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Li Mu is an arms dealer and not a philanthropist, so why should Li Mu discount his offer to the Ministry of War?

It is said that the Ministry of War now owes more and more money to the Horse Arms Company, which is close to 50 million US dollars, and the annual interest to be paid for this is close to 10 million US dollars.

In the 21 st century, it is estimated that some people will shout "usury", but it is normal in this era, if the annual interest is not paid in time, it will accumulate into the principal to accumulate interest, and from this point of view, it is indeed usury.

That's the value of monopolies.

While passing through the Hawaiian Islands, Li Mu and Rockefeller took a short rest on Molokai Island, and George Dewey, commander of the Pacific Fleet, also came to Molokai Island to meet with Li Mu for a short time.

As the host of Molokai Island, Li Mu held a dinner party for Rockefeller and George Dewey at the resort.

"Reem, I haven't settled accounts with you yet, but in Luzon, your men have put me on the side." George Dewey saw that Li Mu was not in a good mood, and as soon as he came up, he asked the teacher to ask for guilt.

"It's just a misunderstanding, you got what you wanted." Li Mu pretended to be stupid and wanted to fool the past.

During the Spanish-American War, according to the agreement between the Far East Company and the War Department, the Far East Company would wait for the Pacific Fleet to be ready before launching an attack on Manila, and as a result, the battle in Luzon was unexpectedly smooth, before the Pacific Fleet arrived at the outer port of Manila, the mercenaries of the Far East Company and the local rebels in Luzon surrounded Manila, fortunately, the result was not bad, the Spanish Governor in Luzon surrendered to George Dewey, not to the mercenaries of the Far East Company, otherwise Spain was discredited, and the United States did not look good.

"I want the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet to be tempered in the war, I want the warships of the Pacific Fleet to use this war to complete the run-in, and I also want to receive the Spanish colonial fleet completely, which of these goals have I obtained?" George Dewey was very upset, and it must be said that the progress of the Far East Company disrupted George Dewey's plan.

"Haha, this has nothing to do with our Far East Company, you want to train the fleet, don't you think that John and I really went to the Far East for a vacation." Li Mu didn't care about George Dewey's anger, in fact, he didn't get angry, otherwise George Dewey would not have taken the initiative to see Li Mu.

"What do you want to do?" George Dewey's eyes lit up immediately, and at the same time he was wary.

Since Li Mu and Rockefeller decided to go to the Far East for vacation, almost all the United States wants to know what Li Mu and Rockefeller want to do in the Far East. Li Mu has so many private islands around the United States, and the scenery is very good.

Relatively speaking, Li Mu is more worried, although Li Mu has joined the American nationality, but after all, Li Mu's hometown is the Qing Empire, if Li Mu's nationality is unknown, it is okay, the current Li Mu and the Junma Group have a powerful force that no one can ignore, Washington is not so much worried about Li Mu's safety, but rather worried about Li Mu's safety as it is worried that Li Mu will run back to the Qing Empire with the Junma Group, which is definitely an unacceptable loss for the United States.

Fortunately, with Rockefeller and Li Mu together, it is somewhat reassuring that Li Mu may return to the Qing Empire, but Rockefeller cannot follow Li Mu together, which is also the reason why the War Department agreed to sell the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" to Li Mu.

"Shell Oil, the Dutch founded Shell Oil." Li Mu was straightforward, George Dewey was not an outsider, he was Li Mu's close comrade-in-arms, and it didn't matter if he told George Dewey the truth, even if George Dewey informed Washington of this reason.

Perhaps, Washington will also provide Li Mu and Rockefeller with help in any way it can.

"God, you just provoked the Spaniards, and now you want to provoke the Dutch, are you going to become the enemy of the people?" As commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, George Dewey knew the relationship between the Netherlands and Great Britain, and George Dewey knew that the United States did not have the ability to wage another war in the near future.

"Who said we were going to provoke the Dutch? We are here to congratulate Shell Oil on its establishment and send our most sincere wishes. Rockefeller answered coldly, this is the standard weasel to the chicken, not well-intentioned.

