Life at sea was boring and boring, but fortunately, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" used radios, Li Mu and Rockefeller could contact the shore at any time, and the operations of the Junma Group and Standard Oil would not be affected.
In fact, there is not much work to be done by Li Mu and Rockefeller, Junma Group and Standard Oil are trust enterprises, the boss does not go to work basically has no effect, the strong inertia will maintain the operation of the trust enterprise, the professional manager system has begun to emerge, the benefits of the trust are here, as long as the market is gradually expanding, profits will increase steadily, a tens of thousands of people, the influence has reached the national level, some small problems no longer need to be dealt with by enterprises, government departments will take the initiative to provide services.
The services of government departments are not free, enterprises have to pay a lot of taxes every year, and business owners also have to pay a large amount of personal income tax, but personal income tax can be legally avoided, for example, New York State stipulates that the profits obtained by individuals in the process of operating a business, as long as they continue to be invested in the operation of the enterprise, then this part of the income does not need to be taxed, and Li Mu and Rockefeller's donations to the "Laura and Gloria's Foundation", this part of the money can also be used for tax deduction according to the new regulations issued by New York State last year.
Therefore, companies like Junma Group and Standard Oil have huge legal departments, and one of the most important tasks of this department is to help Li Mu and Rockefeller avoid taxes legally.
Some taxes are unavoidable, such as the gold jewelry that Li Mu and Rockefeller brought back to New York, and if Li Mu and Rockefeller want to have these wealths in a grand manner, then it is inevitable that some of them will be taken away by the US government.
This is almost equivalent to sharing the spoils, and the distribution of the spoils also has the advantage of sharing the spoils, and after the distribution of the spoils, if India or Britain 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 a way to reduce losses, which involves a valuation problem, gold is good to say, the price is relatively fixed, there is not much room for operation, but jewelry is not easy to say, the same is a one-carat diamond, the price of the rough and the finished product is very different, the determination of the grade is full of accidents, the purity of each grade is improved, the increase in value is also geometrical.
The tax issue is handled by the legal department, Li Mu and Rockefeller do not need to worry about this, the treasure of the Padmanaba Swami Temple has been purchased, and the next target is the golden lake in Colombia.
The Golden Lake is located in Colombia, less than 50 kilometers from the Colombian capital, Bogotá, but there is no road connection between Bogotá and the Golden Lake, and it is difficult to find the treasure.
"In order to successfully find the treasure, we have to form an expedition team of no less than 1,300 people, nearly half of which are security personnel, and the job of the security personnel is to clean up other expedition teams, and at the same time to deal with possible interference from Bogotá, so the expedition team must not only carry tools such as pumps, but also carry weapons and ammunition, and you do this work."
Li Mu took the initiative to divide labor with Rockefeller, Li Mu has been on the blacklist of Colombians, if Li Mu's people come to the door, it is estimated that they will be beaten away by Bogota Ratella, Rockefeller has no worries about this, although Rockefeller is also one of the shareholders of the Panama company, but it is impossible for Colombia to refuse all foreign capital to enter.
"No problem, even if the expedition team has to drag the cannon to find the Golden Lake, the only problem is that we can't determine the specific location of the Golden Lake now, so I suggest that we first send a small detachment into Colombia, as soon as it comes up, it will be a large force of more than 1,000 people, I am afraid of scaring the Colombians."
Rockefeller is still very cautious, the standard does not see the rabbit and does not scatter the eagle.
Although the existence of the Golden City and the Golden Lake has been verified to a certain extent, few people know the specific location of the Golden City and the Golden Lake, and Kesada found the legendary Golden City and took away 3 million dollars worth of gold, but then, Kesada died in a war three months later, and the secrets of the Golden City also disappeared with Kaisada's death, and since then, no one has ever visited the Golden City.
More mysterious than the Golden City is the Golden Lake, although after Kesada, no one has ever been to the Golden City, but the Golden City has at least been confirmed by Kaisada to indeed exist, the Golden Lake has not yet had a specific location, every year there is news that the Golden Lake has been discovered, but those news are all legends, and no one has really found the Golden Lake.
Others don't know, but Li Mu knows, the lake drained by the British explorer Walker in 1911 is Lake Titicaca, although Lake Titicaca is also a sacred lake for the Indians, Walker also announced that Lake Titicaca is Lake Guadavida, and Walker also successfully used diving technology to find hundreds of gold products from Lake Titicaca, but Walker found not the real Lake Guadavida, Lake Guadavida was not determined until 1974, and then it was blocked by the Colombian government, No one knows what the Colombian government found in Lake Guadavida.
"I know where the Golden Lake is, you just have to be prepared."
Li Mu still remembered the location of Guadavida Lake, although it was only an approximate location, but an expedition of more than 1,000 people was sent out, and then some local guides, there was no reason why they could not find it.
"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 an approximate location, which is near Bogotá, but in order not to attract the attention of Bogotá, the expedition team cannot enter Bogotá."
Li Mu doesn't want to startle the snake, in South America, more than 1,000 people are already a force that can subvert the regime, if Bogotá notices the expedition sent by Li Mu and Rockefeller, then it will be a gain, and it is estimated that it will take a lot of effort to take the treasure away.
"That's fine, we can start in other directions, Bogotá may be worried about the expedition, but definitely not about the drilling team."
Rockefeller has his own methods, his own profession is the best cover, Standard Oil has a branch in Colombia, responsible for the sale of lamp oil in Colombia, Standard Oil is the most normal to find oil in Colombia, but the Bogotá government welcomes oil merchants like Rockefeller.
