New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Can't do it?" Davis' voice was a little loud, causing a close aide beside him to take two steps back.

"Why should I send a message for him if I can't do that? Why don't I just go to that bald guy at Stanford?"

Davis took two steps back and forth in the camp irritably.

Because of the San Francisco Bay mine incident, his reputation became so bad in the eyes of the people of California.

Although his reputation was worthless to him in the hearts of the people of California, he was attacked several times during this period because of California's high bounties.

The last time he was collecting protection fees (crossed out)... and port security fees at the port, he was attacked by a dozen young men.

If it weren't for his quick skills, he would have been turned into a corpse and buried in an unknown cemetery.

Although he was unwilling to do so, he did not dare to delay Li Mingqi's affairs.

If the old immortal governor of California has something important to discuss with Li Mingqi, and he is delayed here, he will definitely be left with nothing to eat.

Therefore, he only dared to block it and get some benefits. He did not dare to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Because he worked under Li Mingqi, he worked hard to learn Eastern culture during this period.

Although his Chinese speaking skills are not as good as those of the children under the umbrella, he has still learned a few common sentences.

For example, "I would like to send you my regards, my Majesty," or "I will resign," and "Long live your Majesty, my Majesty," and so on.

By the way, there is another sentence that Sun Laifu taught him in the end, "The slave is Davis who has met Lord Sun"

That's right, these were all taught to Davis by Sun Laifu's personal friend Sun Laifu.

For Sun Laifu to be so concerned about him learning Chinese, Davis thought it was probably friendship.

So after learning these few sentences, Davis finally has a use for them today.

"Slave, please give my regards to Long Live Lord~"

The first words Davis said when he saw Li Mingqi made Li Mingqi almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

Li Mingqi knew who taught him to say this when he heard the Beijing movie with a smooth accent and even a final consonant.

It must be Sun Laifu. That guy had a seizure recently and suddenly fell in love with teaching foreigners how to speak Chinese.

It would be fine if he taught something good, but look at what he is teaching now.

"Okay, don't say this in front of me next time, it sounds scary!"

Davis immediately nodded and said: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

"Okay, okay, next time you talk to me, speak English. It's really awkward to hear you speak Chinese."

Li Mingqi couldn't stand this. Although he opened his mouth on important occasions to suit the occasion, he was still not used to these cumbersome titles.

After Davis finished telling the news that an unnamed governor in California wanted to cooperate with the Xinming Empire, Li Mingqi was a little confused.

No wonder California's response is so slow now. Volunteer organizations have even appeared, and the California militia is still being called up.

It turns out that there are people of our own in California. Sure enough, the enemies of an organization are always within the organization. I don’t lie to you.

He was not interested in California's own mission-impossible mission. He only wanted to know what California's outdated governor wanted to do with him.

So the next day Li Mingqi met the envoy who came from Sacramento.

In fact, this envoy arrived at the port of San Francisco with the ship yesterday, planning to find a way to meet Li Mingqi regardless of whether Davis introduced him or not.

No need now, I didn’t expect that guy named Davis to be so loyal to the Orientals.

If they were so concerned about California, it would be impossible for these Orientals to occupy San Francisco.

"Dear President Li, on behalf of my California..."

Before the messenger could finish his polite words, Li Mingqi interrupted directly: "Let's talk about the matter directly. I'm not used to being so polite."

The envoy was a little dazed. Don't you Orientals like to be polite like this and then talk around?

He has also been to the Far East. He has lived in that huge country in the Far East for six years and is used to the way officials in the Far East speak.

He had already made plans to come over tomorrow to talk about business, but he didn't expect Li Mingqi to be so direct.

"Ahem... Mr. Governor admires what you have done for your compatriots. He can make the decision to sell San Francisco to you..."

"Sell it to me?" Li Mingqi couldn't help laughing and said:

"This is the territory of our Xinming Empire since ancient times. There is no doubt about it. Well, you'd better just tell him what he wants."

The messenger was stunned again. This Easterner was a bit ignorant.

The reason why you are stable in San Francisco until now is because the governor has been holding California back (cross out)...

Isn't it because the governor was moved by your spirit of being an enemy of California for the sake of your compatriots, so he secretly helped you?

Although he kept criticizing in his heart, he still had the courage to speak out the remaining conditions.

"Mr. Governor has some very important industries in Europe, so he will no longer continue to serve California after the gubernatorial election next year."

"You also know that Mr. Governor is not only a good governor, he is also a good father. In order to let his children..."

He was not interested in listening to his continued nonsense, so Li Mingqi asked directly: "How much money does he want?"

The messenger opened his mouth and swallowed the rest of his words.

He was a little uncomfortable with Li Mingqi's lack of cooperation, which was the biggest insult to a person like him who relied on his eloquence to make a living.

But in order to get the governor's money smoothly, he chose to accept this insult.

"One million dollars..."

"What can he give?"

Li Mingqi looked at the messenger who seemed to have lost all color with interest, and continued:

"In other words, why does he think he's worth a million dollars?"

"The governor can help you lobby the parliament and get them to agree to revoke the Land Occupation Law. In this case, those volunteers are likely to cause chaos themselves, and they will not be able to continue to cause trouble for you."

After the messenger finished speaking, Li Mingqi thought about it carefully and then said:

"I have ways to deal with those volunteers, so... these are not enough!"

Only then did Li Mingqi know why California had introduced the Land Occupation Law. It should have been promoted by the governor and some people behind him.

In order to get some benefits from Li Mingqi, as for the passionate young people who were fooled by them...

They went on their own, what does it have to do with big shots like us? Can’t you see that we have lost our right to speak in the parliament?

So if you want to live in the West, just listen to what those politicians or big shots say and don't take them too seriously.

Just like the Northern government troops surrendered to their leader Lincoln, they vowed to liberate the black people, but what was the result?

On April 12, 1963, Martin Luther King was still leading a black march in Birmingham, Alabama.

The black people worked hard to sacrifice their lives and blood for the northern government troops, and even stabbed the southern warlord in the back.

But they got nothing, no political rights, no land.

In other words, it's like letting Lin play for fun without giving you any money.

Therefore, Li Mingqi was not interested in the governor's guarantee at all, unless the governor sold California to him for some reason.