America's tycoons love to do charity.
This does not mean that the rich people in the United States are good people, and they do this to avoid taxes, because the money used for charity can be exempted from paying taxes.
And "taxes" are as inevitable as breathing for Americans, and there are many kinds of them, income tax, property tax, consumption tax, and future inheritance tax, all of which make the rich "noble", in fact, not the same thing at all.
Running a university can increase Rockefeller's influence and reputation, and it doesn't cost much.
Many people think that running an education costs money, but in fact it is not, running an education is very profitable, just look at how many private schools in the United States know, it is stupid to be a school board member.
Li Mu will definitely establish a university in the future, and the students recruited will not be limited to Chinese, if there are Americans willing to apply for the examination, Li Mu will also recruit people in.
For Chinese people, being treated unfairly is discrimination, and for white people too, if white people are treated unfairly, they will also think it is discrimination.
This is not a fantasy, and Americans are often discriminated against in Europe today, and this situation will not improve until after World War I.
At the end of November, the New York City Council voted again on whether to impeach Mayor Tweed, again in a vote that did not pass, but the pros and cons were very close.
"This guy is really strong" On the third-floor balcony of Clinton Castle, Arthur shook his head and smiled bitterly, and the wine in his hand was tasteless.
"As expected," Li Mu was not in a hurry, holding a telescope to observe Governor's Island in the distance.
Although it was the middle of winter, the construction of Governors Island was in full swing.
Arthur, as the chief of customs in New York, has the power to lease Governors Island to Li Mu for a painful ninety-nine years.
After getting the lease right, Li Mu was not polite, and immediately started construction despite the heavy snowfall, building his real home in the United States.
The current Governors Island is surrounded by a ring of trees, the most common oak and red maple trees in North America on the outside, and the neatly trimmed landscape trees on the inside.
There is no landfill on Governor's Island now, it is shaped like a giant comma, at the very bottom of the comma, a white lighthouse has been basically completed, and the stone used to build the lighthouse is white marble brought from the Appalachian Mountains, which is also the basic building material of Governor's Island, Li Mu plans to use white marble to build all the buildings on Governor's Island, including the renovation of William's Castle.
William's Castle is a defensive military building, and in Li Mu's view, the aesthetic views of the eighteenth century are simply impossible to look at, so the reddish-brown prototype building is a standard "earth fat circle" in Li Mu's eyes.
In these years, people did not have the awareness of protecting the ancient buildings, after all, the age of the buildings was not very old, so Li Mu demolished Wilhelm Castle and rebuilt it, preparing to build a new Gothic castle to replace it.
The style of the castle has been determined, it is a new type of castle with a clear Romanesque architectural style, this castle is similar to the style of Neuschwanstein Castle, which also started construction this year, although the area is a little smaller, but the cost calculation has reached a huge 1.3 million dollars.
The new castle was named "Rose Castle" by Li Mu, and the rose is the national flower of the United States.
"Don't look at it, let's think about how to deal with Tweed."
Arthur was very dissatisfied with Li Mu's slackness.
In order to deal with Tweed, Arthur can be said to be unable to sleep at night, using all his strength and attracting all the allies he can win, but he still can't shake Tweed, which makes Arthur feel a little frustrated.
Look at what Li Mu is doing, except for the New York Times who is still making efforts, Li Mu himself is almost like no one, running back and forth between Springfield, Boston, and New York, as if there is no such thing as Tweed, which makes Arthur really unbearable.
"Don't worry, I'll be in Washington tomorrow to deliver a great gift to Mr.
President, and I'm with Rockefeller, William Vanderbilt, Henry Dupont, and steel rookie Andrew Carnegie, rest assured, Tweed won't be around for long."
Li Mu is not worried, everything is under control.
Tweed was going crazy.
It's been more than a month since Tweed's family left for London, but as if the cruise ship had been wrecked en route, nothing has come back.
The reply from the London side was that Tweed's family had seen it at all, and had begun to investigate the matter, but on the busy shipping route between New York and London, no one had seen the ship on which Tweed's family was traveling, and New York and London had not received any reports of the sinking of the ship, as if it had disappeared for no reason, and Tweed's family and the wealth on the cruise ship had disappeared without a trace.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Tweed, who is already in his sixties, and as far as Li Mu knows, Tweed has fallen into a semi-crazy state, and he is building a private army, vowing to make some people pay.
