People can't step into the same river twice, and Li Mu, as a traverser, can't combine Rockefeller and J· P. Morgan: All the mistakes they have made have been made have been repeated.

Of course, Li Mu also has Rockefeller and J· P. Morgan They don't need to face problems, such as race, and skin color, these are all unavoidable by Li Mu, in this era, Li Mu has to face problems, certainly than Rockefeller and J· P. Morgan: They have more and more complex problems.

Another example is the "Anti-Monopoly Law", if Rockefeller does Li Mu's degree, then Rockefeller basically does not have to worry about any problems, but for Li Mu, he is not doing enough now, to let more people get rid of their prejudice against skin color, just like accepting Standard Oil to accept the Junma Group, Li Mu has a lot to do, and the spin-off company is only part of it.

"It's a good idea to spin off a company into different companies to deal with congressional criticism, but we can do it more thoroughly, and Neil Felton proposed the Antitrust Act, and we're going to discredit Neil Felton so that if anyone wants to do something like that in the future, they'll have to think more." Rockefeller has never been merciful in dealing with the enemy, and according to Rockefeller's idea, he directly sent someone to throw Neil Felton into the Caribbean.

Don't think that Rockefeller doesn't dare to do this, cutting off people's money is like killing parents, senators are very deterrent to ordinary people, but for Rockefeller, senators are really nothing, even if they are presidents, as long as they offend Rockefeller's interests, Rockefeller will not give in.

"I don't want to be the enemy of the people." Li Mu is not as brutal as Rockefeller, maybe in another twenty years, when the new generation of Chinese begins to become the backbone of society, Li Mu will be more unscrupulous, not yet, Li Mu can deal with Simon Steele, can deal with Ryan Brooke, but for Neil Felton, Li Mu is still more cautious.

Since coming to this era, in fact, Li Mu has been trying his best to avoid direct conflict with the establishment, over the years, Li Mu was more ruthless to Oliver Winchester when he annexed Winchester, and more often, Li Mu tried his best to hide himself behind the scenes, not standing on the front line of the conflict, which made Li Mu seem to be famous, but in the United States, within the Republican Party, in fact, Li Mu's reputation is still good, after all, Li Mu is not much of a threat because of his birth nationality, and Time Magazine Giving Li Mu too many points has won more advantages for Li Mu, but it has also made Li Mu a lot less deterrent.

"With John, you can't be too greedy, Reem is doing the right thing." J· P. Morgan and Li Mu maintain the same position on this issue, which makes Rockefeller have nothing to say, two to one, Rockefeller can not care about Neil Felton, but he can't care about Li Mu and J. P. Morgan.

In mid-July, according to the agreement between the Pacific Company and the Russians, the dispute over Sakhalin, which lasted for nearly a year and a half, gradually subsided, and the Russians gave up a large area of the country, including Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, and with the mediation of the Pacific Company, Bai Qi lifted the siege of Vladivostok, and the Russians in Vladivostok were able to return to St. Petersburg by sea, which seemed to be a little farther, but the Russians really did not want to cross Siberia, and it was too far to take the land route without a railway.

In order to obtain Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, the Pacific Company paid a total of 12 million US dollars to the Russians, which is indeed more expensive than the purchase of Alaska by the United States, but compared with the actual value of Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, the Pacific Company did make a big profit, that is, it is stuck at this point in time, because of the threat of white rising, the Pacific Company can obtain Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, if it is a few decades later, when the Russians build the Trans-Siberian Railway, Then the Russians will definitely not give up on Siberia, even if the pressure on Russia is greater, the Russians will not give up.

The reason why the Russians sold Sakhalin and Vladivostok to the Pacific Company was that they hoped that the Pacific Company would become a barrier between Russia and Japan, so that the wider Siberian Plain would no longer face the Japanese threat, and thus guarantee the security of Siberia.

This is a good idea, but it also raises the problem that Pacific Company, as a company, actually owns such a large territory outside the United States, which makes many people start to have some ideas, among which Hayes is the most urgent.

"It's not the Age of Discovery, it's not the seventeenth century, the Dutch East India Company has declared bankruptcy, the British East India Company has also dissolved, and the company should do what the business should do, so it is not appropriate for the Pacific Company to control Sakhalin and Vladivostok, and the Pacific Company does not have the ability to protect Sakhalin and Vladivostok, Reem, this is a very real problem." Hayes personally came to New York, hoping that Li Mu would hand over Sakhalin and Vladivostok to the U.S. government.

Of course, the "management" here is to be put in quotation marks, the United States now has a large part of the country, although it is under the actual control of the United States, but Washington has not set up administrative agencies, such as Alaska, where there is not even a government agency now, the United States will not wait until 1912 to upgrade Alaska to a region, and then in 1959 to establish Alaska, before that, Alaska was just an enclave, and even the Americans did not think that there was a need to set up a local government in Alaska.

The same is true for Sakhalin and Vladivostok, even if the Pacific Company hands over Sakhalin and Vladivostok to the US government, the US government will not set up local governments in Sakhalin and Vladivostok, after all, after the withdrawal of the Russians, Sakhalin and Vladivostok will not even have real Americans, and there is no need for Washington to set up local governments to manage them.

For Washington, the most important task now is to turn Indian reservations into territories under the direct jurisdiction of the United States government, such as Idaho, such as Utah, and Oklahoma, which are not yet under the direct jurisdiction of the United States, and it will take a process for the United States to move to the Arctic and the Far East.

