As soon as the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and this sentence has a more realistic meaning for arms dealers than for others.

If you want to fight a war, the preparation time may be as long as several years, or even more than ten years, and the reserve of weapons and ammunition is the most important thing, and often the arms race develops to the end, and war is the only solution.

As a qualified arms dealer, through the Battle of Monana launched by the Washington government against the Indians, Li Mu has fully realized the value of war.

Before the Battle of Montana began, the U.S. arms market was still in chaos, and although the Horse Arms Company had proven its potential in Cuba, it was still facing competition from many competitors in the United States, such as Springfield, Colt, and Winchester.

By the end of the Battle of Montana, the Horse Arms Company had unified the U.S. arms market and became the dominant company in the United States, which was the charm of war.

The Horse Arms Company has now passed the integration stage, and the cooperation with Krupp has made up for the last shortcoming of the Horse Weapons Company, and now the Horse Weapons Company has reached the harvest period, and it is time to conquer the city on a large scale.

Before the large-scale siege of the city, the Junma Arms Company should also have the support of the US government, at least the support of the military, so Li Mu came to Washington and began his lobbying journey.

Benjamin Harrison did what he said, and sure enough, he bought a house on the shore of Luoying Lake and became neighbors with Li Mu.

"You guy, don't forget to take advantage of me at any time, and even the fence will rub against me." Sitting in the corridor in front of Benjamin's house, Li Mu pointed to the wall shared by the two families and laughed.

The wall of Li Mu's house is very distinctive, the dense vines grow in an orderly manner according to the designer's careful design, it looks more humane than the iron railing, and the vision is better isolated, standing outside the wall and looking inside, except for the dense vegetation, nothing can be seen, so that the seemingly naturally formed wall and the iron fence are compared to ensure full privacy, and will not make people feel indifferent, which is gradually becoming a popular landscape in Washington, at least near the Luoying Lake.

The house purchased by Benjamin Harrison is next to Li Mu's house, and the two families share a wall, which becomes Li Mu's handle.

"I want to dig a door in the wall so that we can get around more conveniently, and we don't have to go out and go around." Benjamin Harrison thought very comfortably, this is the rhythm of going to Li Mu's house every day to eat.

Li Mu came to Washington, of course, to bring the first snow, and the increasingly watery first snow has a great cooking skill, which Benjamin Harrison knew when he was in Cuba.

"You might as well move to me, maybe it will save you some trouble." Li Mu doesn't care, anyway, it's just a matter of adding more chopsticks, compared to the value of Benjamin Harrison, it's not worth mentioning.

As a rising star of the Harrison family, Benjamin Harrison is expected by many to be a fish in water in Washington, and it is said that someone has nominated Benjamin Harrison as the next president of the Senate.

It is not easy to become Speaker, at least first of all, to become the majority leader in the Senate, which Benjamin Harrison has not yet achieved, but the nomination has fully demonstrated that Benjamin Harrison has the political resources.

Li Mu attaches great importance to this point, in the Senate, Li Mu is familiar with many members, such as Burnside, such as Runkel, and Chen Guofang, although they can all play a corresponding role and become Li Mu's influence in the Senate, but on the whole, their potential is not as good as Benjamin Harrison, after all, Benjamin Harrison is the person who will be president in the future.

"No, no, no, I'm going to keep my distance from you, as a senator, I can't get too close to you, an arms dealer, then I'll affect my reputation." Benjamin Harrison shook his index finger back and forth, the expression on his face was very bad.

On the surface, it is true, as a politician, you should always be careful to keep your distance from businessmen, even if there will be no PY transactions between them, and cut off all rumors, otherwise, it may become a tool for political opponents to attack you.

Although the Harrison family has a deep background in American politics, they cannot cover the sky with one hand, and the current Benjamin Harrison has not yet shown too strong aggression, so it will not become the target of the Democratic Party, including once Benjamin Harrison shows his potential, he will immediately jump to the front and become the target of public criticism, and even the slightest mistake of Benjamin Harrison now will be amplified by the Democrats without restriction and become a sharp weapon to attack the entire Republican Party.

Before Benjamin Harrison came to Washington, some family elders had warned Benjamin Harrison about this, so Benjamin Harrison always kept it in mind.

Of course, for Benjamin Harrison, the object of keeping a distance is definitely not Li Mu, after returning from Cuba, the relationship between Benjamin Harrison and Li Mu is already well known, and it is too late to deny it at this time.

Benjamin Harrison didn't mean to deny it, and at this time, it was just a good-natured teasing between friends.

Li Mu didn't take it seriously, so Li Mu's counterattack was quite sharp: "You still have a reputation to speak of?" Do you want me to send a telegram to someone in the Bahamas? ”

Li Mu refers to Sylvester Crawford, Benjamin Harrison came to Washington to take office, this is serious work, so Benjamin Harrison can only take his original wife, not Sylvester Crawford.

As far as Li Mu knows, Sylvester Crawford seems to have been secretly married, and it is not suitable to return to Cuba like this, so Benjamin Harrison arranged Sylvester Crawford in the Bahamas, which is basically Li Mu's world now, and without Li Mu's permission, there will be no rumors.

Regarding the loyalty and honesty of politicians, this seems to be a false proposition, such as Benjamin Harrison, as a senator, Benjamin Harrison has to be loyal to the United States, to the American people, to his marriage, so that the existence of Sylvester Crawford is embarrassing.

If the news of Sylvester Crawford comes out, then Benjamin Harrison admits that it is not, and if he does not admit it, he will not admit it, and if he admits it, he will be unfaithful to his marriage, and if he does not admit it, it will have a great impact on Benjamin Harrison's future in any case.

Li Mu said this, of course, he was not threatening Benjamin Harrison, the reason why he exposed each other was just a way for Li Mu and Benjamin Harrison to regain their old feelings.

