Facts have proved that Li Mu is still too optimistic. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Most of the famous American generals that Li Mu knows are those familiar names during World War II, such as: Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, etc., the problem is that it is now 1873, and those famous generals during World War II have not yet been born, so Li Mu is really at a loss when he looks at the roster in front of him, because there is no one Li Mu is familiar with.

It can't be said that there is none, Li Mu picked for more than half an hour, and finally managed to find a few that were a little familiar, one of them was called George Dewey, one was called Alfred Thayer Mahan, and the last one was called Benjamin Harrison.

George Dewey served as the commander of the Asian Fleet in the Spanish-American War 25 years later, and led the Asian Fleet in the Spanish-American War to annihilate the Spanish fleet without losing a single soldier, thus becoming a famous naval star in one fell swoop. In 1898, the U.S. Congress made an exception to confer the rank of Rear Admiral George Dewey, and in February of the following year, Congress promoted George Dewey to the rank of Admiral, the highest rank in the U.S. Navy, and Dewey was the only naval commander to receive this honor.

Alfred Thayer Mahan is a theoretical expert, Mahan has twice served as the president of the United States Naval Academy, is known as the originator of the "theory of sea power", and is the author of "The Influence of Sea Power on History", "The Influence of Sea Power on the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812", "The Influence of Sea Power and the Relationship of the War of 1812", "Naval Strategy" and other military works.

The last Benjamin Harrison is the famous family, Benjamin Harrison's great-grandfather is also called Benjamin Harrison, one of the founding fathers of the United States, once a representative of the Continental Congress, signed the famous Declaration of Independence; Benjamin Harrison's grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the 9th president of the United States; Benjamin Harrison's father was a member of Congress; Benjamin Harrison himself was the 23rd president of the United States, and of course, by the time Benjamin Harrison became president, it was already in 1889, and 1889 was the centenary of the inauguration of President Washington, so people called Benjamin Harrison the "centennial" president.

With these people, Li Mu believes that the trip to Cuba will not be so lonely.

However, when Sherman saw the name drawn out by Li Mu, Sherman laughed unconsciously: "Are you sure you want these people?" ”

"Yes, I want them, of course I also want junior officers, the more the better, and it is better to have a company." Li Mu opened his mouth.

This time it was Sherman's turn and he was almost so angry that he was angry, Sherman gritted his teeth and glared at Li Mu for a long time, and then squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "You are dreaming!" ”

The grass-roots officers of a company have at least one hundred and ten people, and Li Mu's requirements are all skilled officers, all of whom are good in the army, and Li Mu's plan is that even if the Cubans can't beat the Spaniards, with the "special forces" of this company, Li Mu can escape in time.

The United States did not have a regular army at this time, so when the United States encountered a war, it was all states that organized volunteers to go to the battlefield to fight, and when the battle was over, they went back to their respective homes to find their own mothers, so there were not many veterans in Sherman's hands, and Li Mu was a company as soon as he opened his mouth, which really scared Sherman.

As for Mahan and the others, Sherman really doesn't care, although these people will be famous in the future, but they don't look very successful now, such as George Dewey, this guy has been unknown since the Civil War, and has been to every important port in the Pacific and Atlantic in recent years, but he has been unknown and has never achieved anything better.

Another example is Mahan, the current Mahan has not yet entered the U.S. Naval Academy, and Mahan's "Theory of Sea Power" has not formed a systematic theory, so in the eyes of ordinary people, Mahan is a chattering neurotic, although he often makes some surprising remarks, but there is no theoretical basis as a support, so Mahan is a well-known weirdo in the U.S. Navy.

Finally, Benjamin, you don't have to look at this guy's resume, just look at this guy's background, no matter how you look at it, this is a second ancestor, although Benjamin received the rank of general during the Civil War, but this honor was brought to him by his family background, and it has nothing to do with him, what can you do if you take him to Cuba? When auspicious offerings are raised?

No wonder Sherman almost laughed out his big teeth when he saw these people!

Li Mu didn't smile, Li Mu knew that these people had all kinds of shortcomings, so Li Mu asked a large number of grassroots officers, for an army, especially a modern army, for small-scale operations, the position of the commander is really not very important, and a large number of high-quality grassroots officers are the rock in the army.

Li Mu himself doesn't know how to fight, so Li Mu is really ready to rely on George Dewey, although this guy is not famous now, but he is indeed a powerful character, as for Mahan, this is the idol of the future US Navy, Benjamin is the future president of the United States, Li Mu wants them to invest in advance to pull relations, to lay the foundation for future business, and combat is fundamentally different things.

Seeing Sherman's resolute attitude, Li Mu didn't talk nonsense, and got up to find another William, William W. Bernap, the U.S. Secretary of War, Sherman's immediate boss.

