America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 367: Treat him with his own medicine

Members of the Democratic Party relied on the morale of the "Senate victory" to promote Gardner, an honest man, as the Democratic candidate to compete for the throne of the governor of New Mexico this term.

Voters across New Mexico are confused.

Gardner?

Who is this person?

“Does this person have a history of being in politics?”

Scott had a white patch on his nose and was a little depressed.

It makes him look a little funny.

But no one around dared to laugh.

"No, Mr. Congressman." The fat Congressman curled his lips.

His right eye was also blue.

"What does his father do? Um, I mean, what's his background?"

Scott drew circles with his fingers and asked.

The fat congressman was still shaking his head:

"No, we only know that he is a shareholder of the Santa Fe Railroad Company. He lives in Albuquerque. He used to be a lumber seller."

Santa Fe Railroad?

Doesn’t that have something to do with Chen Jianqiu again?!

Chen Jianqiu! Chen Jianqiu! How come there are shadows of this person everywhere?!

When he thought of this name, Scott's nose began to hurt again and his skull became swollen.

He closed his eyes.

"Let's see what tricks they are playing first."

Chen Jianqiu and the Democratic Party really didn’t play any tricks.

What they do is very practical:

Anyone willing to vote could receive a fifty-cent voucher for Roswell kerosene.

Republicans denounced this as vote-buying.

But the Democratic Party soon countered:

You Scott can make flour, why can't we make kerosene?

After receiving the kerosene, a kerosene lamp was given as a gift.

When you run out, you have to buy kerosene next time.

If it weren't for being too sensitive, Chen Jianqiu would have planned to fire bullets.

Mr. Gardner also began his lecture tour.

However, he did not possess excellent eloquence, and his speech was not very contagious.

The vocabulary used in his speeches is generally very simple and easy to understand.

The entire speech is also very short and the content is unpretentious.

"I will help everyone get rich." This is what he said most.

However, the effect was unexpectedly good.

People feel very kind to this kind-faced rich man.

They are tired of glib politicians.

Who would come all the way to the border if not to make a fortune?

Who doesn’t like someone who makes everyone rich?

Chen Jianqiu also asked Democratic newspapers to start building Gardner's personality.

Yes, he is a political amateur.

But he is sincere, upright, honest, down-to-earth, and willing to do good.

Voters quickly fell in love with the man and began to care less about his policies.

Since he came to New Mexico very early, he knows a little Spanish.

This allowed Gardner to gain a large number of supporters among Mexican-American voters.

Plus the part of Democratic voters who originally supported Raymond Russ.

A few weeks later, his momentum gradually caught up with the Republican candidate, Albuquerque Mayor Tony Davis.

"Is this person really clueless?"

In the newsroom of the New Mexico Herald, the fat congressman frowned, while the editor on the side was even more helpless.

"Does it matter that he is a little old?" The editor scratched his head.

"Is he suffering from Alzheimer's disease or did he poop on his pants?!" The fat congressman felt desperate for the editor in front of him. "Or does he fall down frequently and doze off at every turn?"

The editor shook his head honestly.

"None of them."

He is also desperate:

"He is just an ordinary timber merchant, and he does business in a very orderly manner. He has never appeared in our field of vision before. How can we make it up? Just make it up?"

The fat congressman was extremely crazy. He and Scott thought of several possibilities.

Whether Harlin came up by himself or pushed Chen Jianqiu up, they were not worried.

The former has a bad record, and the latter is not even a member of the Democratic Party.

They never expected that they would introduce such a person, and they had no way of starting.

Just when they were still racking their brains on how to arrange Gardner, Chen Jianqiu finally took action.

A large package of detailed information was packed in a package and delivered anonymously to the Santa Fe Star newspaper office.

Landry hesitated.

But there was also a piece of paper attached to the package, with neat writing on it:

Remember our agreement, you can choose to become famous or to sleep underground forever.

Editors don't dare to be cunning anymore.

He opened the package and looked at the information inside.

The more I looked at it, the more frightened I became.

But at the same time, he knew his chance to become a hit with the Santa Fe Star was coming.

That day, the lights in Landry's office were on all night.

"Extra! Excuse! Albuquerque mayor and current gubernatorial candidate, Tony Davis, is an out-and-out corrupt criminal!"

The "Santa Fe Star" added an extra issue that day and devoted an entire issue to reporting on Davis.

During his tenure as mayor of Albuquerque, he used his position to find ways to siphon off several city budgets for river renovations into his own pocket.

At first, everyone thought it was a routine smear campaign between the two parties.

But in the following days, the Santa Fe Star reported on this matter one issue after another.

The detailed evidence, rigorous logic, and large amount of data are breathtaking and cannot be believed.

Landry used his pen to write this thing into a serial!

"Chen, did you provide Landry's information?" Harlin asked in a low voice, holding the newspaper in his hand.

Chen Jianqiu did not answer.

But you don’t need to think about it to know.

Apart from Chen Jianqiu, who else in the entire state can obtain this information?

His Border Detective Agency is all-pervasive.

"Asshole! This traitor actually investigated us!" the fat congressman cursed and threw the newspaper to the ground.

During this time, he and his Republican newspapers were busy refuting the rumors.

But in the face of mountains of evidence and Landry's writing, refuting the rumors seemed extremely pale, and instead became darker and darker.

Most importantly, he knew in his heart that everything written by the Santa Fe Star was true!

His fat face turned red, like a ripe big-headed lobster.

It must be Chen Jianqiu who did it again! Only he can do this!

"Go pick up the newspaper and give it to me!" Scott said to the fat congressman.

The fat congressman reluctantly picked up the newspaper from the ground and handed it into Scott's hand.

The old man took the newspaper and read it for a long time.

In fact, he knew about Davis. Not only did he know about it, he also participated in these things with the fat congressman.

But this newspaper mentioned everyone involved except him.

Could it be that Chen Jianqiu missed his old relationship and deliberately chose him? Or did he want to leave a way to meet each other in the future?

Scott quickly dismissed his idea.

Based on his understanding of Chen Jianqiu, he would not do such a thing.

So, why?

"Will the voting start soon?" Scott asked the fat and angry congressman next to him.

The fat congressman nodded.

Scott felt an ominous feeling inexplicably.

For the first time in a decade, he's worried about the New Mexico election.

The old man couldn't understand it more and more.

I can’t understand this election, I can’t understand New Mexico now, let alone Chen Jianqiu.

He was a little tired.

A few more weeks passed, after rounds of debates and confrontations.

Voting for the 1884 New Mexico gubernatorial election finally began.

(End of chapter)