092 The torment of happiness

After getting the factory land, the next step is to design and construct, Li Mu is not short of money now, and the cost of building the plant and purchasing machines has been prepared. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The killing of Rock Broad once again caused a lot of hype in the newspapers, and the "Boston Evening News" lovingly helped Li Mu count Rock Broad's reward again, which was indeed not much less than Jesse James, a total of 42,000 US dollars.

Locke Broad is a pirate, he does a living at sea, and his business is not as big as Jesse James, Jesse James deals with banks, and the banks are so rich, so it is normal for Locke Brod's reward to be lower.

It's already pretty good, and in an age when most workers don't earn more than $200 a year, $42,000 is undoubtedly a lot of money.

The 45,000 US dollars came at the right time, the research of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has entered a critical period, and it is possible to make a breakthrough at any time, and more and more funds are consumed, just over half of October, Li Mu has just passed 10,000 US dollars at the beginning of the month, this time Li Mu did not hesitate, directly called 20,000 US dollars, plus the previous 20,000, Li Mu has paid 40,000 US dollars for smokeless gunpowder, which makes Li Mu's bank account almost bottomed out, if there is no 45,000 US dollars, Li Mu's factory could not be started.

For Li Mu, money is not a problem, even if Li Mu doesn't do anything now, after Carnegie's company opens, Li Mu also has a steady stream of inputs, Li Mu's 12% of the shares are the original shares, even if Li Mu does not add, after 20 years, this share is worth almost 30 million US dollars, not to mention in this era, even in the 21st century, this is a large amount.

People always have to pursue a little bit in life, work hard to eat and dress when they lack clothes and less clothing, and begin to pay attention to the self-realization of value when they reach the stage of worry-free food and clothing, and when they have a certain social influence, they must begin to speak out for the Chinese community, and strive for the maximum social status for the Chinese, which is Li Mu's current life goal.

The design and construction of the factory does not need Li Mu to worry, Will this is a wide range of snakes, it is not a problem to find designers and construction teams, Li Mu's requirements are also very simple, the factory in the factory uses a steel frame structure, and the outside is covered with iron sheets, which can shelter from the wind and rain, and the requirements of the living area are a little higher, Li Mu prepares a single-story or two-story wooden building with a wooden structure similar to the Yan family, which is more familiar to the construction team in Springfield, and five or six people can build a building in half a month.

Speaking of wooden buildings, the two-story small wooden building of the Yan family has been completed, probably the layout is similar to Will's house, the first floor is the living room and kitchen, the second and third floors are bedrooms, Li Mu's bedroom is still on the third floor, but it is different from the attic of Wei's family, the attic of the Yan family is much more spacious and bright, not only the windows are excessive, but the roof of the bedroom is a glass roof, sleeping on the big bed in the bedroom can look at the deep sky at night, which is Li Mu's long-term dream.

However, dreams are dreams, although the Yan family has Li Mu's bedroom, Li Mu still lives in Will's house and has no intention of moving over, which makes Will very pleased.

With their own house, this made the Yan family finally have a real sense of belonging to Riverside Town, Li Mu is ready to take a few days to talk to Lao Yan about staying in the United States, with the bond of "home", I believe that Lao Yan is not willing to give up all this, and return to the Qing Empire to re-accept the humiliating identity of "house slave".

Even if Lao Yantou agrees, it is estimated that Yan's mother does not agree, the current life is like a dream for Yan's mother, the house has just been built, Yan's mother asked Lao Yan, Yan Hu, and Yan Shun to take time to reclaim all the vacant land in front of and behind the house, Yan's mother is not going to make a garden, but is going to make a vegetable garden.

The Chinese spirit of thrift and thrift is vividly reflected in Yan's mother, everything in the house, as long as it can be done by herself, Yan's mother never refuses to go out to purchase, whether it is curtains, tablecloths or bedding, are made by Yan's mother and Chuxue, Yan's mother even wants to get a spinning wheel at home, spin and weave cloth by herself, and do not give "foreigners" any chance to make money, but this idea was resolutely rejected by Li Mu.

Just kidding, if Yan's mother gets a spinning wheel, then Chu Xue will inevitably have to take on part of the work, Li Mu is not willing to let Chu Xue weave, Chu Xue has to clean the house every day, take care of Li Mu's life, and follow Li Mu to learn French and learn accounting knowledge, so he has no time to weave.

Lao Yan is also a diligent and capable person, after making a new bed for Li Mu, Will looked hot, so Li Mu asked Lao Yan to make one for Will, during the time when the construction team built the house, Lao Yan was not idle, from the tables, chairs and benches to be used at home, to the wardrobe, big bed and other large pieces of furniture, all of which were made by Lao Yan himself, if it were not for Li Mu's strict requirements, Lao Yan would even have to plane out the floor little by little.

Seeing that the new home was gradually built, Lao Yan's momentum was even more crazy, not only expanded the Weil family's stables, but also built a new stable and kennel next to his house, according to Li Mu's requirements, Lao Yan raised four hunting dogs, two Labrador, two Rottweiler, both male and female, in a few years, Li Mu can have a group of hunting dogs.

In order to reclaim the wasteland in front of the house and behind the house, Li Mu made another trip to Springfield, bought plows and rakes and other farming tools, and had two Mongolian horses at home, which were used to plow the land when he was not pulling the cart.

What makes Li Mu quite helpless is that Lao Yan is almost day and night to open up the wasteland, every day the two Mongolian horses are tired and half dead, one day Lao Yan had a whim, and actually hit the idea to Yan Hu and Yan Shun's two quart horses, Yan Hu and Yan Shun were reluctant to let Lao Yan toss, but they did not dare to disobey Lao Yan, so they secretly complained to Li Mu.

When Li Mu presided over justice for Yan Hu and Yan Shun, Lao Yan had already reclaimed nearly ten acres of wasteland, which made Li Mu dumbfounded.

If you plant vegetables on ten acres of land, Li Mu doesn't need to open a factory, and it is easier to be a vegetable seller directly.

Yan's mother didn't plan to plant all vegetables, Yan's mother was going to plant wheat and corn, and maybe some cotton, soybeans or something, which made Li Mutou as big as a bucket.

Yan's mother plus Lao Yan, even if it is plus the two horses in the family, the labor force is still limited, when the farm is busy, it is necessary for Yan Hu, Yan Shun and Chu Xue to help, and even Li Mu will not be able to take the initiative to help, which makes Li Mu unbearable, in Li Mu's imagination, Yan Hu, Yan Shun and Chu Xue are all important assistants of Li Mu, and there is no time to waste in the field, so Li Mu absolutely cannot accept letting Chu Xue and them go to farming.

So Li Mu asked Yan's mother that the family's vegetable land could only be left for half an acre at most, and the rest was not allowed to plant corn and wheat, and the most fruit trees were planted.

This made Yan's mother and Lao Yan very sad, and they finally owned so much land, but they didn't let it be planted, which was torture for Yan's mother and Lao Yan.