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In the final analysis, the war between the United States and Spain is a challenge of the new capitalism to the old imperialism, which belongs to the internal contradictions of the white world, and Li Mu can only act as a spoiler at most.

It is an obvious fact that everyone knows that Spain is weak, but if the Ryukyus or Qing countries declare war on Spain, then the provocateurs will immediately be targeted and suppressed by the entire white world, and the United States has no concerns about this, as long as the United States does not try to provoke the colonial system mainly constructed by Britain and France, the behavior of the United States will be tolerated by the "civilized world".

There are also struggles within the civilized world, from the earliest "sea coachmen", to Spain's "Invincible Armada", to England's achievement of the "empire on which the sun never sets", which is itself part of the change of civilization.

Li Mu was able to grasp this, so he was unscrupulous.

Washington also grasped this, so after the Cuban War of Independence, it once again targeted the Spaniards for expansion.

"Whether it is the Far East Company or the Pacific Fleet, our fundamental interests are the same, and Washington does not want to turn Luzon into the thirty-ninth state of the United States, it is just a colony anyway, as long as it ensures that the Luzon government has pro-American attributes, in this case, what is the difference between being led by the Pacific Fleet and being led by the Far East Company?" Li Mu doesn't care about honor, only cares about interests, thousands of mercenaries are put into the Far East, and the expenses incurred every month are millions of dollars, even if the shareholders of the Far East Company are rich, they don't want to see Li Mu burn money like this.

"It's a big difference, for you capitalists, it's just business, it's a game, but for the United States and the War Department, it's our first step out of the country, it's a test of the whole capitalist world, you know, we formed the Pacific Fleet this time, Congress is still arguing about it, this thing is now more than defeating the Spaniards, we want to shut up certain people with facts, let them see the potential that the United States has, which is far more meaningful than an overseas colony." Sherman also had to reveal more information to Li Mu, otherwise with the energy of the Far East Company, they would indeed have the strength to defeat the Spaniards without the Ministry of War.

The war against Spain was the result of the joint efforts of a group of capitalists led by Li Mu, who collectively put pressure on the parliamentarians they had befriended and jointly promoted the determination of the Congress.

But at the same time, the idea of "isolationism" is still prevalent, and there are still many people in the United States who do not want the United States to interfere too much in international affairs, they just want to live by themselves behind closed doors, regardless of the rights and wrongs of the old continent, and do not seek to improve their international status, anyway, this is a country composed of "outcasts by God", from another point of view, they hope to enhance the economic strength of the United States, and then force the countries of the old continent to recognize the international status of the United States, which can be regarded as another version of the "curve to save the country". Although this method is slow to work, it is not risky, and it is still very marketable, and even some politicians who agreed to go to war against Spain under pressure from Li Mu and his gang also think so.

Against this background, the pressure on the War Department's decision to create the Pacific Fleet can be imagined.

No matter how pitiful Sherman said, Li Mu first exchanged a hidden look with Rockefeller, and then Li Mu agreed: "If you insist, then it's no problem, who made us friends?" ”

In fact, each step back is a sea and a wide sky, Li Mu wants that after Luzon independence, the Chinese in Luzon can have a better living environment, the shareholders of the Far East Company want Luzon's market and raw materials, the War Department wants honor, Congress wants political achievements, after the victory over the Spaniards, these things will be there, the difference is only more or less.

"Thank you very much, my friend, I have ordered General George Dewey that after the New Year, the Pacific Fleet will go to the Ryukyus, and if there is an opportunity, George will destroy the Spanish colonial fleet, and then we will be able to celebrate." Sherman also has to take into account the interests of the Far East Company, it is impossible for the Far East Company to cooperate with the Ministry of War indefinitely, the tycoons seem to be gentle gentlemen, but in fact they are all guys who eat people and do not spit out bones, Sherman was ready to be rejected before coming to New York.

Now of course, everyone is happy.