Nominally, oil merchants are still more popular than arms dealers, and the reason why the Dutch succumbed to Rockefeller so quickly is because oil can generate enough profits, and it also generates enough taxes, and extracting oil is a good thing for all parties, and if the Dutch don't have the ability to extract oil, then it's not bad to give it to Standard Oil.
The Colombian government thinks the same way.
"Ha, that's the best, well, when the time comes, you can announce that you have found oil in Lake Guadavida, and then buy Lake Guadavida as a matter of course, so that even if we drain Lake Guadavida, the Colombian government will not interfere."
Li Mu laughed, Li Mu and Rockefeller are indeed a match made in heaven in this regard.
"That's what I thought too."
Rockefeller also smiled happily, buying Lake Guadavida, even if he can't find the treasure of the Indians, it doesn't matter, Standard Oil spends a lot of money on finding oil every year, and it is considered normal consumption.
When Li Mu and Rockefeller returned to the United States, a conflict between the British and the local natives was escalating in the far south of Africa.
Unlike the rest of Africa, the indigenous people of southern Africa are not all black, but some are descendants of Dutch peasants, who are called "Boers", which means "peasants" in Dutch.
The Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa was originally a Dutch colony, and in 1814, the British bought the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch for 6 million pounds and began to rule it, and the Cape of Good Hope was named "Cape" at that time.
In 1836, dissatisfied with British colonial rule, the Boers began to migrate to the interior of Africa, and the Boers formed the Transvaal Republic, the Republic of Natalia, and the Orange Free State.
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 is a country established by the indigenous people of South Africa, this country still exists in the form of tribes, the national power is not strong, the Boers once defeated the Zulu people when they established the Transvaal Republic, and took a large area of land from the Zulus.
The Zulus did not recognize the legitimacy of the Transvaal, and when the Transvaal became a British colony, war broke out between the Zulus and the British.
Speaking of which, the war between the Zulu and the British is still a little related to Li Mu, Li Mu remembers that about two or three years ago, the Horse Arms Company sold some weapons to Africans, for this reason, the British government also warned the Horse Arms Company through Washington, although Li Mu did not care, but since then, the Horse Arms Company has never had business contact with Africa.
After learning the news of the outbreak of the Zulu War, Li Mu immediately instructed the Horse Arms Company to try to get in touch with the Africans, although the Transvaal Republic had submitted to the British, but the Republic of Natalia and the Orange Free State were still insisting, for the liberation of all mankind, Li Mu should give them some confidence anyway, at least let the descendants of the Boers know that in this world, there are still people who support them and pay attention to them.
Li Mu's instructions were not hidden from Rockefeller, and Rockefeller did not like the British, because Standard Oil was also restricted to a certain extent in Britain, which made Rockefeller very dissatisfied.
"Britain is indeed very powerful, the sun never sets on the empire, tsk, why doesn't Washington have London's ambitions" Li Mu is still a little disappointed with the US government to a certain extent, the isolationism of the United States is too serious, without the promotion of Li Mu and Rockefeller and their group of capitalists, Washington does not even have the idea of targeting Spain.
"Washington has no ambitions, who do you hear me say, I think Washington's performance has been very good, over the years we have bought Alaska, occupied Montana, established the state of Hawaii, and we will continue to expand in the future, we are different from the British, the British only occupy the colonies, but they can't actually control it, this is always dangerous, the area we control will always be ours."
Rockefeller has a different opinion, compared with Britain and France, the United States is indeed a little slower to expand, but the United States is more stable in this way.
In this regard, Li Mu also has nothing to say, think about it carefully, the United States has indeed been expanding, from the beginning of the thirteen states to the current thirty-eight states, the United States has not stopped the pace of expansion, Li Mu knows, the United States will continue to expand, the future will reach 50 states, so it seems, it is indeed the same as Rockefeller said, in the British and French expansion of the colonies, the Americans are not idle.
"What about Africa, which is the last virgin land in the world, and if we don't act now, we can only sit back and watch Africa be carved up by the old continent."
Li Mu is really unwilling, now only Algeria and Cape are European colonies in Africa, of which Algeria belongs to France, Cape belongs to Britain, and in a few years, the whole of Europe except Ethiopia and Liberia will be divided by European countries, this is a feast, but the United States has no participation in the idea, which makes Li Mu simply incomprehensible.
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"Ha, we still have so many reservations to conquer, how can we have time to go to Africa, and you, an arms dealer, will be insatiable."
Rockefeller didn't care if Africa would be carved up, there was still land around the United States for the United States to expand, and Africa was too far away for the United States.
This is also a fact, if you look at the current map of the United States, you will find that it is very different from the final map of the United States, for example, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, which border with Canada, are not yet US territories, and it will take at least a few decades to digest all these blank areas, and it is not too late to consider the issue of expansion when the time comes.
Rockefeller's words reminded Li Mu that all along, the direction of resettlement of Chinese Americans has been Illinois and Indiana, and a little further west in Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas, none of which have yet been set foot by Chinese.
There are also those Indian reservations, which the U.S. government has not developed in the face of the United States, but in a few years, those existing Indian reservations will become direct jurisdiction of Washington, and there are also many opportunities.
"I'm not like you, just find an oil well and wait to get rich, I still have a lot of people I need to take care of, so the more land, the better."
Li Mu does not hide his desire for land, which does not conflict with the interests of the United States, and even politicians in Washington will be happy to see it, after all, the cultivation of farms by the Chinese will also enhance the strength of the United States
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