On the evening of the 12th, Chen Guofang held a banquet to welcome Li Mu at his residence on King Street. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Li Mu is not a member of the American mission, after all, he has a Chinese background, so this banquet is a proper meaning.

On the evening of the 11th, the U.S. Embassy in Hawaii held a dinner to welcome Michael and Benjamin, and Chen Guofang changed the banquet to the 12th in order to stagger the dinner at the U.S. Embassy in Hawaii.

From this point of view, Chen Guofang is also scheming.

Electric lights have not yet reached Hawaii, so Chen Guofang's house is still lit by lanterns, which is a little more oriental and very suitable for the theme of the banquet.

Li Mu came to Chen Guofang's house early.

"Honolulu" really deserves to be "Honolulu", Chen Guofang's family not only uses sandalwood to make all the utensils, but even the house is made of sandalwood, and the luxury is a mess.

There is a reason why Li Mu came early, Chen Guofang is very efficient, don't look at it Only one day later, Chen Guofang has already contacted a Chinese businessman and is ready to serve as Li Mu's internal response.

Li Mu came to Chen Guofang's house in advance, just to meet these people, and while cheering for these people, he also wanted to properly show Li Mu's confidence.

"I invited the U.S. Counselor in Hawaii and the vice chair of the Security Council, and I don't know if they will come." Before the banquet began, Chen Guofang was still a little uneasy.

"Counselor?" Li Mu didn't know what rank the counselor was in the embassy, but it didn't sound as high as the ambassador's: "Why not the ambassador or the chairman?" ”

"These two, I'm not sure if I can please move." Chen Guofang told the truth.

Although Chen Guofang also has the identity of an "ambassador", in Hawaii, the ambassador of the Qing Empire and the ambassador of the United States must be different, and the banquet invites guests are also particular.

"It's okay, just invite, they'll definitely come." Li Mu is confident that he is just an ambassador, and not adding a "mere area" in front of him is to save face for him, and they will definitely come to the banquet prepared to welcome Li Mu, even if Chen Guofang does not send an invitation, they will take the initiative to come.

"It's too late to send it now." Chen Guofang was worried that he would not be in time.

"Don't worry, I bet they're waiting for your invitation." Li Mu is not worried, in fact, Li Mu has already sent a message to the US Embassy through Benjamin, whether there is an invitation or not, everyone will come over.

Li Mu said that he represents the American government, and this thing has no basis for his words, and he must always give people some confidence.

The US ambassador to Hawaii is Li Mu's credential, and there is no need for the US ambassador to Hawaii to promise anything, as long as the US ambassador to Hawaii attends this banquet, it can fully explain many things.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the U.S. ambassador to Hawaii, Mark Edmond, and the chairman of the "Security Committee," Howard Hughes, arrived as promised.

Then there are Benjamin and Michael, Li Mu's American identity is very good, and there is no need to avoid suspicion at all, just such a big "collusion".

When they saw Li Mu, Benjamin and Li Mu looked at each other and smiled, and then nodded imperceptibly.

Li Mu knew that Benjamin had already completed his task, and the rebellion plan had succeeded for the most part so far.

Not all plans went smoothly, and the banquet had just begun, and the Japanese Minister to Hawaii, Noguchi Valley, arrived.

Japan had not yet established diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii at the ambassadorial level, so the highest-ranking Japanese official in Hawaii was this Noguchi Valley.

In fact, Japan's presence in Hawaii is very weak, and Japan has not signed a labor treaty with Hawaii at this time, so there are not many Japanese in Hawaii, and so far there are only 100 people, which will not have any impact on Li Mu's plan at all.

However, the geographical location of the Hawaiian Kingdom is here, so Japan also has ambitions for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Li Mu doesn't like the Japanese, and when he reaches Li Mu's level, there is no need to cover it up at all, so Li Mu didn't meet Noguchi Valley at all, and asked Chen Guofang to come forward to send Noguchi Valley.

"It's not in line with Chinese hospitality—" In the garden pavilion, Benjamin also didn't save face for Li Mu.

Chen Guofang's mansion covers a huge area, and the entire backyard is a large garden, with small bridges and flowing water pavilions, which has a very oriental classical charm.

The key is that there is no shortage of sandalwood here, and even the pillared floors of the corridors have to use sandalwood, probably the emperors of the Qing Empire are not so extravagant.

"I'm an American—" Li Mu was absent-minded, thinking about whether to transform Governor's Island into this.

The possibility is not too big, and Hawaii's year-round spring is different, the weather in New York has four distinct seasons, it is going to snow in winter, and then there will be a small bridge and flowing water, all of which will be frozen into ice lumps for you, and when the ice melts after the New Year, you can take out the fish and stew it directly.

"Looks like you don't like Japanese people very much." Benjamin didn't know why Li Mu was hostile to the Japanese, but he could obviously feel Li Mu's hostility.

"One day you won't like it either." Li Mu does not know whether the "Pearl Harbor incident" will occur in this era.

This is not a problem, even if it does not happen, Li Mu will do his best to create conditions for him to happen, the Japanese - with Li Mu, this life probably does not have to think about it, and it is uncertain whether the "Meiji Restoration" can be completed.

"Who can say for sure what the future holds—" Benjamin snorted, not worrying about what hadn't happened yet.

"How's the campaign?" Li Mu took his mind back and solved the matter in front of him first.

This "race" is not a popular suffrage, but an election to the Hawaiian Congress.

The so-called "Hawaiian Congress" is a power body composed of a group of Hawaiian tribal chiefs, similar to the U.S. Senate, with two people from each tribe and then forming the Hawaiian Congress.

According to the strategy agreed by Li Mu and Benjamin, Li Mu and Benjamin will push the Hawaiian Congress to first select a suitable person to become the king of Hawaii, and then the king will announce that the Kingdom of Hawaii will be changed to the Republic of Hawaii, and then a referendum can be held to annex Hawaii to the United States.

It is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, the previous king Nunalino had pro-American tendencies, but he died less than a year after coming to power, which fully shows that the internal turmoil within the Hawaiian Kingdom is quite serious.

"I've found the right person—" Benjamin didn't want to say more, saying that he was really happy to come from the cold United States to the warm Hawaii.

There is no shortage of Belt and Road parties anywhere, and Hawaii is no different.

While speaking, Chen Guofang hurriedly came over with his robe and belt: "Mr. Li, Mr. Noguchi insists on seeing you." ”

"What are you doing with me?" Li Mu felt a little tired, he had never seen such a shameless person, this was all made clear, and he still had to come over in vain.

"Mr. Noguchi wants to talk to you about a deal about smokeless gunpowder." Chen Guofang did have a reason to come to report, and when it came to business matters, Chen Guofang would definitely not make a decision on behalf of Li Mu.

Smokeless gunpowder -

Yes, Li Mu has not authorized smokeless gunpowder to East Asia, but Li Mu has decided to set up a factory in the Qing Empire to produce it, and the Japanese must be feeling the crisis.

"Then please ask Mr. Noguchi to come over." Li Mu is indispensable.

It's good to see, at least hear what Noguchi means.

Speaking of "patent", it still has certain restrictions, such as Japan, this country has not yet passed the "Patent Law", that is to say, all of Li Mu's inventions are not protected by patents in Japan, in other words, if Japanese companies get Li Mu's technology, and then imitate it in Japan, Li Mu has no effective countermeasures, unless the US government is persuaded to launch a war against Japan, Li Mu can not guarantee his relevant rights and interests.

Even if Li Mu has a close relationship with Washington, it is unlikely that the US Congress will use the state apparatus to seek justice for Li Mu, unless the interests of the US government and the Japanese government cannot be reconciled.

Because of this, Li Mu's factory uses Chinese as much as possible, and gives workers generous remuneration, and at the same time takes care of almost everything for the workers, so that the workers have no worries and prevent technology leakage as much as possible.

After a while, Chen Guofang led a guy with a "fat and round" body over.

"Mr. Reem, it's a pleasure to meet you." Noguchi Gu didn't see the slightest resentment on his face because he was neglected, his posture was very low, and he was thoughtful when he saw Li Muhou, and the angle of his upper body bowing was almost parallel to the ground.

It is indeed fat and round, Li Mu's height has now reached nearly one meter seven, it is obvious that there is still room for development, Benjamin's height is more than one meter eight, even Chen Guofang's height is about one meter seven, and the Noguchi Valley in front of him is at most one meter five meters tall, and his figure is very good, so even though Noguchi Valley has a good expression, it still looks indescribably funny.

Li Mu first grinned when Noguchi Valley didn't straighten up, and then said with a straight face: "Mr. Noguchi, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"The weather is really good today, and Mr. Ream is indeed full of elegance in this poetic place to chat and drink tea." Noguchi Valley's English has a problem inherent to the Japanese, and it is clearly English, but Benjamin, a pure American, cannot understand it.

This is really not a black Japanese, the Japanese English level is only their own people can understand, outsiders are confused when they hear it, they have developed English into a unique language, just like the Hindians in World War II, take it out and use it directly as a code language.

Li Mu had to help Benjamin translate, just said a few words, Li Mu felt that this was more time-consuming, so he asked Chen Guofang to bring a few pieces of paper, it was better to talk in writing.

It's not easy to chat to this level!