1855 United States Tycoon

"Mr. MacDonald, this is a summary of Alaska's intelligence this month." Elizabeth put these files on the desktop.

"Very well, thank you." Scrooge raised his head and smiled at her, watched her walk out of the office, and then took the file and looked through it.

"How is it? How much gold has been dug up?" Dorothea quickly asked when Elizabeth was out of the house.

"Winter hasn't passed yet. What kind of digging? How can I mine gold if there is no flowing water?" Scrooge laughed. "Now it's just preparing to mine. Huh? Some workers have discovered gold?"

"What? Isn't it okay?" Dorothea became nervous all of a sudden.

"It's nothing." Scrooge said, "Anyway, it's impossible for them to pass the news to the country. It's just that it may cause a little trouble for management."

Kohler discovered gold entirely by accident. While clearing the camp, he was ordered to dig out what was in a shed left by the original expedition. When they arrived, the shed had been crushed by the snow, but according to the records, there were still some tools in it. So we need to dig it up and take things out.

But now there is a trouble, that is, the heavy snow has covered all those areas with a thick layer. From the ground, it is impossible to see where the old shed with tools is. Although they have a map in their hands, this map is only a rough sketch. You can only know the approximate location by relying on it. If you really want to find a specific place, well, you still have to dig to find it.

As a result, when digging the snow, Kohler's shovel bumped into something tough.

"Maybe it's those tools." That's what Kohler thought at the time. But after he dug up the snow layer, he discovered that it seemed to be just a stone, but the place where the shovel touched seemed to shine with golden metallic luster. Kohler picked up this not too big "stone", the "stone" was not big, but it was very heavy. He took it to his eyes and looked at it carefully, and then his heart throbbed, with a thump in his head, he could hardly see anything, hear nothing-it is gold, natural gold!

"Kohler, what are you doing!" The workers who were working together saw Kohler suddenly picking up something, and then trembling all over there, they asked curiously.

But Kohler can no longer hear the questions from his companions. He threw away the shovel in his hand and held the piece of natural gold in both hands, hearing nothing.

"What are you doing? What is this?" A worker walked up and took a look. "F*ck, gold! Such a big gold!" The man stretched out his hand to grab it, "Show me. Look!" he yelled.

Kohler was also awake at this time. He pushed the worker abruptly and shouted, "What are you going to do? This is mine!" At the same time, he bent down to pick up the shovel that fell on the ground. But at this time, the man who was pushed away rushed forward, and immediately threw Kohler to the ground, and then desperately tried to snatch the piece of gold in his hand.

"What are you doing!" Blackwater escort Thomas who was standing not far away yelled, and at the same time he unlocked the safety of the revolver in his hand.

Neither of them paid attention to him, but continued to snatch.

Thomas walked over and kicked the guy who was pressing on Kohler's ass, kicking the guy into a tumble. Then he raised his gun and fired a shot into the sky. At this time, these two dizzy guys were awake.

Of course, the result after waking up is not good. That piece of gold, because it was discovered on the company’s land, was undoubtedly the company’s property, and it was naturally confiscated. Although Kohler was very reluctant to give it, he was already sober at this time. He knew that he was stubbornly working with the company, and no one would know if he died in this place. In fact, these days, in Alaska, it is not that no one has died...

"What about the loss of the transportation team, um, a whole group of people in the transportation team sent from the port to the mining area are missing?" Dorothea also stretched her head to look at the intelligence.

"If you disappeared in that environment, you are basically dead." Scrooge said, "Damn, a lot of supplies and sled dogs were lost. However, the loss is still within the expected range. This figure is still acceptable."

"Do you think someone will dig around looking for gold at this time, and then find a way to escape with the gold?" Dorothea asked.

"How to escape? It's ice and snow." Scrooge said dismissively.

"First get the gold, and then steal a sleigh. Fleeing all the way south. If you are lucky enough, maybe you can let him escape to Canada." Dorothea said.

"That requires very, very good luck." Scrooge said, "Furthermore, now under the heavy snow, the land is frozen, and gold is not easy to find. However, I do need to emphasize that we must take care of it. Good sled. Oh, Dorothea, you are right, someone really escaped..."

