The next morning, at about seven o'clock, the supposed waiter arrived at Scrooge's residence. He told Scrooge that Mr. Morgan Jr. had sent him to take Scrooge directly to the hunting grounds. Scrooge hurried out the door with his new rifle and got into a four-wheeled carriage that was waiting there.

The carriage traveled along the streets of New York for some time before stopping at a pier. Scrooge got out of the wagon and saw JP Morgan standing on the deck of a small pleasure boat.

"Hey, Scrooge." JP Morgan waved at Scrooge, "Come here."

Following the diving board to board the yacht, Scrooge asked suspiciously: "not to go hunting? Why are you on board?"

"Oh, the place where we hunt is a small island. Well, not too small, but there is no fresh water on the island, so there is no one living. But there are a lot of wild goats on the island."

"This is not the same as the Count of Monte Cristo inside that small island?" Scrooge said.

"Yes! Well, maybe we should go to the island to find out if there is a hidden treasure cave." JP Morgan laughed out loud, "Ilyich, do you remember there are caves on the island?"

"Ah, there is, young master. At low tide, I saw a cave at the bottom of the cliff towards the north. But the cave is too small, at most a dog, or a cat to get into, a person, in any case, is not able to enter." A sailor replied.

"Even if you can go in, Ilyich you will not go in." JP Morgan said, "But what time is low tide? We can also go there to see it. To that hole recite the incantation, maybe the hole will suddenly become large."

JP Morgan frowned: "That damned European vampire is here."

This time, the carriage has stopped steadily. The door opened, and a young man of about twenty-three or twenty-four wearing a small blue hat came out of the car, stood on the side of the door, and held out a hand, and then a slender hand in a lace glove came out of the car ......

JP Morgan began to introduce these two to Scrooge who had just come aboard.

"This is Joshua, Joshua? Mr. Rothschild." JP Morgan will "Rothschild" the surname pronounced more heavily, vaguely seems to be a bit gnashing of teeth flavor. But this Mr. Joshua did not take it to heart. Instead, he took the initiative to introduce his female companion.

"This is my cousin, Miss Helen. She heard that you are going to the island to hunt, very interested, so she came with me to see the fun." Joshua said with a smile.

In the ears of a traveler like Scrooge, the surname Rothschild is a thunderbolt. This family is Europe and the world's most prestigious financial family, they control Europe, and even the world's financial markets, relying on their influence in the economic sphere, they have a direct impact on the entire course of history, in any major contemporary political and economic activities, you can find their shadow in the background or hidden or present.

"I'm not here to watch the fun, I can shoot and I'm not a bad shot." I'm no worse than any man," said the dark-haired girl, about 15 or 16 years old.

By this time, more carriages were arriving at the dock and more people were boarding the ship. Among them, Scrooge also saw his old friend Warren Delano. Delano. People are on board and have each formed a few small circles to talk. At this time, the small yacht also hoisted the sail and headed for the azure sea.

"Hey, Scrooge, your new gun is finished?" Warren? Drano came over to Scrooge with a glass of red wine.

"Yeah, I'm just here to try it out today," Scrooge said.

"You tried it out at home, didn't you?" Warren Delano asked. Delano asked, "How did it go?"

Of course, Warren Delano knew that Scrooge must have tried the gun at home, otherwise, why would he have brought it with him? He is also an old pro at playing with guns. On this ship, many people like to play with guns, but he is the first to say that he is the best at playing with guns.

"In the hands of an experienced shooter, the rate of fire is five to six times that of an ordinary fore-bore gun using Minnie bullets, and under windless conditions, it can hit a stationary chest target at a distance of about 400 meters with a hit rate of over 40 percent," Scrooge replied.

"Jesus!" Warren Delano's eyes widened, "You're telling the truth? If I had known that your gun was so good, I would not have introduced you to Mr. Morgan. I'd have cut the other deals to make this money with you."

The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. So he smiled and said, "Anyway, I still have to thank you, and I think there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future."

At this time, the bow of the ship came a burst of girls' silver bell-like laughter and shouting: "Island! There's an island over there! Is that it?"

Scrooge looked in that direction, and sure enough, a small island with a sharp peak was slowly emerging from below the sea level. With the approach of the ship, the details of this island are becoming clearer and clearer. This island is larger than it first appears, the north side of the island is a rocky mountain about a hundred meters high, this mountain is not high, but very steep, the seaside is full of cliffs, the south side of the slope is sparsely growing some shrubs. The south side of the island is relatively gentle and open, full of knee-high weeds and a variety of unknown small shrubs. When the sea breeze blew, a large area of weeds swayed in the wind, forming a green wave.

