America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 222 What a coincidence, traveling together

The lawyer was stunned.

Making money? Why do you ask me this? Aren’t you a loan lender yourself?

"How about you figure it out yourself and take back all the debt?" The lawyer glanced at Leonard.

Leonard ignored him and paced back and forth in the hall alone.

Looking for a mortgage loan from a bank? Then you have to go to Albuquerque. After completing the procedures, the day lilies are already cold.

Issuing bonds? I don’t have a physical company, and my reputation is not very good. I don’t think anyone will buy it.

Otherwise, find some reason to raise funds or something? It doesn’t seem possible. We did this kind of thing last year.

The only option is to find someone to borrow it.

But who else in Lincolnshire can afford so much money at once?

The lawyer sat on the sofa without moving, watching Leonard swinging back and forth in front of his eyes.

Compared with his previous master Fred, it is not difficult to guess the thoughts of the businessman in front of him.

"I heard that there is a very wealthy Chinese man in Roswell, and now all the land there belongs to him." The lawyer said, "I also heard from people from there. They seem to be purchasing things in the town recently.

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"What did this man do before?" Leonard stopped and looked at the lawyer suspiciously, "Why have I never heard of it?"

Although he has been moving around Lincoln County very low-key, he has been here for ten years after all. Suddenly a powerful and wealthy man appeared nearby, and he was also Chinese. He should not know anything about it.

"I heard that I was doing business with Astor, but I don't know if it was his white gloves." The lawyer said.

"Astor? Is he the Astor from the Astor family in New York?" Leonard's eyes began to shine.

The lawyer nodded.

"Then hurry up and make an appointment with him for me." Leonard walked up to the lawyer, "If that Chinese is in Lincoln County."

The ingredients prepared for Meyer's lunch were not used, so it was just in time to treat the Chinese to dinner.

The lawyer mounted his horse and returned to the town. After some inquiries, he finally found Li Sifu carrying wheat at the gate of the grain trading market.

"Excuse me, did your boss come with you?" the lawyer asked.

"Boss, someone is looking for you." Li Sifu threw the bag on his shoulder onto the flatbed truck, straightened up, and said to a man wearing a leather jacket with his back to them.

There were three bags of wheat on each shoulder of this man. Each bag was much larger than the one Li Sifu was carrying before.

He turned around, walked quickly to the edge of the flatbed truck, leaned forward, released his hands a little, and then the six bags of wheat fell steadily on the flatbed truck.

Chen Jianqiu patted the grain crumbs on his body, raised his head and glanced at Lawyer Max En, with a smile on his face: "I am his boss, what can you do with me?"

"Are you Chen Jianqiu?" Mai Sien looked at the young man with a bright smile in front of him with a suspicious expression.

So young? Sitting in Roswell and surrounding land, chatting and laughing with the heir of the richest family in New York?

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it.

Moreover, this person seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember when or where he had seen him before.

"Well, I am. If you have anything to say, please just tell me." Chen Jianqiu took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

"Well, my friend Mr. Leonard would like to invite you to his home to taste the skills of his chef." The lawyer said to Chen Jianqiu very politely.

"Mr. Leonard? He seems to be very famous in Lincoln County." Chen Jianqiu took a few puffs of the cigarette, threw the remaining half on the ground, and crushed it with his foot.

"Yes, he is a businessman, an upright and decent man." The lawyer introduced his boss without blushing or heartbeat.

"Okay, but I have a friend who wants to go with me. Is that okay?" Chen Jianqiu said to Max En.

"Uh, of course it's no problem."

Chen Jianqiu gave instructions to Li Sifu, walked to a carriage parked at the door, held his hands on the side of the carriage, and said something to the inside.

"Let's go, lead the way." He came back, got on his horse, and said to Maxine.

The lawyer and Chen Jianqiu rode in front, followed by the carriage, whose driver was a black man.

They soon arrived in front of Leonard's manor.

The black man stopped the carriage at the door. Chen Jianqiu opened the door of the carriage, and a gentle middle-aged man stepped out of the carriage.

He was holding a box in his hand.

Matt Dillon, a former Scott lawyer and a talented student at Harvard Law School, is now employed by Chen Jianqiu.

No one here knew him, but to be on the safe side, Chen Jianqiu let him stay in the carriage the whole time.

"Hey, I'll find a place to eat later." Chen Jianqiu winked at Sean who was driving. The black man nodded, then leaned on the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.

Chen Jianqiu and Dylan followed Maxine and walked into the door of Leonard's house.

Leonard's house is very big, but compared with the mansions Chen Jianqiu has seen before, it has the aura of the nouveau riche everywhere.

The place is not tidy. The carpet on the floor is rolled up and stained with dense, dark things. The sofa is placed casually, and on the small table in front of the sofa, there are a lot of miscellaneous things, including a

A half-smoked cigar.

However, Chen Jianqiu didn't worry too much about this, because Leonard was already waiting for them in the restaurant.

When they came in, he was sitting on a chair facing the door.