There is a small forest near the mining area. The fuel in the mining camp basically comes from here. It is very economically uneconomical to use sledges to run for several days to the port to refuel. This morning, the workers rode on sledges, guarded by the guards of Heishui, oh, it should be said that under the protection, they came to the grove to cut logs.

In the evening, the workers boarded three sleds and started to return to the camp. One of them was dragging wood, and the other two were carrying workers and black water escorts. It wasn't very far, when the sleigh pulling the firewood suddenly broke down. So the whole team stopped, the workers were busy removing the firewood, and then came to see if the sled could be repaired, and the guards of Blackwater were ready to encounter wild animals.

Just after the workers and guards on the sled got off, a sled driver suddenly waved his whip and drove the sled to speed to the south.

"Damn! It's Parry, what does he want to do?" Thomas raised his gun and fired a shot. The crisp gunfire echoed across the wasteland. But the sleigh showed no signs of stopping at all, so Thomas began to actually raise his gun to aim. But at this time, the sled had already run farther. Thomas fired two shots, but it was very windy and the sled ran fast and failed to hit.

"Go and chase him back." Thomas and two of the guards jumped on the remaining sleigh, but the sleigh only ran only a few tens of meters, and there was a problem.

"Damn it! That bastard must have done it!" Thomas cursed.

Now he can be sure that Parry must have found some gold at some point. He secretly hid the gold, and just now, while everyone was not paying attention, he moved his hands and feet on the sled. Then he drove away in a sleigh.

It took Thomas and others for a while to fix the sleigh, but at this time, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it started to snow again. Obviously, it is not a good idea to catch up with that guy at this time.

"We will camp, and then send a report to the port. Let the port be optimistic about the own ship." Thomas thought for a while and said.

Parry drove the dog sled for a while, looked back, and no one caught up, so he slowed down. Although he didn't know this wasteland, he also knew that a dog could not bear to run like this. Whether he can run out or not depends largely on these dogs.

Parry reached out and pressed his chest, the thing was hard and still there, which gave him more courage. Now the wind is strong, and it's snowing again. It’s no good to stay in such an open place. He doesn't have a tent. In such a wild, let the cold wind blow all night, and he will definitely be frozen into popsicles in the morning.

Parry's eyes widened and looked around for a shelter from the wind. Well, there was a small hill covered with shrubs. Behind that, you might be able to find a shelter from the wind.

Parry drove the sled to the back of the mountain, where the wind was a bit weaker, but it was still very cold. The winter days in Alaska are short, and in a blink of an eye, it will be dark. Parry remembered that when he was chatting with the guides, the guides mentioned how the Eskimos used snow to build a house for themselves, so he began to try to use snow to build a small house for himself.

However, the Eskimo’s snow house is obviously a work that requires technology. Parry has worked hard for a long time, but he couldn’t build a snow house like the guide described. So he had to adopt the second plan, using snow for himself and himself. The sled dogs piled up a small space that surrounded all sides, but did not have a cap. Then he dropped a little firewood from the sleigh and lit a small fire. In order to guard against possible pursuers, it would have been best not to fire. But Parry thought that on such a snowy night, no one would be chasing him. Moreover, in such an environment, without lighting up, he is not sure that he can survive this long and cold night.

"This guy doesn't have a gun in his hand, and he doesn't have enough food. Well, we have been controlling everyone's food. At most, he secretly left a little while eating. In addition, if you bring too much food, you will be caught Found it." In the camp, Heishui's guards were discussing the incident.

"Under these conditions, he doesn't even have food to feed the dog. At most tomorrow, he will have to abandon his dog sled and hike south. I don't know if he can make his own human sled, but even if he has a set I don’t think he can go far before he has eaten all the food he is carrying. Not to mention walking to the inhabited area of ​​Canada, or reaching our port, it’s impossible.” Chen Guang Said, "So, I don't think we need to chase him..."

"Dorothea, do you think that guy can get out?" Scrooge asked.

"I don't know." Dorothea said, "Shall we make a bet..."

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