The logic of Westerners is: what is mine is mine, and yours is also mine.

Under the guidance of this theoretical idea, people's greed is endless, and if they could, they would like to have a price tag even for the air.

In fact, Li Mu is also such a person in his bones, so Li Mu is not disgusted with this way of eating more and occupying more, but for thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, one day in the future, when the Chinese straighten their waists and fight for their own living space, I hope that Westerners will not talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality at that time.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you hang, people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, and it is an eternal truth that if you are backward, you will be beaten, and this truth is still taught to the Chinese by foreigners.

In 1875, backwardness also had to be beaten, the Spaniards are the best example, the former "Invincible Armada" has been no longer glorious, the Spaniards can only relive the glory of the old days in their sleep, although the Spaniards still retain some colonies overseas, but it is estimated that the good times will not last long.

After doing the work of the small group, Li Mu's social circle immediately expanded rapidly, and the presidential palace, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and various functional departments from Washington were all Li Mu's lobbying targets.

Such a huge lobbying activity must not be completed by Li Mu alone, if Li Mu convinces one by one, it is estimated that by the time the task is completed, it will be the 20th century.

In order to achieve the goal as soon as possible, Li Mu had to break down the task to Benjamin Harrison and Sherman, so that Li Mu was much easier, he only needed to go back to New York to convince the Manhattan tycoons, and the task would be half completed.

At the beginning of June, Li Mu left Washington to return to New York, and before leaving, Li Mu visited Ulysses Grant as usual to end his trip to Washington.

Although Li Mu once again expressed his attitude when he met Ulysses Grant, Ulysses Grant still did not give Li Mu any promises.

Although Grant also knew that both he and the Republican Party needed a war to divert domestic attention and relieve the heavy pressure they were facing, Ulysses Grant had not yet made up his mind to attack the old empire of Spain.

At this point, Li Mu is no longer in a hurry, when the war becomes the consensus of the government and the opposition, Ulysses Grant will not have a second choice.

While leaving Grant's office, Li Mu happened to meet Senate majority leader Republican James Garfield.

If you want to go to war with the Spaniards, convincing James Garfield is also an important job, although this work is now in charge of Benjamin Harrison, Li Mu still took the initiative to greet James Garfield: "James, are you okay?" ”

"Of course, of course, I'm fine, thank God, you're finally leaving..." James Garfield and Li Mu were not polite, and it seemed that they also had an urgent matter to find Ulysses Grant, so the response was very casual.

The president doesn't meet whoever he wants, Li Mu came to Ulysses Grant to resign, but he only got 20 minutes, and Ulysses Grant also postponed the meeting with James Garfield, so Li Mu is equivalent to occupying James Garfield's time, so James Garfield has nothing to do after seeing Li Mu.

"Hehe, thank you for your generosity, and I hope I can express my apologies when you have time to go to New York." Li Mu was triumphant and not much embarrassed.

The two then waved goodbye, and if the matter was over, there would be no further development.

But when Li Mu and James Garfield passed by, Li Mu clearly heard someone next to James Garfield muttering a certain word starting with "S".

Li Mu immediately stopped, squinting and looking at the person beside James Garfield with dangerous eyes.

About 50 years old, tall, slightly fat, and the red nose on his face is very conspicuous.

"Reem, are you okay?" James Garfield noticed that Li Mu had stopped, but he didn't seem to hear the words just now.

"You haven't introduced me yet, who is this gentleman?" Li Mu's expression was very serious, and he didn't mean much luck.

When he reached Li Mu's social status, if he wanted to know Li Mu, he had to have a certain amount of capital, so unless necessary, James Garfield would not introduce anyone to Li Mu casually.

"Hehe, look at me, I'm dizzy." James Garfield patted his head, and then introduced Li Mu very formally: "Please allow me to introduce to you, this is Rep. Greene Charles from Wisconsin..."

After introducing Green Charles, James Garfield was about to introduce Li Mu again, but was robbed by Green Charles: "Then this must be Mr. Riem of the Horse Group, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Green Charles didn't smile and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't have the idea of shaking hands with Green Charles, and he didn't even bother to do superficial work, looking at Green Charles' eyes, Li Mu ignored Green Charles' outstretched hand: "Green Charles, it's good, I appreciate your guts." ”

After Li Mu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Green Charles's response, only smiled and nodded to James Garfield, and then walked away.

"Ream, Reem..."James Garfield called out to Li Mu twice, but got no response, and stood in place confused.

"A Qing countryman is really arrogant." Green Charles seized the opportunity to get eye drops.

"Perhaps, but you can't deny that Reem has arrogant capital, you can dislike him, but you can't ignore him." James Garfield shook his head, ready to go back and call Li Mu, and then put the matter behind him.

Walking out of the presidential palace and sitting in a specially made BMW car, Li Mu still felt angry.

It has been a long time since no one dared to provoke Li Mu in such a face-to-face situation, so that Li Mu felt a little unfamiliar with his current emotions, and the last time he had this feeling seemed to be when he was in Riverside Town, when George came to the door.

At that time, Amis covered the sky with one hand, and Li Mu was not yet an adult at that time, so Li Mu could only watch Will be forced out of his house.

Now that Li Mu has grown into a towering tree, the once invincible Amis has been nailed to the pillar of shame forever, Li Mu did not expect that with so many lessons from the past, there are still people who dare to be so confident, confident that after insulting Li Mu, they can still live well.

"Green Charles, check this person." Lin Limu instructed Yan Shun, who was sitting in the co-pilot.

Yan Shun didn't speak, lowered his head and wrote down the name of Green Charles in his notebook.

Yan Shun's efficiency is very high, or the efficiency of the secretariat of the president's office of the Junma Group is very high, Li Mu just got off the train at the New York train station, and the information about Green Charles has been handed to Li Mu.

