The Spaniards brought some of them here first, but the Spanish influence is mainly concentrated in the southern region of North America, that is, the Mexico area, and then a small amount of the east coast of North America.

As for the west coast, the Spaniards had not set foot there before, so naturally there were no horses there.

The horses used by the Chu people in North America were basically brought directly from the mainland and bred.

Because shipping horses by sea is expensive, and the time for local breeding of grazing horses is relatively short, the Chu people still lack horses in North America, and they have to purchase a lot of Spanish horses from the Spaniards in the south every year.
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However, North America, especially the southern region, has a good climate and is very suitable for grazing and breeding. The number of local horses owned by the Chu people is also increasing rapidly, and the price of horses will drop significantly in a few years.

But that’s later.

Nowadays, the price of horses is still relatively expensive. Song Erniu's canvas workwear business has just started, and he can afford it even if he bites the bullet. But in a short period of time, the money is not spent here, and Song Erniu can only

Rented.

Song Erniu greeted Boss Chen and helped Boss Chen unload and arrange the goods. He didn't ask for anything. He was just doing stall business in this mining area. Naturally, he had to establish good relations with the bosses who set up stalls nearby.

It's better to be kind.

Harmony brings wealth!

While Song Erniu was helping Boss Chen settle down, other people who came to set up stalls also arrived one after another. Some used horse-drawn carriages to transport goods, while others simply used handcarts or carried them on their own shoulders.

The items sold are daily necessities, and there are also some food stalls selling food and drink. Basically, they sell whatever the gold diggers in the mining area need, and there are all kinds of things.

Many of them also run a gold recycling business.

Among the gold diggers here, only a very small number are formal employees of mining companies, and most of them are actually independent gold diggers.

Many people from Chu State came all the way here to find gold and make a fortune overnight, not to work as miners for others.

After those gold diggers who work alone find gold sand, it is inconvenient to directly take the gold sand and spend it. If they need to exchange it for money, they must either go to the bank to exchange it, or simply exchange it here to some bosses who buy gold.
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Song Erniu did not do this. He purchased the gold sand on the spot, then took it back to the county and sold it to a big gold buyer.

Although there is a large profit margin between the price of gold in the mining area and the domestic retail price of gold, in fact the gold buyers on the scene are all small buyers, and they only make a small price difference, so the profits are not very large.

If the profit difference is too big, and the gold diggers are not stupid, they will take it directly to the county or Jinshan City and sell it directly to those large gold buyers, or simply sell it to a financial bank, without letting you do anything else.<

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So if you are doing gold business here... you won’t actually make much money.

But the risks of gold-related business are not small... Shuanghe County is not a safe place today.

The huge number of gold diggers has not only brought huge consumption, but also brought subsequent agricultural labor resources, but among these people, there are also a very small number who are not willing to accept the reality, and then embark on the illegal path.

It hasn't been long since he came here, but Song Erniu has already heard about several cases of robbery and murder.

Years ago, a gold prospector who had just arrived was very lucky. After only a few days of gold mining, he picked up a piece of gold nugget the size of a pair of fists. Before he could be happy, he was killed in his tent that night.

A piece of gold nugget the size of a pair of fists disappeared.

The patrol police at the mine are still investigating this case, but I heard from some people who have been here for a long time that it is basically impossible to detect this kind of thing.

Because most of these gold diggers work alone, with at most a few relatives and friends, and the mobility of people is very high. Many people come from China to hunt for gold excitedly, but they don’t work for long, or they leave within a few months.

, and then went to farm and become a small landowner.

People come and go, there is great mobility, and many gold prospectors do not have a fixed residence. They always set up tents in the wild in the mining area. Even because of the good climate in Shuanghe County, some gold prospectors do not even have tents.

Just use the earth as your bed and the sky as your quilt.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for patrol officers to identify potential criminals.

In addition, there are no surveillance equipment and other criminal investigation methods these days, so it is actually very difficult to detect a murder in a timely manner after it occurs in the mining area.

These deeds also made Song Erniu understand that money is easy to make here, but it is not easy to keep money, especially if it is related to gold, it can easily become the target of robbers.

Therefore, Song Erniu would rather engage in the direct canvas workwear business than get involved in these gold businesses.

To be fair, his canvas workwear business makes no less money than these gold dealers.

On the first day of work after the Spring Festival, he sold dozens of sets of canvas work clothes, which was much better than a year ago.

Because after this period of preparation, more gold diggers have learned that this kind of canvas work clothes is strong and wear-resistant and suitable for gold mining work, so many people come to buy it.

In the afternoon, Song Erniu packed up his things and set up his carriage to prepare to return to the city. In order to be safe on the way back and avoid encountering robbers, Song Erniu chose to stay warm and return to the city with other businessmen.<

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He sold a lot of things today, and he had a lot of cash with him. If he was robbed, he would cry to death.

Boss Chen looked at Song Erniu, who looked cautious, and immediately lifted the hem of his clothes slightly, revealing a revolver inside: "Xiao Song, listen to my advice, you have to apply for a gun license later, buy

I used a gun to defend myself. This place is no better than in China. Making money is not a skill. Making money and being able to keep it is a skill!"

Many of the dozen or so businessmen around also echoed that when doing business outside, guns are indispensable.

Some people also say that you don’t have to use a gun, but you must have it and let others know that you have it. Otherwise, if the robbers see that you don’t have a gun, they will directly bully you as a weakling.

Some people, like Boss Chen, took out their own guns, including revolvers and long shotguns.

Song Erniu was shocked when he saw it... Each of these dozen businessmen had a gun, and some even had several... Boss Chen had a shotgun and two six-ring revolvers!

Only he didn’t...
Chapter completed!