Chapter 172 Build a China City?

On the main road from Sacramento to Auckland, two carriages were running at full speed.

On the carriage were the disheveled San Francisco Mayor Hamilton, and his deputy, Deputy Mayor Eiger Asimo. Originally, they were staying in the city office building... After receiving a telegram from Phil Shatner and sending reinforcements led by Erlanger, they stayed there and never left again. It wasn't that they didn't want to leave, they were so nervous. If they didn't want to maintain their manners, Hamilton would even have to move to the Telegraph Office to work.

Fortunately, the Telegraph Bureau is not far from the city government. Moreover, after a few hours, they got the news... victorious. The group of "does everything evil", but the same cunning and treacherous Chinese were defeated by Erlanger and Phil Shatner, and could no longer pose any threat to California. Now, those guys are fleeing north frantically, trying to escape the "just judgment". Erlanger and others are following him and chasing.

The snow is clear and the situation is very good.

After receiving the news, Hamilton even took out a bottle of good wine he had collected to share with Egg Asimo. Because he was so happy. You know, the pressure he had been under in the past ten days was too great. Thirty people disappeared, one hundred and fifty people disappeared, three hundred people disappeared, and seven hundred people disappeared... After a while, the Chinese people were like crocodiles that could never be fed, constantly devouring everything they could swallow. It was simply a group of demons.

But now it's fine. Erlang will soon catch or eliminate all the guys who have exposed their bodies... The Chinese are like that. When they hide, they seem to never be able to touch the edge of strength, but as soon as they are exposed, they are still so weak and incompetent. Yellow people can only be defeated by white people. How can they turn over?

If it wasn't too late, Hamilton even wanted to hold a huge party to invite all the prominent figures in San Francisco to have a drink and let them share the joy of victory with him. At the same time, he also wanted to let these guys see that he was not as incompetent as they saw. Those Chinese could make Colorado come to an end, but when he arrived in San Francisco, he could no longer run... Yes, he lost more than a thousand people, but so what? He defeated those Chinese and he was the winner. Erlang will soon rescue the missing people. At that time, he will meet the poor people as a hero and set up a glorious image in front of the citizens of San Francisco.

"If Perkins hadn't come to cause trouble for me."

As the carriage bumped, Hamilton's mind turned to the person he was about to face. Heroes, there were many heroes, or heroes in the western United States at this time. Because heroes and heroes at this time were very cheap... As long as you kill someone, or shoot them accurately and take action quickly enough, you can become a hero. Of course, there is another premise, that is, you must be alive. Hamilton knew a "hero". That guy came from a small town in Southern California. He was a sheriff and often wore two guns. Once, the guy took people to arrest two wanted criminals, but the two wanted criminals ran towards both ends of the street. He immediately drew his gun and shot. After a gunshot, the two wanted criminals fell down.

In the pool of blood, a gunshot killed two wanted criminals. Why? Because his two guns pulled the trigger at the same time. In this way, the guy became a hero in Southern California. But what is this? Killing two wanted criminals is just a piece of cake compared to him. You know, he will rescue more than a thousand white people captured by the Chinese! He sent out those more than a thousand people? Yes, he sent them, but so what? He did rescue these people again, right, right? He was the winner. People will only care about how he won, and will not care about what failures he had in the middle. It is like a war. So what if the battles failed in the middle, as long as you win in the end.

But that Perkins was about to come and cause trouble for him.

Erlanger sent him a telegram, saying that Phil Shatner had someone send a telegram to Sacramento to report the victory, but Perkins called back and told them that they would personally go to the scene of the battle... What does this mean? Snatching the merit is simply a naked snatching the merit!

The governor rushed to the scene of the war, took a few more photos and published them in the newspaper. What else can he, the mayor of San Francisco, do? Will people still say that he won the victory of this "war" with the Chinese? What are you kidding? People will only remember that he sent more than a thousand people out of the city to search, but the Chinese took away all the "past events".

