Li Mu arranged for Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli to stay in a guest room on Governor's Island.

After returning to the room, Pan Wenli was fascinated by the electric light in the room, and had a lot of fun turning on and off, while Pan Tingzhen searched for a long time in the room and did not find a copper pipe for eavesdropping.

When he came back to his senses, Pan Tingzhen smiled dumbly, how could the two of them have any value worthy of being monitored, if Li Mu looked at the two of them pleasing to the eye, then maybe he would pull Ryukyu along.

If it doesn't like the eyes, no matter what you don't ask, let the two of them fend for themselves.

Sitting on the balcony as warm as spring, looking through the glass at the scene of heavy snow outside the window, Pan Tingzhen's heart has flown back to the Ryukyus.

I don't know what will happen to Ryukyu this winter, but I hope that the Japanese will not hurt the killer and give Ryukyu a chance to breathe.

"Dad, do you think Mr. Li Mu will help us?" Pan Wenli finally lost interest in the electric light and came to sit down next to Pan Tingzhen.

"We can only pray for the Bodhisattva's blessing now, and only Mr. Li Mu may be able to help us drive out the Japanese." It was also at this moment that Pan Tingzhen finally made up his mind that every day of delay, the pain of the Ryukyu people would increase by one more point, and Pan Tingzhen did not have time to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Pan Tingzhen asked to see Li Mu again and completely surrendered to Li Mu.

"In other words, if you raise a Chinese as the king of the Ryukyus, you can also accept it." Li Mu raised this question again.

"Everything is up to you, and in fact, in Tingzhen's opinion, it would be best if you could be the king of the Ryukyus yourself." Pan Tingzhen thought farther, and this time he really considered the problem from Li Mu's standpoint, rather than trying his best to fight for the interests of the Ryukyus.

How could Li Mu run to Ryukyu to be the king, if Li Mu was willing, Li Mu would have been the president of the United Cuban States long ago.

"I'll forget it..."Li Mu looked at Pan Tingzhen, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his ears, and instantly thought to himself: "I think you are the most suitable..."

Pan Tingzhen was shocked and was about to speak, but Li Mu raised his hand to stop: "You see, if I support the Ryukyuan people to drive the Japanese away, then in this process, your credit is the greatest, the current king of the Ryukyus seems to be called Shang Tai, right, since Shang Tai cannot protect the people of the Ryukyus, then it is also appropriate for you to replace him." ”

Li Muzhen feels that this idea is good, Qin loses his deer, and the world chases him, this kind of thing doesn't matter whether he is loyal or disloyal.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it is loyalty, then the object of Pan Tingzhen's loyalty now should be Li Mu, not Shangtai, who is difficult to protect.

Pan Tingzhen obviously understood this truth, but for a while his head couldn't turn around, listening to Li Mu's words, Pan Tingzhen's heart was in turmoil, a voice was frantically shouting that Shangtai should be replaced, and the other voice kept reminding Pan Tingzhen that he should be loyal to the monarch and serve the country from the beginning.

What is loyalty, Ryukyu is about to destroy the country, even if you want to be loyal to the country, there is no one to be loyal to.

"That's it!" Li Mu made up his mind and did not give Pan Tingzhen a chance to excuse himself: "Tomorrow you will return to Springfield, and then escort the weapons to San Francisco, and return to Ryukyu by boat from San Francisco, I will arrange for someone to go to Ryukyu with you to train your people to use weapons, by the way, can you guarantee the loyalty of your 500 people?" ”

Li Mu was very worried that Pan Tingzhen would not be able to control the situation, and if that was the case, Li Mu would rather gather a group of mercenaries and follow Pan Tingzhen to the Ryukyus.

"Please rest assured at this point, Putian's young and strong are all children of my Han family, strictly speaking, they are all my sons and nephews, there is no problem in terms of loyalty, just to not startle the snake, and the people in the past with me should not be so conspicuous." At this point, Pan Tingzhen is still sure.

In fact, Li Mu is too worried, in this era, if a person is separated from the family, he will not be able to survive at all, and the restraining power of the family on family members is unimaginable for people in the 21st century.

Think about it, the head of a clan even has the power of life and death over the family members, which is equivalent to the patriarch replacing the official power and directly ruling the entire family, so the binding force of the group leader on the family members is equivalent to a violent organ in the 21st century.

