This time, there were no naval warships to hitchhike, so Li Mu took the Pacific Company's "Springfield" migrant ship back to the United States.

The "Springfield" migrant ship is the largest migrant ship in the world, produced by the New York Navy Shipyard, with a displacement of 8,500 tons, which can transport 1,900 immigrants, the only drawback is that it is relatively slow, and it takes almost 40 days from San Francisco, Ryukyu Island.

As the owners of the Pacific Company, Li Mu and his family rightfully occupy the only luxurious suite on the ship, which totals more than 8,000 square feet, has six bedrooms, and has its own swimming pool, as well as the first half of the entire five-story deck.

"It's hard to imagine why there are such luxurious suites on the immigration ship, I thought they were all bunk beds." This was Gloria's first time on an immigration ship, and she never knew that there was a presidential suite on the immigration ship.

This is not surprising, if it is an ordinary immigration ship, there will definitely not be a luxury suite, after all, the immigration ship has to use every inch of space as much as possible, limited by technology, and the previous immigration ship did not have the conditions to prepare luxury suites.

"Springfield" is different, strictly speaking, Springfield is not a simple immigration ship, it is more appropriate to describe it as a cruise ship, there are often high-end people who take the "Springfield" to and from the Qing Kingdom and the United States, the United States is better, those officials of the Qing Dynasty will definitely not be crowded in the third-class cabin with ordinary people, the imperial country, there must be a faction.

Considering the specific situation of the Qing State, the luxurious suite on the "Springfield" cannot be described as the presidential suite, otherwise those Qing officials will definitely not dare to move in, the most taboo in the imperial country is to exceed the system, the president is equivalent to the emperor of the Qing State, live in the house where the emperor can live, what do you want to do?

"If you want to see a bunk single bed you have to go to third class, trust me, you won't like it there." The third-class cabin is at the lowest level of the guest room, strictly speaking, it is already below sea level, so if there is an accident, basically no one in the third-class cabin will be able to escape, and you can imagine how bad the environment is there.

"You just told Lee not to bother you, what if something happens in the United States or the Far East?" Gloria is a little worried, Li Mu's stall is too big, it seems to be full of flowers, in fact, there are many problems, general problems do not need to be dealt with by Li Mu personally, if it reaches the point where Li Mu needs to deal with it personally, basically the situation will deteriorate to the point of irreparability, the biggest convenience brought by radio is that people can also work at sea, Gloria thinks that Li Mu can't slack off now.

"It's okay, if the trouble gets to the point where it can't be handled, Lee will tell me, but I don't think there's any trouble going to be this level now, so relax, we're on vacation, don't make it so heavy." Yan Shun went to Ryukyu, Mason stayed in Vladivostok, and Li Mu was only left with a milky and undried Li Jeff, but this will not affect the operation of the work, Li Jeff also has a complete secretary team around him, with more than 30 members, and Li Jeff integrates quite quickly.

The entire five-story front deck is now occupied by Li Mu's family, this is the private space of Li Mu's family, the special structure can ensure that no one can affect the life of Li Mu's family, now "Springfield" has left the Ryukyus, the speed of the ship has been increased to about ten knots, not far away from the side and rear There is a US Navy warship escorting, and there is no need to worry about safety, so Li Mu's mood is very relaxed now.

Li Mu is very relaxed, and some people's mood will be very heavy, and at the presidential palace in Washington, Secretary of State James Bryan is a little anxious.

