America 1881: They Call Me Legend

The 1900 election was still a contest between Democratic Congressman William Bryan and incumbent President McKinley.

Bryan has accumulated more reputation in these four years, and the level of speech has been perfected.

The Democrats have packaged him as a pure anti-imperialist.

These attracted many new supporters, including steel tycoon Carnegie.

Yes, Carnegie turned his back on it.

Such an alliance looks ludicrous and undoubtedly damages Bryan's image as a "great commoner" and a celebrity.

Although the pairing of McKinley and Roosevelt seemed to be incompatible, they carried the glory brought by the victory of the Spanish-American War and the economic recovery in the election.

It is believed that such a combination can bring a better future for America.

So, without any suspense, Brian was defeated.

He lost again to McKinley, and worse than in 1896.

Rockefeller was relieved.

The newly appointed governor of New York State is a Republican establishment who advocates a moderate handling of the conflicts between the trust and the public.

He didn't think it was a good idea to break up Standard Oil publicly at this time.

In his view, the formation of trusts conforms to the objective laws of the market and is the choice of the market.

If human beings intervene, the existing order will be completely disrupted, which is not good for the economy.

Without the support of Roosevelt, Taft Jr. was basically no threat to Rockefeller.

On the IRS side, he also paid back taxes.

The oil tycoon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the other hand, Chen Jianqiu went further and further on the road of making money.

He was busy continuing to resell arms.

The British and the Boers still fought hard at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Neither side has any intention of letting go.

Chen Jianqiu still sells both sides, in cash and in stock, and a deposit is required for some products.

He also hired several Frenchmen to recycle firearms locally, repair and maintain them and sell them to local Zulu chiefs.

Before the Boer War, the best record against the British on the African continent in the 19th century was achieved by the Zulus.

They killed 1300 British soldiers and mercenaries with spears and spears at the Battle of Varna in Istan.

Although in 1887 the British sent an army of 10 to fight for [-] months before taking over the Zulu Kingdom.

But the resistance of the chiefs never stopped.

The French are happy to do anything that can disgust the British, especially in Africa.

They hit it off with Chen Jianqiu and began to resell second-hand guns to Zulu people.

Gold only.

The front line is consuming bullets, so the machines in the rear can't stop naturally.

More and more Chinese are pouring into the United States from the southern border.

Most of them stayed in Juarez for one or two years in advance.

There, there will be schools to teach them basic language and skills, and then enter the United States to obtain American citizenship in a special way.

Immigration is used to this.

For so many years, I have come here like this, and I have never seen anyone make irresponsible remarks.

It's unreasonable, but legal.

Conflicts between Chinese and workers of other races still occur occasionally, but they will subside soon.

One is that the trade union plays a pivotal role in it, and on the other hand, no one is willing to lose their job in Chen Jianqiu's company because they are angry with the Chinese workers.

This is the only company in the United States with a pension fund!
Chen Jianqiu donated huge sums of money to set up a relief and pension fund for the workers.

Many industry insiders scoffed at his decision.

In their view, the workers are a bunch of white-eyed wolves who can't get enough to eat, and no matter how much benefits you give them, they will be blind, and they will still do things with you in different ways.

Chen Jianqiu did not deny this.

Relief and pension funds are supposed to be what the government should be doing.

What he does is more like charity than social security.

Chen Jianqiu didn't expect that the money would really be able to support the old Chinese workers like himself.

He just hopes that this measure, together with the employee stock ownership plan, will tie workers to the factory to a certain extent.

When Chen Jianqiu did these things, he did so easily.

But this also makes the "Chen Consortium" a clean stream in this era of intensified class conflicts.

His wealth may not be the largest and cannot be compared with other financial groups, but his controllability is rare and strong.

In addition to making money, Chen Jianqiu has another thing to do, which is to accompany Roosevelt in fishing and hunting.

Because Mr. Vice President's time is very, very, very loose.

He couldn't figure out what was wrong with him in the first place. Instead of being the governor of New York State, he agreed to Chen Jianqiu's participation in the election as the vice president.

It's like a feudal official who voluntarily gave up the opportunity to separatize one side and ran to the capital to lick the emperor's ass.

This made Roosevelt very uncomfortable.

"The vice president is really boring!" Roosevelt stood on the reef, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and complained to Chen Jianqiu.

The two changed their way today and drove directly to the beach for sea fishing.

"Come on, the wind and waves are too strong to catch fish." Chen Jianqiu looked at the waves lapping on the reef, shook his head, and began to reel in the pole.

The two walked back to the car parked on the side of the road.

Chen Jianqiu drove, and Roosevelt sat in the back seat.

The vice president was also bored in the car.

If sitting in the back seat of the car is boring, most people will play with their mobile phones.

But obviously there were no cell phones in the early 20th century.

So Roosevelt could only sit in the back row and look around.

His foot suddenly kicked something.

Roosevelt bent down and picked it up.

It's a steel helmet.

When he came by car before, he didn't notice this thing on the car.

"Isn't this what your team wore last time in Cuba?" Roosevelt played with the helmet back and forth, and suddenly thought of something.

"It has been improved. The previous one was too heavy. We thought of a way to make it as light as possible." Chen Jianqiu said while driving.

"Why do you bring this thing when you come fishing?" Roosevelt was a little puzzled, "you also need to wear a helmet when fishing?"

Chen Jianqiu originally wanted to tell him that he had to wear a helmet when fishing.

But after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

He decided to tell the truth.

"This is a sample. It will be brought to the port later. An Englishman is waiting for me there. The British Army is interested in this thing and wants to sign the order."

Although there is still a big gap between the material and the craftsmanship of the helmet at this time, and later.

But sometimes it can save a soldier's life.

It is also widely used, and can be used for cooking, drinking water, and even digging trenches.

"Where did you get such high-quality steel?" Roosevelt asked, touching his helmet.

"Carnegie, he happened to make an appointment with me later to talk about mass production."

In fact, Chen Jianqiu didn't know that Carnegie came to Chen Jianqiu this time not only because of the material of the helmet, but another very important matter. (end of this chapter)