The twelfth act ten dollars three three-headed

  In fact, many times, some people's claims of being the most skilled at something are actually the most worrisome. Roger was very glad that he casually asked the "professional" in front of him how they planned to "scare" those Americans before ending the conversation.

  "That's easy, just scare them, pour dog blood into the consulate, throw dead rats, make ghostly cries all night, have carriages run over people when they go out, and break the wheels when they come back. If they still don't get it, let them hear the sound of gunfire and see some blood..."

  "No! Absolutely not!" Roger hastily interrupted Chen Feng's lengthy speech. If he really did that, the Americans would probably demand more than just $10 million in compensation.

  "Big brother, whose door are you knocking on? This is the American Consul! A foreign devil! The trick you're using is what we use to swindle local tyrants out of their money, but now it's them swindling our money! The identities are different!"

  "What's the point of being so troublesome, just take the troops over and see if he'll give it or not..." Chen Feng muttered a couple of sentences, turned his head to face Luo Jie with an awkward smile, and said: "So, little brother, what do you think we should do? You've been abroad and know what those foreigners are thinking, you tell us what to do!"

  "What's the point? Isn't it already being done outside? Newspaper criticism, student gatherings, and public petitions aren't rare anymore. We can just hide in the shadows and stir things up a bit; no need to really take the lead."

  "You're talking about those who are full and idle? What can they do with their stinky and fake seriousness? They just move their lips, as long as we put a gun to their heads, it's still our say. To be honest, they're just a bunch of flies, gathering every day to annoy people, maybe they have some use! We're not afraid of those American devils, what's there to fear?"

  "You don't understand, this is called people's power, public opinion! The Americans are advocating for democracy, and they're afraid of this!"

  "I don't understand this democracy stuff, but I do understand this!" Chen Feng said, taking down the Mauser pistol from his waist and waving it around. "In these times, having a gun means you have power, money, and women. The common people? They're nothing! But as they say, one thing can bring down another. Since those American devils are afraid of this, we'll do just that! Tomorrow, I'll tell the people below to turn a blind eye to those students and let them cause trouble!"

  Roger sighed, from the crazy superstition of democracy by those pioneers in Xinhai to the current warlords' crazy superstition of force, and then to the subsequent crazy idolatry, all of which have harmed the country...

  For anything, whether it is good or bad in itself, when you worship it to the point of madness and cannot tolerate others, then disaster will befall you.

  "It's okay to do it this way, but be mindful of the extent, don't let those hot-blooded people really rush into the US Consulate and start smashing, grabbing and burning, or else no one will be able to contain it."

  "Don't worry about this, I've got it under control. With me, Old Chen, around, they won't dare to make any trouble."

  Seeing Chen Fengqi's gesture of guarantee, Roger suddenly thought of the time when he shot innocent civilians, and immediately felt a wave of disgust. He quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Chen, can you help me buy some land? I just returned from America, my family is gone, and here in this place, I only know you, so I have to ask for your help."

  "Alright, this is easy, where are you planning to buy land? How much? I'll help you find someone, definitely at the lowest price!"

  "Zhangjiacun, I want to buy the mountain on the side of Zhangjiacun, all of that piece!"

  "What! That's three mountains! Although it's a barren mountain and wild ridge, all of which are ownerless land, I can give you the lowest price as the boss. But what do you want those barren mountains for? You can't plant crops or mine anything."

  "I'm preparing to set up a factory, and I don't have any specific requirements for the location. Those mountainous areas aren't expensive, are they? Even if you add the cost of building roads, it's still more cost-effective than buying land in Haikou. And when we cut down trees and dig up rocks to build the factory, we can even save some materials money. We'll hire workers from inland who can't make a living, feed them and they'll work without pay. It's cheap! My brother, I also don't have much money, so I have to be frugal. Who wouldn't want to set up their factory in Haikou, a good port city? But we really don't have enough money, so we can only make do with some small rural area."

  Chen Fengqi stroked his dense beard and thought for a moment before saying, "Alright... it's not like it's a good place anyway. I'll be the boss, and I'll give you 10 big yuan, three whole mountains, and even the land at the foot of the mountain that isn't arable. As for the arable land, those are all owned by someone else, if you really want them, you can only ask the landlords to buy them from them. Don't worry, with me around, they won't dare to extort money from you."

  "That's such a big piece of land for just 10 yuan! Isn't that giving it away? How can we make Big Brother suffer!"

  "What's the big deal? It's just an ownerless mountain, isn't the government's land our land too? Let alone we've already paid 10 silver dollars, even if it were 10 copper coins, what's the difference? Are those county officials going to dare to interfere with me?! The sky has turned upside down! There's nothing more to say, this matter is settled! You just go to the county government tomorrow to collect the land deed and that's it!"

  Chen Fengqi had a good idea, this Roger doesn't care whether he can negotiate the compensation or not, he has already registered at the American consulate, who knows when it will come in handy in the future. Why not give this little favor of borrowing flowers to present Buddha? Anyway, it's not his own land.

  Roger also knew Chen Fengqi's intention, but how could he decline such a good thing that saves money, so he naturally thanked him with a smile.

  "Make a good sale and maybe I can help you out in the future! Hehe, okay, when the time comes, I'll definitely 'help' a lot!"

  ……

  The next day, Roger went to the county government early in the morning. Since Chen Feng had already made arrangements yesterday, the minor officials did not dare to slack off when it came to the orders of their superiors. Roger simply stood there and reported his name, and the staff member handed over the land deed with both hands, wearing a flattering expression.

  As for the ten silver dollars, they were naturally fake ones brought from modern times. However, the other party didn't suspect a thing and instead kindly told Roger that these eagle dollars were too good, this way of spending would be a loss, he should go to the black market to exchange some inferior silver dollars, after all, they were just ten silver dollars, the county government didn't specify good or bad quality, why give such good ones.

  Roger smiled slightly and threw the man an eagle dollar as a thank you, but didn't bother to exchange it for Mexican dollars either. Soon he was also considered a capitalist, not short of that little money!

  ……

  These two days have been busy with many things, from getting up yesterday morning to now, I've been on the road during the day and keeping vigil at night, haven't had much sleep, resulting in a disordered update time, really sorry.

  Also, if you think this book is worth reading, please collect and recommend it. I sincerely thank each recommendation vote.