Eble is indeed extremely powerful. Although he doesn't say a word, he just stands by the side, and the effect is immediate. During the sixth vote, the number of votes that favored New York's takeover of the Independence Centennial Exhibition finally exceeded half, reaching 42 votes.

The moment they came out, Arthur and Li Mu were certainly overjoyed, but Paul's expression was extremely hard to see.

"Thank you, thank you for your support. New York will definitely bring you an unparalleled Centennial Exhibition of Independence to everyone." Arthur thanked the congressmen one by one, regardless of whether they voted for New York or not.

The members of the parliament were quite graceful. Whether they supported New York or not, they all congratulated Arthur. Arthur also took the opportunity to invite the members to attend the evening celebration party.

Although most congressmen agreed to attend, those who did not vote for New York should have no shame. However, they should not underestimate the thickness of congressmen. The success or defeat of congressmen is the winner. The American political arena is that winners take everything. These congressmen are also fence-between. They can support Philadelphia, but that does not mean they hate New York.

Just different positions.

In the evening, on the lawn on the tidal lake, Arthur held a celebration party.

In order to enrich the dishes, Arthur invited chefs from all famous hotels in Washington, including cold-pin, barbecue, and East-style dishes. As long as you can find them, you can find them at the party.

Of course, the guests' attention was not on the dishes. Arthur became a star at the dinner. This time, New York and Arthur were in the limelight with Arthur. Congressmen met a new Arthur. It is certain that the mayor of New York was definitely not the end of Arthur's career. As a political star, Arthur fought beautifully in this first battle.

Li Mu deliberately kept a low profile and did not want to steal Arthur's limelight, but this did not hide Li Mu's light. It was precisely because of Li Mu's masterpiece that the balance of victory tilted towards New York. Everyone wanted to chat with Li Mu and get to know this mysterious tycoon from the East.

Li Mu refused everyone and had a great time talking to everyone. The congressmen were also very tactful. They just chatted with Li Mu for a few casual words and walked away on excuses. It would not take Li Mu too long.

Look at the people standing with Li Mu, Eble Corbyn, this is President Grant's close minister, John Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, John Vanderbilt, all of whom are famous in the United States, Langkell, Burnside, this is a hot political star.

If you don’t have some confidence, I’m really embarrassed to stand with Li Mu.

"You are so popular. If you were born in the United States, I think you can run for president now." Rockefeller was a little envious of Li Mu's popularity.

"Don't be stupid. It's because I can't run for the president of the United States that they like me." Li Mu knew his own affairs. The reason for his popularity was not because of Li Mu's money or because of Li Mu's skin color, but because Li Mu was not threatening these congressmen.

"Reim, come here and have a drink. I happen to have something to talk to you." Eble can no longer keep up with Li Mu's pace, but he is still working hard.

"About capacity adjustment? Don't think about it. I will not change my mind. Immigration boats must be more than twenty. My factory needs workers, a large number of workers, and the ranch also needs farmers. The more the number, the better. I don't want to recruit those lazy Irish people. They are like elderly donkeys, doing less and getting more. Can you believe it? The money for hiring an Irish person is enough for me to hire two Chinese, and one Chinese can do things that are better than two Irish people." Li Mu first blocked Ebel's mouth.

Corbyn Reim Shipping now has more than 20 passenger ships, half of which run New York to Europe and half run San Francisco to Far East.

Most of the ships traveling from San Francisco to the Far East are propeller iron-hulled ships. This ship has a high safety factor, high carrying capacity, and fast speed. It can drive from the Far East to San Francisco in 20 days.

The ships on the Far East to San Francisco are all immigrant ships. When they drive from San Francisco to the Far East, the ships will transport goods. When they return from the Far East, all the ships carry Chinese immigrants. These ships can transport nearly 8,000 immigrants from the Qing Empire every month. Although this number is quite large, considering the industry under Li Mu's name, this number is far from enough.

Not to mention the manpower needed by Junma Group, Li Mu has put the development of land in Indiana and Illinois on the agenda. Li Mu owns more than 10 million acres of land in these two states, which require at least 500,000 Chinese to cultivate. How many people are Li Mu currently in these two states?

The total is less than three thousand.

What's more, Li Mu had to immigrate to the Youth Island and the Bahamas in Cuba. Both places require a large number of Chinese to fill. Only when all the residents on the island are Chinese can these lands be guaranteed to belong to Chinese forever.

