1855 United States Tycoon

Because they know that there will be tropical diseases, unlike in Alaska, when the Japanese go to work in the rainforest, the black water guards will not follow to protect them, although there are no fewer beasts in the rainforest than Alaska. . After all, Heishui's guards are not worthless human beings like Japanese workers. So in the first few days, Japanese workers were bitten to death by venomous snakes, eaten by pythons, or gnawed by America lions.

The first accident happened when a few inexperienced little Japanese were felling a mahogany tree hugged by two. Mahogany is a very hard tree. A few small Japanese surrounded it and chopped it for almost a whole day before putting this big tree down. However, when the big tree fell, a Japanese did not expect it. An accident happened-there were a lot of tough canes hanging on the big tree, and when the tree fell, these canes fell along with it. But dying, a vine was still hanging on a big tree over there at the same time. As a result, the vine broke under the impact of the countdown. So the broken piece of cane was drawn like a whip, and it was drawn on the forehead of a small Japanese. It turns out that the strength of the Japanese head is far less powerful than that of a bald head. When it was hit, his head was like a watermelon being smashed up by a baseball bat, and it was immediately broken to the ground.

In response to this stimulus, another Japanese worker slammed outside and didn't know if it was the effect of Daliwan. The jump jumped more than four meters and then rolled down the hillside without standing still. Fortunately, this place is not high, so although this guy rolled to the creek in one breath, but surprisingly, apart from a few cuts in his body, he didn't suffer any serious injuries. However, his good luck was exhausted at that time. When this guy got up in a hurry, he accidentally stepped on a soft thing. That is an anaconda taking a nap, the heaviest snake in the world!

An anaconda is not long in terms of length compared to those Indonesian reticulated pythons that can grow up to more than seven meters in length, generally only more than four meters in length, and it is rare to see more than five meters in length. But when it comes to weight, it's completely different. A private Anaconda can weigh more than 100 kilograms, and its body is as thick as a bucket.

The anaconda, who slept soundly but was stepped on for no reason, was of course unceremonious, biting on the shoulder of the Japanese with one bite, and before he could react, it was a swift entanglement. Tangle the Japanese man sturdily.

His little friends were shocked to see this change-for a group of Japanese who have lived in the temperate and cold temperate zones for their entire lives, except in myths, when did they ever hear of such a big snake? Well, maybe the Eight-Different Snake is one. So there was a little Japanese who didn't have a long head, and he dropped his axe and knelt down.

"Baga!" Hei Dao Ren, the supervisor who led the team, flew up, kicked the silly hat to the ground, and then shouted, "Come with me to save people!" He swung his axe and rushed down. The effect of eating too much Daliwan was immediately shown, and several other Japanese workers immediately rushed down with their axes...

In the end, the big snake, which had been chopped off several axes, slipped into the stream and ran away, but the workers who had been entangled had all their bones broken, and they had already died of breath. As a result, in order to cut a tree, two Japanese died.

However, Rodrigo, who was in charge of the logging mission in this area, did not feel distressed about this exchange, because these Japanese were originally worthless, but the mahogany tree they felled is probably more than this group of Japanese combined. All are valuable. The Panamanian government has handed over all the wood in this area of ​​the home to the Canal Company. This kind of good wood can be easily sold at a good price by dragging it out.

However, the more troublesome thing is the mosquitoes compared to the rattles and the pythons. Mosquitoes in tropical rain forests can spread a variety of deadly diseases. The worst is malaria and yellow fever.

Scrooge knew a little about this, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses, he also prepared some measures. For example, under his instructions, the Macdonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company developed a potion, which is said to be sprayed on the body to ensure that there is no mosquito bite for at least two hours. However, this potion was not used by the workers. Even Scrooge didn't plan to let workers use this at all. In addition, organophosphorus pesticides are not particularly difficult things. They really need to be manufactured. Tens of thousands of tons will be manufactured every minute to ensure that all wild animals in the canal area will be extinct. It's just that Scrooge didn't plan to use this thing either. The reason is too simple: do you think now is really a good time for the canal to be repaired?

There is also a Pacific Railway in Scrooge's hands, which is about to go through. If the canal is open at this time, how can you make money for that railway? In the past, Scrooge made a great deal of vigor and vigor. For this canal, even to split Colombia, so Scrooge really did not spend too much money (a lot of money is still other investors’ money, not history. Gao Zhi’s, I don’t feel distressed if I lose it), so the whole world believes that he really intends to dig a canal.

