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Li Mu doesn't know when San Francisco's Chinatown was built, and what Li Mu can be sure of is that, at least not yet. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Just over a year ago, when Li Mu first arrived in San Francisco, he also wanted to temporarily settle Chu Xue's family here, when there was no Chinatown in San Francisco, and Li Mu did not think that Chinatown would appear in just a year.
"Chinese ghettos, of course, this is a very good proposal, and in fact we have this plan as well." Porter Birrell said yes.
Plan!
This word is used well, if there is a powerful person like Li Mu to push, then the "plan" will become a reality, if not, then the "plan" will always be just a plan.
Of course, even without Li Mu, there would be a Chinatown in San Francisco sooner or later, but for the Chinese in San Francisco, the formation of Chinatown is a history of blood and tears, and it is a memory that the Chinese in San Francisco absolutely do not want to recall.
In fact, the idea of "Chinatown" is not the first in the United States, the United States is a country of immigrants, as the key city of the "Westward Expansion Movement", the population structure of San Francisco is also very complex, at present, San Francisco has Italian neighborhoods, Mexican neighborhoods, French-speaking quarters, etc., plus a Chinese gathering area is also normal.
"Now that we have a plan, it's best for us to implement it as soon as possible, and I'm sure the city government doesn't want to see a repeat of the tragedy." Li Mu didn't want to explore whether Porter Birrell was prevaricating, and since Porter Birrell said so, Li Mu pretended not to know, and simply pushed the plan into the implementation stage.
"Of course, we have envisioned that the western coastal area will be planned as a Chinese community, or Alameda County will be planned as a Chinese community, and both plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, and we are debating them." It seems that Porter Birrell is not a man of his word.
In fact, whether it is the western coastal area of San Francisco or Alameda County, it is the golden area of the future, the current population of San Francisco, the population is only a hundred thousand, has not reached the scale of nearly one million people in the 21st century, the degree of urban development is relatively low, the entire San Francisco urban area, the western coastal area will have a large number of parks and green spaces in the future, which is very suitable for human habitation.
As for Alameda County, in the future, it will be the city of Oakland, where the home of the Golden State Warriors will be, Alameda County is located in the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area, where the climate is pleasant, there is no cold of the Golden Mountain, and there is no heat of the South Bay, which is the most suitable place for human habitation in the Bay Area.
Of course, the "best fit" here is relative to the future, and for now, both areas are quite desolate, with just some potential.
"Alameda County, nice place." Li Mu made the choice in place of the Chinese in San Francisco.
In fact, there is no need to think about it at all, San Francisco is really good, but it is a city with a mixed population, and although Alameda County is now a "country", it is sparsely populated, and once a Chinese community is formed, it is likely to develop into a predominantly Chinese city.
As far as the political landscape of the United States is concerned, a predominantly Chinese city is more conducive to the survival of the Chinese, where the Chinese can elect their own mayor, form their own legislature, and even make their own laws.
"Then it's Alameda County, and the city government will pass the resolution as soon as possible." Porter Birrell breathed a sigh of relief, and it was a good result for the City of San Francisco.
Indeed, standing in Porter Birel's position, in fact, he is also very embarrassed, such a vicious incident happened in San Francisco, although it was not during Porter Birel's tenure, but Porter Birrell also has to bear the corresponding results, if there is no Li Mu, Porter Birrell can implement relatively tough measures to force the Chinese in San Francisco to leave San Francisco, but with Li Mu's support, Porter Birrell will definitely have to rein in, although the final result is that the Chinese leave San Francisco, But the San Francisco city government will have to bear part of the resettlement costs anyway.
As far as Li Mu knows, in the past, after the San Francisco Chinese exclusion incident, the Chinese in San Francisco were forced to leave San Francisco, and that night it rained coldly, the Chinese in San Francisco were forced to help the old and the young leave their painstakingly run home, they were forced to give up all their belongings, and when they were kicked out of their homes, their homes were burned down.
It's hard to imagine what kind of mood the Chinese people were in at that time, but as long as Li Mu is there, Li Mu will never allow such a thing to happen.
Walk!
Yes, but we must leave on our own initiative, and as long as Li Mu is here, no one should try to force the Chinese to do what they don't want to do.
"That's great, oh, by the way, I went to the police station just now, it seems that the environment of our police station is not very good, I want to donate 100,000 US dollars to the city government to build a new police station, to provide a better working environment for our police officers, I wonder if this is appropriate?" Li Mu brought up this matter as if he was inadvertent.
"Of course, Mr. Ream, I thank you on behalf of all the police officers in San Francisco, really, I can't put into words how I feel, this is the largest donation we've received since San Francisco was founded." Potter Birrell seemed grateful.
