How did Li Mu research weapons in the first place?

Li Mu didn't even ask for tools, so he directly drew the structure of the "double-action pistol", which fully illustrates how simple the weapons are in these years.

Therefore, the products produced by the Horse Weapons Factory really do not have much technical content, as long as there are machines and raw materials, they can be made for you in minutes.

It is worth mentioning that the patent of the double-action pistol is still in the hands of the load-carrying factory, and even the production of double-action pistols by the horse arms company needs the authorization of the load-carrying factory, so from this aspect, the load-carrying factory is still relatively confident.

It is one thing to have the confidence to produce double-handed pistols, and it is another thing to have the confidence to appear at the Independent Centennial Exhibition.

To Li Mu's relief, Pedro II and Sylvester did not show much interest in the products of the Zaihan Factory, but Ulysses Grant behaved a little strangely.

This is also understandable, Ulysses Grant is the president of the United States, and at the same time a military general, no matter from which point of view, Ulysses Grant is not happy to see the horse arms company monopolize the US military industry.

Li Mu is now considered to have a certain city government, although the appearance of the Zaihan factory made Li Mu very unpleasant, but Li Mu did not attack on the spot, and after the group left the exhibition area of the Qing Empire, Li Mu deliberately delayed a few steps to find Tom King.

"Why is the Hanhan Factory here?" Li Mu did not hide his hostility towards the Zaihan factory.

"It was just an accident, and we didn't receive any applications, so I don't know why the Zaihan factory is here." Tom King couldn't tell what was going on.

Li Mu can somewhat deduce that some of it, considering the identity of the little fat man, it is estimated that this is the little fat man exerting pressure on the Qing delegation, so he temporarily appeared in the exhibition area of the Qing Empire.

After all, the Qing delegation has now sold out all the products, and they don't dare to offend the big man behind the little fat man, so they have made such a fuss.

Speaking of which, there is also Li Mu's reason, if Li Mu hadn't bought all the exhibits of the Qing Empire out of his own pocket, it is estimated that there would not be such a thing.

"In fact, this is not necessarily a bad thing, there is a comparison to have a high and low, if there is no Hanhan factory, how can it set off the success of the horse weapons company?" Tom King also gave Li Mu a relief.

"It's a fallacy, maybe you can try opening a gunpowder factory in Delaware, or an oil refinery in Pennsylvania and see how you're treated." Li Mu was unceremonious, not at all aware of the challenge and excitement of his competitors.

Delaware is the home of the DuPont family, and Pennsylvania is the home of the Rockefellers, and the DuPont family and the Rockefeller family are also the two earliest trust enterprises in the United States.

The birth of capital is indeed accompanied by original sin, the founder of the DuPont family can not hesitate to ask his competitors to take a dirt plane in the face of competitors, and Rockefeller is even more desperate in the face of the enemy, even in the face of the strike of his own workers, Rockefeller can not hesitate to mobilize the army to suppress by force.

In this respect, the Horse Arms Company could have gone a little further.

"Reem, you need to know that these are two different things." Tom King tried to calm Li Mu down.

"It's the same thing, they can't get it anywhere else, and they can't get it in New York." Li Mu took the initiative to end the conversation with Tom King, and talked to a landlord about "monopoly" to play the piano to the cow.

Before Li Mu came out of the main exhibition hall of the Independent Centennial Exhibition, a series of orders were sent from New York to Springfield, and a large net for the Hanhan factory was slowly unfolding...

The little fat man has been having a hard time recently, don't look at the little fat man can easily get a huge order from the Qing Empire through someone, but the total amount of orders is limited, after a period of overload production, the Zaihan factory is finally facing an unsustainable situation.

In fact, the orders that the little fat man got were not all the orders of the Qing Empire, strictly speaking, they were not even most of them, they could only be regarded as a small step.

