America's Road to Wealth

Austin, the capital of Texas, is also the education center of Texas.

Known as the "Live Music Capital of the World," it is a city named after Stephen F. Austin, the father of Texas.

Even a very large number of Texans do not want it to be the capital of Texas.

But it has always been an unchangeable reality that Austin is the political center of Texas.

The ideas of the lower class people cannot change the practices of the top oligarchs in Texas.

The headquarters of the Texas consortium is not actually located in Houston, which has a better economy, but in Austin, a blue city in a red state.

Abel taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.

His sky palace, the Smith, returned to Texas.

The landing place is Bergstrom International Airport in Austin.

As the Boeing 747 taxied slowly, it parked on the private tarmac of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

When Abel and his party walked down the hanging ladder, it was already past four o'clock in the evening in Austin.

The motorcade quickly exited the airport and headed toward downtown Austin.

At night, the heart of Texas, illuminated by colorful lights, seems to be covered with gold, highlighting the prosperity of the big city everywhere.

The lights are flashing and the lights are overflowing. Whether it is the night sky or the buildings, they make the city more dazzling and beautiful.

"call--"

A Cadillac Monster modified vehicle that is exactly the same as Army No. 1, in the rear compartment.

Abel let out a soft breath.

Since the "accident" on January 20.

He has been cleaning up all aspects of the attack he directed.

To be honest now. Abel already somewhat regretted that he had caused so many things for no reason.

Although compared to the gains, the losses are not very big.

But these gains cost him too much effort.

Compared with the effort spent, Abel really looked down on this little gain.

If he really wanted to do this, he felt that he could put his time and energy on the broader financial capital market.

With his "talent", he becomes even more invincible in this field.

Rather than giving up your greatest advantage.

Focus on the battlefield where you are least good at and the most energy-consuming aspect of conspiracy.

Fortunately, things are finally over now.

The test for the entire Smith Department, including the consortium partners, cannot be said to be full marks, but it is also a passing test.

In addition to these internal gains.

through this attack.

The shareholders of California Pacific Electric finally gave up their previous persistence one after another under the pressure of public opinion.

Through a relatively tacit understanding of looking at each other from afar with Jerry Brown.

California Pacific Electric will merge with Pacific Energy next month.

At that time, Abel will personally own 90% of the new company's shares, and the remaining 10% will be transferred to the shareholders of the original California Pacific Electric Group.

If there is no attack and everything goes well.

Even if the two major local energy groups in California can merge, Abel can only get about 75% to 80% of the shares at most.

After such a mess, the shareholding ratio increased by about 10% to 15%.

This can be regarded as one of the biggest benefits that Abel can gain from this attack.

Over there in New York, the tangle with the Newhouse family.

Also because of the attack, the Newhouse family seemed to be very hostile to Abel, who stood on the moral high ground.

The two sides have temporarily reconciled.

Newhouse did not continue to make a fuss about the gray underground forces in New York.

For the time being, Smith Media has let Anna Wintour refrain from attacking Newhouse.

The reason why these two parties suddenly became so easy to talk to was mainly because of the attack.

At present, Abel has temporarily stood on the commanding heights of morality and public opinion in the United States.

If you go against Abel at this time, it will be easy for Abel to target you in this regard.

This was also one of the benefits that Abel felt he could gain after thinking of this operation.

That is to occupy the moral high ground in the United States and attack his enemies from the moral high ground.

It's just that the imagination is beautiful, but the operation is very complicated, and this kind of conspiracy is very labor-intensive.

In many cases, people from the Smith Intelligence Group cannot be allowed to participate.

Abel also needs to do it himself.

It only took this once, and Abel was somewhat discouraged.

After the operation, he felt that by doing this, he was giving up his strengths and taking advantage of his weaknesses.

Although I obviously have more advantageous talents, I use these things that I am not good at.

What a fool.

After this incident.

Abel secretly decided in his heart that this kind of thankless thing would be done.

In the future, it’s better to do less for seconds.

This is also the reason why he will be there and rush back to Texas decisively after finishing the matter temporarily.

More or less, there are some factors here to avoid the limelight.

Of course, he had good reasons to return to Texas.

That lasted for several months and hundreds of rounds of negotiations had been conducted.

The final cooperation contract and model were finally determined, and the final part of the work on the merger of the Texas Consortium and the Smith Consortium has been carried out.

If all goes well, within a few days, the Texas Consortium and the Smith Consortium will merge in a certain sense.

Both parties will stand on the same side in many aspects, share interests, hold shares in each other, and become one.

There will no longer be the original Texas Consortium, or the Smith Consortium.

The new consortium will be known as "Texas \u0026 Smith Consortium," or "Smith Texas Consortium."

Of course, a consortium itself has no real name.

There is no group or company in the world called the Rockefeller Group or the Morgan Group.

A consortium itself is just an invisible, huge community of interests.

It doesn't really matter what his name is, Abel.

All he wants is to be able to dominate it.

