It turns out that parliamentarians also have the right to abstain, which is one of the rights of parliamentarians.

Although the words are a bit twisted, but the problem is thirty-one votes against thirty-one votes, which is more difficult, Brian pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose, scanned the audience with indifferent and emotionless eyes, and then announced: "Adjourn for fifteen minutes." ”

It's a good idea to calm down the MPs and give Arthur and Paul time to pull the ballots.

Li Mu still noticed that Brian was not very satisfied with this result, and it was understandable that Brian was from Philadelphia, and this guy definitely supported Philadelphia to continue to host the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, and now the Senate vote is half to half, so this should be a provocation to Brian's authority.

However, there was no time to care about Brian's attitude, and as soon as Brian announced his break, Arthur and Rockefeller immediately began to act, and went to the senators who were uncertain to try to get them to support New York to take over the Centennial Exhibition of Independence.

It's the same with Paul's side, everyone is very busy at this time, mainly those who abstained just now, and now a total of 62 senators have expressed their attitude, these 62 people ignore it for the time being, and the target of the lobbying is the dozen senators who abstained, as long as one can be convinced, then maybe the stalemate will be changed next.

The lawmakers seemed to be accustomed to the situation, and Brian had just announced his break, and the lawmakers were immediately like schoolchildren after school, chatting with each other, drinking water when they should drink, letting off steam, and a few who had gone out to smoke.

These few people who have been addicted to smoking have learned badly, and they are proper repeaters.

Arthur and Rockefeller were busy canvassing votes, and Li Mu was not idle, so he went out and turned left and went to the House of Representatives.

According to the information that Li Mu knew, James Garfield and Senate Speaker Bryan were good friends, and if James Garfield could do Brian's ideological work through James Garfield, then New York would definitely win the vote.

To Li Mu's surprise, James Garfield was not in the House of Representatives.

This is also normal, James Garfield has an office in Washington, and James Garfield should usually stay in his office except for the House of Representatives.

According to the parliamentary calendar, the House of Representatives and the Senate have about 90 meeting days a year, and during these 90 days, the House of Representatives and the Senate deal with more than 2,500 issues, so in general, the members are always busy, and they are not as idle as Li Mu.

The break was only a short fifteen minutes, not enough for Li Mu to go to James Garfield's office, and when Li Mu returned to the Senate hall, voting had begun again.

"We have the strongest economy, the most powerful government agencies, as long as we put the Centennial Exhibition of Independence in New York, we promise not to pay a penny in Washington, not to engage in any apportionment, not even to rely on the sale of bonds and souvenirs to raise funds, what are we hesitating about? Cast your vote, New York, New York, New York! Arthur was desperately canvassing for New York, trying to get the lawmakers who had just abstained from voting to choose New York.

Paul also did not give up, when Arthur canvassed, Paul was also clamoring hard: "We should start from the beginning, the people of Philadelphia have invested two years of hard work for the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, our initial investment has exceeded two million dollars, these investments must not be wasted, Philadelphia has the ability and confidence to do a good job of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, we only need your trust again——"

The result of the two people canvassing together is that they don't give in to each other, and they can't hear what they are talking about, let alone those parliamentarians, Li Mu noticed that some of the older parliamentarians subconsciously covered their ears, obviously unable to stand the noise of Arthur and Paul.

Not to mention, the clamor still had an effect, and fifteen minutes later, the statistics came out, and the number of votes in favor of New York rose to 33.

Sadly, the number of votes in favor of Philadelphia was also 33.

Li Mu felt that it was a big trouble, and if the stalemate continued, he didn't know when he would be able to tell the winner, and maybe he wouldn't even be able to eat lunch.

However, the parliamentarians don't seem to be in a hurry, and in the future, Li Mu should understand that it is normal for votes to be indistinguishable, and the winner within ten rounds can be regarded as a quick decision.

"Gentlemen, we should be more efficient, there are a lot of projects today, and this is just the first one, and I don't want us to waste this morning." Brian couldn't help but speak.

Until now, Li Mu finally understood why there were no citizens watching the corridor on the second floor, this is the US Congress, it sounds full of lofty, but in fact, it is all such bullshit, once or twice may still be a little fresh, and no one can stand it for a long time.

Another 15-minute recess, another round of jumping up and down, and the voting resumed after 15 minutes, this time the enthusiasm of the parliamentarians was not as good as the last time, 32 to 32, and there were actually two fewer parliamentarians who made the decision.

