As of August 5, the United States of Cuba arrested more than 67,000 prisoners, including more than 13,000 Spanish. Among the prisoners were three counts, seven viscounts, and more than twenty barons. These nobles alone were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Because ordinary prisoners are relatively high in numbers, they are relatively valuable. Li Mu rented 15,000 prisoners to Green Giles, and Green Giles needed to pay Li Mu 300,000 US dollars per month for this. Li Mu also rented 20,000 prisoners to the United States of Cuba, and the price was also twenty US dollars per month. Because the United States of Cuba did not pay the rent for cash, the rent was compensated by plantations and mines occupied by the Spanish-occupied areas of Cuba.

One advantage of using prisoners of war as laborers is that you don’t have to worry about the death of workers. If you hire a worker, you need to compensate for any accidents at work. The amount of compensation varies. Generally speaking, it is better to die. The general standard is the salary of two years of workers. If it is calculated based on a monthly salary of twenty dollars, it is about five hundred dollars. If you are injured, it will be a big problem. Including the treatment costs and compensation costs, the standard can break through the sky.

It seems a bit cruel to say this, but it is realistic.

In fact, the compensation for accidents in prisoners of war is higher when they encounter accidents in their work, but for Green Giles and Sylvester, they can get the share of the compensation for prisoners of war, and they have no way to start with the compensation for the employer.

By this comparison, prisoners of war are indeed very popular.

Relatively speaking, Li Mu had a larger manpower shortage. Li Mu had more projects, such as building ports, building factories, and plantations and mines that needed to be managed. The remaining 30,000 people were divided up, but there was still a shortage of manpower. This forced Li Mu to send a telegram to Will, asking Will to get some prisoners of war.

It was in early August that asphalt from Trinidad finally arrived in Guantanamo.

Li Mu started to make asphalt since May, but was struggling to find a suitable transport ship, so he had to order from the New York shipyard. Until last month, the first dedicated asphalt transport ship was finally delivered, becoming the first professional cargo ship of the Rim Corbin Ocean Shipping Company.

Rim Corbin Ocean Shipping is the company that Li Mu and Eble. The company now has a total of six ocean liners, four of which run routes between New York and Europe, and two run to San Francisco. It seems that although it is just starting, the number of passenger ships is steadily increasing. With Li Mu and Eble as backing, the company has a bright future.

"We have followed the path of Mr. Sanchez, the British Chief Executive in Trinidad. Such a 500-ton asphalt ship, from Trinidad to Guantanamo, costs no more than two hundred dollars, and requires almost no cost-" Gabrielle Cotton, general manager of Rim Corbin Ocean Transportation, looked at the cargo ships entering Guantanamo Bay with confidence, and reported to Li Mu in a respectful but reserved tone: "According to your instructions, we have added ten such cargo ships to the shipyard, and within this year, these cargo ships will be delivered."

Gabriel Cotton is a professional manager hired by Li Mu through J.P. Morgan. Neither Li Mu nor Eble have time to manage the company, so hiring a professional manager is the best way. At the same time, for fairness, the company's finances are also hired to manage professional accounting companies. So what Li Mu and Eble have to do is pave the way for the company and wait for the money to be collected.

Trinidad is currently a British colony, and the British did not recognize the huge development value of asphalt, so Gabriel could easily obtain asphalt from Trinidad, with almost no fees.

Improvement of road traffic is an important symbol of social development. If you want to be rich, you should build roads first. So Li Mu is preparing to promote asphalt roads in San Diego, Guantanamo and Springfield. This will definitely require a large amount of asphalt, so Li Mu will add orders to make these asphalts maximize their value.

"How much does it cost to transport such a boat of asphalt to Europe?" Li Mu not only wanted to use it himself, but also wanted to transport the asphalt to Europe. Others do not understand the value of asphalt, but Li Mu knows it very well.

"Transported to Europe - about 25,000 US dollars -" Gabriel's eyes lit up and immediately discovered the prospect of asphalt.

A ton of fifty dollars is very good. After all, asphalt itself has almost no cost. Excluding transportation costs, almost all of them are profits. Such a business can make people crazy.

"What is the name of the British Chief Executive in Trinidad?" Li Mu decided to monopolize this unique business. There is only such an asphalt lake in the world, and it must be firmly controlled in his hands.

"Sanchez, Sanchez Trollop." Gabriel was lamenting in his heart, and seeing another opportunity to get rich disappeared.

"It sounds like a South American—" Li Mu was a little suspicious. If he was a South American, he would be unlikely to be directly appointed as Chief Executive by the British.

