Although the Civil War has ended, the shadow of the Civil War has never been far away from the United States, and the factors that led to the outbreak of the Civil War have always existed, but people who realize the harm of the Civil War are now more rational and have begun to get used to solving problems from the economic level, so there is no greater crisis outbreak.

As for the social status of black people, although the United States has eliminated slavery from the system, the social status of black people has not really improved, and even many black people, including themselves, do not know what kind of rights they have, and they do not know that they should fight for fairness and justice.

Today's black Americans, like some difficult households in the Republic of the 21st century, are indeed short of clothes and less clothing, but their way to solve the problem is not to struggle themselves, but to wait for the handouts of the state and society, which will lay a shadow for future tragedies, once the dependence of blacks becomes a habit, then sooner or later blacks will become a huge social problem.

In fact, the problem is already quite serious now, but it has not yet fully exploded, once the Democratic Party and the Republican Party play the emotional card in order to win the support of blacks during the election campaign, then the arrogance in the hearts of blacks will awaken sooner or later.

In fact, the character of black people is very similar to those women in the republic who pursue women's rights all day long in some aspects, women in Western countries demand women's rights, and the core of the problem is "why don't you let me work", while the core of women's rights in the republic is "why do you want me to work".

In order to improve the social status of Chinese Americans, Li Mu once considered seeking the support of blacks and Mexicans.

Now it seems that Li Mu's idea is just wishful thinking, the low social status of blacks and Mexicans in the United States in the future is of course due to other factors, blacks and Mexicans themselves also have problems, Li Mu in order to hide people's eyes and ears once recruited some blacks to work for the Junma Group, but now this plan has also been declared a failure.

That's right, the current black work attitude is indeed quite correct, not to the extent of being lazy, and the work attitude is also serious, but Li Mu has to admit that the speed of black people receiving knowledge seems to be a bit of a problem, Junma Group generally only takes three months to train a Chinese skilled worker, and the longest is only half a year, but to train a black skilled worker, half a year is just the beginning, many times even if it is just a simple loading and unloading procedure, black people can't figure it out, let alone technical work, Li Mu is now suspicious, Can blacks do those complex jobs?

Since the blacks themselves are not angry, Li Mu can't afford to waste time on the blacks, but fortunately, Li Mu has now found a way to effectively improve the social status of the industry, so the blacks, let them fend for themselves.

It's also a good thing that Will can come back, after all, New York is the base camp of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division, and Will also needs to be stationed in New York to really exert his influence.

In January, just after the beginning of 1877, Li Mu left New York again for Washington, D.C., and began to campaign for the right to dig the Panama Canal.

This time it wasn't Li Mu who fought alone, William Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, J. Murphy, J. Murphy, J. Vanderbilt, J P. Morgan, Carnegie and other bigwigs all came to Washington to jointly push Congress to start the Panama Canal Project.

As long as the canal plan is launched, it will definitely not only be a certain company that will benefit, but the entire United States will profit from it, this is a huge cake, Li Mu can't and has no ability to swallow this cake in one bite, so it's best for everyone to do it together.

Compared to the last time Congress passed the budget, this time the whole process was much smoother, not only businessmen were interested in starting the Panama Canal project, but also politicians, because it was a huge "political achievement", and as long as they could participate in it, everyone could have a share.

Not only profits, but also honors, capitalist countries also need political achievements, especially for the outgoing Ulysses Grant, who needs this honor even more to add a touch of luster to his lackluster presidency.

On January 15, the Panama Canal excavation plan was approved by the Senate in the first instance, and on the 17th, the Chamber of Deputies also passed the first trial, and then the Panama Canal excavation plan was officially launched.

Interestingly, although the U.S. government wants to dig the Panama Canal, the U.S. government doesn't have to pay a penny for it, all the funds are raised by the society, the U.S. government only needs to come up with a plan, and then the whole plan is implemented by the Panama Canal Commission.

This Palama Canal Commission was established even before the U.S. government decided to launch the Panama Canal Project.

Li Mu was also a member of the committee, along with William Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, J. Vanderbilt, J. Vanderbilt, and J. Vanderbilt. P. Morgan et al.

This group of people is the people who really have the right to speak, and the US government has only taken away the superficial honor, and this group of people really has the final say.

Billions of dollars of money are involved, and rich people like Li Mu and Rockefeller can't come up with it, so the funds really need to be raised from society, and even not only the United States, but the Panama Canal also needs the support of European funds.

In fact, don't look at the Americans who hate Europe, and scoff at Europe, in fact, the take-off of the United States is really built on the basis of Europe's weakness, just like the previous economic crises, each economic crisis, European funds will be cut from the United States, and the American local bigwigs will then take over, and after the economic crisis, new European funds will enter the market, which is the beginning of another round of economic crisis.

It seems that the decision-makers of those European funds are stupid, but in fact it is a helpless choice, which is like the purchase of US Treasury bonds by the Republic in the 21st century, which seems to be a very stupid thing, but in fact there is no choice, otherwise what to do with so many dollars, and what can be done, US Treasury bonds are already a relatively good investment direction, so even if you know that it is a pit, you must bravely jump forward with a tragic mood.

On January 30, the New York-based Panama Canal Commission announced a public fundraising.

This is not the first round, the real "original shares" have already been divided up by Li Mu, Rockefeller and other bigwigs, Li Mu and Rockefeller they paid a total of 200 million US dollars, carved up 20% of the shares of the Panama Canal, this time the public raised funds are 500 million US dollars, but the Canal Committee only took out 10% of the shares.

$500 million 10 per cent, that is, for the entire Panama Canal, the Canal Commission is valued at five billion dollars.

$5 billion!

