A mature politician should not enter his golden age until he is fifty years old, considering the average life expectancy in the United States in this year, there are many people who become presidents in their forties, Ulysses Grant was elected president at the age of forty-five, and James Garfield is only forty-nine years old this year, so Grover Cleveland still has time to wait.

Li Mu actually doesn't matter, Li Mu has long ago begun to consciously invest in those potential political stars, Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, these people's presidency will last until the end of this century, by that time, Li Mu should have become a towering tree in American politics.

Indeed, Li Mu and Grover Cleveland chatted more speculatively, until before the banquet began at eight o'clock in the evening, Li Mu and Grover Cleveland appeared in front of everyone one after another, many people noticed this scene, including James Garfield, Li Mu saw at that time, James Garfield's face suddenly became not very good, this may be deliberately caused by Grover Cleveland, Li Mu did not take it to heart, if someone really thinks of it in a bad place, then Li Mu can't control it.

After a brief welcome speech, the atmosphere immediately became warm, the buffet, there was no fixed seat, everyone held a cup and chatted with people who were willing to make friends, Li Mu must be the focus of the banquet, and there were many people around Li Mu.

"Vladivostok is a rich land, where there are endless forests, and rich mineral resources, although the natural environment of Vladivostok in winter is a little harsh, but the temperature in summer is about the same as ours, the key is that Vladivostok has no endless hurricanes and floods, and from this point of view, Vladivostok is even more livable than New York." Li Mu seized every opportunity to promote Vladivostok, although it is unlikely that people who are eligible to participate in the banquet will move to Vladivostok, but they can help Vladivostok to win more investment, and Li Mu alone cannot develop Vladivostok.

In fact, the United States is really not very suitable for human habitation, not to mention the Yellowstone volcano hanging over the heads of all Americans, even if the Yellowstone volcano does not erupt, the Americans' life is not easy, the terrain of the United States is high in the west and low in the east, and the Great Plains in the middle, the Arctic air flow brings large-scale depressions from the Pacific Ocean every year, and these depressions will reorganize in the central plains after passing through the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains, and the Cascade Mountains, and eventually lead to hurricanes and floods in the spring and summer of each year. Winter is a continuous blizzard, autumn is a little better, and there are one or two wildfires from time to time.

Compared with the United States, Vladivostok has many fewer natural disasters, and I have never heard of a tornado in Vladivostok, and the most it faces is a snow disaster, but Vladivostok is an ice-free port, so the extent of snow disasters is also limited.

At least compared to the United States, it is limited.

"If you don't want to invest in Vladivostok, you can also consider Alaska, the Russians are short-sighted, they will only kill seals in Alaska, and they don't put their eyes on the underground of Alaska at all, but I heard that Alaska has a very large gold mine, and some people have already gained something in Alaska, so if you want to try your luck, it's best to try your luck early, the opportunity is not always available." Li Mu finally released the news that there is a gold mine in Alaska, and this kind of news is the most likely to make people crazy.

Americans' love for gold mines is unparalleled, and it was the discovery of gold in San Francisco that led to the emergence of gold rushes and eventually formed the city.

If there is no Li Mu's intervention, it will probably not be until the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century that the gold rush in Alaska will rise, but the "gold rush" in the United States is not quite the same as the "tide" in the accustomed sense of the Chinese, according to the habits of the Chinese, to be qualified to be described by the noun of the level of "tide", at least there must be a 1.8 million talents, 108,000 are not worth saying, the "gold rush" in the United States is far from such a large scale, and the people who go to Alaska to pan for gold in another time and space are only more than 30,000 people even at the most. If this level is based on Chinese habits, it probably doesn't even count as "hot".

Li Mu is not hoping to attract more immigrants to Alaska, Li Mu hopes to attract investment, New York has the most rich people in the United States, even if only one tenth of the people are excited, it will give Alaska and Vladivostok

Bring more opportunities.

In fact, even the rich have a great interest in gold.

"There's a gold mine?"

"Is the message confirmed?"

"How big is the gold mine?" The charm of the gold mine is indeed unstoppable, and the rich people around Li Mu immediately talked about it.

"The news is clear that nuggets weighing up to two kilograms have been found in the Klondike River, where the bottom of the river is said to be paved with gold, and Juneau, where the gold mine is said to be as large as the gold mine in San Francisco." The news given by Li Mu is certain, but if someone goes to Alaska according to the information given by Li Mu, then he will definitely be disappointed.

Although the U.S. government bought Alaska, it did not set up a local government in Alaska to manage it, so Alaska is simply a paradise for immigrants, those Chinese immigrants to Alaska, almost do what they want to do, do not need to file with the government, do not need to pay taxes, there is no aboriginal conflict, the Chinese have great enthusiasm for Alaska, Li Mu has a report of the Pacific Company in hand, those Chinese immigrants in Alaska, within a year, On average, each family can reclaim about 120 acres of wasteland, and this is still under the premise of lack of livestock, after the Junma Group began to systematically sell livestock to Chinese immigrants in Alaska in the form of loans, and now there are small-scale farms, which also prompted Washington to pay attention to Alaska, before Li Mu bought Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, Washington actually had plans to set up a local government in Alaska, of course, there is still a lot of distance from the state.

At present, there are more than 200,000 Chinese Americans in Alaska, this number is very staggering, you must know that even in the 21st century in another time and space, there are only about 700,000 people in Alaska of 1.72 million square kilometers, and in another 20 years, at most 30 years, even if immigration is stopped, the number of Chinese Americans in Alaska will double, and at that time, Alaska will be the world of Chinese Americans, just like Hawaii now.

As a traverser, Li Mu knew that there was gold in the Klondike River, so Li Mu bought the entire Klondike River basin early, and the purchase price was extremely low, cheaper than the average price of Seward buying Alaska.

