Durant was silent for a while and said, "Hall, I plan to fight for the state council in the second half of this year." ”

This turn is a bit big, how can you talk about selling land and building a wharf, and it suddenly turned to running for state legislature, Jiang Hao didn't interject, he knew that Durant must have something to do.

"Los Angeles has been doing very well recently, Mr. Governor has written to me and affirmed my work, and I have some friends myself, but you know, running for state legislature requires a lot of public relations expenses, publicity expenses, entertainment expenses, and I don't have a lot of income..."

Durant said this and looked at Jiang Hao.

I see.

This is looking for one's own fate, no, people are looking for campaign funds and political donations.

Jiang Hao and the old man Durant have a good relationship, if he takes office, Jiang Hao will have the opportunity to become the mayor of Los Angeles, and the old man will become a state legislator, which is also good for Jiang Hao, and it can be regarded as one more political ally.

"$100,000, and I can also contact the Jonathan State Councilman, do you think that's okay?" Jiang Hao said.

Old man Durant smiled.

Jiang Hao thought to himself, I'm going to start working for myself too.

The current situation in the western United States is very different from that of later generations, where most of the mayors were elected, but the reality of the western region today does not allow it, and the election is too troublesome and a waste of resources.

To be at the level of governor, congressman, secretary of state, and president is called a real senior official, and a very formal election is required.

......

Time is like a slowly crawling turtle, and people are like ants on a turtle's shell, busy with their own business.

Half a month later, the city of Los Angeles held another meeting of councilors to discuss the construction of the Santa Monica Pier, and Durant had done a lot of work before, and the proposal passed by a majority vote.

Anyway, there are already so many debts, and people have seen it, and it's not their own money, and the dock is repaired, which is good for everyone, and someone is willing to take the money, so why not.

This project is still in the hands of Jiang Hao, who is responsible for the funding, Jiang Hao signed an agreement with the Los Angeles City Government is still a three-year repayment period, and the shares of the terminal will be taken at the top of the account at that time.

No one is stupid, they all know that the government will definitely not be able to do it, but this has nothing to do with them, with more convenient transportation, it is also good for them, at least the grain and cattle and horses in their plantations and pastures can be transported more conveniently, isn't it.

Sea transportation is the real mode of transportation to the four seas, and it is much more powerful than land transportation.

As for the land, people don't care, the place that Jiang Hao bought was not included in the city planning map originally, it was a wilderness, and in this way, the land and beaches from Long Beach to St. Clement Land were all owned by Jiang Hao, and the entire land area reached 700,000 acres.

Don't be surprised, don't say it's 1880, even in modern times, Jiang Hao doesn't have much land in his hands, there is an old guy named John in the United States, who has 2.2 million acres of land in his hands, almost 9,000 square kilometers.

Old man John is actually nothing, the most awesome is the Pacific Railroad, that guy, built 4,500 kilometers of railroad, and got 5.3 billion acres of land from the U.S. government, which is larger than the entire area of Texas, you know, Texas is the second largest state in the United States, second only to Alaska.

So in this country where capital is king, Jiang Hao really doesn't need to be surprised to get the land of a county, it's so ordinary.

It's July, and Mayor Durant found Jiang Hao, "Jon, I'm going to Sacramento, do you want to accompany me?" ”

Jiang Hao knew that Durant was going to run a relationship, and came to tell him that one was asking for money, and the other was hoping that he would go with him to meet Jonathan.

Jiang Hao said: "Okay, I happen to have something to go to Sacramento, I'll go with Mr. Mayor, by the way, Mayor, I've prepared the money, I'll give it to you before I leave." ”

Durant was very happy, "Jon, it will be good for you to meet with me when the time comes. ”

......

Jiang Hao's trip to Sacramento is not only to run for office, but he also has an important thing to do, that is, to register a patent.

New patents.

During this time, Jiang Hao made a few more inventions, cough cough, the thing of the traverser cannot be called plagiarism.

One is smokeless gunpowder, the other is modern rifle cartridges, and there are two rifles.

Smokeless gunpowder was only invented in 1889, and the gunpowder used now, after the gun has been fired for a long time, a lot of soot will appear and attach to the barrel, so in Western movies, there will be a lot of shots of disassembling the barrel and brushing the barrel with a brush.

When smokeless gunpowder was invented, it immediately swept the world, which is a good thing, and with smokeless gunpowder, real modern firearms will come into being, so Jiang Hao designed several bullets, as for the rifle, Jiang Hao copied the Enfield rifle and another classic rifle 98K, if you want to copy it, you have to copy the classics.

What, you said that the Mauser brothers didn't do it, they really can't help it, hahaha.