Even if it is a good friend, with the passage of time, with the change of status, the relationship between friends will undergo some subtle changes, and at this time, more investment and management are needed to ensure that the friendship between each other does not deteriorate.

"Go, go, whatever..."Benjamin Harrison finally put down his mask and regained some of his old feelings, so he didn't waste any more time: "Why did you come to Washington this time?" You won't be so kind to come to see me. ”

"Of course not to see you, I would be disgusted when I dreamed of your face." Li Mu didn't forget to make up for it, and then he started to get down to business: "I need to talk to General Sherman tomorrow." ”

"What are you going to do with him?" Benjamin Harrison is not cold about Sherman.

After Berknapp stepped down as Secretary of War, Sherman became the new Secretary of War of the United States, this is a personal disgusting guy, the most glorious time of Sherman's life was during the American Civil War, he led the soldiers of the Northern Army, all the way to the ground, for the North to defeat the South.

But at the same time, the brutality of the army led by Sherman in the war also made him bear an eternal infamy, and it is estimated that Atlantans will always remember him.

Votes are the lifeblood of politicians, and while Benjamin Harrison's election to the Senate does not rely on the votes of Atlanta voters, if Benjamin Harrison wants to go further, he will need to be cautious in his dealings with Sherman.

Li Mu doesn't need to be cautious, anyway, Li Mu is not qualified to run for the Senate in the past few years, and he will never have the opportunity to run for president of the United States, so Li Mu can visit Sherman at any time without caring about anyone's eyes.

"I want to develop the Far East market, so before that, I want to talk to General Sherman to see if the War Department has any interest in the Far East." Now that Benjamin Harrison has entered the politician mode, Li Mu must also be reserved when he speaks, which does not mean that there is a gap between Li Mu and Benjamin Harrison, on the contrary, this is Li Mu's protection of Benjamin Harrison.

Regarding Li Mu's purpose of going to Sherman, what Li Mu said was only one of the purposes, and the most important purpose was to improve the relationship with Sherman and maintain a good cooperation model between the Junma Arms Company and the U.S. Department of War.

Li Mu and Sherman had dealings, at that time, because the Ministry of War was still presided over by Bernapu, Sherman was only acting on orders, so Li Mu and Sherman did not have a deep relationship, and now Sherman has become the speaker of the Ministry of War, and it is urgent to have a good relationship with Sherman.

"Should be interested, I know that the War Department has a plan for the Far East." Benjamin Harrison and Li Mu disappeared and revealed what they knew, despite the suspicion of leakage.

The war department's plan must be related to the war, and if this kind of thing leaks out, it will at least cause a diplomatic storm or something, so it is not easy for Benjamin Harrison to tell Li Mu the news.

"It's best to have a plan, I'm afraid that the War Department will not be interested in the Far East." Li Mu was reassured now, and when dealing with Sherman, Li Mu would also be more confident.

Even if Li Mu is interested in the Far East, it can only be regarded as a commercial act at most, and if there is no military involvement, it is impossible to maximize the interests after all, so Li Mu wants to pull the US War Department to make waves in the Far East, so that Li Mu can have more oil and water to fish, and of course, he can also carry private goods more justifiably.

"What if you're interested? The Far East is now a big quagmire, the military department does not have the slightest enterprising spirit, and no matter how well the plan is done, it is useless if it does not have the ability to execute. "Benjamin Harrison is a bit pessimistic.

The situation in the Far East is indeed a bit complicated, the British, the French, the Russians, and the Germans all want to intervene in the Far East and turn the Far East into their own colonies, but surrounded by wolves, all countries are a bit of a mouse, so the Far East can barely maintain peace.

As for the aggressiveness of the military, this is related to the recent decline of the Democratic Party, Sherman served under Grant during the Civil War, so Sherman is also Grant's descendant, and Grant's second term has passed halfway, and when Grant steps down, Sherman may also be swept away, so Sherman is estimated to have no ambitions.

"Don't be so pessimistic, anything is possible." Li Mu used an advertising slogan, but he did not feel hopeless.

It seems that the Grant family is indeed in a difficult situation, but it has not yet reached the time of desperation, soldiers, only when the war breaks out, can they show their greatest value, if Li Mu uses this as a breakthrough to find Sherman, he may not be able to return with it.

"Well, I wish you success!" Although Benjamin Harrison is not very optimistic, he still sends his blessings.

Since he came to Washington, he must have to visit Grant, Li Mu is now a well-known figure in front of Grant, and it is not difficult to meet Grant.

"The car rally is a good format, it has a certain amount of entertainment, and it also has a certain use value, so you should organize more of these kinds of races." When Grant met Li Mu, his mind was still immersed in the car rally.

The Washington leg of the National Rally took place in March, and it was the Rockefeller team that won the race.

This is of course the result of mutual compromise, if Li Mu is willing, the team under the Junma Group can win all the sub-races, it will make the race out of suspense, even Li Mu is not willing to do this.

In fact, the benefits of car rallies are not only the two items that Grant said, but also the fact that everyone was attracted by the car rally during the National Car Rally in Washington, including those Democrats who have been picking on thorns.

That period of time was the most relaxed period for Grant this year, so Grant hoped that Washington would have a big game every month that would attract attention, so that Grant's life would be a little better.

"No problem, if you like it, there are a lot of competitions." Li Mu has a big package, and when it comes to organizing competitions, no one will be more proficient than Li Mu this year.

Compared with the wide variety of competitions in the 21st century, the competition items in this year are really scarce, if you don't want to, Li Mu can come up with a new way to play at any time to firmly attract people's attention, such as boxing, such as baseball, and such as the Super Bowl, which are Li Mu's bargaining chips.