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Salmon Portland Chase, the former governor of Ohio, he was very concerned about his daughter's marriage, his daughter was born beautiful, elegant manners, and decent speech, and could name all the famous mountains and rivers in Europe.

Therefore, when his daughter sued herself, she found someone she liked, liked him very much, loved him so much that she couldn't do it, Salmon Chase firmly disagreed, but when Mr. Chase met his daughter's 'lover', he agreed!

That's weird, isn't it?

Because Fiona's 'lover' is a Chinese, that is, Clint Lee, that is, Li Mengyang, doesn't Salmon Chase hope that his daughter can marry a famous family?

Mr. Chase took a fancy to Clint Lee for two points, the first is that Clint Lee is now a big celebrity and an important figure in the American cultural scene, and if his daughter can marry this person, it will also be of great benefit to the Chase family.

In addition, Clint Lee is not only a famous writer, he is also a newspaper tycoon, a media tycoon!

This latter point is what Salmon Chase values the most, because he has mastered the newspaper, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the United States, which is of great benefit to the current Mr. Chase, who wants to run for president!

1860 is the election year of the United States, and this year's election in the United States has an extremely heavy significance, all Americans know that the Northern Free State and the southern slave states have reached the point of irreconcilability, and the whole country is about to face division, so this year's election is an election that determines the direction of the whole country!

Although it is said that many Americans nowadays do not feel much about the concept of the country, such as the west, where people feel that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, as for the central part of the country, let alone the south. But, after all, nominally we are still one country.

Therefore, this year's presidential election is of great significance, and countless people are staring at it.

The Republican Party has now grown, and after absorbing the 'Know-Nothing Party' and many former Democrats, the party has been able to compete with the Democrats, and more interestingly, there has been a split within the Democrats.

Of course, nominally the Democratic Party is still a party, but now, the Democratic Party has made it very clear that there are southern and northern factions.

Naturally, the Southerners maintained slavery, or even simply seceded from the Union, while the North, in fact, took a neutral route.

This neutral line is the line of the current President Buchanan, that is, he still wants to maintain the status quo in the United States and not divide everyone...... However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is no room for compromise between the north and the south, so the Democratic Party in the north is not popular.

But their candidate is very promising, that is, Stephen A. Douglas, in fact, his political capital is very strong, but now, it is different.

In this case, the internal election of the Republican Party becomes very important, because it is almost certain that the Republican presidential candidate will have the overwhelming majority of the support of the North.

Salmon Chase, one of the five Republican candidates, has to beat the other opponents now, but he doesn't know the bottom of his heart, otherwise he won't agree to his daughter dating a Chinese.

Why is there no bottom?

Because Mr. Chase was a former Democrat, that is, he was a traitor himself. In addition, his Ohio state is not as strong as other northern states, so it naturally does not take advantage, and the Pennsylvanns hate him very much.

Who are the other candidates?

They are, William Warder from New York, this guy is very powerful, and the backer behind him is still the Republican patron, but his abolitionist views are so extreme that the Republicans themselves are afraid. The other is former Rep. Edward Best, this idiot turned out to be a pro-slavery person, and German immigrants hated him, you must know that there are a large number of German immigrants in the northern United States, such as Milwaukee in Wisconsin, which is full of German-style buildings, so this guy is not worried.

The powerful one is Simon Cameron from Pennsylvania, this person is very shrewd, but he also has shortcomings, and I heard that his character is very bad.

Plus, that's what many people don't look up to, Lincoln from Illinois!

Lincoln did not have much prestige in the political arena at this time, and the only thing worth mentioning was that he lost to the 'little giant' Douglas in the 1858 Illinois Senate race, although he lost, but he did not lose much, which made many people in the Republican Party see hope, so Lincoln was nominated.

Lincoln's advantage is in the west, and he will definitely be able to win the Illinois ticket, so the west vote is no problem, you must know that everyone else is too eastern.

Chase thinks that this Lincoln should be his biggest opponent, hey~ How good would it be if he hadn't been in a hurry to join the Democratic Party back then?

The reason why Li Mengyang came to Chicago was basically to see the excitement, on the one hand, because he knew that this Republican convention was important in history, and on the other hand, it was also because Fiona had to follow her father.

Look, this is my daughter...... Mr. Chase has always liked to sell his daughter to others, even if his daughter says that he has found true love, he thinks it is always better to have one more option, besides, that guy is Chinese.

