By 1827, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company had successfully monopolized the trade between the Missouri region and the Native Americans.
In this desolate and barbaric area, the agents of the American Fur Company were fully armed. People clearly understood that any competitors or individual merchants would not dare to enter this area to do the fur business.
The American Fur Company deterred and controlled everything. They did not care about the representatives of the government at all. They did not recognize any laws other than the ones that were needed for their own interests.
It was through the monopoly of the fur trade in the Missouri region that John Jacob Astor earned an amazing amount of profit. He went from an ordinary fur merchant to the richest man in the United States. With the money he earned from the fur trade, he began to dabble in the real estate industry. At the same time, he also invested heavily in coal mines, other minerals, gas factories, and other industries.
And Chen Mo's goal this time was to snatch food from the tiger's mouth from the hands of the richest man in the United States!
In fact, Chen Mo could have chosen other weaker targets, but that would have taken too much time and the efficiency was relatively low. It was much faster and more direct than this.
Moreover, the so-called richest man in the United States, the barbaric businessman who monopolized the fur trade in the Missouri region with his powerful military force, was not in Chen Mo's eyes at all. He could deter any armed team that tried to invade his "territory" to purchase fur. In Chen Mo's eyes, they were nothing but chickens and pottery dogs that he could destroy with a flip of his hand.
However, Chen Mo did not plan to do it himself. He planned to use this opportunity to train Viktor and James's fighting ability.
Other industries rarely went deep into the wilderness like the fur trade, where they could use force at will. The two natural warriors, Viktor and James, needed this kind of environment to hone their fighting ability.
John Jacob Astor did not know that the Huaxia businessman he had just mocked not only had his eyes on his most profitable fur business, but also planned to use his armed forces as nourishment for the two beasts he was raising!
Not long after staying in the luxurious hotel in New York, Chen Mo took Viktor and James and left the bustling city, heading towards the lush forests of Missouri.
When the two little guys first arrived in New York, it was still a novelty. But soon, they felt bored. Except for the dense buildings, luxurious decorations, and busy people on the streets, there seemed to be nothing interesting here. After a few days of looking at these unchanging things, they quickly became bored.
Moreover, New York was a highly developed commercial and financial city. The pace of the entire city was extremely fast, which made the two people who grew up in the manor under the forest very uncomfortable.
Now that they had finally left this bustling but cage-like city, Viktor and James felt relaxed, as if they were two caged beasts that had finally regained their freedom. Sitting in the carriage, they were excited, completely unlike the dispirited and listless state they had been in the hotel a few days ago.
"Sir, where are we going this time?"
Viktor was driving in front of the carriage, and James was sitting in the carriage, looking at the natural scenery outside the window that gradually became familiar and comfortable. Days of depression were swept away, and he became very curious about the destination this time.
After spending a long time with Chen Mo, James was not as restrained as he was at the beginning. When he had a question in his heart, he asked directly.
Although it was a little strange that Chen Mo would leave again after such a short time in New York, James was still very happy.
After all, he was only a teenager, and he liked a relaxed and casual atmosphere. Coupled with the beast-like wildness hidden in his heart, he liked a vast and free environment even more. Compared to why they were leaving New York, he was more concerned about where they were going. Another busy and crowded city, or a quiet and free village.
Viktor, who was driving in front of the carriage, heard James' words through the window and could not help but pricked up his ears.
Like James, Viktor, who grew up at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and often went to the forest to play, did not like the business atmosphere of New York. However, he was a few years older than James, and also more mature, so he was not as impatient as James.
However, Viktor was also full of curiosity about the destination this time.
Feeling the strong curiosity in the hearts of the two, Chen Mo smiled slightly, slowly opened his mouth, and said slowly in a voice that Viktor could just hear outside the front window.
"We're going hunting in the forest!"
Viktor and James' eyes lit up when they heard that. They were obviously very interested in the "hunting" that Chen Mo mentioned. When Viktor first entered the forest to play, he often set traps in the forest, or used a slingshot to hunt some rabbits, birds, and other small animals. Naturally, he knew the joy of hunting.
James, who had always been weak and sick, rarely left Howlett Manor, and never had the opportunity to enter the forest, was even more eager to hunt.
However, what the two excited people inside and outside the carriage didn't know was that the "hunting" that Chen Mo mentioned was not what they thought it was. Their hunting targets were neither the small birds that Viktor had previously caught, nor the large animals such as bison, grizzly bears, and other large animals. Instead, they were the armed personnel of the American Fur Company under John Jacob Astor!
With the temptation of hunting, Viktor and James, who were bored out of their minds in New York, couldn't help but look forward to their destination. Even the speed of the carriage was much faster. After a few days, they finally arrived outside the vast forest in Missouri.
After leaving the carriage in a small village at the edge of the forest, Chen Mo led the excited Viktor and James into the forest empty-handed.
Not long after they left the village, their whereabouts were reported to a group of armed personnel stationed in the village.
This village was close to the forest and connected to the outside world by a dirt road. It was the only way for many fur traders to enter and exit the forest, and it was the best place to rest. In the past, when it was prosperous, many fur traders stayed here every day. Carriages transporting fur could be seen everywhere.
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