"He is a pure British man, but was born in South America. Sanchez's father was originally a British colonial official in South America." Although Gabriel regretted, he dared not hide it. Only when he arrived in Cuba did Gabriel know how huge Li Mu's power was.

Eibul is showing off his power under the banner of a US president's brother-in-law, right? But Eibul also has to abide by the rules of the game in the United States and cannot be unscrupulous. Li Mu is the real one-handed person in Cuba. Here, Li Mu can do everything and his power is unrestrained.

So although Gabriel was regretful, she would never dare to grab food from Li Mu. Gabriel may have entered the elite class in the United States, but in Cuba, Li Mu could make Gabriel disappear in minutes.

"Very good, tell Mr. Sanchez that I have a business to talk to him." Li Mu was full of confidence and wanted to turn the asphalt lake on Trinidad into his own small vault.

"Yes sir--" Gabriel bowed and said that Li Mu didn't plan to go to Trinidad, so Gabriel had to find a way to get Sanchez to Guantanamo.

In fact, compared with Santiago, urban construction in Guantanamo started earlier, especially the road from Guantanamo Bay to Guantanamo City. The roadbed was repaired early, and the paving machinery purchased from Europe had already arrived in Guantanamo. The construction could be started immediately as soon as the asphalt came.

When the freighter was docking on the dock, relevant technicians and workers were waiting on the dock. Asphalt was liquid and had to be transferred to a special carriage and sent to the construction site for heating before use. Li Mu did not need to take care of these things, so naturally the staff brought by Green Giles were responsible.

"My God, this kind of thing tastes so weird." Green Giles complained to come to find Li Mu. It seemed that he would go to San Diego with Li Mu tonight and wait until ten days and a half months before coming back.

The smell of asphalt is indeed a bit big. In fact, it is just natural asphalt. If it were that kind of coal-coated asphalt, Li Mu would have been hiding in San Diego. The coal-coated asphalt contains carcinogens.

However, even so, Green Giles could not stand it. Cuba in the 19th century had almost no industrial pollution compared to the United States in the 21st century. Green Giles had become accustomed to this green water and could not stand this pungent smell.

"This has not been heated yet. When it is heated, the smell is - tsk tsk." Li Mu deliberately stimulated Green Giles, full of malice.

"Stop talking, I think it's better for us to go to San Diego as soon as possible." Green Giles couldn't stand it and wanted to leave his post without hesitation.

What's the matter? Anyway, no one supervised Green Giles, the Supreme Chief Executive of Guantanamo. At this time, the United States also had no supervision of its rights.

"The same is true for Santiago. Another ship will arrive in Santiago in a few days." Li Mu did not leave Green Giles's way to survive. Cuba is now a large construction site, just like the Celestial Empire at the end of the 20th century.

With more than 30,000 prisoners of war, the construction of the San Diego Port Area has made rapid progress. In just four or five days, the sewers in the port area have begun to be laid, and this work is expected to be completed within half a month.

This is also due to the preliminary construction of the Chinese workers. After all, before the prisoners of war entered the construction site, the tunnel operation of the main sewer was basically completed. There were no shield machines these days, so you could only use shovels and pickaxes to dig holes. In just one month, the Chinese workers dug a five-kilometer-long main tunnel. This speed is enough to prove that the hard work and hard work of the Chinese workers.

Of course, the prisoners of war are also very efficient. From the first batch of prisoners of war entering the work area, it has only been only one week. The prisoners of war have completed twice the workload of the Chinese workers. This is thanks to the Cuban supervisors hired by Li Mu. With the hard work of the Cuban supervisors, more than 70 people died of various accidents within a week, with an average of nearly ten people a day.

With such diligent workers, the construction of the port area is naturally a thousand miles a day. The American engineer, the project leader, reported to Li Mu proudly last night that it is expected that the first phase of the port area will not need to be completed until the end of the year and will be completed by October at most.

"Reim, I have a good place, how about going to the Bahamas?" Green Giles' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Bahama? Where can I go?" Li Mu didn't know about the Bahamas, he only knew that the Bahamas were once a tourist destination in the 21st century, but in this era, the Bahamas were a colony of the British. Li Mu, an American, seemed to be unable to run to the British colony casually.

"Of course I can go. You have a Ranger. Let's drive the Ranger and take your guards. No one dares to cause trouble for us." Green Giles said heroically, just as the Bahamas are a Borderless Land.

"Driving in Rangers - do you want the United States of Cuba to start a war with the British?" Li Mu disagreed. Li Mu can't afford to offend the British now.

"No, no, at most, it's time to go to war with pirates, and the British people don't care--" Green Giles was confident again.

pirate!

Li Mu immediately became energetic.
Chapter completed!