Affected by this news, especially the news that a large number of workers began to excavate, the share price of the Pacific Railway has dropped a lot. Uh, with this opportunity, Scrooge will again take the Central Pacific Railway, which was not under his control. A lot of shares have been bought at low cost. I believe that after the news of the failure of the development of the canal comes out in the future, Scrooge can make a lot of money.

What's more, when Panama's independence was manipulated, it caused an arms race in South America. Now the McDonald Infantry Arms Company, whose business had declined because of the end of the Civil War, immediately made a lot of money. At the same time, through employment fees, Heishui has made a lot of money-although Scrooge did not intend to make money from it when Heishui was established. Excluding those fraudulent investments, much more has been earned. But now, Panama owes Scrooge a debt. When the time comes, suddenly the canal cannot be built. The pressure to repay the debt will definitely make the previous Panamanian governments be obedient, and when they really want to rebuild in the future, they will be able to suppress it again. One time price.Scrooge had already thought about it, and waited for these Japanese workers to start to die because of malaria, yellow fever, and so on, he pretended to have exhausted everything and still couldn’t control it. The posture of the situation. Then after tens of thousands of people died in one breath, he came out to confess his pride to the society, saying that he was dazzled by his previous success, thinking that he could overcome all infectious diseases, and committed the great crime of pride. Renhou openly conceded to nature and said that he decided to abandon this project out of humanitarian considerations before he could not solve these messy tropical infectious diseases. He also advises future generations not to try to dig the canal until there is no solution to the tropical disease.

This may seem like a sin against yourself, but the actual effect is definitely self-praise. You see, in this era where workers’ lives are often ignored for money, if you change someone else to make money, you won’t care about the life and death of workers. What's more, only the Japanese who are suspected of being human are dead. Who cares? Even, I am afraid that the Japanese shogunate would not care too much. Maybe they will feel sorry for the lack of ways to sell people to make money. Only our Scrooge has always been a conscientious capitalist. He has always put humanitarianism and humanistic spirit before making money (as a cover). Will make such a conscientious choice, rather lose money, but also protect life. What a great spirit this is!

Of course, Shi Gaozhi, who has repeatedly made remarkable achievements in the war against germs and created a new era in which mankind can overcome infectious diseases, cannot deal with these tropical infectious diseases, and has to retreat in front of it. Who else will dare to open up indiscriminately in the future? This canal? If there is no performance in front of Scrooge. Then it is nothing more than dead workers. Anyway, the workers are worthless, and they can definitely solve the problem. But after Scrooge’s high-profile performance, anyone who dares to do so is not a human at all, and will be cast aside by people with a sense of justice in the world, and will, um, step onto Mr. Stanford. The old way, anyway, is that it will definitely be knocked to the ground by the power of the whole world who loves mankind and insists on justice. If you step on 10,000 feet, you will never stand up.

So, in this way, when the canal is developed, Scrooge really has the initiative. When it is necessary to develop it, Scrooge declared that he has achieved a breakthrough in technology. , Can deal with such diseases, and then all kinds of mosquito repellent potions and organophosphorus pesticides are smashed, and the canal will naturally go through. Therefore, in the history of mankind's victory over infectious diseases, there will be another strong mark. And Scrooge's glorious image of where he fell, and where he got up, persisted in fighting with perseverance, and finally made an indelible and great contribution to mankind's defeat of the disease. It is naturally more admirable. Many years later, when people talk about the construction of the Panama Canal, the tens of thousands of Japanese workers who died will become bright red paints that set off Scrooge's humanitarian and scientific spirit.

After a week, the first case of yellow fever appeared. However, according to the script, this time is still a time of negligence due to pride. So the doctors gave him a heroin, suppressed the symptoms, and let it go improperly.

One day later, more cases began to appear. Of course, the way to do this at this time is to take a sulfonamide first (this has no effect) and then a heroin (to cover up the symptoms). As a result, everything is normal, all patients feel very comfortable, and there are no problems. But at this night, there was a strong wind and a heavy rain. In the dark night, in the boundless rainstorm, the Japanese workers in the workers camp seemed to hear a weird and sad cry from the vast jungle outside. This cry is high and low in the sound of the rainstorm, if there is no such thing, it is stunned to hear. This may be the cry of the rain forest elves. It is warning: "The great plague, the great plague is coming!" It just slept peacefully on the soft bed of the duck castle thousands of miles away, still holding Dorothy in its arms. Scrooge, with Thea's naked body, couldn't hear this voice. Of course, if he heard it, maybe this unscrupulous guy would add: "Let the great plague come more violently!"

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