Of course, although it has no practical significance, but for Hays, it is of great practical significance to put Sakhalin and Vladivostok under the administration of the US government, after all, Hayes has determined that he cannot be re-elected, for the time being, Hays's political achievements during his term of office are also lackluster, and there are almost no political achievements that can be obtained. Grant also played a certain role in stabilizing the political situation in the United States and restoring the economy of the southern states, after Hayes took office, he tried to improve the political status of the southern states, and even withdrew the last garrison of the federal government in the southern states, it is difficult to say whether these measures can be effective, it is a certain fact that although Hayes did these things, the Democrats are not grateful to Hays, because the Democrats think that they deserve it, and the Republicans are even less likely to be grateful to Hays, Now even many Republicans consider Hayes a traitor to the Republican Party.

"Mr. President, first of all, I want to correct your statement, that it is not Sakhalin and Vladivostok, it is Sakhalin and Vladivostok, and these two names meet our Chinese definition of Sakhalin and Vladivostok." Li Mu is not so kind, the Pacific Company spent real money to buy Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, and Hayes now wants to take away the jurisdiction of Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok in a word, it is simply a fantasy, Li Mu will not do this kind of loss-making business.

To be honest, Li Mu does not have a clear position for the current Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, and in his heart, Li Mu hopes to hand over Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok to the Chinese to manage, but the Chinese here are definitely not the current Qing Empire, so even if Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok are returned to the Chinese, it will be many years later.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the current Pacific Company is not suitable for controlling Sakhalin and Vladivostok, Li Mu does not want to hand over Sakhalin and Vladivostok to the US government so easily, Hayes wants political achievements, Li Mu can understand, but this political achievement cannot be given to Hayes in vain, it is no longer the time for Hayes to run for president, Li Mu wants tangible benefits.

"Ah, well, Sakhalin and Vladivostok, it's okay, I want to hear your thoughts, what are you going to do?" As long as Li Mu is willing to hand over Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok to the US government, then even if Li Mu names Sakhalin Island "Li Mu Island" and Vladivostok as Gloria, it is no problem.

"What else can you think? I'm a businessman, and it's not politics, not military, not international relations, it's interests that determine my thinking - Mr. President, I understand your thoughts, the Pacific company can sell Sakhalin and Vladivostok to Washington, just like Washington bought Alaska, so the question is, what price is Washington willing to pay? Li Mu was not embarrassed, and directly began to negotiate the price, if Hayes was willing to pay a good price, then Li Mu would not mind selling Sakhalin and Vladivostok to Washington, after all, it is an obvious fact that Sakhalin and Vladivostok are closer to the Chinese.

This is very important, because of the emergence of Li Mu, the United States now does not restrict Chinese immigration, and is open to the Chinese, so over the years, Li Mu can tirelessly immigrate hundreds of thousands of people to the United States, and compared with the immigration to the United States itself, the immigration to Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok is closer, as long as Li Mu releases the news, it will not be long before millions or even tens of millions of Chinese will come to Sakhalin and Vladivostok to take root and land, so that in a few decades, just like Alaska now, Sakhalin and Vladivostok are not necessarily in charge.

This point is very clear in the United States in the 21st century, why many states in the United States are clamoring for secession, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests, such as California on the West Coast, California's heavy taxes are well known, one of the most important issues is that Washington wants to use California's taxes to subsidize those economically backward states, such as Oregon, and Louisiana, which of course makes California very uncomfortable, why do we enjoy the same benefits, but we have to bear more taxes?

The same problem exists in Texas, which is also economically strong, but Texas' independence has little to do with taxes, and Texas has a tradition of independence.

"No, no, No, Reem, Pacific and Texas are two different things, and the reasons why Westward bought Alaska in the first place are complicated, and if it was just because of financial interests, then Andrew Johnson would not have approved Westward's purchase plan." Hayes definitely doesn't want to pay, even if Hayes wants to come up with it, the current US government can't afford it, the US government has now begun to live on debt, Li Mu is a big creditor of the US government, if Hayes wants to buy Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, then maybe Li Mu will receive a bunch of IOUs.

It is indeed an IOU, and the first time Li Mu bought the US government's treasury bonds was through J· After the Luzon War of Independence, the U.S. government owes Li Mu nearly $120 million, which is almost enough for Li Mu to buy ten Sakhalin Islands and Vladivostok, considering the interest rate at the beginning of this year, in fact, the U.S. government wants to repay the debt, but the U.S. government can't do anything, and the interest rate of more than 10 million U.S. dollars a year has been a headache for the U.S. government, Li Mu doesn't care, the interest is not low, as long as Washington is willing to give interest, If Li Mu was not so generous, Washington would not allow Li Mu to control the U.S. military industry, many things are actually an exchange of interests.

"Ha, Mr. President, what do you want me to do? Dedicate Sakhalin and Vladivostok directly to the United States? Even if I think so, the shareholders of San Diego Investments are not so noble. After many spin-offs, most of the shares of the Pacific Company are held by the San Diego Investment Company, and the San Diego Investment Company has not published the list of shareholders, so let the senior officials in Washington be suspicious, the more scruples they have, the safer Li Mu will be.

"Although it is impossible for Washington to pay directly, but Ream, you believe me, Washington will compensate the Pacific Company from other aspects, you can talk about your request, and see how big the differences between us are?" Hayes doesn't want to pay directly, but there are alternatives, and many things are not represented by dollars, such as fiscal allocations, such as policy tilts, which make more sense than giving money directly.