The Centennial of Independence Exhibition is the first time in the 100-year history that the United States has truly presented itself to the world.

This feeling is a bit of a "once you ignored my love, today I let you can't climb high" Dick Silk counterattack taste.

You must know that the United States is a country composed of new immigrants, and all the new immigrants would definitely not leave their homeland and come to the Americas if they did not get along in the Old World.

After more than 100 years of hard work, the Americans are now considered to have made small achievements, and today, with the opportunity of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, the Americans can concentrate on displaying their industrial achievements, which is indeed a rare opportunity.

Of course, Li Mu wants to seize this opportunity and expand the channels of Junma Group as much as possible.

You must know that before this, the influence of the Junma Group was limited to the United States, or if it was expanded, it could have some influence on Latin America, so Li Mu attached great importance to this opportunity and hoped to further expand the influence of the Junma Group with the help of the Independent Centennial Exhibition.

The only regret is that only the president of Cuba and the king of Brazil attended the opening ceremony of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, and there were no national leaders from Europe, but this did not affect Li Mu's enthusiasm, and the Junma Group has two partners in Europe, Krupp and Rose, and with these two companies, Li Mu can also achieve his goals.

It's just that the effect will be worse.

The exhibition area of Junma Group alone allowed Li Mu to introduce it for a full hour.

Don't underestimate this hour, you must know that the itinerary of these three national leaders, visiting the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, the total time is only three hours.

The effect is still very good, and the biggest gain is still the horse weapons company.

On the spot, Sylvester placed an order for the Horse Arms Company totaling more than one million dollars, and Pedro II made a bigger one, 150,000 individual equipment, more than 150 artillery pieces, and 20 offshore patrol boats, with a total order of more than 13 million dollars.

This is also the largest order that Junma Arms has received so far.

Don't think that 13 million US dollars is a lot, this is still the price after the discount, you must know that the political situation in Brazil is unstable due to the expansion of Pedro II, if this batch of arms can be delivered in time, then this may allow Pedro II to maintain the situation in time, in this sense, this order cannot be measured in money at all.

Li Mu's good mood lasted until he visited the Qing Empire exhibition area.

Since buying all the exhibits of the Qing Empire, this is the first time Li Mu has come to the exhibition area of the Qing Empire, to Li Mu's surprise, the current Qing Empire exhibition area has been changed beyond recognition, all the pots and pots have disappeared, replaced by a dazzling array of modern weapons.

Weapons...

This situation was a bit unexpected by Li Mu, the only weapon company that originally participated in the Independence Centennial Exhibition was the Horse Weapons Company, which could be said to have no other semicolon, and now another one actually appeared, which made Li Mu feel very bad.

The archway is still the familiar archway, and the people are still those familiar people, but the exhibits are beyond Li Mu's expectations, looking at the past, double-action pistols, breech-loading single-shot rifles, Gatling-type light and heavy machine guns that use bipods and tripods respectively, and portable guns that are also equipped with wooden wheels to facilitate movement...

But from the point of view of small arms, this is simply a copy of the exhibition area of the Horse Arms Company.

Li Mu and the Organizing Committee of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence had an agreement before, and only one weapon company was allowed to appear in the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, but now that this kind of thing has happened, Li Mu is of course in a very bad mood.

So the first person Li Mu looked for was Arthur.

"I don't know what's going on... You have to trust me, this is definitely not my approval! Arthur's expression was innocent, and he craned his neck and spread his hands, indicating that he had no idea.

"I don't know... There must be some misunderstanding here..."Tom King, chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, was also confused.

Tom King is known as the landowner of Manhattan, and he controls more than 1,000 Manhattan properties, and by renting out these properties, Tom King can become a member of Manhattan high society.

"So what's going on now? Are so many of us dazzled? "Li Mu is furious, if this matter affects the transaction between Li Mu and Pedro II, then Li Mu will kill people.

Just when Li Mu was communicating urgently with Arthur and Tom King, the three national leaders had already walked into the exhibition area of the Qing Empire.

Immediately, two staff members wearing Qing Imperial official robes greeted them, and Li Mu recognized one of them as Li Gui, but the other was very unfamiliar.

"Welcome to the exhibition area of Zaihan factory, we are the largest defense company in Massachusetts, and there is good cooperation between many countries in Southeast Asia, our products sell well all over the world, not only reliable quality, but also good quality and low price, I believe that here, you will be able to get what you want..."

Damn, it's a long-lost little fat man!

This slip through the net!

Li Mu always thought that the little fat man just wanted to make a fortune quietly, and it would not have too much impact on the horse weapons company, but now it seems that Li Mu was wrong, the little fat man is really unwilling to rely only on nepotism to pull the list, as long as there is a chance, he will immediately jump out to do things.

"Oh, hehe, your products are very distinctive..."Ulysses Grant said perfunctorily.

"The Containment Factory... Isn't the largest weapons company in Massachusetts, even in the United States, or even in the whole of America, a horse arms factory? Sylvester had question marks written all over his face.

"Tell me what you have, if you can convince me, there will be an order." Pedro II has not yet figured out what is going on, and he is very interested.

"Of course, allow me to introduce you..."The staff was very enthusiastic and immediately locked on to the main target.

Sylvester and Li Mu exchanged a vague look, then casually walked to the platform, picked up a pair of pistols and looked over and over.

The biggest difference is the price of the two, the regular version of the python pistol produced by Steed Arms costs $39.9 each, while here, a pistol costs only $29.9, which is as much as ten dollars cheaper than the python pistol produced by Horse Arms.

"Sir, do you want to..."Yan Shun's eyes showed a fierce light, and he said softly in Li Mu's ear.

