New York used to be Tweed's private kingdom, but now most of the power in the kingdom has been transferred to Li Mu.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Mu can do whatever he wants in New York, even if it is a real kingdom, there will always be some power gaps, in some areas, such as oil, such as finance, which belong to Rockefeller and J· The scope of the rights of P. Morgan and others, Tweed at the beginning, would not have set foot in these fields, and now Li Mu also follows the rules, which forms a tacit balance of mutual understanding.

If it is in Russia, Nicholas, the earl, may still have some weight, in the United States, Nicholas's weight is a bit insignificant, as a country of immigrants, there are not too many down-and-out aristocrats in the United States, such as Henry, who seized the opportunity and may make a comeback, more people have disappeared, and even become the "teaching tools" of Springfield Institute of Technology, who can know their former glory.

Nicholas, who was reminded by Ivan, finally understood that in the United States, which advertises "democracy and freedom", although some people do not have the title of nobility, they have far more power than the nobility of some imperial countries, and he understood this earlier than Luke Keynes, but unfortunately this does not help solve the problem.

It wasn't until Li Mu's figure disappeared around the corner that Mason dropped a warning look and left, and when he left, there was an obvious mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, which made Nicholas angry.

It's a pity that he dares to be angry and dare not speak.

"You seem to hate Russians." Luke Keynes followed Li Mu's pace, thinking of Nicholas who couldn't even get a chance to talk, Luke Keynes also felt very happy, Russians, their reputation in Europe is indeed not good, but Russians don't seem to realize this at all.

Maybe the Russians are not stupid, maybe the Russians are already aware, but the Russians are not ready to correct it, but they enjoy this kind of maverick that everyone looks at.

"It's not very annoying, I just hate unruly people." Li Mu is now qualified to say this, although Li Mu used to be the most unruly.

When in a challenging position, Li Mu will challenge all the established rules, try to find loopholes in the rules, break those rules one by one, and reformulate a set of rules that are most beneficial to him; When Li Mu successfully challenged the rules, Li Mu became the defender of the rules, and at this time, challenging the rules was equivalent to challenging Li Mu.

Enjoy all the convenience brought by the rules, of course, but also take on the responsibility of maintaining the rules, Li Mu is ready to be challenged, and even ready to be pulled off the altar, when Li Mu is really eliminated by the rules, Li Mu will also accept it calmly, which is also part of the rules.

"Russians never follow the rules, survival is their only rule." Luke Keynes still has the elegance of an aristocracy, and although he doesn't like Russians, he still gives Russians enough respect.

Li Mu is not easy to accept this, everything is mean, this is what the nobles hate the most, they are the best at occupying the moral high ground, and unconsciously pull a lot of hatred, and they don't know how to repent when they die.

In the evening, Li Mu and Chu Wushuang "bumped into" Ivan at a beach club.

Ivan's current identity is the deputy head of the Russian delegation, and during his return to Russia, Ivan's work is still fruitful, and now Ivan also has a "viscount" title, although this viscount is not conspicuous in Russia, where there are many nobles like dogs, but compared with the previous Ivan, it is a world of difference.

In the past, Ivan would never have been able to step into the door of Clinton Castle in his life, but now Ivan is a guest at the beach club, and his life is so wonderful, and New York is such a magical city.

Of course, although he is eligible to become a member of the beach club, according to Ivan's contribution to the beach club, Ivan's membership level is only the lowest first level, and he is not eligible to enter the second level of Clinton Castle.

Contribution is the only way for beach club members to upgrade their membership level, beach club members are divided into five levels, from the lowest level to the highest five levels, each has different rights, there are many ways to increase the degree of contribution, the fastest effect is donation, Ivan in order to become a member of the beach club, directly donated 15,000 US dollars to the beach club.

Li Mu's membership level in the beach club is definitely the highest, and at present, Li Mu's members at this level are only Li Mu, Rockefeller, J· P. Morgan, Arthur and a few others.

Arthur's highest rank was not given by the Beach Club, and when the Rose Company auctioned off the shares, Arthur spent more than $20 million to buy 10% of the shares of the Rose Company, and naturally became a top member of the Beach Club.

The attic box of Clinton Castle belongs to Li Mu's private ownership, and when Ivan went up to the attic, Li Mu and Chu Wushuang had already opened the champagne and lit the cigar, and now Ivan was already qualified to sit next to Li Mu.

"Hahahaha, Ivan, welcome back to New York, it's a pleasure to see you again, you didn't waste that credential." Chu Wushuang, as the boss of Ivan's boss, gave Ivan a godfather-like hug.

"Boss, thank you for your trust in me, you will always be my boss." Ivan was full of gratitude to Chu Wushuang, if it weren't for Chu Wushuang choosing Ivan among many Russians, maybe Ivan would have died silently in a dark basement in New York.

After returning to New York, Ivan did not deliberately look for those former companions, the world of gangsters is very cruel, although the Springfield Company in New York covers the sky, but the gangsters who generally lack self-discipline will often encounter all kinds of accidents, alcohol, gambling, promiscuity, drugs, all kinds of vendettas, if Ivan did not quit the front line early because of a broken leg, Ivan may not be able to live to be selected by Chu Wushuang.

"Mr. Reem, thank you for your trust." Ivan has more respect for Li Mu, the reason why Ivan has today's achievements is entirely because of the agent qualification certificate obtained from the Horse Weapons Company, Chu Wushuang gave Ivan a chance, and Li Mu gave Ivan wealth and status.

"Sit down Ivan, you deserve it." Li Mu didn't get up, this is not arrogance, if Li Mu and Chu Wushuang are too grand, it may not be a good thing for Ivan, and throwing a cigar to Ivan is the biggest reward for Ivan.

