The biggest difference between dictatorship and rotation in power is that dictatorship can ensure the inertia of policy, but it is not necessary to take turns in power, similar to the situation in the United States, where the two parties take turns to govern, and there will even be an extreme situation in which the successor president completely overturns the policy of the previous president, so Pan Tingzhen does not dare to give too much trust to the Americans, even if Li Muju mediates, Pan Tingzhen will maintain due vigilance, and this kind of thing is not only in Chinese history.

"In the future, we will talk about it in the future, at least for ten or twenty years, the Americans will need us as an ally in the Far East, and if the Ryukyus do not have the strength to protect themselves after twenty years, then we also deserve to be swallowed alive by the Americans." Bai Qi is an ambitious, the way to survive a small country is to meet the left and right between the big countries, the largest country in the Far East must be the Qing State, but the Qing State is not enough, so the Ryukyus can only rely on themselves.

In order to enhance the country's strength, Pan Tingzhen and Bai Qi can be regarded as heartbroken, and Ryukyu can now rely on not only the support of the Junma Group, but also to explore their own potential as much as possible.

No matter when it is a big fist, it is reasonable, Ryukyu now has no ability to develop the army, after all, the reality of too small population restricts the development of Ryukyu, but this aspect is not without countermeasures, the basic national policy implemented in Ryukyu is that all the people are soldiers, not only domestic men have to receive a certain amount of military training every year, even women have to assume their own obligations, contribute to national defense within their ability, as for manpower, backed by the Qing Dynasty, a country with almost unlimited human resources, Ryukyu still has time, there are still opportunities.

"Twenty years later, okay" For a moment, Pan Tingzhen's eyes were a little confused, maybe Bai Qi still had the opportunity to witness the Ryukyus in twenty years, Pan Tingzhen estimated that he couldn't wait for that day: "Tokugawa Liyan wants to equip the Guards Division with a new repeating rifle, he hopes to buy cheap weapons from the Horse Weapons Company through us, and the payment method is still the same as before, how to reply to him this time?" ”

Although he succeeded in restoring the shogunate, Tokugawa did not receive absolute support, and in order to maintain his rule, Tokugawa recruited 150,000 standing troops in Japan, of which the Guards Division was the most elite unit.

Of course, this elite is also relatively speaking, compared with other armies in the hands of Tokugawa Liyan, the Guards Division is indeed an elite, but compared with the Ryukyu army equipped with repeating rifles, light and heavy machine guns and even artillery, the Guards Division is still a rabble, not to mention, the weapons have opened a grade in the first place, in the Guards Division, even the equipment rate of the old single-shot rifle is less than half, not to mention the more advanced repeating rifles.

Once, Li Mu, who had received a complete patriotic education, believed that weapons were not the only criterion for changing the form of the battlefield, and that an army had proved with its own development history that it could still rely on correct tactics to win victory when weapons were inferior.

For a period of time, Li Mu also believed that man will win the day, and the spiritual will can erase the gap in weapons, in fact, over the years, Li Mu has gradually recognized a fact, the reason why that army has become a legend, it is precisely because of this, looking at the world, it is estimated that it is such a special case, so the generation difference of weapons should still be paid attention to, otherwise Tokugawa Liyan would not have tirelessly put forward this request again after being rejected by Bai Qi several times in a row.

"Impossible, let Tokugawa Liyan die of this heart, what does he want so many repeating rifles for? Now that the army in Tokugawa Liyan's command is enough to meet the needs of maintaining domestic rule, there is really an unexpected situation, and our Ryukyu army can also help to suppress the rebellion, so the Guards Division does not need to fire rifles at all. Bai Qi's attitude is still insisting, and he will definitely not let go on this point.

Just kidding, although Japan has been hit hard, the population of Japan is still more than 20 million people, and how many people are there in the Ryukyus? The whole country did not even count the number of newborns no more than 200,000, that is, the time card of the war between the Ryukyus and Japan at that time was more crucial, and if the Japanese were given a few more years, Bai Qi was not sure that he would be able to defeat the Meiji government.