Greene Charles is a native of Wisconsin, worked as a newsboy, apprentice, lawyer in his early years, and began serving as a Wisconsin congressman six years ago, and has a close relationship with Oliver Winchester, who committed suicide in bankruptcy some time ago.

There is almost no need to reason, and the answer is just around the corner.

Green Charles was complaining about Oliver Winchester, and the Horse Group bought Winchester, so Green Charles blamed Li Mu for Oliver Winchester's death.

This is really wronged Li Mu, Li Mu just asked to buy Winchester Company, and did not want to kill Oliver Winchester, and even if Oliver Winchester is willing to take a step back, Oliver Winchester can still be a rich man.

As for why the situation evolved into the final way, it was not under Li Mu's control, Li Mu could make the lives of tens of thousands of employees of the Junma Group better, but Li Mu could not stop a person's will to die.

Winchester is Winchester, Green Charles is Green Charles, although Li Mu should be responsible for Oliver Winchester's death, this does not mean that Li Mu will let Green Charles go.

Just like Li Mu once said, no politician in the United States in this era is completely clean, as long as he is willing to look for it, he will definitely be able to find some stains.

In his early years as a lawyer, Green Charles bribed judges, and after becoming a member of the Wisconsin House of Representatives, he co-sold mines for huge profits, and played an important role in the cooperation between Turkey and Winchester, receiving large kickbacks from Winchester.

The results of just one night made Li Mu feel that he had gained a lot, if the investigation took a little longer, there would definitely be more gains, but it was enough, if he gave the document in his hand to James Garfield, or Ulysses Grant, it is estimated that Green Charles would not be able to eat and walk around immediately.

This kind of person is not worth mentioning, it is too unchallenging to deal with him, Li Mu is too lazy to take action personally, so Li Mu threw the document back to Yan Shun: "Give this to Grover Cleveland..."

Li Mu didn't bother to say what kind of fate he wanted to let Green Charles get, and it must be right to hand over this kind of thing to Grover Cleveland, with Grover Cleveland's professionalism, he would squeeze out all the surplus value of Green Charles, and then let Green Charles be ruined.

In June, Governor's Island is beautiful, with its garden flowers blooming brightly, the lawns green and intoxicating, and the nearly 10-meter-high bushes and trees blocking the view, turning Governor's Island into an independent kingdom where Li Mu is the only king.

"Call Mr. Rockefeller, I'm going to have a dinner party in the evening to celebrate our family's Pan finally coming of age." Li Mu generally dealt with Pan who was flicking his tail around him, while casually instructing Yan Shun, as for celebrating Pan's adulthood or something, who cares, it's just an excuse.

Pan is indeed an adult, and the six-year-old Labrador finally found a girlfriend this year, so now there is not only one dog around Li Mu, but also six round little milk dogs, which are all due to Pan.

To appease Pan, who was loyal, Li Mu went upstairs to take a bath and change clothes, and then came to the Huxin Pavilion with a cup of tea, ready to enjoy the rare summer sunshine.

It's not too hot in June, but in another month, the New York sun can make you hide in the basement all day long.

Gloria, who has changed careers to join the fashion industry, is rarely at home today, seeing Li Mu sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake leisurely drinking tea, Gloria also came over with a cup of coffee, and seemingly unintentionally put the Kun bag in her hand on the coffee table next to Li Mu.

This is a colorful and chic feminine kun bag, the red lacquer does not hide the unique texture of crocodile leather, and the gold "C&G" logo is shining, and it is difficult not to notice.

Li Mu didn't realize it suddenly, still immersed in his own world.

Speaking of which, although this Kun bag was designed by Gloria herself, it was still the inspiration given by Li Mu, and similar designs are standard stalls in the 21st century, so they can't attract Li Mu's attention at all.

The stalls of the 21st century, which are standard fashion pioneers in the 19th century, are the standard fashion pioneers in Li Mu's opinion, and the golden logo that is vulgar in Li Mu's eyes is simply a fashion and luxury label in this year.

By the way, it's not gold-plating, it's standard pure gold, and from this point of view, such a package selling for $99.99 is not a loss to grandma's family.

By the way, there is also this price, without Li Mu's participation, such a package would be either $90 or $100, and it would not have come up with such a strange number as 99.99 anyway.

Of course, as a fashionista born out of nowhere, Gloria can definitely show more than one kun bag.

Gloria wears a hairpin on her head, which is adorned with a butterfly that is about to fly, and if you look closely, you will see that the butterfly's wings are fluttering slightly, both in terms of conception and workmanship.

Gloria wore a sky-blue half-sleeved dress that reached just above her calf, a height that could only be described as bold at this time, and she would probably be turned away from going to church on Sundays.

The style of the dress changed from the traditional style at this time, as little as possible not with lace, and without the support of inflated wire, and more attention was paid to the close-fitting effect when cutting, so that it could more highlight the curves of the woman's body, so that the belt with jade as a decoration on Gloria's waist was more eye-catching.

It must also be introduced that the crystal slippers on Gloria's feet, which are not inlaid with artificial crystals, but are made of high-quality Brazilian natural crystals, and the whole shoe looks crystal clear and seductive, even if it is placed in a 21st century store, it can be sold for a good price.

Wearing such a dress, Gloria was originally very confident of attracting Li Mu's attention, which would greatly satisfy Gloria's self-esteem.

However, Li Mu didn't give Gloria a chance, and Li Mu didn't even say hello, let alone look at Gloria, which made Gloria's anger higher and higher.

"Alas, there is no one who is worry-free..."Li Mu looked at the leisurely ornamental fish in the water by the pavilion, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

It would be nice if people were like fish, with only seven seconds of memory.