The Oakland City Council Speaker is named Wang Feibai, who is also a San Francisco City Councilor.

Li Mu met Wang Feibai at the Oakland branch of the National Rifle Association, and also met with Li Hodge, chairman of the Oakland Rifle Association.

Lee Hodge was a half-Chinese, half-Chinese ancestry, and his original name was Lee Hodge.

LeeHodge was a second-generation Chinese born in the United States, his father was originally from Songjiang, came to the United States in the thirties, and later started a family with a German woman, and Lyhodge had six siblings.

When he learned that Li Huoqi's father was also from Songjiang, Li Mu was very happy: "We should be half of the countrymen, and I should also be from Songjiang, but I don't know the specific address of my home." ”

This sentence has been played bad in the 21st century, but in the 19th century, the relationship between fellow villagers is really similar to that of brothers.

So Richhodge was also excited: "I know, my father mentioned it, so I came to Auckland, and my father told me that he hoped that I could go to Songjiang one day, where I have my roots. ”

Li Hodge speaks Chinese well, although he has a strong Songjiang accent, but as a second-generation Chinese, it is not easy to speak Chinese itself.

"There is a chance, we have a lot of business dealings with Songjiang now, and there is a chance that you can go to Cole and ask him to take you there." Li Mu supports such a journey to find his roots, and whether the descendants of the Chinese are of mixed race or not, Li Mu hopes that they can remember that they have half Chinese blood in their bodies.

Westerners have always attached great importance to blood, especially the aristocracy, in order to maintain the so-called "pure blood", it is not a matter of close relatives to marry or something, and it is enough to be civilized without self-production and self-sale.

Cole, the former "human trafficker", has been promoted to the head of the San Francisco area of the Zemper Group, and is also the head of the entire West Coast, including trade with the Far East, as well as the factories of the Zefma Group in the Far East, are all within Cole's scope of responsibility, so it is not too easy to arrange a person to go to Songjiang to have fun, just take the ship of the Corbyn-Riem shipping company, and the first class is accurate.

Corbyn-Riem Shipping Company is now also a big business, and the fertilizer does not flow into the fields of outsiders, so all the overseas trade of the Horse Group is responsible for the Corbyn-Riem Shipping Company, which already has more than 60 ships of various types, and with the commissioning of the San Diego shipyard, the strength of Corbyn-Riem Shipping Company will be further expanded.

Li Mu still attaches great importance to the Rifle Association, and after agreeing with San Francisco Mayor Bert Birrell to establish a Chinese Gathering Area, the first organization Li Mu wants to establish is the Rifle Association.

Like the original intention of the establishment of the National Rifle Association, Li Mu also wanted to improve the martial spirit of the Chinese through the Rifle Association, not to mention to the extent that they would draw their guns if they disagreed, but at least they had to have a certain ability to protect themselves, and they could not be powerless to resist when they encountered danger.

Although the United States has established a standing army, militia organizations at all levels are still the most important standing military force in the United States, and Li Mu wants to ensure that there is a militia organization composed entirely of Chinese in Oakland, so that in the event of an emergency, the interests of the Chinese can be better protected.

"We must pay attention to popularizing the knowledge of the use of weapons, the character of the Chinese is actually a bit kind to others, but this world is a jungle society, everyone loves it, it is best to be afraid of people, so that no one dares to provoke us." Li Mu even has the truth that people are good at being bullied and horses are good at being ridden, as long as he has the opportunity, he will always instill similar knowledge to the people around him.

"We had a special meeting to discuss this issue, and everyone's attitude was very consistent, so now almost all adults in Oakland City are members of the Rifle Association, they are also militiamen, and they have joined the California National Guard, and our next step is to organize women to also receive relevant training, at least to use weapons, and the Horse Group has given us a lot of help, supplying us with all kinds of weapons at the lowest price, and now the number of weapons in Oakland City is very high, almost every household has weapons, and many families not only have short guns, At the same time, long guns were purchased, and it would not be long before the city of Oakland would become a large barracks in California. Wang Feibai answered this question, which sounds really good.

In fact, compared with men, women are more likely to encounter violence, and women in Auckland are not the traditional women of the Qing Empire, many of them will also go out of the house to work in order to subsidize their families, so there is also a need for "self-defense".

Truth be told, it's a miracle when it comes to the purchasing power of the Chinese.

Unlike the lavish Western whites, the Chinese are very good at saving, and if a white person gets a salary of $30 a month, they can save up to $5, while the Chinese can save $20 even if they only get $25 a month, which has been proven in the ZAMA Group.