Don't be deceived by Porter Bielrell, maybe Li Mu's donation is indeed the largest donation received by San Francisco, but this does not mean that the San Francisco city government has no money, in fact, as the largest immigrant city on the West Coast, the immigrants alone bring more than one million dollars to the San Francisco city government every year.
Of course, Li Mu is also selfish, the money was donated to the San Francisco City Government, as for what Porter Birrell did with the money, it was not in Li Mu's consideration.
Li Mu also believes that if Porter Birrell is on the road, then Porter Birrell will give Li Mu a corresponding reward.
Sure enough, before the words of thanks fell, Porter Birrell smiled and said: "Immigration is a big deal, so many Chinese people moving to Alameda County, there will definitely be difficulties in life, and our city government can't ignore it, so let's do it, the city government will be responsible for the resettlement costs of the immigrants, as long as the cost of each resident does not exceed 100 US dollars, the city government can reimburse it." ”
If this news spreads, I believe that the Chinese in the Bay Area will go to Alameda County to settle down, even if there are only 2,000 Chinese households in the entire Bay Area, the resettlement cost will exceed the 100,000 US dollars donated by Li Mu.
Of course, don't expect Porter Birrell to be so incorruptible, if the San Francisco City Government spends a dollar, Li Mu believes that at least thirty cents will go into Porter Birrell's pocket.
What does it matter?
It's all public anyway, isn't it?
"Alright, shall we go to the dinner table and talk again, Reem, aren't you hungry?" Benjamin finally found room to interject.
In fact, in the eyes of Americans, the Chinese stomach is a bottomless pit, and most Americans eat very little every day, two pieces of bread and an egg in the morning, a steak or pork chop at noon, and a cup of coffee at night.
Chinese people are different, think about the breakfast of Chinese people, fried dough sticks, soy milk and tofu brain, just buns can make dozens of kinds of fillings, which is incredible in the eyes of Americans.
This is also for a reason, the Chinese are an agricultural civilization, and the living materials have always been very rich compared to the Europeans, such as the "weapon-grade" black bread that Europeans eat, if they are put in the East, they will not be fed to pigs.
Gnawing and not moving-
After a long time of contact with Li Mu, Benjamin's living habits are also moving closer to the Chinese, when he was in Cuba, Benjamin often went to Li Mu's house to eat, and now he doesn't eat three meals a day without any meat.
"Please, everyone, I have prepared a good thing today, and I can guarantee that you have never drunk it." Li Mu invited Porter Birrell to lunch.
The hotel where Li Mu and the others stayed was the long-lost "Jinshan Hotel", and it was unbelievable that there were Chinese chefs in this restaurant, and it seemed that the Chinese wanted to conquer the United States, starting from conquering the stomachs of the Americans.
Speaking of which, there is no KFC and McDonald's in the United States now, if Li Mu preemptively gets a fast food out, I don't know if there is a chance to make a catering empire to play.
It was a good idea, and Li Mu decided to start working on it when he returned to New York.
Since there are Chinese chefs, then there must be wine from the Qing Empire, Chu Wushuang didn't know what method to use, and got Li Mu a few jars of old wine, which was said to be from the Hongmen headquarters, and today it happened to be cheaper Porter Birrell and Benjamin.
Since Li Mu is here, the dishes must be based on Chinese meals, although the dining process is still Western-style one by one, but the dishes are all traditional dishes that make Li Mu very kind.
The first dish was anchovy shark fin, before serving, Chu Wushuang brought over an unpretentious wine jar, and after opening the sealing mud, the rich sauce fragrance suddenly filled every corner of the room.
"It's so fragrant—it's really fragrant—it's a strange smell." Benjamin couldn't describe what kind of flavor the "sauce flavor" was.
"Come, try this, this is Moutai from Guizhou of the Qing Empire, it's not easy to drink Moutai in the United States, Wushuang will give me some too." Li Mu couldn't help but be greedy.
Speaking of which, all the liquor Li Mu drank before was low-alcohol liquor, and this was the first time Li Mu had tried high-alcohol liquor.
Sure enough, it's still a familiar taste.
Unfamiliar, much better than Li Mu had drunk before.
This is also normal, Li Mu was a programmer ape in his last life, and his monthly salary was pitiful, and he didn't have the capital to drink the best Moutai.
According to Chu Wushuang's words, this wine has been cellared for more than 30 years, and even in the 21st century, this wine is priceless.
It's really priceless, don't look at the box that says thirty years, fifty years and the like, all of them are pit goods, there are really thirty years of wine, no one is willing to sell it, all of them are used for blending.