The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 509: Ulysses Grant was tricked

"I believe you all understand that you hold the fate of this country in your hands and determine its future!" Republican President James Donald Cameron's eyes swept across everyone's face.

"Next we will vote starting from the first letter of the state name, using the claim voting method!"

The representatives sitting on the benches were whispering to each other, and the place was buzzing.

Most people's expressions were serious and relaxed, and voting was an alternation of claiming and writing in votes.

Especially the first round of voting, which allows people to know which candidate's votes come from where.

"Now let's start with the Alabama delegates! The head of the Alabama delegation will count the votes for each candidate in your state."

Then the Alabama delegates began to talk.

Ulysses Grant sat below, his face motionless but his hands clenched together nervously.

This election is really important to him.

As long as you successfully become a candidate, you can get the support of those capitals. Even if you fail to become president in the end, you can still improve your current economic situation.

If I fail in the election, my family will run out of food.

This is not an exaggeration, we are really running out of food.

The formation of this team, including the dress he wore to attend the conference, was all supported by others.

A moment later, the head of the Alabama delegation stood up and said loudly: "Alabama's 20 votes are all for Ulysses Grant!"

Hearing this, Ulysses Grant couldn't help but pump his fist.

"Good luck to you. I believe America will be better under your leadership!" The head of the Alabama delegation turned and smiled at Ulysses Grant.

Alabama is a southern state, and the Republican Party is weak in southern states.

Ulysses Grant was the commander-in-chief of the army during the Civil War and a war hero, so Republicans in southern states believed that he could lead the United States forward.

The same is true for Arkansas next.

"All 16 votes in Arkansas went to Ulysses Grant!"

The first two states voted for Ulysses Grant, which greatly boosted his confidence and made him more confident in the election.

Grant's expression also relaxed a lot, his clenched hands finally loosened, and a smile on his face became natural.

"Next up is the California representative!"

The entire venue was silent, and everyone looked in one direction.

Everyone knows that California is now that man's territory.

The opinions of these representatives can be said to be the opinions of that person.

So in the past few days, representatives from other regions have deliberately kept their distance from them.

Even the candidates' campaign teams deliberately bypassed them when lobbying state representatives.

The California delegation didn't spend much time discussing the matter. The head of the delegation stood up and said, "All 12 votes from California are for Ulysses Grant!"

Hearing this, there was a slight commotion in the venue.

Many people looked at Ulysses Grant meaningfully.

This hero of the Civil War actually got together with that Chinese guy?
Many people feel betrayed.

The most confused person among all was Ulysses Grant. He looked around with a bewildered look on his face.

He never expected that the California representative would vote for him.

Then he saw the meaningful looks in the eyes of others.

This gave him a shock!
This is trouble.

In the audience, Poland held a bag of popcorn and kept throwing it into his mouth.

"I guess that guy is going crazy!" The Greater Poland henchman stretched out a hand to grab a handful of popcorn from the paper bag.

Snapped!
"Hiss!" The thug covered his hand and grimaced, "Boss, it's just some popcorn!"

"Now it's my popcorn!" Big Poland snorted and glanced at Ulysses Grant below.

Now I don't know if what the boss said is correct...

But his guess was probably correct.

The vote of the California representatives was just one part of it, but after the California representatives voted, the atmosphere in the meeting hall changed a little.

Colorado's next six electoral votes went to James G. Blaine.

Connecticut voted for James Bryan with 12 of its 10 electoral votes and John Sherman with 2.

Delaware's six votes went to James Bryan.

These were all within everyone's expectations.

Until the head of the Florida delegation said, "Four votes for Ulysses Grant and four votes for George Edmonds."

Hearing the number of votes, Ulysses looked in the direction of the Florida representative in disbelief, his face becoming extremely ugly.

Florida is a Southern state, and Southern states are his biggest supporters.

Now, half of them have voted for another representative of the Conservative Party, George Edmunds.

The next state, Georgia, is also a southern state.

Only 22 of the 10 votes went to Ulysses Grant, and the remaining 12 votes were changed to five for George Edmonds, five for the current Secretary of the Treasury James Bryan, and two for other candidates.

"The boss guessed it right!" Poland's eyes swept over the representatives from Florida and Georgia, and after a moment he resumed eating popcorn.

"These guys really don't like the boss!"

"Have you written down all the votes?" Big Poland asked his henchman while eating.

"I'll remember!"

