The traces of the Japanese Consulate in New York and his group eventually became a mystery.

The three train drivers told me that when the train reached 75 kilometers in Pennsylvania, the Japanese Consul in New York, Shin Watanabe, asked to stop, and then led all the staff of the embassy and consulate and their families to walk towards the Allegheny Mountains. Shin Watanabe refused the train driver's accompanying him, so the train driver did not know where Shin Watanabe and the staff of the consulate and their families went.

The three train drivers had no choice but to turn back to New York. It was not until ten days later that William Vanderbilt learned that Nobu Watanabe and his group had not arrived in New York.

Well, the reason why it took so long to find out that Shin Watanabe and his group disappeared is due to the poor communication methods of this era. In order to change the backward situation, large companies led by Junma Group are working hard. The telephone line between Washington and New York is being laid. Perhaps half a year later, telephone contact will be available between Washington and New York.

Japanese Ambassador to the United States Eiro Ueda did not care about the level of technology in the United States, and Ueda Eiro Ueda was worried about the safety of Watanabe Nobuya and his group.

The place where Watanabe got off the bus was near the Alegheny Mountains. This mountain is a branch of the Albachi Mountains. It has a vast range and a complex terrain, stretching for more than 800 kilometers. There are not only wolves and grizzlies, but also large beasts such as jaguars. The organized exploration team dare not go deep into it. What's more, there are a large number of women and children among Watanabebe and his group. This way, they are unprepared to move into the mountains, which is like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger.

At the request of Ueda Eiro, the Pennsylvania government organized a large-scale search of militia in the Allegheny Mountains. The entire search operation lasted for more than January. The Japanese government paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for this, but the search operation did not gain anything.

At the end of April, the search operation had to stop.

It won't work if you don't stop. Although Ueda Eiro vowed to see people dead and see bodies, the finance department has concluded that the Japanese government has no more money to support the search operation and can provide hundreds of thousands of dollars, which includes the friendly support of large companies like the Vanderbilt family that have certain relationships with the Japanese government.

In order to get these big companies to raise funds, Ueda Eiro has spent a lot of talk. Even Ueda Eiro has visited the Governor Island, but Ueda Eiro is also turned away and has not gotten the opportunity to meet Li Mu.

"Don't be funny about fundraising. I would rather donate the money to Montana refugees than to the Japanese." When Li Mu learned the news, he did not hide his gloating.

Ueda Eiro came to New York from Washington in March, not only to raise funds, but also to re-preparation of the Japanese Consulate in New York.

As the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Ueda Eiro is of course stationed in Washington, but in big cities like New York, Japan also needs to set up consulates to better serve its own citizens.

Of course, Japan's national strength is limited and the number of consulates is very small. Except for Washington, Japan only has consulates in New York, and there is not even San Francisco.

It’s not that Japan doesn’t want to set up a consulate in San Francisco, but it’s really lacking in financial resources.

The San Francisco city government and the California state government are not interested in Japan, so the state and municipal governments are not very concerned about setting up the San Francisco consulate, so that even the Japanese government pays for the consulate’s expenses themselves.

Even if the Japanese government lacks financial resources, the consulate’s land use money can still be paid for, but there was another problem when choosing a site. The Japanese government originally wanted to set up the consulate in Auckland, where Chinese people gather, but unexpectedly, the Auckland government rejected the Japanese government’s application for land purchase, saying that there was no extra land for sale at all.

There is definitely a saying that there is no extra land. On the map of the San Francisco City Hall, Oakland covers an area of ​​300 square kilometers, while Oakland's city area is less than 20 square kilometers. This includes factories with huge land. In addition, a large amount of land is still wasteland to be reclaimed, so it is really a joke that there is no extra land.

But even if it was a joke, the Auckland government was serious. Looking at the red seal on the official letter, the Japanese government had to fight the lawsuit to Washington.

It was useless to fight to Washington. Although Washington supported the Japanese government to set up a consulate in San Francisco for diplomatic relations, the official documents were reached by the California State Government, and the state government did not even transfer them to the San Francisco Municipal Government, let alone Oakland.

