For Li Mu, it is just a common sense thing, but in this era, it is a genius idea that transcends the times.

People in the nineteenth century were not stupid, they were just limited by the times, they did not have the opportunity to see more, and their minds were imprisoned by their own thinking patterns, so they did not have genius ideas.

This is very understandable, after all, they don't have computers, they don't have smartphones, they can't understand what is happening in this world anytime and anywhere, Li Mu has learned more information in one day in the 21st century than an ordinary person in this era knows in a lifetime, so Li Mu will be so outstanding.

Many people will say that if the traverser doesn't have a golden finger or something, he won't be able to eat it at all after crossing, which is actually not understanding the fundamental advantages of the traverser, and the traverser's own experience is the biggest golden finger.

Just one idea solved the problem that had plagued Arthur for more than a month, which made Arthur feel comfortable and had several drinks with Li Mulian.

Li Mu's idea is not in vain, the New York City Government will cooperate with the Junma Group to produce souvenirs dedicated to the Independence Centennial Exhibition, and the final profit will be three or seven points, three points will belong to the Junma Group, and seven points will belong to the New York City Government.

Li Mu is very satisfied with this result, when the New York City Government promotes official souvenirs, it will recommend the souvenirs of the subsidiaries of the Horse Group to all visitors, and this part of the profit is not the New York City Government, it belongs to the Horse Group, so even if Li Mu does not take the income from the official souvenirs, Li Mu is willing to cooperate.

Maybe who'll sell more!

"There will be other countries participating in the Centennial Exhibition, and according to the general process, after the exhibition, the exhibits brought by those countries will be sold on the spot, and we can also do something about this, and if we eat those exhibits, it will be a lot of money." Arthur is also a black-hearted person, inspired by Li Mu, Arthur also uses his brains.

"It's simple, Congress has passed the Trade Protection Act, other countries can sell exhibits if they want to, pay the tax first, otherwise they can only ship it back, presumably they will make the right choice when the time comes." Li Mukeng is an old man, and he is very good at slaughtering people.

At the beginning of 1874, in order to protect the domestic industry of the United States, the U.S. government imposed a high tariff of 95 percent on imported products, that is, if a bottle of brandy costs ten dollars in France, Shipping to the United States is subject to a tariff of $9.5, if you add the freight, this makes the price of French brandy in the United States at least more than $20 to pay back, this price is enough to make French brandy in front of the American wine has no advantage, the price difference of ten dollars is enough for ordinary Americans to choose although the quality is a little worse, but the price is cheaper.

Food is like this, and industrial products are also like this, so since the introduction of the "Trade Protection Act", European products have been losing in the American market, and have basically withdrawn from the American market, while American local products are popular, and they are similar to the horse group with a strong core competitiveness of large companies, they originally had no rivals in the American market, and now the monopoly position is more stable.

"This is a good note, the things that can be used to participate in the exhibition must be the best products, and we can eat them all-" Arthur laughed, as if he had seen Wu Shumei flying towards Arthur with wings.

"Philadelphia people are short-sighted, and their city and state governments are not willing to pay, because they don't see the benefits of the Centennial Fair of Independence, such as the Vienna World Expo, on the surface the Vienna City Government is really losing money, in fact, the World Expo will last for many months, and in these months, all the tourists will have to spend in Vienna, and these consumption will bring more jobs and consumption to Vienna, and these consumption will have to pay taxes, and the World Expo will leave a lot of venues. The use of these venues is a long-term investment, so there are many benefits, but unfortunately some people just can't see it. Li Mu's gaze will definitely not only look at this little bit of land under his feet now, but only by raising his head and looking into the distance can he have a larger vision.

"When it comes to venues, you're taking advantage of it." Speaking of this, Arthur was still a little unwilling.

"It's not certain who takes advantage, if New York has a super-large library, it will also be good for New York, you don't want New York to be full of copper smell, this city is the financial center of the United States, and it should also be a cultural center." Li Mu didn't dwell on this issue, and quickly opened the topic after a haha.

"Cultural Center – what do you think?" Arthur didn't say much, giving the main stadium to Li Mu was originally a compensation for Li Mu, in fact, there is no such thing as a loss.

"No idea, it's your job, it doesn't have much to do with me." Li Mu didn't want to talk too much to Arthur, urban construction was the job of Arthur, the mayor, and Li Mu didn't want to overstep his responsibilities.

"Damn, you're always like this, only halfway to talk." Arthur was not without resentment.