Looking out the car window, I saw the beautiful lights of Austin.

Abel took out his cell phone and dialed.

"Prescott, it's me, I'm glad you haven't rested yet."

"Ha - I would like to rest. But this is the task given to me by my grandfather and uncle. Dear Abel, just come back."

"Well. Let's put it this way first. It's already so late, Prescott, you should rest first. See you tomorrow."

"OK."

"..."

Abel hung up the phone.

At this time, his motorcade also arrived at the Holy Fire Gun Road in southeast Austin.

This area, located on the river south of downtown Austin, has very high housing prices. The area's median household income in 2000 was $52,048.

It's an affluent area in the city of Austin.

The Bush family's villa is actually on the edge of this area, enjoying the best scenery of the Colorado River.

Abel came here because New Starting Point Real Estate Company also purchased properties here.

No. 11408 Firearms Road, Austin, a luxurious mansion with 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms covering an area of ​​about 10 acres.

The motorcade stopped in the beautiful courtyard of the mansion, and the Cadillac Monster took Abel to the main entrance of the villa.

In the bright light at the door, there was no one around except little Laura, who was wearing a white suspender skirt and was "poor and only generous to Abel", standing there with bare feet.

Abel got off the car and opened his arms, walked towards her, caught her rushing towards her and said with a smile: "You are not afraid of being exposed..."

"No one. No one dares to look!"

After being hugged by him, the future matron of the Smith family said with a smile.

"Oh...you have... gained weight recently, right? The little toast seems to have turned into a little pastry?"

In Abel's arms, little Laura was like a koala, wrapping her arms around his neck and hanging on him. When she heard Abel's teasing, little Laura moved up to him and bit Abel's cheek. nose.

"You just gained weight! Even though I gained two pounds! My flesh has grown to where it should be! Stinky guy, do you miss me?"

"think."

Abel held little Laura's curled up parts with both hands, picked her up, walked into the main hall, raised his head and looked into her charming silky eyes, and answered with a smile.

Little Laura held Abel's cheeks with her hands and said softly: "There is no one here anymore. I asked the maids to go to rest, and I asked Doni to guard outside. If you want, we can have fun here!" !”

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and silenced Abel, feeling affectionate and fierce.

Can this be tolerated?

You must know that little Laura has always been the most conservative among Abel's women.

Her greatest limit is to be able to accept the traditional way and accompany Abel with at most one other woman.

That was even when Abel was very insistent and it was really unbearable for her alone.

In the end, I had to give in to Abel and make some changes.

Coming from that kind of family, there is also the baggage of being a mistress.

Even if she has sex before getting married, little Laura is still resistant to many tricks.

Tonight, she offered to be in the living room...

There is no doubt that this is an improvement in this regard for the little lady of the Bush family.

Abel responded directly to her enthusiasm and started his actions eagerly.

The next morning.

Abel, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the bright sunshine.

In the master bedroom, he opened his sleepy eyes and looked down at little Laura, who was still sleeping soundly in his arms, with one arm around him and a long moon pressing against him.

He reached out and grabbed the blanket that had been kicked aside long ago, and covered the two of them in their original state again.

At the beginning of last night, the battle started in the main hall of the villa.

In the middle of the battle, Abel still took care of little Laura's conservative character.

Using the posture of a big horse and a small cart, he took her back to the master bedroom of the villa.

"Huh? Good morning, my dear..."

Little Laura, whose voice was a little hoarse, had a smile on her lips, without opening her eyes, she hugged him a little tighter, lying in his arms and murmuring comfortably.

Compared with when she first met Abel, the young lady of the Shrub family is obviously much better physically.

The rock security person next to her told Abel that little Laura had been keeping fit and exercising, and was very self-disciplined in her diet.

After almost a year, little Laura could not bear it even once.

Now he can barely cope with Abel, who only uses three-thirds of his strength.

In terms of physical fitness, little Laura is still very poor in some respects.

There's nothing you can do about it, it's a genetic limitation.

Unless using Hextech.

In other aspects, little Laura is obviously trying hard to fit in with Abel, who has an inhuman physique.

"Good morning." Abel lowered his head and kissed her hair, stroking her smooth back.

He also knew about little Laura's efforts in this regard.

"...I still think it's nice to have you by my side."

Little Laura closed her eyes, smelled the familiar scent of her fiancé, rubbed her rosy cheeks against Abel's, and murmured contentedly.

Abel just chuckled and tightened his arms around little Laura.

For a woman who is full, she naturally feels extremely happy.

He also likes women in this state, they are gentle and lovely.

The two of them lingered on Simmons until after 9 o'clock, then they ran into the bathroom naked and shamelessly having fun. After more than half an hour of fussing around in the bathroom, the two of them finally Then I got dressed, walked downstairs, and started eating breakfast.

At this time, little Laura was actually still very sleepy.

No matter how much she exercises, she is still a mortal body and cannot be compared with Abel.

But she liked the feeling of getting up with Abel in the morning and having breakfast together.

