In the field of science and technology, whoever dares to say "great" in front of the Junma Laboratory, Li Mu dares to pull it over.

The United States is a winner-takes-all country, the winner is king, the loser is the loser, the right to speak is in the hands of the winner, and no one pays attention to the loser.

Arthur promised Li Mu early on that when the independent centennial exhibition came, the Junma Group would have the largest booth, and even if the Junma Group wanted to, he could build an exhibition hall by himself.

This is not Arthur's favoritism, but the Horse Group does have this qualification, the Centennial Exhibition of Independence to show the world the achievements of the United States since the independence of the United States, science and technology exhibition is the top priority, and the Horse Laboratory is undoubtedly the leader of the American science and technology industry, in recent years, almost all the important inventions in the United States are from the Horse Laboratory, so the Horse Laboratory is qualified to occupy the largest exhibition hall, which no one dares to deny.

Under the influence of the Horse Laboratory, the status of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the American academic community has risen again and again, and now its reputation is directly catching up with Harvard and Yale.

Li Mu did not hold a grudge, knowing that after the Harvard Board of Trustees expelled Charles Eliot, he invited Charles Eliot to be the president of Grant University.

Grant University will enroll students next spring, consisting of Springfield Institute of Technology, Springfield School of Education, Boston Medical School, New York Law School, New York College of Letters, New York Business School and other affiliated departments, Grant University is expected to enroll 500 students in the first batch, if this goal can be achieved, Grant University will become the largest institution of higher learning in the United States.

President Grant was overjoyed to learn that Grant University was about to admit students, promised to attend the opening ceremony of Grant University, and instructed Able to allocate $100,000 in a special education fund for Grant University.

Don't be too little, this is already a special case in the American education community, the US government has no precedent for funding private schools, neither Harvard nor Yale has this qualification, and Grant University has set a precedent.

No one dares to say anything about Li Mu's blatant sycophancy, including those in the Congress who are not used to Li Mu because Li Mu "forced him to die" Oliver Winchester, if anyone dares to make waves in this matter, they must be prepared to face Grant and Li Mu's revenge at the same time.

On the surface, Oliver Winchester's death had nothing to do with Li Mu, Oliver Winchester committed suicide, many people were present, Li Mu was in New York at the time, not in New Haven at all.

However, Oliver Winchester committed suicide after the court declared Winchester bankrupt, which made Li Mu and the Junma Group bear the stigma of "forcing to die" Oliver Winchester.

In fact, Oliver Winchester's death was an accident, Li Mu didn't expect Oliver Winchester to commit suicide, if Li Mu could meet Oliver Winchester and commit suicide, Li Mu would at least reserve a part of Oliver Winchester's shares.

As a senator, Oliver Winchester also had friends in Congress, and now Oliver Winchester's friends think that Li Mu is the most evil capitalist in the United States, a hundred times more evil than Rockefeller.

In fact, there are not so many, Li Mu and Rockefeller should be half a catty, neither of them is a good person, Li Mu never thinks that he is a good person, good people in this world always get good rewards, so Li Mu is willing to be a villain.

In fact, in Hartford, there is another person who is cursing Li Mu, that is, Mrs. Colt, the actual helmsman of the Colt Company.

In the original history, Colt should have launched a dual-action pistol by now, and since then its status in the American military industry has skyrocketed, and together with the Gatling gun, it has become the two pillars of the Colt company.

Li Mu not only came up with a double-handed pistol, but also designed the "Anaconda" series of revolvers that should have appeared in the 50s of the 20 th century, and the "Anaconda", which came out 80 years ahead of schedule, finally crushed Colt's 1873 military pistol, and since then it has occupied more than 90 percent of the pistol market in the United States.

As for the machine gun, this is even more of a tragedy, Li Mu is not entangled with Colt on the rotary machine gun, and directly gets the general-purpose machine gun with a replaceable barrel, this technology is at least 50 years ahead of Colt, and the Junma Weapons Factory will exclusively enjoy this patent for up to 20 years, that is, within 20 years, Colt will not be able to compete with the Junma Weapons Factory in the field of machine guns.

