"Mr. Lincoln, you have lost a lot of weight." James said slightly exaggeratedly while holding the president's son whom he had saved.

"Weili, don't pester Mr. Howlett, come down quickly." Mrs. Mary called her son's nickname with a smile in her eyes, and on the other hand, she grabbed the youngest child, Thomas Lincoln, who was rushing towards James.

He looked at the two children laughing and playing around Mrs. Lincoln, and the loving eyes on Mary's face, and he secretly made up his mind.

"Quick! James, Miss O'Hara, try this dessert. Last time James came here because - haha, I must try it this time." President Lincoln almost mentioned what happened when James came to the White House for the first time.

Strange story, think about it and it’s better not to mention it.

After dinner, O'Hara and Lady Mary went to play with the two young gentlemen at the request of them. James and Lincoln looked at each other with a sly smile and took out their respective cigar boxes.

"Taste this from me, Cabanas."

James picked up one and handed it to Lincoln. The president put away his plain wooden cigar box and took it over with some surprise.

"There aren't many of them. Now we give priority to supplying them to several European royal families. Relations between the United States and Europe have become very tense in recent years, so there are very few available." Lincoln put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, and the wrinkles on his face were all gone.

Showing satisfaction, he cut the cigarette skillfully.

"The Governor-General of Canada will give me some every year, but I think the taste is still not that good. I plan to send people to Cuba to find a good place, carefully make some good things, and not sell them to the outside world."

James said while lighting his cigar that he now has extremely high requirements for the quality of cigars. This thing is different from cigarettes that have passed through the lungs. The main thing is to open your mouth to taste and smell the aroma. And his special smell ability leads to the taste of cigars.

If the standards are set too high, inferior products will not be accepted into the mouth at all.

Mr. President took two puffs, blew out a smoke ring with great interest, and said with some sigh: "You capitalists will enjoy it. If you really make good cigars, remember to give me two boxes to try."

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"Don't worry, I'll cover all the money you smoke every year from now on." James smiled, and the earlier thought came to his mind again.

"Hahaha, a little is enough. Mary will talk about me if I smoke too much." Lincoln smiled and talked about the interesting things about himself and Mary. He and James were very relaxed together, not only because of all the things they had faced together, but also because of all the things they had faced together.

It's because of James's free and easy character.

He paused for a moment and then said: "In a year or so, the South will officially surrender. Now there are only some die-hards and formal resistance left. What do you think of the post-war development?"

"Capital industry has developed rapidly, and national strength has increased rapidly. In a few decades, it will remain a world-class level." James said without hesitation, without pausing, and continued: "In the next few decades, who will be the president?

Everything is the same, everything will go on in line with the general trend, but after that, we will have to face the contradictions and great changes sweeping the world."

After hearing what James said, Lincoln couldn't help but be stunned. After a long while, he slowly said: "Your direct and profound speculation, if it were a wise white-haired professor from Oxford College, I would still be able to accept it.

But at such a young age, you boldly make such firm predictions about the development of the world in the next half century or so...it's really scary."

James shook his head, breathed out something unclear, looked at Lincoln and said, "It's probably not difficult to think about these things. They are nothing more than the inevitable law of productivity improvement. It's up to you, Abraham, what do you think after the Civil War ends."

"What I can do is to bridge this country. This country is a patchwork of colonization, immigration, and human trafficking. It has too many problems..."

"You should think about your own safety after the war first...Abraham, if you just stop here, you will become one of the greatest presidents in the history of this country, but if you really try to do those...

You have to know what you will face in your lifetime, even if you are praised and criticized for a long time, you will not have a good result."

James said to Lincoln very sincerely that every era has its own problems, and what President Lincoln is trying to do will be hostile to the mainstream will of the entire world.

Lincoln shook his head and said relaxedly: "You told me that history will eventually bear witness."

"Okay then, I'll try to take care of you." James said jokingly.

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The residents of Jacksonville suspected that God had completely abandoned them. Not to mention the dozens of people who had disappeared in the town during this period, they also heard from everyone that a "monster" like an iron tower had arrived two days ago.

The Sheriff led his people along the route of the so-called monster's movements and came to the "haunted house" that no one in the town dared to approach. Sheriff Red Stern, who was still doubtful at first, was worried after seeing the situation in front of him.

It may not be enough to bring your own men and guns.

This so-called haunted house seems to have been bombarded by shells. There are traces of violent damage around the door of the house. The door panel is on the ground. From the outside, the house looks like peering into a deep cave.

There are many holes around the house that seem to have been broken from the inside. The wooden planks and tiles on the roof are scattered in a messy manner. The whole house is somewhat sunken. It may be that the foundation of the house has collapsed.

And the scariest thing was the faint, rhythmic whistling sound coming from the deepest part of the house.

It was a low roar similar to that which comes from the chest of a large carnivore. No one could tell what kind of beast it was, but it must be very huge. Because this low roar carried a vibration of a certain frequency, making the whole body

The buildings seemed to be shaking slightly, and it continued all the time.

For three whole days, Sheriff Stern had not had a good night's sleep since he found this place. The vibrating roar in the haunted house did not stop during these three days. He had some firm guesses that this unknown beast might be here.

It was sleeping, so the sound should be its snoring, and there was a faint strange sound like grinding teeth, which made him more sure of his judgment.

For the safety of all the people in the town, he could only arrange for people to guard here in turns. As for the monster giant man like an iron tower at the beginning, he had long forgotten it.

Suddenly, the air became extremely quiet, making the two police officers who were used to the sound unable to react. They suddenly turned their heads to look at the mansion, and saw a vague shadow walking out from the darkness.

That was actually a person? A man so tall that his head hit the door frame. He had short brown-black hair, a messy beard, a broad face, thick eyebrows, and deep-set eye sockets. His body was too broad, and his arms were extremely thick and long, and his fingers were

It's a bit strange, as if it's covered with something sharp.

The two were stunned for a moment. Where was the beast? They did not directly connect the giant man in front of them with the monster in the room. After all, although the man in front of them was too exaggerated in appearance, he was still a human being.

The low roar like thunder couldn't be coming from a human being.

The giant man's stride was very long, and the two of them were stunned for a moment. The man had already walked in front of them. The two police officers raised their heads in discomfort and looked at the man in front of them with a sinister smile and opened his mouth, revealing his extra thick and long canine teeth.

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Chapter completed!