The Coast Guard is an armed force responsible for the law enforcement of coastal waters and waterways, it is subordinate to the Department of War, and is one of the five major armed forces of the United States.
If this explanation is not detailed enough, then it is more intuitive to understand the Coast Guard as the armed police force of the Republic.
"It's not appropriate to send warships in such weather, or, when the snow stops," Ford Humphrey didn't want to take responsibility, and it was a big risk to send warships in such weather.
"If the snow stops, what's the point of dispatching warships" Li Mu was not angry, if the snow stopped, there was no need to dispatch warships at all, Li Mu himself could organize enough transportation capacity, in this regard, businessmen have more motivation than soldiers.
Many times we often emphasize that science and technology are the driving force behind development, war promotes scientific and technological progress, etc., in fact, what really drives human beings to move forward is the insatiable desire of human beings, and businessmen are absolutely sufficient in this regard, as long as there is profit, no matter whether there is a knife mountain or a minefield in front of them, businessmen are fearless.
"It's not legal to send warships directly."
Ford Humphrey's eyes flashed with an inexplicable brilliance, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was very playful.
Li Mu immediately understood that the legal or illegal procedure was just an excuse, and the real reason was that Ford Humphrey did not have enough motivation.
Different from politicians, when facing businessmen, soldiers are more confident, after all, soldiers do not need the support of businessmen, votes have no effect on soldiers, and the U.S.
Constitution even stipulates that if you join the army, you will automatically lose the right to vote for a period of time, so Li Mu has to be more patient when facing Ford Humphrey than when facing Arthur.
"Well, in order to thank the Coast Guard for its help, we can donate a special amount to the Coast Guard Well, how about 100,000 US dollars" As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem, and it is easier to say this earlier.
"Not bad, but not enough to offset the cold outside."
Ford Humphrey has a big appetite, Li Mu is an arms dealer, and the soldier originally wears a pair of pants, so Ford Humphrey blackmailed Li Mu without the slightest sense of guilt. "200,000 US dollars" Li Mu directly doubled, and emphasized that this is the final offer: "If this price is not satisfactory to the Coast Guard, then I have to think of another way, believe me, this matter is not just a donation for the Coast Guard, you can get more from it." ” 200,000 US dollars, enough for Li Mu to form a fleet, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, although the snow disaster has a huge impact on transportation, but as long as the price is enough, there will definitely be people willing to take the risk of sailing, you must know that sailors never lack courage.
"Deal, I will immediately send someone to open the channel, is there any special request" Ford Humphrey accepted the price, it is the king to accept it when it is good, and if you are too greedy, you often get nothing.
"Of course, we have two freight trains stuck in Waterbury, if possible, hopefully you can get the goods back as quickly as possible, damn it, you stay in the barracks and have no idea what has become of the outside, I bet at least half of the families are out of food, the point is that there is no food in the market yet, and money can't buy it."
Li Mu is not welcome, except for the employees of the Junma Group, Li Mu will not care about the life or death of others, which is the problem that Arthur and Edward are worried about.
By January 17th, the snow disaster was further aggravated, many houses were crushed by the snow, factories had all been suspended, children were confined to their homes, nearly 1,000 people were frozen to death every day, in order to keep warm, citizens even demolished the mailboxes on the side of the road, no matter what it was, as long as it could be ignited, they were thrown into the fireplace, New York's external traffic has been completely cut off, even the warships of the coast guard have been unable to dispatch, the ice in the river is one meter thick, and professional icebreakers are needed to deal with it.
The only good news was that the Horse Group had stockpiled enough food, and that donation made a big difference, and the Coast Guard sent warships from New Haven to bring much-needed supplies to the Horses, but when they went out again, a destroyer ran aground just after leaving the port, but fortunately the rescue was timely, so there were no major casualties, and Ford Humphrey immediately suspended the Coast Guard operation.
"The $200,000 spent is a bit unjust" Although Li Mu was helpless about this result, he could only accept it, the soldiers of the coast guard are also human beings, and they can't risk their lives.
"Now is a good opportunity, in the whole of New York, only we have a relatively sufficient supply of materials, Mayor Edward hopes that we can lend a hand to fight the sudden snow disaster."
There is food in the house, and there is no panic in his heart, and Henry wants to seize the opportunity to brush up a wave of prestige for the Junma Group.
"Arthur, he doesn't have any ideas" Li Mu was curious, if there was no action at this time, it would not be in line with Arthur's style, everyone knew that this was a good opportunity to brush up on goodwill, and a qualified politician would never let it go.
"This afternoon, Mr.
Governor has a speech in Congress, and Mr.
Governor will call on all New Yorkers to come out of their homes to fight this snow disaster, and starting tomorrow, the New York City government will start distributing free food in the three boroughs of downtown, although it is not rich, but it is better than nothing."
Henry is in charge of communicating with the city government and knows Arthur's itinerary.
That's right, the way to fight the cold is not just to keep warm, exercise is actually a better way, and given the poor level of medical care in this era, it is equally important to prevent colds after exercise.
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Li Mu and Henry just talked about Arthur, and Arthur came to visit Li Mu.
"It's so cold, it's hard to imagine, I've never seen such a severe snow disaster, I heard that Russians live in the ice and snow for eight months a year, I really don't know how they survived" Arthur complained as soon as he entered the door, fully expressing his admiration for the Russians.
Speaking of Russia, the snow disaster in New York may not be very serious in the eyes of Russians, the problem is that although Russia is cold, it has perfect measures to protect against the cold, people are cold outside, but the home is warm, and New York is not prepared to face the snow disaster at all, and the two cannot be compared.
"Shouldn't you prepare your speech now" Li Mucai didn't care how the Russians survived, only how Arthur called on New Yorkers to take action against the snow disaster.
"That's Leslie's job, and I'm just going to memorize the speech and then repeat it in its entirety."
Arthur is not worried, in order to cooperate with James Garfield's presidential campaign, Arthur has prepared a complete team of secretaries, and preparing a speech or something is trivial, and it is easy to come.
"Reem, help, I need your help."
Arthur is here to ask for help, and if he wants to save himself, he can't do without the cooperation of the Junma Group.
In New York, the Junma Group has more than six factories, including the Junma Construction Company, with more than 20,000 employees, accounting for one percent of the population of New York City, that is to say, in the entire New York, one out of every 100 people is directly working for the Junma Group, so the Junma Group indirectly affects more than 100,000 New Yorkers, so Arthur wants to ask Li Mu for help, whether it is materials or manpower, The ZAMA Group can meet Arthur's needs.
"No problem, I'll ask Taylor to cooperate with you in publicity, if you need help from other aspects, just talk to Henry directly."
Li Mu said that he fully cooperated, and with the relationship between Arthur and Li Mu, even Arthur didn't have to go on this trip.
"I knew you wouldn't let me down."
Arthur is most concerned about the report of Time Magazine, and Li Mu has never disappointed Arthur in this regard: "I don't know when this ghost weather is a head, I asked Professor Ceci of Columbia College to ask when the snow will end, but this guy actually said that when the snow will stop depends on God's will, forehead drop God, I really don't know what kind of students Columbia College will teach, maybe all of them are gods." ” In Li Mu's place, Arthur is indeed emotionally relaxed, so even such a big rebellion can be said.
In the nineteenth century, human understanding of nature was still in the stage of divination, and there were no satellite images for reference in those years, and there was no theoretical system in the West.
Well, in fact, the weather forecast in the 21st century is similar to rolling dice, and it feels like it's all about luck, and basically it's not reliable a few times.
"Don't worry, it won't rain all the time, the snow will always stop, so take advantage of this limited opportunity."
Li Mu said the big truth, now it's like this, it's useless to complain or something, or think about how to borrow strength from it, this is the behavior that mature thinking should have.
"I hope that's the case, the key now is to completely cut off external communications, can't you think of a way" Arthur has so many requests that Li Mu can't help it.
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The heavy snow crushed not only the trees and houses, but also almost all of New York's external communication lines, which were erected directly on the ground, and there was no resistance to the snow disaster.
As for the "method" that Arthur said, if you want this problem to be truly solved, unless it is possible after the emergence of radio technology, although Li Mu has invested in the Junma Laboratory, he has not started radio-related research at present, so Li Mu has no choice, after all, at this stage, even the relevant theories have not been perfected, so there is no way to start, even if the Junma Laboratory has a genius like Nikola Tesla.
"Wait and see, maybe there will be a way in a few decades, I hope you will need it then."
Although there is no hope, Li Mu knows that with the passage of time, one day, everything he has seen in his previous life will appear, Li Mu is very confident that he will be able to see it in the future, as for whether Arthur can live to that day, Li Mu does not dare to guarantee.
"Ha, it's a question of whether we can survive for decades, so let's be realistic."
Arthur snorted, not too confident in his longevity.
"Relax, you're still young" Hearing such words from the mouth of twenty-year-old Li Mu did feel a little strange.
Arthur was born in 1829, in fact, he is only 45 years old this year, and as a politician, Arthur has not even reached his own maturity, so Arthur does not need to be so pessimistic at all.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Arthur left Governors Island and headed to New York City Hall to prepare his speech.
Li Mu didn't have anything to do in the afternoon, so he simply went to the city hall to see the excitement, and happened to meet Rockefeller's car in Battery Park, and Rockefeller also decided to see the excitement.
Compared to the previous days, the snow has gradually weakened, and people can clearly feel that the weather is about to clear.
Because there is too much snow to clear in time, there are snowdrifts on both sides of the road, cars driving on the road, it is very like walking through the canyon, only the children are ecstatic, they do not have to worry about the impact on their lives, the heavy snow everywhere also provides enough "ammunition" for them to have snowball fights, and there are even many children on the road who ski in homemade sleds.
"You say, shouldn't we have an ice hockey league?"
Rockefeller's attention was not at all on the snow disaster in front of him, which is the thinking of a successful businessman.
"Yes, the possibilities are endless, and that's not enough at the moment, and in a few decades, everyone will be amazed at the value of the sports industry, so don't doubt it, now is the best opportunity to start."
Li Mu agrees with Rockefeller's idea, to say that Rockefeller was also led astray by Li Mu, and now he has actually begun to play cross-border.
"I thought this because I saw the professional football league you made, and since you agree, then let's make another professional ice hockey league."
For Rockefeller, this is just a big toy, whether it can succeed in the future or not, how valuable it will be, is not in the scope of Rockefeller's consideration, just because of interest.
Speaking of ice hockey, this ancient sport that originated in the Americas, evolved from hockey on land, and has a better mass base than rugby, and in Canada, the sport is currently very popular, with the first ice hockey game held in Kingston, Canada, in 1855, and the first official ice hockey game held at the Victoria Ice Rink in Montreal, Canada, two years ago.
Until entering the city hall, Li Mu and Rockefeller were exchanging topics about professional leagues, and Li Mu even proposed to hold a competition with the participation of Junma Group and Standard Oil, which aroused great interest in Rockefeller.
That's right, as long as it's a confrontation, Rockefeller likes it
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