The next day, Li Mu went to Boston, where he talked to Runkle about the matter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Exclusion of Chinese, this behavior is really unfriendly--" Runkel is now a senator from Massachusetts and has his own office in Boston, which also has the credit of Li Mu, and Runkel received Li Mu in his office: "To be honest, I can't take care of San Francisco now, what I can do is I can guarantee that something like this will not happen in Massachusetts."

"How much do you know about Watson Squier?" Li Mu tried to solve the problem at the political level.

Watson Squire is the governor of California, and the inaction of the government and police in the midst of the anti-Chinese protests that erupted in San Francisco must have been directly related to Watson Squier.

"I only know that he is a Republican, and I don't know much else, I just got elected to the Senate, and I haven't dealt with him before." Runkel told the truth.

Runkel was a politician fresh out of college, Massachusetts was on the East Coast, and California was on the West Coast, so it was not surprising that Runkel didn't know Watson Squire.

Unable to get the news he wanted in Boston, Li Mu went to Washington that night.

In Washington, Li Mu met Watson Squire himself.

Watson Squire had come to Washington to take up his post and seek support from the top of Washington to continue his candidacy for governor of California.

Through Able, Li Mu effortlessly made an appointment with Watson Squier.

At the Abel house, Li Mu met Watson Squier.

When Able introduced Li Mu to Watson Squier, Watson Squier was visibly surprised.

"Oh, so you're Mr. Reem, hello." Watson Squire took the initiative to woo Li Mu.

"It's not good, because of something in San Francisco, I haven't eaten since last night." Li Mu was right, he really didn't have much appetite today.

"I'm sorry about San Francisco, that's not what I wanted to see—" Watson Squire's face was not very good.

Li Mu said this, which is equivalent to slapping his face in the face, it would be strange if he could look good.

"But since it happened, you can't shirk it." Li Mu is not welcome, this time it is tantamount to accusation in person.

"Hey, why don't we sit down and talk while eating?" Able saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff and tried to ease his temper.

"It's a bit complicated, I guess I can explain it." Watson Squire has a good attitude.

If Watson Squire didn't know who Li Mu was before, then after coming to Washington, Watson Squier already knew how much energy Li Mu had, and Washington's level of well-informed information was not comparable to that of California, and what Li Mu did in Cuba may not be known to ordinary Americans, but it is not a secret to officials in Washington.

Just before Li Mu came to Washington, George Dewey, Benjamin, and Mahan had already returned to Washington, and these people are now celebrities in Washington, and others can't pay attention to them if they want to, and when it comes to Cuba, they can't get around Li Mu in their words.

"I'm listening-" Li Mu is also a Republican, so he has to give Watson Squier some face.

"Reem, how much do you know about the Knights of Labor?" Watson Squire sat down at the table, and instead of moving his knife and fork, he picked up his cup and prepared for a tirade.

"I don't know-" Li Mu said honestly, before this, Li Mu had never heard of this organization.

"Well, I'll start with the Labor Knights—" Watson Squire wanted to smile at Li Mu, but unfortunately he couldn't: "About five years ago, several tailor union members in Philadelphia formed the Labor Knights, this organization was similar to a union organization at first, but it was a secret organization, its purpose was to unite all skilled and unskilled workers, regardless of race, gender, or skin color. Liquor dealers, gamblers, exchange brokers joined, at first the requirements of this organization were an eight-hour working day, equal pay for equal work, abolition of child labor, etc., but now it is different, in order to win workers to join, this organization began to consciously guide workers to start anti-Chinese, and I now have reason to believe that this organization has a certain Democratic background behind it. ”

"Democrats?" Li Mu was very surprised.

"What does this have to do with them?" Abel didn't understand either.

"Listen to me, friends, it's true that our Republicans are in power right now, and it looks unshakable, but don't ignore the Republicans who are not willing to lose power, so they've been looking for opportunities -- just two months ago, Jacob Weisbeck of San Francisco contacted Daniel Crollin in order to run for mayor, and they were the ones who worked together to promote the Chinese exclusion in San Francisco." Watson Squire, as governor, knows everything.

