707 Potential
As the old saying goes, "Illness comes from the mouth", this is not 100 percent true, at least 80 percent is true, and throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, almost all of those infectious diseases are related to personal hygiene.
It should be said that Junma Group has a lot of experience in preventing infectious diseases, as early as when Junma Construction Company began to build Guantanamo, Li Mu put forward the concept of building a "sanitary city", the fundamental purpose is to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases to the greatest extent.
From Guantanamo to Guantanamo, Horse Construction Company is now also experienced, from San Diego to Panama City, from Oakland to Taoyuan, Horse Construction Company has become the leading construction company in the United States, and then all this has created the current Molokai Island, so although Li Mu has not seen it with his own eyes, he can also imagine how beautiful Molokai Island is today.
While Li Mu and Henry were chatting about Molokai Island, George Dewey was sailing outside Maple Leaf Harbor on Molokai Island on the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, the USS Albany.
"Albany" is a sailing cruiser propelled by propellers, although the propeller engine has shown more and more advantages, but the Navy in the design of warships, still has not completely detached from the inherent thinking, so the "Albany" still retains three masts, so that when the propeller engine loses power, "Albany" can also retain a certain combat capability.
It should be said that the "Albany", which was just launched the year before last, is still a new ship, but today, with the rapid development of naval equipment, the design of the "Albany" has been outdated, and even when the "Albany" was launched, it was already outdated, but George Dewey was not qualified to choose, and the Pacific Fleet, as a newly established fleet, could get the "Albany" It is already very good, at least the War Department did not use those bulky paddle steamers to fill the number.
"We should put the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet in Maple Leaf Harbor, there are already basic port facilities here, and there are also large-scale living quarters on the docks, look here and then look at Pearl Harbor, it's really frustrating." George Dewey put down his telescope and sighed, he also knew that it was basically hopeless.
Maple Leaf Harbor is located in a natural harbor, named because it resembles a maple leaf when seen from the sky, and compared to Pearl Harbor, which is in ruins, Maple Leaf Harbor has been initially developed through the efforts of the Horse Construction Company, and it would save a lot of time if the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet were placed here.
Of course, this can only be just thought, look at the scale of Maple Leaf Harbor, you know that Li Mu has invested a lot here, according to George Dewey's understanding of Li Mu, Li Mu will never contribute Maple Leaf Harbor to the Pacific Fleet, even if the fleet commander is George Dewey.
"It's okay to think about this kind of thing, I heard that Reem is going to build a tourist area and a resort here, do you see those villas with sea views? Maybe one of them belongs to our minister, so let's die of this heart, and what we can get in our hands is our own. "The deputy commander of the fleet, Chris Graham, has been observing Maple Leaf Harbor, and he and Li Mu also know each other, in fact, Li Mu and most of the admirals know each other, thanks to Alfred Mahan's praise of Li Mu in "On Sea Power".
The relationship between Li Mu and the War Department is well known, Chris Graham said this, but he did not mean to spread rumors and slander, in fact, the Horse Weapons Company has never concealed the relationship with the generals of the War Department, and even George Dewey and Chris Graham, they have also taken the benefits of the Horse Weapons Company.
The "benefits" here are not all bribes, many times, money is only one aspect of the Horse Arms Company's goodwill to the generals, and it is the lowest level, the real clever bribery lies in the meticulous and considerate care, for example, not long ago, a number of generals of the Pacific Fleet were warmly welcomed by the San Francisco Beach Club when they passed by San Francisco, this kind of hospitality is not a bribe, but all the expenses of the generals in the Beach Club are paid by the Horse Arms Company, including Chris Brown. Souvenirs that Graham bought for his wife.
It is worth mentioning that San Francisco is indeed worthy of being called the "Golden Mountain", and the "local products" in the mouths of those club staff are made of gold, so it seems that the description of "local products" is really correct, after all, San Francisco is named after gold mines.
"You want? Go give Riem a call, I think someone will come and bring you the keys soon. George Dewey quipped that just the day before yesterday, George Dewey had just rejected such a key.
"Cut, I want to build it myself? A place the size of Pearl Harbor can be built however you want. Chris Graham also has the ability to resist in this regard, and in order to build the Pacific Fleet Command, the War Department allocated 2.5 million US dollars to the Pacific Fleet, and this is only the first batch of start-up funds, you must know that the construction of military ports is usually in units of ten years.
"This Molokai Island is really big enough, I heard that Riem bought it two years ago, if Riem had foreseen the formation of the Pacific Fleet at that time, it would be terrible." George Dewey looked away from Maple Leaf Harbor and discovered that Molokai Island was surprisingly large, not much smaller than Oahu, where Pearl Harbor is located.
From the first day he came to Hawaii, George Dewey has traveled all over the island by boat, I have to say, this is really a magical land, not only the location is very important, but also the scenery is beautiful, the climate is pleasant, when George Dewey heard that Li Mu bought Molokai Island only for 100,000 US dollars, George Dewey was unbelievable, but when he learned that the transaction took place during the reign of Kamihameha IV, everything became a matter of course.
Molokai Island is definitely worth more than 100,000 US dollars, but for natives like Kamihameha IV, 100,000 US dollars is already a premium, after all, the Dutch only spent 60 guilders to buy the entire Manhattan from the Indians.
