The Valdorf-Astor Hotel, originally two hotels.

The two hotel owners are cousins.

After it was built, the two hotels were connected by a garden promenade of more than 300 meters and merged into one.

The hotel will remain open for another 20 years before it will be demolished and the famous Empire State Building will be built on top of it.

At this time, however, the hotel is a great place for New York high society to socialize, and it is extremely luxurious.

When the hotel was built, the Vanderbilt family, the steel and railroad magnates, celebrated the opening of the hotel with a charity ball. The New York Symphony Orchestra was hired to perform here, the first social and philanthropic community to hold celebrations and charity fundraisers in hotels.

The hotel charity activities that the petty bourgeoisie were keen on in later generations began here.

In the middle of September, the flowers in the garden corridor are still in full bloom, and the shadows and dark fragrances are endless.

The walkers were in a state of refreshment, but they heard a loud roar of the scenery: "What? Cortana is gone? Why don't you tell me when she's gone? This heartless woman! ”

Edith Roosevelt was embarrassed to bear the surprised gaze of the comers.

She said angrily: "You be quiet, this is not the behavior of a gentleman, it will disturb others." ”

She had never seen someone like Zhao Chuanxin who never cared about the eyes of others.

Zhao Chuanxin blatantly ignored: "My daughter-in-law has run away, I care about other people's feelings?" ”

"You're so mad at me!" Edith Roosevelt raised his voice slightly: "We want to find you, but we can't catch your figure!" When she left, the crying pear blossoms brought rain. You can make a queen miss this far, and there should be no regrets in life. ”

She thought that Zhao Chuanxin would continue to mess around.

But Zhao Chuanxin turned his face faster than a book, and the "grief-stricken" on his face disappeared without a trace in a second.

He patted his head: "I almost forgot to get down to business." The Charles Baker who blackmailed you, he was hiding and couldn't find anyone, so he should be afraid. ”

Zhao Chuanxin helped her, there are three considerations.

The first is the alliance between the two sides, and he must show some sincerity.

The second is because of Wilhelmina, who was ruthless but unrelenting, and couldn't let Charles Baker raise that son of a bitch, which damaged the Queen's reputation.

The third is that Zhao Chuanxin deliberately wanted to make things bigger, so that Edith Roosevelt would gradually be tied up with him, and he would be stuck in a quagmire from which he could not extricate himself.

He has a grudge against Da Luo.

So he was going to set up Edith Roosevelt, and he could use this to threaten Da Luo when the time came.

After all, an alliance with the "Butcher of the Far East" is an unacceptable scandal for Da Luo. If you do something out of the ordinary in a partnership, the shackles will become infinitely cumbersome.

Of course, the abacus is very loud, and it is the most embarrassing thing to miss the key person.

"That's an acceptable outcome." Edith Roosevelt sighed.

"yes, yes, Edie, if you can take it." Zhao Chuanxin became hippie and smiling again.

Somehow, Edith Roosevelt got angry when he saw him like this.

She gritted her teeth, "Is there anything else you haven't told me?" ”

"Look at what you're saying!" Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth: "Edie, you must know that I am wholeheartedly devoted to you, and I will not mess with flowers and grass outside, I have no secrets." ”

"......" Edith Roosevelt felt that talking to Zhao Chuanxin was too easy to drive her crazy.

Nothing happened between the two.

The passers-by next to him, combined with the words of the two, cast ambiguous glances.

The story that the half-aged and the spirit guys had to tell.

It made her smoke.

"Shut up!" Edith Roosevelt scolded: "I ask you, what the hell are you doing on Wall Street?" Jesse Livermore and Thomas M. W. Lawson, the two notorious traders, are doing things for you, right? ”

Zhao Chuanxin sighed in his heart, but the dead duck was hard-mouthed: "Edie, I don't know what you're talking about, you wronged me." ”

"Hehe, in that case, that's good, I'm with . Morgan has some friendship, so I'll go and remind him. ”

John Pierpont Morgan and John D. Rockefeller are both the most dazzling beings of this era, and their reputations are mixed.

This product is at the king level on Wall Street, and it stomped on Wall Street three times.

Previously, he spoke out to boycott Jesse Livermore, which caused Zhao Chuanxin to have to start anew, so that Thomas Livermore. W. Lawson leads the action.

Now Zhao Chuanxin is really a little anxious.

He stepped forward and grabbed Edith Roosevelt's hand: "Edie, never! ”

In the distance, the Chief Secret Service Agent, who was responsible for guarding Edith Roosevelt, widened his eyes at this.

Scald!

What's going on?

The first lady had an affair with Zhao Chuanxin?

Edith Roosevelt was also anxious: "Let go, let go!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at both sides with the corner of his eye.

Zhao Chuanxin grabbed her to death, playing a scoundrel: "As long as you promise me not to get involved, I will let go, otherwise I will hold the hand of my son and ......grow old with my son."

"You ......," Edith Roosevelt was furious. Okay, I promise you. ”

"Hehe......" Zhao Chuanxin let go. Come, let's go over there and sit on the bench. ”

Edith Roosevelt stamped his foot, but did so.

"I can leave it alone, but you have to tell me what the hell are you going to do?"

Wall Street is a gathering place for investors and entrepreneurs, driving the development of American industry and commerce, capital accumulation, and economic prosperity.

