DuPont's headquarters is not far from Battery Park, across from the Treasury sub-warehouse on Wall Street, where Washington once delivered his inaugural address.

In recent years, the Junma Group and DuPont have maintained a good relationship, DuPont pays a certain amount of royalties to the Junma Arms Company every year, and the Junma Arms Company orders all the gunpowder needed for the production of weapons from DuPont, and now DuPont has purchased more than 10 kinds of patents from the Junma Arms Company, and smokeless gunpowder is only one of them.

Before leaving, Li Mu had already called, and Henry Dupont arranged for his nephew Lamotte to meet Li Mu downstairs.

Don't think that this is Henry DuPont ignoring Li Mu, in fact, Lamott's importance in the DuPont family is no less than that of Henry DuPont, don't look at Henry DuPont is the president of DuPont, in fact, Henry DuPont does not understand gunpowder technology, Lamort loves chemistry since childhood, he is the chief engineer of DuPont, after Li Mu founded the Horse Laboratory, Henry DuPont also founded the DuPont Laboratory, and Lammott is the head of the DuPont Laboratory.

"Antonio told me that your lab has recently produced several high explosives, and it seems that it is necessary for the Stallion Lab to have a certain degree of cooperation with DuPont Labs, which will be beneficial to both of us." Li Mu's poor knowledge of chemistry has long been forgotten, so Li Mu can only find a topic with Lamotte from management.

In terms of overall strength, DuPont laboratory and Horse laboratory must not be compared, Horse laboratory is the largest scientific research institution in the United States, now has more than 1,000 staff, in many fields of research level in the world's leading position, DuPont laboratory only in gunpowder research has made achievements, this is also thanks to the DuPont family for many years of accumulation, after all, the DuPont family has been engaged in gunpowder for more than half a century, there are still two brushes.

"That's my pleasure, sir, in fact we have only achieved a little bit of success, and this is still based on the patents of the Horse Laboratory, and I will contact Mr. Antonio when I get back." Lamotte is very humble, as is the case with the truly talented people, they are never proud, and the further they go on the path of science, the more they feel their insignificance.

However, there seems to be a small problem here, the DuPont laboratory is actually a breakthrough made on the basis of the research of the Junma Laboratory's patents, which should be regarded as a mistake of the Junma Laboratory, Li Mu stipulated a long time ago that only after the emergence of the next generation of results, the previous generation of patents will be sold, it seems that the Junma Laboratory did not strictly abide by this regulation.

Not necessarily, gunpowder is not the same as engines and telephones, and the formula and process can be improved, but improvement requires a lot of basic experiments, with good luck, one experiment will be successful, and bad luck, hundreds or thousands of experiments are also normal, so it cannot simply be determined that the Horse Laboratory is negligent, but Li Mu will definitely call Antonio Meucci.

"Ha, this time Antonio is in trouble, don't worry, I won't tell him that you told me." Li Mu laughed, and Lamotte immediately had a black line on his face.

Of course, this is a joke, Li Mu will not punish Antonio, but a beating is indispensable, the Horse Laboratory has not come up with epoch-making inventions such as cars and airplanes for a long time, and Li Mu also needs to be properly spurred, otherwise someone will sleep on the credit book.

The headquarters of DuPont is a six-storey building, Henry DuPont also burned the building to name the DuPont Building, perhaps twenty years ago, the six-story building could barely be called a building, but now it makes people laugh off the big teeth, not to mention that they are all more than ten floors high "Four Brothers of Battery", in Wall Street, six-story buildings are no longer high-rise.

When the DuPont Building was built, there was no elevator, so the elevator was installed later, independent of the building, and the elevator that Li Mu took was a special elevator for Henry Dupont, which went directly to the top floor where Henry Dupont's office was located.

"You should get a new headquarters, this building doesn't match DuPont, how about I, do you want me to squeeze out a piece of space for you in Battery Park?" As soon as Li Mu entered the door, he revealed that it was not within Li Mu's consideration as to whether Henry Dupont was unhappy.

"No, I think that's good." Henry DuPont is not like some nouveau riche, eager to put all the money out for people to see, with the status of DuPont, even if Henry DuPont puts the company's headquarters in Brooklyn, there will still be a large number of people who take the initiative to come to the door.

"What a miser, what's the use of making so much money?" Li Mu is the nouveau riche in the eyes of Henry Dupont, this is a matter of concept, maybe Henry DuPont thinks he is willing to be ordinary, but in Li Mu's opinion, it is just pretending to be that, a dignified billionaire, is it really good if the office is not 20 square meters? When the guests came, there was no place to sit, and the small bosses of the 21st century had to squeeze out a tea table in the office even if they were crowded.

"If you're here to find fault, now you can go." Henry Dupont is also not polite, the clay figurines are also three points of fire, familiar and familiar, and the hand is too long to annoy.

"Of course, I was looking for you for something, I couldn't tell you on the phone, and you didn't go to Castle Clinton-" Li Mu could only sit across Henry Dupont's desk, and he didn't know if Henry Dupont was deliberately neglecting, and he came in for so long that no one even sent him a cup of coffee.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Henry Dupont personally got up to pour coffee for Li Mu, it seems that he was not deliberately neglecting, but intentionally, is it to bring the relationship closer in this way?

Li Mu didn't think it was necessary.

"I just called Washington, and there was something wrong with the supply contract with the War Department, and the problem was with gunpowder." Li Mu set up an ambush first and saw what Henry Dupont had to say.

"Even if there is a problem with the gunpowder, it is a problem with the Horse Weapons Company, and the gunpowder I gave you is good." Sure enough, Henry Dupont immediately cleared up, no one wants to make trouble, and this is not Halloween candy.