The United States is also a high mountain and the emperor is far away. As long as there is no war, the president is just a decoration. Even if it is a formal official letter, the state governments have the right to refuse.

This situation also made the Japanese government finally feel a little contempt for the US government. It is in vain to talk about national cohesion in a country that cannot be smooth.

After Nobu Watanabe led the staff of the Japanese Consulate in New York to evacuate, the New York City government took away the land for the Japanese Consulate in New York on the ground. Therefore, Ueda Eiro now wants to rebuild the Japanese Consulate in New York, and the first thing he needs to solve is the land problem.

"Mr. Ueda means that he wants to put the new Japanese Consulate in New York near Junma Forum. What do you think?" Arthur must come to ask Li Mu for his opinion on this kind of thing.

Although Brooklyn County where Junma Forum is located is now under the jurisdiction of the New York City Government, the land near Junma Forum is privately owned by Li Mu, so the New York City Government now has no jurisdiction over those lands. Even if the New York City Government wants to requisition, Li Mu's consent must be sought first.

"Ha...Mayor, April Fool's Day is over." Li Mu blocked the road tightly without leaving a gap.

Sell ​​the land near Junma Forum to the Japanese?

What a joke, if the new Japanese Consulate in New York stands in Junma Forum, it would make Li Mu feel sick to death.

To be honest, Li Mu admires Ueda Eiro's ability to pretend to be stupid, which is also one of the essential skills for diplomats.

Regarding the little bit of conflict between Junma Group and Sasebo Smokeless Powder Factory, Li Mu didn't believe Ueda Eiro didn't know, but Ueda Eiro could just pretend to be nothing and come directly to visit Li Mu without success. This made Li Mu admire Ueda Eiro's thick skin.

"Haha, you should still give people some fantasy." Aser is very relaxed now. Without the harassment of those troubles, Arthur and Li Mu can still be friends.

Regarding the Japanese Consulate in New York and Watanabe Nobuna, Arthur was very satisfied with Li Mu's handling.

Arthur didn't care about Watanabe's life or death. As long as he didn't die in New York City, he would die if he loved him.

"It's not that I don't care about the friendly relations between Japan and the United States. There is really no extra land to be taken out. You know, since the Consulate General of the Independence Centennial Exhibition started construction, the price of land nearby has risen rapidly. At this time, the Japanese wanted to buy land, and I really doubt their intentions." Li Mu did not talk about politics, but said it was economic interests. As long as he leaned on this, even if Grant sent a letter, Li Mu would have something to say.

April is already sunny and spring is full of spring, and the spring breeze blows all over the earth. The cold winter is finally far away. Projects that were temporarily suspended due to the cold winter weather have also begun to resume work.

Because after the Independence Centennial Exhibition, the New York City Government will transfer the main exhibition hall to Li Mu for reconstruction into the Metropolitan Museum, Li Mu is very concerned about the construction of the main exhibition hall, and more than 4,000 workers were used by the workers alone.

After a series of projects such as the Kuobin Reservoir and the Junma Group Headquarters, Junma Construction Company is already familiar with the construction of large-scale projects, so the progress of the main exhibition hall is very fast. As long as there is no problem with the raw materials, it is expected that the main exhibition hall will be completed in at most three months.

People in the 19th century were no less economically than those in the 21st century. The main exhibition hall had not been completed yet, and the land prices nearby had soared rapidly. However, the largest piece of meat belonged to Junma Group. The residential community that Junma Group started construction itself was under construction. It was located just next to the main exhibition hall and was a standard prime location.

The New York City government is considering the incorporation of Brooklyn County into the New York City government management and turning it into the Brooklyn District of New York, so Arthur is also very concerned about the new changes in Brooklyn County.

"Your community has caused me a big problem. Someone in the city government also proposed to build their own community to allocate it to government employees, and also chose the location in Brooklyn County. I really doubt whether these people's brains were kicked by donkeys. Are they willing to take a ferry to work every morning?" Arthur shook his head repeatedly, not hiding his complaints to Li Mu at all.