Greater Poland then nodded. Although only the delegation knew which candidate each person voted for, it was not an impenetrable wall.

As long as you put a little thought into it, you can always find out.

The boss needs to know who dislikes him.

After the first round of voting, the final vote was James G. Blaine with 284 votes and Ulysses S. Grant with 246 votes.

John Sherman, 93 votes.

George Edmonds received 92 votes.

Elihu B. Washburn received 30 votes.

William Windham 10 votes.

James A. Garfield 1 votes.

This result made Ulysses Grant's face turn pale.

An absolute advantage is required to win the Republican convention, which means at least 755 of the 378 votes are needed to be elected.

Therefore, multiple rounds of voting are required.

He thought he would have the advantage in the first round, and then find a way to convince some people to get the absolute number in the next rounds of voting.

However, he lost to James Bryan in the first round.

After voting for him in California, many of his supporters switched directly to voting for George Edmonds.

If it weren't for the large number of delegates from New York and Illinois voting for him, he would even be far behind James Blaine.

However, he has now realized a very dangerous thing, that is, the representatives from New York and Illinois who voted for him were most likely arranged by that Chinese.

Chicago is in Illinois.

"Why did that Chinese do this?" Ulysses Grant's face turned pale and his eyes kept flashing.

His chest was rising and falling rapidly.

He was furious.

After the first round, the second round of voting began soon.

The result of the second round of voting was that James Bryan had 290 votes and Ulysses Grant had only 226 votes.

George Edmonds' votes rose to 110.

Four rounds of voting were held on the first day, and in the final round, James Bryan had 292 votes and Ulysses Grant had only 206 votes.

George Edmonds received 130 votes.

After the meeting, Greater Poland called in its own analysis team:

"Analyze whether James Bryan will be elected... and how big of a threat is George Edmonds!"

George Edmonds' votes rose too quickly in the last few rounds today.

Moreover, this person firmly supports monogamy and has strong political skills and is uncompromising.

He knew his boss disliked him very much.

"The threat is huge! The Conservatives have a lot of influence within the Republican Party. They are very dissatisfied with the Half-Blood and the Reformists, so they will not vote for candidates from these two factions."

"In the next vote, George Edmonds will most likely replace Ulysses Grant as the representative of the conservative party."

Great Poland nodded, and then asked someone to send a telegram to Chen Zhengwei.

After the first day of the convention, the campaign teams began to take action and visited representatives in various states.

Ulysses Grant and his campaign team were the most urgent.

……

Chen Zhengwei had just arrived in Houston and had just come out of the shower when he saw Cicely sitting on the sofa, looking at him and smiling.

He had already been splashed with water by Cicely today.

Now anger is rising from my heart and evil is coming to my mind.

He picked her up and threw her onto the bed. He reached out and pulled, and large pieces of her clothes were torn off in his hands like rags.

Cicely Dupont suddenly let out a cry of surprise, then looked at Chen Zhengwei and giggled.

Dangdang Dangdang!
There was a knock on the door.

"Get out!" Chen Zhengwei turned around and cursed.

There was immediate silence outside.

Covered by Chen Zhengwei's sturdy and somewhat huge body, Cicely DuPont was like an exquisite doll.

Soon, the room was filled with a mixture of screams, laughter, and other sounds.

...Omit punctuation marks for 30,000 words...

More than an hour later, Chen Zhengwei came out of the room wearing a bathrobe and a cigar in his mouth. He went to the wine cabinet against the wall in the suite's living room, poured himself a glass of whiskey, and then sat on the sofa with the glass in his hand.

"Come in!"

The henchman then came in from outside.

"Boss, there's a telegram for you! It's from Philadelphia!"

Chen Zhengwei took the telegram and took a look at it: "Telegram him back! Ask him to observe the situation. If that Edmonds is threatening enough, kill him!"

Killing a candidate is not a big deal, but it will cause dissatisfaction among everyone.

It's an ugly tactic to use at the Republican convention.

So there is no need to do this unless it is necessary.

After the henchmen left, he sat there with his legs crossed, smoking a cigar. The room was filled with the rich aroma of tobacco and a faint scent of milk.

He likes milky cigars very much.

"I have so many enemies, but no one wants to blow up the train...are they all so honest?" Chen Zhengwei muttered to himself.

"Or are they waiting for me somewhere?"

　Keep asking for votes!
　　I just found out that this chapter was blocked. I went to bed and got up again to revise it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)