"This is very good, in terms of candidates, you can rest assured, I will try my best to select Chinese in the past, and I will never let the Japanese find out the clues." This problem is easy to solve, how many Chinese gunners there are in the Chuntian Security Company, if you go to the First Cavalry Division, there are even professional officers for Li Mu to choose from, so Li Mu has a lot of cards in his hand, beyond Pan Tingzhen's imagination.

Pan Tingzhen didn't talk nonsense, solved the problem of weapons and instructors, Pan Tingzhen gave Li Mu a deep salute, and then stepped aside to wait for Li Mu's instructions.

"Leo, call Springfield, ask Zhang Leye to prepare enough weapons and ammunition to equip a thousand people, and then call your brother and Wushuang and ask them to come to Governor's Island immediately." Li Mu said he would do it, as long as he could make trouble for the Japanese, Li Mu's enthusiasm did not need to be doubted.

Compared with getting people from the Ryukyus to the United States for training, it must be more convenient to send instructors directly to the Ryukyus, and now the only way to travel between the United States and the Ryukyus is by steamship, and it takes a month or two to go back and forth, and Li Mu does not have so much time to waste.

Considering that Ryukyu is far from the United States, and the supply line is desperately long, Li Mu decided that it would be better for Pan Tingzhen to bring more weapons, and if possible in the future, Li Mu is ready to set up a weapons factory in Ryukyu to supply the needs of the Far East nearby, so that Ryukyu will also become a logistics supply point for Li Mu in the Far East, through Ryukyu, Li Mu can continuously send strength to the resistance forces of the Qing Empire.

Looking for Chu Wushuang is to send some gunmen to Ryukyu, so that even if the matter is exposed, Pan Tingzhen will not be powerless to resist.

And if the Japanese are slow to react, the professional officers who come out of the first division will continue to train qualified soldiers, and judging from the current situation in Japan, there is no need for too many people, even if there are only four or five hundred people, it is enough for the Japanese to drink a pot.

In the evening, Chu Wushuang and Yan Hu arrived as promised.

After listening to Li Mu's statement, Chu Wushuang immediately said that he would draw a hundred of the best gunners from the Chuntian Security Company and go to Ryukyu with Pan Tingzhen.

Yan Hu would not question Li Mu's decision, knowing that Li Mu wanted to borrow a few professional officers from the First Cavalry Division, Yan Hu even planned to lead the team in person.

"No, no, no, you can't go, you are the benchmark of our Chinese in the United States and the military, so you can't go anywhere, let Bai Qi lead the team, you select 20 active duty officers, let them retire directly, and by the way, let Bai Qi come to see me at night." Li Mu had to tell Bai Qi a few more words separately, so that he could send Bai Qi to Ryukyu with confidence.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Yan Hu was a little regretful, but he still resolutely carried out Li Mu's order.

Compared with Yan Hu, Bai Qi is the most suitable candidate.

Bai Qi was born as a scout, and when he was in Cuba, he showed enough ruthlessness, and Bai Qi was not pedantic, and he was clever and clever in case of trouble, so it was most suitable for Bai Qi to go to Ryukyu to deal with the Japanese.

On the train from New York to Springfield, Li Mu met Bai Qi, who had temporarily retired, and before that, Bai Qi was already the deputy of the Second Regiment of the First Cavalry Division, awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was the second highest-ranking Chinese in the entire First Cavalry Division except for Yan Hu.

"When you arrive in the Ryukyus, you have to be careful of the Japanese on the one hand, and the Ryukyuan people on the other, no matter what the situation, you have to firmly control the army, I will equip you with 20 active duty officers, and a hundred skilled gunners from the Springfield Security Company, these people are enough to help you control the army, if you encounter any trouble, you can deal with it directly, you don't have to report to me." Li Mu understands the truth of power in the barrel of a gun, 20 officers are enough to help Bai Qi control the Ryukyu army, even if the Ryukyu army is further expanded in the future, Li Mu can continue to send people to the Ryukyu at that time, so there is no need to worry about lack of manpower.

As for the 100 skilled gunners, Li Mu didn't plan to split these people, these people should be the last reliance in Bai Qi's hands, and when it really came to a critical juncture, with just these 100 people, the entire Ryukyu could be turned upside down.

"If something goes wrong with Mr. Pan here..."Bai Qi had to determine what he could do.