Perkins's bastard's behavior was simply to want his political life.

"Fortunately Erlanger is smart. If he hadn't paid attention to inquiries, we would have been passive." Egg Asimo wrapped his coat on his body. It would be not good to travel at night in the weather, but he and Hamilton had to take this trip. Because they knew that if they didn't take this trip, they would have nothing to do with this victory. And once they lost the fruits of this victory, the political situation they would face would be extremely bad.

"That guy is just thinking about the next governor's election." Hamilton said hatefully.

"Yes. But George Stoneman is not a good guy to deal with." Egg Assimo said again.

"That Jewish guy is also hard to deal with." Hamilton glanced at his deputy and sighed. As one of the political strongmen in California, he certainly knew who George Asimo was talking about. He was a powerful campaigner to serve as California governor. Perkins was about to face. Because George Stoneman was a major general in the army. In an environment like the West, that guy made many contributions.

The state enjoys a very high reputation. What he calls "Jewish" refers to his own opponent Washington Bartlett, just as Perkins' opponent has been basically confirmed, Washington Bartlett is basically his opponent when he is running for the next mayor. As for why he doesn't make trouble for Perkins and runs for governor, he still has to compete with Bartlett for mayor... He is really not sure to fight George Stoneman

He was a Republican and was not allowed within the party. Because he and Perkins were both Republicans, while George Stoneman and Washington Bartlett were both from the Democratic Party. Although President Hayes has been committed to political reform since he took office and wanted to change the current system of party sharing in the United States, the habits that have been formed over the long period of time are not something that can be changed by reform. The Republican and Democratic parties still control the real power of the entire United States of America. Similarly, those who control these two parties are the real masters of the country. Democratic? Go to hell. But in the same way, under the party's weight system, individual members of the party must obey the strategy of the whole party. Although California is not a very developed state, it plays an important role in the western United States. For the interests of the Republican Party, those big players in the party will not allow him to have a civil war with Perkins.

"However, the most hateful thing is that guy Perkins, who didn't even say hello." His situation was already very unfavorable, and that guy was going to take a step forward. Hamilton, an outsider, thought of his "comrades-in-arms" in the party, became more and more angry as he thought about it. Who is this person? He knows what the situation is now, but he still does this. It's just too much.

"Don't worry, Erlanger won't let him succeed. Moreover, I believe Perkins should have a little bit of a measure and won't do too much." Egg Asimo advised.

"I really don't understand, given George Stoneman's relationship in the army, why would he send him a cavalry regiment? Isn't he afraid of his opponents making contributions?" Hamilton asked with a frown again.

"It's just a group of Chinese people. Even the citizens of San Francisco who have personally felt the threats from those guys may not really take them seriously, let alone people from other places, let alone George Stoneman. Maybe the general is hiding in his villa and waiting to see jokes... When fighting a group of Chinese people, he actually wants to use a regular cavalry regiment. This may be a basis for him to criticize Perkins for being incompetent in the future." Eiger Asimo said with a wry smile.

"This group of Chinese people has hurt us badly." Hamilton sighed. It's really hard to live.

"I regret it a little now. Why did I not build the Pacific Railway to San Francisco? Why didn't I build it to Los Angeles? Do you think so?" Iger Asimo said again.

"Good idea." Hamilton nodded repeatedly, "If you get to Los Angeles, you don't have to worry about a governor who lives so close to you coming to trouble you. It's really..."

"Don't think about this. You know, it was because Perkins sent this army that we finally won. He is now taking the initiative. We want to take a little advantage from him, and he needs to nod." Seeing that Hamilton was still worried, Egg Asimo advised with a wry smile. The main reason for being able to defeat the Chinese this time was that Perkins sent a team. This team was not quickly eliminated by the Chinese like the teams they had sent before, but was stalemate with the other party and quickly notified them to send reinforcements... This is the most important thing. With this alone, Perkins' credit cannot be eliminated. Moreover, he is the governor. Although the political system in the United States is different, the mayor can ignore the governor and even shy his face, but the governor is always higher than the mayor's height, which is the advantage.