Halfway through the banquet, Yan Shun hurried over, holding a telegram in his hand: "Reem, Emperor Tongzhi has died-"

Yan Shun's expression didn't show much sadness, it had been several years since he left the Qing Empire, and Yan Shun's impression of the Qing Empire had gradually faded.

"Emperor Tongzhi died?" Li Mu felt a little incredible, and his face was full of shock.

If Li Mu remembers correctly, Emperor Tongzhi should have died in December, but now it is only August, and it seems that Li Mu's arrival has caused a butterfly effect, and many things should not be the same as another time and space.

This is also normal, if Li Mu is still a student, it will naturally not cause much butterfly effect, the problem is that Li Mu is now the boss of the Junma Group, and the strength of the Junma Group is enough to have an important impact on the United States and even the world, so this butterfly effect is a bit big.

The telegram was sent by Cheng Gengchi, which is not a telegram of condolence, because Li Mu is no longer from the Qing Dynasty, and the death of Emperor Tongzhi has nothing to do with Li Mu.

Cheng Gengchi's telegram mainly talked about the gunpowder factory, through Cheng Gengchi's matchmaking, Li Mu was ready to set up a gunpowder factory in the Qing Empire, the factory used the latest technology and the latest equipment, can produce smokeless gunpowder. This gunpowder factory has actually started production since the end of last year, but due to the limitation of manpower factors, the output value has not completely exploded, and now affected by the death of Emperor Tongzhi, the gunpowder factory will temporarily stop production, Cheng Gengchi sent a telegram to Li Mu, mainly to inform Li Mu of this matter.

This gunpowder factory is only part of Li Mu's plan, Li Mu will continue to set up weapons factories in the future, in the Qing Empire to produce weapons on the spot to supply the Qing Empire army, this is mainly to meet the challenge of the Japanese, although Li Mu does not like the Manchu rulers, but this is barely a "contradiction among the people", and the Japanese are different, although Li Mu is now an American citizen, but Li Mu still thinks that he and the Japanese are hostile relations.

"Emperor Tongzhi died—oh oh, this is a big deal." Arthur was beside Li Mu and heard Yan Shun's words just now.

"Why, do you still want to go and mourn?" Li Mu felt that Arthur should not be so noble.

"I'm not going, this is the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy in Qingguo, and it has nothing to do with me." Arthur didn't go, for Arthur, the Centennial Exhibition of Independence was the most important thing at present.

"I'm leaving, you know, there are a lot of Chinese in my factory, except for this incident, I guess they feel uncomfortable, I'm going to appease them." Li Mu reacted quickly, and immediately remembered the specific impact of this incident.

Li Mu is not sure what kind of impact this incident will have on the Chinese in the United States, the Chinese people's "loyal monarch" thinking is still relatively serious in these years, and this "jun" is of course worth the Qing Emperor Tongzhi.

If it is an ordinary civilian of the Qing Empire, catch up with the death of the Tongzhi Emperor, there is still a lot of trouble, the military and civilians are not allowed to have fun within 100 days, 49 days are not allowed to be slaughtered, 1 month is not allowed to marry, 27 days are not allowed to pray, sacrifice to the gods, and so on, it is really cumbersome, but this is in the United States, Li Mu will definitely not let the Chinese ban this and prohibit that, if he can, Li Mu will let the Junma Group come forward to hold a sacrificial event, which is the biggest concession Li Mu can make.

"Go, go, if there is anything that requires the cooperation of the city government, please don't be polite." Arthur knew what the death of Emperor Tongzhi meant to the Chinese.

Although Li Mu himself knew that the Manchu rulers could not represent the Chinese, regardless of Li Muruo's "Imperial Han Doctrine", in this era, the Manchus were the rulers of the Qing Empire, which is an irrefutable fact, and Li Mu did not intend to obstruct on this issue.

But now is not the time.

Li Mu did not return to Governor's Island that night, but took a special train directly to Springfield, the most Chinese, less than 200 kilometers away, the train ran for seven hours, which made Li Mu very dissatisfied with the traffic in this year, if there are highways and high-speed cars, such a distance is a matter of two hours at most.

Zhang Leye had already been informed by Li Mu, and when Li Mu arrived at the Junma Weapons Factory, Zhang Leye was already waiting in the conference room with a kind of management personnel.

As soon as Li Mu saw Zhang Leye, he asked about the situation in the factory, and the result was not bad, Zhang Leye blocked the news in time, and now the news has not spread, so there is no movement among the workers in the factory.

Li Mu was a little relieved, and then instructed Zhang Leye to increase the publicity on changing customs and customs, and to downplay the impact of Tongzhi's death among the Chinese as much as possible.