That's more than twice the GDP of the United States in 1876, so you can imagine what a huge number, and in recent times in New York, almost every family has been discussing it, and Governors Island is no exception.

"It's such a great event and we're lucky to be a part of it." As long as Gloria remembered that Li Mu was also one of the members of the Canal Committee, she felt honored.

"Don't be too happy, maybe it won't be long before you hate it." Li Mu poured cold water on Gloria, because it wouldn't be long before Li Mu would go to Panama, while Gloria would stay in New York.

Gloria also knows Li Mu's schedule, and naturally knows that Li Mu will bring Chu Xue with her when the time comes, but fortunately, Gloria has accepted this matter now and will not be entangled in it.

"I heard that the Canal Commission is going to raise $500 million this time, why did you notify the European consortium, and couldn't you raise this money from the United States?" Gloria is also a money junkie now, and all she can't forget is the green dollar.

"How can you cut the flesh from the Europeans without involving the Europeans?" Li Mu had a faint smile on his face, and he was cutting the steak cleanly in his hand, this action was really vivid.

"Are the rich people in Europe really that stupid?" Gloria knew how dark the hearts of Li Mu and their gang were.

"Of course they're not stupid, but first of all, there are a lot of rich people in Europe, and secondly, the cake that we draw is beautiful enough to make people excited, and the last reason is, where can they put their money except for the Panama Canal project? Is it devalued in the bank? No, no, smart people never do that. Li Mu, who is already a banker, knows very well the tricks of the operation of these funds, so the calmness of the narration is indeed very fascinating to Gloria.

The fund of the future is so foolish, what you don't manage your money and ignore you, what wealth will depreciate if it doesn't flow, what real estate will never collapse and so on.

In fact, even the speaker himself does not believe these words, but the lie becomes the truth after being repeated for a long time, and if you want to fool others, you must first brainwash yourself.

Obviously, the Panama Canal is the largest real estate project in the world in recent years.

The "smart people" in Europe think so too, so the Canal Commission has never been worried about not being able to raise money.

The canal project is indeed a good opportunity, the Americans know it, the Europeans know it, so everyone wants to get involved, and now is a good opportunity to enter the market, not to mention that 500 million US dollars can only get 10% of the shares is very expensive, and the next time it is sold, it will not be at this price.

"Is there a chance for us to be a part of it now?" Claudia is also interested in the Panama Canal project.

After getting engaged to Will, Claudia became a member of the Barron family, so it was Claudia's job to work for the benefit of the Barron family.

"You're already in the middle of it, and at the last internal committee meeting, I helped Will get 0.5 of the shares." This kind of good thing, how could Li Mu forget Will.

"Really? Thank you so much. "Claudia couldn't be happier.

The Kufma Group and the Barron family were more involved in the canal project than Claudia had imagined.

To dig the canal, first of all, a large number of workers and construction machinery are needed, and the number of people needed is not enough to pull all the people of the current Junma Construction Company to fill the gaps, so more people also need to be recruited from the society, and the Junma Construction Company undertakes the easiest and most profitable projects.

0.5% may sound like a pitiful amount, but given the total number of canal projects, it's not a small number.

Fortunately, the funds raised within the committee do not need to be paid immediately, and even if they do, they do not need to come up with real money, as long as the account is transferred in the Bank of America, so for this kind of book game, Li Mu is more handy.

Li Mu and his gang are indeed black, nominally taking 20% of the shares with 200 million US dollars, but in fact, Li Mu and their gang didn't take out a penny, so this is a real empty glove white wolf.

"You do this, be careful not to be debunked." Even though she was her husband, Gloria still felt a little itchy in her teeth sometimes.

"What if it's demolished, the canal project is there, you can't necessarily participate if you want to participate, everyone thinks they're the smartest one, in fact, if it weren't for these smart people, this game wouldn't be as interesting as it is now." Li Mu never worried about being exposed, when the sky fell, there was a tall man on top, and Li Mu lost the most energy.

Gloria's worries are not non-existent, this trick of Americans playing with the economic crisis has actually been seen through by many people, I can see through what can I do, taste the bitterness, either it has gone bankrupt, or it has been cut off the meat, the position is vacant, there will naturally be new money injection, and then there will be a new round of games.

The capital market has always been only newcomers laughing, who hears the old people crying, only to see thieves eating meat, not thieves being beaten, so this matter, Jiang Taigong fished the willing to take the bait, Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, I can't say who is right and who is wrong.

After breakfast, Li Mu left Governor's Island and went to work at Castle Clinton.

Clinton Castle is where the office of the Bama Canal Commission is located, and Li Mu, as one of the commissioners, of course has his own office here.

Before the day's work started, the schedule was already full, and before Li Mu walked into the office, there were already five or six guests who had made an appointment.

There is no hurry to make an appointment, Li Mu made a cup of tea according to his habit, looked through the "Time Magazine" published today to see if there was any important news, and then started his day's work.

The first guest was Tim Raymond from Europe, claiming to represent the ancient Raymond family.

To be honest, Li Mu had never heard of the name Raymond family before.

But it doesn't matter, those who are qualified to meet Li Mu are definitely not unknowns, maybe they represent a big family and a big consortium, and the so-called Raymond family is just a vest.

Sure enough, Tim Raymond was full of confidence, and as soon as he saw Li Mu, he launched a golden yuan offensive: "Mr. Ream, our Raymond family has decided to come up with $50 million in funds, but I ask for 3% of the shares, this price is very fair, if you agree to this price, we can have a good talk." ”

As soon as Tim Raymond spoke, Li Mu smelled a stale and old-fashioned smell, like an old quilt in the corner of the closet that has not seen the light of day all year round, the smell is really disgusting.