This is also related to the national conditions of the Qing Empire, after all, the current Qing Empire, the army controlled by the central government of the Qing Empire has very few, and most of the power is in the hands of local governors, so there are not many orders that can be distributed to the hands of the little fat man.

It's no wonder that others, the little fat man is the flag man, this identity gives the little fat man the greatest convenience, but also restricts the further development of the Zaihan factory, at least the current Zaihan factory is under the pressure of the horse weapons company step by step.

Of course, the little fat man also wants Zaihan Factory to participate in the Independent Centennial Exhibition and get more opportunities.

It's a pity that at Li Mu's insistence, the only military industrial enterprise that can participate in the Centennial Exhibition of Independence is the Horse Weapons Company, and the little fat man can't find the temple even if he carries a pig's head.

At this time, you can see the benefits of being born in the United States, if it is in the Qing Empire, then even if Li Mu has great ability, he must be restricted from the official level, it is different in the United States, no one in the United States dares to wear small shoes for Li Mu, even Ulysses Grant can't, in front of Li Mu, even if Ulysses Grant wants to do something, he has to think twice.

In order to get more orders, the little fat man had to secretly Chen Cang through the Qing Empire delegation, hoping to let the Zaihan factory appear at the Independence Centennial Exhibition.

Of course, the little fat man also knows very well that if he does this, he will definitely usher in the fierce revenge of the Horse Group, but the little fat man has no other choice, and no more orders can only be a dead end, so the little fat man can only fight to the death.

The difference with the Horse Weapons Company is that the person in charge of the Zaihan Factory is a domestic slave from the Chun Wangfu of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to this, the little fat man also hired a white lawyer to escort the Zaihan factory, as for the little fat man himself, compared with when Li Mu saw the little fat man on the boat, the current little fat man is fatter, and there is an extra layer of fluff on his mouth, and he looks like a young man.

This is also normal, most of the Qing people are precocious, if it is in the Qing Empire, at the age of a little fat man, maybe even have children.

"Today is the first day of the opening of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, Li Mu's kid will definitely find out our moves, no matter what, we will survive this hurdle." In the office of the Zaihan factory, the little fat man is restless.

"Little prince, there is no turning back arrow for the so-called bow, the only way to do it now is to do your best and know the destiny of heaven." Fukuyama, the person in charge of the Zaihan factory, was worried.

"Your Excellency, I don't think there is any need to worry about this, the United States is a country ruled by law, all illegal acts will be severely punished by the law, although the Junma Group is powerful, it is impossible to do whatever it wants, this is a civilized society, everything must be done according to the rules." Armstrong, the little fat man's lawyer, was full of confidence.

Armstrong was right, he had the posture of chicken soup for the soul, but unfortunately, these words did not make the little fat man relaxed, and even the little fat man's expression became more serious.

It is worth mentioning that this Armstrong is also a Democrat, like Grover Cleveland, the former chief lawyer of the Stallion Group.

"Mr. Armstrong, I have a very bad feeling that maybe we have made a bad move." The little fat man's mood was heavy, and thinking of the strength of the Junma Group, the little fat man now regretted it a little.

"The problem is that we don't have any other choice, so we have to stay steadfast." Armstrong, on the other hand, was determined and did not look ahead.

There was a quick knock on the door, the little fat man's body trembled suddenly, Fukuyama stood up, clenched his fists, stood in front of the little fat man, facing the direction of the door, Armstrong got up to open the door with his clothes straightened.

"Little Lord, Mr. Grant is here." A captain bowed in and ignored Armstrong and reported directly to the little fat man.

"Please let him in..."The little fat man's face turned a little pale, and he reluctantly replied in a deep voice.

This "Grant" was not Ulysses Grant, but Springfield businessman Grant.

Grant is Fatty's partner and is responsible for supplying Fatty's Hange factory with the steel necessary to produce weapons, which is purchased from Carnegie-Riem Steel in Pittsburgh, so this Mr. Grant is a second-hand dealer.