My body was very tired and sore, and I was also very sleepy.

But she still held on, thinking that she would have to go back to catch up on her sleep later.

"Are you satisfied with the complete design of Laura's Flower?" Little Laura just handed a piece of toast with sweet cheese to Abel.

Then she heard Abel ask her.

Little Laura was stunned for a moment, then continued to pick up a new piece of toast and spread the cheese evenly with a knife.

"It's very beautiful, very spectacular. If it is built, I believe it will become one of the miracles of architecture."

Little Laura spread the sweet cheese on the toast in her hand and handed it to Abel.

Abel couldn't get enough of one or two pieces of toast.

Little Laura, who was well aware of her fiancé's appetite, began to spread the third piece of toast.

Four pieces of toast, a large grilled tomahawk steak, plus an extra large taco, and a large salad.

And there is a 1L capacity of fresh milk delivered after pasteurization next to it.

This is enough food for five little Lauras to have a full breakfast.

They were just the least Abel had to eat in the morning, a normal portion of food…

"Would it cost too much to build Mount Laura? Oh my God, those steel and concrete buildings seem to be enough to build two more World Trade Centers in Manhattan!"

Little Laura said softly as she watched Abel finish the toast and start eating the tomahawk steak.

The unmarried couple were discussing at the dinner table the design drawings and construction plans of their future home, "Laura's Flower," or "Laura's Heart."

Abel purchased a large piece of land on Long Island.

That place is not far or close to New York. It only takes half an hour to reach Manhattan by helicopter.

If you take a speedboat, it takes about an hour.

It takes longer to drive.

After the two formalized their relationship.

Abel once brought little Laura to that place.

Little Laura loves and is very satisfied with it and has always been concerned about its progress.

She felt that it would be her wedding room and the best house in the world.

Abel handed over the appearance of Laura's Flower and the normal daily architectural design work to Zaha Hadid, who was not well-known at this time.

But the core of "Mount Laura" is the appearance of Zaha Hadid.

The construction and interior design are handled by more professional people.

Some of these professionals even once worked for the US NNSA.

When Laura Mountain was completed, it was in accordance with Abel's design requirements.

It will be a civil defense system that can prevent wood, growth, and transformation, and has a complete internal cycle.

There is even an underground river under Mount Laura that leads directly to the seaside not far away.

When the need arises, or when it is time to give up Flower of Laura.

Abel, or his descendants in the future, could escape underwater through a submarine that was always at the ready.

On the surface, Laura's Flower will be a beautiful modern luxury miracle building that combines the beauty of modern design.

But in terms of security functionality, it will never be inferior to white houses or other safe houses for the super rich.

Little Laura, who knew all Abel's thoughts about Laura's Flower, naturally attached great importance to it.

In little Laura's mind, this place might become the last refuge for her and Abel's children.

It’s okay not to pay attention to it.

"That's necessary." Faced with her question, Abel smiled and said:

"For you and our future children, I will not hesitate to invest more."

Abel did not answer the question directly, but said this sentence.

He knew that as long as he grasped this key point, even if he spent tens of billions of dollars more, little Laura would definitely agree.

This is also a love story.

"Okay." As expected, little Laura smiled and stopped talking about it. She picked up her own small table knife and started to cut the steak.

Half an hour later.

"See you tonight, my dear."

"See you tonight."

In the carriage, Abel, who had changed into a suit, stopped talking to little Laura by the window and said goodbye to her with a smile.

When the motorcade left the villa, Abel in the back of the car closed his eyes and spoke softly - "Go to the Parliament Building."

The motorcade drove out of Austin's affluent neighborhoods and began heading toward the Texas State Capitol.

The Texas State Capitol was built in 1885 and covers an area of ​​51 acres. It was designed by architect Elijah Meyer and modeled after the Capitol Building in Washington.

This makes its appearance resemble the Capitol Hill, one of the symbols of the two poles of American power.

In the era when it was designed and built, it actually had hopes of replacing the Capitol building in Washington.

It's a pity that the Confederate States of America in the South lost to the United States of America in the North in the war.

The original Capitol Building of the Confederate States of America naturally could only become the Texas State Capitol Building.

If only the South had won that war.

The current Capitol Hill will definitely not be 20004 First Street SE, Washington, DC.

It's 1100 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas.

Unlike now, when the Texas State Capitol is often used as a famous tourist attraction in Austin.

But what if the Confederate States of America had won that war.

Whether that will happen in the United States today is a big question mark.

The planters in the South were not interested in the factories in the North.

If they were to win, the industrialization process on the North American continent would definitely be slowed down by decades.

If we follow that timeline.

Perhaps the current Confederate States of America can only be a powerful and large country like Australia or Brazil or Argentina.

Then I don’t know where the history of this world will flow.

It’s just that history has no ifs.

The Confederate States of America did not win, the United States of America did.

So now, the Texas State Capitol can only be used as a tourist attraction and a state-use functional building that is only used when the state Legislature is in session.