In late May, the latest battle report from Montana came that George Dewey's forces had been defeated again.

George Dewey was different from Sherman, and he won a big victory over Yu Wei to replace Sherman against the Indians, and the United States had high hopes for George Dewey.

George Dewey did indeed live up to expectations, not long after taking office, he defeated the Indians, the situation was very good, and the whole United States was jubilant, waiting for George Dewey to deliver another good news and completely defeat the Indians, but I didn't expect to wait and wait, but I waited for the news of George Dewey's defeat, which was really frustrating.

Strictly speaking, George Dewey's defeat was worse than the last Sherman defeat.

When Sherman was defeated, there was still George Dewey to look forward to, and now that George Dewey is also defeated, who else can be used? You can't let Grant go into battle again.

"I believe George, even if George retreats, it should be to achieve some strategic purpose, this can't be a rout, wait and see, when the battle report comes again, it will definitely bring news of victory." Li Mu had faith in George Dewey and did not believe this kind of news at all.

"That's not necessarily, now people's hearts are fluctuating, although the economy has recovered, but the economic crisis has not left, if George is not defeated, then the War Department should come out to refute the rumors, but so far the War Department has not moved, which is very revealing." Rockefeller is not optimistic, there is no wind and no waves.

"No matter what, life has to go on, do what we can, that's our responsibility." J· P. Morgan can think openly, don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors.

Li Mu and the others were chatting at Castle Clinton, which was more akin to a salon, and only a few people were eligible to attend. P. Morgan and Rockefeller were regulars.

"I hope George is really defeated, so I can have another wave of bottom-picking." There is no lower limit for Rockefeller to be shameless, and absolute people will not be destroyed for themselves.

"Now there is also a chance, this morning the war bond fell by three points, I bought quite a bit." Li Mu was proud, this was not a big war fortune, but support Washington to quell the chaos.

In fact, the U.S. government really doesn't have much money, the dollar is not an international currency this year, and it is not easy to shear sheep, so if the U.S. government wants to do something, the easiest way is to issue bonds, and the U.S. government has a long history of issuing bonds, and it began to be issued during the Revolutionary War, this time in order to attack the Indians, Washington issued 10 million US dollars of war bonds again, but when the bonds were issued, they encountered an economic crisis, and the sales of bonds were not good, Li Mu ate again, and it can be regarded as supporting Washington with practical actions.

J· P. Morgan and Rockefeller laughed silently, and it seemed that they had bought a lot of them.

"Piper, do me a favor, I want to buy a stake in Springfield, can you help me get in touch?" When it comes to capital operation, Li Mu still has to rely on J· P. Morgan.

When it comes to its position in the U.S. economy, J· P. Morgan is not as good as Rockefeller, but Rockefeller is known as a "robber tycoon", so when it comes to popularity, Rockefeller is really inferior to J· P. Morgan.

The negotiations between Junma Group and Dylan Stevenson have been very smooth, and the price has been basically agreed, Li Mu will buy Dylan Stevenson's shares at a price of $4.2 million, which is acceptable to Li Mu, so it has now entered the substantive stage.

With the shares in Dylan Stevenson's hands alone, Li Mu is not enough to control Springfield, so Li Mu also has to contact other Springfield shareholders to acquire more shares, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling Springfield.

"What are you doing? Are you really going to annex Springfield, Colt and Winchester? ”J· P. Morgan immediately understood what Li Mu meant.

"Why not? If we merge Springfield, Colt and Winchester, then the horse will become a large enterprise comparable to Krupp and Enfeld, which is beneficial to us. Li Mu did not conceal his intentions, and made an acquisition of this scale in the United States. P. Morgan is also unlikely.

"He's such an ambitious guy, I can try, but it's not guaranteed." J· P. Morgan promised to help.

"Thank you very much—" Li Mu was sincere, and there was J· P. Morgan's help can save Li Mu a lot of trouble.

"It suddenly occurred to me that Winchester still has some shares mortgaged to me, how about it? Want to do it or not? ”J· P. Morgan provided Li Mu with unexpected news.

"Winchester—of course!" Li Mu is not welcome, even if it is a premium acquisition, Li Mu has to get it.

J· To put it bluntly, P. Morgan is a loan shark, and if you want to get money from him, you must have collateral, needless to say, this is another person whose capital turnover is not moving, using Winchester's shares as collateral, from J. Morgan. P. Morgan took out a loan here.

