Different from what Lin Xianghai hoped, Bai Qi didn't pay much attention to Lin Xianghai, and after deciding to support Lin Xianghai against the Spaniards, Bai Qi didn't even report to Li Mu, which doomed Lin Xianghai They couldn't get the latest magazine rifles, and more advanced light and heavy machine guns were naturally impossible, fortunately, Bai Qi finally looked at the same root and the same species, and prepared enough revolvers for Lin Xianghai and them, of course, the enough here is limited to Austin's use, as for those people organized by Lin Xianghai, They were treated the same as the Japanese, and only older single-shot rifles were used.

Not bad, at least a little better than the weapons of the army of the colony Luzon.

"The Chinese in Luzon are also Chinese, and if they are treated differently like this, I am afraid that there will be troubles." Pan Tingzhen has different opinions in this regard, in Pan Tingzhen's opinion, even if Bai Qi does not directly intervene, at least he should provide sufficient support, after all, backed by the Junma Group, Bai Qi has enough ability to provide Lin Xianghai with everything they need.

In order to solve the logistical problem, Li Mu set up a primary weapons factory in the Ryukyus, although this weapon factory did not have the ability to directly process weapons, but it was not a problem to repair damaged weapons.

When the war against Japan was launched, Li Mu expanded the size of the weapons factory to enable the production of revolvers and shotguns with relatively simple structures.

So far, the weapons factory has been able to produce 300 pistols and 450 shotguns a month, which could be a powerful support for Lin Xianghai and the Spaniards, even without American support.

What's more, as far as Pan Tingzhen knows, Junma Arms Company has never stopped supporting Bai Qi, basically supporting Bai Qi a certain number of weapons every month, and these weapons are sealed by Bai Qi in Pu Tian, Bai Qi is fully capable, and Lin Xianghai supports it to a greater extent.

"What can be the consequences, at most half a month, the mercenaries of the Far East Company will arrive in the Ryukyus, and now I don't know the attitude of the Far East Company towards the local resistance forces in Luzon, at this time, if you stand on the wrong team, there will be endless troubles." Bai Qi was unmoved, in the military, Pan Tingzhen only has the right to suggest, so naturally he is not responsible, but Bai Qi cannot but be cautious.

Some things are difficult to say clearly, although Lin Xianghai said pitifully, but after all, he is a Luzon, maybe after Lin Xianghai's family arrives in the Ryukyus, Bai Qi will increase his support for Lin Xianghai, but now it is absolutely impossible, before determining whether Lin Xianghai is trustworthy, Bai Qi does not want to pay too much attention to Luzon, because since the Meiji Restoration that cut down Japan, Bai Qi's goal has not changed - the Russians in the north.

That's right, in Li Mu's view, unlike the ambitious Japanese, the Rus' talent is a more worthy opponent, although this opponent is usually not publicized, it seems that the damage caused to the Chinese is not as great as that of Britain that provoked the Opium War, and Japan that launched a war of aggression against China, etc., but in the past history, the country that really occupied the most Qing territory was precisely Russia, many people like to use "bear" to refer to Russia, but this country does not have the clumsiness and recklessness of "bear" at all, It is like a cunning wolf, constantly inflicting wounds on the Qing Kingdom, and when the war is over, people will be surprised to find that this wolf is the one who benefits the most.

In the past, it was impossible for Li Mu to change, but in this time and space, Li Mu had to do something, so before sending Bai Qi to the Ryukyus, Li Mu and Bai Qi determined his biggest opponent in the future.

Of course, there must be some difficulty, Russia in another time and space is known as the "European gendarmerie", and Russia in this time and space is not easy to mess with, think about those "gray animals" who are not afraid of death in the snow, and then think about the overwhelming torrent of steel, Li Mu has reason to cheer up enough spirit, not to mention that there is no Japanese balance in this time and space, the Russians will be more unscrupulous, which has caused more problems for Li Mu.

If there is a problem, you are not afraid, just solve it slowly, fortunately, the Russians have not yet built the Trans-Siberian Railway, and Li Mu and Bai Qi still have time.

