"You need to stay in Washington a little longer and wait for the end result - or if the situation turns in our favor. Pen %Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info and there are special moments where you can also play an important role. ”

At the end of the conversation, Bush made a suggestion to Qin Lang, and Qin Lang accepted it without thinking about anything. While this would allow Rachel to postpone her trip, such a postponement would undoubtedly be necessary in order to prevent the federal high court from passing a ruling in favor of racists.

Rachel must be able to see this very correctly.

"She will support my decision." Qin Lang was full of confidence, "For the sake of her little Yi Shui, Rachel will take any means she knows." ”

That was true, but his mocking tone made Elizabeth furrow her eyebrows almost imperceptibly. "Actually, it's a good thing, but when you say it, it completely changes." She reproached, "You should be a little more mindful of the tone in which you speak." ”

"Of course, I'll take note, Elizabeth."

An almost perfunctory answer, but still satisfied, she nodded, and then asked, "What are you going to do during your time in Washington?" ”

Qin Lang shrugged. "Wait patiently."

Except when necessary, he only had to wait patiently - but by no means wait like a fool and do nothing; How could he possibly let go of an opportunity to establish contacts with the Republicans among them, almost exclusively in Washington, where the most important political figures in the United States of America are concentrated?

Qin Lang knew that he could smoothly join the circle of the Republican Party...... In fact, he was already in this circle, and now he was only going from a small circle at the bottom to a circle that was almost at the top of the pyramid, and at the same time smaller. And he has the right intermediary, and Senator Bush can be a good bridge, and in fact he is.

When Qin Lang decided to stay in Washington for the time being and de facto settle down, Samuel . Bush began to lead him to various gatherings of Republicans: senators' gatherings, congressmen's gatherings, or, more ordinary, but more attended Republican rallies with a larger number of participants...... From a small salon with only a few people to a large drinking party attended by hundreds of people, as long as Bush attends, Qin Lang will definitely be seen.

And to a large extent, these actions were voluntarily taken by the senators rather than at Qin Lang's request.

Although it is not clear why Bush appears to be so enthusiastic, perhaps just to satisfy the curiosity of those congressmen who have only heard of Qin Lang's name but have not actually met him, Qin Lang is more concerned about the results of these activities and is very satisfied.

He managed to meet many political figures of value to him: almost all Republican senators, most Republican House members, leading Republicans in the Washington area, and William Brown. McKinley's campaign aides -- but he didn't meet McKinley directly -- of course the acquaintance was just the beginning, but Qin Lang managed to get the attention of most people and have close conversations with some of them.

His actions have been fruitful. Although in the eyes of lawmakers and Republican leaders, he is still just a Chinese with a reputation but still a low status, Qin Lang's gain is that the next time he contacts these people, they will not even know who he is.

As long as these big shots remember who he is, they can have deep conversations and make some deals. This was a factor of great significance for those of his plans.

By contrast, his other friend in Washington, Deputy Secretary of the Navy Harriman, presented him with a rather inferior task: all Navy and Marine Corps officers, with the exception of George Murphy, who would command the Asian Fleet in an attack on the Philippines in the Spanish-American War. Brigadier General Dewey, the others are all colonel-level officers - although they are very senior ranks in the American army, Qin Lang always deals with big shots, and there are already several lieutenant colonels in the Umbrella company, and the class of these officers really can't be taken seriously.

However, Qin Lang still had to establish a friendly relationship with them, and he couldn't afford to ignore them. In that large-scale military operation two years later, the company's mercenaries will fight alongside the navy. Even if it was just to prevent the navy from hitting the troops with shells - which was always the case - the relationship with naval officers was very important, not to mention Qin Lang's desire for accurate artillery support.

And he has other arrangements. To put it simply, in order to successfully realize one of his many plans, Qin Lang would need to personally command the troops to go to the battlefield and obtain a high enough military rank and a Congressional Medal of Honor for himself. Therefore, these officers he now knows may become his peers, or even superiors...... Of course, in theory, only Dewey could be his superior.