"No, let them toss..."Even if Li Mu is angry in his heart, he will not send it out now, how much money the little fat man is willing to sell is his freedom, this Li Mu can't care: "Contact Mr. Bruce, I hope the day after tomorrow... No, tomorrow... I'll be able to have lunch with him tomorrow. ”

"Bruce" is Massachusetts Governor Bruce Motley.

Li Mu and Bruce have a very good personal relationship, Li Mu has never paid attention to the Zaihan factory before, and now it seems that Li Mu is tantamount to raising tigers...

It's time to get it out.

"Yes, I'll get in touch with Mr. Bruce's office right away." After Yan Shun finished speaking, he disappeared quietly.

Li Mu came to Pedro II's side, looked at the double-handed pistol in Pedro II's hand, and suddenly asked: "Well, it looks good, but do you have an export license?" ”

"No, no, no, this gentleman, we don't need an export license, we are from the Jiangnan Arms General Factory of the Qing Empire, so we don't need an export license." Li Guiyi explained to Li Mu in words, and the reason was actually very sufficient.

In Li Mu's memory, the Jiangnan Weapons General Factory was indeed a factory of the Qing Empire, but the production capacity of this factory was limited, and they were even now producing smoothbore guns, similar to double-handed pistols, which the Jiangnan Weapons General Factory could not make.

In the decree issued by Washington last year, it was clearly stipulated that all companies and individuals in the United States must obtain an "import and export license" from Congress if they want to engage in arms business.

As far as Li Mu knows, among all the companies in the United States at present, you have a horse arms company with a complete import and export license, and no other company can, even if it is a factory with an export license, but no import license.

The little fat man is not stupid, he knows that if he is in the name of the Zaihan Factory, then he will not even be able to enter the door of the Independent Centennial Exhibition, so he not only borrowed the exhibition area of the Qing Empire, but also borrowed the name of the Jiangnan Weapons General Factory, so that he could bypass the monopoly of the Horse Arms Company on the Independent Centennial Exhibition and appear in the main exhibition hall of the Independent Centennial Exhibition.

To be honest, Li Mu still admires the cleverness of the little fat man, but now is not the time to praise each other, so Li Mu has to continue to find faults: "Jiangnan Weapons General Factory, I seem to have heard of it, but do you have an invitation?" ”

This invitation is one of the means by which the Horse Arms Company guarantees its "uniqueness", and without this invitation, no arms-related enterprise will be allowed to enter the Centennial Exhibition of Independence.

The Organizing Committee of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence issued an invitation to the arms industry, not even Krupp and Enfield.

"We are a Qingguo enterprise, so we don't need an invitation letter." Lee Gyu's words are conclusive.

"Is that so?" Li Mu smiled faintly and turned his head to look at Tom King.

Of course this is not the case, Krupp is German, Enfield is British, and if it is according to Li Gui, then neither of them needs an invitation.

"The military industry is a special industry, no matter which country you belong to, we need an invitation letter, otherwise we will not be allowed to participate in the Centennial Exhibition of Independence." Tom King finally got his voice, and his expression was so serious that he seemed to want to save the world.

It is true that an invitation is not needed in any other industry, but the military industry must need it.

You must know that the World Expo is also a trade fair, and when the World Expo ends, if the goods shipped by various countries are not sold out, then they can be organized and sold on the spot, so other industries do not need invitation letters, but the military industry must need them, otherwise, if Krupp or Enfield openly transports a large number of weapons into the United States with the opportunity of the Independence Centennial Exhibition, then I am afraid that no one will be able to sleep.

Come to think of it, Krupp is better, but Enfield has a criminal record.

During the Civil War, the British chose to support the Southern government forces, and the Northern government forces, which had fought on the frontal battlefield, were defeated one after another.

Although the South American war has ended, the United States is not without hidden dangers, the Texans have been clamoring for independence, and the Indians are still making waves.

"Sir, our weapons were not produced in the Qing Empire, but in the Zaihan factory in Massachusetts, so we don't need an invitation letter either, in fact, what you did is very confusing, isn't the Zaihan factory an American company? You are favoritism and racism, and you should be ashamed of this...", Li Gyu said Kankan without the slightest intention of making concessions.

At the same time that Li Gui was carrying it, another official was following Pedro II and hurried to introduce: "Your Majesty, only our factory really has the patent for a double-action pistol, so choosing us is the right decision, and you have also seen that a gun is only sold for less than 30 dollars, so what is there to hesitate about?" I always want two incense, maybe it doesn't matter, but what if it's a thousand or ten thousand? Wake up, Your Majesty, and don't be fooled by the clever tongues of some people..."

Pedro II was noncommittal, just watching it one by one, and it took no more than two minutes to finish each gun, and sometimes even just picked it up to try the feel, and immediately discarded it.

Pedro II is not stupid, before coming to the United States, Pedro II had fully understood the background of Li Mu and the Junma Group, so even if the products of the Zaihan Factory are cheaper than the products of the Junma Arms Company, Pedro II will not easily change his decision.

To be king, Pedro II is still very smart.

Li Mu is also smart, whether it is selling individual weapons or selling artillery heavy machine guns, Li Mu can provide training officers for buyers, which is a great advantage, no one wants to see the good things they have carefully bought being wasted, so instructors are indispensable.

Instructors in these years are still very valuable, especially artillery officers, this profession is called "mathematician arms", if you are not proficient in mathematics, you will not be able to command artillery at all.

So from this point of view, the after-sales service of Junma Group is simply too thoughtful, in addition to not being able to directly send troops to help you fight, the rest can be called a three-pack service, to relieve all the hidden worries of customers.

"Reem, give me an opinion, you know, the more options I have, the more entangled I become." Pedro II called in for help in time.

"Hehe, if I were you, I wouldn't buy it..."There must be no good words from Li Mu's mouth.