Junma Group’s employee community has become the most sensational news in New York City. While people are impressed with the benefits of Junma Group’s employees, they also hope that the institutions they serve can do similar actions. Of course, the municipal government is the first to bear the brunt of it. American civil servants are also very superior. How can they lag behind in such matters?

"This is simple. Why not give the community I have built now to your city government. If you find me a piece of land, I will build another one." Li Mu was helpless. Although there are a lot of open space in Manhattan, they are all scattered land. It is unrealistic to use it to build large-scale communities, so Li Mu chose to be in Brooklyn.

This is not a problem for the New York City government. Although the land in Manhattan is tight, it can still be squeezed out if the New York City government wants to take advantage of it.

"Don't even think about it. You can say it out loud if you exchange Brooklyn's land for Manhattan." Arthur gave Li Mu a big roll of his eyes. Ordinary people don't know the value of Manhattan, how could Arthur not know?

"Then you can do whatever you want, don't change it." Li Mu was not in a hurry. Anyway, the residential communities in Brooklyn County are only assigned to workers at the Junma Automobile Factory. As for the employees at the Manhattan headquarters, Li Mu has other arrangements.

Although sporadic land is not suitable for building large-scale residential communities, it is still fine to use it to build apartment buildings. Li Mu has bought a lot of land in Manhattan over the years, including hundreds to thousands of square meters. There are hundreds of households in one building, and there is no problem at all.

"Hmm..." Arthur knew that he couldn't get any advantage in this matter, so he didn't bother with it: "The Brooklyn Bridge proposal has been submitted to parliament for review. What do you think?"

Brooklyn Bridge, another important project of the New York City government.

The Brooklyn Bridge connecting Manhattan and the Brooklyn line was designed by bridge designer John Robblin, who once studied in Germany, and started construction in 1869.

Although the Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John Roblen, John Roblen didn't have the chance to watch it become a reality. Just before construction began, John Roblen died in an accident during a river survey.

After John Roblenin's death, John's son Washington Roblenin served as chief engineer, responsible for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Like his father, Washington Roblen was extremely responsible for his work. From the beginning of the project, Washington Roblen insisted on commanding the construction on site, but the heavy work caused Washington Roblen to suffer from "diver disease". When the construction of the two bridge piles was completed, Washington Roblen was paralyzed and could no longer be able to come to the site to command the construction in person.

However, Washington Roblen did not give up. From then on, the most strange scene in the history of architecture appeared. Washington Roblen used a telescope in front of the window every day to observe the construction progress, and then dictated his instructions to hand them over to the construction staff. Washington Roblen's wife Emily had to learn advanced mathematics and other engineering techniques by herself.

Although the story of Washington Roblen and his son is touching, it is still quite worrying to hand over such a major project to a person with disabilities, so some people suggested that the candidate for chief engineer should be replaced.

Arthur was irresistible about this. For Arthur, the Brooklyn Bridge had little to do with Arthur, because the Brooklyn Bridge was probably impossible to be completed under Arthur's tenure, so Arthur didn't care whether to replace the chief engineer.

Although the Brooklyn Bridge has nothing to do with Arthur, it may have a certain relationship with the Junma Group. You should know that Junma Construction Company is currently the most powerful construction company in New York, and the Brooklyn Bridge is the largest project in New York at present. If Li Mu is willing, Arthur can help Li Mu take over this project.

Anyway, changing one is to change two is also to change two.

"Brooklyn Bridge... Forget it, Arthur, I don't want to be scolded. Washington Robring did a good job, so you'd better not get involved." Li Mu didn't want to destroy this story. Although building the Brooklyn Bridge will bring Li Mu a lot of economic benefits, sometimes money does not represent everything. There are still some beautiful things in the world that need to be maintained by people.

In the original history, the Bridge Construction Committee also held a hearing on whether to replace the chief engineer candidate. As a result, Washington Roblen's wife Emily gave a speech at the American Civil Engineering Association, which was the first time a woman gave a speech on a similar occasion.
Chapter completed!