Los Angeles City Hall.
In front of a round table sat the members of the House of Representatives from Los Angeles.
This table could only seat twelve people.
Donald had copied the style of King Arthur's 12 Knights of the Round Table and made a round table.
Donald usually sat on the main seat that represented King Arthur.
But now, an even more distinguished person was sitting on this chair.
Zhu Shengkai sat in the main seat, and behind him stood a row of dignified and solemn Ming Dynasty officers.
The other eleven seats were occupied by Donald and the other ten members of the Los Angeles Senate.
The rest of the Los Angeles councilmen could only stand behind Donald and the others.
Finally, Zhu Shengkai spoke,""Chief Donald, let's get straight to the point.”
Donald smiled." Say, it's our honor to have a noble like you come to Los Angeles. You can say whatever you want."”
Zhu Shengkai gently nodded his chin, his every move showing the attitude of a noble.
With a wave of his hand, two officers beside him worked together to carry a box onto the table.
The heavy box was placed on the table with a dull thud.
Donald and the other members of the Los Angeles Senate gulped. They seemed to have seen this scene somewhere before.
Wasn't that how it was in those novels? Is this box full of money?
Li Cheng opened the box under the expectant gazes of these white bumpkins.
In an instant, the white councilmen narrowed their eyes as if they had been blinded by something.、
But then, their eyes widened again!
Because there was gold in the chest!
Moreover, it was a piece of gold nugget the size of a human head!
"This!"
Donald and the others immediately widened their eyes. Their Adam's apple moved, and they subconsciously swallowed.
Such a big piece of gold?
Then, they heard Zhu Shengkai's somewhat worried words."I originally wanted to bring some money out, but the banks in my place and yours should not be open.”
"It's not easy to carry too much cash and it's too heavy, so I can only bring some things.”
"We really have too many of these things. We really don't want to bring them.”
Zhu Shengkai's words made these red-necked Caucasians turn red again.
Damn it, gold is still despised?
If it were them, they would not feel tired no matter how much gold they brought!
However, this action also left an impression in their hearts that Zhu Shengkai was extremely rich.
Immediately, according to what Zhu Shengkai's subordinates had said, they had a rough guess.
The royal family of the Ming Empire in the Far East.
Qianming represented a country in the Far East.
The royal family symbolized the noble bloodline of the great nobles.
Gold represented wealth!
Before the Opium War, the weakness of the Qing Dynasty had not been exposed.
Countless westerners were influenced by Marco Polo's travels to the East. They yearned for and envied the powerful empire in the Far East from the bottom of their hearts. They yearned for the prosperity, strength, and wealth of the Far East Empire.
Everything from the mysterious empire of the Far East was sought after by them.
Silk, porcelain, tea leaves, and so on.
Now, although the Qing Dynasty was in a prosperous era, due to the isolation of the country and the fact that foreign countries had advanced the Great Voyage Era by a hundred years, technology had advanced by leaps and bounds.
The weakness of the Qing Dynasty could be seen at a glance.
However, because it was the Far East Empire and the Qing Dynasty was huge, many Westerners did not dare to look down on such an old empire in the East.
After all, the Qing Dynasty had a huge population of tens of millions.
Although the Qing Dynasty, which had a population of hundreds of millions, was defeated by the British Empire, the sun never sets.
However, in this era, which country in the world had not been beaten up by the British Empire?!
In this era, no one could defeat Great Britain. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty, which was defeated by Great Britain, still had some authority in the world.
After all, it was the golden land written in the travels of Marco Polo.
Donald quickly came up with an idea of Zhu Shengkai's identity.
He felt that Zhu Shengkai must have been a member of the royal family of an empire before the Qing Dynasty. That empire was no longer there, but the royal family and nobles were still respected.
It could be seen from the huge ship they came on when they arrived.
Thinking of this, Donald quickly drew a clear line between Zhu Shengkai and the Qing Dynasty in the Far East.
"Three things."
Zhu Shengkai looked at Donald with sharp eyes.
"Please speak, please speak."
Donald, who thought he had sorted out Zhu Shengkai's identity, lowered his stance even more.
In the US Federation, you were the boss if you had money, not to mention Zhu Shengkai and the noble bloodline that these nobodies of the US Federation envied and worshipped.
"The first thing is to exchange this gold for money.”
"No problem, no problem. Leave it to me.”
Donald nodded like he was pounding garlic.
" The second thing is that I want to set up a new company here in Los Angeles. A company that specializes in the American market, a company that covers industries such as industry and clothing."
"Sure, sure. As long as you want to establish a few companies.”
As Donald spoke, he suddenly had an idea.
President Lincoln and the six slave states in the South were all collecting military uniforms for the new army. At this time, this noble from the Far East established a company in Los Angeles that covered the clothing industry.
Donald was overjoyed. This was a godsend opportunity for Los Angeles!
If this noble's company was selected by the Conquest Army of the United States, then Los Angeles would also be able to benefit from it!
Instantly, Donald became even more attentive.
"Third, I want to buy the right to use Santa Monica Pier.”
"Santa Monica Pier belongs to the North American Big Ming Company.”
Speaking of the third matter, Donald hesitated.
Zhu Shengkai looked at Donald with displeasure.
Donald was so scared that he immediately nodded. What was a dock? If this company was selected by the US Federal Army, how much prosperity would it bring to Los Angeles?
" Your Highness," Donald quickly said," Santa Monica Pier belongs to the federal government. We have no right to sell it."”
As Donald spoke, he gritted his teeth and said,""If you want, we can rent it to you for 500 dollars a year!”
Five hundred dollars a year was an extremely low price for a dock!
It was equivalent to giving it away for free!
"Chief!"
The councilmen were all shocked.
However, he was suppressed by Donald.
"Sure!"
Zhu Shengkai nodded indifferently.
But in reality, he was overjoyed.
Five hundred dollars a year was equivalent to giving it to him for nothing!
With a port in Los Angeles, he would be able to build ships and sail across the ocean!
There would be a place to cross the Pacific Ocean. It was equivalent to opening a path to the Qing Dynasty!
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