Negotiations with Quentin Nick went well, with Ford Benjamin paying only $100,000 and a promise to help the Bahamas expel pirates, to acquire ownership of the 1,681-square-kilometer island of Great Inagua.
Remember, it is just "expulsion", not even extermination, and people's sense of territory is so weak in this era.
To Li Mu's surprise, for this deal, Quentin Nick also received praise from Lord Viscount Sverform, who did not come to Baja to take office at all, praised Quentin Nick for doing a good business, after all, ten years ago, the United States bought Alaska from the Russians and only spent $7.2 million, Alaska has an area of nearly 1.72 million square kilometers, compared with the stupid Russians, Quentin Nick is simply a natural good dealer.
This is really a great joy, after all, Li Mu is also very satisfied with this transaction, Great Inagua Island has excellent natural conditions, suitable for expansion into a port of no less than ten bays, the island is flat, the land is fertile, only needs to be developed simply, there is no problem at all to supply more than 100,000 people, and it can become another permanent base for Panamanian companies in the Caribbean.
Of course, given the British government's hostility towards the Kufma Group, Quentin Nick demanded that the name of the Panamanian company not appear on the contract.
This is not a problem at all, so the name of the company that appeared on the contract is called "Bahamian Security Company", registered in Nassau, Bahamas, and the manager of the company is even an Englishman from Mars Philemon, even if this contract is brought to London, there is no need to worry about being faulty.
"The Bahamian company is different from the Panamanian company, since it is nominally two enterprises that have nothing to do with each other, then we will operate according to the two enterprises, you have no problem here, can you draw enough manpower?"
Li Mu simply made a mistake, and simply operated the Bahamas company as a real enterprise, which can just cater to the needs of the Commonwealth countries.
The rise of Panama companies has made people fully aware of the potential of this industry, and at the same time, because of the relationship between Panama companies and Horse Group, Panama companies are destined to not get orders from Commonwealth countries, but this gap will not exist for a long time, once someone realizes this, there will definitely be new companies to fill the gap.
By mistake, the Bahamian company happened to appear in the Bahamas, a Commonwealth territory, which left Li Mu with more room for maneuver, maybe one day, the Panamanian company and the Bahamian company will be employed by both parties at the same time and become opponents on the battlefield, think about that scene Maybe you'll be able to decide the winner with a punch.
"Manpower is not a problem, in fact, the Cuban side has been disarming for the past two years, and many of our brothers have been forced to leave the army, and some of them have become accustomed to military life, and the Bahamian company should meet their needs."
Li Fei is very optimistic about the prospects of the Bahamian company.
Relying on the support of the Americans to drive out the Spaniards, Cuba has now profoundly realized that in order to maintain its national independence, it is not necessary to maintain a strong armed force at all, as long as it hugs the thigh of the United States tightly.
The existence of the Guantanamo base also gave the United States enough confidence, last year, when the United States Independence Centennial Exhibition, Sylvester went to the United States to attend the opening ceremony, and signed an agreement with the then President of the United States, Ulysses Grant, in the agreement, the United States promised to provide armed guarantees for Cuba's independence, and then, the United States of Cuba began large-scale disarmament, according to Sylvester's plan, Cuba will eventually cut off most of the army, only in the capital Havana to retain an army division.
Before the disarmament, about 10,000 Chinese served in the Cuban army, and some of them would eventually have to take off their uniforms, and some of them would definitely not adapt to life after leaving the army, and the emergence of the Bahamas company just solved this problem.
"Very good, let Mars start working as soon as possible, at least ensure that the Bahamian company has a regimental establishment, pay attention to the development of the officer corps, and once an order is received, a regiment must be able to expand into one or even two divisions at any time."
Li Mu has always been a big spender, a regiment is just a basic establishment, don't forget that this is South America, the Bahamian company will definitely receive a lot of orders, and it has always received the kind of soft hand, and the two divisions are estimated to be unable to meet the demand.
Until the 21st century, South America's politics are not stable, here the intricate colonial forces and ethnic contradictions, for the endless war buried countless hidden dangers, look at the current Panama company to know, since the defeat of the Colombian army, after the strong maintenance of Panama's independence, Panama companies have received several orders, including even from Colombia, this is really, Li Mu does not know what to say, I have seen the war into a jade silk, but I have never seen such a fast.
What's more, don't forget what Li Mu's nickname is, "Arms Dealers" are not philanthropists, even if there is no war, arms dealers will create wars, so as to create a steady stream of profits for the Horse Arms Company, so there is no need to worry about no business at all, but what you need to worry about is not being able to eat all the orders.
"That Englishman always felt that he couldn't be trusted."
Li Fei is still vigilant against Mars, it is normal for people of our race to have different hearts.
"Don't worry, Mars is only responsible for the company's operations, not in charge of personnel finances, without any real power, the company is our people from top to bottom except for Mars, in fact, Mars is just a mascot, we need such a person to dispel the doubts of white people."
Li Mu's hand is already extremely skilled, from Ryukyu to Japan and then to Panama, and now it is finally the turn of the Bahamas.
On the issue of "loyalty", there are exceptions to everything, the Chinese have a glorious history of 5,000 years, and there is an endless stream of traitors and traitors in history, not to mention the whites who are more pale in history, as far as Li Mu knows, the current Qing State has hired a large number of white people, taking the future Beiyang Naval Division as an example, in another time and space in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing State was completely wiped out in the naval battle, and those who bravely sacrificed their lives in the battle were not only the loyal and brave soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division, At the same time, there were many well-paid foreign officers, including not only Germans, but also British.
Junma Group now also employs a lot of white people, especially senior management, the vast majority of them are white, Junma Group has been established for so many years, there are only a few people who have problems, most of them have maintained a high level of professionalism, which gives Li Mu more confidence.
