It must be said that among all the ethnic minorities in the United States, the average standard of living of the Chinese should be the highest.

Among them, the role of Li Mu and Junma Group is only one aspect, and the more critical role is the diligence, intelligence, and practical ability of the Chinese themselves.

When it comes to intelligence, only Jews should be able to compare with the Chinese, but the Jews are not strong enough now, at least they have not yet given birth to a banner figure like Li Mu, so the presence of the Jews is not strong, and the overall influence on American society is not as good as that of the Chinese.

At the bottom of society should be blacks and Mexicans, Americans have a long history of discrimination against Mexicans, just as the British look down on the French, and the French look down on the Belgians, so in American society, the social status of Mexicans is similar to that of blacks, and they are also at the bottom of society.

It should be said that in fact, the current black people are still very good, the US government does not have so many welfare policies these years, and the black people have not been used to so many problems, although the response is a little slow, and the brain is not clever enough, but this instead labels the black people as honest and loyal.

Don't think that the word "loyalty" has nothing to do with blacks, blacks in the 19th century did not have much capital to steal and cheat, and the long-term slavery policy caused blacks to be generally timid, cautious, and submissive, even if they encountered injustice, not many blacks dared to rise up and resist.

Although the slave policy has been overturned in a legal sense, in fact it is still prevalent in the United States, especially in the United States, in the southern states, but now it has been replaced by a more elegant name, which is generally described as "apartheid policy", which is actually the same thing.

As a minority, Li Mu's attitude towards blacks who are also minorities is gradually changing, and now the Junma Group has begun to selectively recruit blacks, and among the 100 gunmen sent by Li Mu to the Ryukyus this time, there are 25 black gunners, and they will form the ultimate force in the hands of Bai Qi with 35 other white gunmen and 40 Mexican gunners.

In fact, Bai Qi wanted to bring more blacks, after all, the skin color of blacks can be regarded as their racial talent, and when they conduct night operations, as long as blacks don't open their mouths, almost no one can detect them.

It is not easy to train a qualified black gunner, black people are indeed very brave in combat, but it is easy to have excessive adrenal secretion, which is the so-called killing red eye, coupled with slow reaction speed, there is always a problem with the understanding of technical and tactical movements, so Springfield Security Company does not have so many black gunmen to choose from.

In addition to the 100 gunners, the other 20 instructors are all Chinese, and these 20 will also be a team of officers in the hands of Bai Qi, who will be responsible for supporting the framework of the Ryukyu army.

When Li Mu and Bai Qi arrived at the Junma Weapons Factory, Zhang Leye had already prepared enough weapons for Bai Qi.

"There are a total of 1,200 rifles, each rifle is equipped with 500 rounds of ammunition, plus 600 pistols, each pistol is equipped with 100 rounds of ammunition, in addition to ten Storm light machine guns, and with five tripods, they can be combined at will at will, and the machine gun bullets are only 50,000 rounds in total, considering the distance between us here and the Ryukyus, it is best to find a way to solve it nearby." Zhang Leye's preparation was still very sufficient, and the weapons he prepared had increased by 20 percent on the basis of Li Mu's request, which should also be done, after all, the weapons may be damaged in the process of use.

"The bullets will be doubled again, and as for the bullet factory, preparations will begin after the blank starts." Li Mu already has a plan, and the problem of bullets is not difficult to solve.

The Qing Empire still has a bit of an industrial base, such as the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, and the steel produced by the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant is rumored to be unqualified for making guns and rails.

In fact, this is not the case at all, the requirements for steel for weapons are inherently high, and steel produced in ordinary ways cannot be used to make guns.

As for the rails, the rails produced by the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant are still in use until the 21st century, and nothing is found to be unqualified.

The reason why there are such rumors is probably related to the ulterior motives of some people, after all, as long as the Qing Empire cannot produce its own steel, it will always seek imports, which is a great thing for some countries, otherwise why do the Japanese keep buying iron ore from Han Yeping.

