The fire burned for two days and two nights, until a downpour fell and extinguished the terrible fire, but two-thirds of downtown Chicago was completely scorched, and hotels, commercial buildings, opera houses, banks, and post offices were engulfed in the fire.

Charred corpses were everywhere on the streets, but many more were burned to the ground by the fire, and others fled to the shores of Lake Michigan in panic to escape the fire, jumped into the lake and drowned.

In order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, the bank staff disinfected the area around the bank for two weeks, and at the same time set up a refugee settlement around the bank.

Although the Chicago branch is not built in the center of the city, it has more financial resources to spend on land and buildings, so it is the largest bank in Chicago, and the surrounding area is as open as the East African mainland, which is used for greening.

"Mr. President, this is a telegram from the headquarters in New York!" The secretary interrupted the odyssey in the office, who was in a good mood and was drinking tea.

Odyssey: "Are they well-informed?" ”

While most communications were disrupted in Chicago, communications on the West Side have now been restored, and except for the West Side, the storage yards on Chicago's south side, most of the city's railroads, and the docks, mills, and lumber yards along the Chicago River have not been affected by the fire.

Odyssey took the telegram and read it, his brow furrowed, and said, "Alas, I really can't be idle for a moment, and how did I not know that Chicago has the existence of the East African Immigration Agency?" Have you heard of it? ”

The secretary shook his head and said, "Mr. President, you haven't heard of it, and it's impossible for me to hear it." ”

Odyssey: "Forget it, don't worry about it, the New York headquarters asked us to cooperate with the USCIS, but it feels really dreamy to immigrate from the United States to other regions!" ”

Odyssey had no doubts about its success, as the Chicago Fire burned down the life savings of many Chicagoans.

Now the streets are full of refugees, if no one cares for a short time, even eating food will be a problem, in fact, this situation has happened, from yesterday to the present day on the West Side robbery has not stopped, it is better to count on the US government than to count on God and his old man to appear, and now fighting on the front line of Chicago rescue is the rescue organizations and churches spontaneously formed by Chicago citizens.

It is not surprising that the East African Immigration Agency appeared in the United States, except for Germany and Austria in the world, the United States has the largest number of Germans, although there is an East African diversion, but the German population of the United States in 1870 still reached more than 7 million (more than 8 million in history), of which the Germans who immigrated to the United States from 1820 to 1870 accounted for about 80 percent, and the total population of the United States at this time was only 36 million (more than 38 million in history).

At that time, the total population of East Africa was about 7 million, and newborns and immigrants of other nationalities accounted for a large number, so it is certain that there were more Germans in the United States than in East Africa.

Moreover, the Germans in the United States are more authentic than the Germans in East Africa, although there are parallel goods in Hungary and other places in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which are also stronger than countries like East Africa, which refer to deer as horses. It is an exaggeration to refer to the deer as a horse, but in fact East Africa is changing the German nation from a blood identity to a cultural identity.

Soon, with the cooperation of the Chicago branch, the East African Migration Agency began to operate in Chicago.

"Hey, brother, where are you from?"

“？”

"I mean, we don't mean to change places, we are looking for jobs for the unemployed."

"Really, sir!" Chicago citizens' eyes light up when they hear about work.

"Ahem, of course, it's not in Chicago, and I need to go to another country."

"It's okay, sir, look at this scorched earth, the owner of the restaurant where I work is probably left with a pile of ashes now, and I really don't know what to do now! My home is gone, woo woo woo ......" said the man and cried directly.

Those who hear are sad, and those who listen are weeping.

"Alas, don't worry, it's all over, it's a big deal to start all over again, what does a big man cry like!"

"You say it nicely, but I came to the United States from Europe at the age of 15, and I finally saved a little savings, and now it's all gone!"

"Brother, you are destined to have this fate, Jesus was not crucified back then, and now God forbid, haven't you met me! I'll take you to a good place, the conditions are no worse than Chicago, but the lack of entertainment and life are a bit monotonous, but for people like us who are miserable, as long as we are diligent and diligent, we can mix well. ”

When the man heard him say this, he immediately thought of the west, "You don't want to recommend me a job in the west, do you?" I'm telling you, I'm a little timid, and I've heard that the West is a mess, and I don't want to be a cowboy or anything. ”

"Don't worry, I'll trick you? Dogs don't go to that place in the western United States, and the job I recommend to you, although it is far from Chicago, is very stable, even more stable than Chicago. ”

"This ......"

Seeing that he was still a little hesitant, the person from the immigration department said: "Don't worry, we are taking the waterway, and today's boat will go from the canal to the east." ”

This sentence is very misleading, if you go by water, it is definitely not to go to the west, if you go to the west, you usually have to go by land, either horse-drawn carriage or railroad, this person thinks that the staff of the immigration department is to arrange a job for him in New York or other cities.

"Oh well! Let's go! ”

He's a very disgraceful person, and now he really has nothing left but a life.

USCIS: "Of course, just follow me!" "It's one to be able to deceive one.

For the next few days, the USCIS was in Chicago to recruit people, although Germans were the main targets, but it was not certain whether it was or not, these can only be judged by the appearance, clothing, and accent of the USCIS staff.

By the way, the immigration department packed up the Chinese who survived the Chicago fire and took them away.

And the staff of the Immigration Department communicated one by one in the not very authentic Far Eastern dialect: "Mud howl, Xu Yao for the table!" (Do you need to work?) ）

Most of the Chinese immigrants are the lowest level of laborers, there is no other choice, don't care if others are fooled, they have been fooled to the United States, what are you afraid of!

There are a lot of Chinese in Chicago, and some of them were lost in the fire, but the number of Americans killed is only 300, not including Chinese, Italians, Indians, blacks, and some people who have no relatives and no reason, and the United States, as a country of immigrants, has too many people who have no relatives and no cause.

So it's hard to know exactly how many people were killed in the Chicago fire, but Chicago branch president Odyssey believes that the number may exceed 10,000, and there are more than 300 corpses lifted from the city center alone, as well as those burned to ashes, drowned, and trampled to death......

The disorder after the Chicago fire made the people of the Immigration Department much bolder, except for the Chinese, no matter whether they were German or not, they all flickered to the ship first, and then pulled directly to New York, and then sent to the sea boat, before boarding the ship, according to the Immigration Department, it was to the South, but the Immigration Department's answer was ambiguous, these immigrants were the South of the United States by default, as for which South it was, the people of the Immigration Department had the final say, East Africa is located in the southern hemisphere! I know everything.

Once they were fooled into the sea, they were taken over by the armed men of the Kingdom of East Africa, and the enthusiastic fellows instantly turned into stern soldiers, and even caused the worries of many real Germans, this would not be a conscription! A large part of the Germans who immigrated to the United States came to the United States to escape military service and war, so in the fear of these immigrants, ships sailed from New York to East Africa.

After all, under the noses of the Americans, the East African government is not very good at openly attracting people to East Africa, and the Immigration Department uses various means to fool people, but not to say that they are going to East Africa.

The quality of these immigrants may not be as good as that of the Germans for East Africa, but they are also needed in East Africa, and many of them are railway workers, which are just right for the next railway construction in East Africa.

Not only in the United States, but in fact throughout the Americas, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico are all targets of the Kingdom of East Africa.

Most of the people who immigrated to the Americas from Germany were low-level civilians, and there were many people who were very poor, and they were not happy, which meant that they could be tapped, and the ability of the East African Kingdom was not very needed, as long as you could speak German, and could go to East Africa to watch slaves and farm honestly, that was a good immigrant.

(End of chapter)