What was the most profitable thing to do in nineteenth-century America?

It's not about selling arms, it's not about dumping oil, it's about fooling the Europeans who come to the United States to find opportunities.

"Looking for opportunities" here does not refer to survival, but refers to investment, Europe after hundreds of years of colonial accumulation, there are many rich people who have no place to spend money, the reason why the United States will break out an economic crisis every ten years, this is actually a tacit game, every time the stock market falls sharply during the economic crisis, there will be a group of people who lose their bottoms, and then the stock market rises, fresh blood enters the market, and it is a capital harvesting game, the United States has been smooth sailing these years, and the strength has risen all the way, Basically, it can be said that he stood up by stepping on the corpses of the rich people of the Old World.

Li Mu said the same to the outside world, referring to the fool of those European bigwigs to invest, this matter is not difficult, the Americans have been familiar with it, all countries in the world want to develop the Qing market, but they have encountered the same problem as Standard Oil, there is no need for the Qing people who have the ability to consume to buy modern industrial products, and the Qing people who have no consumption power cannot afford to buy at all, so the most critical question is, how to make the Europeans believe that Li Mu and Rockefeller have the ability to develop the Qing market.

"I said, if we set up a new company in the name of Standard Oil, then this company is different from the traditional industry in terms of business projects, Qingguo does not need oil, nor wool, what Qingguo needs is modern industrial products that they cannot produce, such as stainless steel made of daily necessities that will never rust, as well as exquisite watches that Qingguo handicrafts can't make, as well as cars that represent the pinnacle of industrial technology, these things are the key to opening the Qingguo market." Li Mu has never underestimated the purchasing power of the Qing Kingdom, those landlords and old fortunes have reached the point of casting silver into "helplessness" in order to save money, how can they have no money? It was only because there was nothing on the market that they desperately needed that the silver would be left in the cellar and would not be functional.

In fact, when it comes to the technical level of craftsmen, European craftsmen and Qing craftsmen are not at all a level, the best-selling commodity in Qing has always been handicrafts, so foreigners want to use handicrafts to open the Qing market is a dream, Li Mu and those foreigners who do not understand the Qing country are different, the goal is on the industrial products that the Qing country can not produce, these things basically can not find a substitute in the Qing country, so it will definitely be able to open the Qing market.

An obvious reality, whether it is stainless steel or automobiles, are produced by Junma Group, or related enterprises of Junma Group, even Europeans have to import stainless steel products and automobiles from the United States, of course, Qingguo is the same, maybe now Qingguo has people selling these goods, but their cost is not comparable to Li Mu, Li Mu can completely rely on dumping, open the Qingguo market in a short time.

Anyway, there has been no anti-dumping investigation in these years, and no one can control whether one is willing to buy or the other is willing to sell.

"Sounds great, but don't you think it's too much? What you just listed are all products produced by ZAMA Group, what does this have to do with Standard Oil? "Rockefeller is not fooled, Li Mu said for a long time, he wanted Rockefeller to work for Li Mu, which is too much.

"How can I be blamed for this? It can only be said that your subordinates do not know how to market, obviously oil lamps have better economy than candles, but no one cares about them in the Qing Kingdom, you should find problems from yourself. Li Mu knew the reason why Standard Oil could not open the Qingguo market, but Li Mu couldn't help it.

Oil lamps can't be sold because there are candles to replace, maybe Rockefeller should pin his hopes on Li Mu, as long as Li Mu can sell more cars in Qingguo, then at least Mobil Oil can open the Qingguo market.

To be honest, if it weren't for Li Mu being on the blacklist of the Qing government, Li Mu wouldn't need to find anyone at all, and he would be able to complete the development of the Qing market.

"Help me figure it out, as long as you help me, I'll help you." Rockefeller is relying on Li Mu, although this behavior is not very friendly, but this also fully proves that Rockefeller trusts Li Mu's ability very much.

"What can I do, unless you make oil lamps cheaper than candles, and then no one will want to buy lamp oil." Li Mu is also helpless, lamp oil is indeed more economical than candles, but oil lamps are much more expensive than candles, and on the whole, there are not many people who are willing to buy oil lamps.