"Come on, John, I just hope you don't send someone to blow up the Dutchman's oil wells." George Dewey didn't believe that Rockefeller would be so kind, and the name of a rogue tycoon was not given for nothing.

"Blow it up! Good idea, good idea, I decided to do it. Rockefeller was overjoyed, as if inspired by George Dewey.

"God, you capitalists can't have a good conversation." George Dewey was helpless, it was good to get rid of the handsome pot and throw off the intentions, who went out on vacation to bring nearly a thousand guards? In East Asia, this can subvert a small country.

It sounds a little funny to have a thousand people subverting a country, but sorry, that's the truth.

Those colonies of East Asian countries are actually not very powerful, such as those colonies of Britain and France, the so-called colonial armament is used to scare the natives of the colonies, and it is really necessary to think about how the Spanish rule in Luzon collapsed against the mercenaries of the Far Eastern Company who were armed to the teeth.

If it were someone else, telling George Dewey that they were going to subvert a country with a thousand people, George Dewey would think he had heard a joke, and the "others" here definitely do not include Li Mu and Rockefeller, these two people are famous for their boldness, Li Mu in South America, in the Far East, has proven that he has this ability many times, including the land under George Dewey's feet now, in fact, strictly speaking, Li Mu beat down.

I almost forgot that Rockefeller was not a good person, Panama Company and Far East Company all had Rockefeller's shares, and George Dewey even believed that the Ezo Company, which is now famous, also had Rockefeller's participation.

"That's because we all have a strong sense of crisis, George, you should know what it means for Standard Oil for the Dutch to set up an oil company, even if Mr. President is here, even if the United States is not capable of starting another war in the short term, we have to take action against the Dutch, at the very least, Shell oil must disappear completely, and on this issue, I think you should stand with me and John." Li Mu was straightforward, and he almost said that he wanted George Dewey to help.

Help is also due, Standard Oil is an American enterprise, even if the Dutch are innocent, on this issue, George Dewey must protect the interests of Standard Oil, so Shell Oil must die, this is not negotiable.

"Of course I'm on your side, you're taxpayers, maybe my salary comes from your tax part." George Dewey can still be relied on, and at the critical moment, George Dewey's choice did not disappoint Li Mu.

"It's not that it's uncertain, it's for sure, there must be a part of your salary that comes from our taxes." Rockefeller was pretty sure of the problem, it was just a matter of proportion.

"So let's say it, we're not going to make trouble for Washington, but we don't want to be pressured from within the United States, and this time our enemies are clear, limited to Shell." Rockefeller first drew a circle for himself, and for the outside part, George Dewey was responsible for helping.

"If it's just Shell, then you need to plan a little bit more carefully." George Dewey is out of sight, and since he can't stop it, he simply goes along with it.

To deal with Shell, back and forth is nothing more than a few tricks, bribing Shell's internal staff, destroying Shell's oil wells, or destroying the oil fields of the Dutch East Indies, in short, Rockefeller and Li Mu would rather never be able to exploit the oil of the Dutch East Indies, or directly burn all the oil of the Dutch East Indies, rather than see Shell jump out and compete with Standard Oil for the market.

In this regard, George Dewey really couldn't help much, on the contrary, Li Mu and Rockefeller's subordinates were full of talents, after all, in Haiti, in Luzon, and even in Sakhalin, Li Mu's subordinates were already familiar with doing this kind of thing.

Rockefeller's subordinates are not a good thing, otherwise Rockefeller would not have been able to establish a giant trust that monopolized the entire oil industry in just a few years.

"George, we don't need your help to operate, what we need is to help us withstand the pressure from the official level, and this job belongs to you." Li Mu had long been ready to pull George Dewey on board, the control area of the Pacific Fleet covered the entire Pacific Ocean, this area was too big, and the influence of Li Mu and Rockefeller alone was not enough to suppress all the different voices.

"What's the benefit of asking me for help?" George Dewey realized that he couldn't get out of it, so he tried to sell it for a good price.

