America 1881: Legend of the West

Morgan looked at Marcus Hanna, who was older than him, and felt a little funny for no reason.

This old man is quite interesting. When the market was rescued last year, out of dissatisfaction with President Cleveland himself and the Democratic cabinet, this guy actually wanted to be a short seller for the first time.

But fortunately, I held him back, preventing him from being ruined and gaining a lot of respect.

Hanna brought Morgan into the drawing room.

"Is there an ashtray?" Morgan looked at the cigar in his hand, and some ashes had fallen on the expensive carpet.

As soon as he finished speaking, a man came over with a shining golden ashtray.

"When I heard that the famous Mr. Morgan was coming, how could I miss an ashtray?" McKinley smiled and handed over the ashtray.

Morgan calmly knocked the ash from his cigar into it.

The three people sat down on the sofa in the middle of the living room.

"I have discussed with my guests and will provide you with $20 in financial support as campaign expenses." Morgan said straight to the point.

McKinley was still smiling, his expression did not fluctuate much, and he maintained a middle-class gentleness.

"Mr. Morgan, thank you very much for your support and that of your guests," he said.

Hanna on the other side was not secretive.

He and Morgan were extremely familiar with each other, so they directly told Morgan about their current predicament.

"We may be in trouble in the west. If not, we may lose everything." Hanna said worriedly.

When Morgan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

Hannah felt a little unhappy.

He and McKinley looked at each other.

I am very worried now. Why does this big nose smile so heartlessly? Are you laughing at yourself?

"Mr. Morgan, do you have any good ideas?" McKinley asked politely.

"There is a way, but I'm afraid you guys can't figure it out." Morgan still said with a smile, "I'm afraid the rules in the West are different from those in the East."

McKinley and Hanna were confused.

Morgan continued:

"If you want to get things done on the western frontier, you have to find the 'King of the West.'"

This sentence made the two of them even more confused.

They seemed to have never heard of the "King of the West."

“This man controls most of the railroad companies in the West and the lifeblood of the Western continent; under his influence, New Mexico has become the most developed state in the West, and it recently joined the Union and is richer than California. "

"The firearms, bullets and explosives produced by his company are continuously shipped to all parts of the world through ports in Mexico or California every day."

"His Sanjiang Bank is open all over the country and is the largest bank in the west; his border detective agency assists the state governments of every western state in handling their criminal cases and maintaining public security."

"Needless to say New Mexico, he had a huge impact in Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, California, Arizona."

"He is the creditor of the Federation and the patron saint of Hawaii. I think it is not too much to say that he is the 'King of the West', right?"

Morgan poured out this person's resume like beans, leaving the two of them dumbfounded.

"However, this person is Chinese." Morgan said.

McKinley and Hanna fell silent almost simultaneously.

After a long time, Hanna said:

"Morgan, is the person you are talking about named Chen?"

Morgan took a puff from his cigar, smiled and nodded.

Hanna and McKinley are now experiencing extremely mixed emotions.

For a Chinese to achieve such an achievement in the United States, it is incredible.

"So what is his political leaning?" Hanna keenly captured the crux of the issue, "I heard that he had saved Cleveland before and also supported the Democratic state government in New Mexico."

"As a Chinese, he is very cautious," Morgan said. "He has never disclosed his preference in public."

"Furthermore, I want to remind you that he still has a considerable number of Chinese votes."

McKinley frowned rarely:

"How is this possible? The bill ten years ago determined that the number of Chinese citizens would not increase and they would not receive any citizenship rights!"

Morgan laughed again.

"Boy, what year are you guys from? That bill has long existed in name only! In California, New Mexico and other western states, the newly arrived Chinese have obtained legal citizenship through various methods, and they have received good treatment. Education and integration into local society.”

He shook his head:

"There's no way you're going to win the West if you turn a blind eye to that fact."

Morgan and Hannah were silent again.

They had to accept the reality that now they had to win the support of a Chinese.

"Do we have any breakthrough?" This time it was McKinley who broke the silence. "You have cooperated with him in the Wall Street rescue operation. Can you introduce him to us?"

Morgan shook his head again:

"Unfortunately, the relationship between us is not as good as you think. We are more of a temporary cooperative relationship."

He did not tell either of them about his bet with Rockefeller.

Chen Jianqiu is very powerful now, but his reputation is far less than his own, and his strength is not as good as Rockefeller's.

He had a premonition that there would be an invisible war between himself, Rockefeller, Carnegie and this Chinese.

"What should we do? Is there anyone in our party who is familiar with him?" Hanna stood up and scratched his hair.

"Yes, Theodore Roosevelt," Morgan said.

Hearing the name, Hanna had another headache.

"Oh, it's him."

"This man is a thorn in the side. He has a lot of ideas and is not easy to control. He offended a lot of people when he was the police chief in New York, and many of his ideas overlap with those of the Democratic Party." Hanna paced back and forth, very confused. .

McKinley, who didn't speak much, suddenly spoke:

"I really admire this person."

"He has profound knowledge in history and military affairs. I have read his works on naval theory, and his views are very sharp. And I also think he did the right thing about New York. I admire his style of doing things very much. Sometimes our government officials should be as decisive as he is."

McKinley praised Theodore Roosevelt so much that Hanna remained silent.

The two people have differences on many things, but they basically seek common ground while reserving differences. In this way, there will not be too much controversy, but they will complement each other.

"Let's go find Roosevelt first." Hanna made a decision.