The gap in the war potential between the two sides is so big that Bai Qi will never agree to completely arm the Japanese, God knows if Tokugawa Liyan will make trouble at that time, Bai Qi does not want to test Tokugawa Liyan's ambitions, and he will not even give Tokugawa Liyan such a possible opportunity.

"You can't let Tokugawa Liyan completely die, just give him some single-shot rifles, and he can get by on his face." Pan Tingzhen is also a black-hearted person, this is a stick to give a sweet date, it seems that Tokugawa Liyan still has a long way to go in seeking to get rid of the control of the Ryukyus.

Li Mu is right, after the full moon, the child really looks good.

This process is like magic, the skin from the wrinkled red almost overnight became as white and crystal clear as mutton fat jade, after the fetal fat on the body is washed, the baby fat on the arm is always boring, and the child's spotless clear eyes, people are always subconsciously intoxicated by it, Li Mu, like other fathers, every once in a while, will come to see.

"Have you decided on the child's name?" Chu Xue's body recovered quickly, although it has not yet recovered to the best state, but now it can walk on the ground, Chu Xue is also an unbearable character, if it weren't for Yan Mu's three orders, Chu Xue may have begun to resume work now.

Speaking of the name, Li Mu didn't pay much attention to it, after all, although the child does not have grandparents, he has grandparents, so according to the traditional habits of the Chinese, Li Mu is ready to be lazy and give this opportunity to Yan's father and mother.

However, on this issue, Yan's father and mother behaved very dutifully, although Chuxue had Li Mu's child, but they did not get carried away because of this, and still maintained the habit that has always been a little different, in the past, Yan's father and mother regarded themselves as servants, but now it is better, probably from the servant to the level of housekeeper, but in front of Li Mu still shows great respect, which makes Li Mu a little unaccustomed, in fact, Li Mu hopes that Yan's father and mother can treat Li Mu with an attitude similar to Will's, but it is obvious that this is not realistic, The education that Yan's father and Yan's mother have always received makes them unable to keep up with Will, so Li Mu tries not to appear in front of Yan's father and Yan's mother many times now, because then everyone will inevitably be a little embarrassed.

Perhaps, if Chu Xue gave birth to a son, the situation might be better, listening to Mason, when she knew that Chu Xue gave birth to a daughter, Yan's mother cried hard in the Buddhist hall, but seeing that Li Mu's attitude towards Chu Xue is still the same, and he didn't hate Chu Xue's mother because of his daughter, it has been much better these days.

"Don't worry, this is my little padded jacket, the name can't be casual, find a master of Chinese culture another day to have a good staff, to find a good sound, but also auspicious, has a certain meaning, and to be impressive, as soon as you hear it, it will be otherworldly." Li Mu's requirements are high, and it is estimated that this master of Chinese studies is not very easy to find, maybe he will have to go to the Qing Kingdom to meet Li Mu's requirements.

Although it sounds a bit unpleasant for Chinese to leave their homeland and come to the United States to beg for a living, in fact, for these Chinese in the United States, their current life is like paradise, at least they can eat enough, they can see hope, and they don't have to worry about the threat to their lives that may come at any time during the Qing Dynasty.

But the problem is, the Qing people don't think so, in the concept of the Qing people, leaving their hometown is equivalent to sending people under the fence, and they will never do it unless they have to, and in the world of foreign devils, can the Chinese still have a good life? Foreign devils are not so kind.

In this case, it is still very difficult to recruit scholars to go to sea in the Qing Kingdom, Li Mu has worked hard all these years, and the recruited scholars can only barely meet the requirements of the Junma Affiliated School, not to mention the Great Confucian, not even a meritorious one.

It's not right, there are still great Confucians in the United States, such as the old man Chen, according to the standards of the Qing Kingdom, is the standard Confucian, but whether the old man Chen is willing to name Li Mu's daughter is still a question.

