Chapter 842 Investment
Stanton Island, New York.
The Bevey Refinery was finished, which made David Lawrence lose a trump card that could control the overall situation. But if there were fewer, there would be fewer. The regional commander-in-chief without this trump card became more sober and more pragmatic.
Commander Simon, who was a scapegoat, has been tried publicly and went to hell in the curse of millions of people around New York. David Lawrence continued to lead the people in the ruling area to survive in the end of the world, and he even gained higher prestige for his wife's perfect treatment.
However, anyone who knows the inside story will know that the losses of the Bevey Refinery have caused great changes to David Lawrence. Rachel felt that these changes were beneficial. At least her husband valued the family again, was willing to go home for dinner every day, and was more concerned about himself and his daughter.
However, there were also some things that disappointed Rachel. In the past, her husband was dominated by several beautiful female assistants. Now the female assistant has retired, but David Lawrence has gone from a confident and unrestrained king to a self-disciplined and ascetic Avenger, and continues to leave his wife aside and stay alone in the empty room.
David Lawrence also works in his study at home. After dinner and rest for a while, he will enter the study and continue to work. This makes his wife and daughter who feel the warmth of the family again neglected again.
At the dining table, Anji turned his head and looked at the lights in his father's study, and asked his mother in a low voice: "Is the conflict between dad and Victor really irreconcilable? The two men are the best in the world, far apart and no conflict, why can't they sit down and have a good chat?"
"Probably because they are all too good, so no one wants to be worse than the other. They all want to compete for the best name." Rachel was also helpless. No one could have imagined that things have come to this point.
In the study, as the leader who commanded millions of people and controlled the area but was devastated, David Lawrence would definitely have countless jobs waiting for him as long as he wanted to work. At this moment, there were a lot of matters waiting to be handled on his desk.
"Mutants are really useful. They don't need fuel or good equipment. Their combat efficiency is far superior to ordinary troops." His Excellency Lawrence was reading a combat report, and more than 30,000 mutants who fell into his hands had begun to conquer the city.
Out of fear of mutant creatures, basically as long as the mutant troops are in the direction of the banner, any hostile force is destined to be depressed, either fleeing in sight or surrendering. In just one month, the two Maine forces that were still resisting were wiped out by David Lawrence.
"Victor has really sent people in Quebec." David Lawrence frowned when he saw the second report. According to the report of intelligence personnel stationed in the north, the Aurora Legion has opened flights from Havana to Montreal and Quebec City.
In the past two months, more than 1,000 corps have been active in Quebec Province, and this number is still expanding. At the same time, an oil refinery in Quebec City has restarted, and crude oil from Venezuela has been transported by sea, and a large amount of refined oil will be refined.
"Victor Hugo is really ambition!" After learning that the Quebec refinery was restarted, David Lawrence's first reaction was that he also sent someone to blow up the refinery, but in the end he still ended up with the impulse in his heart. People with aircraft carriers were amazing!
"But the Quebecs won't follow you easily." David Lawrence is very confident about this. Compared to the poor people in South America and the Caribbean, Canadians have at least seen the market. It is difficult to do ideological work if such a group of people travel to Cuba.
Under the report of the refinery construction, there was also an intelligence application for food. The reason why the Quebecs were not at the end of their own is that David Lawrence finally opened his own grain warehouse and provided 50,000 tons of food aid.
But 50,000 tons is a drop in the bucket for millions of people living in Quebec. Several local autonomous institutions are constantly asking for more food. But David Lawrence has not enough surplus food. Should we continue to invest?
David Lawrence was trapped by another question just after thinking for a moment. Where did the Aurora Legion get the confidence to grab people? Victor Hugo's food should be even more nervous. It is impossible for a poor place in Cuba to have much food reserves!
The information from the Aurora Legion included a separate filing cabinet. David Lawrence searched for several recent information from the filing cabinet.
For example, Victor Hugo persecuted religious figures, forcibly converted to believe, and blasphemed the gods. Intelligence analysts even made serious predictions that the "Aurora Legion" would cause chaos and was no longer a threat.
"It's a mess. If Victor couldn't deal with those religious people who were not powerful at all, he would have died a hundred times." David Lawrence scoffed at the so-called "predictions". Where do people now have any beliefs?
For example, the Aurora Legion dispatched more than 30 oil tankers, cruise ships, freighters and large ships of more than 50,000 tons in one breath, all of which were sailing towards Quebec City. Just filling the fuel tanks of these tankers can make the Aurora Legion bankrupt. However...
The refinery in Quebec City has been restarted!
Trouble!
How pleasant it is to control the oil wells in Venezuela and get the refinery in Quebec City. It is a pity that this industrial chain is controlled by others.
But this will only increase the bargaining chips for Quebec people, because everyone working in the refinery is Canadian. After the refinery is restarted, they will not leave easily. Will Victor Hugo make such a foolish move?
A report also said that the Aurora Legion has recently increased the export of fresh food, among which freighters to New York have increased from half a month to one week, and the transportation volume has also increased from more than 10,000 tons to 20,000 tons.
"Where did that boy Victor come from to develop capital?" David Lawrence even saw frozen pork and chicken on the export list. " Raising these livestock requires a lot of feed. Can the Aurora Legion get a lot of corn?"
An important use of corn is as livestock feed. The United States' corn production has always been the highest in the world. However, the nuclear winter has caused corn to be out of stock. Now the temperature has risen, but global drought is raging. David Lawrence is also facing the problem of lack of feed if he wants to engage in the breeding industry.
"Maybe it's the corn stock from Brazil." David Lawrence could only make such a guess. After all, the "Aurora Legion" controls the route to South America. It's really enviable to think about it. South America's resources are too rich.
The last piece of information was a letter of intent for cooperation, and Victor Hugo asked to restart several paper mills and daily chemical plants around New York. He expressed his willingness to invest money and hoped to gain control.
Chapter completed!