"You can do it yourself, no matter what, first protect yourself, I will find a way to set up a supply station in the chicken coop, in a pinch, you can take your people to the chicken coop, of course I believe you, you should not force yourself to that step." Li Mu has completely delegated power, and he will not be subject to foreign military orders.

In September 1871, 66 Ryukyuan people encountered a storm at sea, the ship drifted to Taiwan, and strayed into the aboriginal village of the Peony Society, besieged by the aborigines, 54 people were killed, and the remaining 12 people were escorted back to Ryukyu by the Qing government.

Last year, that is, in 1874, under the pretext of punishing Taiwan's "Shengbo" who had killed "refugees from several Japanese countries", Japan sent troops to occupy Taiwan's "Shengbo" residence, and later, under the mediation of the British, the Qing government recognized that the killing of the Ryukyuan by the aborigines of Taiwan was "an indiscriminate infliction of harm to the refugees of Japan's subject countries", which also led to the Qing government always being in a disadvantageous position when negotiating with the Japanese about the Ryukyu issue.

At this time, Taiwan is not the treasure island of the 21st century, and there are not so many Iwasato Masao, the three views are still relatively normal, if Li Mu wants to establish a supply station in Taiwan, it should not be a difficult matter.

"Hehe, Reem, let's just take down the Ryukyus in Taiwan in one go..."

"Why do you take it all down? Are you going to be king? "Li Mucai doesn't worry about that, how good it is to stay in New York, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court, look at the clouds in the sky, eat some when you are hungry, drink some when you are thirsty, fish and walk the dog when you are idle, and slowly wait for a few little Loli to grow up, isn't it more interesting than being a king?

"I can't, I'm sure you'll have to go." Bai Qi is quite self-aware.

"I can't either, so you can take it easy, don't kill all the people, at least keep someone to be the king." Li Mu did not hide his Sima Zhao heart at all, to be honest, Li Mu didn't care how many Ryukyuan people died.

This may sound a bit anti-human, but in fact, when the Japanese evacuated Okinawa in defeat, they slaughtered 280,000 Ryukyuan people and almost all of them, which laid the groundwork for Japan's return to Okinawa.

Li Mu has always believed that the total resources in the world are limited, and if the more people of other races are allocated, the less the Chinese will get.

"No problem, don't worry, Reem, I promise to give you a clean Ryukyus." Bai Qi instantly understood what Li Mu meant, to be honest, Bai Qi really didn't have a psychological burden to do this kind of thing, when he was in Cuba, even the Spaniards were killed, and now it is nothing to kill a few more Japanese, anyway, he is estimated to have been registered on the side of Lord Yama.

When he returned to Springfield, the heavy snow had stopped, and Zhang Leye came to pick up the station in person, Li Mu did not take the car, but chose to ride to Horse Town like Bai Qi.

The scale of Horse Town is expanding more and more, whether it is the population or the size of the city, it is not much inferior to Springfield, and in terms of urban construction, it is far more than Springfield, faintly on par with Manhattan.

Of course, if you talk about the height of the city alone, there is still a gap between Stallion Town and Manhattan.

Manhattan has the highest density of high-rise buildings in the United States, and although the roads are smooth and the streets are wide, there are not many high-rise buildings, and there are more two- or three-story wooden single-family country houses, which is a different flavor.

Entering Junma Town, you can clearly feel that there are more and more elements belonging to the Chinese, almost every household has red lanterns hanging at the door, and many people still hang sausages, bacon, chili, garlic and other foods under the eaves, which makes the whole city look warmer and more down-to-earth, on the other hand, it also fully shows that the people of Junma Town live a rich life.

In this era when the general weekly salary is still less than 10 US dollars, the weekly salary of the workers of the Junma Group has generally exceeded 20 US dollars, and in the economic crisis just past, the income of the workers of the Junma Group has not been affected much, which is extremely rare in the United States.

In addition to salary income, the industrious nature of the Chinese determines that they have other income, men go to work during the day, women are not idle at home, can weave fishing nets, can make clothes, really can't do anything, can not create income for the family, reclaim the grass behind the house to grow some vegetables can still do.

After Li Mu began to get involved in the clothing industry, the housewives of the Junma Group found a way to make money, and those of them cooperated with the urban beauty store and the men's gang to provide a variety of handicrafts with oriental charm for the two stores.

It's really a good way to make money.