One of the key problems with the higher price of oil lamps is that they cannot be produced locally in the Qing Dynasty and must be imported from the United States, so the price will remain high.

Rockefeller also thought about producing oil lamps on the spot in the Qing country, but it was not easy to set up a factory in the Qing country, although the Qing country lost the Opium War, but it has not completely admitted defeat, even if it is another time and space, it is not until after the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, foreigners can do whatever they want in the Qing country.

"You help me find a way, I know you must have a way." Rockefeller recognized that Li Mu would definitely be able to solve this problem, and if this problem was not solved, there was nothing else to talk about.

In fact, Li Mu is not helpless, the development of the market must require a cost, in Li Mu's view, the cost is those oil lamps, Rockefeller's subordinates do not know how to deal with the Qing people, Li Mu is a clear door, otherwise the Pacific Company would not have so much energy in the Qing State, this is not the support of the Junma Group to the Pacific Company, but the Pacific Company used the right method.

Dealing with the Chinese, it is best to leave it to the Chinese to deal with, what Rockefeller's subordinates can't do, maybe a group of local tyrants and inferior gentry can easily do it, it is very simple to find an agent in the Qing State, the population base of the Chinese is too much, and there will always be some people who don't mind the race and the country are willing to cooperate with foreigners.

"Okay, I'll help you solve this problem, and you will solve the cost." Li Mu decided to help Rockefeller, although this will definitely have a great impact on the candle industry in the Qing Kingdom, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for the Chinese, during the period of social transition, to accept new things, some pains are always unavoidable.

After getting the Rockefeller, Li Mu focused on the training of Yan Shun.

It is not a very simple thing to rebel, look at how many times the father of the nation has failed in another time and space, you will know how dangerous it is to rebel, the father of the country was still completely disappointed in the Qing government in the whole country, and has experienced so many twists and turns, and now the Qing government still has some luck, Yan Shun will only experience more difficult than the father of the nation in another time and space.

Of course, Yan Shun has much more resources than the Father of the Nation in another time and space, at least with the backing of Li Mu and the Junma Group, Yan Shun can easily pull up a team of mercenaries without raising funds everywhere, which is the experience that the Father of the Nation did not get until his death.

The father of the nation experienced so many twists and turns back then, because he did not have the armed forces that really belonged to him, if the father of the nation exercised a team that could fight and dare to fight in the process of rebellion, then there would not be so many twists and turns later.

This problem is much simpler here in Yan Shun, the Horse Weapons Company can make guns and cannons, the Far East Company has a large number of experienced instructors, Japan under the rule of Tokugawa Liyan can provide enough mercenaries, Yan Shun doesn't even need to hire people in the United States, it is enough to go to the Ryukyus alone, and Li Mu will prepare everything for Yan Shun.

Of course, all of this is not gratuitous, just like Li Mu and Rockefeller's plan, the things that Li Mu prepared for Yan Shun are Li Mu and Rockefeller's investment in Yan Shun, and after Yan Shun's rebellion succeeds, Li Mu and Rockefeller will collect profits, as for Yan Shun's failure-

Okay, how could Yan Shun fail, if in this case, Yan Shun can't do the Qing government, then Yan Shun will still be Li Mu's secretary honestly.

"Tiger, I need some reliable professional officers, the position does not need to be too high, and the ability does not need to be too strong, but loyalty must be guaranteed." Li Mu doesn't need to ask for someone from Will this time, just look for Yan Hu, Yan Hu has already decided to go to Vladivostok, and when the time comes, he can meet Yan Shun in Vladivostok, even if Yan Shun officially rebels, the Qing government will not be able to go to Vladivostok to arrest Yan Shun, which is the biggest guarantee for Yan Shun's safety.

History is always strikingly similar, when the father of the nation returned to China to rebel, it was with the golden sign of "American" that he could escape the pursuit of the Qing government again and again, which is understandable, those who become big things are not informal, what is a nationality, the old father can share and eat with others, as long as he can succeed, it is a beautiful talk.

"Well, has Leo decided to return home?" Yan Hu is still unclear about Yan Shun's decision, Yan Hu has been in the army all these years, and his influence on Yan Shun is getting smaller and smaller.