Now is a period of economic crisis, every day people go bankrupt, every day people jump off the building, if the money is not paid, then the shares will become J· P. Morgan, while J. Morgan's P. Morgan is a capitalist, at least not interested in industry now, so J· P. Morgan is happy to transfer those shares to those who really need them.

"Ream, if you have the heart to buy Springfield, you might as well put your mind on our gas station, God, do you know how many gas stations we have now?" Rockefeller was dissatisfied and believed that Li Mu was wrong.

Li Mu really doesn't know how many gas stations have been built now, but Li Mu has injected nearly one million dollars into Standard Oil, and according to this ratio, Standard Oil's gas stations should at least be all over New York and Boston.

Yes, although automobiles have appeared, they are still a rarity in terms of production, and there are less than 500 cars on the market, so gas stations do not need to spread to other regions, but are only built in New York and Boston.

"I believe in you, so I transfer all my rights to you." Li Mucai doesn't care how many gas stations there are, gas stations are just a dispensing product for Li Mu, and the business focus of Junma Group is the military industry, which has never changed.

"Don't push me, if you want to keep your shares, then you'd better be diligent." Rockefeller was even more dissatisfied.

In order to build a gas station, Rockefeller established a new company, Mobil Oil, which mainly sells refined oil products, in which Li Mu occupies 40 percent of the shares.

At the beginning, Li Mu's joking request for only 40 percent of the shares was still in his ears, and at that time, Rockefeller even joked about why Li Mu didn't want 100 percent, and Li Mu responded that he was afraid that Rockefeller would kill him in the future.

Although Mobil Oil has not been established for a long time, the potential shown is palpitating, and Rockefeller really wants to kill Li Mu now, so that Rockefeller can fully control Mobil Oil.

Of course, "killing" or something is just a matter of thinking, although Rockefeller has raised gunmen, but Li Mu has raised more gunners, and the combat effectiveness is stronger, if you really want to start training, Rockefeller has no advantage to take advantage of.

Although it can't be done, if there is an opportunity to reduce Li Mu's holding ratio, Rockefeller will definitely start.

"Less nonsense, if you want to guarantee a monopoly on Standard Oil, then you'd better be honest." Li Mu is also not polite, if Rockefeller is not honest, Li Mu does not mind getting a "standard oil" out.

Standard Oil's monopoly is based on the control of oil fields and refineries, and at present, more than 90 percent of the oil fields discovered in the United States are controlled by Rockefeller.

Although it seems that Rockefeller's oil empire is impregnable, Li Mu knows that there are still many oil fields that have not been discovered, and if Li Mu makes a few big oil fields now, then Rockefeller's oil empire will quickly collapse.

At least no longer an oil trust.

"Reem, do you know something?" Although Rockefeller didn't know what hole cards Li Mu had, Rockefeller was very sure that as long as Li Mu spoke in this tone, it would mean that Li Mu had eaten Rockefeller.

"Reem, if there's any good news, don't forget that you have an old friend." J· P. Morgan interjected suddenly.

J· P. Morgan is not stupid, if he can get in and get a piece of the pie, J. Morgan is not stupid, J. Morgan is not stupid, J. Morgan is not stupid, if he can get in and get a piece of the pie, J P. Morgan didn't mind making Rockefeller uncomfortable. P. Morgan's business and Rockefeller's business did not conflict.

"Hehe, don't worry." Li Mu has the ticket to victory, and he doesn't care about the threat of Rockefeller at all.

"No, you must know something, tell me, for the sake of our alliance." Rockefeller's mind grew uneasy.

"It's useless to tell you now, just wait, it's not the time yet." Li Mu doesn't plan to turn over his hole cards now, and it's really not time.

At the end of last year, Li Mu asked Henry to contact the Texas government and purchased about 200,000 acres of land from Texas to build a super-large-scale farm-

I'm sorry, but 200,000 acres is really not super large, not even large-scale at this time.

But beneath these 200,000 acres of land is the East Texas oil field, which has reserves of more than 680 million tons.

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by area, after Alaska, in 1835, Texas gained independence from Mexico, and in 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state of the United States.

Although it was already a U.S. territory, Texas had barely developed in recent years, and when Henry came to the area, he saw a very desolate scene, with some woods, extremely barren land, terrible transportation, and even a few homes in the entire area.

Henry wrote a report to Li Mu about the situation in East Texas, emphasizing that there was no potential for ranch development here.

Li Mu definitely couldn't tell that there was a lot of oil under this land, but let Henry buy it at all costs.

Henry had no choice but to buy the land from Texas for a dollar and an acre.

So Li Mu got the East Texas oil field for only 200,000 US dollars, which is really cheap!