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These people's physical condition is better, compared with the slaves Li Mu has seen before, they can even be called strong, after all, Elkefrey is more than forty kilometers away from Santiago, and there are mostly mountain roads along the way, and they can run forty kilometers in one afternoon, and they will definitely not be able to hold on if they are not in good health.

It is a pity that Li Mu is a little regretful that the ages of these people are uneven, some of them are already gray temples, and some are still childish, and about half of them are suitable for joining the army.

It's enough, if you really give Li Mu a few thousand soldiers now, Li Mu really can't bring it, after all, thousands of troops are enough to be eye-catching, whether it is in Cuba or in the United States, this is enough to arouse the government's vigilance.

A tycoon like Li Mu would not have a problem hiring dozens of gunmen to protect his safety, but if he was raising an army, it would be a game-breaker.

The U.S. government doesn't have a permanent army, so why do you want an army as a businessman?

Li Mu was selected in the barracks on the same day, those who are suitable for being a soldier will stay in the barracks for training, and those who are not suitable for being a soldier will be sent to Guantanamo Bay to work as construction workers, Li Mu's subordinates do not raise idlers, even if they are Chinese, Li Mu can ensure that the Chinese are not abused here in Li Mu, and they will get what they pay, but the premise is that they cannot be lazy.

In order to ensure that these Chinese were well cared for, Li Mu went with the group to Guantanamo Bay.

These Chinese arrived at the right time, just in time for Guantanamo to change the recipe, so for the first meal after coming to Guantanamo, these Chinese drank rice porridge mixed with minced fish.

At this stage, there is basically no limit, how much you want to drink, Cuba does not produce beef, but there is a lot of fish, the bay, just find a few fishermen to get a small boat out, that's not how much you want.

It may seem like a gesture, but for these workers, it is a bit of a luxury to be able to bring meat to their meals, let alone unlimited amounts.

"With this group of people, there are currently close to 6,000 workers on our side, do you think we can start working?" Nelson followed Li Mu cautiously, and was very considerate of Li Mu in his words.

There are more than 6,000 people, not counting the salary or anything, and eating and drinking every day is not a small number, even if Li Mu has a big family and a big business, he can't stand such a sitting and eating nothing.

Nielsen has experienced ups and downs in his life, such people are better at seizing opportunities, and they cherish opportunities more, coming to Cuba from the United States, although Nielsen doesn't say it, he also fantasizes about making some achievements to prove his worth, so Nelson is really wholeheartedly for Li Mu.

"How are the 4,000 people recovering?" Li Mu is not in a hurry, Li Mu will wait for Washington's plan to be introduced before deciding what to do.

Grant's willingness to pay $15 million for Guantanamo is certainly not just for the honor of opening up territory, so Washington will have a complete plan to make full use of Guantanamo Bay, so that the money is worth spent.

Li Mukeng people have always been a serial set, sold Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. government, and then hired almost all the construction workers in San Diego, so that if the U.S. government wants to build Guantanamo, then it can only find a way from Li Mu, and then Li Mu may be able to hitchhike and take the opportunity of building Guantanamo Bay to piggyback on his own little work.

As mentioned earlier, Guantanamo Bay is a gourd-shaped harbor, and Li Mu sold the upper half of the gourd to the U.S. government, and kept the lower half as his own land.

In fact, there are clues now, Li Mu has been in San Diego for a few days, Nelson has not been idle, while recuperating the workers' bodies, Nielsen has transferred people to the lower half of the gourd in Kemanella, and brought people here to bargain with the U.S. government.

Li Mu is now in Kaimanera, Nelson knows Li Mu's true purpose, so in the past few days of Li Mu's absence, Nelson ordered the workers to build a camp in Kaimanera, although there is no permanent building, but the number of tents is still enough, which can at least ensure that the workers will not be exposed to the scorching sun at noon.

"In fact, the health of these workers is not bad, they are gradually recovering in the past two days, they can already carry out low-intensity labor, this camp is what they built, in addition to the camp, the dock we landed on just now was also repaired by them, they also drilled two wells in the camp, but unfortunately they are salt water and cannot be drunk, at present, our drinking water has to be operated from the Guantanamo Army, although it is a little troublesome, but this situation should not last long, I have ordered someone to find a suitable settlement in the direction of GuantanamoAs soon as we find it, we will move there immediately. "Nielsen's results in the past few days have been really good.

In fact, the construction of the camp and the wharf is not high-intensity labor, after all, the camp only needs to simply level the land, and the wharf is not a masonry structure because of the lack of materials, but just a plank road built with wood.

Nelson's "Guantanamo" is not Guantanamo Bay, but the city of Guantanamo, north of Kemanera, which is not very appropriate, after all, it was just settled there 50 years ago, and about 30 years ago, some Haitian French people moved to Guantanamo, and Guantanamo gradually developed after that.