After arranging things at home, Jiang Hao took Bill, Mayor Durant and his two entourages, and rushed to Sacramento by train.

On the train, Jiang Hao called Bill to a place where no one was and admonished: "Bill, in fact, I considered not bringing you here before I came, do you know why?" ”

Bill shrugged, "I know it's going to be a lot of trouble if my affair with Mrs. Taylor is found out to Councillor Swift. ”

Jiang Hao shook his head helplessly, "It's not a trouble, it's a disaster, and I don't even know how to deal with it at that time." ”

"Head, I'll take notice." Bill Road.

Jiang Hao patted Bill on the shoulder, "It's good that you know it yourself, if something really happens, I'm afraid we can only kill that old guy, which will have a very big impact on our future development, and kill a councilor, I'm afraid the federal government won't give up." ”

Bill nodded.

Bill is an adult, there is no need to say more, Jiang Hao is so pointed, as for how to do it, I believe Bill will consider it.

Of course, if Bill really identified that Mrs. Taylor, it didn't matter if he killed old Jonathan Jiang Hao, wouldn't it be one less political ally, just use money to continue to develop new ones.

The train finally arrived in Sacramento, Jiang Hao and Durant separated, Durant got Jiang Hao's political donation and wanted to run a relationship, Jiang Hao took Bill to visit Congressman Swift, and of course, met the beautiful Mrs. Taylor.

Eating, chatting, and discussing things, Jonathan was a little surprised and happy when he knew that Jiang Hao became the deputy mayor, and then Jiang Hao said about Durant, and then said his own thing, "If I can, I hope to be able to become the mayor of Los Angeles." ”

Jonathan smiled, "I'm afraid you need to pay some benefits, that Mr. Governor comes from a big family, and their family's business is spread all over the East, and he even mentioned Hall cigarettes to me before." ”

Isn't it just money, Jiang Hao said with a smile, "What do you think of the sales rights of a state, you can choose the place at will." ”

"I think two or three are more secure." Jonathan said.

"That's three, by the way, the sales situation in California is very good, and it has stabilized, do you intend to increase the sales rights of one state?" Jiang Hao asked Congressman Jonathan.

Jonathan smiled even more heartily, and felt that Jiang Hao was really good at being a man.

Jiang Hao's concept is that money is used, everyone can earn money, so they can earn it smoothly, and handing them the right to sell is not not not profitable, but also in exchange for what they need, why not.

After Mrs. Taylor and Jiang Hao signed the agreement, they couldn't wait to go to another room to communicate with Bill, and it didn't take long for the two to get together.

Jiang Hao shook his head, went out with the patent application materials, and went to the patent office for registration, this time he directly found the director, last time it was Congressman Jonathan who personally brought Jiang Hao, the director also knew him, very enthusiastic, and assigned his subordinates to register immediately, Jiang Hao drank a cup of coffee in the director's office, and the patent matter was done.

Of course, Jiang Hao didn't come empty-handed, and gave a gold lighter produced by Hall Company as a gift, his relationship is called a relationship, and maybe he can use it in the future.

Naturally, the Director General of the Patent Office was happy to accept the gift.

Jiang Hao returned to the hotel, and Bill came to his room to find Jiang Hao, "Head, I told Mrs. Taylor, from now on, we will never do this kind of thing in Sacramento again, we will not cause you trouble, if there is a chance in the future, we will meet to go to other places to be the most hidden." ”

Jiang Hao could say anything, just patted Bill's shoulder.

Three days later, Jiang Hao followed Jonathan to a manor on the outskirts of the city, the manor has a bit of a European castle flavor, and it looks like it has been carefully built, which is the home of the governor of Arnold, California.

Eating and chatting, Governor Arnold is very tall and strong, and at the same time very talkative, talking about the development of Los Angeles City, it seems that Durant has already come, and Mr. Governor gave a very big affirmation to Jiang Hao's investment and construction in Los Angeles.

During the period, there was no mention of the right to sell cigarettes, out of the governor's manor, Jiang Hao and Jonathan sat in the same car, Jonathan said: "The governor has agreed, during this time Durant will concentrate on running for the state legislator in Sacramento, he will directly order the appointment of you as the acting mayor, fully responsible for all affairs of Los Angeles, and after the election is over in two months, you will be appointed mayor of Los Angeles." ”

Jiang Hao asked, "What if Durant fails?" ”

Jonathan smiled, "Failure, hehe, then he can only end in gloom, the mayor of Los Angeles will definitely not give him again, this is Governor Arnold's promise." ”

Jiang Hao can only bless the old Durant.