In the 21st century, there are contractors in almost all foreign wars in the United States, and these so-called "contractors" are mercenaries, although they have the same name as migrant workers, but they receive relatively meager salaries and engage in the most dangerous work on the battlefield.

With so many benefits, Li Mu really can't think of a reason for the Ministry of War to reject Panama Company, which is also a wonderful opportunity for Panama Company to continue to expand its influence, as a qualified businessman, such an opportunity should not be missed, even if it will affect the reputation of the Horse Group in Spain to a certain extent.

Well, unlike the Morgan family's left and right, because of the Cuban War of Independence, the Horse Group has long been on the blacklist of the Spaniards, and regardless of whether the Panamanian company will intervene in the war between the United States and Spain, the Spaniards will not change their hostility to the Horse Group.

"Piper, I understand your concerns, and if you have reservations about it, then we can form a new company for this." Li Mu didn't want to force JP Morgan, everyone has their own ambitions and can't force it.

Yes, it is very simple to solve this problem, to be honest, even if no one wants to offend the Spaniards, Li Mu can also form a separate company to negotiate with the Ministry of War, anyway, this is already familiar to Li Mu, and there are enough manpower in Panama and Haiti for Li Mu to call.

Before the summer came, the war in Haiti was coming to an end, and the army of the black people of the Provisional Government could not compete with the professional soldiers of the Republic of Haiti, and those black people could not even skillfully operate their weapons, and their comprehension and receptivity had always been problematic.

At the end of May, the army of the Republic of Haiti captured Jacmelle, an important coastal city in the south of Haiti, and President Pierre was forced to flee to Dominica and form a government-in-exile in Santo Domingo, the capital of Dominica.

"Yes, perhaps we could also form an East India Company to develop business in the Far East." Rockefeller was fascinated that if he had been born two hundred years ago, there would have been no English or Dutch.

Both the English and the Dutch formed the East India Company, the Dutch East India Company from 1602 to 1799, and the British East India Company from 1600 to 1874, and from the point of view of the Dutch and the British, these two companies were their pride, because they brought a great deal of wealth to these two countries, and the Dutch and the British never skimped on their praise of the two dissolved companies, but in the future, these praises will become shameless footnotes. Like the old antiques that are nostalgic for the colonial era, they will eventually become synonymous with shame.

Although they themselves are not aware of this.

"Can't you just change your name? Either name is cleaner than this one, and I don't want to be the subject of curses in the future. Li Mu said that he would not use the name of the East India Company, which not only meant that he was uncreative, but also that Li Mu put himself in the same category as those colonists, although what Li Mu did was no different from those colonists.

"Let's call it the Far East Company, we can try it, and if the consequences are more serious than we imagined, then we can dissolve the company at any time." Andrew Carnegie is 100% supportive, as long as the war starts, the demand for steel will increase, so Andrew Carnegie supports any form of war, and he is indeed worthy of being Li Mu's partner.

"Whatever, as long as you don't forget me." Henry DuPont didn't care, anyway, whether the U.S. government went into battle shirtless or hired these people as agents, they had to order gunpowder from the Gunpowder Association, and Henry DuPont would have made a lot of money in this war anyway.

Look, this is the real cunning of the old treacherous, whatever you fight to the death, people will not lose a cent of money.

"Hey, hey, are you just leaving me out?" JP Morgan realized that it was not good, not to mention how much money he made, it was unacceptable to be excluded from the collective, you must know that JP Morgan is an investor, which does not conform to the concept of speculation.

"No, our doors are open to you at any time, unless you don't want to join us, but don't worry, I'm sure, it won't affect our friendship." Li Mu spread his hands and said that he was innocent, this was really wronged, Li Mu never thought of kicking the Morgan family away, of course, from Li Mu's point of view, if JP Morgan didn't want to join, Li Mu would not force it.

I can't do it.

"Why not, it's all an investment anyway, and since you're all willing to join, then I don't think there's a reason not to succeed." JP Morgan still decided to align with the gang in front of him, although this may affect the Old World's perception of the Morgan family, but the lesser of the two powers, compared with the threat of the Old World, the interests of the United States are more important to JP Morgan.

It's not wrong not to put your eggs in the same basket, but since there is a choice, there must be a weight, the Morgan family is now divided into two parts: the Old World and the New World, although JP Morgan's involvement in the war between the United States and the countries of the Old World may have an impact on the Morgan family on the Old Continent, but JP Morgan still has to do this, otherwise it may be unpleasing to both sides, and the gains outweigh the losses.

A big family like the Morgan family has a family think tank, and the Morgan family must have its own analysis of the economic prospects of the United States and Europe, otherwise JP Morgan would not have come to the United States to open up American business, and a tragedy like the Rothschild family must not be repeated, saying that if it was not for the Rothschild family to take the initiative to give up the American business, then there would be no rise of the Morgan family now.

At the end of the meeting, a preliminary consensus was obtained, and the implementation phase began immediately.

Li Mu and their gang have extraordinary execution, otherwise they would not have achieved their current achievements, a group of tycoons working together for the same thing when the burst of energy is amazing, the day after the establishment of the Far East Company, Li Mu and Rockefeller as the executive chairman of the Far East Company came to the Washington War Department, directly to the Secretary of War William Cussey Sherman.

If you want to see Sherman, you definitely need to make an appointment, Li Mu and Rockefeller don't need to, let alone Sherman, even if Li Mu and Rockefeller want to see President Hays, they don't need to make an appointment.

