At the end of August, when the negotiations between the Junma Group and Krupp were still ongoing, Li Mu suddenly received a summons from the New York District Court, and Edison finally found a backer and sued Li Mu and the Junma Group in court.

Edison's backer is Oliver Winchester, the owner of Winchester in New Haven, Senator of Massachusetts, Oliver Winchester's support for Edison's lawsuit against Li Mu and Junma Group also stems from Junma Group's acquisition of Springfield's equity.

For others, the acquisition of Springfield by the Horse Group will not attract widespread attention, but for Winchester and Colt, it is a matter of life and death, and once the Horse Arms Factory annexes Springfield, then the Horse Arms Factory will become the largest arms company in the United States, which will certainly be extremely unfavorable for Colt and Winchester.

Several arsenals in the United States are arsenals for the production of small arms, Colt is known for his pistol, Winchester is good at spear, and Springfield is inextricably linked to the military.

The rise of the Horse Arms Company replaced Haruta, which had ties to the military, as the military's main supplier, which eventually led to Haruta changing hands.

Colt and Winchester's business was of course also hit by the Horse Arms Company, which was able to sustain itself because of the different priorities.

However, the merger of Springfield by the Horse Arms Company still sounded the alarm bell for Colt and Winchester, especially when Oliver Winchester found out that the Horse Arms Company had controlled a part of Winchester's shares, and Oliver Winchester immediately regarded Li Mu as a mortal enemy.

There is nothing wrong with this description, because Li Mu never thought of letting go of Colt and Winchester, after the merger of Springfield, Li Mu has been secretly buying Colt's and Winchester's shares, and by the time Oliver Winchester found out, Li Mu already had 30% of Winchester's shares in his hands and became Winchester's second largest shareholder.

In fact, the shares of American companies in these years are relatively scattered, such as Rockefeller, although Standard Oil was founded by Rockefeller, but Rockefeller holds only half of the shares of Standard Oil, and the rest is controlled by hundreds of other shareholders, Rockefeller only became the chairman of Standard Oil because he controlled the most shares.

Winchester is the same, even Oliver Winchester is not as good as Rockefeller, Rockefeller still has more than half of the shares of Standard Oil, Oliver Winchester only has 40% of Winchester's shares, just because Oliver Winchester has the most shares, so Oliver Winchester is the boss of Winchester.

Oliver Winchester only has 40% of Winchester's shares in his hands, and the rest of the shares are in the hands of others, although there are Winchester's relatives among them, but most of those relatives' shares have become Li Mu's bag, so if Oliver Winchester does not move, then Winchester will soon follow in the footsteps of Springfield.

Oliver Winchester was definitely unwilling to sit back, so he did everything possible to make trouble for Li Mu, and at this time Edison came to the door, so Oliver Winchester immediately hit it off with Edison.

Although Li Mu's strength is very great, Oliver Winchester is not a soft persimmon, and no member of Congress is easy to mess with, Edison used to think about Li Mu and the Horse Group, and the New York District Court did not even accept the case, but now with Oliver Winchester's support, the New York District Court can't hold it, so Li Mu once again became the defendant.

When was the last time you became a defendant?

It's been a long time ago, it seems that before going to Cuba, Li Mu was sued by Amos Ackerman, and at that time, Li Mu taught Amos Ackerman a good lesson, so that Amos Ackerman, the former U.S. Attorney General, had a good understanding of the true face of the U.S. judicial system.

Sitting in the dock again, Li Mu can be said to be familiar with the road.

The New York District Court is also known as the Tweed Court, which is ironclad evidence of Tweed's corruption, the entire court is said to have cost tens of millions of dollars, and it is estimated that only Tweed himself knows how much he actually invested.

The judge of the New York District Court is called Randy Middleton, this is the justice who has just taken office after Arthur became the mayor of New York, and the former justice has entered the class room like Tweed, but it is a pity that His Excellency the Justice does not have Tweed's powers, Tweed has escaped from prison, and His Excellency the Justice is said to be worse than dead in prison.

It must be better to live than to die, judge, the criminals in the prison are all sent in by him, if this is outside, of course, Mr. Justice is high and high, and he is in prison, that is, an old and frail little old man, how can he be the opponent of those wolves and tigers, and I don't know if the daisies have bloomed for so long.