Qin Lang predicted that if he led a 20,000-strong "volunteer force" to the Philippines, Congress would grant him the rank of brigadier general, but Dewey would become the supreme commander on the battlefield and would likely be temporarily promoted to rear admiral. In this way, if he still wants to get the Medal of Honor, although Bush assures that he will be able to get it, according to normal procedure, he must first get Dewey's recommendation, otherwise things will not go well.

Even, if he wasn't so lucky, he would have lost that medal.

Theodore. Roosevelt lost his Medal of Honor because he was not recommended by his superiors, and although he was posthumously awarded by Congress in 2001, Qin Lang didn't want the same story to happen to him - he hated it, and he might not get it posthumously.

That was undoubtedly an extremely unfortunate thing......

Retracting his thoughts slightly, Qin Lang turned to the naval officers who were having a lively conversation and skillfully entered their conversation. "Senator Dillman's proposal to build a new type of battleship, although not as powerful as he stressed to the Naval Affairs Committee, still far surpasses any battleship of the navies, including those that are being built on slipways and are still in the drawing stages."

At the gathering of naval officers, new warships are definitely one of the hottest topics, and the "dreadnought" battleships thrown by Qin Lang are the central topic at present. Of course, Dillman deliberately concealed that this was actually his idea when he made his case to the Naval Affairs Committee. Although this was exactly the situation in his plan, Qin Lang was still depressed for a while.

Of course, it was only for a brief moment, and no one noticed it.

Dewey turned to him and nodded. "The Navy is making a request to the Senate to build an experimental warship so that Senate members can understand the extent to which such a warship can enhance the U.S. Navy's maritime capabilities. Once we do this and build a sufficient number of new battleships, the Royal Navy will no longer be a formidable threat. ”

At this moment, a guard walked into the room. Qin Lang turned around. "What's the matter, Santos."

"Senator Bush is here, right next door." The guard replied succinctly. "He's going to see you right away, boss."

Qin Lang nodded, turned around and apologized to the naval officers, and then quickly came to the next room. Samuel. Bush was going back and forth in circles, and the muscles in his face were completely tense, as if something big had happened -- and something big that could make a senator anxious.

Qin Lang secretly guessed, but his expression did not change, and his tone was calm. "Mr. Bush, what's the matter with you?"

At this time, Bush also saw him, and the senator immediately shouted. "Horace. Gray resigned. Qin, did you do something? ”

"What do you mean?" Qin Lang didn't understand. "Also, why did Gray suddenly announce his resignation?"

Things are strange. After he told Bush that Gray should be ousted, Justice Gray refused to do so, despite the many ways Republican politicians tried to get the isolationist to resign, which seemed to be the main reason they decided to get him out. Of course, the president has the power to remove a judge from office, but Cleveland has likewise rejected Republican demands.

As a result, the situation is at an impasse; After two weeks of hard work, everything is still at square one.

But now the tide has suddenly turned, why?

"Actually, I want to know too." Qin Lang's confused expression made Bush also confused, "Look, I always thought it was you who did something in secret. ”

"How do you think that?" Qin Lang showed an angry expression. If it really makes people think that he did something to Gray, then he has to find a way to escape to Mexico. "Mr. Bush, you should know that this kind of speculation is enough to kill me."

"But it's really weird, isn't it?"

"Isn't it a bit far-fetched to just use 'weird' as a reason to doubt me?"

"But you once said that if there is something wrong with the heart of a sixty-eight-year-old man, it is definitely not something to be surprised about." Bush thought for a moment, "You said that, didn't you?" ”

Qin Lang didn't remember saying that at all—although he did have such thoughts, and he knew how to make people look like they were dying of a myocardial infarction. But even if he had said so, there was no reason to doubt him, and no one yet knew which chemicals could produce such an effect.

And Gray didn't die either, he just resigned...... Wait a minute. "Why did he resign? Heart disease? ”

"No, yesterday morning he fell down the stairs of his house and the doctor told him to recuperate." Bush said. "You know, it looks weird, even though people fall down the stairs every day."

Indeed it is. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )