American West!

Having completed the initial layout in New York, Chen Mo began to set his sights on the undeveloped American West, purchasing large amounts of land in these areas to establish vast ranches and recruiting a large number of cowboys to work for him.

However, at the same time, Chen Mo did not abandon the fur trade. After the downfall of John Jacob Astor, the American Fur Company also disappeared quickly. The Lakota tribe completely controlled the fur trade in the Missouri region and emerged from the forest to gradually expand the fur trade to the entire Missouri River and even the Mississippi River basin.

Meanwhile, thanks to Victor and James's extraordinary strength and the Lakota tribe's constant propaganda, Chen Mo's identity has gradually been mythologized. Many Indian tribes in the Missouri region have gradually accepted this narrative under the influence of these legends and the increasing number of people who have witnessed the amazing abilities displayed by Victor and James. They now revere Chen Mo, a mysterious and powerful being with the same skin color as them, as a god.

Furthermore, the Lakota tribe has now received a large number of advanced Musket from Chen Mo, giving them overwhelming strength to overwhelm other tribes. These tribes have gradually been subdued by the Lakota tribe and brought under Chen Mo's command.

As more and more Native American warriors served under Chen Mo, the Missouri region completely became Chen Mo's territory. Even in the lands around New York that belonged to Chen Mo, the figures of fierce Native American warriors could often be seen.

However, at the same time, Victor and James gradually lost their chance to fight.

Although they began to expand outwards after completely taking control of the Missouri region, the tribes in the plains outside the forest were not as densely distributed as those in the forest. They often did not see any human habitation for a long time, and the people they encountered were mostly Indian tribes living in the plains. They rarely encountered fur traders.

These Indian tribes were their main trading partners and targets for recruitment and subjugation, so they would not attack them easily. The occasional scattered fur traders they encountered were at most a team of ten or so people, many of whom were father-son or uncle-nephew pairs. They were not as fierce and brutal as the armed personnel of the American Fur Company. Victor and James did not kill indiscriminately or kill anyone they saw.

So gradually, the two of them no longer had the opportunity to fight.

However, this was not a problem for Chen Mo. Fighting was easy, wasn't it? Even if the American Fur Company was gone, weren't there other fur companies?

At least for now, targeting these unscrupulous, monopolistic fur companies is the best course of action.

On the one hand, they not only oppressed and exploited the Native Americans who traded furs with them in the areas they controlled, but also brutally Carnage other fur traders who invaded their "territory." It can be said that their hands were stained with blood. Using them as practice subjects, neither Chen Mo, Victor, nor James felt any psychological pressure.

On the other hand, eliminating the armed personnel of these fur companies would also allow them to seize the fur resources they held, providing ample funds for Chen Mo's land grab and subsequent plans.

So after completely dominating the fur trade in the Missouri region, Chen Mo recalled Victor and James and sent them to the Kansas region, where there was a forest even larger than the Missouri region: the Rocky Mountains!

Their target this time was Jim Reed's Rocky Mountain Fur Company!

This is a fur company even more powerful than John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, with over two thousand armed men who roam the Rocky Mountains year-round, teeming with wild animals such as grizzly bears, brown bears, and the Americas lions. These armed men are far more ferocious and powerful than the American Fur Company's personnel. However, this is perfect for Victor and James, as the two, whose strength is constantly improving, need even stronger opponents to hone their fighting skills.

The fur trade in the Missouri region and the expansion into the Mississippi River basin were all entrusted to Chief Geronimo of the Lakota tribe.

The Lakota tribe is no longer the weak tribe that could be wiped out by a dozen armed men. Having integrated the entire Missouri jungle, the Lakota tribe is now among the most powerful of all Indian tribes in the United States. Moreover, unlike other tribes that are blockaded, oppressed, and exploited, with Chen Mo supporting them, they are even more advanced in terms of weaponry and equipment than many Native Indian tribes supported by Western colonial powers.

After all, the colonists only needed them as guns to contain United States power, and they didn't give them any advanced equipment. Most of them were old flintlock guns or even matchlock guns that their own countries had discarded, which were not even in the same league as the most advanced firing guns currently used by the Lakota tribe.

With Musket in one hand and supplies in the other, the Lakota tribe's expansion into the Mississippi River basin proceeded very smoothly. Whether it was the fur trade or the subjugation of these "backward" Indian tribes on the plains, everything was going well.

Victor and James ventured into the Rocky Mountains to further hone their skills, accompanied by over a hundred burly, heavily armed Native American warriors. Their primary mission, however, was to engage in the fur trade and, at the same time, to search for Victor and James's adversaries.

Without Chen Mo's exceptional senses, it wouldn't be easy for Victor and James to find their target in the densely wooded Rocky Mountains.

So, just like back in the Missouri jungle, these Native American warriors formed purchasing teams to handle the fur trade. They could easily communicate with the Native Americans in the Rocky Mountains and quickly figure out the distribution and routes of the Indian tribes in the Rocky Mountains. Then, they could collect furs while searching for the trail of armed personnel from the Rocky Mountain Fur Company for Victor and James.

Victor and James led the Native American warriors into the Rocky Mountains, while Chen Mo led his team to continue their advance into the northwestern states of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, where they aggressively acquired land in these newly developed areas.

The further west you go, the more desolate the surrounding scenery becomes, and the fewer traces of human activity there are.

These regions have only recently been acquired by the United States and have not yet been developed. Compared to the thriving industries, agriculture, commerce, and economy of the Middle East, the West is a completely desolate land.