"The report of the third division of the army is very detailed, Reem called the mercenaries of the Far East Company to launch a private attack on the border guards in the northern border of the Qing country, within half a month, the mercenaries of the Far East Company attacked the outposts of the seven Qing border guards, in the report of the third division, the attack of the mercenaries caused the death of nearly three hundred Qing soldiers, but in the official letter of the Qing government, nearly a thousand Qing soldiers were killed in the battle, and the mercenaries also stole the weapons and property of the Qing soldiers, some relatively backward weapons, Because there is no value, the mercenaries don't want to take it away, so they simply destroy it on the spot, the Qing government asks us to compensate for the losses totaling 150,000 taels of silver, the British government and the French government also ask us to exercise restraint, and ask us to explain the behavior of the Far East Company, their attitude is very clear, the Qing country should be an open Qing country, the pace of all European countries should be harmonious and unified, and jointly develop the Qing market, regardless of the independent actions of the allies will not be recognized, now the British minister is in my office, how can I explain? James Bryan knew that Li Mu would definitely toss something when he went to the Far East, but he didn't expect that Li Mu would be so able to toss, compared with the Qing Empire, the Junma Group was undoubtedly small, so James Bryan was not sure of Li Mu's purpose.

Although at some point, there will be disputes between Britain and the United States, but on the issue of the Qing Empire, Britain and the United States are basically relatively unified, Britain opened the door of the Qing State through the Opium War, and then the United States also successfully obtained all kinds of conveniences obtained by Britain in the Qing Dynasty through the war, and now it is time for the interests to be equalized, and Britain will certainly not allow the United States to act alone.

"Whatever, you can explain it as you want, you know, the Far East Company is a private enterprise, and the British also know it, so the behavior of the Far East Company is only a personal act, not even a state act, this does not need us to explain, if the Qing Empire can't even deal with a private enterprise, then they deserve to be unlucky." Arthur must support Li Mu on this issue, Arthur also has shares in the Far East Company, so this is Li Mu helping Arthur make money, what else can Arthur do?

This is the crux of the problem, normally speaking, enterprises must not be able to compete with the country, but the Far East Company is not an ordinary enterprise, the Spaniards did not think that the Far East Company could subvert Luzon, as a result, the Spaniards suffered a big loss in Luzon, and now it is the turn of the Qing Empire, will the Qing Empire perform better than Spain?

Don't be funny, let's not talk about the comparison of the national strength of Spain and the Qing Empire, even if the current Spain has sunset, in the eyes of the British and Americans, Spain is still stronger than the Qing Empire.

Then the question arises, the "strong" Spain could not resist the attack of the mercenaries of the Far Eastern Company, and the "weak" Qing Empire could withstand the mercenaries of the Far Eastern Company?

It seems that it should be unbearable, but thinking about the vast territory of the Qing Empire and the population of the Qing Empire, this problem does not seem to be so simple, so what is the problem?

"Such an answer will not please the British." James Bryan is very depressed, Arthur is clear that he doesn't care, Li Mu's behavior has gotten out of control, the British are aggressive, and the Qing envoy is still rolling around, for a moment, James Bryan has the urge to pick a son, you are all uncles, Lao Tzu is gone!

"The U.S. government never needs to satisfy other governments, what we want is to satisfy the American people, what do the British think, it is not within our consideration, if the British are worried that the actions of the Far East Company will harm the interests of Britain, then let the British go to the Far East Company to talk, we can't give any promises, even if we give, it doesn't make any sense, do you think Ream will spit out the meat that he ate into his mouth? Then he's not Reem. "Arthur really knows Li Mu very well, Li Mu is the kind of person who ignores the three points, is unreasonable, and the Qing government also wants the Far East Company to compensate, that is, the Qing government has not dealt with the Far East Company, if the Qing government knows the fate of Spain, then the Qing government may take the initiative to send money to buy a convenience, then maybe Li Mu will raise his noble hand.

Of course, it's more likely that it won't, Arthur didn't know Li Mu for the first day, and knew how much Li Mu hated the Qing Empire, the last country that was so hated by Li Mu was Japan, look at what happened to Japan.

"If Riem doesn't relent, it could lead to a war, I don't think that if a war breaks out in the Far East, we in the United States have the possibility of staying out of it, Riem is too selfish, he tied the whole of America to his chariot, we will pay for his selfish behavior, wait and see, tomorrow I don't know how Congress will toss it." James Bryan didn't want to go back to the office to face the British, let alone go home, and the Qing Minister stayed at the door of James Bryan's house during this time.

