jevz3y4{o52 In this era, the military uniforms are really varied, such as the American army uses earthy yellow, the French army uses blue-gray and red, the German army is iron gray, Russia is pure gray, the British are the most burnt buns, their clothes are red, so they are called "lobster soldiers".
Li Mu prepared green for the Cubans, which is unique in this era, this is not a deliberate insult to the Cubans, and the Cubans do not have the taboo of the Chinese, Li Mu chose green in order to strengthen the protective color, in the dense tropical rainforest, what color is more convenient than green to hide.
\r Of course, Li Mu definitely doesn't wear such clothes, Li Mu doesn't have to go to the front line, so he doesn't need to be cuckolded.
\r "Just sit casually, just like in your own home, I don't like to be too formal, casual can make you more comfortable, and it will make me more comfortable."
Li Mu's tone was relaxed, he casually gave Yan Shun his hat, took off his blazer, loosened his bow tie, and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt, which made him feel more comfortable.
\r The court is a serious place, Li Mu still pays more attention to his own image, and neatly dressed on formal occasions is not only respect for others, but also respect for himself.
\r "Aha, Ream, I gotta say, you're a guy who knows how to enjoy yourself, let me see oh oh, 1856 Reims champagne, this is superb, guys, would you like a drink" Benjamin got into the play quickly, and went straight to the wine cabinet as soon as he entered.
\r Li Mu's office is often occupied by a group of drunkards, so the wine cabinet is indispensable, Li Mu's wine is all kinds of excellent products scavenged from Washington, not to mention in Springfield, even in the entire New England region is rare, so in Springfield, Li Mu's office is the favorite place for all drunkards, if you can get Li Mu's invitation, it is a very lucky thing.
\r The United States and Britain have a deep relationship, so the British have basically the same problems in the Americans, and the same is true for alcoholism, and even the Americans are even more excessive, so that in a few decades, the United States will enact a prohibition to control the sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
\r Li Mu didn't know if Benjamin was an alcoholic, but it was obvious that Benjamin couldn't refuse the temptation of fine wine, and when he saw the Reims champagne from France, Benjamin immediately couldn't hold it.
\r In fact, there is also champagne in the United States, and millions of bottles of inferior sparkling wine in the United States are sold in the market under the name of "champagne", but for the upper class, only sparkling wine produced in the French province of Champagne can be called "champagne", and the production of wine is not stable due to weather factors, in 1856 because of the weather, the production of champagne is very low, so it is not that the champagne in 1856 is very good, it is just that it is scarce and expensive.
\r "This must have a drink" George Dewey couldn't resist the temptation and took the initiative to help.
\r Ma Han was not in a hurry, threw down the sentence "thank you", and went straight to Li Mu's bookcase.
\r There is a huge bookcase in Li Mu's office, which occupies half of the wall of the office, and the collection of books in it is rich, involving many categories, and it is estimated that the total number is thousands of books, which is almost enough to open a library in the nineteenth century.
\r "Please bring me a glass of wine with ice" Li Mu also wants to drink a glass, which is Li Mu's habit.
\r As he spoke, Li Mu casually opened the curtain behind his desk, revealing a huge map on the wall.
\r Behind Li Mu's desk was originally a map of New England, but since Li Mu decided to go to Cuba, he changed to a map of Cuba, of course, unlike the normal map of Cuba, on Li Mu's map, Pine Island and Guantanamo Bay have been painted red.
\r Obviously, Benjamin and the others had done their homework before they came, and they had a deep understanding of the map of Cuba, and after Li Mu opened the map, several people in the office noticed the difference in the map, so they gathered together.
\r "Thank you" Li Mu took the ice wine handed over by George Dewey and thanked him casually, and then began to introduce: "The red zone is now our territory, and according to the agreement signed between me and the Republic of Cuba, if the Republic of Cuba successfully drives out the Spaniards and gains independent status, then the red zone will become a thank you gift for our support for the Republic of Cuba."
So the red zone on the map is the area that we want to focus on, and whether the Republic of Cuba succeeds or not, we have to make sure that the red zone is in our hands. ”\r "We mean, Pine Island and Guantanamo Bay will be our American territory," exclaimed Benjamin.
\r "Guantanamo Bay is a great place to build a naval base."
George Dewey had a fire burning in his eyes.
\r "We must control the Caribbean, where the national interests of the United States are at stake."
Mahan rarely speaks, this guy is a strategic vision, and he will be from a high position as soon as he comes up.
\r "Gentlemen, maybe I am wrong, Pine Island and Guantanamo Bay are mine, not the U.S. government."
Li Mu interrupted the heated discussion and poured cold water on George Dewey and them.
\r "What do you want to do at Guantanamo Bay," George Dewey choked and rolled his eyes.
