When passing through New York, Henry, who was running errands in New York, boarded the train and returned to Springfield with Li Mu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Henry brought good news to Li Mu, the publicity period of smokeless gunpowder has ended, from now on, the patent of smokeless gunpowder officially belongs to Li Mu, Li Mu can open a factory to produce smokeless gunpowder, or authorize other factories to produce smokeless gunpowder, and collect patent royalties by himself.

During Li Mu's trip to Washington, Henry had already begun to contact relevant companies to test their acceptance of smokeless gunpowder, given the size of the American arsenal, mainly the Springfield Arsenal.

"When I went to the Springfield Arsenal, I sent them some bullets modified by our Steed Horse Weapons Company using smokeless gunpowder, although it is not the long bullet you requested, the structure is still the same as the original, and it does not fully show the advantages of smokeless gunpowder, but in terms of performance, it has greatly exceeded the bullets that used the old gunpowder as the launch and firing charge, according to the test of the Springfield Arsenal, the range, accuracy, and flight stability of the bullet have been greatly improved. It's the same as our test results, Mr. Tom from the Springfield Arsenal is very interested in smokeless gunpowder and would love to talk to you in due course. Henry reported the good news when he saw Li Muxian, but there was not much joy between his eyebrows.

Tom is the Executive Director of the Springfield Arsenal and the Director of the Springfield Arsenal.

In those days, U.S. companies, including factories, were basically in the form of companies. Unlike the 21st century, this "corporation" has a somewhat governmental character, which means that businessmen who want to establish a corporation must obtain special permission from the state government, and this permission tends to be granted to projects that are deemed to be in the public interest. And once licensed, many corporations receive a portion of their equity capital from the state treasury, and the average American sees the corporation as part of a government agency with some social credibility.

The same is true of Li Mu's Horse Weapons Company, although in fact the Horse Weapons Company is more appropriately described as the Horse Arsenal, but at the official level, Li Mu's factory must appear under the name of "Horse Weapons Company".

Of course, there are advantages to this name, because the Horse Arms Company is located in Massachusetts, so the Horse Arms Company can receive a portion of the Massachusetts financial subsidy.

This is also related to the economic policy of the US government, the end of the 19th century was the era of rapid development of American industry, which is not unrelated to the economic policy of the Grant administration, not to mention the degree of integrity of the Grant administration, at least the Grant administration has done a very good job in protecting the national industry, at least it inherited the national protectionist policy left by the previous administration, and created a better environment for the development of the American industry.

Before Grant took office, the United States imposed an average tariff of 47.6 percent on imported goods under the Tariff Act of 1864, and after Grant took office, the rate was adjusted to 48.3 percent, which was a major positive for domestic industry.

The same is true of the Springfield Arsenal, as the largest military enterprise in the United States, the Springfield Arsenal receives a financial subsidy from the Massachusetts government every year, which is a complete windfall, because although the Springfield Arsenal is a military enterprise, it is a private company, and the company's top leadership body is the board of directors, and Tom is the representative of the board of directors, responsible for the management of the Springfield Arsenal.

"Let's arrange it when we get back, but don't be in a hurry." Li Mu now has the confidence to sell smokeless gunpowder at a good price.

For now, as Li Mu's backer, Will has lost ground in Springfield, so if he hastily signs an agreement with Springfield Arsenal now, it will not bring the greatest benefit to Li Mu.

Will came back with Grant's secret order this time, and there are ruthless people like Amos Ackerman, if he brings down Amis, and then brings down George, then when it comes to meritorious deeds, Will will definitely go further, at least get the position of Springfield Police Chief, and when Li Mu negotiates with Springfield Arsenal again, he will have more chips in his hand.

"It's been a bit of trouble in the factory -- " Henry snorted, his brow furrowed.

"What's going on?" The factory is now the root of Li Mu's life, and Li Mu immediately asked.

"Chief Hanks retired early, George took over as the new chief, just three days ago, the Springfield Department of Revenue checked the factory's accounts, Lawrence told me the day before yesterday that the people from the Springfield Police Department went to the City Bank and asked to inspect your private accounts, but Lawrence refused, Lawrence asked the people from the Springfield Police Department to show a permit, and the Springfield Police Department did not dwell on it, but this matter may not be over-" Henry did not hide it, Lily Soso's report.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Li Mu felt very bad, like someone was going to steal the child that Li Mu had worked so hard to raise.

"The Springfield Police Department people blocked the telegraph office, so there was no way to send you a telegram, I was going to Washington to look for you, but I knew you were coming back, so I was waiting for you in New York." Henry said it plainly.

It's not Henry's fault, Will is Springfield's snake, George is also Springfield's snake, and even more powerful than Will, what Will can do, George can do the same.

Only then did Li Mu understand, no wonder it was smooth sailing to open the factory some time ago, George did not try to obstruct it, it turned out to be such an idea, and when Li Mu built the factory, George would come to pick peaches again, it was really a good calculation.

It's a pity that Li Mu and Weir's trip to Washington was not for nothing, and with the support of President Grant, George was destined to be empty.

Of course, this must be based on the premise that Amis is brought down.

And it is not easy to bring down Amis, who is also a person in the DPRK and even supports it in the US Congress, and it is unclear to what extent Congress has been infiltrated by Amis. As far as Massachusetts is concerned, Amis has a prominent position in Massachusetts, and the Mobile Credit Company can operate nearly 100 million dollar projects, and its strength is not comparable to Li Mu's, Li Mu's Horse Arms Company and the Mobile Dollar Credit Company are like toddlers, without the slightest comparison.

"Will-" At this time, it doesn't matter whether the Cold War is cold or not, the enemy is at present, first unanimously talk about the outside world, Li Mu can't care about anything else, if he wants to keep the company, he still has to rely on Will's strength.

Even if George becomes the chief of the Springfield Police Department, Will is not powerless, and if he can become a sheriff in Springfield, Will has his own way of survival.