Sure enough, he is a famous general, and he refuses to eat at all.

"See the 'Sea Cavalry' in the harbor? As long as you get rid of Shell oil, I'll be in charge and donate the 'Sea Heavy Cavalry' to your Pacific Fleet." Li Mu promised heavy profits, anyway, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" was too ugly, and the ugliness made Li Mu unbearable.

"That's it!" George Dewey made a decision, Li Mu disliked the "Sea Heavy Cavalry", George Dewey did not dislike, just like Kenneth Turles said, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" is the most advanced armored cruiser in the United States at present.

As the commander of the Pacific Fleet, George Dewey couldn't leave the station casually, so when he left Molokai Island, he was still accompanied by Li Mu and Rockefeller.

Continuing west from Molokai Island, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" had an extra frigate and an additional supply ship, and Li Mu and Rockefeller simply moved to the supply ship with their families, and compared with the "Sea Heavy Cavalry", the supply ship was much more comfortable.

The "Sea Heavy Cavalry" is a standard warship, such a warship, eager to make use of every inch of space on the ship, even the captain's room is pitifully cramped, not as big as the bathroom in Li Mu's house, a week from San Francisco to Molokai Island, Li Mu is enough, it doesn't matter if he is wronged, it doesn't matter if he is wronged, it is not okay to be wronged by a small padded jacket.

Well, in fact, Xiao Wei also brought it, but Li Mu has always believed that it is good for his son's growth to suffer a little, so Xiao Wei will forget it, Li Mu is not distressed at all.

Probably there are often people with honorable status like Li Mu and Rockefeller on the supply ship, this supply ship called "Tennessee Farmhouse" actually has two VIP cabins, the cabin space is spacious and luxurious, and the facilities are luxurious, which is not much worse than the presidential suite of the beach club, which makes Li Mu and Rockefeller very satisfied, although Li Mu and Rockefeller went to the Far East to deal with Shell oil, but also for vacation, not to remember the bittersweet memory.

Life on the ship, quickly close the relationship between Li Mu and Rockefeller's two families, Rockefeller's wife is called Laura Rockefeller, he and Rockefeller have four daughters and a son together, and many rich people in the 21st century abandoned their wives after their careers, Rockefeller and Laura married before the establishment of Standard Oil, which is also the only relationship in Rockefeller's life, in another time and space, Laura died in 1915, and then Rockefeller did not remarry until Rockefeller died in 1937, Rockefeller lived all alone.

Rockefeller did not take all the children with him, except for his youngest daughter, Elizabeth, who had just turned ten years old and soon became good friends with the young Gloria.

In the monotonous days on the ship, Li Mu and Rockefeller could only use billiards as a pastime, they played English billiards, that is, snooker, but unfortunately the skills of the two people were not very good, often a game of ball could play for an hour, in order to end the battle faster, Li Mu and Rockefeller also invented a new rule, as long as one person scored enough 147 points, then even if this person wins.

This does not mean that they are very skilled, most of the time, at the end of a game, even if they are lucky, the two men will not beat ten balls combined, and most of the time, the two men score all due to fouls on the other side.

Therefore, at the beginning, Gloria and Elizabeth would come to cheer for Li Mu and Rockefeller, but soon, even these two fans did not keep it, Gloria and Elizabeth agreed that they could not watch the game between Li Mu and Rockefeller, which would affect the glorious image of Li Mu and Rockefeller in the hearts of Gloria and Elizabeth.

Well, it's actually an excuse, Gloria and Elizabeth just don't want to see two rookies pecking at each other.

Because of the presence of supply ships, the fleet could not keep up the speed, and after thirty days of leaving San Francisco, the "Sea Heavy Cavalry" finally arrived in Luzon Manila.

"Dear Mr. Ream, Mr. Rockefeller, welcome to Luzon." The president of the new government in Luzon, Fernand Gonzalez Jr., personally greeted Li Mu and Rockefeller, and by his side was Vice President Lin Xianghai.

This is the first time Lin Xianghai has seen Li Mu.

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