His Majesty the Emperor and his Prime Minister walked into their own cars while talking. Under the protection of a large group of guard military vehicles, they drove towards Chaoyang Gate, where a towering building towering into the clouds stood in the sunshine.
Yang Feng's Empire State Building is completed.
This skyscraper, which took nearly 10,000 workers and took more than a year to build, used more than 60,000 tons of steel alone. It has attracted the attention of the entire world since the day it was started, and it is even regarded as a god to the Chinese.
The People's Radio even opened a special column for it and reported its construction progress every day. It can be said that it has touched the hearts of the entire country. Now it can finally fully display its majestic appearance to the outside world.
Although the building structure is a copy of the original Empire State Building in New York in later generations, the decoration style is completely different. In addition to being more in line with oriental aesthetics, it is also far more luxurious than the Empire State Building. As for the original aluminum tower
This time, it was directly replaced with a gold-plated one. From a distance, it looks as dazzling as a golden sword thrust into the sky, and it is more in line with the building's identity as the headquarters of the People's Bank of China.
The decoration of the exterior walls uses a large amount of marble. Of course, it is genuine marble, which was transported directly from Yunnan to Beijing. It is no less outrageous than Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. But with railways and sea transportation, it has nothing to do with wasting people and wasting money.
Even white marble, especially precious stones like the bottom part, can be seen everywhere, and most of them are equipped with Chinese-style carvings. Of course, these are not the same as wasting money and wasting money. All investments are Yang Feng's own, and
For these stone processing, which was originally the most labor-intensive, he even specially developed stone machinery. Countless people in Dali, which was originally an economically underdeveloped area, are now making a fortune by selling stones!
"Yes, this is the taste I want." Emperor Yang said with satisfaction. Of course, he was definitely not talking about the Empire State Building. This building was not completed at once. He had been used to seeing it every day for a whole year. He said
The one in the hall on the ground floor weighs two hundred tons.
This golden mountain was poured here by hundreds of workers overnight. It has no shape at all. It is just on a pre-installed, half-meter-thick stainless steel base, and the molten gold water is poured up at will.
The final product has no artistic beauty at all. If it were not too big, it would be an exaggeration to say it was a golden poop. But anyone who walks into the lobby of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China will feel dizzy when they see this thing.
The feeling. Then the awe of wealth suddenly emerged.
Such a golden mountain does not even need any special protection. It is placed directly in the hall. Anyone can look at it or even touch it casually. Of course, if you go up and take a knife to cut a piece of it, it will definitely not work. From now on, this will be a symbol of the wealth and credibility of the People's Bank of China.
Nothing works like gold in its most direct form.
Today is the day when the Empire State Building is inaugurated. Not only the emperor and the prime minister are invited to attend the ceremony, but also the ministers from various countries in Beijing are also staring at this huge golden mountain with various kinds of shock, envy and jealousy.
, they all know where this golden mountain comes from, especially the American Minister Conger, the loneliness on his face is particularly eye-catching.
This minister to China, who has been in China for many years, can be said to have witnessed almost the entire process of the rise of this empire. Of course, it is also the entire process of the rapid decline of the United States. Eight years have passed since the first Spanish-American War until now.
In eight years, this empire has gone from dying to now being the undisputed hegemon on both sides of the Pacific. In eight years, the United States, which once could reach out and touch this position, is now struggling with division, chaos and even turmoil. For a moment, the Minister has a variety of emotions.
intersection.
"Your Excellency, Minister, has President Brian recovered from his injury?" At this time, a familiar voice came from behind.
Conger took a deep breath, suppressed the sadness in his heart, put on a diplomat-like smile again, turned around and bowed and said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Your Excellency, the President's injury has basically recovered under the careful treatment of the doctors you sent."
There is nothing serious, and on behalf of the U.S. government and people, I would like to thank you for your friendship."
"It's not a big deal, it's just a little effort. A great man like him suffered this disaster for no reason. Both myself and the Chinese people are very happy to provide help." Yang Feng said with a smile. It can be seen on such a happy occasion.
The appearance of the Americans is undoubtedly more joyful, especially after the United States has paid the last war indemnity to China. However, the United States is indeed unable to repay this indemnity with gold, so His Majesty the Emperor generously allowed them to use food
and cotton to repay.