Edith Roosevelt took this very seriously.

Zhao Chuanxin secretly looked around vigilantly, but said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, that's the case, I bought some stocks." Then let them raise the price as high as possible and then sell it for a small profit. ”

Edith Roosevelt narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is that really the case?" ”

She vaguely felt that things were not as simple as Zhao Chuanxin said.

"It's true, Edie, how could I lie to you with the affection between the two of us? I'll be heartbroken if I lie to you. ”

Edith Roosevelt's head was big: "Ah, okay, okay, don't say any more." I hope you don't do anything out of the ordinary. ”

Judging from a series of appearances, what Zhao Chuanxin said does seem to be the truth.

Even if he manipulates the stock price, it is on a small scale, so it doesn't matter.

Although the agricultural harvest of 1907 was not as good as that of 1906, there were no crop failures and no other natural disasters.

Edith Roosevelt did not have the ability to predict the future, so he could not count the financial crisis caused by "man-made disasters".

At this time, the chief secret agent took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and walked this way.

The garden promenade is a great place for ordinary people to take a stroll.

But it will make Zhao Chuanxin feel insecure, because it is closed.

He said to Edith Roosevelt, "Let's switch positions." ”

Edith Roosevelt complied.

Zhao Chuanxin sat down anew, felt the temperature of the chair, and said with a smile: "Edie, your ass is so warm." ”

Just then, the Chief Secret Service Agent who had come heard this.

He only felt his scalp tingle and his hairs stood on end.

This is...... Have you felt it before you came to a conclusion?

Edith Roosevelt had just sat down, his body trembling, and he happened to see the expression of the chief secret service agent who had come over.

No, I'm going to have a heart attack!

The Chief Secret Service stepped forward: "Madam, it's time, we have to take the train to Albany." ”

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the nervous appearance of the chief secret agent, this is also an old friend.

He first greeted the chief secret service agent, and then exaggerated, "What? Edie, are you going to leave me too? My life is so miserable......"

Edith Roosevelt retreated: "Hello, we're in touch at all times." Don't mess around. ”

She was afraid that Zhao Chuanxin would mess around.

But Zhao Chuanxin was affectionate: "Okay, Edie, when you go back, you have to remember the person who held your umbrella in the heavy rain, helped you hold your legs in the dark, chatted with you all night, rode with you in the car, took you around the garden promenade, and always missed you - of course it was me." ”

Well, these are indeed real things, such as when eating, under the table, Zhao Chuanxin and her kicked each other.

That night, the two did say a few words, and Zhao Chuanxin also saw through her body......

The two of them did ride together, and they also took a walk on the garden promenade today.

But these things turned bad in Zhao Chuanxin's mouth.

The Chief Secret Service Agent pinned his head to it, eager to bury his head in the flower soil of the corridor.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed, turned around and left.

Marcus Nkrumah was watching the horses outside, and when he saw Zhao Chuanxin coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward: "Master, where are we going?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin said lightly: "Let's go home." ”

He was going back to North Taretown to bring his apprentice, Benjamin Goldberg, to New York to meet John Browning.

After all, he was promised at the time that he would see his "team".

The two rode horseback through the heart of New York City.

When passing by a pier in the Hudson River, Zhao Chuanxin saw two people arguing, with a red face and a thick neck.

He likes to join in the fun, and unconsciously lets Yoneyama get close to eavesdrop.

"Fake, don't want the deposit back, I have traveled thousands of miles to bring these crayfish, you don't want it now, who am I going to sell it to?"

"Man, listen to me...... Oh no, listen to me, last time it was because a customer wanted to eat it, and I thought it would be easy to sell, but it turned out that New Yorkers didn't recognize this kind of food at all, because it was too small. ”

"I can't manage it so much, anyway, the deposit can't be refunded."

When Zhao Chuanxin heard the crayfish, he leaned over curiously and glanced into the barrel.

It's really a crayfish, not many people die, and it's still alive.

"Huh?" He interjected: "Where did this crayfish come from?" ”

The man said, "Shipped from Louisiana." ”

Zhao Chuanxin turned over and dismounted, reached into the bucket and fished out one, the crayfish was very large, and he was in a hurry to turn over in Zhao Chuanxin's hands, and he wanted to clamp Zhao Chuanxin's fingers with his teeth and claws.

In later generations, due to the influence of extreme weather, the crayfish in the southern United States became smaller and smaller, and they were not as big as they are now.

He threw the crayfish into the bucket and asked, "How do you sell the crayfish?" ”

When the two heard this, they both looked at Zhao Chuanxin in surprise.

It's not a good thing to do in New York.

"Sir, it's cheaper than oysters, and for every dozen of them, I've sorted them into categories, 2 cents for the big ones, 1.5 cents for the medium ones, and 1 cent for the small ones."

Zhao Chuanxin almost thought he had misheard.

At this time, the purchasing power of 1 cent is equivalent to about 0.28 dollars in later generations.

If converted to the soft sister currency of the twenties of the twenty-first century, the price of about one pound of large crayfish is only 3 yuan.

This is especially caught up with the white pickup.

Unlucky, yang, feverish I was confused, the code words were like a dream, and I didn't know what I wrote when I sent it. But it won't be broken. When I wake up in two days, I'll take a look.

(End of chapter)