America 1881: Legend of the West

Chen Jianqiu's words were meant for Porter, and of course for the Chinese people watching around him.

With him here, at least these San Francisco police officers will never be able to arrest Chinese people indiscriminately and beat them up as before.

Porter glanced at Chen Jianqiu, then looked around at the dark crowd around him.

Without saying anything, he left Chinatown with his police officers and Situ Meitang.

There is no suspense about the final result.

The team of lawyers is out again.

However, due to schedule reasons, only two people attended this time.

But it's enough to solve the problem.

The judges in San Francisco now have a headache seeing these litigants.

He always felt like he was back in law school listening to professors.

In addition, the matter itself is very clear and the evidence is sufficient.

Those gangsters had a lot of criminal records, which made the jury lean towards the defendant.

Situ Meitang originally thought that he would be hanged like the Chinese who had killed people in California before.

As a result, he was released after only two months in jail.

When he returned to Chinatown, Chen Jianqiu had left California and only left him a long letter.

Boss Chen’s only purpose is to hope that Situ Meitang can grow up as soon as possible, lead ZGT on the right path, and never forget his own nation.

Whether you need money or people, just ask.

He will also come to San Francisco from time to time to give sufficient support to the Chinese here.

Situ Meitang took the letter, stood at the door of the Chinese General Hall, and bowed deeply towards the door.

When he stood up again, his eyes were filled with tears.

Chen Jianqiu returned to Roswell.

Tesla is still working on alternators.

Preliminary improved models have been released.

Chen Jianqiu took the lead in building a power plant in Roswell and then built a transmission line between Lincoln County and Roswell.

Two places were the first to receive electricity.

The phone line went all the way to Santa Fe.

Sanjiang Bank and major factories have installed telephones, making communication much more convenient.

More and more scientists and engineers are coming here.

Nowadays, the Roswell Institute of Science and Technology is a gathering of talents, and laboratories have been built one after another, the scale of which is no less than that of Edison's invention center in New York.

The benefits and conditions here are really good. Not only are the salaries high, but there are also generous bonuses. Most importantly, the investors have been staying in Roswell recently and they invest as they say without any ambiguity.

The only bad thing is that the president and vice president of the association are obsessed with scientific research and basically don't care about the affairs of the association.

Holmes was out prospecting all day long, while Tesla and Browning were busy working on a fully automatic rifle, and the other was modifying motors for the factory.

On the contrary, Boss Chen would appear in the association from time to time, chairing meetings and listening to their scientific research results.

Chen Jianqiu really has nothing to do.

It's just that he has some personal matters, very important personal matters.

So he had to stay in Roswell recently, or he didn't want to be too far away from Roswell.

Camilla is pregnant.

This is not surprising to Chen Jianqiu, but it is great news.

He's going to be a dad.

He himself was an orphan, and so was Camilla.

Therefore, during this time, he preferred to stay with his mother and daughter.

in the next few years.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

Chemical fertilizers have begun to be mass-produced. Although the barren Roswell has not turned into a fertile soil, the yield of potatoes and other crops has made a qualitative leap.

Dots of oases appeared on the wasteland, and people who came to visit were amazed by them.

Together with people from the National Farmers Union and the Democratic Party, Roswell's fertilizers began to sell well in various western states.

Minerals previously invested in Mexico are beginning to reveal their huge economic potential.

Technology gave America the wings to take off in the 19th century.

The silver, copper, and iron produced from these mines were continuously transported across the border into the United States through the railways built by the Santa Fe Railway Company, and at the same time brought huge profits to Chen Jianqiu.

As for the arsenals in Europe, they have completely turned losses into profits.

Whether it was Britain or France, Austria-Hungary or Germany, their emperors were extremely keen on consuming bullets in their colonies in Africa and Asia.

To deal with the cavalry in Central Africa and the Arab world who like to wield sabers, the Maxim machine gun has become the best choice.

Maxim machine guns and bullets were sold out in Europe, and ambitious empires began to order improved machine guns in advance.

Within the United States, the frontier is disappearing.

The western territories of Iowa, Wyoming, the Dakotas, and Montana were considering joining the Union.

As the population of these western states increased and their industries gradually prospered, joining the Union was logically a matter of course.

But because these territories are controlled by the Republican Party.

In order to ensure that power would not be lost, the Democrats who controlled both houses of Congress refused to accept their application for admission to the Union.

Congress was in turmoil over this, and President Cleveland was also troubled.

These applications were not approved until Republicans sent Harrison to the White House in 1888.

But when these states applied to join the Union, the big guys in Washington and the East suddenly discovered that the most prosperous places in the West were not among these states.

It's New Mexico!

Unlike other western territories that are dominated by agriculture, there are actually many factories here!

This is the largest arms production base in the United States! It is also the place with the most prosperous import and export trade!

The population here is far beyond their imagination, and a large number of workers work here, including whites, Chinese and Mexicans.

The state government is extremely rich, and the prosperity of several core cities such as Santa Fe and Albuquerque has even caught up with San Francisco.

A place like this has not yet joined the Federation? !

Congress began to prioritize the admission of the New Mexico Territory to the Union.

They proposed a plan to merge New Mexico and Arizona into the Union as one state.

Those in power in Congress also discovered a problem.

The number of Chinese in New Mexico exceeds their imagination.

Many Chinese have joined the Republican and Democratic parties, and have served in state governments, and even as state legislators.

At first, people in Congress were surprised.

In the minds of these eastern gentlemen, these western states were vanguards of anti-China, and the drafting of the anti-China bill came into being mainly at their request.

God knows why these Chinese people are living so well here now.

But to Washington's surprise, this plan was flatly rejected by both territories.

The reason actually has nothing to do with the Chinese.

The indigenous residents of Arizona are afraid of the prosperity and complex ethnic composition of New Mexico next door. The reason in New Mexico is simpler. They are unwilling to share congressional seats with the Arizona old haters.

To this end, the governor and speaker even made a special trip to Lincoln County to visit Chen Jianqiu.

They wanted to hear from the man behind New Mexico.

However, in the study of the villa in Lincolnshire, Chen Jianqiu held his son, who had just turned one year old, and waved at them kindly:

"You political people can just handle these matters."

"I'm just a businessman and don't understand politics. As long as it doesn't delay my business, you can do whatever you want."

Of course he doesn't need to express too many opinions.

Wang Qingfu led members of the "Chinese Political Participation Alliance" to make waves in Washington and New Mexico.

What they do represents his will.

Now in the west, Chen Jianqiu and the Chinese have two basic markets in New Mexico and California, so they have no worries for the time being.

But this also gave him a wake-up call.

The frontier is dissipating, and there is not much room for maneuver.

Increasing numbers of Chinese immigrants are entering the United States through California and Mexico.

They need more room to grow.

This is the last chance to seize the living space.

And soon, this opportunity came.

Chen Jianqiu received important news:

On April 1889, 4, the federal government would open up the last virgin land in the entire West: Oklahoma Territory.