Life at sea is boring and boring. Fortunately, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" uses radio, so Li Mu and Rockefeller can contact the shore at any time, and the operations of Junma Group and Standard Oil will not be affected.

In fact, there is not much work that needs to be handled by Li Mu and Rockefeller. Junma Group and Standard Oil are both trust companies. It has basically no effect on whether the boss is working. The strong inertia will maintain the operation of trust companies. The professional manager system has begun to emerge. The benefits of trust are here. As long as the market gradually expands, profits will steadily increase. A company with tens of thousands of people has reached the national level. Some small problems no longer need to be handled by the enterprise. Government departments will take the initiative to provide services.

The services of government departments are not free. Enterprises pay a lot of taxes every year, and business owners also pay massive personal income taxes. However, personal income tax can be legally avoided. For example, New York State stipulates that as long as the profits individuals obtain during the operation of the enterprise are continued to be invested in the operation of the enterprise, this part of the income does not need to be paid. There are also donations from Li Mu and Rockefeller to the "Laura and Gloria's Foundation". This part of the money can also be used to deduct taxes according to the new regulations issued by New York State last year.

Therefore, companies like Junma Group and Standard Oil have huge legal departments. One of the most important tasks of this department is to help Li Mu and Rockefeller legally avoid taxes.

Some taxes are inevitable, such as the gold and jewelry brought back to New York by Li Mu and Rockefeller. If Li Mu and Rockefeller want to have these wealth openly, they will inevitably be taken away by the US government.

This is almost equivalent to dividing the spoils, and dividing the spoils also has the benefits of dividing the spoils. After dividing the spoils, if India or the UK finds trouble with Li Mu and Rockefeller because of this matter, then the US government will stand up for Li Mu and Rockefeller.

Although the treasure will inevitably shrink, Li Mu and Rockefeller still have ways to reduce losses. This involves a valuation issue. It is easy to say that gold is relatively fixed and there is little room for operation. However, it is hard to say about jewelry. It is also a carat of diamonds. The prices of raw stones and finished products are very different. The determination of grades is even more surprising. Every level of purity increases, the increase in value is also geometric.

Tax issues are handled by the legal department, and Li Mu and Rockefeller don’t need to worry about this. The treasure of Padmanaba Swami Temple has been purchased, and the next goal is Colombia’s Golden Lake.

The Golden Lake is located in Colombia, less than 50 kilometers away from the Colombian capital Bogota, but there is no road connection between Bogota and the Golden Lake, so there is still a lot of difficulties to find the treasure smoothly.

"In order to find the treasure smoothly, we have to form an expedition team of no less than 1,300 people. Nearly half of the members' security personnel are the security personnel. The security personnel's job is to clean up other expedition teams and to deal with possible interference from Bogota. Therefore, the expedition team must not only carry water pumps and other tools, but also carry weapons and ammunition. You can do this work." Li Mu took the initiative to divide the work with Rockefeller. Li Mu has been on the blacklist of the Colombians. If Li Mu's people come to the door, they will probably be beaten away by Bogota. Rockefeller has no worries about this. Although Rockefeller is also one of the shareholders of Panama Company, Colombia cannot refuse all foreign capital entry.

"No problem, even if the expedition team drags cannons to find the Golden Lake, it's fine. The only problem is that we cannot determine the specific location of the Golden Lake now, so I suggest that we should first send a small team into Colombia. At the beginning, there will be a large army of more than a thousand people. I'm afraid of scaring the Colombians." Rockefeller was still very cautious, and the standard was that he would not see a rabbit and not show off his eagle.

Although the existence of Golden City and Golden Lake has been verified to a certain extent, few people know the specific location of Golden City and Golden Lake. Kaisada found the legendary Golden City and took away $3 million worth of gold. However, then, Kaisada died in a war three months later, and the secret of Golden City disappeared with Kaisada's death. Since then, no one has ever visited Golden City again.

What is more mysterious than Golden City is Golden Lake. Although no one has visited Golden City after Kaisada, the Golden City has at least been confirmed by Kaisada to exist. Golden Lake has not yet been found. Every year, news of Golden Lake being discovered appears, but all the news is legend, and no one has actually found Golden Lake.

Others don’t know, but Li Mu knew that the lake drained by the British explorer Walker in 1911 is Lake Titicaca. Although Lake Titicaca is also a holy lake for the Indians, Walker also announced that Lake Titicaca is Lake Guadavida. Walker also successfully used diving technology to find hundreds of gold products from Lake Titicaca, but what Walker found was not the real Lake Guadavida. Lake Guadavida was not determined until 1974, and was blocked by the Colombian government. No one knew what the Colombian government found in Lake Guadavida.

"I know where the Golden Lake is, you just need to be prepared." Li Mu still remembers the location of Lake Guadavida. Although it is only a rough location, an expedition team of more than a thousand people sent out to find some local guides, and there is no reason not to find it.

"Do you know?" Rockefeller couldn't believe it. According to Rockefeller's understanding of Li Mu, Li Mu had never been to Colombia.

"I only know a rough location, which is near Bogota. However, in order not to attract Bogota's attention, the expedition team cannot enter Bogota." Li Mu did not want to alarm the snake. In South America, more than a thousand people are already a force that can subvert the regime. If Bogota noticed the expedition team sent by Li Mu and Rockefeller, then it would be rewarding and it would probably take some effort to take away the treasure.

"This is no problem. We can start from other directions. Bogota may worry about the expedition, but it will definitely not worry about the drilling team." Rockefeller has his own way. His own profession is the best cover. Standard Oil has a branch in Colombia, which is responsible for the sales of lamp oil in Colombia. Standard Oil is the most normal for oil oil in Colombia. However, the Bogota government welcomes oil merchants like Rockefeller.