Grant was a middle-aged white man in his 40s, not tall, badly fated, and with a large rosacea, which was impressive.

Walking into the little fat man's office, Grant casually greeted Fukuyama and Armstrong respectively, and then sat on the chair opposite the little fat man, looking at the little fat man's unkind gaze.

"Gogir, there's a question I don't understand, why provoke the Horse Group? Do you think the Horse Group is easy to mess with? With all due respect, it is easy for the Junma Group to destroy you in a company like the Zaihan Factory, think of Springfield, Colt, and the hapless Winchester... Do you think that this kind of fate will never befall the Hanhan factory? Who gave you faith? Grant was very polite, and as soon as he sat down, he began to complain.

"Mr. Grant, I think you're overthinking—" Armstrong tried to pour chicken soup into Grant.

"Shut up! You only talk about it, I know, you have to have a part in this, but I have to warn you that soon you will be unemployed, so you should think about your future. "Grant was very unkind to Armstrong.

Many people say that being a lawyer is a very respectable profession, but in fact, this is also relative.

Compared with those "mud legs", lawyers who can make a lot of money just need to move their mouths are indeed very enviable, but for people like Grant, the status of lawyers is not much higher than that of Grant's pet.

Well, in layman's terms, a lawyer is a dog raised by a wealthy man, and in the 19th century, few people really respected the profession.

In the face of Grant's madness, Armstrong did not reply, and even maintained good etiquette, sitting in the chair without saying a word and smiling, very spittish.

"Mr. Grant, is there anything wrong with you?" The little fat man has to come out, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog.

"Is there something wrong with me... Why don't you ask me what you've done? Damn, you not only ruined your factory, you ruined my business, I just got a telegram from the Carnegie plant that they will no longer supply me with special steel, and now you are satisfied? Grant couldn't wait to scold, but he couldn't understand why the little fat man did such an unwise thing.

The steel used in Little Fat Man's factory is also weapon steel purchased from Carnegie-Riem Steel, and it is precisely because of the use of weapon steel that Little Fat Man has the confidence to fight with the Horse Weapons Company, if he continues to use the previous steel to produce weapons, then it is impossible for Little Fat to find any buyers except for selling to the Qing Empire.

Carnegie sold the weapons steel to Grant because the weapons produced by the Zaihan factory were not sold in the United States and were not in direct competition with the Horse Arms Company.

"This is the business of the Zaihan Factory and the Horse Arms Company, and what does it have to do with Carnegie?" The little fat man had a big head for a while, and he really didn't expect the revenge to come so quickly.

"Stupid pig, you're as stupid as a donkey, the full name of Carnegie Steel is Carnegie Rim Steel, don't you know the relationship between Carnegie Steel and the Horse Group?" Grant couldn't wait to scold, no matter what, he couldn't imagine how the little fat man's IQ would keep the Zaihan factory running.

The little fat man was almost dumbfounded, he really didn't know that the full name of Carnegie Steel was Carnegie Rim Steel, and the little fat man didn't even know that Carnegie Steel was in Pittsburgh, otherwise, the little fat man would not have bought raw materials from Carnegie Steel through Grant.

"Damn, I'll tell you the truth, Ream is the boss of Carnegie-Rim Steel, the majority shareholder of Carnegie Rim Steel, I really can't figure out, who gave you the confidence to provoke Horse Arms?" Grant gushed.

Who gave the confidence?

Who else could it be, Little Fat Man and Fukuyama immediately set their eyes on Armstrong.

"I knew it was you damn guy who was messing around, what's the matter, do you hope that just by relying on this incident, you can make Li Mu and the Republican Party mess up? Then you're wrong, I'll tell you the truth, I don't know what others think, but I know that when the general election at the end of the year comes, I will never vote for you Democrats, you black-hearted guy, just because of your selfishness, I have lost my business and your job, I hope your Democrats can reintroduce you to a big donor..."

General election...

How does this have anything to do with the election?

The little fat man couldn't figure it out.