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Chapter 1243 The Empire's Western Strategy (rd update, please subscribe)
Instinctive vigilance!
Survival in the West is a Colt. Dutton has an instinctive vigilance towards strangers. At least until he is familiar with them, he cannot disarm his vigilance like others. vigilance.

This is the law of survival in the West.

"Can I buy you a drink?"

Li Chengye understood their defensive mentality very well, so after asking for consent, he handed him a glass of whiskey, and then invited him to sit down at a table in the corner, and then he said straightforwardly:

"I think you may guess why I want to invite you, and you may also ask me if I have any conspiracy."

Clutching his whiskey glass tightly, Dutton glared back.

"I can guess, sir, that every businessman who comes here will say that they are doing it for everyone's benefit, but in essence, he just wants to make more money."

"That's right. By the way, all people, come into this world to make money, and that's absolutely true. Exactly true."

Shrugging his shoulders, Li Chengye looked very direct.He did this because he understood that it was more appropriate to deal directly with a ruthless person like Dutton than to beat around the bush.

"I want to ask you two things, Mr Dutton."

Li Chengye said,
"The cattle raised on your farm need to be transported to a place with a train for a month and a half, and then sold, right? And every winter, your farm will starve to death due to insufficient pasture, right?"

Dutton was neither shocked nor surprised.The cattle need to be transported to a distant place to sell, and the cattle will freeze to death in winter and starve to death. These are all normal things. This means that no layman will accept Xuan Deng, and he doesn't want to explain anything.

"If there was a railroad, I mean a railroad to get here, Mr. Dutton, what do you think would change? The cattle from your and other people's farms could be sent directly to the railway station, and it would only take a couple of months. In one day, before winter comes, when the pasture is insufficient, you can buy enough pasture in the market, and the train will send tens of thousands of tons of pasture here, and you don’t need to endure expensive prices anymore, The trains will bring cheap goods here."

railway?

Dutton looked up at the guy in front of him, what was he talking about?
"The second thing is, you should know that nobody in the whole of America is willing to invest in this railroad?"

Li Chengye insisted.

"not even one."

"not even one?"

Dutton asked,
"Come on, I think you must have your own ideas, don't you? You want to build a railway, don't you? From the Northern Territory to Yellowstone?"

After taking a sip of whiskey, Li Chengye nodded.

"Mr. Dutton, we all know that in reality, it is the most cost-effective to build a railway from the Northern Territory to here. For you, this is the closest railway to you. With this railway, your farm The cattle produced in the land can be directly loaded onto the train, transported to the Northern Territory by train, and shipped to the whole world through the port there, and you can also get sufficient pasture and various other commodities through there.”

Li Chengye drew a big pie for Dutton in front of him - the railway. The Northern Railway Company has always wanted to build a railway to the hinterland of the United States, but what about him?
He's not really a retailer, he's a lobbyist, and he's here to convince the people here to support a railroad to the North.

And Dutton is the object he needs to fight for, and it is the most important thing, because the self-defense group he organized composed of ranchers and cowboys not only cracked down on criminal activities of livestock theft, but also earned them a reputation. With the support of the ranchers, they will be able to get the support of the ranchers, and then the railway will naturally be built.

Looking at Li Chengye, Dutton said.

"Sir, as you said, it does seem to be of great benefit to us, but sir, your people will come here in a steady stream, and eventually, they will dye this place yellow."

Dutton drained the whiskey in his glass, then looked at him and said.

"But I don't care about that. If it was yellow, you would come here even if there were no railroads. California has ports, but it's still California. It's not Mexican, it's not you, it's still California. America's."

Why did Dutton say that?
Because he is a southerner, he doesn't care what happens to the north at all. Besides, as this person said, after the railway is completed, it will bring too many benefits to him and his farm, because the railway, every time it sells He needs to hire a lot of cowboys,

"Yes, Mr Dutton."

Li Chengye nodded repeatedly and stared at this guy. Is he so easy to persuade?

"The only question is, what do I get if I support you in building the railway?"

Dutton said directly.

The interests in the west are so bare-bones, there is no avoidance, it is a straightforward transaction, in fact, the same is true in Washington.

Almost all of them are mercenary.Make money, not shabby.

"A railway!"

Looking at Dutton, Li Chengye said.

"The railway will pass along the edge of your farm, and we will build a railway station there, so that your cattle can be transported to the field more conveniently by rail."

This condition may not seem like a big deal, but for Dutton who started a farm.He immediately realized the benefits to him - not only could the cattle on his farm be shipped out in the first time, but the land would also appreciate in value with the establishment of the railway station.

No one in this world will refuse wealth.

"I'll help you convince others!"

Dutton nodded, then looked at Li Chengye and said,
"But before that, I want to see your map and see how much of my land you need to use. You know, to me, nothing is more important than our farm!"

Convincing a person is very simple, as long as a certain benefit is given, anyone can persuade, if the benefit is not enough, then increase the price, if not, then find his weakness.

"Weakness!"

In the governor's mansion in Beihai City, Liang Pengye, the governor who had just taken office for only two years, spit out these two words, took a sip from his teacup, and continued.

"The weakness of the United States is the vast west. Since the war between the empire and the United States is inevitable, then we must prepare in advance..."

While speaking, he cast his eyes on the map on the wall and sneered.

"The Rocky Mountains... This is the biggest obstacle for the empire to attack the west, and it is also the biggest barrier in the western United States. But if we build a railway into the Montana area, then we can bypass the Rocky Mountains. Once the war breaks out, We can point directly to the most extensive central prairies in the United States..."

The governor's analysis made Lin Guo's eyes light up, and he quickly complimented him.

"The governor's foresight is beyond the reach of lower officials."

"This is my vision, this is Your Majesty..."

Put down the teacup, Liang Pengye said.

"When I served in the imperial court, His Majesty has already planned everything. As a minister, all we have to do is to do our best to implement it..."

(End of this chapter)