To put it bluntly, white employees may not be loyal to the Chinese-founded Junma Group, but white employees will be loyal to their salaries and jobs, so as long as the Junma Group is as strong as ever, then Li Mu will naturally reap the loyalty of white employees, and the two are not in conflict.
"Okay, anyway, I'll let people stare at him, and Dalang them, what does this expulsion mean" Li Fei reserved his opinion, not quite understanding the twists and turns in the contract.
"This means that Darlang can have a period of vacation, the length of the vacation depends on the situation, if Darlang is not idle, they can go to work in the Bahamas, but if there is a pirate on the sea, then Darlang can go back to their old business at any time."
Li Mu didn't say anything to death, since pirates have such a big role, then they must not give up easily.
Quentin Nick still underestimated the shamelessness of the "arms dealers", and perhaps in Quentinnick's view, as long as the pirates were expelled from the waters of the Bahamas, everything would be fine.
In fact, that's not the case at all, Quentin Nick is destined to be passive in this regard, even if the contract states that it is "exterminated", it still won't change the status quo, after all, the ancient profession of piracy has not disappeared until the twenty-first century, and now it's the nineteenth century, if it can't be called the "golden age" of piracy, at least it's a "silver age", or "black iron age" or something, how can it be easily eliminated.
In fact, after coming to the Bahamas, Li Mu realized how chaotic South America was in this era, so to speak, as long as Li Mu was willing, Li Mu could completely replicate the entire process of Cuba's independence in all South American countries, but that would make Li Mu a public enemy of the white world, so Li Mu did not dare to act rashly.
But Li Mu didn't dare, after all, someone still dared, in early December, just before Li Mu was about to return to New York, Cole, the general manager of the San Diego Investment Company, came to visit Li Mu with a stranger.
Cole did a good job in the San Diego Investment Company, since taking office, Cole has focused on cleaning up the inferior assets left by Edward Brent, although for a period of time, the financial statements of the San Diego Investment Company are not good, but three months later, the San Diego Investment Company began to get on the right track, and once again entered a period of rapid growth, so far, the profit of the San Diego Investment Company has been 25 times that of last year, which makes Li Mu very satisfied with Cole.
"Mr.
Ream, allow me to introduce you that this is Mr.
Jerémy Heywood from Dominica, whose family has a long history, and Mr.
Jerémi's ancestors came to Dominica at least 200 years ago, and they are the founders of Dominica."
Cole's expression is exaggerated, and he introduces Jeremy Heywood as if he were introducing an English prince.
"Mr.
Jeremi, it's a pleasure to meet you" Li Mu maintained basic respect, and his smile was like a spring breeze.
"It's an honor to meet you, Mr.
Ream, but Mr.
Cole is wrong, my ancestors did not go to Dominica, but to Haiti, Mr.
Reem, you should know this by looking at my name."
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Jeremi smiled humbly, and the respect he showed in front of Li Mu was like an audience with the queen.
The name Jérémie is indeed very Haitian, a Haitian port city located in the southwest of Haiti, across the sea from Santiago.
"Yes, the city of poets, I've heard of it."
Li Mu said casually.
There is a mistake here, and it is in the 21st century that Jérémie is called the "City of Poetry" because of the birth of numerous writers, poets and historians.
It's the 19th century, and the culture of Jérémie is not so strong, so it has nothing to do with the term "city of poetry".
Fortunately, Cole and Jeremy didn't notice Li Mu's "leaked heavenly secret", mentioning his name, Jeremy gritted his teeth a little, it seems that this city has a special memory for Jerémi: "Mr.
Ream, you may not know, I was born in Dominica, but my father gave me the name Jerémi, just to remind me not to forget at all times, what happened to my family in Jerémi." ” encounter In an instant, Li Mu had a very bad premonition.
Sure enough, with Jeremi's narration, Li Mu learned about a painful history.
Around 1492, Columbus discovered Haiti, and a few years later, the Spanish began colonizing Haiti.
The Spaniards also came to Haiti with smallpox, but after a few decades, the indigenous Arawak people of Haiti were wiped out by smallpox, and then Haiti became a gathering place for pirates, and in the 17th century, Haiti was ceded to France by the Spaniards, and in order to enrich the labor force of the colony, the French began to trade black slaves to Haiti, which also laid the groundwork for the later tragedy.
As in most colonies, the French Revolution broke out in 1789, and the following year, the black Haitian uprising.
On the eve of the uprising, Haiti was home to about 320,000 white people, mostly French immigrants, about 350,000 to 560,000 mulattoes, about 30,000 free blacks, and about 500,000 black slaves on various plantations.
The process of the revolution is full of blood, but the revolutionary process in Haiti is particularly tragic, perhaps because the white colonists treated the black slaves too cruelly, once the awakened blacks have the power to resist, the blood and tyranny that broke out are particularly surprising, in the whole revolutionary process, 320,000 whites except for some who fled back to France, most of the whites were slaughtered by the blacks, and the slaughter also included the black and white mixed race, at that time, Gerémi's family lived in Jerémi, except for Gerémi's father who escaped in Dominica, All the others were killed in the war.
"Before the Negro Rebellion, my family had a large plantation in Jerémie, and also a trading company and a merchant fleet of twelve ships, the Negro Rebellion ruined all this, and since then my family has been shrouded in untold misery, since I was born, my father has told me countless times about the glory of the family, and asked me to restore the glory of the family, and until I was called by the Lord, he did not forget about it, Mr.
Ream, I know that you can help me, and I am willing to do everything I can to get your help."
Jeremi burst into tears, and finally knelt down and kissed Li Mu's shoes.
Li Mu didn't have time to stop Jeremi, in fact, Li Mu was weighing the pros and cons.
Do you really want to take this step: