Simon Steele once set up a weapons factory in Louisiana in an attempt to challenge the monopoly of the Horse Arms Company in the American military industry, but Simon Steele's self-indulgent behavior only seemed to prove that the position of the Horse Arms Company in the American military industry was unshakable, and did not have any impact on the Horse Weapons Company.

Rockefeller is different from Simon Steele, strictly speaking, although the Horse Group is involved in more industries, but when it comes to the status of the American economy, Li Mu is still inferior to Rockefeller, after all, Li Mu is not white, Li Mu can be a representative of new immigrants in the United States, but can not represent the real American spirit, since the Vanderbilt family gradually declined, the US government has pushed Rockefeller to the altar, if Rockefeller wants to get involved in the military industry at this time, the impact on the Horse Arms Company and SimonSteele is not the same, and the set that Li Mu used to deal with Simon Steele had almost no effect on Rockefeller.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Mu has no way to take Rockefeller, after all, the patent in Li Mu's hands has a strong exclusivity, if Rockefeller really does that, then the most likely result is that Rockefeller and Li Mu both lose, not to mention, if Rockefeller gets involved in the field monopolized by the Horse Group, Li Mu can also enter the oil field to launch a counterattack against Rockefeller, but the damage caused by Li Mu to Rockefeller is definitely greater than the damage caused by Rockefeller to Li Mu.

Of course, Rockefeller is not so crazy, the so-called "weapons company" or "automobile factory" in Rockefeller's mouth, in fact, is just that, as long as Rockefeller is still sensible, such threats will only exist in words, and will not be really implemented.

"Come on, John, I don't want to tell you it's for your own good, don't force me to tell the truth, or you'll not be able to sleep at night." Li Mu did not mean to despise Rockefeller, and the East Texas oil field was not yet in the public time, and telling Rockefeller would only make Rockefeller uneasy.

The reserves of the East Texas oil field are 680 million tons, which is worth about 20 billion US dollars according to the oil price at this time, not to mention Rockefeller, even if all the belongings of Rockefeller and Li Mu are added together, they can't afford it, so telling Rockefeller the truth about the East Texas oil field will not only not let Rockefeller get rid of it, but will make Rockefeller sleep.

Li Mu has such a large oil field in hand, and if he wants to create a company comparable to the scale of standard oil, he will turn over his hands, which makes Rockefeller unable to let go of it no matter what, with Rockefeller's temperament, most of them must control the East Texas oil field in their own hands before they can rest assured.

And without enough interests, Li Mu will definitely not sell the East Texas oil field, even if Li Mu and Rockefeller have a good relationship, business is business, and favors belong to people, Li Mu has always been able to be hard-hearted in this regard.

"Now I can't sleep, the engineer of the drilling team told me that if there is oil under the land you bought, then it may be a super oil field with reserves of more than 100 million tons, do you think I can sleep?" Rockefeller shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Fortunately, limited to the technical level at this time, Rockefeller's engineers did not calculate the exact reserves of the East Texas oil field, but 100 million tons was enough to surprise Rockefeller, and all the oil reserves in Rockefeller's hands now add up to less than 100 million tons.

"Maybe there is an oil field there, maybe not, anyway, you don't have to worry about it now, because with the current level of technology, it is not cost-effective to go to Texas to extract oil, and it will not pose a threat to your standard oil, so rest assured, I have no interest in extracting oil, and I will not sell that piece of land to others, you had better prepare a large sum of money and prepare to buy that land one day in the future." Li Mu reluctantly gave Rockefeller a promise, and with the relationship between Li Mu and Rockefeller, such a promise is still true and credible.

Of course, the facts are not quite the same as what Li Mu said, Texas does have rich shale oil, but the East Texas oil field is not like this, with the current level of technology, it is completely possible to exploit the oil in the East Texas oil field, but Li Mu does not need to tell the truth to Rockefeller.

"If there is oil in that ground, of course I will give you a price that you are satisfied with, but until then, you must at least give me some confidence." Rockefeller wanted to send a drilling team to that piece of land to confirm the truth of what Li Mu said.

"Don't even think about it, that piece of land is my property left to my son." Li Mu behaved like a miser, the oil industry will maintain rapid development for at least a hundred years, and there is no better investment than this.

When it comes to investment, if it weren't for the bad relationship between Li Mu and the British government, Li Mu would have extended his hand to the Middle East, compared with the oil fields in the Middle East, the East Texas oil field is a small thing, the key is that the Middle East is now a plate of scattered sand, before the discovery of oil, the Middle East did not show any reason worthy of the attention of the British government, Li Mu only needs to pay a small price, you can buy a large piece of land in the Middle East, maybe it is cheaper than the United States to buy Alaska.

It's a pity that because of the bad relationship between the Junma Group and the British government, the British government will not conduct any form of transactions with the Junma Group at all, at this time the British Empire is still very confident, there are colonies all over the world blood transfusion, the British government does not care about the profits of doing business with the Junma Group, Li Mu can buy the islands of the Bahamas, relying on the Cuban government, if Li Mu comes out, it is estimated that the British government would rather watch the Bahamas rot and stink, than sell Li Mu an inch of land.

"Well, I'll accept your reasoning." Rockefeller finally stopped dwelling on this matter, Li Mu's last sentence played a role, Rockefeller is Little Will's godfather, even if Rockefeller is greedy, it is estimated that there is no way to pull down his face and rob his godson's property.

"Don't worry John, keep your vigilance right now, there is no company in the oil field that surpasses Standard Oil, and I will not allow this to happen, and don't forget that I still have a stake in Mobil Oil." Li Mu finally couldn't help but leak some "heavenly opportunities", in another time and space, even after Standard Oil was forced to spin off, Standard Oil is still the world's largest oil company.

"Hmph, you'd better remember your words." Rockefeller was finally relieved, except that Li Mu did not sell the land to Rockefeller, Li Mu did not have anything worthy of Rockefeller's criticism, the Dutch set up an oil company in the Dutch East India years ago, it was because of Li Mu and Rockefeller's joint suppression, the Dutchman's plan was stillborn, and then Li Mu did not want to get involved in the East India oil fields, although Li Mu accounted for a lot of shares, this gesture did give Rockefeller a lot of confidence.

James Garfield finally ended his speech, and the atmosphere reached its peak when everyone toasted together for victory at the initiative of James Garfield.

After the banquet, Arthur did not leave, but went to the pavilion in the artificial lake with Li Mu to have a drink, here, Arthur is really relaxed, two glasses of wine, Arthur is a little drunk.

"Ream, you have to be careful of James, you've been too close to Grover this time, and James is worried." Arthur has always known everything about Li Mu, don't look at Arthur as James Garfield's running mate, but when it comes to relationships, James Garfield's status in Arthur's heart is not even comparable to Li Mu's little thumb.

"Worried about what? Worried I'll switch to the Democrats? Rest assured, if the Republican Party had been like this, I think there would be a day. Li Mu did not hide it in front of Arthur, and he did not even hide the change of court, Li Mu believed that Arthur understood what he was talking about.

"yes, it's always been like this, and I have a headache, but what can we do - we can't do anything, wait and see, even if the Democrats can't defeat the Republicans, the Republicans will die at their own hands." Arthur knows better than Li Mu how far the Republican Party has rotted, and if it weren't for the addition of the Civil War, the Republican Party would have lost the presidential palace long ago.

It sounds incredible, as a senior Republican member, as a vested interest in the Republican Party, Arthur does not have much good impression of the Republican Party, perhaps because the Republican Party lost its character in the Civil War, since the Civil War, the Republican presidents have hardly done a few things that make the whole country happy, every time the Republican news appears in the newspaper headlines, it is either corruption, inefficiency, or infighting, although there are malicious slanders of the Democratic Party, there are also many facts, and the sad thing is that there are a lot of news that Republicans have taken the initiative to break out, which is the real not doing or dying.

"You see, even we think so, but what about the other ordinary voters? Since the Republicans are not doing well enough, why not try to change to a Democratic president? No matter how powerful Time magazine is, it is impossible to wash the floor for the Republican Party without restrictions. Li Mu knows that if there is no accident, Grover Cleveland will come to power in four years, and the "accident" here refers to Li Mu, if James Garfield is assassinated, Arthur is not bad as president, then four years later, maybe, as long as Li Mu goes all out, Arthur is not without a chance if he wants to be re-elected.

The reason why "Time Magazine" maintains a leading position in sales among all newspapers is because of the relatively neutral political position of "Time Magazine", although everyone knows that Li Mu is the boss of "Time Magazine", although everyone knows that "Time Magazine" has a distinct Democratic Party attribute, but what appears on the front page of "Time Magazine" is not all for the Republican Party, whenever the Republican Party breaks out negative news, "Time Magazine" will also report, and the editors will also scold. But compared to the newspapers that support the Democratic Party, Time will give some solutions in addition to scolding, and these solutions are often very operable, which makes Time Magazine look extraordinary.

No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, if Arthur wants to be re-elected in four years, then Li Mu will definitely help Arthur, whether Arthur comes to power or Grover Cleveland comes to power, in fact, it has no impact on Li Mu, after all, Li Mu's business for so many years is not in vain, no matter who is president, Li Mu must be given enough rewards.

"After doing these four years, I will retire in four years, and then I will also travel around the world, and I will love whoever I love when the time comes." Arthur is also disheartened, and has mentioned to Li Mu more than once that he wants to travel around the world, in this regard, Arthur has more advantages than Ulysses Grant, at least Arthur does not need to worry about money.

"Go, go, I'll give you a state-of-the-art yacht then, maybe I'll go with you then." Li Mu also wants to travel around the world, but this does not show that Li Mu has too many enemies, and if he leaves the United States, he may be shot at some point.

Sending Arthur away, Li Mu sat alone in the gazebo for a long time before going to rest, when Arthur talked about James Garfield, Li Mu deliberately diverted the topic, Arthur didn't notice, but Li Mu remembered that James Garfield was not an open-minded person, even Arthur reminded Li Mu to be careful of James Garfield, then Li Mu really had to make some preparations, so as not to be caught off guard when the time came.

"If Mr. President is directed against you after taking office, then the most direct response is to launch an impeachment of the president, but this impeachment depends on the timing, if it is two years before James Garfield was elected president, it is not easy to launch the impeachment of James Garfield, but the last two years are relatively simple, you can find any reason, and even if the impeachment does not pass, it is fine, so that James Garfield has no time to pay attention to us-" Situ Lei, who gave advice to Li Mu, in this matter, Li Mu doesn't believe in any Americans, Situ Lei has become Li Mu's best choice, as for Chu Wushuang, he is more suitable to be an executor: "In addition to impeachment, if time is pressing, you can also take some violent means, this is not our first creation, President Lincoln also died at the gunpoint of the Americans, we have many ways to create an accidental incident." ”

Situ Lei's methods are still ruthless enough, if the impeachment fails, then simply kill James Garfield, which is more crisp and more thorough.

After listening to Situ Lei's words, Li Mu's spirit was a little trance, he had been in this world for a long time, and Li Mu couldn't remember clearly why James Garfield was assassinated, could it be that in this time and space, he wanted to kill James Garfield with his own hands?

This one is ridiculous.