Since the ore bought by the Japanese can be used, then the Junma Group should also be usable, Li Mu plans to wait for Bai Qi to arrive in the Ryukyus, and build a steel plant on any island in the Ryukyu Islands, as long as there is steel, let alone supply bullets to Bai Qi, even if it is not difficult to make guns and cannons.

"It's best to have a factory, let's just ship a group of production lines, and then send some workers over, so that there are no worries." Zhang Leye was overjoyed, looking at this posture, he couldn't wait to take people and machines to follow Bai Qi.

Li Mu felt unusual from Zhang Leye's attitude, but he didn't say much.

In fact, anyone who knows about this matter knows what it means for the Qing Empire to build a weapons factory in the Ryukyus.

Although thousands of miles away from home, but after all, it is home, the Chinese have now gained a firm foothold in the United States, but many people have not forgotten that in the Qing Empire thousands of miles away, there are hundreds of millions of Chinese who do not cover their bodies and do not eat hungry, the ancestors told us that if we are poor, we will be good to ourselves, and if we are not able to do it, we can only pretend not to see it, and when we have the ability, we must always do something, otherwise we will not be able to explain when we see our ancestors after a hundred years.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Mu also hopes to overthrow the corrupt rule of the Qing Empire as soon as possible, but Li Mu will definitely not charge ahead of this kind of thing, let Li Mu contribute money, weapons, and even technology, but let Li Mu throw his head and spill his blood, Li Mu asked himself, he really can't do it.

Seeing boxes of weapons and ammunition that have been neatly stacked, Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli couldn't help but burst into tears, they didn't experience the pain of losing their country, they probably couldn't understand Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli's mood, some things are always habitually ignored when they have them, and they regret losing them.

"After returning to the Ryukyus, it is best for you not to put up the anti-flag immediately, until you train enough manpower, temporary forbearance is still necessary, I suggest that you first find an island that the Japanese cannot penetrate to train your troops, and wait until you are fully prepared, and then finish the battle." Li Mu still had to knock Pan Tingzhen, lest Pan Tingzhen get carried away.

"Don't worry, Reem, you can't drive out the Japanese, you have full control of Ryukyu, and Tingzhen will come to see you." Pan Tingzhen nodded again and again, taking Li Mu's words to heart.

Although Li Mu said before that he would let Pan Tingzhen be the king of the Ryukyus, Pan Tingzhen never forgot that Pan Tingzhen had sold his life to Li Mu, since Li Mu had a way to make Pan Tingzhen the king of the Ryukyus, then naturally there was a way to pull Pan Tingzhen down from the position of the king of the Ryukyus, so Pan Tingzhen had to always remind himself not to get carried away and always remember his identity.

"The equipment of the Japanese is very backward now, so you don't have to worry, as long as there are five or six hundred people, it should be no problem to fight against one or two thousand Japanese soldiers, and after you pass, I will ask the US Navy to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese, and if the Japanese send a large number of additional troops to the Ryukyus, then I will ask the US Navy to give you appropriate support." With the friendship between Li Mu and George Dewey and Alfred Mahan, as well as the cooperative relationship between the Horse Group and the U.S. Navy, it is not difficult to do this.

Before the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government did not even have a regular army, and the combat effectiveness was nothing more than hehe, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a rabble.

During the First Sino-Japanese War, although the Japanese were advancing on the battlefield, it would be a lie to say how strong the Japanese soldiers were.

The reason why the Japanese army was able to win the First Sino-Japanese War was not because of how strong the Japanese army was, but because the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was too scummy, and there was still the imperial court behind Li Zhongtang, so the Japanese won very reluctantly.

By the time of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese once again encountered a good opponent, and the Russians wanted to send troops and supplies from Europe to the Far East through the long Siberia, which was difficult to imagine, even with the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was too difficult for Russia to be on the verge of death.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers was really strong until 1937, when the Japanese army launched the war of aggression against China, when the Japanese army was already full of confidence after a series of victories, and the Japanese economy finally got out of the predicament and stepped onto the right track, which led to the arduous eight-year war of resistance.

It's 1875, and the Meiji Restoration has only been going on for 5 or 6 years, and the Japanese haven't eaten yet, so how strong can the Japanese soldiers be?

