Education in the New England region is indeed developed, and Massachusetts alone has more than a dozen institutions of higher learning such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University, and so on. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among them, Harvard University is the most famous and has the most professors, so it has naturally become Li Mu's best choice.

But what Li Mu didn't expect was that at Harvard University, Li Mu hit a big nail solidly.

After deciding to invest in smokeless gunpowder, Li Mu and Will went to Harvard University in Boston to find suitable researchers at Harvard University.

Will's face was limited to Springfield, and when he arrived in Boston, Will, the sheriff, lost his law enforcement powers, and naturally had no deterrent effect, so Will and Li Mu could only honestly meet with Charles William Eliot, the president of Harvard University, according to the procedure, to find a suitable candidate through Charles Eliot.

According to Li Mu's thoughts, Li Mu came to Harvard University with tens of thousands of dollars, and he should be treated like a distinguished guest, but he didn't expect that Harvard people were still relatively proud, Li Mu didn't even get the opportunity to meet Charles Eliot, Charles Eliot's assistant Rex Ingersoll came forward to receive Li Mu and Will.

"Mr. Reem, it's a pleasure to meet you." Rex's attitude was not enthusiastic, and when he shook hands, he was even a little perfunctory, and his eyes were full of curiosity when he looked at Li Mu.

In the past two days, newspapers in Massachusetts have begun to hype about the fact that major banks are paying bounties to Li Mu, so Li Mu is now famous, and everyone knows that Li Mu is a little rich, but it can be seen from Rex's attitude that Li Mu, a "little rich", is obviously not enough at Harvard University.

Harvard University does have reasons for pride, Harvard University was founded in 1636, and it has been 200 years since then, and although Harvard University is not yet world-renowned, it has more than 1,000 students and more than 50 teaching staff, which is quite large considering that this is the late 19th century.

Harvard University has its own fund, with a total amount of more than 23 million US dollars, so Li Mu's tens of thousands of dollars are really not enough for Harvard University, and it is already very face-saving to send an assistant to receive Li Mu.

When he understood the intentions of Li Mu and Will, the expression on Rex's face was even more playful: "Private research - I'm afraid professors don't have much time, you know, professors' time is precious, and there is a problem with the way you allocate it, if a professor from Harvard University participates in the research, then the research results belong to Harvard University, and you can use the research results as an investor, and you don't need to pay royalties." ”

After listening to Rex's words, Li Mu smiled dumbly, and almost immediately wanted to leave, if Li Mu accepted the assignment method of Harvard University, then Li Mu would be the biggest wrongdoer in the world.

However, after all, the status of Harvard University is here, with the best talents, Li Mu wants to complete the research of smokeless gunpowder as soon as possible, and it is best to cooperate with Harvard University, so Li Mu still has to try his best to fight: "The research results must belong to me, after all, I am the investor, I deserve to get the due return, the honor can belong to Harvard University, if you agree to this distribution method, I will donate a fee to the Harvard University fund in my private name." ”

"An undetermined donation" is the maximum concession that Li Mu can make, and the donation will not be too much, because although Li Mu is sure that smokeless gunpowder can be successfully researched, he doesn't know how long it will take, and he doesn't know how much money it will cost, so it's better to save some money.

"Why don't you go talk to Professor Ulysses and Professor Scott, these two professors are the best professors of chemistry at Harvard, you can talk about the possibilities first, and then we will decide on the allocation." Rex didn't seem to want to waste time on Li Mu, and in the case of unsure of the research project, Rex didn't think that Li Mu could make a name for himself.

Li Mu did not explain the research project to Rex, after all, for Harvard University, if Harvard University attaches importance to smokeless gunpowder, then with Harvard University's research ability, there is basically nothing Li Mu can do.

"Well, thank you very much for taking the time to hospitality, and look forward to the opportunity for us to work together in the future." Li Mu is not a person who goes all the way to the black, Harvard University is not moving, and there are other people to choose from.

After going out, Li Mu and Will went to visit Professor Ulysses and Professor Scott again, but the result was not surprising, Professor Ulysses did not give Li Mu a chance to meet at all, and directly rejected Li Mu, Professor Scott was more tactful, saying that it would not be time until half a year later, and Li Mu would definitely not wait so long, so the trip to Harvard was fruitless.

In the evening, Li Mu asked Will to sum up his experience.

"The people at Harvard are too arrogant, rejecting you is their loss, don't care, we can still go to someone else." Will comforted Li Mu first, and finally had the appearance of a guardian at this time.

"We made a mistake and shouldn't have gone to Harvard in the first place." Li Mu has now figured out what is wrong, fortunately it is not too late to make up for it: "Smokeless gunpowder has now been finished, what we have to do is to make it more stable, which has actually greatly reduced the difficulty, we don't need to go to those top people, as long as we have a little chemical knowledge, we can carry out relevant experiments, the only factor to consider is not professional knowledge, but patience, in fact, doing experiments is a boring job full of repetitive nature, patience is more important than professional knowledge, so we have to adjust the strategy." ”

In fact, what we have to do now is to find the right stabilizer, and the experiment itself is not difficult, the difficulty lies in the need for a lot of money and the belief that there will be no sure success.

Li Mu actually has no shortage of these two things, Li Mu knows that the future bullet and projectile are smokeless gunpowder, so smokeless gunpowder will definitely be successfully researched, and Li Mu is not short of money, Harvard University does not look down on Li Mu's tens of thousands of dollars, but if you want to use it for experiments, even if Li Mu only takes out half of the assets, it is enough to support the experiment for a year or two, maybe if you are lucky, it will only take a few months to successfully research.

"Then let's go to Tufts tomorrow, or even the Polytechnic Institute, these schools also have no shortage of professors, and they have only been established for decades or more than ten years, Harvard University can't look down on your tens of thousands of dollars, but for those schools, this is already a lot of money." Will is also confident, not much less than Li Mu.