In name, oil merchants are still more popular than arms dealers. Why did the Dutch surrender to Rockefeller so quickly? It is because oil can generate enough profits and also generate enough taxes. Mining oil is a good thing that is beneficial to all parties. If the Dutch are not able to extract oil, it is also good to hand it over to standard oil.

The Colombian government will also think so.

"Ha, that's best, but, well, then you can announce that you have found oil in Lake Guadavida, and then naturally buy Lake Guadavida. In this way, even if we drain Lake Guadavida, the Colombian government will not interfere." Li Mu laughed. Li Mu and Rockefeller were indeed a match made in heaven in this regard.

"I think so too." Rockefeller smiled happily. It doesn't matter if he can't find the treasure of the Indians after buying Lake Guadavida. Standard Oil spends a lot of money on oil search every year, just treating it as normal consumption.

When Li Mu and Rockefeller returned to the United States, a conflict between the British and local natives was intensifying in the distant southern Africa.

Unlike other regions in Africa, the indigenous peoples in southern Africa are not all black, and some are descendants of Dutch farmers. These people are called "Boer", and "Boer" means farmers in Dutch.

The Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa was originally a Dutch colony. In 1814, Britain bought the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch for 6 million pounds and began to rule it. At that time, the Cape of Good Hope was named "Cape".

In 1836, the Boers, who were dissatisfied with British colonial rule, began to migrate to the inland Africa. The Boers successively established the Transvaal Republic, the Republic of Natalia, and the Free State Republic of Orange.

In 1877, the Transvaal Republic became a British colony, and the British finally began to face the threat of the Zulu Kingdom.

The Zulu Kingdom was a country established by the natives of South Africa. This country still exists in the form of a tribal form and its national strength is not strong. When the Boers established the Transvaal Republic, they defeated the Zulus and seized a large area of ​​land from the Zulus.

The Zulu did not recognize the legitimacy of the Transvaal Republic. When the Transvaal Republic became a British colony, a war between the Zulu and the British broke out.

Speaking of which, the war between the Zulu and the British was related to Li Mu. Li Mu remembered that about two or three years ago, Junma Weapons Company sold some weapons to Africans. For this reason, the British government also warned Junma Weapons Company through Washington. Although Li Mu didn't care, Junma Weapons Company had no business contact with Africa since then.

After learning about the outbreak of the Zulu War, Li Mu immediately instructed the Horse Weapons Company to try to contact the Africans. Although the Transvaal Republic had surrendered to Britain, the Natalian Republic and the Orange Free State Republic were still insisting that for the liberation of all mankind, Li Mu should give them some confidence no matter what, at least let the descendants of the Boers know that in this world, there are still people supporting them and paying attention to them.

Li Mu's instructions were not hidden from Rockefeller, and Rockefeller did not like the British, because Standard Oil was also subject to a certain degree of restrictions in the UK, which made Rockefeller very dissatisfied.

"British is indeed very powerful. The empire that the sun never sets. Wow, why doesn't Washington have London's ambitions?" Li Mu was still a little disappointed with the US government to a certain extent. The isolationism in the United States was too serious. Without the promotion of capitalists such as Li Mu and Rockefeller, Washington would not even have any ideas for Spain.

"Washington has no ambitions? Who did you hear? I think Washington's performance is already very good. Over the years, we have bought Alaska, occupied Montana, and established Hawaii. We will continue to expand in the future. We are different from the British. The British only occupied colonies, but they cannot actually control them. This is always dangerous. The areas we control will always belong to us." Rockefeller had different opinions. Compared with Britain and France, the expansion speed of the United States is indeed a little slower, but the United States' method is more stable.

Li Mu had nothing to say about this. Thinking about it carefully, the United States has indeed been expanding. From the thirteen states at the beginning to the thirty-eight states now, the United States has not stopped its expansion. Li Mu knew that the expansion of the United States will continue and will reach 50 states in the future. It seems that it is indeed the same as Rockefeller said. When Britain and France expanded their colonies, the Americans were not idle.

"What about Africa? This is the last virgin land in the world. If we don't act now, we can only watch Africa be divided by the old continent." Li Mu was really unwilling to accept it. Now only Algeria and Cape are European colonies in Africa. Among them, Algeria belongs to France and Cape belongs to Britain. In a few years, the entire Europe will be divided by European countries except Ethiopia and Liberia. This is a feast, but the United States has no idea of ​​participating, which makes Li Mu unable to understand.

"Ha, we still have so many reservations that have not been conquered, so how can we have time to go to Africa? Only you, the arms dealer, will be insatiable." Rockefeller didn't care whether Africa would be divided up. There is still land around the United States for the United States to expand. Africa is too far away for the United States.

This is also a fact. Looking at the current map of the United States, you will find that there is a big difference from the final American map. For example, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, which borders Canada, are not yet American territory. It will take at least a few decades to digest all these blank areas. It will not be too late to consider the issue of expansion at that time.

Rockefeller's words reminded Li Mu that the resettlement directions of Chinese people have always been in Illinois and Indiana. Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas a little further west, have not yet been involved in Chinese. In fact, these places are vast and sparsely populated, and there are blank spaces everywhere. As long as someone is willing to move, the local government will even provide land unconditionally, and as long as it is cultivated, it is its own.

There are also those Indian reservations. The US government is still considering some of the face and has not developed the Indian reservations. However, in a few years, the existing Indian reservations will become direct jurisdictions in Washington, and there are also many opportunities.
Chapter completed!