That's right, although Mr. Chase wants to take advantage of Li Mengyang, he still looks down on the Chinese in his heart.

So, Li Mengyang followed, in fact, his identity as a 'boyfriend' was also forced!

"Be my boyfriend! Otherwise, I'll tell somebody that you're Clint Lee, the thief Clint Eastwood! ”

This is Fiona's coercion of Li Mengyang after meeting Thoreau by chance, and as for why she is like this, the reason is also very interesting.

On the one hand, she was tired of being 'exhibited' everywhere, and on the other hand, she liked Clint Lee's writings, and on the other hand, that is.

"We can make a fake couple." Yes, fake, fake.

"Don't you think you're asking too much?" Li Mengyang didn't agree at first, just like Big Brother Long.

"It's not too much, isn't my beauty worthy of you?" Fiona may not have much faith in anything else, but she doesn't have much faith in her own appearance.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?" Li Mengyang's face was fierce at that time, and there was blood on his hands, as soon as this momentum was taken out, it was really scary!

At that time, Fiona was really cautious, but, "I'm the daughter of the governor of Ohio, and Mr. Thoreau also saw us together just now, aren't you afraid of more trouble if you kill me?" ”

Yes, after people are also celebrities, if they really kill her, then there will be more handwriting after that, Li Mengyang actually understands this truth, he is just scaring and scaring this beauty.

"Fake?"

"Yes, fake."

As a result, Li Mengyang, also known as Clint Lee, has a new title, that is, the boyfriend of the first beautiful woman in Washington.

You know, just this matter, it quickly made the headlines of major newspapers, and there is little celebrity gossip in this era, but there is a big celebrity, and there is also a romantic affair, so the whole big news is too sorry for the reporter comrades.

Li Mengyang is still a principle, his photos are not reported, and Fiona is also low-key, the topic of this pair ...... That's more.

But none of that matters now, the most important thing is the question of the candidates.

"Those bastards!"

"Quarrel! Quarrel! Non-stop bickering! There are still people who support slavery?! It's funny! ”

"That Lincoln guy is slick too! His attitude is simply wavering! It's okay to say for a while that slavery is not abolished! One moment later, slavery is sinful! Where the hell is this guy?! ”

In an upscale hotel in Chicago, Salmon Chase was roaring loudly, and it was his daughter and future son-in-law who were listening.

Li Mengyang didn't interject, he had a strange feeling when he first saw this old 'salmon' (salmon means 'salmon'), this guy looks a lot like Doctor Mad in "Back to the Future", the bald places are the same, it's hard to imagine that this guy can have such a beautiful girl as Fiona.

Needless to say, Mr. Chase at this time is venting, he must have endured a lot during the meeting, we don't know the specifics, but the current situation ...... Li Mengyang and Fiona are very smart, so listen to it at this time and don't say anything.

Listening, sometimes as well, is a skill......

"Sir, there's a man named David Davis who wants to see you."

"David Davis? …… Missing! ”

"Sir, he said he was Mr. Lincoln's campaign manager."

"Lincoln?"

The old servant's words made Mr. Chase ponder, for he could not understand what Lincoln's campaign manager had come to him for.

At this time, Li Mengyang thought it was very interesting, because he had not seen Lincoln yet, so he said: "Uncle, you might as well meet him and listen to what he has to say." ”

Actually, what Li Mengyang thought was, maybe he could see Lincoln like this, no matter what, he was also a big man who left his name in history, and he didn't see Lincoln alive?

"Good! Let him in! ”

"Yes."

Not long after the servant went out, a middle-aged man was introduced, and Li Mengyang saw that this person was very capable and his eyes were very lively.

"Hello Mr. Chase!"

"Hello Mr. Davis!"

"This ......"

"Oh, this is the little girl, this is Mr. Clint Lee......"

"Oh, it's the famous Mr. Clint Lee! Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! ”

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, but there was no actual content, but it was Li Mengyang, a big celebrity, that made Salmon Chase's face shine.

But soon.

"Mr. Chase, I'm here to say something important." Davis looked at Fiona and Clint Lee.

"Mr. Davis, it doesn't matter, just say it, there are no outsiders here." Chase naturally understood what he meant, but he didn't think there was anything wrong.

Davis hesitated, but he nodded, "Okay, I'll just say ......"

What the hell is Davis going to say?

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