After initially completing the layout of New York, Chen Mo began to set his sights on the undeveloped western United States. He purchased large amounts of land in these areas, established large ranches covering vast areas, and recruited a large number of cowboys to work for him.
However, at the same time, the fur trade was not abandoned by Chen Mo. After the demise of John Jacob Astor, the American Fur Company quickly disappeared. The Lakota tribe completely controlled the fur trade in the Missouri area, and
Emerging from the forest, the scope of the fur trade gradually spread to the entire Missouri River and even the Mississippi River Basin.
At the same time, with the strength of Victor and James now far beyond ordinary people and the continuous publicity of the Lakota tribe, Chen Mo's identity has gradually become a myth. Many Indian tribes in the Missouri area are also involved in these legends and more and more people.
Under the influence of witnessing the magical abilities displayed by Victor and James, people gradually accepted this statement and respected Chen Mo, who had the same skin color as them but was very mysterious and powerful, like a god.
In addition, the Lakota tribe has now received a large number of advanced muskets from Chen Mo, and has the power to crush other tribes. These tribes were gradually conquered by the Lakota tribe and brought under Chen Mo's command.
Chen Mo has more and more Indian warriors working for him, and the Missouri area has completely become Chen Mo's territory. Even on the lands around New York that belong to Chen Mo, tough Indian warriors can often be seen.
But at the same time, Victor and James gradually lost their chance to fight.
Although after completely controlling the Missouri area, they also began to expand to the periphery, but the tribes in the plains outside the forest were not as densely distributed as in the forest, and they often did not see people for a long time. All they encountered were Indian tribes living in the plains.
Fur traders are rarely encountered.
These Indian tribes are the main targets of their trade and the targets of winning over. Naturally, they will not attack easily. The scattered fur traders they occasionally encounter are only a team of ten people at most. Many of them are father and son. Uncle
The nephew's partner was not as fierce and cruel as the armed men of the American Fur Company, and Victor and James did not kill anyone to the point of killing everyone they saw regardless of target.
So gradually, the two of them had no chance to take action.
But this is not a problem for Chen Mo. Isn’t it easy to fight? Without the American Fur Company, aren’t there other fur companies?
At least at this stage, it would be best to take action against these unscrupulous monopolistic fur companies.
On the one hand, they not only oppressed and exploited the Indians who traded furs with them in the areas they controlled, but also brutally massacred other fur traders who invaded their "territory". It can be said that all of them had their hands covered with blood.
When practicing with them, neither Chen Mo nor Victor nor James had any psychological pressure.
On the other hand, while eliminating the armed personnel of these fur companies, you can also seize the fur resources they hold, which will bring sufficient funds for Chen Mo's land enclosure operation and a series of subsequent plans.
So after completely occupying the fur trade in the Missouri area, Chen Mo recalled Victor and James and sent them to the Kansas area, where there is a larger forest than the Missouri area, the Rocky Mountains!
Their target this time is Jim Breed's Rocky Mountain Fur Company!
This is a fur company that is even more powerful than the American Fur Company under John Jacob Astor. It has more than 2,000 armed personnel, and they can be found year-round in an environment densely populated by grizzly bears, brown bears, mountain lions and other ferocious beasts.
In the Rocky Mountains, these armed personnel are more fierce and more powerful than the personnel of the American Fur Company, but this is perfect for Victor and James. The two people whose strength is constantly improving need stronger opponents.
To hone your fighting ability.
The fur trade in the Missouri area and the expansion into the Mississippi River Basin were all left to Chief Geronimo of the Lakota tribe.
The Lakota tribe is no longer that weak tribe that may be exterminated in the face of more than thirty armed men with guns. The Lakota tribe, which has integrated the entire Missouri jungle, is also the largest among all Indian tribes in the United States.
A powerful team, and unlike other tribes that were blocked, oppressed, and exploited, with Chen Mo's support behind them, they were even more advanced than many Indian tribes supported by Western colonial powers in terms of weapons and equipment.
After all, the colonists only needed them as guns to contain the power of the United States. They would not give them too advanced equipment at all. Most of them were old flintlock guns that had been eliminated by their own country, and even matchlock guns, like Laco
The most advanced percussion guns currently equipped by the Tower Tribe are not at the same level at all.
With muskets in one hand and supplies in the other, the Lakota tribe's expansion into the Mississippi River Basin was proceeding very smoothly. Whether it was the fur trade or the subjugation of these "backward" Indian tribes on the plains, they were all proceeding in an orderly manner.
Victor and James entered the Rocky Mountains to continue to hone themselves. They were accompanied by more than a hundred sturdy and heavily armed Indian warriors, but their main task was to conduct fur trade and at the same time provide services to Victor and James.
James searches for signs of his opponent.
Without Chen Mo's super perception, it was not easy to find the target in the lushly wooded Rocky Mountains with only Victor and James.
Therefore, they were still responsible for purchasing furs as they did in the Missouri jungle. The purchasing team composed of these Indian warriors was responsible for purchasing furs. It was also easy for them to communicate with the Indians in the Rocky Mountains, and they were soon able to find out about the Indian tribes in the Rocky Mountains.
At that time, they can purchase furs while looking for traces of armed personnel of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company for Victor and James.
Victor and James led the Indian warriors into the Rocky Mountains, while Chen Mo led his team to continue to advance toward the northwest states of Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and started in these
Large-scale enclosures were built on developed land.
The further west you go, the more desolate the surrounding scenery becomes, and the traces of human activities become less and less.
These areas have just been in the hands of the United States for a short time and have not been developed yet. Compared to the central and eastern regions where industry, agriculture, commerce and economy are all booming, the west is a completely desolate land.