Randy Middleton is not yet forty years old this year, and in the profession of judges, he can already be regarded as young and promising, unlike most other Americans Li Mu has seen, Randy Middleton does not have a beard, and wears a rare monocle, which is held with one hand when used, and buttoned to one side when not in use, which is impressive.

"Edison sued Stallion Labs and the New York Patent Office, in the name of joint embezzlement of his patents, strictly speaking, the New York District Court is also the defendant, according to the relevant law, the New York District Court should recuse itself, so this case should not be heard in New York, but the Washington Supreme Court concluded that it believes that the New York District Court will enforce the law impartially, so the jurisdiction of this case is still in the New York District Court." Randy Middleton introduced the relevant situation to Li Mu, no need to ask, this is Grant who opened the back door to Li Mu again.

The current justice of the United States is called Morrison Waite, this guy is not a good person, this is a racist, and he is naturally prejudiced against Li Mu and the Junma Group, but the good thing is that Morrison Waite was appointed by Grant, so so far, Morrison Waite is still face-saving.

It is not a good idea to let such a person stay in the position of justice, Li Mu has decided that once Grant steps down, Li Mu will definitely remove Morrison Waite without hesitation, as for Morrison Waite's successor, Randy Middleton is not bad.

"Edison's evidence includes the time when his patent was filed, the relevant materials at the time of filing, and the certificate given to Edison by the New York Patent Office at that time, Edison hoped to use these to prove that his patent was filed earlier than the patent filing time of ZAMA Labs, and as for the documents given by the New York Patent Office to ZAMA Labs, Edison believed that ZAMA Labs forged them through the New York Patent Office, so Edison took ZAMA Labs and the New York Patent Office to court." Randy Middleton confessed to Li Mu.

Strictly speaking, Edison was right, the Horse Lab did pass the New York Patent Office, which kicked Edison out, but this matter was done seamlessly, and Edison was helpless even if he knew.

"He said it was a forgery, and he was a forgery? He also said that the Horse Laboratory used despicable means to trap his Edison Laboratory, in fact, the staff of the Edison Laboratory are willing to go to the Horse Laboratory to work because Edison is too harsh on them, and the salary they get in the Edison Laboratory is not as much as half of what they get in the Horse Laboratory, not to mention that Edison also cruelly plundered all their research results, how can this make those scientists willing to work for him, this guy is a vampire. Li Mu was not angry when he mentioned Edison, if it wasn't for the carelessness of the Horse Lab, it would not have been Edison's turn to take advantage.

Now that Edison's laboratory no longer exists, Junma Group has poached all the employees of Edison Laboratory, and they are now working in the electrical laboratory under Junma Laboratory, which is equivalent to Junma Lab snatching Edison's job, and by the way, even Edison's job is also broken, no wonder Edison is really unforgiving, if anyone dares to calculate Li Mu like this, Li Mu will also work hard with others.

"While this is true, it's up to the jury to decide what is right and wrong,——" Randy Middleton laughed weirdly.

That being said, the tendencies in Randy Middleton's words are obvious, and although the lawsuit has not yet been decided, Edison has already lost half of it.

Knowing the specific situation, Li Mu had confidence in his heart, just let the legal department of Junma Group deal with this kind of thing, and Li Mu would not even show his face.

Back on Governor's Island, Alfred Krupp was drinking tea in Li Mu's garden.

Li Mu's garden is built in accordance with the layout of Suzhou garden, Suzhou garden is best at in a limited space, through the stacking of mountains and water, planting flowers and trees, configuring garden buildings, and with a large number of plaques, couplets, calligraphy and painting, carving, steles, furniture and all kinds of ornaments to reflect the philosophical concept, cultural consciousness and aesthetic taste, Li Mu here is blessed with unique conditions, Governor Island itself is an island, it is easy to attract living water, and with water, the garden also has life.

The key is that Li Mu is willing to spend money, and there may only be so many paintings, calligraphy, steles, or other things in other people's gardens, Li Mu has everything here, and he is embarrassed to take out the boutiques to meet people, and they are all national treasure-level boutiques when they are brought out.

Seeing Li Mu come back, Alfred Krupp clapped his hands and laughed: "It turns out that your power as the chairman is not very good, if someone dares to accuse me in Germany, I guarantee that he will not see the sun tomorrow." ”

Really, what is there to show off, Li Mu is not impossible, he just doesn't want to, if Li Mu is willing, killing Edison is like pinching an ant to death.