This is also the reason why Li Mu has not been in New York often recently, and Arthur, who is the chief of New York Customs, is even more weak-hearted, unless necessary, Arthur stays in New York Customs and does not go out, even if Tweed is bold, he does not dare to openly attack state organs.
Li Mu and Rockefeller went to Washington not only to target Tweed, that was only part of the plan, the Labor Knights were the main purpose of these business owners, not to mention whether the Labor Knights violated the US Constitution against Chinese workers, and the Labor Knights launched a workers' strike at every turn, which has seriously violated the interests of Rockefeller and Vanderbilt.
Li Mu's factory is relatively better, because most of the people employed in Li Mu's factory are Chinese, and there is no branch of the Labor Knights, so Li Mu is not a big threat.
Carnegie they are different, successfully obtained stainless steel and chromium-molybdenum alloy steel patent authorization Carnegie has begun to show the momentum of "robber tycoon", the economic crisis has just broken out for more than half a year, Carnegie Rim Steel Company has merged three steel plants, each of which is similar in size to Carnegirim Steel Company, Carnegie Grim Steel has become the most powerful steel tycoon in Pittsburgh, and Carnegi Lim Steel Company's steel production has risen from one-seventh to one-third of U.S. steel production.
Carnegie has decided to build a new plant the size of the San Diego Steel Plant, which will account for 80 percent of Carnegirim's steel production in the United States, and a new steel industry trust will be formed.
Although the steel mill is not a labor-intensive industry, but the mine is a standard labor-intensive industry, Carnegie of course owns the mine, and there is more than one, these mines now have the activities of the Labor Knights, Carnegie has a deep hatred for the Labor Knights, Li Mugang expressed his meaning here, Carnegie strongly asked to join, and clearly stated his attitude, resolutely banning the Labor Knights.
Li Mu planned to mention it casually when he saw Grant, and it was estimated that Tweed's current ghost appearance, Grant, who advertised "anti-corruption and clean government", should not be interested in rescuing him.
With the president's support, Tweed's Piovan is just around the corner.
"Otherwise, I'll go with you, I still have some connections in Washington, and now I'm going to take the opportunity to get acquainted."
Arthur wanted to hitchhike to Washington to gain prestige in preparation for the takeover of New York.
"You want you to have someone you can trust to watch Tweed, so whatever you want."
Li Mu didn't forget that Tweed had run away.
Li Mu and Arthur have already implemented strict monitoring of Tweed, once Tweed wants to escape, then the relevant personnel will be dispatched immediately, it is best to arrest Tweed, if he can't be caught alive, then even if he is killed on the spot, Tweed can't be allowed to escape.
"Hehe, of course there is, Tweed has been in New York for ten years, and although I have only been in business in New York for five years, I can still develop a few henchmen."
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Arthur was very sure that after more than five years as the chief of customs, if he didn't even have a cronies, this chief of customs would be too miserable.
"Then you have to keep an eye on Tweed, and that Henderson, if we can't beat Tweed completely, then this guy will get us into big trouble sooner or later."
Li Mu wanted to kill them all.
Tweed has been operating in New York for ten years, and most of the New York civil servants are Tweed's people, whether it is for security or stability reasons, Li Mu wants to kill Tweed, so as to clear the way for Arthur to take the throne.
"Hehe, don't worry, as long as Tweed dares to act rashly, then he will die."
Arthur was sure.
Arthur's advantage is that he can mobilize the army, as the chief of New York Customs, Arthur controls all the coast guards in New York, and Tweed is the mayor of New York, but he can't mobilize the New York police, so Tweed can only form a private army to fight Arthur.
This kind of confrontation obviously has no future, in fact, everyone knows that Tweed will end sooner or later, so Tweed's actions are not smooth, not to mention new mercenaries, even if it is Tweed's original gunman, there are many people who have escaped from illness.
"By the way, what kind of gift did you have for Mr.
President, that iron guy in the yard" Arthur and Grant are close to each other, and they are definitely going to visit Washington when they go to Washington.
Li Mu shipped the first "BMW" to New York yesterday, ready to be given to Ulysses Grant as a gift, this car is still very meaningful, as the world's first car, the honor value far exceeds the actual value
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