"We have informed our general that the development of North Ezo must be accelerated, and that within this year, the number of Japanese in North Ezo must exceed that of Russians, and that we must establish sufficient bases for advancement to lay a good foundation for the next step." Bai Qi instructed his lieutenant that in military affairs, Bai Qi could communicate directly with the shogunate without going through Pan Tingzhen.

Interestingly, the word Sakhalin comes from the Manchu transliteration, and the Russians could forcibly occupy Sakhalin through the Treaty of Aihui, but it could not change the fact that Sakhalin was developed earlier by the Qing Dynasty.

"The Russians have a vast land area and strong strength, and generals have to think twice." Pan Tingzhen is full of worries about this, in the face of the world's largest country, Pan Tingzhen does not approve of Bai Qi's approach, at least, Pan Tingzhen thinks that Bai Qi is suspected of being in a hurry.

Dealing with a country like Russia must not be as hasty as dealing with Japan, not to mention the fact that the declaration of war with the Japanese government was in the name of Tokugawa's statement, and Russia does not have such a suitable internal response.

Compared with Japan, Russia is a country that is really too big, with a territory of more than 17 million square kilometers, which is more than 40 times the territory of Japan.

"What does it matter, anyway, the Japanese take the lead, and if they fail, they will fail, and they will start all over again, and if they succeed, it will not be an accident." Bai Qi doesn't care at all, in Bai Qi's opinion, whether it is a Russian or a Japanese, there are enough reasons to die, Bai Qi only needs to provide an excuse, anyway, it is not the Chinese who die.

According to the 21st century point of view, people like Bai Qi are already suspected of "crimes against humanity", but who cares, this world has always been a king and a loser, the winner kills everything, the loser has nothing, people will only remember the honor of the winner, and no one will pity the pain of the loser, not only in vain, the British, the French, and even the rising Americans and Germans are the same, everyone is doing the same thing, and no one is qualified to blame anyone.

In the face of Bai Qi's understatement, Pan Tingzhen could only shake his head speechlessly, but after thinking about it, Pan Tingzhen immediately accepted Bai Qi's statement, if Pan Tingzhen had not received Li Mu's support at the beginning, then the current Ryukyuan people may end up worse than the Japanese, so Pan Tingzhen does not have the qualifications to be compassionate, and in this world, Our Lady cannot survive.

"If Mr. President wants to be the Virgin, let him do it, I won't do it anyway." At the same time, Li Mu was complaining with Arthur, and the goal, of course, was President Rutherford Hayes, who was committed to establishing a just and clean government.

At the beginning of his presidency, many people still had illusions about Hays, believing that Hayes had the ability to change the chaotic and dark status quo of the US government, or at least that Hays's election could inject a livelihood into a pool of stagnant American politics.

Now Hayes has been in office for more than a year, and indeed as he promised, at the beginning of his tenure in the White House, Hayes proposed some reform bills for the current situation in American politics, including strengthening the audit and supervision system, rectifying the judicial system, standardizing the power of officials, etc., but these laws did not play the role that Hayes expected, in order not to arouse universal opposition, Hayes did not adjust the positions of officials on a large scale, which led to the current people in the Grant period, which laid the shadow of failure for Hayes's "reform".

In July, Hayes issued another decree prohibiting government officials from engaging in political activities and asked the US Congress to establish a committee of civilian officials to begin reforming the bureaucratic system, but to Hays's disappointment, the US Congress did not approve the establishment of this body, and the decree was stillborn before it was even implemented.

"Mr. President seems to have misunderstood himself, and I think the most suitable position for Mr. President right now is a nun in an almshouse, and he may think that as long as he raises his arms, all the officials who have made mistakes will cry and repent, but he has misjudged one thing, and it is impossible for officials to make mistakes, and he himself is the biggest mistake itself." Arthur was also ruthless in his spitting, and after deciding to form a group with James Garfield to run for president, Arthur has openly sided with Hayes in his re-election attempt, and there is no room for re-escalation between them.