In order to increase transportation capacity, Li Mu ordered ten latest immigration ships from the San Diego Shipyard to increase the intensity of immigration from the Qing Empire, and tried to increase the strength of the American Chinese as quickly as possible.

The Qing Empire encountered droughts and locust plagues this year, while the south was flooded, with at least eleven provinces suffering natural disasters and man-made disasters.

While immigrating, Li Mu was also transporting various disaster relief supplies to the Qing Empire, of course, mainly food. In the Qing Empire, the hardest "currency" now is not silver, but food. It only takes ten kilograms of wheat to exchange for a ten-year-old girl, which made Li Mu really feel sad and angry.

In the year of a disaster, eating is not a novel but a fact. Children raised by their own families must be reluctant to eat, so they exchange it with their neighbors. Such a tragedy is not the destruction of human nature, but the forced and helplessness.

From the moral standpoint of the 21st century, of course, this behavior must be condemned, but when Li Mu was in this era, all Li Mu could do was to exchange food for the children who were about to become food. Even if these children could not work for Li Mu now, Li Mu could not watch this tragedy happen.

Li Mu did hate the Qing Empire, but Li Mu did not hate the common people of the Qing Empire. They were Li Mu's tribe members, Li Mu's brothers and sisters, and Li Mu's fellow villagers. Li Mu could not stay out of the matter.

In order to get the San Diego Shipyard to complete the order as soon as possible, Li Mu asked the San Diego Shipyard to postpone all other production tasks to ensure that all the built on the ship are immigrant ships. Doing so may endanger the reputation of the San Diego Shipyard, but Li Mu doesn't care about so many people now. It is a serious matter to transport the population, and everything else must be pushed back.

"Reim, that's not what I mean. Of course I know that Chinese are the best workers. I just want to tell you if I can also recruit some Chinese workers. You know, we won the victory in Montana. I got two mines in Montana, so I need workers-" Eblen was not asking for ships, but to ask for people.

"Gold Mine? Damn, you're such a lucky guy." Rockefeller exclaimed.

There is a gold mine in Montana, which is a well-known secret. It is precisely because of the gold mine in Montana that the US government declared war on the Indians again. Now the US government is progressing smoothly in Montana, and the war has entered the end, and it is almost time to divide the spoils after the war. After all, Eble is close to the water and gets the moon first. No one has done anything, and Eble has already obtained two gold mines.

"Let the Chinese help you mine? Damn it, you should know that all I got from the Qing Empire were women and children, but I didn't have miners to give you." Li Mu didn't help, he really couldn't help.

The bachelors of Junma Group are already eager to see. There are nearly 60,000 workers in the entire Junma Group, and more than 50,000 are bachelors. This makes Li Mu laugh and cry. Therefore, Li Mu focuses on immigration for women and children. The monthly population of 8,000 is more than 3,000 women. Among the remaining 5,000 people, more than 90% of the children under the age of 12 are children.

"Reim, although I know you are not, do you know? Your behavior reminds me of those damn slave owners. You shouldn't treat your tribe as slaves?" J·p·Morgan's attention was very special, and Li Mu almost became angry after saying something.

"Slave owner? How did the weird idea come from your mind? Don't you know the treatment of workers in Junma Group? As for the children of Junma Group, ask John, he knows the most clearly." Li Mu was angry, and slandering was not such a slander.

"The children of Junma Group are indeed very happy. I bet that 90% of American children are not as happy as the children of Junma Group. The children of Junma Group can receive a complete education and additional nutritional subsidies. They live in clean and tidy houses. Their courses are perfect, and they are quite scientific and set up very reasonably. The key is that they have excellent grades, especially their math grades, which are nothing short of ordinary American children. It doesn't take many years to find that there will be many more young gentlemen in society, which are all Reim's credit." Rockefeller is happy to prove this to Li Mu.

"I heard that there are your suggestions for the subsequent use of the venue this time?" John Vanderbilt interjected.

"Yes, some of them, if those venues are to be demolished after the Centennial Exhibition, why don't we use them?" Regarding the subsequent use of the venue facilities of the World Expo, Li Mu's thoughts are undoubtedly the most advanced of this era.

According to the provisions of the Independent Centennial Exhibition, the exhibition halls of each country and state are constructed by each country and state themselves. After the Expo is over, the use of these exhibition halls will become a big problem. According to Arthur's idea, an auction can be organized to sell these exhibition halls to enterprises or individuals. However, in Li Mu's view, instead of selling these exhibition halls to enterprises and individuals, it is better to convert them into cultural facilities such as libraries, museums, and exhibition halls.
Chapter completed!