As the Minister of War, Sherman is still so busy, there are always people queuing in front of the office, seeing Li Mu and Rockefeller coming together, everyone consciously stands back, and no one even dares to express dissatisfaction with Li Mu and Rockefeller's cutting in line, Sherman also pushed away all the next arrangements of the day, leaving time for Li Mu and Rockefeller.

"So, you just formed a company, and then you want this new company to get a contract from the Ministry of War to start a war against another country instead of the Ministry of War" After listening to Li Mu and Rockefeller's intentions, Sherman's expression was a little broken, that is, Li Mu and Rockefeller can be so whimsical, and if it were anyone else, Sherman would have already let the guards come in and throw people out.

"Isn't it weird? In Panama, we have already done this, and even earlier in Cuba, we did the right thing, and in Cuba, you forced me to do it. Li Mu only remembered to settle old accounts at this time, which was a little too late and a little too shameless.

"The situation is different from that time, when the Cuban Civil War broke out, Spain itself was also in chaos, and we just hoped to create more trouble for the Spaniards, but" Sherman couldn't cry or laugh, the subtext was that he didn't have much hope for Li Mu at that time, but no one expected Li Mu to be so fierce and drive the Spaniards out of Cuba directly.

That is, Ulysses Grant and Bernap did not have much hope for Li Mu at that time, so when the Cubans drove the Spaniards away, they caught Washington off guard, which is also one of the reasons why many of Cuba's last resources were divided by Li Mu and his gang.

"Okay gentlemen, we can't always live in the memories, now our goal is in the Far East, a bigger scene is waiting for us to open, Mr. Minister, Spain is no longer the original Spain, but our Far East company is also unprecedentedly strong, what we need is just an opportunity, an opportunity to verify the combat effectiveness of the Spaniards, if we can win, then naturally everything will be fine, if we can't win, it doesn't matter, at least we can help the War Department test the combat effectiveness of the Spaniards." Rockefeller did not give Li Mu and Sherman a chance to continue to argue, it is said that Li Mu and Rockefeller should be one singing white face and the other red face, which is more conducive to fighting for the interests of the Far Eastern Company, but Rockefeller does not want to make it too complicated, in the United States, there is nothing that Li Mu and Rockefeller cannot do together.

Although Sherman does not need the votes of the Stallion Group and Standard Oil, in the United States, no one can ignore the existence of Li Mu and Rockefeller, if Sherman does not give Li Mu and Rockefeller face, then tomorrow Congress will vote no confidence in the War Department, then Sherman will get out of the position of Minister of War the day after tomorrow, so, in the United States, the influence of capital is everywhere, this is a country controlled by businessmen.

"Of course, of course, I know the benefits of this, but the War Department already has a clear plan, and part of the plan is currently being implemented, and if the contract is signed with the Far East Company at this time, it will definitely affect the preparations of the War Department, so Sherman really didn't dare to refuse Li Mu and Rockefeller, but at the same time, he didn't dare to agree easily, which is why it was so tricky.

Objectively speaking, even if it is not considered from the perspective of political influence, the United States needs a war to stimulate economic recovery and development, so the War Department will seek external expansion, but because the funds that Congress can invest are limited, the preparation work is very difficult, and the funds promised by the Congress have not yet been fully in place, and if it is squeezed out of it to the Far East Company at this time, then it will definitely have an impact on the plans of the War Department.

Don't look at Li Mu and Rockefeller are full of confidence, but Sherman does not dare to put all the treasure on the Far East Company, just now Rockefeller's words, Sherman has a different understanding from Rockefeller, and is indeed saying to Rockefeller, if the Far East Company wins the battle, but if it can't win, then even if the War Department goes up, it may not be able to defeat the Spaniards.

According to Sherman's understanding, war should gather all forces to complete the battle, rather than coming one by one as Li Mu and Rockefeller envisioned, which would become a tactic to add fuel to the fire, and the effect would definitely be counterproductive.

"Mr. Minister, the cooperation between the Far Eastern Company and the Ministry of War will certainly not affect the preparations of the Ministry of War." Li Mu was confident and didn't worry about Sherman's worries at all.

Sherman shook his head and smiled bitterly, everyone will say that he is obedient, but how can it not affect Oh, not to mention anything else, Li Mu and Rockefeller came to find Sherman together, they must have asked for a lot, otherwise they are sorry for Li Mu and Rockefeller's worth, your time as a tycoon is not worth anything.

"You see, we don't ask the Ministry of War to pay the relevant expenses now, of course, it would be better if the Ministry of War is willing to pay, I have two options here, one of them is that the Ministry of War will pay the relevant expenses now, and then our Far East Company will immediately start fulfilling the contract" Li Mu said the first option, not expecting Sherman to agree.

Sherman really disagreed, and being able to remain patient and let Li Mu continue to talk was already a great shame for Li Mu.

"The second plan is that the Ministry of War does not need to pay a penny for this, all the upfront costs are covered by the Far East Company, if we win, the honor belongs to the Ministry of War, if we lose, then it is regarded as we are doing charity, and we do not need any compensation from the Ministry of War." Li Mu's condition is tempting enough, of course, it also means that the Ministry of War will not pay a greater price for the US government.

According to Li Mu's second condition, no matter whether the Far East Company succeeds or not, it will not affect the interests of the War Department, after all, if the Congress gives the money to the War Department, don't think about going back.