It is estimated that with the Japanese spirit of bushido, the combat effectiveness of Japanese soldiers at this stage should be a little stronger than that of the soldiers of the Qing Empire.

But the strong ones are also limited, if the total score is 10, it is probably the difference between 2.01 and 2.02.

Of course, the US soldiers at this time are not invincible in the world, if the total score is also measured by ten points, the combat effectiveness of the US soldiers is about five or six points, and these people selected by Li Mu can reach seven, eight, or nine points.

In this way, it was not difficult to help the Ryukyuan people drive out the Japanese.

"Hehe, if there is a navy to help, let's just go straight to Huanglong and take down the four islands in Japan directly." Bai Qi has a big appetite, and it seems that the people who take this name are crazy.

In fact, Bai Qi is now also experienced in a hundred battles, experienced the Cuban War of Independence, and experienced the war against the Indians in Montana.

This is exactly what Li Mu is pursuing, when watching movies in his last life, Li Mu's favorite joke is that when the villain has the advantage, he chatters and refuses to give the protagonist the result with one shot, which leads to the protagonist's successful turnaround.

Li Mu didn't want to make such a bloody plot, so no matter how weak the enemy in front of him was, Li Mu always liked to use the power of thunder to wipe out the enemy cleanly.

This is in line with Li Mu's rules of action.

"It's okay to attack the Japanese mainland, we are just a company, we are in business, and making money is our old business, so if you think about attacking the Japanese mainland, you can forget it." Li Mucai didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

Anyway, do you want the Japanese to do it now? If you want money or not, if you want resources, the only thing that can be done is probably Japan's labor force, but there are many labor forces in the Qing Empire, after all, the total population of the Qing Empire still accounts for more than 30% of the world's total population, so Li Mu really doesn't look down on Japan.

"Tsk, it's a pity... I heard that Japanese girls are not bad..."Bai Qi is very smart, this is a deliberate explanation of his weaknesses.

In fact, if you want to say how beautiful the Japanese girls can be in this year, it may not be, in this era of lack of clothes and less wear, you can't eat enough, the face is yellow and thin, there are no beautiful clothes, even if you look barely passable, you can't line it, and there are no cosmetics in these years, and there is a lack of this "black technology", even Japanese women in the 21st century are worried, so you can imagine the level of Japanese women now.

As for Bai Qi's "self-exposure of his shortcomings", this is the practice of smart people, you must know that after Bai played in the Ryukyus, Bai Qi can be regarded as a feudal official, and while his status is rising, the hidden dangers are also rising, at least Bai Qi wants to make Li Mu feel that everything is still under Li Mu's control.

But this is Bai Qi is too worried, Li Mu is not so careful, let alone a small Ryukyu king, even if Bai Qi is crazy, rushing to the Qing Empire in one breath and driving Emperor Guangxu out of the Forbidden City, Li Mu will not be jealous of Bai Qi.

Not only will I not be jealous, but I will be grateful...

That night, Li Mu held a feast for Bai Qi and Pan Tingzhen and his party in Springfield.

The banquet was held at the home of Li Mu on Peake Street, which has been renovated and is no longer dirty and messy, and is now an upscale residential area in Springfield.

Li Mu's home is located at No. 1 Peake Street, covering an area of more than 30 acres, from Peake Avenue to the banks of the Connecticut River, all of which belong to Li Mu's private ownership.

The dinner party is the main spoon of the first snow, Li Mu did not find a companion, the people who participated in the dinner were all his own people, and it should even be said that they were all Chinese...

No, it should be Chinese.

The parting is imminent, Li Mu also rarely opened his heart: "This is far away from the mountains and rivers, I hate to walk with you, I just hope that you have a smooth journey, and when you see you next time, I hope it will be in the Ryukyu Shuri..."

Shuri is the capital of the Ryukyus, located northeast of the future city of Naha in Okinawa Prefecture.

Bai Qi and Pan Tingzhen didn't speak, and their hands holding the cups were a little white.

"Here, let's toast!" Li Mu proposed.

"!" The crowd agreed.