As New York grew faster and Manhattan became smaller and smaller, so did Brooklyn's location.

Considering the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, if Manhattan and Brooklyn are to truly become one, then more bridges are needed on the East River, and a single Brooklyn Bridge is not enough, even if it is not enough to add the Williamsburg Bridge, more would have been needed.

Eventually, the Brooklyn Bridge was built by the Horsehorse Construction Company, which would not have been completed until a few years later if it had not been for the Horsehorse Construction Company's takeover and creative implementation of the sectional construction method.

It was because of the outstanding performance of the Horse Construction Company in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge that Arthur had more confidence to hand over more New York municipal projects to the Horse Construction Company without worrying about the consequences.

To be honest, the two-party system is still a bit beneficial, at least because of the existence of the opposition party, which makes the ruling party less unscrupulous, and Arthur is no longer the mayor of New York City, but the governor of New York, which makes Arthur a little more confident when he "matchs" the Junma Group.

For such a project, Li Mu of course is not refused, the work of repairing the bridge is not only huge, but also will strive for a greater range of influence for the Brooklyn Group, such as the Brooklyn Bridge, no matter how young it is, as long as the Brooklyn Bridge still exists, then the name of the Horse Construction Company will be engraved on the stone tablet at the head of the Brooklyn Bridge, and will be remembered forever.

The next day, a grand opening ceremony was held on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the protagonists of the ceremony were not Li Mu or Arthur, but the widow of John Roeblin, and Mr. and Mrs. Washington Roeblin.

For the Roebling family, this is a sacred and solemn moment, the Brooklyn Bridge embodies the efforts of two generations of Roblin father and son, Li Mu can't and doesn't want to take the lead at this moment.

However, the next Williamsburg Bridge must be the leading role of Junma Construction Company, and Li Mu also specially invited Washington Roebling to be the designer of the Williamsburg Bridge.

Junma Construction Company is now basically stuck in a bottleneck, the biggest shackle is the lack of high-end talents, similar to bridge designers such high-end talents, Junma Construction Company is not nothing, but compared with the top designers of this era, after all, there is still a lack of something, so Li Mu sincerely invited Washington Roebling to work in Junma Construction Company, and appointed Washington Roebling as the design director of Junma Construction Company.

The Brooklyn Bridge is considered the eighth wonder of mankind after the Seven Wonders of Antiquity, and is also considered one of the seven epoch-making construction projects in the world during the Industrial Revolution.

There are only a handful of such high-level engineers in the world, and Li Mu is happy to see that he will not let Washington Roebling slip through his fingers.

One of the important reasons why Washington Roebling agreed to Li Mu's invitation was that Li Mu not only invited Washington Roebling to work at Horse Construction, but also invited Emily Roeblin, Washington Roeblin's wife.

Basically, women in this era, there are few and few who can be qualified to go down in history, before Li Mu was reborn, the only impression in the field of science and technology was Marie Curie, Emily Roebling because she wanted to assist Washington Roeblin's work, self-taught advanced mathematics and other engineering techniques, after Washington Roeblin's paralysis, Emily Roebling even served as the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, such a woman, is indeed worthy of respect.

Of course, Li Mu invited Emily Roebling to work at Horse Construction, and there was an unspeakable reason, which had something to do with Gloria.

Li Mu promised Gloria that she would push Congress to improve the status of women in society, which is not easy to do, Li Mu must first prove that women can also make their own contributions in related fields, so that the existence of Emily Roebling is very necessary.

The U.S. government is still inefficient, but in the presidential election, the staff is very efficient, and on November 15, the results of the New York State election were announced, and Hayes defeated Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden with 258,000 valid votes to 171,000 votes, thus winning all the electoral votes in New York State.

On the day the results were announced, public opinion was in an uproar.

This result is unexpected, but it is reasonable, after all, although the Democratic Party has been optimistic in recent years, in the past six months or so before the election, the support rate of the Democratic Party has gradually declined, while the support rate of the Republican Party has been rising, so this result is normal, and there is no behind-the-scenes operation.

Of course, the reason for this result is also related to Li Mu, Rockefeller, J· The support of P. Morgan and other bigwigs is inseparable, after all, Li Mu and their bigwigs' nests are in New York, and in the entire New York State, nearly one-third of the people work for large enterprises like the Junma Group, and as for those electors who have the right to vote, the proportion is even higher, reaching nearly 40 percent, so it is reasonable to still be able to defeat Samuel Tilden.

However, for the pre-election Democrats, who were full of ambitions, this result is undoubtedly a slap in the face, and it feels like accepting an ice bucket challenge in the middle of winter.

Although Arthur can testify that there is no shady voting result in New York State, the Democratic Party does not agree with this statement, and after the results were revealed, the Democratic-leaning newspapers led by the "Echo" have accused the state government headed by Arthur of manipulating the presidential election in New York State behind the scenes and tampering with the votes, otherwise the Democratic Party would not have lost so badly.

Well, it seems that the Democrats also expected this result, but probably the Democrats never expected that the Democrats would lose so badly that they were simply powerless to resist, which made the Democrats, who have been afraid for more than ten years, vowed to be ashamed in the election campaign, how can they accept it logically.

