In the 21st century, if a Chinese person encounters a violent crime in the United States, it will certainly cause a big discussion among all Chinese about the social security situation in the United States.

When everyone unanimously denounces the deterioration of the law and order situation in the United States, I am afraid that no one will think about what the law and order situation in the United States was in the 19th century.

Li Mu didn't know much at first, but after Bresta became the chief of the New York City Police Department, Li Mu finally got an idea of the security situation in the United States.

New York should be the most representative American city, a city of less than 2 million people, every day because of various accidents, or people who are deliberately murdered, there are dozens, even hundreds of people, many people are obviously violently killed, when the police go to collect the body, the body will have obvious knife wounds or gunshot wounds on the surface, but because there is no family of the deceased, in the end the whole thing will become a few thin pieces of paper, and then thrown into the archives that no one cares about all year round.

As a city of immigrants, there are not too many people who come to New York alone, so as long as no one is pursued, the New York City Police Department will not waste public police power on ordinary homicides.

Sounds a bit careless about human life, doesn't it?

But this is the norm in New York City, and it is also the norm in all American cities, there are so many public police resources in the city, New York is a city with a population of nearly two million people, all the police officers add up to less than 800, and the average is that one police officer can be assigned to every 2,500 people, so how can they effectively manage the city's law and order?

It's not enough to have more than enough heart.

In the 21st century, law and order in the United States has deteriorated to that level, but their police-to-civilian ratio is 3.25 per thousand, that is, there will be 3.25 police officers for every 1,000 people.

It can be said that New York is a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor, and all social public resources, including police resources, are inclined to the rich area, so the safest part of Manhattan is the lower city, that is, Battery Park, Wall Street, and the city government are the safest, and the security situation in other areas, even including Upper Manhattan, is hehe.

There is a great unfairness here because the rich themselves have bodyguards, for example, Li Mu, who travels in at least five or six cars a day, and his personal bodyguard team has twenty or thirty people, so Li Mu's personal safety basically does not need to be worried about by the New York City Police Department.

But the nature of capital bursts out with the greatest vitality at this time, even if Li Mu himself does not need it, the New York City Police Department will waste valuable public police resources on Li Mu.

As for Battery Park, which is protected by more than 100 gunmen, before last year, the New York City Police Department even set up an operations division next to Battery Park, where more than 20 police officers were stationed to guard it all year round.

The police force itself is pitiful, and it has to be wasted where it is not needed, so you can imagine how chaotic the law and order in New York will be.

It is for this reason that the New York City Police Department has been working with Springfield Security since last year to outsource some of its policing tasks to Springfield Security, including patrols throughout Uptown.

In other words, since September this year, the police officers who patrol the streets of Manhattan every day have been quietly replaced by the security personnel of the Springfield Security Company, although they are also wearing police uniforms, but do not receive salaries from the New York City Council, and it is the Springfield Security Company that pays them.

That is, Li Mu.

So Li Mu really doesn't worry about falling out with Texans, no matter how Li Mu shows off his might, so that Texans can't step down, and Texans don't dare to burn the war to New York, otherwise, it will be tantamount to Texans killing themselves.

Since he has fallen out with the Texans, Li Mu has to find a new purchase channel, after all, the production of the horse clothing factory cannot be delayed.

"Send a telegram to California and ask them to organize new sources of goods and increase orders in Asia and California." As soon as he returned to the office, Li Mu immediately asked Yan Shun to send a telegram.

Without Zhang Butcher, who would eat hairy pigs?

Texas is the largest cotton producer in the United States, yes, but aside from Texas, California is the second largest cotton producer in the United States, Texas' cotton production accounts for about 1/3 of the total cotton production in the United States, California's cotton production is less than Texas' cotton production, but it is not too much, if you add supplementary orders from Asia, it is not a problem to fill the hole in Texas.

Speaking of the quality of cotton in Asia, Egyptian long-staple cotton is famous, and the quality is much better than Texas cotton.

The Texan's move is actually quite ruthless, if it is replaced by another person, he may be forced to death by the Texan's trick, after all, it is winter, and it is not easy to increase the cotton order, and it is almost impossible without a certain relationship.