It is said that Hayes has only been in office for more than a year, and it is too early to say "re-elected" now, but the strange thing is that no one thinks this is inappropriate, and almost everyone concludes that Hayes must not have a chance to be re-elected, and perhaps only Hayes himself insists that he has a chance.

Hayes's biggest mistake is to stand on the opposite side of the entire group of officials, it is true that everyone knows that government officials engaging in political activities will lead to corruption, but so what, the general environment is like this, Hayes wants to change all this, unless Hayes has the personal ability of Washington and Lincoln that is far beyond ordinary people, the problem is that Hayes does not have this ability, even Lincoln was killed in the political turmoil, all Hayes can do is to go with the flow, it is best that he can survive the next term, this is Li Mu's greatest hope for Hayes now.

"In fact, sometimes when you think about it, some of Mr. President's political ideas are quite good, especially for us businessmen, a fair and honest government is definitely conducive to the rapid expansion of enterprises, but it's a pity - maybe our Mr. President was born decades earlier." Li Mu admitted that some of Hays's ideas are not bad, but unfortunately they are out of place, which makes Hayes seem incompatible with the current United States.

"Maybe, but he has no chance to verify, when he compromises with the Democrats, he is doomed to be unpleasing at both ends, and now our Republican Party opposes him, and the Democratic Party also thinks that Mr. President's compromise is not enough, wait and see, maybe the good situation we fought with blood and life will be buried by our Mr. President one by one." The accusation was a bit serious, but Arthur didn't want to give Hayes a chance to test, and that's what most senators decided.

"Come on, maybe this defeat can make our Mr. President recognize the facts, let's talk about the state capital, how are the volunteers you formed?" When Li Mu mentioned the word "volunteer", he couldn't say it awkwardly, this topic is also a hot topic in New York recently, it seems that overnight, everyone's eyes are focused on the Far East, although most New Yorkers can't find the location of the Far East even if they hold a map.

This "Far East" is relative to Europeans, for Europeans, Southeast Asia is indeed the Far East, so it is very appropriate to use "Far East" to refer to it, the United States follows the European tradition and also uses "Far East" to refer to Southeast Asia, but in fact, from the map, the Far East is located in the west of the United States, and it seems more appropriate for Americans to use "Far West" to refer to Southeast Asia.

Washington doesn't seem to deliberately hide the news of going to war with the Spaniards, this kind of thing can't be stopped, through a series of actions by Washington, it is not difficult to speculate on Washington's next move, the world is big and small, and there are many Hispanics in the United States, so during this time, some people held a rally in New York to oppose the United States to go to war with Spain, but under the strong suppression of the police and the "men in black", this voice is getting smaller and smaller.

As during the Civil War, although Washington formed two new Marine Divisions, the states still formed volunteers according to custom, don't get me wrong, this volunteer is not the same thing as the former volunteer, the volunteers here are more similar to the militia, even if they go to the battlefield, they will not take on too many combat missions, more to assist on the battlefield.

If you think about it, you can understand that the war between the United States and the Spaniards will be more focused on the level of naval warfare, and the opportunity for the army to play the leading role is not great, and most of the "volunteers" are cavalry, and even their war horses are self-prepared, and Washington will definitely not transport these cavalry to the Far East with their war horses, Washington does not have this capacity at all, even if the largest Pacific company on the West Coast is added.

"It's going well, New Yorkers are never short of adventure, and let's not forget that we're a city of immigrants, and everyone in this city is adventurers, and we've recruited 2,000 people and are ready to go to the Far East." Arthur is full of confidence in this regard, and if Arthur is not trying to assist James Garfield in his campaign, maybe Arthur will put on his military uniform again.

"2,000 people, it's really good, it's better to hand them over to our Far East Company, and our Far East Company will pay them as if they were employees of our Far East Company." Li Mu was suddenly overjoyed, to say that the Americans are indeed not lagging behind in this regard, it seems that every state can pull up thousands of people casually, the key is that these people are still voluntary, what are they trying to do!

Li Mu, who has always regarded war as a business, really can't figure it out.