In recent years, most of Cuba's population was concentrated in big cities like Bayamo and Santiago, and small places like Guantanamo, at most it was a town, with so many hundred and ten households, which did not pose any threat to Li Mu, and could not even be called a "nail household".

"Since you are in good health, let's start working, starting with the construction of a highway and a road from Guantanamo Bay to Kaimanella." Li Mu kept in mind that "if you want to get rich, you must first build roads." If we do not solve the problem of transportation, it will be difficult to develop as hard as a sky.

"Highway—" Nelson straightened his eyes immediately.

Oh, there is no such thing as a "road" these days, it should be a "road".

No, the "road" in this year is not the usual asphalt road in the 21st century, but a road paved with gravel, high in the middle and low on both sides, which is convenient for drainage and wide roads, because the inventor's surname is "Macadan", so it is called "road" in the Celestial Empire.

There is also a kind of road between the road and the asphalt road called "asphalt road", this kind of road has poor water permeability, is easy to slip in rainy days, and the road surface will melt when it is too hot, which is also not cost-effective.

The "highway" that Li Mu said is an "asphalt highway".

Asphalt highway, in fact, is the highway of the Celestial Empire, this kind of road permeability is good, it is not easy to slip in rainy days, it will not melt in hot weather, and it is easy to maintain, and it is the best choice from the perspective of cost performance.

To lay asphalt roads, you definitely need a lot of asphalt, which may be a bit of a problem in the United States, but in Cuba, this is really not a problem, just two thousand kilometers from Guantanamo on the island of Trinidad, there is a natural asphalt lake, where there is more or less asphalt, the point is that the British have not yet recognized the value of asphalt, they will not start selling asphalt until more than ten years later, so now asphalt is free.

Free -

Just for these two words, even if Trinidad is in Antarctica, Li Mu has to hire a boat to pull it.

"So, what are we going to do now?" Nielsen's sophistication is limited to familiar territory, and once in unfamiliar territory, Nielsen is also blind.

This can see the benefits of the traverser, I haven't eaten pork and I haven't seen a pig run, Li Mu recalled the scene of building a highway a little, and gave his own suggestions: "Building an asphalt road requires a lot of stones, and at the same time you also need some construction machinery, you don't have to worry about the problem of construction machinery, you prepare the stones first, and start immediately when the machinery is transported." ”

Asphalt highway is not Li Mu's invention, in the era of Li Mu's life, some large cities in Europe such as Paris, London has basically all been paved with asphalt pavement, Li Mu has to do is to hire skilled technicians and buy a large number of construction machinery.

Of course, the construction machinery of this year was not large construction machinery such as pavers and rollers, but primitive construction machinery operated by hand.

This is enough, Li Mu is not paving the airport runway, and there are no heavy trucks in these years, and laying a road that can be used for horse-drawn carriages is not too demanding.

Li Mu's last stop was the hospital, the hospital was full of Chinese wounded soldiers, a doctor who followed Li Mu from the United States took care of them with more than a dozen Cuban nurses, after the attack on Long Street, Li Mu had some experience in taking care of the wounded soldiers, so Li Mu formulated detailed regulations for the wounded soldiers' camp, and strived to get the best care for the wounded soldiers.

Li Bora was also in the wounded barracks, and when he saw Li Mu coming, Li Bora trotted to Li Mu's side with a grateful face: "Thank you very much, Mr. Ream, I can't describe my feelings in words right now-"

Limited to the conditions, before Li Mu came to Cuba, the wounded soldiers on the Cuban side basically did not get any effective treatment, and if they had any injuries or diseases, they basically relied on themselves to carry them.

The arrival of Li Mu changed this situation, these Chinese wounded soldiers are the first to benefit, their recovery speed will definitely be better than expected, it will not be long before these lightly wounded can be healed and discharged from the hospital, and then the strength in Li Mu's hands will be greatly increased.

"You take out a few people, preferably those who have experience leading troops, and go back to San Diego to train with the recruits." Li Mu didn't want to send all the troops he had worked so hard to train to the front line to be cannon fodder.

"Yes, Mr. Ream, I'll arrange it right away." Li Bora is very combative at this time, even if Li Mu asks Li Bora to fight the Spaniards, Li Bora will not hesitate.

Soldiers, from the day you put on the military uniform, your life is not your own, so dealing with soldiers is really simple, you treat me as a soldier, and I will repay it as a soldier.

"You have to make one thing clear, you are only temporarily stationed here, and when the matter here is clear, I will take you to Pine Island, where is your real home." Li Mu gave Li Bora a vaccination, so that Li Bora would not be hot-headed.

That's right, everything Li Mu is doing now is to prepare for Pine Island, and the construction of Guantanamo is just a practice.