The pistols were defeated, there were no orders for machine guns, and Colt now only relied on the production of mines to survive, even so, Li Mu still did not intend to let Colt go, and after reaching an agreement with Krupp, the Horse Arms Company would convert Winchester into an artillery factory, which could produce all naval weapons, including mines.

The relationship between Li Mu and the U.S. Navy is very good, Alfred Mahan is now the Taishan Beidou of the U.S. Navy, George Dewey is a rising star of the U.S. Navy, and with two people matchmaking, the Horse Arms Company snatched all the naval orders from Colt without much effort.

At this time, Colt was forced into a corner by the Horse Weapons Company.

The full name of Colt Company is Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, like the Horse Arms Factory, the Colt Factory is also on the banks of the Connecticut River, in order to avoid flooding, Colt built a 2-mile embankment, in 1855, the plant was completed and began production.

When the Colt factory was founded, Samuel Colt designed a very peculiar onion-shaped dome on the top of the Hartford factory building, and cast a portrait of a galloping pony in bronze, which means pony itself.

Such a bold image design caused a sensation at the time, and Colt did so to draw the attention of local residents and visitors to the Colt factory, a strategy that was a huge success and Colt became a household name in Hartford.

The once galloping pony was the pride of the Hartford people, and every Hartford person would be proud to see the pony statue from the bottom of their hearts, and when they introduced the pony to their relatives and friends, they always called it "Dear Colt".

After the end of the Civil War, there was a popular saying in the United States that Lincoln had given all slaves freedom, and Colt had made them equal.

It can be seen that Colt was in the position at that time.

In mid-October 1874, Mrs. Colt, the head of the Colt Company, decided to close the Colt factory in Hartford and shift the family's focus to England to run Colt's factory in England.

"Ma'am, Mr. Glover is here, and he wants to speak with you." The grimacing butler whispers to Mrs. Colt, who is sitting in the hallway staring blankly at the pony statue.

"Let him go, I'd rather close the Colt Company than sell the name Colt to that damned Far Easterner—" Mrs. Colt sternly refused, and there was undisguised hatred in her voice.

Twenty years ago, Samuel Colt opened Colt's branch in England, which caused a sensation in the United States, because it was the first time in the history of American manufacturing to open a factory in England, which made Colt the pride of American manufacturing.

Unexpectedly, in just 20 years, the original pride has become a faded photo in memory, and the branch in England has actually become Colt's back road, and the world is really wonderful.

Li Mu offended the British in Hawaii, so the products of the Horse Group could not enter the British market, which gave Colt a chance to breathe, and it is better to compete with Enfield than to compete directly with the Horse Weapons Factory, at least Colt and Enfield are on the same level, if Colt can seize this opportunity, there may not be no possibility of turning over.

"Madam, I suggest you consider it, Mr. Glover is willing to buy the Colt factory and related patents for two million dollars, which is the highest offer we can get now, and with these two million, at least we can give it a go in England." Wayne Henry, general manager of Colt & Co., made a suggestion.

Although Wayne Henry is nominally the general manager of the Colt Company, in fact the Colt Company is in the hands of Mrs. Colt, and Wayne Henry is only the nominal mascot and does not have any real power, so in this matter, Wayne Henry only has the right to suggest.

"Two million—that's generous, is the Colt factory and those patents only worth two million? Do you remember how much Oliver Winchester paid back then, it was a full five million dollars, and that was the price ten years ago? Mrs. Colt was furious, and even at the price she thought she had been insulted.

Samuel Colt in 1862, and two years later in 1864, Colt suffered a major fire, and for the next three years, Colt was out of production, except for the assembly of military products.

Oliver Winchester gave a price of five million dollars during that time, which of course was not Oliver Winchester's alone, in fact, Colt was worth more than $15 million at that time, and many people wanted to take advantage of it.

Thinking about it this way, the Colt company fire came at a bit of a time.

"Madam, you have to understand that in fact Colt's machines and patents are not worth much to the Horse Arms Factory, they have newer machines, better technology, and what the Horse Arms Factory wants is Colt's skilled workers, if it weren't for these workers, the Horse Arms Factory wouldn't even give this price." Wayne Henry said it very politely, tearing off Colt's last fig leaf.

It's a hero's end.