After eating, Ulysses Grant invited Li Mu and the others to sit in the small garden, which was considered to relax after the meal. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the small garden, William Vanderbilt and Rockefeller raised the issue of restricting transition to repetitive construction to Ulysses Grant.

In fact, this is the real purpose of William Vanderbilt and the others coming to Ulysses Grant, but compared to the Labor Knights, if the repetitive construction is restricted in the railway, oil and other industries, this needs to be reviewed by Congress before a resolution can be formed, and Ulysses Grant cannot rely on executive orders to achieve the goal, so this seems to be a temporary topic.

This also fully shows that the Labor Knights are not in a bad climate, for Li Mu and them, the Labor Knights are not a big deal, and they don't take it to heart.

Maybe Li Mu didn't ask for it, and Grant didn't feel normal, so Grant jokingly said to Li Mu: "Ream, don't you have any requirements?" For example, in the military industry, do you feel that there is duplication of construction in the military industry? ”

This question is not easy to answer, the current military industry in the United States, the old military factories are Springfield, Colt, Winchester, Li Mu's Horse Weapons Company is a rising star, and the little fat man's Zaihan factory is not on the same list as Ben, if it is said that there is duplication of construction in the US military industry according to Grant's meaning, then it seems that the Horse Weapons Company, which was established in the end, is the one that should not be extra.

So Li Mu snorted and wanted to fool the past.

Henry DuPont, however, did not want to be so vague: "There is a real duplication of construction, especially in Springfield and Winchester, these two factories do not want to make progress, do not want to upgrade their machines to produce the latest weapons, such factories should be eliminated, and the promotion of product upgrading is the core of maintaining competitiveness." ”

After listening to Henry Dupont's words, Li Mu suddenly became angry.

Henry DuPont is roasting Li Mujia on fire, everyone knows that smokeless gunpowder was developed by Li Mu, and now only the Horse Arms Company is producing new weapons based on smokeless gunpowder, and the other whether it is Springfield, Winchester, or Colt are still on the sidelines, originally if this problem continues, then maybe within ten years, Li Mu will merge one or two of them, and dominate the American military industry, and now Henry DuPont has put this problem on the table, Li Mu's "clumsiness" It is completely meaningless.

"Oh, Reem, what do you think?" Ulysses Gran asked for the advice of Li Mu.

"What can I say - in the military industry, the Horse Weapons Company is still just a toddler, Springfield, Colt, and Winchester are the three largest ones, so the Horse Weapons Company has no intention of targeting anyone, and now the Horse Weapons Company has reached a cooperation agreement with Enfeld, and the cooperation with Krupp is being discussed, so I don't want to eliminate anyone, I welcome competition, but if a company can't keep up with the pace of the times, then he can only be blamed for being out of place." Li Mu does not hide his ambitions, if the United States only has one arms company, the Horse Arms Company, then Li Mu will have greater influence, more influence than Rockefeller, William Vanderbilt.

"The cooperation between the Horse Arms Company and Krupp - is it limited to smokeless gunpowder?" Grant was the most successful military man in the United States before he became president, and he couldn't hide military affairs from Grant.

"Of course, it's not just smokeless gunpowder, in fact, the cooperation between Junma Arms Company and Krupp is focused on artillery technology, Krupp has several technologies that are very good, such as artillery body tube self-tightening technology, and locking bolt locking machine technology, we hope to get these technologies, so that with the hydraulic control and retreat technology being developed by Junma Laboratory, we can produce artillery with a larger caliber, longer range and stronger power, which is not only of great significance to the army being demonstrated, but also to the navy. Alfred wrote a book called "On Sea Power", I don't know if Mr. President has read it, and it discusses in detail the meaning and value of the navy, so I think that cooperation with Krupp is very important, even if we suffer a little loss, as long as we can get Krupp's technology, it is worth it. Li Mu told the truth, and by the way, he also helped Ma Han advertise.

"Hahahaha-haha-I have to forget if you don't say it, friends, maybe you don't know it yet, our Rim is still a great strategist, Alfred focused on Reem's inspiration for him in the first chapter of "The Theory of Sea Power", saying that Ream is Alfred's leader in some way, hehe, Reem, maybe one day the Naval Academy will invite you to give a speech, you must not be stage frightened then." Grant seems to have read "The Theory of Sea Power" and admires this book very much.

"Strategist - aren't you a businessman?" Rockefeller felt a little big.

"He's a damn warmonger—" William Vanderbilt was upset.

"Hey, hey, hey, pay attention to the way you speak, there's someone from the National Gunpowder Association here-" Henry DuPont said, if you want to talk about warmongers, everyone in the National Gunpowder Association can be counted.

Carnegie smiled and said nothing, Li Mu wanted to produce artillery, and he would definitely order steel from Carnegie-Riem Steel, so Carnegie just looked at it and didn't speak.

"I've only discussed this with Alfred, and the term 'leader' is too much for me to admit." Li Mu did not respond to the provocations of Rockefeller and William, although the jokes were well-intentioned.

"If Alfred said yes, then it must be." Grant believed in Mahan, the honest man.

"Actually, about trusts, I think it's not a bad thing to have this kind of organization in a certain period of time, we should see that the world is not calm, so we need enterprises to have a greater ability to resist risks, such as this economic crisis, larger enterprises obviously have more survival advantages than small enterprises, if those small enterprises can't withstand this economic crisis, then they can't withstand the next economic crisis. In this world full of crises, the United States needs more and more powerful enterprises, such as the National Gunpowder Association, in fact, in my opinion, this association does not need to exist at all, we only need a certain factory to produce gunpowder, in key areas, we only need one voice, so that we can more efficiently mobilize all our forces to serve the United States. Li Mu courted the Dupont family and reciprocated Henry's righteous words just now.

In fact, in the United States, monopoly is not an unacceptable thing, such as Standard Oil, when it was investigated for a monopoly, Standard Oil was spun off into more than a dozen companies overnight, seemingly fragmented, but in fact all in the hands of the Rockefeller family.

Another example is the DuPont family, the DuPont family has also faced the opposition of the federal House of Representatives and senators, they unanimously demanded a monopoly investigation of the DuPont family, but when the president held a hearing, the then commander of the army and navy, the heads of government departments, and various university professors listened to DuPont's speech, and unanimously agreed: In an extraordinary period, DuPont will monopolize the gunpowder manufacturing industry, which will benefit the security of the United States and do no harm.

Final presidential ruling: DuPont was reorganized into three companies. In fact, this is a cover-up approach, which not only saves the "Sharman Monopoly Prohibition Act", but also protects DuPont. DuPont was divided into three, and the real power was still firmly in the hands of DuPont cousins.

"Ah, Reem, why don't you compare it to the oil industry?" Rockefeller was very dissatisfied, if Li Mu talked about the oil industry just now, then Standard Oil should undoubtedly occupy a dominant position.

"If you compare the railroad industry, think about it, in a few years, there will be more than five railroad lines between New York and Washington, and they will have to take long detours to get enough land, so that they can get enough money, and if you abolish the land subsidy program now, Mr. President, I really want to see how good those people will look like." William Vanderbilt knew it was unrealistic to be alone in the railroad world, so he didn't hesitate to speak.

"Okay gentlemen, we should be realistic, complain and don't solve any problems, if you want to do something, then please let it go, the Washington government will provide you with strong backing, if you lose money in the process, then don't worry, as Riem said just now, in order to get Krupp's technology, even if it is worth suffering a little, this spirit is worth advocating, and the Washington government will definitely not let you suffer, so Ream, go to General Bernap tomorrow, He has a good project to talk to you about. Ulysses Grant appeased the question, which was beyond Grant's power, and Grant couldn't have said anything about it.

"Thank you very much, Mr. President-" Li Mu knew that there was another door-to-door business, so this thank you was sincere.

Hearings have been held several times on whether or not to set up a standing army, and if there are no accidents, it should be a foregone conclusion.

Grant asked Li Mu to go to Secretary of War Bernap, it must be to discuss the order of army equipment, this is a good project, if the United States wants to set up a standing army, then the Ministry of War's orders cannot be limited to conventional weapons, artillery and other heavy equipment should also be in the Ministry of War's procurement list, and in the current United States, except for the Horse Arms Company, the other Springfield, Colt, and Winchester are all light weapons manufacturers, they have no technical reserves in heavy weapons, and there is no sign of working in the direction of heavy weapons. As a result, the Horse Arms Company was the only option for the War Department.

How to say it: Opportunities are reserved only for those who are prepared.