The 100,000 US dollars in 1888 is not a small amount.

In this era of $30 in the month, this money can expand at least eighty to one hundred times in 2018, 130 years later, equivalent to eight million dollars, or even ten million dollars.

It is not easy to accumulate such wealth within ten years.

After all, his predecessor was not a rich second generation. Although Lin Yao had the predecessor, he could not do anything without capital.

Soros once said that when you have one million, it will be easy to make ten million.

Strong funds will smooth out the threshold for you most, and will also become a barrier to block the poor from peeping.

Lin Yao is a poor man who is blocked from the barrier. After thinking about it, he does not have good methods of accumulating funds.

Where should the first pot of gold come from?

Lin Yao fell into deep thought.

He just received an apprentice with a monthly salary of 30 yuan and has not received a commission yet.

Commission?

Thinking of this word, he thought of the fur hunter again.

These hunters who carry old-fashioned rifles and hunt wild animals through mountains and forests not only have a monthly salary of $80, but are nearly three times higher than his salary, but also enjoy a commission to cherish fur.

Montana, Indian Reserve.

The most prey are wild deer, rabbit, fox, wild boar, and bison. There is no commission for hunting this animal.

However, if you hunt wolves, bears, leopards, lions and bring their fur back intact, the boss will pay an extra bonus to encourage hunters to hunt ferocious beasts.

A complete wolf skin is rewarded with two dollars, and a special snow wolf skin is rewarded with five dollars.

Leopard skin rewards five dollars, and snow leopards rewards ten dollars.

Bear skin rewards twenty dollars, lion skin rewards twenty dollars.

The fur of these ferocious beasts is the favorite of the wealthy class, especially the complete black bear skin, and no noble can refuse a bear skin coat.

Even the middle class is willing to spend some money to decorate their wooden houses with wolf heads, which represents martial spirits in the west, where the people are strong.

"what's on your mind?"

While Lin Yao was thinking, William walked over from behind.

"How can I join the hunting team?" Lin Yao replied casually.

"Join the hunting team?"

William was surprised. Although he was not old, it was his second time following the camp to hunt.

He knew very well that the most dangerous profession in the entire camp was fur hunter.

They travel through mountains and forests, hunting within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, and no one knows what they will encounter.

Beast attacks, snowstorms coming, lost direction, Indian traps, and even malice from their peers, may cause fur hunters to go without returning.

Basically, after a quarter, more than 20 fur hunters came out, and it would be nice to be able to go back two-thirds.

Disappearance is a common occurrence. Even if you disappear, no one in the camp will look for you. Except for a few lucky people, disappearance often represents death.

Compared to fur hunters, the work in the camp is simple and safe.

Everyone didn't have to go anywhere. Dozens of people gathered together to work and drank hot broth. Unless they were discovered by Indians in the reserve, they would not have any worries about their lives.

"You are crazy. Fur hunters are in groups of two. You only have one person, and no one can help you when you encounter trouble."

"Besides, the camp is so safe. Uncle Taylor said that last year a hunter was hunting on the mountain. He rolled down from the mountain because he stepped on it. When he was discovered, he was left with only a pool of blood."

"More are attacked by wild animals. If we encounter a black bear that comes out to find food, our weapons will be difficult to deal with. If we encounter it, we will basically go without going back."

"I also heard that someone had been surrounded by a pack of wolves, and a bunch of wolves gnawed him so much that his bones were not left."

William introduced seriously, hoping to dispel Lin Yao's idea.

But Lin Yao's attitude was very firm. He calculated that an ordinary fur hunter, with a basic salary plus a bonus, would earn at least $300 in three months.

Good hunters, such as Ghusse, who specializes in tracking wild beasts, can earn $500 in one trip.

Lin Yao is not greedy. If he has $500, he can buy himself a good rifle, an ordinary carriage horse, and a Colt m1873 revolver, becoming a more promising cowboy.

After becoming a cowboy, he can receive some wanted orders in the town and accumulate his first pot of gold as a bounty hunter.

If he can't be a fur hunter, he will only get an apprenticeship salary of $30.

Three months later, when the boss Henry returned with his men, he could only get $120 at most. Not to mention the expensive rifles and horses, it would cost 70% to eighty-eight dollars just to buy a revolver.

Don't watch some western movies, the cowboys are so majestic when they are shooting at the revolver.

In fact, a classic model like the Colt m1873 has an effective range of only 25 meters.

It is more suitable for street encounters than premeditated pursuits.

If you want to be a bounty hunter, you must at least have one horse, a Type 71 Mauser bolt gun, and a revolver that cannot be used to make the climate.

"You won't succeed. I've never heard of a cobbler apprentice who can turn to a hunter in the camp. Hunters look down on a cobbler, and they won't agree to your unreasonable request." Seeing Lin Yao's stubborn attitude, William changed his statement.

Lin Yao shook his head gently and said, "It's very difficult. If you want to change from an apprentice to a hunter, at least two people have to nod, one is your uncle, Mr. Taylor, and the other is the hunter captain Gerald, plus a suitable opportunity."

He is an apprentice of a cobbler and is managed by the foreman Taylor. Taylor doesn't want to let him go, so he has no way to talk about becoming a fur hunter.

Gerald is equally important. Taylor alone is not enough to release people, but the consent of Captain Hunter.

The captain disagreed. How do you join the Hunter Squad? You should know that all the guns in the camp are managed by Gerald.

If you don’t give you a gun, what do you take out to hunt? You can’t use stones, right?

"William, how do you think our relationship is?"

Lin Yao looked at William, and he believed that the hope of letting Taylor go was on his nephew William.

"If I remember correctly, we just met today!"

William shrugged, looking like you were making me laugh.

Lin Yao ignored this and answered peacefully: "Some people have known each other for their whole life, but they are not even friends. Some people just met, but they can be as good as brothers. Time will prove everything."

"Maybe." William didn't say much.

Speaking of which, he was the youngest person in the camp because his uncle was Taylor, a cobbler foreman, and his position among cobblers was very special.

Everyone did not dare to offend him, but they also felt that he had relied on his uncle to find the easiest job for him, which was a little exaggerated to him.

If possible, William doesn't mind having multiple friends in the camp, provided they get along.

A week passed in a blink of an eye.

Lin Yao became a glorious apprentice of a cobbler.

At work, he was silent and hardworking.

Outside of work, he gets along well with William. He even wakes up half an hour earlier than others every morning, just to go to the kitchen to help William.

Helping William is not just for William's gratitude, but also has another purpose.

The food in the camp is allocated by the chef.

A spoonful of broth and a piece of bread in the morning is a breakfast.

When distributing food, you should serve more soup or more meat. It depends on the person who makes you.

Lin Yao took advantage of the opportunity to help, he would always put more meat for the captain of the hunter, Gerald, without asking him to look at him differently, at least he would have to be familiar with him.

When others talk about him, he would have an impression: "Oh, it's that boy, he seems pretty good."

Time passes slowly, and Lin Yao is also waiting for the opportunity.

One day after half a month, the opportunity he was waiting for came.

Grass's son was caught in a trap left by the Indians and was injured by the trapped animal.

He was destined to be unable to go out to hunt again, so Grass asked the hunting team to arrange a partner for him again.

The captain of the hunting team, Gerald, has a bad relationship with Glass.

He thought Grass did not respect him, and he was jealous of him that he would always cherish his fur, which was somewhat hindered by this matter.

Lin Yao felt that this was his opportunity to jump out of the cobbler organization and become a wilderness hunter.
Chapter completed!