"Iger, do you think if we take this opportunity to drive the Chinese in Chinatown out of San Francisco, will we recover some points?" Hamilton suddenly said again.

"Chinatown?" Hamilton's thoughts jumped too fast, and Egg Assimo couldn't catch up for a while. "Why did you think of Chinatown again?"

"The white people in San Francisco have long wanted to drive away all the yellow people because they are ignorant and dirty. However, many of those guys have obtained residence rights in San Francisco and paid a large amount of poll taxes. Therefore, in terms of law, we cannot expel them, and the parliament and some relevant departments are unwilling to do so. But now it is different. The Chinese are too dangerous. They even extend their claws to San Francisco... We have enough reason to expel them." Hamilton said.

"But Chinatown is different from those Chinese. They are not from the same group." Iger Asimo understood what Hamilton meant. The mayor of San Francisco knew that it would be difficult for him to get too much from Perkins, and it would be difficult to recover the loss caused by the loss of more than a thousand people in the hearts of the citizens of San Francisco because of the disappearance of more than a thousand people. Therefore, he decided to cater to the psychology of those white people and drive the yellow people away in San Francisco... In this way, he would definitely be favored by a large number of white people. However, Iger Asimo did not agree with Hamilton's actions. If it were simply to drive away, it would have been better to have the disgust of white people in San Francisco for yellow people.

To do it? The members of the parliament have to do something for those white people, otherwise who will ask for their votes? But so far, except for some of the guys who are in power, none of the main members of the parliament mentioned the expulsion of Chinese people in the parliament. Those guys hurt the ignorance, dirtyness, backwardness of the yellow people every day, and denounced them for causing a lot of unemployment to the United States of America. However, why don’t they do what they can do easily? Just because San Francisco is an immigrant city, they need to take into account the feelings of those immigrants and the image of the city?

Bullshit!

As deputy mayor, Eiger Asimo knew very well why those guys claimed that they hated the Chinese, but they were reluctant to pass proposals in parliament to expel those Chinese from San Francisco. Because the Chinese in Chinatown have been providing San Francisco and surrounding areas with a lot of cheap labor and generous taxes.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, Chinese people are very poor and able to endure hardships, and cheap labor is understandable, but why do they say that they have generous taxes? How can a group of poor people provide large taxes?

Of course it is affordable. Not to mention anything else, just the cap tax, every Chinese pays dozens of dollars every year! Dollars, how many Chinese are there in Chinatown? Tens of thousands! This sum alone is nearly one million US dollars! Million!

Which one who is truly in charge is willing to give up such a large amount of money? Do they dare to give up such a large amount of money? Are they not afraid that others will eat them alive?

So, no matter how citizens complain or reject them, the San Francisco city government and the council never thought of truly expelling the Chinese. Isn’t that a fool to throw away such a large sum of money in vain?

But Aegasimo did not expect that Hamilton would take this risk for his political career.

"Even if you can use public opinion to forcibly pass the bill to expel Chinese, have you ever thought about it? What does this mean? What will you get?" Egg Asimo slowly stated his opinion, but his eyes at Hamilton were already a little wrong... It doesn't matter if you beat the Chinese; it doesn't matter if you kill the Chinese; it doesn't matter if you expel the Chinese; it doesn't matter if you expel the Chinese that offends almost the entire political forces of San Francisco. Even if you can still become mayor, you can't make it.

"My friend, what I meant was not that. Exiting does not mean being bombarded from afar... What if we build another Chinatown on the outskirts of San Francisco?" Hamilton naturally understood what Asimo meant, and of course he also knew how much trouble it would cause if he did that, but he also had his own ideas.

"Chinatown?" Egg Assimo was stunned.