"Probably not, since the Far East Company has done it, then Reem must have a way to get the recognition of Congress, and this is not something we should worry about." Arthur was not worried about Congress, and Li Mu did a lot of work in Washington before going to the Far East. P. Morgan and his gang are also waving their flags, and the politicians of Congress will not refuse this group of tycoons, and they dare not refuse, although Arthur is reluctant to admit it, but in the project of "persuading Congress", the capitalists have greater means than the president.

It's hard to admit this, nominally the president is the most powerful person in the United States, in fact, only the feet know whether the shoes fit or not, once Arthur was also very envious of the presidency, but when he became president, he knew how hard the job of the president was, for example, this time Li Mu provoked a war in the Far East, and changed people-

Well, another person does not have the ability, as long as it is a person who has the ability to wage war, the president must be careful.

"Hopefully, I've had enough of being a babysitter." James Bryan repented at the beginning, as early as after James Garfield's assassination, James Bryan wanted to resign, but failed to resist the temptation of the "James Bryan Act", this time James Bryan was iron-hearted, as long as the "James Bryan Act" was passed, then James Bryan would resign immediately, no matter how Arthur persuaded him, even if Arthur engaged in Zen, James Bryan would jump out of this fire pit.

"Bear with me for a few more days, Ream is already at sea, and you can ask Reem himself to give you an explanation when the time comes." Arthur knew that James Bryan was depressed, but Arthur couldn't help it, the dead friend didn't die the poor, so Arthur didn't want to look at the dead face of the British.

"I know that Mr. President, you and Ream are friends, what the hell does Reem want to do? Is it really going to wage war against the Qing Empire? It's a country with hundreds of millions of people, we have to stop Reem's selfish behavior, whether it's out of international influence considerations, or domestic economic considerations, the Horse Group-" James Bryan is indeed very worried, the current United States, the Horse Group has surpassed Standard Oil and become the most powerful consortium in the United States, Li Mu's war against the Qing Empire will definitely affect the Horse Group, and in serious cases, it will even affect the American economy, which gives James Bryan a reason not to let go.

It may sound strange that a company can affect a country, and it is a country like the United States whose GDP has risen to the first place in the world.

In fact, it is very normal, think about what Ali means to the Republic in the 21st century, you can understand the current position of the Junma Group in the American economy, simply put, if the operation of the Junma Group is affected by the war, then hundreds of thousands of workers will be directly affected, and then all the enterprises in the entire industrial chain of the Junma Group will be affected, and this consequence is unbearable for the American economy.

What's more serious is that precisely because the U.S. economy can't withstand the impact of the damage to the Junma Group, the U.S. government has to find a way to protect the Junma Group, which may be a huge bottomless pit.

"Don't worry James, the Horse Group is Reemu's effort, Riem will not let the Horse Group be affected, even if the Far East Company suffers a failure, it will only be the Far East Company that will be affected, which is different from the Horse Group." Arthur is very clear about the relationship between the Junma Group and the Far East Company, to put it bluntly, the Far East Company is a gun in Li Mu's hand, as long as Li Mu does not aim the gun at himself, the Junma Group will not be affected.

Even if there is, it is within the acceptable range of Li Mu and the US government.

Li Mu's acceptable loss is indeed limited to the Far East Company, the Junma Group is Li Mu's career, is the backer of the Chinese Americans, no matter what the circumstances, Li Mu will not allow the Junma Group to be affected, this is the relationship between cost and investment, as long as there is a Junma Group, then even if all the mercenaries of the Far East Company die, Li Mu can build another Far East Company.

"I hope so, I want to remind you that the importance of the Horse Group to the United States is far more important than you think, Standard Oil is the overlord of the oil industry, and it is limited to the oil industry, the Horse Group is involved in too many industries, too many people depend on the Horse Group to live, that is, Reem is not eligible to participate in the presidential election, otherwise no one can choose him." James Bryan knew that Li Mu was very dangerous, but he didn't dare to turn his face with Li Mu, many people were like this, they couldn't get used to Li Mu, but they were helpless against Li Mu.

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