This time it was unimpeded, Li Mu went to Bernapp's office to sit for half an hour, spent $10,000 to exchange for a new "python pistol" order, and by the way, changed the list.

Hehe, the wool is out of the sheep, although this order is not 10,000 pistols, but 5,000 pistols can also bring Li Mu a profit of 70,000 US dollars, which is still earned, not to mention that there are not a hundred people on that list, but a full 200, presumably Sherman will be angry and scold his mother after seeing this list.

It's useless to scold grandma, supporting the "Republic of Cuba" is the national policy of the United States, and if Sherman dares to get in the way, then Sherman, a general, can be regarded as the end.

Of course, it was inevitable to complain, so Li Mu pulled Abel when he went to find Sherman again.

Able is the chief of staff of the presidential palace and Grant's brother-in-law, so he doesn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha.

Sure enough, this time it went very well, although Sherman's face was darker than the bottom of the pot, but he still gritted his teeth and signed the order, before April 1, everyone on this list will be gathered in New York Harbor, and Li Mu and they will take a boat to Cuba.

After getting the appointment and signing a contract to make some money, Li Mu's mood finally improved, and on the way to the train station, Li Mu was finally able to have time to discuss the shipping company with Able.

"In fact, our shipping company doesn't need to stare at the Qing Empire, now run the New York to Portsmouth route, or the New York to Brest route is also very profitable, these two routes are not far away, you can run a round trip a month, we go to pull goods, come back when you pull people, a boat can earn back in less than a year." Abel has fallen into the eyes of money, and his mind is full of money.

Li Mu can't just focus on money, Li Mu also expects to get people from the Qing Kingdom to balance the population, this is to open a route to Europe, it will be the opposite of the opposite.

In fact, most of the current Chinese in the United States are men, the proportion of women is very small, and the proportion of children is even less, similar to Zhang Leye, who has been in the United States for more than ten years, has a stable job and a stable income, but when he wants to start a family, he has no suitable partner, so he can only find a white girl to start a family, which is also a helpless move.

If Li Mu doesn't do something, after two or three generations, after continuous dilution of blood ties, the characteristics of the Chinese will become less and less, and the Chinese will be assimilated by the whites at that time.

Therefore, Li Mu's purpose of running a shipping company is very clear, that is, to get women and children from the Qing Empire, to get women to help Chinese people in the United States start a family and start a business, and to get children is for educational considerations, to improve the social status of Chinese people, we must first improve the education level of Chinese people, and children are the easiest to accept new things.

From the Qing Empire to get women and children over, it will definitely not be able to make money, Li Mu originally planned to pay for the subsidy himself, but now that Pierre has made this suggestion, Li Mu will not be stubborn, anyway, Li Mu's requirements are not high, as long as there are one or two cruise ships that run the Qing and American routes for a long time, the rest doesn't matter.

"You look at it, I'm going to Cuba during this time, I definitely can't take care of it here, I'll leave it to you to prepare for the company, I'll set the ship first, and it is estimated that it will take half a year to get the ship, and maybe I'll have already come back from Cuba by then-" Li Mu has a good calculation and knows how to make the best use of people, much better than Grant, in fact, running the program This kind of thing, Pierre is much wilder than Li Mu's path.

"No problem, you go, I'm waiting for news of your victory." Pierre swore an oath, and his expression was resolute like a bride sending Lang off on an expedition.

Li Mu suddenly felt a chill, and immediately waved goodbye to Pierre.

From Washington to Springfield, on the train for a day and a night, Li Mu barely closed his eyes on the train.

I really can't sleep, let Li Mu open the black pit people, Li Mu is an expert, but let Li Mu command the army to fight, Li Mu really can't do it, marching and fighting is not just talking on paper, if it is not good, it is harmful to others and himself, if it harms the Rausch "Republic of Cuba", it doesn't matter, at most it is a matter of losing some money, but if it harms Mahan and Benjamin, Li Mu will definitely get into trouble, others don't say, if Benjamin has three long and two short, Benjamin's family of congressmen, the president or something will definitely not spare Li Mu.

So the key is to save his life, thinking of this, Li Mu decided to speed up the development of grenades after going back, grenades are simply too important for combat, especially small-scale encounters, it is simply decisive, the last time Li Mu was attacked, if Li Mu was equipped with grenades at that time, they would definitely not be so embarrassed.

In addition to grenades, shotguns should also be put on the research and development agenda, in the melee, the importance of face killing is definitely more important than point killing, if Li Mu had a shotgun in his hand last time, that big man would not be able to get close at all, and naturally he would not be able to threaten Li Mu.

With grenades and shotguns, Li Mu believed that his trip to Cuba would be smooth sailing, or at least he would be able to get out of the way.