America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 552 The King of the West
Morgan looked at Marcus Hannah, who was older than him, and felt a little funny for no reason.

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

But fortunately, I held him back, so that he didn't ruin his reputation, and gained a lot of respect.

Hannah led Morgan into the reception room.

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

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked over with a shiny golden ashtray.

"I heard that the famous Mr. Morgan is coming, how could there be no ashtray." McKinley smiled and handed over the ashtray.

Morgan frankly knocked the ashes of the cigar into it.

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

"I have discussed with my guests, and I will provide you with 20 US dollars of financial support as a campaign fund." Morgan said straight to the point.

McKinley was still smiling, his expression didn't fluctuate too much, maintaining a kind of middle-class gentleness.

"Mr. Morgan, thank you and your guests for your support," he said.

On the other hand, Hannah didn't hide anything.

He and Morgan couldn't be more familiar with each other, so he directly told Morgan about their current predicament.

"We may have trouble in the west, and if we fail, we may lose everything." Hannah said worriedly.

When Morgan heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

Hannah was slightly displeased.

He and McKinley exchanged glances.

My own side is in a state of desperation now, why is this big nose smiling so heartlessly?Are you laughing at yourself?
"Mr. Morgan, do you have any good ideas?" McKinley asked politely.

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

McKinley and Hanna were bewildered.

Morgan continued:

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

This sentence made the two of them even more confused.

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

"This person controls most of the railway companies in the west, and holds the lifeline of the western continent; under his influence, New Mexico has become the most developed state in the west, and it joined the Federation not long ago, and is richer than California. "

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

"His Sanjiang Bank has opened all over the country and is the largest bank in the west; his border detective agency assists the state governments of every state in the west to handle their criminal cases and maintain law and order."

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

"He is the creditor of the Federation and the patron saint of Hawaii. It shouldn't be too much for me to say he is the 'King of the West'?"

Morgan told the person's resume like pouring beans, and the two were dumbfounded.

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

McKinley and Hanna fell silent almost simultaneously.

After a long time, Hannah opened his mouth and said:

"Morgan, is the person you're talking about surnamed Chen?"

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

Now Hannah and McKinley had extremely mixed emotions.

It can be said that it is incredible for a Chinese to achieve such an achievement in the United States.

"Then what is his political orientation?" Hanna keenly grasped the crux of the problem, "I heard that he had saved Cleveland before, and he also supported the Democratic state government in New Mexico."

"As a Chinese, he is very cautious." Morgan said, "Never disclosed his inclinations in public."

"Also, I want to remind both of you that he still has a considerable number of Chinese votes in his hands."

McKinley frowned in a rare way:
"How is this possible? The bill ten years ago determined that the number of Chinese citizens would no longer increase, and they would not receive any citizenship rights!"

Morgan laughed again.

"You two, what year are you in the old calendar? 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 been well received. Education, integration into the local society."

He shook his head:
"If you're blind to that fact, there's no way you're going to win the West."

Morgan and Hannah fell silent again.

They have to accept the reality that now they have 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 rescue operation of Wall Street, can you introduce us?"

Morgan shook his head again:

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

He did not tell the two men about his bet with Rockefeller.

Chen Jianqiu is very powerful now, but his reputation is not as good as his own, and his strength is not as good as Rockefeller.

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

"Then what should we do? Is anyone in our party familiar with him?" Hannah stood up and scratched his hair.

"Yes, Theodore Roosevelt," said Morgan.

Hearing the name, Hannah 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 many people when he was sheriff in New York last time, and many of his ideas overlap with the Democratic Party." Hannah paced back and forth, very tangled .

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

"I really appreciate this guy."

"He has profound attainments in history and military affairs. I have read his works on naval theory, and his views are very sharp. And I also think he is doing the right things in New York. I appreciate his style of doing things very much. There are times when people in our government are supposed to act as aggressively as he does."

McKinley praised Theodore Roosevelt, which kept Hannah silent.

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

"Let's go to Roosevelt first." Hannah made a decision.

(End of this chapter)