"How can there be wild goats on this island?" Scrooge asked, "Where did they come from?"

"Oh, maybe they came to the island when the migrant ships stopped there to escape the wind or simply with the wreckage of the shipwrecked ships. The island's wild dogs are the same. They live on those wild goats." JP Morgan just walked by and replied.

"So when did you find this interesting place?" Scrooge then asked.

"Two years ago, I came back from Europe on vacation, got a small boat out fishing, and found this island." JP Morgan answered proudly, "Two completely foreign species, in such an unfamiliar island to reproduce, and then reached a balance. What an interesting thing to see. Scrooge, if only goats were on the island, what do you think the island would look like now?"

"There would be no grass on this island," Scrooge replied.

"Well, yes, the herd of goats without natural enemies, the number will be out of control, and in the end, it will only bring destruction. Therefore, there are tigers and wolves in the world, which are the wisdom of God, the will of God. Human society also needs tigers and wolves." Here, JP Morgan opened his mouth to reveal his white teeth and smiled, and the sun shone on his teeth, which had a kind of shining feeling.

Then, JP Morgan fiercely recessed his smile and stared seriously at Scrooge, and said, "I am the tiger and wolf who came to the human world by the will of God."

At this time, the ship turned to the other side of the island, a small harbor appeared in front of everyone.

"This place is blocked by mountains on three sides, and the wind and waves are very small. The first time I came here was to dock here. Later I had a pallet bridge built here so that I could come and play from time to time. In the blink of an eye, it's been a year since I came here. But the pallet bridge still looks very good. Well, we're ready to go ashore." JP Morgan pointed to a section of the wooden pallet in the harbor and said to Scrooge.

......

On the island, JP Morgan first gave everyone to emphasize the relevant discipline: "We do not get separated, so it is likely to be mistakenly injured by others as prey. In addition, pay attention to take care of the ladies ......" he glanced at Scrooge, "and children. There are wild dogs on the island, they are very bold, and generally will not attack people, but women and children getting separated are not necessarily safe. Goats tend to be on the mountain, let's go up there first."

So we all climb together towards the mountain. With Miss Helen, we climbed the mountain very slowly, half a day before reaching the halfway point, Miss Helen suddenly shouted, "That way, there seem to be goats! And wild dogs!"

Following the direction of Helen's expenditure, Scrooge looked over. He saw two wild dogs biting a goat to death. One dog was chewing on the back of the goat, and the other dog was chewing on the nose of the goat, and they were trying hard to put the goat down on the ground.

Not far away, probably only a little less than a hundred meters, a group of goats are hiding on the steep rock face looking towards this side. The goat that was being torn belonged to this herd, and it was not able to quickly hide on the steep rock wall during the attack. (Goats are good at climbing, often used to avoid the attack of natural enemies)

Scrooge's visual survey, those stay on the rock wall of the goat, and his distance is about 200 meters less than 300 meters, in this distance, coupled with the sea wind, Scrooge does not have confidence in the hand of the mountain fortress Mauser, hit the target of the size of the goat. So he shook his head and whispered, "It's too far."

"This distance is not bad, more than 200 meters, should be in the range of your gun. Scrooge, give me your gun to try?" Warren Delano said with a bit of enthusiasm.

"Sure. I hear you're a master marksman, let's see what you can do." Scrooge handed Warren Delano the gun in his hand.

Warren Delano is seen in the design of this gun, so the face of such a gun is not so unfamiliar do not know how to operate it. He quickly loaded the bullets, then raised the gun and pointed it at the goat in the distance.

"Joshua, do you think Mr. Warren can hit the target?" JP Morgan said to Joshua.

"It's not easy, it's too far away. It's too far away. Even if there's an elephant on the other side, it's not that easy to hit." Joshua looked at the distance, and looked at the gun in Warren Delano's hand, well, it was a rear-loading gun, rear-loading guns because of leakage and other reasons, power and accuracy, especially at long distances are not as accurate as the front-loading guns using Minnie bullets.

"How about we make a bet of $100 that Warren Delano will hit the target?" JP Morgan said.

Joshua thought about it, nodded, and said, "Okay. I'll bet you!"

At this time, Warren Delano has already aimed at the target, his finger has been placed on the trigger, and is about to shoot this shot.

PS: Afternoon out of town, today's two chapters on a more, no afternoon.