New Ming Empire mixed in America

The reason why Li Mingqi chose to land on what was later known as "China Beach" was because the defense of the San Francisco port was quite tight at that time.

Alcatraz Island, the predecessor of Alcatraz Prison, was a fortress guarding the safety of San Francisco Bay (San Francisco Bay) before it became the infamous federal prison.

Construction of the fort began in 1853, and by 1860 there were 108 heavy cannons installed here.

This fortress was set up specifically to prevent enemy warships from passing through the Kinmen Strait, and it would have been possible if Li Mingqi had not rejected Song He's port landing proposal.

Just these shabby warships of the Xinming Empire may have been beaten into pieces as soon as they entered the Kinmen Strait.

San Francisco first took off during the California Gold Rush from 1848 to 1855.

The gold mine was discovered in a mill near Sacramento, far away from San Francisco.

The second take-off was the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, which began in 1859. More than 100,000 gold prospectors from all over the world poured into the Rocky Mountains in search of wealth.

The nearest port city, San Francisco, took this opportunity to develop into a busy city.

San Francisco is called the "Golden Mountain", which refers to the gold mining spots starting from San Francisco, forming a fan shape southward along the Sacramento River and Sanoquin River, and extending eastward to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Therefore, there is constant traffic of merchant ships here in San Francisco, and the business environment is very favorable. There is no shortage of opportunities to make a fortune here. What is lacking is the eyes to discover opportunities.

The grain merchant Rodney is such a person who is good at discovering opportunities.

Back then, he made a lot of money from San Francisco's rice rumors by importing more than 70 ships of rice from Japan.

But this time, he found new opportunities to make money among the detained Chinese.

That is to buy rice at a low price from other businessmen, and then take it to the shipyard where the Chinese are imprisoned to sell it.

There is no need for the Chinese to pay cash, they just need to have these people sign the contract and have their fingerprints printed.

After that, he will send someone to take this contract to Los Angeles to ask for money from Li Mingqi.

Therefore, there is no shortage of opportunities to make a fortune in this world. This time Rodney made a lot of money by reselling grain, although it was all paper money.

Half a month ago, Rodney discovered some sneaky gang members wandering around the camp where Chinese were detained.

Not only gang members, but also many poor people from San Francisco's slums began to appear nearby.

And several times Rodney met the same missionary with a kind face.

This missionary named Andre was very enthusiastic and helped Rodney several times to get rid of the difficulties of the soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment who guarded the place.

A few days later, the cross on Rodney's chest was replaced by a ball engraved with a lightning bolt symbol.

The 'God' used in prayer has been replaced by the current word 'Heaven is above'...

"Rodney, heaven needs your help now!"

In the familiar missionary warehouse, Andrei and Rodney made their request as soon as they met:

"There is an oracle from the heavenly artifact. We cannot let the demons in San Francisco continue to do evil, so those imprisoned Orientals should be released!"

While Rodney was still thinking about the connection between preventing demons from doing evil and the Easterners having to be released, Andre continued:

"After doing all this, you will get the 'Xinming Empire Box' you dream of!"

Hearing the word ‘Xinming Empire Box’, Rodney immediately threw all his doubts away.

In order to obtain the 'Xinming Empire Box', he not only joined Andre's sect, but even provided a lot of support to the sect, including food sponsorship.

Why do you do this? Isn’t it for the ‘Xinming Empire Box’ that can continuously reproduce banknotes and bills?

You must know that he watched helplessly as one of his banknotes was put into the box, and three hours later it turned into two identical banknotes.

To use Dongfang Cui’s words:

‘This device can make a one-to-one copy of any paper, including banknotes. Simply put, he has discovered the secret of printing money and can copy money!’ (Sponsored by Du Niang)

In later generations, Dongfang Cui... Bah, Cui Jianguo's deception can also fool old men and old ladies, and there is even a high chance of being discovered.

But in this era of rapid technological advancement, even if you say that the pot lid on your head can receive energy from the universe, some people will believe it.

Do you dare to refute? Rodney is the first to dare to challenge you to a duel with his pistol!

After Li Mingqi upgraded and revised the 'Romanian Box' scam that only appeared in 1914.

Cui Jianguo relied on the upgraded 'box' scam to fool Rodney (crossed out)... It was Rodney who was impressed by Dongfang Cui's magical methods.

He was so convinced of the 'Xinming Empire Box' that he even put the contract he signed with those Easterners into the box, and an identical contract appeared three hours later.

Banknotes can deceive people, but contracts cannot. This was signed by him while he watched. Every stroke on it was written by him personally, and there was a fingerprint on it!

So when two identical contracts were placed in front of him, and he used this contract to raise money from the Orientals in Los Angeles in two batches, he went crazy.

However, Cui Jianguo said that copying the contract is much easier than finding the exact same one as Rodney's from a pile of banknotes.

That's right, the contract is printed by a copy machine, but the banknotes...

Let me tell you this, if all the banknotes in California were deposited in banks, then you would find that there are at least three identical banknotes with the same number, and there are at least two in Li Mingqi's hand...

"Tell me, what does the Kingdom of Heaven need from its devout believers?"

What Rodney said was categorical, no one could stop him from getting the 'Xinming Empire Box' at this moment, not even God came!!!

"You just need to establish a good relationship with the person in charge of guarding this place during this period, and give him this sugar water to drink."

With that said, Andre took out a small bottle with '999 Powerful Loquat Dew' printed on it and handed it to Rodney.

Looking at this small bottle, Rodney showed a trace of struggle on his face and said hesitantly:

"If he is poisoned, he will definitely find me, otherwise I will find some gunmen..."

Hearing what Rodney said, Andre smiled, opened the small bottle in front of him, and drank the sugar water in one gulp.

Then he said with a smile: "This sugar water is for cough relief. I heard that the commander in charge of guarding the Easterners has been coughing recently, so I asked you to give it to him."

There was nothing unusual on Andre's face, because Cui Jianguo told him so.

There was actually no abnormality on Cui Jianguo's face, because that's what Jin Yiwei told Cui Jianguo.

And Jin Yiwei knew more. For example, if this kind of sugar water is consumed for a long time, certain addiction symptoms will occur.

What's more, this was added with ingredients by Li Mingqi. The shells of some large fireworks in the ingredients are very common in Europe.

So…what’s the bad idea in giving cough syrup as a gift?