"Don't be so troublesome" Chu Xue probably didn't expect that in Li Mu's heart, there were so many requirements for simply choosing a name, as soon as the words came out, Chu Xue immediately saw Li Mu's frowns, remembering Li Mu's love for his daughter these days, Chu Xue immediately changed her tone: "Take a nickname first, you can't call it every day." ”

The nickname is the name of the milk, that is, Yan's mother will call "Nannan" and "Nannan" every day, Li Mu will not work like this, Chu Xue never knew that there were so many nicknames for children in the world, it seems that Li Mu said that he likes his daughter is really not a lie.

According to Chinese customs, in fact, the name of the milk should be taken a more common point, which is rooted in the same high infant mortality rate in Chinese society, and the common name is easy to feed.

In fact, Chu Xue still has something to say, according to Chinese customs, whether the daughter has an official name or not is the same, for example, Chu Xue's milk name is Chu Xue, and when she grows up, she is still called Chu Xue, if she didn't come to the United States to meet Li Mu, then even after Chu Xue died, the name on the tombstone should be just a simple Li Men Yan family.

I don't dare to say this, seeing that Li Mu likes her daughter, if Chu Xue said so, I don't know how angry Li Mu will be.

"My daughter is my father's personal little padded jacket, and our daughter's nickname is Little Padded Jacket." Li Mu is as good as a stream, anyway, it is a milk name, it doesn't matter if you point it casually, it is said that when the little cotton jacket grows up, you will have to take two more names, one Chinese name and one English name, don't worry about having no name.

"Little Cotton Jacket" Chu Xue really didn't expect that Li Mu was also auspicious and moral just now, but he never expected it to be so casual when he got up.

"Yes, it's called Little Cotton Jacket, the name, it's just a code name, even if my daughter is called Little Slippers, who dares to step on it casually!" Li Mu was full of confidence at this moment, and he forgot everything he just said.

It's okay, it's okay, if it's really called a little slipper, then it's shameless. Chu Xue stuck out her tongue, and was glad in her heart, in fact, if you think about it carefully, this name is not bad.

Just like Li Mu said, no matter what the name of Li Mu's daughter is, no one dares to step on it, on the contrary, the little padded jacket was born in such a family, and it is destined to be ordinary in the future, even if the name is "ordinary".

Although Chu Xue is nominally not Li Mu's wife, the birth of the little padded jacket still aroused people's ideas within a certain range, especially for the Rockefeller and JP Morgan who knew Li Mu, on the second day of the birth of the little padded jacket, a group of people who were familiar with Li Mu sent people to send their congratulatory gifts, and the choice of gifts was also thoughtful, which was very in line with Li Mu's oriental background.

In early June, Li Mu held a meeting of shareholders of the Panama company at Castle Clinton, at which Li Mu raised a question, since the United States was going to wage war against the Spaniards, what role should the Panama company play in this war.

"Roles? Do you want to sign a contract with the War Ministry and take over the war against the Spaniards as if it were a business? Rockefeller had never imagined that he could still operate like this, but as a business partner who knew Li Mu best, as soon as Li Mu finished speaking, Rockefeller immediately understood Li Mu's intentions.

"Why not? We all know that if Washington goes to war with the Spaniards, then we will have to deal with the possible intervention of the British and French, so why can't we turn the act of state into a commercial act? In this way, we won, and the victory belongs to the United States, and even if we lose, it will not affect the next war. "Li Mu's heart is a little big, in the Panamanian war against Colombia, the Panamanian company has fully demonstrated its potential, and now is a good opportunity to turn these potentials into reality, and it is an opportunity that should not be missed.

"If it has an impact, at least it will have an impact on us, no matter whether we can win or not, as long as we take the initiative to stand in the foreground, then I am afraid that our people will become the object of attention of some countries, and our enterprises may also be resisted, these are uncertain risks, and these risks we don't need to face at all." JP Morgan is not in favor of interfering in the impending war, and it seems that it is possible for Panama to take over this work, but the risks after taking over are uncontrollable, especially for the Morgan family.

In fact, these old families also believe that they can't put their eggs in the same basket, such as the Morgan family, don't look at JP Morgan's prosperity in the United States, in fact, the Morgan family also has a huge industry in the UK, and even the Morgan family's headquarters is still in the UK, so Li Mu and Rockefeller can ignore the reaction of the British, but JP Morgan can't ignore it.

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