Li Mu is still very special after all, considering the relationship between Li Mu and California, as well as the transportation capacity of Pacific Shipping Company, that is, Li Mu, is still comfortable in the face of the Texans.

"Do you need to get the legal department to sue the Texans?" Cao Anran is not as violent as Li Mu, and still tends to use conventional means to solve problems.

"No, who is the company that signed the contract with us?" Li Mu really doesn't know who the partners of Junma Clothing Company are, and this kind of trivial matter no longer needs Li Mu to ask in person.

In fact, Texans have already played so desperately, what kind of lawyer are they looking for, now it is right to go to the gunman and kill the person who dares to find trouble.

"We have a contract with the Texas Cotton Farmers Association, and the president of the association is Owen Hart, an old Texas cowboy, a staunch Democratic supporter, and a staunch supporter of Samuel Tilden, who has been advocating that Texas should withdraw from the United States and return to the former Lone Star Republic." Cao Anran must know the partners well, and he is also familiar with Owen Hart's information.

This is very good, he is still a traitor, and there is no psychological obstacle at all to deal with such a person, but he can carry out it under the banner of maintaining the unity of America under the banner of justice.

Hearing Cao Anran mention Samuel Tilden, Li Mu suddenly realized, don't look at the Republican Party has just decided the presidential candidate, it turns out that the presidential election has begun.

Li Mu returned to New York on the same day, and after returning to Governors Island, Li Mu ordered someone to find Ford Benjamin, and then the lights in Li Mu's office were on until 12 o'clock in the evening.

Early the next morning, Li Mu called the office of Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden and wanted to have dinner with Samuel Tilden.

Unfortunately, Samuel Tilden has gone to the warm Miami for a vacation, which makes Li Mu helpless.

Although Samuel Tilden is the governor of New York and has a high position, considering that Christmas is just around the corner, it seems reasonable to go on vacation, after all, American officials do not have the habit of visiting the grassroots on holidays.

Although the governor's office promised that Li Mu would tell him in time, Li Mu was not optimistic that Samuel Tilden would be able to come back in a short time, after all, Samuel Tilden was going to Miami by steamer, and he just set off yesterday, and it is estimated that it will take a week to arrive in Miami, even if Samuel Tilden receives the news as soon as he gets off the ship, it will take half a month to return to New York.

Don't ask Mr. Governor's ship why it is so slow, after all, Mr. Governor is not a tycoon, he is not as rich as Li Mu, he can have the luxury of getting a warship to park in New York Bay and use it for Li Mu at any time.

The key is that this time is really a bit of a coincidence, Samuel Tilden just left yesterday, and the horse clothing company fell out with the Texans today, considering the close relationship between Samuel Tilden and Owen Hart, if you want to say that there is no greasy in this, then Li Mu doesn't believe it anyway.

How can there be so many coincidences...

Since Samuel Tilden has now regarded Li Mu as an enemy, Li Mu is no longer polite, and it happens that this time is fine, so let's just wait for Christmas.

The annual Christmas is definitely the most important holiday for Americans, and it is as important as the Spring Festival for the Chinese.

Li Mu was not interested in Christmas a few years ago, even if he followed Will for the holidays, it was mostly a part of the fun.

Will is now going to Washington to report on his work, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return to New York, speaking of which, Li Mu is the backbone of Governor's Island, considering that there are so many white people on Governor's Island, so Li Mu always has to put some thought into it.

Christmas trees are simple, and pine trees aren't hard to find in these days, when development around New York is still very primitive.

However, Li Mu's requirements are a bit high, the shape must be a standard pagoda shape, even if it doesn't grow like that, it has to be repaired, as for the height, needless to say, at least there must be a four-meter height, otherwise the golden bells prepared by Chu Xue and Gloria will not be hung up at all.

It's really gold, people buy bells, go to the store to buy a few copper and come back, these two are very good, more than a month ago I prepared 180 exquisite gold bells, and kept saying that it was to celebrate Li Mu's 18th birthday this year, and he was already an adult.

