The journey starts from the Titanic

He got dressed and walked down the stairs solemnly.In the early morning, the oil lamps in the Coolidge family's house were lit a lot, and it is estimated that all the oil lamps in the house were taken out.

The dim light, which was an old kerosene lamp from the Standard Oil Company era, brightened the room, and the faces of the people present were excited and solemn.

In the entrance hall of the Coolidge family's house, a lot of reporters really came, and the cameras sounded from time to time, and the fluorescent lights flickered, reflecting the excitement in people's hearts.

Coolidge had no expression on his face. He sighed as he looked at the blushing old Coolidge.He knows why Lao Tzu is so excited, because old Coolidge is a notary official who has done notarization all his life, and he hasn't won any big prizes. How can he be more excited than presiding over the presidential oath?

This kind of professionalism is completely understandable, besides, it is his own son.Coolidge obediently let the old Coolidge notary play with himself.

Under the auspices of Old Coolidge, Coolidge completed an extraordinary presidential oath and became the 30th president of the United States.

After answering the reporter's equally excited question, he turned upstairs and went to bed, leaving Old Coolidge excited all night.

"My dear, do you have anything to say?" The equally excited Mrs. Coolidge leaned forward, her body getting hot, and she was also excited about the pie falling from the sky.

"I'm happy for you. I believe you are a good president. Oh, poor Mr. Harding, he is a good man, and I feel sorry for him."

Contrary to Coolidge's silent character, Mrs. Coolidge was much more cheerful, but her constant chatter did not cause her husband to respond.

What's so exciting, the president does not do less, talk less, do everything according to the rules, don't just stretch out your hands, Americans can take care of their business.

"Sleepy! Sleep." Coolidge fell asleep with his head covered, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement in his tone.

The next day, he hurried back to Washington, the army officer Adolf?Under the auspices of Huo Ling, it was the oath to take over as president.

As we all know, the scandals of Harding's cabinet members have been repeated and corruption is serious, leaving Coolidge with a mess.The general election is about to come in another year. Will the people abandon the Republican Party and the Coolidge government?Many people are waiting for the theater.

Although Harding's cabinet is corrupt, the policies implemented have satisfied several major consortia.Situ Nan expressed his support for Coolidge through Andrew's relationship, and maintained a reasonable and close attitude with Coolidge in personal relationships.

As expected by Situ Nan, after Coolidge came to power, there were no new tricks, a well-mannered appearance, and there was no intention of new officials taking office. Even the criticized cabinet did not make adjustments. Do whatever you want.

Things have been going on for a month, everything has settled down again, and people have accepted Harding's death.

"Did the president make adjustments to the cabinet?" Situ Nan asked Andrew.

"No. He said that since people have elected Harding as president, he should continue Harding's term at least until the next general election. So the policy during Harding’s period will not change. There is also a cooperation agreement with South China, which he also confirmed. Up."

Andrew said on the phone.

"That's good. By the way, next year's Republican Party conference on tax cuts, does the president have any thoughts?" Situ Nan asked.In recent years, the Republican Party supported by the consortium has been pushing for tax cuts. When Harding took office, he reduced taxes once, but Stuart was not satisfied yet.

"Tax cuts are the consensus of the Republican Party in next year's elections. It doesn't matter who comes to power," Andrew said.

The long transmission distance made the phone sound a little distorted, but Situ Nan still felt confident in his tone.

"That's great. By the way, some rumors about the Ohio Gang Oil Company will come out recently, and it may be some unforeseen news." At the end, Situ Nan reminded.

It is said that Harding once said that as president, he does not worry about the enemy, but the friends around him keep him awake at night.Paper can't keep fire.

Counting the days, the oil scandal on the teapot is not close enough.Prior to this, there have been several corruption cases. For example, the Veterans Administration led by Charles Forbes has incredibly extravagant and corrupt practices, resulting in a waste of 200 million US dollars.

There is also the Alien Management Office, which has a lot of favoritism in the management of German-owned enterprises, and the Ministry of Justice has actually done nothing.

Basically, except for the super rich Andrew Mellon, the effective Secretary of Commerce Hoover and the powerless Vice President Coolidge, everyone in Harding's cabinet has more or less corruption problems.

In the 1920s, the prosperous Coolidge prosperity was also accompanied by the long-lasting fight against corruption.

The Democratic Party, which lost its seat in the White House and was greatly injured by the ban on the KKK, will certainly pursue the senior cabinet officials involved, and the relevant oil companies will also be punished in subsequent trials.

