how much coal is added, it's all in vain! Hey..."

The man guarding the machine pointed at the black coal pile in the simple shed nearby, with a helpless expression on his face.In fact, even that pile of coal was mixed with a lot of white ice beads, which looked black and white, very heart-wrenching.

no way.Who made this damn weather so cold!

Pulitzer and the others glanced at each other and understood in their hearts: the excavator is completely hopeless, the ground is in the open, and the wind and snow continue to destroy it, so it's no wonder it can recover!

Kinclair frowned, and instructed the guard to call a few people, push the excavator into the shed, and after discussing with Pulitzer, he was about to enter the experimental mine.

It was windy and snowy outside.I can't see anything, I hope I can find some clues when I enter the mine!The seven people in charge all thought so.

The entrance to the experimental mine is very narrow, and after entering, there is only one passage that goes deep into the ground and is so narrow that only two people can walk side by side.

After all, it is an experimental sampling hole, so it cannot be dug too wide, otherwise, if the support is not strong enough, the entire hole will collapse.

The seven big brothers are under the leadership of the leader.Step by step.Along the way, under the dim light.Surrounded by hideous stone walls with potholes, the top of the head is a dome that drips ice beads from time to time, and the soles of the feet are stepping on the ground that is hard and soft.

Only 10 minutes.These big bosses with precious lives were sweating profusely, and they retreated in their hearts.

"almost?"

The person in charge of the DuPont Consortium, Bryn DuPont, couldn't help but said first: "It's the same cold inside, it's normal for the shovel to freeze off! Let's go out first and wait for Goldman and Loeb's intelligence personnel Come and talk again?"

A gloomy mine.The bone-piercing cold, the penetrating dripping ice... This is really not insane!

King Klay agreed with DuPont's opinion very much. They are high-level leaders, so they just need to check and care a little bit. As for the mine, it's better to quit as soon as possible!

Doesn't the old saying often teach us: Doesn't a gentleman stand under a dangerous wall?

"Wait a minute!"

Everyone was turning around, but Pulitzer Morgan yelled, called the guide, pointed to the top of his head and asked, "What is that? Is it an oil lamp or something? Why isn't it shining?"

Everyone was curious, and they followed the prestige, and saw a black stick stuck horizontally above Pulitzer's head, about 2.5 to 3 meters above the ground. On the stick, hung a gray one that looked like a street lamp and The hexagonal thing in the crock!Of course, this hexagon is very irregular, and this strange thing is not bright, if Pulitzer has not been looking around and paying attention, it is really hard to find.

"This, I don't know too well..." The guide was stunned, hesitating and unable to answer.

"Take it down and have a look!"

Pulitzer ordered in a deep voice, and while the guide was trying to get the weird thing, he walked back, and found that weird thing hanging above his head at intervals!

"The strangeness lies in this thing!" Pulitzer walked back and said with certainty.

King Klay and the others also opened their eyes wide in amazement, looked up and down at the thing, and agreed with what Pulitzer said in their hearts.

Finally, the hexagonal streetlight-like thing was removed. It should be hollow inside. After shaking it, there was a 'bang bang bang bang' sound like ice cubes hitting it!

Because it was too cold, Pulitzer and others came out of the experimental mine, and a total of three 'street lamps' were moved by the workers to a simple shed with a brazier.

"Here's a lid that unscrews!"

"Open it, open it, oh, it smells bad!"

"It's water, mostly ice, poured out, poured out... oh my god, what the hell is this!"

Under the watchful eyes of Pulitzer and others, several workers fiddled with the three 'street lamps'. After a while, one 'street lamp' had its 'skull' lifted, crackling, and the contents inside were poured out.

In addition to the black sewage and gray ice cubes, the other piles of things that were poured out made everyone present dumbfounded!

Those are little dead fish with white belly exposed!There are more than ten red fish scales and red fish tails!

"This, this is... a dead fish?" Kinclair rubbed his eyes and asked in a strange tone.

"What do you put the dead fish in there for? Ugh, it smells so bad, it's been dead for a long time?" West covered his nose and jumped a few steps away. The person in charge of Goldman was a bit of a clean freak.

"Could it be some kind of mysterious witchcraft?" Ayimaoang said in a panicked tone with puffed out goldfish eyes: "There are many orientals in Schmidt's team, and these dead red fishes may be some kind of oriental ritual." Sacrifice? Ah, we've been tricked, we won't be cursed?"

"Nonsense, do you still believe in curses?"

Pulitzer reprimanded, went up, poked these dead fish with a wooden stick, and also looked puzzled: "I don't know this kind of fish either, maybe it is a unique product here in Alaska! But it is by no means witchcraft , mysterious rituals, curses...these fish should be alive when they are put into this jar, but why they are put in and what effect they have, I can't guess!"

Next, the remaining two 'street lamps' were also turned on, and what was poured out of them was also this kind of red dead fish, generally the same.

In doubt, Pulitzer ordered people to collect these dead fish, and called some people with fish experience to identify them. Unfortunately, everyone was at a loss, and no one could name this small red fish. name.

A day later, Goldman and Loeb's intelligence personnel finally arrived at Mingyue Village. When they got out of the car, they were brought before Pulitzer, King Klay and others.

The first thing Pulitzer did was to show them the red dead fish. As a result, the intelligence officers looked at each other, took out a few dead fish from their pockets, and put them on the table together. (To be continued.)