This is a good thing, if as Yan Shun grows up, Yan Hu's influence on Yan Shun does not decrease but increases, then Yan Shun will not be able to succeed even if he returns to the Qing Dynasty, those who become big things must not only be informal, but also have an independent personality, decisive thinking, firm goals, and constantly improve their own abilities, if they can't do this, they must quietly accept the arrangement of life, those who always feel that they are born at the wrong time, they will not succeed at any time, wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, dogs travel thousands of miles to eat that, as long as there are characteristics that successful people should have, It won't be too bad at any time.

"Yes, what we didn't do, Leo would love to give it a try." The reason why Li Mu supports Yan Shun is this, in fact, Yan Shun could have lived well in the United States, but Yan Shun was still willing to go back to the Qing Kingdom to take risks, Li Mu couldn't do this, but Li Mu would not hinder Yan Shun's pursuit of his ideals.

Speaking of rebellion, in fact, Yan Hu should be more suitable, after all, Yan Hu is a professional soldier, and he has never relaxed his improvement in his own quality over the years, just last year, Yan Hu successfully obtained a graduation certificate from the US Army Military Academy, which is the famous West Point Military Academy.

"What time? It's better that after a while, next year we'll have more people graduating from military academies, and I know a lot of them would love to go back home. Yan Hu hopes that Yan Shun will have more security when he leaves, and it is obvious that the graduates of West Point are more trustworthy.

There are many Chinese in the First Cavalry Division, this unit is based on the Chinese troops established by Li Mu in Cuba, after returning to the United States, many of them directly joined the First Cavalry Division, these years, every year the First Cavalry Division will select outstanding soldiers to enter the military academy to study, among them there are many Chinese, and now there are more graduates of the Horse Affiliated School to enter the military academy to study, it is said that nearly 10 percent of the cadets in the military academy are Chinese, it is certain, The Chinese are a force to be reckoned with in the future of the U.S. Army.

The opportunity to enter the military academy to study is very rare, and the cadets who graduate every year are the objects of the Ministry of War and the National Guard of various states, and the scale of the US Army will become larger and larger in the future, and the future of those graduates is very bright, but just like Yan Shun, there will definitely be people who are willing to give up all this and return to the Qing State to do something for the Chinese in the Qing State, whether it is Li Mu or Yan Hu, they are very supportive of this behavior.

In fact, even if you choose among the current soldiers, there will be people who are willing to return to the Qing Kingdom with Yan Shun, but this year's situation is a bit special, because of the establishment of Vladivostok Prefecture, the US Army is in a state of expansion, so last year's graduates have been carved up, Yan Hu does not want to disrupt the current situation, which will cause the dissatisfaction of the War Department, and may cause very serious consequences.

Yan Hu's worries are reasonable, even if the Ministry of War does not object to Li Mu's support for Yan Shun, it is also based on the premise that Li Mu's support does not endanger the interests of the Ministry of War, the first few times Li Mu supported Bai Qi and established the Far East Company, he had transferred manpower from the First Cavalry Division, and the Ministry of War did not interfere at that time, because the Ministry of War did not have so many positions to place so many officers, and this degree of transfer was to reduce trouble for the Ministry of War, so the Ministry of War did not interfere, now it is different, Vladivostok needs a large number of officers, Any attempt to incite the retirement of officers on active duty is to dig into the corners of the War Department.

"Of course it won't be now, but it won't be next year, Leo will go to Ryukyu first, I have already sent a telegram to Bai Qi, let Bai Qi put up the shelf first, and when Leo arrives in Ryukyu, he will immediately hire people from Japan and hand them over to the instructors of the Far East Company for training, so this is a good opportunity, in the United States, if you want to become a general, you have to slowly boil your qualifications, and it is different to return to the Qing Dynasty, it is very simple to be a general, fight a few battles, and have military exploits, not to mention generals, even if you are a marshal, it is not difficult." Li Mu promised to make heavy profits, and a soldier who didn't want to be a general was not a good soldier, and the Qing State had a lot of opportunities, and he didn't believe that those people were not moved.

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