"Who are Jacob Wiesbeck and Daniel Crowling?" Li Mu finally found the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Jacob Weisbeck is a grocery store owner, his business closed some time ago in the economic crisis, so this guy jumped out to run for mayor, Jacob Weisbeck believes that it is because of the large number of Chinese imports, which has led to the further increase in the competitiveness of large enterprises, so his business will close; As for Daniel Crollin, this guy is a scoundrel and a fraudster, he is a member of the Labor Order of San Francisco, he wants to go to the factory where the Chinese are to grow members, but the Chinese refuse him, the Chinese have their own organization, very xenophobic. Watson Squire took a sip of wine and looked at Li Mu with a little playfulness.

"A Chinese organization?" Li Mu was curious.

"Yes, I was about to talk about it, what is it called-it seems to be Hongmen." Watson Squire raised an eyebrow and continued: "Two months ago, there was a mass brawl between Chinese people in San Francisco, and the police and some white people tried to stop it, and as a result, one police officer was injured and a white man was mistakenly killed, which led to the subsequent outbreak of Chinese exclusion. ”

Hearing this, Li Mu immediately understood what Watson Squire's eyes meant just now: "So you mean to say that the Chinese are to blame for this matter, and those who killed people are innocent?" ”

"Of course not, that's not what I meant." Watson Squire immediately denied it, widening his eyes to prove his innocence: "When the anti-Chinese incident first broke out, I notified the San Francisco government and asked them to control the situation, but Reem you know, the police are limited, and it takes time to assemble the militia, so they couldn't control the situation at the first time, but Reem, you have to believe that most San Franciscans are still good, on the day of the riot, many local whites took the initiative to protect the Chinese, so the death toll of the Chinese was only eight, Otherwise the number would definitely be more. ”

"So why didn't anyone take responsibility for the trial after the fact?" Li Mu did not give up, and chased and beat the point of "inaction".

"Ahh Watson Squire looked helpless, put down his cup and continued: "After the San Francisco Police Department conducted an investigation, but no one was willing to come forward to testify, the judge cannot convict someone without evidence, after all, the judge was elected by San Francisco, and the Chinese in San Francisco have never participated in the election, and the votes in their hands have no effect." ”

Speaking of which, it's still the ballots.

Li Mu was speechless, the situation was far more complicated than Li Mu imagined, judging from the news that Li Mu had gotten so far, the reason why this happened in San Francisco, the role of some behind-the-scenes promoters cannot be ignored, but the Chinese themselves are also responsible.

"Let's talk about Hongmen, it's the first time I've heard of this name." Li Mu is interested in Hongmen.

In fact, this is by no means the first time Li Mu has heard of this name, in the Chinese circle, Hongmen has always been famous, especially in the Xinhai Revolution decades later, Hongmen played a key role in the funding of the "Father of the Nation", it can be said that without the support of Hongmen, there would be no success of the Xinhai Revolution.

"It's a gang organization, and they do things like the Italian mafia." Watson Squire doesn't seem to have a good impression of Hongmen.

It is also understandable that politicians and gang organizations must dissociate themselves from each other, otherwise politicians will be ruined and will not receive any support.

Of course, there must be some degree of tacit understanding, otherwise if the gang organization makes waves, no one will look good.

"Well, the Knights of Labor, yes? Very well, I will talk to Mr. President about this. "Li Mu has now transcended the level of fighting and killing, of course Jacob Weisbeck and Daniel Crollin will be punished, but there is no need for Li Mu to do it himself, Li Mu has the best weapon in his hand, that is "Time Magazine", as long as Li Mu uses this weapon well, it is not difficult to make someone ruined, Tweed is the best example.

"That's great, if Rim can convince Mr. President to dissolve this organization, then I think a lot of people will be grateful to you." Watson Squire reminded Li Mu very vaguely.

That's right, since this Labor Order is a trade union organization, and its goal is to implement the eight-hour workday, to implement equal pay for equal work, to abolish child labor, and so on, it means that nominally it is an organization that fights for the rights of workers and opposes the capitalists, and such an organization is the enemy of all capitalists.

Li Mu is just a capitalist, and he is also a big capitalist.

From Watson Squier's words, Li Mu knew that the Labor Knights were already a national organization, so this also meant that there must be more than just San Francisco and Philadelphia where the Labor Knights existed, and there must be other places, in this case, Li Mu could use his own strength to deal with this organization.