America's Largest Landowner!

At that time, the American West was a completely desolate place.

Those who have come to these places are extremely poor people who have lost their land or cannot make a living in the Middle East. They come alone or with their families, driving horse-drawn carts and carrying their meager belongings. Attracted by the preferential policies introduced by the United States government to attract immigrants to develop the West, they have traveled thousands of miles to this wild land.

Wealthy merchants and capitalists at this time looked down on these desolate lands. In comparison, they preferred the rapidly developing Middle East regions that were thriving with the Industrial Revolution. There was gold everywhere there. As long as they had enough money, they could make a fortune by simply investing in the stock market or starting a factory. These desolate lands held no appeal for them.

However, it wasn't that no one saw the potential for future development in these areas and invested early. But the desolate and backward environment, which was like a wilderness, drove away most people. After all, not every wealthy person could live in such a harsh environment. There were no hospitals, no shops, no bars; apart from the vast land and the harsh environment, there was nothing here.

Accustomed to the comfortable and convenient life in bustling cities, they found it difficult to adapt to the primitive and harsh life here. In the end, very few speculators remained, and even those who stayed were unsure how long they could endure before leaving.

These speculators who came to the West with the poor were actually small business owners with limited funds. They had little development potential in big cities, and in the West, they simply hired some poor farmers who had come to the West to build small farms. In essence, they were not much different from the poor.

Truly capable people sit comfortably in their offices, directing their subordinates to manage their businesses. Who would want to come to this desolate place to suffer?

Chen Mo can be considered a truly powerful capitalist, but instead of sitting in his office directing his team, he personally led a team to the Northwest.

However, Chen Mo's arrival was completely different from those poor people or speculators who drove dilapidated horse-drawn carriages with their families.

Hundreds of fierce Native American warriors, riding steeds and Mercedes-Benz Musket, galloped forward, escorting a long convoy loaded with supplies toward this vast land.

The vast wilderness features natural stone arches, enormous canyons, enchanting ravines, rushing waterfalls, the dark green Colorado River, and rugged, desolate red earth, all weathered into bizarrely shaped rock cliffs.

The carriage traveled across the vast western lands, the scenery changing along the way—magnificent, beautiful, desolate. Occasionally, the agile figure of a cowboy riding a horse would flash by in the distance. The clatter of hooves and the yellow dust kicked up by galloping cattle filled this desolate and vast land, as if one were in an American blockbuster, with a strong Western flavor wafting over.

Despite the incredibly fresh smell of cow dung wafting in the wind, Chen Mo's expression remained unchanged. He calmly withdrew his gaze from the car window, but secretly slowed his breathing.

Being a cowboy is really tough; it seems necessary to improve their treatment appropriately.

With his abundant funds, Chen Mo has bought vast tracts of land along his journey, building enormous ranches that stretch as far as the eye can see.

Chen Mo's extravagant gesture shocked the poor people who came to explore the western wilderness. Later, when Chen Mo offered very generous conditions to recruit cowboys, countless people rushed to sign up.

Compared to the hard work of herding livestock in the wilderness, which only yields a meager harvest, the offer from Chen Mo, this wealthy rancher, is far more tempting.

Strangely, everyone who applied had to be personally interviewed by this tycoon before they could officially join his ranch and become his employee.

Although it was called a personal interview, Chen Mo actually just sat on one side of the interview room while several people specifically in charge of interviews conducted the interviews.

The entire interview process was actually quite short, with each person only getting a few minutes. The interview process was also very simple, consisting of just asking a few random questions. However, less than half of the candidates were able to pass the interview.

Chen Mo has certain requirements for the character and loyalty of his subordinates, especially the initial group. Although these cowboys do not need to be as loyal as his private business team, not just anyone can join. The questions he asks seem simple, but Chen Mo can accurately distinguish whether they are lying or not. Lies have no effect on Chen Mo. He can directly use these simple questions to examine people's hearts and know their true thoughts.

Of course, those personally selected by Chen Mo are only the initial core members. These ranches are very large and are just starting out. As the ranches are built and the number of cattle, sheep and horses increases, more people will be recruited to join in the future. The number of these people will be in the tens of thousands, which is beyond Chen Mo's ability to investigate. However, after the ranches become more prosperous and larger, everything will be on the right track. At that time, Chen Mo will not need every employee to be extremely loyal. It will be enough to ensure the character and loyalty of the core personnel.

As Chen Mo's route continued westward, Chen Mo spent a fortune, establishing a series of massive ranches on this still largely undeveloped land, becoming the largest landowner and rancher in the West and even the entire United States.

Native Americans, white people, and black people all became his employees.

After this series of major actions were completed, it was April 1846, not long before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War.

At this time, although the United States had acquired a large amount of land in the west by purchasing land from Europe colonies such as Britain and France, its land area was still far from reaching the scale it would later become.

California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming —these areas in the future southwestern United States— were all still Mexico territory at this time.

Since Mexico gained independence from Spain colonists in 1821, various political forces within the country have been fighting each other, with frequent coups and rebellions, resulting in a long period of political instability.

From 1821 to the present, everything in Mexico has been in chaos.

In just over twenty years, there have been more than forty governments, almost all of which were products of military coups.