So the horses sold well in Oakland, and the sales of various python pistols were the best, and the next best sales were not shotguns, but the expensive "Springfield" shotguns, because of the use of smokeless gunpowder, the market price was much more expensive than those old rifles such as Spencer seven-shot and Winchester thirteen-round, but in Oakland, price was not a problem, and the sales of "Springfield" shotguns were unexpected.

Of course, there is also the reason why the "Springfield" shotgun is from the Horse Weapons Company, after all, it is not only the Horse Weapons Company that has a sales point in Auckland, the "Springfield" Arsenal, the Colt Factory, and Winchester have sales points in Oakland, but only the Horse Weapons Company has been selling well, and the other companies are all struggling.

This is also the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, after all, the boss of the horse is Li Mu, and he must let his family earn money to earn it, and he can't let those "foreign devils" earn it.

That's right, although this is the United States, and although from the perspective of the whole United States, the Chinese are a minority, but the Chinese in Oakland are still accustomed to using "foreign devils" to refer to white people.

"Yes, training for women is very important, the Oakland Police Department has been established, and a women's mounted police team can be established, which is not only conducive to improving the overall image of the city of Oakland, but also conducive to the work, and can also increase the enthusiasm of women to participate in military training, which is a rare good thing." Li Mu has ideals, think of the heroic female mounted police, Li Mu is fascinated.

Li Mu doesn't know when female policemen first appeared, but it was not possible until the twentieth century, after all, in the current Western society, women are generally still discriminated against, and the best place for women to work is in textile factories, and female workers are rarely seen in other places, let alone associate women with violent organs.

"Policewoman—it's inconvenient." Wang Fei was dumbfounded.

"What's inconvenient? The usefulness of the female police is greater, first of all, the meticulous and tedious secretarial work, which is more suitable for women to deal with, and secondly, if you encounter a female suspect when you go out to the police, do you let the man search her body? So what if there is a mess? Then there is the image of the city, think about it, are the policemen who appear on the street good-looking women, or the bearded men good-looking? If it is done well, it will be a business card of the city, it will improve the quality of the whole city, and at the same time, it can also attract more women to Auckland, is it not worth these benefits? Li Mu looked down on Wang Feibai's short-sighted behavior.

It's also normal, although Wang Feibai is a Chinese who mixes well, but after all, he still has the limitations of this era, so Wang Feibai definitely doesn't understand the value of some new things as well as Li Mu.

"Then it's decided, we'll set up the Women's Mounted Police Team when we go back — oh, and the back office." Wang Feibai changed it when he knew his mistakes.

In fact, just one that can attract more women to Auckland is enough to impress Wang Feibai.

Less than one-tenth of the 10,000 Chinese in Auckland have already started a family, and many Chinese are already in their thirties and forties, but they have not yet found a partner, which is a very dangerous thing, and if it is not handled well, it will cause serious social problems.

In other words, the most developed industry in Auckland is not the military industry, nor the construction industry, but a special industry, which is also a helpless thing, a city of less than 20,000 people and more than 10,000 singles, you can't bother the five girls in everything-

Li Mu also attaches great importance to this issue, in another time and space, the emergence of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" is of course the root cause of the gradual decline of the Chinese, and the imbalance of yin and yang is also a very important reason, Li Mu remembers a documentary in the 21st century, when some of the descendants of Chinese Americans in this period appeared, all of them were blonde and blue-eyed whites without exception, and there was no longer the slightest Chinese characteristic.

Li Mu must not watch this situation appear again, the Chinese in this era have really existed, and they cannot be wiped out as a whole for some special reasons.

"This problem, we need to work together to solve it, I have begun to cooperate with a real power figure in the Qing Empire, there will be more women in the United States in the future, but if you want to solve the problems of all Chinese, it is not possible to do it overnight, you also have to work hard to build Oakland better, more attractive, give women more respect, improve women's social status, and make them live here more comfortably, and at the same time, you must also find opportunities to promote the city of Oakland and attract more people to Oakland, In this way, the problem can be solved once and for all. Li Mu thought thoughtfully, and he has completely incarnated into a matchmaker.

One of the very important reasons for Li Mu's decision to place the factory in the Qing Empire was that Cheng Gungchi promised Li Mu on behalf of the governor of the Qing Empire that according to the agreement between Li Mu and Cheng Gungchi, after the factory was put into operation, Cheng Gungchi would be responsible for providing Li Mu with "voluntary immigrants" for Chinese, no less than 10,000 per month.

Therefore, the progress of the factories in the Qing Empire is very fast, and at most by August, the factories will be put into operation, and then at most next year, the Chinese community in the United States will be reconciled with yin and yang.

Mmmm, the prospect is promising.