Illinois, USA.

Lincoln made a name for himself in Springfield due to his victory over James Shields in a previous duel.

Springfield is located on the banks of the Sangamon River, and it is better known by the city of Springfield.

However, because Lincoln made the gang lose money, although the reputation was good, it was not very good. Like Scarface, the despicable sneak attacker, the man who wins on his knees, the murderer

Either way, he did get more attention and a lot more voice.

Of course, this is also due to Lincoln's talent for oratory, he always brings people on stage to the emotions and makes everyone listen to him.

Some were born politicians, and Lincoln is said to have been a stutterer, but by this time he had already learned to agitate the populace and promote himself, and everyone was impressed by his speeches.

In fact, the United States has always had discussions about slavery, and Lincoln's views are not very popular, because no matter what he says, the interests of the American South will never change.

Because no matter how lofty the rhetoric is, it is the interests of the Southerners that are ultimately infringed, and these views are to a certain extent contrary to the spirit of the U.S. Constitution.

Lincoln knew that he would be bored if he said anything, so he would distance himself from the men, and he would return to his office in the courthouse hall and listen through the window in the courthouse wall.

After all, Lincoln was a politician, and he needed to know what people were discussing and what people were interested in

Once, while Lincoln was taking a nap in his office, he heard a noise outside, and he got up and went out to find his friend Baker under siege.

In fact, Mr. Baker was exposing the Democrats for taking bribes, but he had no evidence, but it was not a false accusation, because bribery was very common at the time.

But it is a shame for Mr. Baker to attack his opponent for taking bribes without even proof, after all, almost every official in the halls of the Springfield courthouse has been bribed.

With a loud bang, someone jumped from the window on the second floor and landed firmly on the marble floor in the hall. Then the man walked up to the podium in three steps and two steps, and it was none other than Lincoln, who had just been resting on the second floor.

"Please be quiet, citizens. We in the United States support free speech! Mr. Baker has the right to speak here, so please do not interrupt him! ”

Lincoln was tall and imposing, and what he said was reasonable, so naturally no one had the heart to argue. In addition, at this time, he was scanning the crowd in the hall with an unkind gaze, and these people did not even have the courage to look at him.

After all, "Scarface" is not called for nothing, so Lincoln stood up for his friends and showed his face in the Republican Party.

Of course, what really made him prestige in the Republican Party was that Lincoln could not only help others, but also easily erase the achievements of others.

Once, when the Democrats exposed the problem of Republican abuse of power, Lincoln imitated the other party, and for a while the sound of ridicule and heckling was endless, and the former could not continue at all, but Ren repeatedly reiterated that this was his speech and no one paid attention, and finally he could only leave the scene angrily in protest.

Compared to the constant response when he was away, Lincoln was reluctant when he was at home.

Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, came from a prominent family, her ancestors fought in the American Revolution, the family had generals and governors, and even her father was now the president of the Bank of Kentucky.

Mary Todd was elegant, elegant, and well-educated, but she was impulsive and irritable due to her birth and childhood, so she did not get along well with the people around her.

In addition, he always said to his sister: "I want to be the president's wife." ”

This made many people think she was crazy, but Mary Todd didn't think so and continued to go her own way.

Even after Lincoln married, Mary Todd made no secret of her ambitions.

A lady teased Mary Todd at the tea party.

"Dear Mary, can your husband Abraham become president?"

"Of course!" The latter replied without hesitation.

Such a quick and decisive answer made the ladies who were ready to watch the show a little embarrassed.

Mary Todd was very strict with Lincoln, even to the point of being picky. Whatever the latter does, it will always cause the former to be dissatisfied.

Fortunately, Lincoln himself was more open-minded in this regard, and family matters did not involve him too much energy.

Lincoln had little interest in his young and beautiful wife, no interest in delicious food, and no interest in children.

Lincoln's children often crawled on top of him, pulled his hair, and yelled at him, but the former paid little attention.

As a lawyer, Lincoln was strict about others to obey the law, but he was too indulgent to his own family.

Lincoln was once playing chess with a judge, probably because his wife called him to dinner on a whim, and he only responded to it casually.

"Just come, just come."

Then the children came to Lincoln and said that they were starving, but the latter remained indifferent.

The third time, the children came to call Lincoln again, and the latter still coped with a few simple sentences.

So his eldest son, Robert, kicked the chessboard away, and the pieces flew everywhere, almost splashing in the judge's face.

Lincoln just smiled at the guest.

"Mr. Judge, I think we'll have to find another time."

Lincoln had no intention of teaching the child a lesson, and the judge naturally did not dare to say anything to the son-in-law of the congressman, so he could only hastily eat and leave.

Both Lincoln and Mary Todd were very loose in their discipline of their children, which made them lawless, and they liked to hide behind the fence of their homes and attack pedestrians' hats with long wooden sticks.

But Lincoln didn't teach the bears a lesson, but simply told them to be careful, because it might make people angry.

This doting also doomed his children to nothing.

Naturally, no one in history dared to do anything to Councilman Lincoln's family, but in this life, he offended three of the biggest local gangsters because of a duel.

At that time, 100,000 dollars was not a small amount, although it was only a dispensable income for Frantz, but it was their blood and sweat for the three major gangster families in Springfield City.

And this account will not be credited to Franz or John Taylor, then it can only be credited to Lincoln.

At the same time, the discussion about slavery was suppressed by another matter.

That's the threat from Texas, and the French actually outdo Mexico in North America, especially in terms of threat.

The strength of the French army is still fresh in the memory of every American who participated in the Battle of Texas.

The French infantry could withstand the charge of the American cavalry, and the French cavalry could easily disperse the American infantry, especially when the cavalry of both sides was fighting against each other.

(End of chapter)