The meeting once again entered a break period, and Li Mu noticed that the second secretary of the House of Representatives seemed to be probing his brain in the corridor on the second floor.

Li Mu immediately went out, and two minutes later, the second secretary came to Li Mu's side.

"Mr. Ream, Mr. James is here." The second secretary was respectful.

"Thank you very much!" Li Mu casually stuffed a handful of bearer bonds issued by the New York City government, just this notice, worth a thousand dollars.

When Li Mu went to find James Garfield just now, he kept an eye on it and told the second secretary of the House of Representatives that if James came to the House of Representatives, then he should inform Li Mu in time, and the thousand dollars would be the reward for the second secretary.

The second secretary didn't mean to check whether it was enough, smiled and stuffed the bond into his pocket, and led Li Mu to James Garfield's office.

James Garfield had indeed just come back, the coffee on the table was still steaming, and before he could take a breath as soon as he sat down, Li Mu knocked on the door and entered.

"Reem, why are you here?" James Garfield was surprised, and randomly came back to his senses: "Oh oh oh, the Senate is on the poll, right?" ”

"That's right, damn the vote has gone through three rounds, all of them are evenly matched, James, can you do me a favor, maybe we only need one vote to give New York a victory." Time was pressing, only fifteen minutes, and Li Mu didn't have time to talk slowly.

"What can I do? That's the Senate, I'm just a member of the House. James Garfield shrugged his shoulders, not because he didn't want to help, but because he couldn't help.

"James, I know you must have a way, in fact, you should know that even if Congress doesn't put the Centennial Exhibition of Independence in New York, New York will organize its own fair, then we don't look good on our faces, and the effect will not be good, but it will make people see our jokes, so I think you should tell Brian about this, I think Brian will definitely make a wise choice." Li Mu didn't talk about it, and directly picked out the bottom limit, if I didn't let me eat this pot of meat today, then I would lift the table, and everyone wouldn't be able to eat it.

Of course, this is also because New York has this confidence, and if it were Paul, he probably wouldn't dare to speak to James Garfield with such a threatening attitude.

In the final analysis, the U.S. government is for business tycoons, and the elected government is all about this, and big business owners like Li Mu have votes in their hands, so Li Mu doesn't have much respect for politicians, at least the class consciousness in the government doesn't mean much to Li Mu.

"Reem, I don't need to tell Brian about this kind of thing, Brian must know, although I have a good relationship with Brian, but Li Mu, you must know that I can't interfere with other people's choices, no matter what decision Brian makes, that's what Brian means." James Garfield still has respect for his old friend.

"Okay James, you're right-" Li Mu gave up convincing James Garfield.

Although what James Garfield said was right, Li Mu knew that this was because Li Mu still lacked enough influence in Washington, and if Li Mu could have more than ten supporters in the Senate, then no one would dare to despise Li Mu's opinion.

Out of the door of James Garfield's office, Li Mu looked up to the sky and sighed.

In the center of the roof is a portrait of Washington, on the left is a portrait of Lady Liberty, on the right is a portrait of Goddess Victory, and there are a dozen other goddesses around, a total of thirteen, which represents the original thirteen states of the United States.

These dozen or so drawings are the work of the Italian painter Constantine Brendmidi, but it is a pity that Constantine Brendmidi fell from the scaffolding while painting these paintings and died a few months later, and then Brunmidi's students completed the remainder.

When he saw the portrait of Washington, Li Mu suddenly felt blessed and beckoned Yan Shun to come over, asking Yan Shun to invite Abel Corbyn as quickly as possible.

By the time Abel Corbyn arrived in the Senate, the fourth round of voting had already ended, and the result was a speechless 35 votes to 35.

"Reem, what can I do?" Able was willing to help, but didn't know where to start.

"You don't have to do anything, when you get to the venue, you just stand near Arthur, remember that whoever greets you, don't respond, act like you're working." Li Mu has a lot of ideas, this is to take advantage of the situation.

"Hehe, no problem." Abel immediately understood what Li Mu meant, although it was a bit rude not to respond to the senators' greetings, but Abel did not plan to develop in politics in the future, and if Grant stepped down, Abel would resign immediately, whatever.

As Li Mu thought, although Abel just stood near Arthur and didn't say a word, the eyes of many senators looked at Arthur and they were obviously different.

The senators, of course, knew that Abel was Grant's brother-in-law, and although Grant didn't come, Abel certainly wouldn't be here for no reason.