"Isn't it scary? I only know that our previous president, our previous secretary of state, and our previous secretary of war were all senior advisors to the Horse Group, so this is not unusual. Chris Graham swears that he really isn't complaining, because now the Stallion Group has sent an invitation to Chris Graham, and when Chris Graham retires, Chris Graham can also work as a senior consultant to the Stallion Group.
I heard that the senior consultants of the Stallion Group can get a salary of more than $15,000 a year, which is a very good salary, compared to the salary that Chris Graham now receives from the War Department.
For this reason, even if Chris Graham catches some pigtails of the Steed Group, Chris Graham can turn a blind eye.
"I only care about the armaments we ordered from the Horse Arms Company, as long as the armaments guarantee the quality, who belongs to Molokai Island has nothing to do with us." On this issue, George Dewey also had to face reality.
"The quality of the armament is not to say, the horse weapons company is commendable, compared to the horse weapons company, the previous suppliers should go to hell, I remember that in the past, sometimes the bullets dispensed could not be fired normally, now at least this will not happen." Chris Graham is firmly on the side of the Horse Arms Company this time.
Like all countries, "American goods" are not so trustworthy, once American companies have also gone through a path from copycat to imitation, and then to independent research and development, in the process of course there will be accidents, Chris Graham said that this situation was common during the Civil War, when the United States did not even have a unified standard of weapons, suppliers are naturally diverse, and even sometimes small workshops without any qualifications can be included in the list of suppliers of the War Department.
This situation has been greatly improved after the acquisition of Springfield, Colt, Winchester and other companies by the Horse Arms Company, although the price of the products of the Horse Arms Company is a little more expensive, but the quality has always been not said, for the military, this is very important, after all, on the battlefield, the weapon in the hands of the soldier is the guarantee of victory, which is not sloppy.
Thirty minutes later, the USS Albany sailed into Pearl Harbor.
Now Pearl Harbor is a huge construction site, the wharf has been built, and many of them are building the anti-wave protection outside the port.
Yes, George Dewey entrusted the construction of Pearl Harbor to the Horse Construction Company, which transferred more than 300 construction technicians from China, but only about 1,000 workers were from the United States, and the rest of the workers were hired locally by the Horse Construction Company.
Fortunately, most of these employees are Chinese, before coming to Hawaii, George Dewey never knew that there were so many Chinese in Hawaii, and for a moment, George Dewey thought that he was in Springfield or Brooklyn County, New York, both of which are the largest Chinese communities in the United States.
Oh, by the way, and now we have to add Oakland, which is the largest Chinese concentration on the West Coast, with about 50,000 Chinese living in Oakland, and the majority of the city, from councillors to cleaners, are Chinese, and whites are a minority in Oakland, which makes everyone who has been to Oakland feel weird.
Fortunately, the Chinese have always been industrious, kind, and indisputable, and they are the best citizens, so although there are more eastern faces on the streets of Oakland, because the clean streets and orderly order are not annoying, it is obvious that Hawaii is also like this, I heard that Hawaii has suffered from war in the past few years, and there have been terrible massacres here, but now it seems that the city has no trace of war, but is cleaner and tidier than most cities in the country, which is really impressive.
George Dewey and Chris Graham jumped on the dock, boarded a military vehicle bearing the Pacific Fleet logo, and headed for the Provisional Fleet Command.
George Dewey noticed that it only took two people to lift a wooden telephone pole, which required at least six men to lift a telephone pole for the sneaky Mexicans and the Irish, who seemed to be tall but strong.
As a completely modern military port, of course, power supply facilities are also indispensable, originally according to the proposal of the Junma Construction Company, all power supply lines and communication lines should be buried in the underground pipe network, but because of the limited allocation of the Ministry of War, the Pacific Fleet is a little stretched in terms of budget, so there is no underground pipe network excavation at all, this part can only wait for the future to slowly replenish.
In fact, according to the engineers of the Horse Construction Company, if the underground pipe network is excavated in the future, it will cost more money than now, but George Dewey has nothing to do, although George Dewey gets millions of dollars in dividends from the San Diego Investment Company every year, but George Dewey can't let George Dewey pay for the construction of Pearl Harbor himself, George Dewey has no obligation.
"These Orientals are really capable, originally our plan was to complete the first phase of construction in two years, and now it seems that we can complete the task at least half a year ahead of schedule, and I can now understand why Congress is supporting immigration from the Far East, they are really good." Chris Graham lamented that Chris Graham used to think that Chinese people were selfish, stingy, unconcerned about their neighbors, and unconcerned about politics, but now Chris Graham has changed part of his impression of Chinese people, they don't just make money.
Just a month ago, Congress passed a new "Immigration Ordinance", the "Regulations" stipulate that whether it is a cruise ship or a freighter, as long as they can bring a certain number of immigrants when they return from the Far East, then according to the number of immigrants, they can offset a part of the tax, which fully reflects the attitude of Congress towards immigrants from the Far East, of course, immigrants here generally refer to the Chinese, as for the Japanese and Southeast Asians who could occasionally be seen before, their numbers are now getting smaller and smaller, affected by the Japanese civil war, Japan has even ended immigration to the United States, with more Japanese immigrants heading to the Caribbean in South America.
"Don't be proud, they still have room for improvement, go back to their principal, I ask the first phase to be completed within three months, they have dragged on long enough, if all the workers in the United States are used, I think we can now move into the new office building, not the current wooden house." George Dewey was not satisfied enough with the current rate, which also had the potential of a capitalist.