When he saw someone coming in, he immediately stood up and subconsciously began to arrange his clothes.

But when he saw Chen Jianqiu, he was a little suspicious.

He looked at Lawyer Maxine inquiringly: Is he this person?

The lawyer nodded slightly.

"Please sit down, please sit down." Leonard changed his expression and pulled out the chair at the dining table.

Chen Jianqiu was not polite, and he and Dylan sat down directly, while Leonard himself sat opposite him.

He waved his hand and called his Mexican cook to serve the food. The servant behind Chen Jianqiu had already started pouring wine for Chen Jianqiu and Dylan.

"Mr. Chen, when did you come to the United States?" Leonard's opening remarks were very simple and unpretentious.

"One year ago." Chen Jiaqiu crossed his fingers and placed them on the table.

"That's really amazing. You can acquire so much land in one year." Leonard's words never strayed from the land.

He has the ability to make originally harmless sentences sound aggressive when speaking.

"It's just good luck." Chen Jianqiu said lightly.

Leonard felt a little bit confused.

In all likelihood, this young man followed Astor and got some glory, and he was probably just a white glove in front of the stage.

Then the scene fell into silence.

The dishes were served, and as expected, they were uniquely Mexican: fried green and red peppers with cactus, Mexican-style grilled steak, a red soup made of corn flour that exuded the aroma of herbs...

Chen Jianqiu picked up the spoon and started eating. Leonard, on the other hand, didn't seem to have thought about whether to say it or not, and was also eating silently.

Let me tell you, I feel that this person is just a messenger for Astor, and he probably doesn't have much strength. If you don't tell me, it would be a waste of money for them.

Otherwise, let's not talk about it and just pretend that we are familiar with the people from Astor.

But Leonard didn't say anything, but Chen Jianqiu did. He took a sip of soup and wiped his mouth with a mouth towel:

"Mr. Leonard, you came to me today not only to invite me to dinner, right?"

Since the other party has taken the initiative to speak, it’s better to say it.

"Oh, I have been expanding the production of my pasture recently. I need to introduce new breeds of cattle and build new livestock sheds..." Leonard began to ramble.

"You need to borrow money, right?" Chen Jianqiu interrupted him.

Leonard was stunned. His hands were under the table and he began to rub the corners of his clothes again: "How do you know?"

"Most of the people who come to me are for borrowing money. How much do you want?" Chen Jianqiu touched his round belly.

Leonard was in a state of enlightenment.

It turns out that the person in front of me is traveling with me!

Since we are peers, we don’t need to hide it.

"Twenty thousand dollars." Leonard pointed two fingers and said, "Three months."

Three months later, as long as the news of railway construction comes through, he can sell the land to make money.

"Okay, no problem." Chen Jianqiu snapped his fingers, and Dylan next to him put the box on the table, opened it and turned to Leonard.

Leonard and Maxine were both dumbfounded.

The golden reflection shone on their faces, and both of them opened their mouths, too shocked to speak.

This box contains a box of golden gold bars!

"Is it enough? There's not enough left in my carriage." Chen Jianqiu knocked on the table with his hand, waking up Leonard who was stunned.

"Enough, enough." Leonard's face was full of smiles, "Would you like to ask for instructions..."

"Who are you asking for? What did you say?" Chen Jianqiu frowned.

"Ah, I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything." The smile on Leonard's face became more and more flattering, and he wanted to kneel down and lick this rich brother in various ways.

What kind of people are these, running around with at least two boxes of gold!

"What about that? Can we discuss the interest rate?" Leonard said cautiously.

"Okay, but I need you to use your existing assets to make some mortgages." Chen Jianqiu said.

"No problem." Leonard thought for a moment and then agreed.

Maxine handed over the loan contract that he had already prepared. He was very familiar with this kind of thing and had dug all the holes he could.

But Chen Jianqiu didn't even look at it, and directly handed the contract to Dylan next to him.

Dylan took out a pair of glasses from his pocket, put them on, took out a pen, and began to make changes directly to the contract.

Ten minutes later, a contract that had been changed beyond recognition was returned to Maxine's hands.

"If you agree, just follow this. If you don't agree, there's nothing we can do." Chen Jianqiu closed the box containing the gold.

Maxine and Dylan held some discussions, but Maxine quickly gave up and agreed to the final version of the contract with only a token struggle.

The lawyer re-wrote the contract, and then both Leonard and Chen Jianqiu signed their names on it.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Chen Jianqiu said hello to Leonard, got on the horse, motioned for him to stay, and then left his manor with Dylan.

Looking at Chen Jianqiu's retreating figure, Leonard couldn't help but sigh:

"This guy is really lucky. He is also engaged in the financial industry. How can he make money so much?"

But then he thought about it, he would be the one to get rich soon, and he couldn't help humming a tune with joy.

Maxine, on the other hand, had a gloomy look on his face, not just because he had lost just now.

He vaguely felt that something was not right.

Whoever goes out to buy food will bring with him a lawyer whose skills are bottomless.

Second update

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