Of course, Li Mu did not eat dry and wiped clean, although Juno also has gold, but Li Mu did not touch Juno, Li Mu eats meat, always has to leave soup for others to drink, there is not enough benefits, it will seriously affect the enthusiasm of the rich to invest in Alaska.

"God willing, Seward isn't that stupid after all."

"For the sake of the gold mines, can't you call Mr. Seward?"

"Secretary of State, it's more appropriate to call you Your Excellency."

The plutocrats are talking a lot, and it can be heard from their words that the plutocrats do not have enough respect for politicians.

This is normal, when Seward served as president of the United States, it was the most chaotic time in American politics, Lincoln was assassinated during Seward's tenure, so Vice President Andrew Johnson succeeded as the seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson is a representative of American politics, he was originally a Democrat, after Lincoln proposed to be vice president, Andrew Johnson broke away from the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party, due to Andrew Johnson's Democratic background, on the issue of southern reconstruction, Andrew Johnson took a compromise position, As a result, he became the first president of the United States to be impeached during his term of office, and when he voted in the Senate, the number of votes against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson was only one more than the number of votes in favor of impeaching Andrew Johnson, and it was because of this vote that Andrew Johnson did not become the first president of the United States to be removed from office during his term of office.

"Gentlemen, I propose that we make a toast to Mr. James Garfield, and I hope that Mr. James Garfield will succeed in his election as president." Arthur took his glass to the small stage in the ballroom and proposed, and immediately followed the crowd, except for the Democrats.

However, the Democrats are also very face-saving, although they do not pander, but they do not refute, and just look at Arthur and James Garfield happily.

"Thank you, Mr. Governor, and I hope I succeed in getting elected—" James Garfield took the stage and began canvassing for votes.

Speaking of which, many American political celebrities have served as governor of New York, such as the just-mentioned Seward, Arthur, and the Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden, all of whom have served as governor of New York, which also fully explains the status of New York in the United States' political economy, as the most economically developed state in the United States, the election results of New York have always been regarded as the vane of the US presidential election.

"—Today we gathered on Governors Island to celebrate Rim's congressional medal of honor, thank you again for Reem's support, if it weren't for you, probably I wouldn't have as much confidence as I do now—" James Garfield didn't forget to thank Li Mu, of course, Li Mu also raised his glass, this thank you actually has a knocking meaning, but Li Mu doesn't care.

"It seems that our Mr. Speaker is very confident." Rockefeller came to Li Mu with a cup, and the words he said were more like sarcasm.

James Garfield served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, that is, after James Garfield, the Republican Party lost the majority seat in the House of Representatives, and then James Garfield served as the Interim Speaker of the Senate for a period of time, although this time the Republican Party did not lose the Senate majority seat, but the Republican Party is also in decline, at least James Garfield is not wrong in one sentence, without the help of Li Mu, then James Garfield is indeed not as confident as he is now.

"It's good to have confidence, at least we don't want the Democrats to win." Li Mu raised his glass and signaled to the people around him, and the smile on his face did not change in the slightest.

"When did you go to Alaska and find gold?" Rockefeller was very dissatisfied with Li Mu's behavior of eating alone, during this period of treasure hunting raised Rockefeller's appetite, the gold mine is similar to the treasure, and it can be mined openly, how can this kind of good thing be without Rockefeller.

"Don't forget that there are only Chinese people in Alaska now." Li Mu is very proud, the number of Chinese is the biggest advantage, which Rockefeller cannot compare with Li Mu.

"Hmph, I heard that you bought a piece of land in Texas, what did you buy that piece of land for?" Rockefeller wanted more than just gold mines, as long as it was resources, Rockefeller wanted both.

The piece of land that Li Mu bought in Texas is the former East Texas oil field, and the reserves of this oil field are 680 million tons, which exceeds the total reserves of the oil fields held by Rockefeller in terms of scale.

For a long time, whether Li Mu is doing business or hunting for treasures, it is smooth sailing, others may not know how fruitful Li Mu's harvest is, Rockefeller must know, with so many examples, even if Rockefeller is stupid, he also knows that he should keep up with Li Mu's pace, and as a result, the 200,000 acres of land that Li Mu bought in Texas entered Rockefeller's sight.

If it was like in Indiana and Illinois, Li Mu bought land just to set up a farm, then Rockefeller would not care at all, but after Li Mu bought 200,000 acres of land in Texas, he did not carry out any development, which made Rockefeller very puzzled, after studying the 200,000 acres of land purchased by Li Mu, the engineer of Standard Oil told Rockefeller that under the land purchased by Li Mu, there is likely to be a super oil field, which made Rockefeller simply surprised. But because of a certain relationship, Rockefeller could not directly rule out the drilling team from drilling on the land that Li Mu had bought, so Rockefeller chose to pick up this matter on this occasion.

This occasion may make Li Mu more relaxed.

"Buy and play, I can't spend a lot of money, do you have an opinion?" Li Mu knew that Rockefeller must have discovered something, otherwise Rockefeller would not have asked like this, since this is the case, it would not make much sense to deny it.

"You'd better be honest with me Reem, or tomorrow I'll open an arsenal in Springfield, and then bring the British car factory to New York." Rockefeller is not afraid of Li Mu's nonsense, and he is not afraid of Li Mu's disapproval.

If Li Mu is devastating in the face of Springfield, Colt, and even the Vanderbilt family, facing Rockefeller is enough to cheer up Li Mu, Rockefeller is not Mrs. Colt, nor is it the unlucky William Vanderbilt, as the first real billionaire in the United States, if Rockefeller wants to do something, Li Mu can't stop it.

After all, they are all the same heavyweight, and no one is afraid of anyone.