In the original history, George Dewey's fleet set out from Hong Kong to attack Manila, which can also fully see the attitude of the capitalist world towards the United States to wage war against the Spaniards, in some respects, the current Spaniards have become a disgrace to the capitalist world, Spain's defeat in Cuba has sounded the alarm for all capitalist countries, and also given a shot in the arm to all colonial countries. The British, even if they had more warships, would not have time to extinguish the fires everywhere.

Since the Spaniards could no longer hold their colonies, it was better for the United States to take their place than for the colonies to break away from their overlords and become independent.

A few days later, Juan Salvador, the special envoy of the King of Spain, came to New York and met with Li Mu at Castle Clinton through New York Mayor Edward Jeffrey.

Compared to Juan Salvador, Li Mu was obviously more important to Edward Jeffrey, and before the meeting, Li Mu received a call from Edward Jeffrey.

“…… It doesn't matter, I know what he's trying to say...... Of course, we are also against it...... Haha, how could it be, we've always been friends. Hanging up the phone, Li Mu's expression was not very good, Mason tiptoed out of the door, and after a while, Chuxue brought Li Mu a cup of tea.

Chu Xue has now returned to work, not only as the personal treasurer of Li Mu, but also as the life secretary of Li Mu, who has officially appointed Christian Jeremy, the former investment manager of Bank of America, as the financial director of Junma Group.

Seeing the first snow, Li Mu's expression immediately turned cloudy and clear: "How is my little padded jacket today?" Damn, I haven't had time to see her these days, she won't forget me. ”

Chu Xue secretly rolled her playful eyes, and couldn't help sighing: "It's true that I have a daughter and forgot my mother, is there no topic between us now except for my daughter?" ”

This complaint is half-true, partly because of Li Mu's carelessness, but more because of Li Mu's love for his daughter, to the point that even Chu Xue and Gloria are jealous, Gloria sometimes jokes that she hopes to give birth to a daughter too, and see if Li Mu will be treated equally at that time.

It is indeed pampering, it is said that the daughter is the lover of the father's last life, Li Mu now understands the meaning of this sentence, in order to make the little padded jacket can grow up healthy and happy, Li Mu racked his brains to recall the popular toys in the previous life, the horse clothing company has now opened a toy factory and a baby products factory, all the toys and daily necessities of the small padded jacket are special, fortunately, the first snow can provide enough breast milk, otherwise Li Mu will definitely invest in animal husbandry, then maybe it will give birth to a huge dairy enterprise.

That is, the little padded jacket can't speak yet, otherwise if the little padded jacket wants the moon in the sky, it is estimated that Li Mu may invest in the establishment of a space research institute.

Not even this space research institute will be able to produce for decades.

"Yes, I forgot to mention that you're so beautiful today, just like when I first met you." This sounds too fake, and Chu Xue really rolled her eyes unabashedly this time.

"Please, please don't remind me of such unpleasant memories, I behaved badly that day, and if I let Lily know, Lily would definitely laugh at me." The past is unbearable, and compared to the suffering at the beginning, the current life is simply heaven.

Fortunately, since Chu Xue can talk about this topic now, it means that Chu Xue has completely come out of the haze of the past, Li Mu once thought that this would leave a permanent shadow on Chu Xue, and now it seems that Chu Xue is even better than Li Mu expected.

"Laughing at what?" said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and as soon as he finished speaking, Gloria's voice came from the door.

Gloria's due date is in October, as Li Mu's justifiable wife, Gloria has received far more attention than Chu Xue, and now the medical team on Governors Island has increased to eleven people, in addition to Betty, there are two full-time doctors, and there is even a small hospital on Governors Island that can perform minor surgeries including caesarean sections, and in terms of advanced equipment, the level of this small hospital has surpassed the best St. Mary's Hospital in New York City.