\r "Do you want to be king" Benjamin has ideals.
\r "Even if it is given to you, you can't guarantee that you will keep it in your own hands, so it is the right thing to do by leaving it to the US government."
Mahan watched coldly.
\r "Why give it to the U.S. government" Li Mu sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, and the old god was unmoved.
\r It is not impossible to give it to the US government, of course, it is necessary to have benefits, ordinary benefits are not enough to impress Li Mu, Li Mu's appetite is very big now.
\r "The U.S. government can pay for it, and then we can have the whole Caribbean" George Dewey had a Navy in his head.
\r Pay for it\r In 1800, the United States acquired from France for $15 million the vast territory of the Louisiana region, between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, from Canada in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, which later became the thirteen states of the United States, with a total area of about 2.6 million square kilometers, or less than $5 per square kilometer.
\r In 1819, the United States and Spain signed a treaty, and the United States acquired more than 150,000 square kilometers of Florida for only $5 million.
\r In 1848, the United States signed a treaty with Mexico, and the United States paid only a symbolic $15 million to get nearly 1.4 million square kilometers of land, including California and New Mexico.
\r In 1853, Gadsden, the U.S. minister to Mexico, bought nearly 100,000 square kilometers of land on the U.S.
-Mexico border for $10 million.
\r In 1867, six years earlier, U.S.
Secretary of State William Seward and Russia had begun negotiations on Alaska, and finally the U.S. had reached an overnight purchase agreement with Russia for $7.2 million, and the U.S. had bought the huge peninsula with an area of more than 1.5 million square kilometers and the surrounding Aleutian Islands at an absolutely low price.
\r How about it, it's more magical, that's how the Americans bought a huge country with money, so don't say anything "impossible", nothing in this world is absolute, and reality is always more absurd than fiction.
\r "Washington can issue you a one-ton medal, and you can hang him on the gate of the factory."
Benjamin's method sounds a bit unreliable, but if this medal is made of gold, then Li Mu can also consider it.
\r "You control territory outside of your borders in your own name, and it will make you the target of public criticism, and everyone will question what you want to do."
Mahan's words were sharper and went straight to the heart of the matter.
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\r That's right, as an American citizen, Li Mu is indeed not suitable for controlling extraterritorial territories, and even if Li Mu is rich, it is impossible for him to recruit troops to fight against a country, so it is better to sell a strategic place like Guantanamo Bay to the US government Maybe Li Mu sold Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. government, then the U.S. government would acquiesce to Li Mu's control of Pine Island, which is irrelevant to Guantanamo Bay.
\r The sanctity of private property, as stated in the Declaration of Human Rights, is the original of the French, but the North American Bill of Rights is derived from the "spirit of the 18th century" in continental Europe.
\r "These questions will be discussed until we control Guantanamo Bay first, and everything must be established on the fact that Guantanamo Bay is under our control, otherwise everything is empty talk."
Li Mu is not in a hurry now, the reason why Li Mu is talking about this now is to mobilize the enthusiasm of George Dewey.
\r It is undeniable that even if Benjamin is a second ancestor, Benjamin is also patriotic, otherwise during the Civil War, Benjamin would not have been thrown into the military camp as a noble son, as for George Dewey and Mahan, these are two fanatical "patriots", if you want such people to be willing to be driven by Li Mu, a half-grown son, the title of "national righteousness" is the best to use.
\r You see, you're not working for me personally, you're working for the U.S. government, you're for the United States, so you have to do a good job in Cuba, even if it's a horse leather shroud, you must drive the Spaniards away "Hehe, Spaniards, in my opinion, they are local chickens and dogs."
George Dewey was confident that now the heart had flown to Cuba.
\r "The Americas should be given to the Americas who are Americans."
Mahan's tone is loud but a little insincere, in fact, the subtext should be: America is America's America.
\r "I like Cuba, there are so many beautiful women," Benjamin's saliva was already flowing into a river.
\r In fact, this beauty has something to do with the place of origin, it is said that mixed race is easy to produce handsome men and beautiful women, places like Cuba, which have been colonized by Spain for a long time, have long been mixed, don't want it, and the proportion of beautiful women is naturally very high.
\r Of course, there are some places where even if they are mixed with scum, there are no beauties, such as Africa "Okay, you guys get ready for the next two days, and the day after tomorrow we'll go to New York, and April 1 to Cuba."
Li Mu has precious time, and he doesn't have much time to spend in the office with Benjamin.
\r The day after tomorrow is actually only the 27th, there are still a few days before April 1st, the reason why Li Mu wants to go to New York in advance is to open up the relationship between the New York Customs, in the next few years, the materials requested by Li Mu are estimated to go to sea through New York Harbor, and it is still necessary to have a good relationship with the customs in advance.
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