"Thank you, boss." Ivan immediately changed his words, and hurriedly caught the cigar, but did not light it immediately.

"Relax buddy, even if you still have enemies in New York, those people don't have a chance to seek revenge here, you are no longer in the same world." Chu Wushuang threw a box of matches to Ivan expressionlessly, this is not Chu Wushuang's indifference, Chu Wushuang is a famous "cold-faced person", when Ivan came up just now, even if Chu Wushuang was laughing, Chu Wushuang was expressionless.

Taking a sip of the finest pine nut from Treasure Island and a handmade cigar from Havana, Ivan finally calmed down and talked about his experience back in Russia.

Two years after I left, my mother died, my younger brother died in the Crimea, my drunken uncle sold one of my sisters to a merchant as his wife, and ten months later she died in childbirth, just turning sixteen years old, my youngest brother took the saber left by his father to avenge his sister, but was shot and killed by the security forces, and the youngest sister ran away from home and became a street prostitute. I hanged my uncle and the merchant at the grave of my father, the merchant's three daughters are now my servants, and I sent the security team to Vladivostok, the only reinforcement in Vladivostok for two years, and my only regret was my youngest sister, who was very ill, and there was no doctor in St. Petersburg who could cure her, so I took her to New York and sent her to St. Mary's Hospital. "Ivan is also a man of temperament, although his eyes are red, but he has not lost his temper, crying bitterly cannot win sympathy, but will only be despised.

This society is like this, a jungle society where the jungle eats the strong, even if the strong are arrogant, they will not be blamed, the weak will swallow their anger and no one will sympathize, and if they want not to be bullied, the key is their own strength, which Ivan understands very deeply.

"Don't send St. Mary's Hospital, send Newark, the medical school of Springfield Institute of Technology has formed an affiliated hospital in Newark, and the doctors there are all medical authorities brought in from Europe." Li Mu kindly reminded that the medical level of St. Mary's Hospital is also like that, and it is not as good as the health center of the previous Polytechnic Institute, and the gap is greater than that of the affiliated hospital.

"That's great, I'll send Katya over tomorrow." Ivan couldn't help but be overjoyed, his sister is Ivan's only relative in this world, and Ivan will do anything for his sister.

"Talk about Vladivostok, St. Petersburg's attitude towards Vladivostok." Chu Wushuang is also accustomed to life and death, and is more concerned about the work assigned by Li Mu.

When Li Mu left the Far East, Bai Qi had already launched an attack on Vladivostok, the Russians in Vladivostok knew that the field forces were insufficient, and almost all the Russians in East Siberia were concentrated in Vladivostok, with strong fortifications to wait for reinforcements.

In the construction of fortifications, the level of the Russians is the same, the Russians can rely on the "gray cattle" who almost put life and death out of the way, the fighting people's will to fight is indeed worthy of the name, as long as there is still a breath, the Russians will fight to the end, and it is with this breath that the Russians defeated Napoleon and Hitler in another time and space.

In terms of the will to fight, in fact, the Japanese are not inferior, although Li Mu has 10,000 reasons to hate the Japanese, but Li Mu also has to admit that the Japanese will to fight is indeed very outstanding, although the Japanese were defeated in World War II, but the whole world recognizes the obedience and endurance of the Japanese, when the Japanese are in their own camp, these qualities of the Japanese can be described as "cute".

After the war began, Bai Qi almost never read the battle report, and how many Japanese on the front line died and how many were wounded were not considered by Bai Qi at all, Bai Qi forced Tokugawa to fully meet any requirements of the front, no matter how big the losses, always maintain the Vladivostok front line with 20,000 troops.

The Japanese can get a steady stream of reinforcements, but the Russians are one less dead, St. Petersburg is not unaware of Vladivostok's dilemma, but St. Petersburg is helpless, the vast territory was once Russia's biggest dependence, but now it has become Russia's biggest enemy, even if St. Petersburg sent reinforcements to Vladivostok at the beginning of the war, it will take a year to reach Vladivostok, on this issue, St. Petersburg is arguing, one faction advocates fighting to the end, the other faction advocates seeking peace, When Nicholas and Ivan came to New York, they were tasked with seeking mediation.

Doesn't it sound like it's almost the same as fighting with two groups of drunks, enter the police station and mediate first, in fact, that's what is going on, a war broke out between the two countries, and the one who had the advantage was of course unforgiving, and those who couldn't support it tried every means to reduce their losses, knowing that they were invincible and surrendering early was also a way to reduce losses.

If there is no war, St. Petersburg is of course willing to have Siberia, even if Siberia cannot generate enough benefits, but that can at least satisfy the vanity of the aristocracy, Russia with Siberia, although it is not the most powerful country in the world, but it has the most stable territory in the world, Britain and France If they add colonies, then the territory is indeed larger than Russia, but everyone knows the hidden dangers of colonies, but there are no hidden dangers in Siberia, there are only Russians there. "Ivan knows St. Petersburg's ideas very well, the aristocracy, in fact, they are almost the same as keyboard warriors, as long as it is not their own business, how strange their opinions.

"What is the bottom line in St. Petersburg?" Li Mu also wants to solve it peacefully, such as Alaska, although the U.S. government has spent money, but there are no hidden dangers, compared with the actual value of Alaska, the money spent by the U.S. government is simply not worth mentioning.

Li Mu also thinks so now, if he can buy Vladivostok or even the whole of Siberia for some money, it is simply suitable, even if it is worth establishing a country for this purpose, at least, the newly established country will not be as hostile to the Chinese as Russia.

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