"Actually, my meaning is very simple. It is to move Chinatown out of San Francisco and set up another Chinatown on the outskirts of the city, or Chinatown, Tangrentown, etc. We can even impose land use taxes on those Chinese people, and others will be happy." Hamilton said again.

"Then what's the difference between keeping those Chinese in San Francisco?" Iger Asimo thought for a while and asked again, "Aren't you afraid that the citizens think you're cheating on them?"

"They just don't want to see the Chinese. In this way, we will fulfill their wishes. Isn't that possible?" Hamilton rolled his eyes, "Besides, if they are to be driven out forever just because of hatred, then we, as well as Britain, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary, and even the barbaric Tsarist Russia, should we unite to expel China across the Pacific from the earth?"

"In fact, we, either we, Britain, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary, we do not hate China. Because we, especially Britain and France, can gain huge benefits from there. And without the Chinese, that vast land will be just a wasteland and will not bring us any benefits. At that time, except Russia, no country will be interested in it." Aeg Asimo said.

"That's it. Actually, we all hate the Chinese, but we don't hate the benefits brought to us by the Chinese. At worst, after we impose land use tax from the Chinese, we will build a few more hospitals and churches for the citizens. I will not be so angry at that time." Hamilton said.

"But I still think your method is too dangerous." Aegasimo said.

"No, it's not dangerous at all. As long as Perkins is willing to work with me," Hamilton said.

"Cooperate? With Perkins?" Didn't you still compete for the merits with that guy just now? Why are you going to cooperate again now? Iger Asimo was stunned again.

"Yes, it's just working with Perkins." Hamilton said: "Iger, think about it, if, I mean if, when we expel the Chinese, Perkins allocated a piece of land as governor..."

"If that land is not in the jurisdiction of San Francisco, then you will be in vain." Aeg Asimo hurriedly reminded.

"Of course it's in San Francisco. Think about it, San Francisco has a large population and the largest votes in California. If Perkins wants to run for the next governor, how could he give up this area? So, he will definitely choose to build Chinatown in San Francisco, and he will definitely." Hamilton said.

"But San Francisco people hate Chinese people." Aeger Asimo shrugged and spread his hands. He felt that his partner was messing around, which was clearly thankless.

"It seems you haven't figured it out yet. Let me tell you the whole plan." Hamilton shook his head, and Eiger Asimo's brain speed disappointed him a little: "Look, first of all, we must use public opinion to submit a bill to the parliament to expel the Chinese; then, the Chinese are expelled, and the citizens are happy, but at this time, some people will come out in newspapers and radio to tell these citizens that these Chinese have shared a large amount of taxes for them and will provide a large amount of taxes to the government, and these taxes will be applied to them in turn. If the Chinese are expelled, the government will lose such a large amount of money, and maybe they will increase taxes.

Otherwise, the work will be difficult to carry out... For a period of time, citizens will be in a dilemma. They hate Chinese people and do not want to lose the large amount of money delivered by Chinese people. What should I do? At this time, Perkins will come forward to find a place in California to let Chinese people live there... Citizens will be nervous. Because, once Perkins puts this land in other areas, they will completely lose the money. What should I do? So, I have to come forward again. I will propose to the parliament to allocate a piece of land on the outskirts of San Francisco to build Chinatown, so that the Chinese can stay away from San Francisco and continue to collect various taxes... The best of both worlds!"

"In that way, citizens will feel that you are considering them everywhere, your approval rating will definitely rise significantly, and voters will definitely think that you are the best mayor, right?" Aegasimo smiled.

"Isn't it?" Hamilton asked back.

"Of course," Egg Asimo nodded with a smile, "not only you, but if you do it well, Perkins will also leave an impression in the minds of California voters that take the overall situation into consideration, and you will all make a profit."

"That's right." Hamilton laughed, "What do you think of my plan now?"

"No, very good." Aegasimo smiled.

"Hahaha……"

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"What are those guys laughing at? Isn't it just to defeat a group of Chinese people? What's there to be happy about?"
Chapter completed!