"I heard that the murderer was only sixteen years old. It's really terrible. Why would a child kill the President like this? Is there someone behind him?" Yang Feng asked with a curious attitude.
"The case is still under trial, and I don't know the specific situation very well." Conger said with some embarrassment. He was telling the truth. The assassin was very stubborn and refused to admit that he was the mastermind. In addition, the special nature of this case
Even if he had sex, the FBI would not be able to punish him, so there has been no result yet.
"This is so regrettable. If there is really someone behind the trial, this person must be punished by law. This behavior is so outrageous." Emperor Yang said indignantly.
What he didn't know was that just as he was saying this, a team of FBI agents arrested Mark Hanna, the current Ohio senator and a well-known Republican political godfather, on suspicion of masterminding the assassination of President Bryan.
, this guy who originally died of illness in 1904 just spent half a year recovering in London last year, and immediately ran back to the United States as soon as the war started in Europe.
This news caused an uproar in the United States. You must know that this old guy is not an ordinary person. He started to spend money on the US presidential election. He and the Ohio Gang controlled by Rockefeller almost completely controlled the Republican Party. When McKinley defeated Bryan
He was responsible for winning the election. American cartoons even depicted him as the cardinal who was crowned by McKinley. He was also behind the push for the Spanish-American War. His arrest meant that the Bryan administration was serious this time.
"Mark Hanna? No, he is just a front desk. Behind him are the financial giants, Morgan and Rockefeller. Brian wants to use this to warn the real manipulators behind the scenes, and at the same time tell them that this time it is over.
, not only to let them know the pain, but also not to make them jump over the wall in pain, I have to say that this President seriously lacks courage." Sitting in the luxurious hall on the top floor of the Empire State Building, His Majesty the Emperor held a tea cup while enjoying the night view outside the window and said calmly.
said.
Brian was indeed very disappointed. Maybe the President was indeed a moral model. Even though he was forced to this point, he still did not take more radical measures. Mark Hanna was indeed an important figure, but he was just a political figure.
The broker is just a front-end manager promoted by the real bosses behind the scenes. Catching him can indeed have a certain deterrent effect, but the current situation in the United States can no longer be solved by deterrence. It requires a stormy cleansing.
, for example, arresting these two guys, Rockefeller and Old Morgan, of course, the harm to the United States is not something that Emperor Yang needs to consider.
In fact, after years of hard work, several major predatory figures in the United States, especially the horrific kidnapping and ransomware incident in New York and the series of suppression measures against monopoly consortia after Bryan came to power, are no longer what they used to be.
, Rockefeller and Vanderbilt can gradually recover with the support of crude oil and railway transportation, but old Morgan can only survive hard, and with Brian's current popularity, he wants to use tough measures to deal with it
They are not difficult.
Of course, "caught" is just an adjective. After all, it is impossible for them to personally participate in such an assassination, but they can take some tougher measures, such as forcibly splitting up Standard Oil as they did later. Anyway, they already have the Sherman Act, but this
After the bill was passed, no one took it seriously.
Then nationalize the railways, print a lot of stocks and give them to the Vanderbilt family and the railway giants, deprive them of the management rights of the railways and let them retire. American farmers will fully support the President. These railway giants are
What American farmers hate the most is that if the President launches an American-style campaign to crack down on local tyrants, American farmers will be happy to death.
"This is a smart man. He knows when enough is enough. Politics is nothing more than compromise. He almost lost his life, so he must express something, but this expression will be limited to what he thinks the other party can accept.
To the extent that an important person who does not damage the opponent's core is used to bear the anger, so that the opponent knows that he is not fasting and chanting Buddha, that's it. If it goes further, the United States will be in chaos." Zhang Zhidong said very deeply.
, this old guy has just recovered from the discomfort of riding a few hundred meters in the elevator.
Now he is the only one of the three old guys left alive. Li Hongzhang died of illness last year. Liu Kunyi was a year earlier than Li Hongzhang, but Zhang Zhidong was the first to withdraw from politics. Anyway, if his son Zhang Quan had no accident, he would basically
Xue Fucheng will be the prime minister after his two terms have ended, and the wealth of the old Zhang family has been completely guaranteed.
"It's hard to say, but his move also told those big crocodiles that he is not prepared to compromise on issues of principle. Now it depends on guys like Rockefeller and old Morgan whether they can tolerate this president continuing to play them to death.
"Yang Feng said with a grin. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!