However, the rapid economic development has concealed many problems. In fact, these corrupt behaviors can be investigated. The responsible persons are more or less subject to legal sanctions. It is basically impossible to have similar investigations in other countries. In horizontal comparison, it is also American democracy. The superiority of the system.In most feudal and semi-feudal countries in the world, crimes greater than corruption abound.

During the conversation with Situ Meideng, Situ Nan said: "Corruption is not terrible. The terrible thing is that there is corruption but there is no way to investigate! The corruption cases in the United States are also earth-shattering, but after supervision, there are rarely similar cases. The situation. Nanhua should learn from this."

"Yes. We have come to our senses. We are referring to the legal systems of countries such as Britain, the United States, France and Germany to improve South China's legal system. The Attorney General is discussing such issues with legal experts from universities such as Harvard University."

Situ Meiden said.

Not long after the visit in Washington, I went to San Francisco and Los Angeles to continue the visit.Welcomed by hundreds of thousands of Chinese.

California is a state inhabited by Chinese people. Except for the embassy in the United States in New York, the embassy in San Francisco is not inferior at all.

Because there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese holding South China passports, and because they get South China passports, they can easily bypass the "Chinese Exclusion Act" and gradually obtain the right of abode in the United States. Slowly it is enough to affect the voting. California politics.

The Fargo family who has always maintained a close relationship with the strength of the Chinese, Cole?As the mayor of San Francisco, Fargo has made brilliant achievements in construction and became a political star.

Under his influence, the San Francisco government began to recruit some Chinese civil servants. Although the number was small and the positions were not high, it was a good start.

At least, in terms of political treatment, the Chinese are not as bad as the Japanese.

Harding’s death did not affect the South China delegation’s visit to the United States. In addition to political and economic negotiations, more industrial representatives from the South China delegation conducted large-scale visits to the Northeast Industrial Zone, the Great Lakes Industrial Zone and the emerging Western Industrial Zone in the United States. Continuous investigation.

Steel, railway transportation, and shipbuilding are still the focus of the investigation. In the bases of major industrial giants such as U.S. Steel and Bethlehem, the Chinese delegations are undoubtedly surprised. The trip to the United States made them realize that they started in Medan. The industry that was built was only pediatrics.

Many representatives originally returned to South China from the United States, but after a few years, the United States is undergoing earth-shaking changes. A large number of factories have been upgraded, and the thick and dense wires have also caused many South China engineers who revisited their old places. Aware of the huge gap with the world's industrial powers.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Situ Nan accompanied Situ Meideng and his party to visit the Francisco Shipyard, which is the only shipyard capable of building battleships on the West Coast of the United States.

But the shipyard is not building ships, but ship breaking!

"Have you seen? That was the big ship of the Great White Fleet, more than 20,000 tons! However, due to the "Washington Naval Treaty", some of the old ships will be eliminated. The Mississippi we saw is one of the misfortunes. ."

Situ Nan pointed at the sea giant not far away and smiled. In appearance, it looked really mighty.

"What a pity! When did Nanhua have such a ship?" Situ Meideng looked regretful and envied the wealthy Yankee.

"There will be, ten years! It is estimated that in ten years, Nanhua's shipbuilding industry will be able to build such a big ship." Situ Nan encouraged.

Ten years is still too optimistic. Shipbuilding is not that easy. South China is estimated to be able to build 10,000 tons of warships for 20 years!

"Uncle, don't envy others, Nanhua doesn't even have enough fishermen, so let's train enough merchant sailors first!"

Situ Nan comforted.

Chapter 171 August, written before the Tokyo earthquake

Before becoming rich, Nanhua wanted to have a strong navy at all.A world-leading air force and a sufficient number of submarine forces can ensure that South China is not invaded. Coupled with the destroyer fleet (piracy) that can ensure the smooth flow of South China's commercial shipping routes, it is sufficient to meet South China's development needs in the next ten years.

Situ Nan is fully capable of using his influence to sell U.S. battleships to South China. South China can bite the bullet and buy two battleships. The U.S. government is naturally willing to transfer these warships to South China, the United States in the Western Pacific. The only ally on the U.S., to increase American influence in the Western Pacific, is it just that South China can afford it?

Even if it was given away for nothing, it would not be easy for Nanhua to bear the cost of maintaining such a large ship.Besides, to bring back such a large surface warship, isn't it to ask the British to fight it?

Facing Situ Meiden's eager gaze, Situ Nan could only ignore it.

"It seems that we can only use the Dutch shipwreck." Situ Meiden laughed at himself.

South China has successfully salvaged the Dutch cruiser that sank not far from Palembang. It is estimated that it will take ten or eight years to repair it.

"Uncle, in fact, those two Dutch ships are quite good. Although they are always a little bit older, they are broken into holes by us, but it doesn't hurt to use such goods!