In response to the Democrats' doubts, the New York State government held a press conference attended by Arthur and the new mayor of New York City, Edward Jeffrey, to certify that the election results were real and valid.

“… Regarding the rumors that the election results were manipulated, I can only say that some people are born with persecution illusions, how can there be so many shady scenes in the world, and there are also Democrats in the New York State Election Commission. This is simply nonsense, this statement is not only an insult to the Election Commission, but also to Mr. Rutherford Hayes and Mr. Samuel Tilden, we absolutely cannot accept this statement, and we hope that some people will be prepared that we will organize a commission of inquiry to investigate the source of these claims, and if there is indeed a fact, then those responsible will definitely be punished, and if there is no such thing, then those responsible will also be punished. Arthur spoke in a press conference and claimed that some people would be held accountable for their nonsense in the newspapers.

"Mr. Governor, are you going to censor the press?" A reporter wearing the logo of the newspaper Echo did not wait for the press conference host to be named, and raised his hand to ask his own question aloud.

If such a person appeared at the press conference of the Junma Group, I am afraid that he would be immediately asked out by the staff.

However, this is the press conference of the state government, and the state government is not as tough as the Horse Group, so Arthur responded positively to the question despite his disgust.

"New York State will never regulate the press, and freedom of speech is a fundamental right of every human being, and the state government will never touch it, but I also want to ask you a question, what do you mean by freedom of speech? Is it a baseless nonsense? You must know that freedom is the right not to harm the freedom of others, and if a journalist is a newspaper who is not right, then it will also infringe on the freedom of others, and such freedom does not exist. Arthur's answer was met with a round of applause, and although reporters from Republican-leaning newspapers such as Time magazine were cheering, it also reflected the majority of people's definition of "freedom."

Many people mention "freedom", immediately their eyes shine, as if these two words are a gold medal for avoiding death, as long as the word "freedom" is on their lips, then they can do everything and run rampant, in fact, absolute freedom does not exist at all, in most cases in this world, more important than freedom is "moderation", no matter what, once excessive, good things will become bad.

Arthur is now a qualified politician, and he is very slippery, and in the gubernatorial election, not even the Democratic candidate is Arthur's opponent, let alone a small journalist, not at all.

"So what do you mean by punishing certain people?" Although the reporter of the "Echo" newspaper was red-faced, he still did not give up, saying that he wanted to find some ground.

"Is it possible to go unpunished for making mistakes? Maybe you do think so, but it's definitely not with me, you've been pestering here, it's just that the party you support lost the election, so you're angry, but I want to remind you that since the result has come out, then it can't be changed, so instead of dwelling on it here, it's better to go back and think about how you can win it back in other states. Although Arthur didn't say it, the meaning of his words was also very vicious.

The biggest reason why the Democratic Party has always criticized the Republican Party is "corrupt politics", and it looks like if the Republicans step down, then corruption will disappear from American politics.

In fact, no one knows what will happen if the Democrats come to power, because the Democrats have never won in all these years, so the Republicans are really at a loss in this matter, because they have no footnotes to fight back.

Well, now that the reporters of the Les Echoes have been pestering and questioning the election results, this is tantamount to giving Arthur a pretext, how can you build a fair and impartial clean government with your attitude?

"Please follow the order of the press conference, if anyone violates the rules, then you can only ask the staff to ask him out!" This time, the host's reaction was finally faster, and he stopped his mouth before the reporter of the "Echo" newspaper asked questions.

The rest of the press conference went smoothly, and after answering a few innocuous questions, the press conference ended, and the controversy over the election results ended there.

Of course, the Democrats will continue to shout grievances in the newspapers, and there will still be people who question the election results, but this is no longer the mainstream voice.

Over the next two days, the election results in New England were announced.

As Li Mu expected, the Republican Party won a resounding victory in New England, and Hayes thus had all the electoral votes in New England, laying a solid foundation for winning the election.

New England is not part of the six states in New England: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

These six states are traditional strongholds of the Republican Party, and they have always been staunch supporters of the Republican Party, which was a strong supporter of the Republican Party from 1856 to 1988, and they have never changed their faith.

Considering the economic status of the New England region in the United States, the election results in the New England region are also considered to be the bellwether of the US election, and the Republican Party has done a lot of work in the New England region before the election, so as to ensure the votes of the New England region, which will play a key role in the election results.

Of course, after years of hard work, the Democrats also have their own firm votes, such as in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, where Samuel Tilden also defeated Hayes to win all the electoral votes in all six states.

It's also normal, these six states were traditional slave states before the Civil War, so it makes sense that they support the Democrats, and the Republican Party is ready to lose those electoral votes, so it doesn't affect the final outcome.

However, the good fortune of the Democratic Party ended there, and in the next election results, except for the Democratic Party in Texas, the Republican Party defeated the Republican Party in all the remaining votes, and the Republican Party won all the way to defeat the Democratic Party by an overwhelming margin and successfully won re-election.

Oh, in fact, when the Democrats announced their victory, the results in Hawaii had not yet been reported, but that could not change the final result, and the Republicans had already won the game.