It sounds like a waste of medical resources, but in fact this is normal in New York, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, they all have a complete family medical team, no one will say anything about it, this is one of the privileges of the rich, no matter how extreme the reporter and editor dare not put this kind of thing into the newspaper, otherwise the next day the newspaper will attract the boycott of the whole society.

This concept of "boycott" is not that newspapers cannot be sold, there will always be some people who are interested in this kind of wealthy gossip, just look at the sales of the British Sun, but in New York, the energy of the rich is beyond ordinary people's imagination, and another meaning of the boycott is "all-round suppression", although the newspaper still has a market, but it may not be able to find a printing house, and it is impossible to buy the paper and ink needed to print the newspaper, and even if the newspaper has a printing press, the printing machine is damaged for some unknown reason, as for the staff of the newspaper......

Well, at this point, it's almost time for employees to leave on a large scale.

Having money is indeed what you want, and the perfect medical team brings a full range of services, Gloria came to Li Mu's office, even the chairs were specially customized according to the doctor's requirements, and the nurse was at the door of Li Mu's office, ready to respond to any emergencies at any time.

"Why are you here? Be careful" Hatsuyuki greeted her early and helped Gloria in.

Li Mu's office is on the second floor, and Gloria has to climb a flight of stairs to come up, which is already dangerous for Gloria now.

Of course, both the doctor and Li Mu advised Gloria to carry out appropriate activities, when Chu Xue was pregnant, Li Mu would also try to find time to walk with Chu Xue, Gloria received more attention than Chu Xue at that time, and even Will stayed on Governor's Island early to wait for his grandson.

"It's so uncomfortable, I can now feel how you felt." Gloria complains to Hatsuyuki with a sad little face, an expression that doesn't often appear on Gloria's face.

"Hold on for another month, and then you'll know that the hard work is worth it." Chu Xue comforted Gloria, and there was no bloody drama.

To say that this era is indeed a man's paradise, perhaps the feminist movement has not yet risen, including women with a certain social status like Gloria, and there is not much belief in self-determination, not to mention Chu Xue, the Qing Dynasty is still popular with three wives and four concubines, Chu Xue has been educated since childhood is three from four virtues, and there is no guilt for Gloria, the "eldest woman".

"Suddenly a question came to mind, after our children are born, they are only one year younger than the second, and when the time comes, will our children be called the second uncle, will they feel embarrassed?" Li Mu looked at the pot-bellied Gloria and suddenly thought of this question.

This kind of thing seems to be very normal, especially in the Qing Kingdom, men get married in their teens, and they can still take concubines at the age of sixty, and it is possible that they will have children by the age of twenty, so after a few decades, the gap between the children is indeed very large.

It is also normal in the West, Chaplin married 18-year-old Una when he was 54 years old, and they had eight children together, and when the last child was born, Chaplin was already 70 years old.

Yes, don't doubt it, men's reproductive abilities are so powerful.

"What's so strange about that, Claudia is still very young, he is not much older than me." Gloria is also relieved now, she is already a mother who is about to become a mother, Will should also have her own life, and Will has done what Will should do as a father by raising Gloria and Sandy over the years.

Well, in fact, Li Mu is also clear, Claudia is only three years older than Gloria, and when she was with Will, Claudia was not yet 20 years old, if this is the case, maybe Will's children will be as old as her grandson in the future.

After chatting for a while, Li Mu looked at his watch and was reluctant to get up: "I'm really sorry, I'm going out, Edward has made an appointment with me, and I will come back as soon as possible." ”

Although Li Mu didn't want to say too much, Gloria still felt keenly: "Spaniards? ”

"Yes, the envoy of the King of Spain, he just went to Washington, and he probably hit a nail, and now he wants to come to New York to try his luck, if it weren't for Edward's connection, I wouldn't want to see him." Li Mu really didn't want to go, they had already started fighting, what else could they say, it was impossible for the shareholders of the Far Eastern Company to watch the cooked duck fly away, unless the King of Spain compensated the shareholders for their losses.

No, not even if you lose money.

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