This made Li Mu really speechless, what can the bell have to do with age? And the number doesn't match, right?

But trying to reason with a woman is a very stupid thing, especially in the face of two big girls who have obviously deviated from the rules, it is better to go yo-yo dog when there is that time.

After the huge Christmas tree was returned, although there were still three days before Christmas, Hatsuyuki and Gloria were already working happily, having the tree erected first, and then carrying a large ladder up and down.

It is also thanks to the height of the living room that the height of the living room is high enough, otherwise such a tall Christmas tree may not be able to stand up.

Although Chu Xue and Gloria unanimously requested, Li Mu still resolutely did not mix.

Men and women are not tired of working together, it is nonsense at all, it is just used to comfort people.

As long as Li Mu comes up, Chu Xue and Gloria are indeed not tired, as long as the snacks they eat move their mouths, it is Li Mu who suffers hardships.

With this awareness, Li Mu went out early to walk the dog, and also went to Battery Park to walk.

Since arriving on Governor's Island, Pan has rarely had the opportunity to leave Governor's Island, and when he first arrived at Battery Park, Pan was still a little unfamiliar, but soon he became familiar with the attributes of his own nature, and became like a husky, and plunged headlong into the snow and began to have fun.

It is said that this Labrador is a cold dog, people are really not afraid of the cold, and it is like crazy to sprinkle joy in the field, and Sandy can't drag it in the back.

It's not just Li Mu who wants to be lazy, but Sandy who is a big ghost is also lazy, so as soon as Li Mu said to walk the dog, Sandy slipped out with Li Mu.

Seeing that Pan was already playing crazy, Sandy immediately handed over the dog chain to Mason, slipped to Li Mu's side in small steps, dragged Li Mu to find a chair to sit down, held Li Mu's arm, and put his head on Li Mu's shoulder.

It's rare to go out with Sandy to walk the dog, Li Mu is very cooperative, and Sandy's two calves are fluttering on the chair, if he is not reluctant to let go of Li Mu's arm, it is estimated that he will lie down on the snow and roll twice, and then look up to the sky and howl twice.

In fact, Sandy is wearing a pair of small black leather boots on his feet, and there is white fluff above the boots, and there are two hairballs on the outside of the shoes.

"I wanted a pair of tall leather boots that would go above my knees for Christmas so I could wear them and ride Aubrey to the horse races in Brooklyn on Christmas Day." Sandy has a little wistful, seemingly talking to herself, but the intention is obvious.

"A pair of tall leather boots... No problem! "Li Mu has a big package, and this wish can still be satisfied.

"I also want to find a companion for Aubrey, Aubrey himself is so lonely, I want it to be less lonely and be able to feel my love for it." Sandy's second wish wasn't hard to fulfill, but it seemed to mean something else.

"No problem, I'll have someone find Aubrey tomorrow." Li Mu didn't think about it so much, in Li Mu's heart, Sandy was like a sister, worthy of Li Mu's best to pamper her.

My Fair Lady, a gentleman, this is for sure, although Li Mo is still a child man in this life, he is not hungry and hungry, there is the first snow that is ready to be picked at any time, and there is Gloria, whose body has fully developed and matured, and who is ready to fall in love, so Li Mu is not in a hurry at all, and it is the most suitable thing to come naturally.

"I don't know if Will will be able to come back the day after tomorrow...... And my brother, I want to see what he looks like. Sandy suddenly mentioned Will and Claudia's child, startling Li Mu.

Regarding the relationship between Will and Claudia, it was an absolute taboo on Governor's Island, and no one had ever dared to mention it, especially in front of Gloria.

"Sandy, if Will came back with your brother, would you love him?" Li Mu cautiously tempted, for fear of touching Sandy's sensitive and fragile heart.

In fact, the child is not the main problem, the main problem is Claudia, the woman who did not have the name of husband and wife with Will, but helped Will have a son.

Strictly speaking, Sandy and Gloria are both children of single-parent families, so Sandy and Gloria will be extra wary of any woman who tries to get close to Will because it will take away what little favor they have left.