"I didn't say it's your problem, the problem is with the War Department, I'm looking for you for-" Li Mu said the purpose, and Henry DuPont immediately expressed interest.

"Of course, if it can be passed, of course, but it is difficult, I have news, Louisiana is preparing to set up an arms company, do you have any ideas?" Henry Dupont provided a new piece of information, and Li Mu's face immediately became difficult to look at.

"When?" Li Mu really didn't know about this, otherwise Li Mu would have started to arrange it as soon as possible, compared to this matter, what bullets expired, and the ban on trade was a drizzle, the arms industry was the core industry of the Junma Group, and Li Mu would never allow others to get involved.

Louisiana is the stronghold of the Democratic Party, during the Civil War, Louisiana was a staunch supporter of the Confederate State, after the war, the federal government imposed military control on some southern states, and after Hayes came to power, he withdrew the federal troops stationed in Louisiana, Louisiana was also the last state of the federal government to contact military management, which also became the fuse that led to the bad relations between Hayes and the Republican Party.

By the way, Louisiana is also one of the few remaining states in the United States that has not placed orders with the Steed Arms Company.

"Not yet, but I've heard the news, a few southerners went to the California Gunpowder Company on the West Coast to buy gunpowder, they thought that if they didn't buy it from me, I wouldn't find out, it's so naïve, the point is that they don't buy explosives, but buy hair and projectile, if you go to New Orleans now to check the import and export orders, I guess you will find something." Henry DuPont is definitely towards Li Mu, although from Henry Dupont's point of view, the more gunpowder is sold, the better, but if you want to maintain a good relationship with Li Mu, Henry DuPont has to make a trade-off.

The gunpowder in the United States is all from the American Gunpowder Association, and the orders of the American Gunpowder Association are distributed by Henry DuPont, so as long as the gunpowder trade is carried out in the United States, it cannot escape Henry DuPont's supervision.

As for New Orleans, which is the capital of Louisiana, this is a port city, and if Louisiana wants to set up an arms enterprise, then it will definitely order the machines needed to produce weapons from Europe, because they will certainly not choose to buy it from Springfield.

"Thank you, General, I owe you once." Li Mu is very grateful to Henry Dupont for taking the initiative to provide the news, this is a big event, and Li Mu should immediately arrange a response.

"Hey, hey, what about our tariffs and trade agreements?" Henry DuPont doesn't care how urgent Li Mu's mood is, the interests he catches are the real interests, anyway, no matter what, whether it is the Horse Arms Company or the Louisiana Arms Company, they have to order gunpowder from Henry DuPont.

"I asked Henry to contact you, damn it, I want to kill people now, let the tariff and trade agreement go to hell." Li Mu is out of mood at this time, someone in Louisiana is looking for death, Li Mu will let them get their wish.

Americans are too lazy, a lot of Henry, a lot of Mack, and a lot of William - if you don't add a surname, you don't know who you're talking about, but fortunately, Henry DuPont should know that the "Henry" Li Mu said refers to the vice president of the Horse Group, so let the two Henries go together to lobby Washington.

"Hahaha, I wish you a happy killing-" Regardless of whether Li Mukai is happy or not, anyway, Henry DuPont is very happy at this time, as for killing-please, that capitalist is not full of blood these days, according to the practice of the 21st century, Li Mu and Henry DuPont should each be sentenced to three or five thousand years.

This is not a mistake, Westerners are like this, sometimes Western laws are child's play, although some countries have the death penalty, but not all, for example, many states in the United States have abolished the death penalty, so those who commit the most heinous crimes have exceptionally long sentences.

The longest sentence in the world is a Spaniard named Gabriel Grandos, this guy is a postman, according to Spanish law, if the postman loses a letter, he will be sentenced to nine years in prison, as a result, this careless guy lost more than 40,000 letters in more than a year, so the Spanish police's request to the court is to sentence this guy to 384912 years in prison.

God, I really hope that he will live to be released from prison.

Back on Governor's Island, Li Mu immediately sent a series of instructions, first to Santiago, because after studying the map, Li Mu found that New Orleans is located on the Caribbean coast, which is a good show, San Diego is located at the exit of the Caribbean Sea, guarding the choke point, and New Orleans' ships must pass through San Diego if they want to go to Europe.

If San Diego is only the first line of defense, then there is the Bahamas after San Diego, and the Bahamas is followed by the endless Atlantic Ocean, so as long as New Orleans buys relevant machinery from Europe, then it must pass through the Bahamas-San Diego line.

Li Mu's second call was to Arthur, Louisiana was going to set up an arms company, Arthur, as a government official, should have heard about it, and said that it was Henry DuPont who told Li Mu about it, not Arthur who reminded him first, which made Li Mu very dissatisfied.

"Louisiana? Impossible-" After Li Mu finished speaking on the phone, Arthur first subconsciously vetoed it, and then fell silent.

How could it be impossible, Louisiana had just left the military and was still hating the federal government, so they had every reason to set up an arms company, not for the Horse Arms Company, but for Louisiana's own needs.

Of course, it may not be just Louisiana that needs this, but the southern states, as long as the Democrats have a majority, they probably don't want to do business with the horse arms company.

Who made Li Mu a supporter of the Republican Party?

"Don't worry that it may not be, even if there is a sign of this, you know what it means to have a second arms company in the United States, I annexed Springfield, forced Colt away, and brought down Winchester, but it's not to clear the market for someone, you just have to tell me who it is, and I'll do the rest." Li Mu is murderous, after the merger of Springfield Colt and Winchester, the United States actually has some small workshop-style weapons companies, but that does not pose a threat to the horse arms company, Li Mu did not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, now if there is a large arms company, it will definitely not work, Li Mu also has to learn from Henry Dupont, don't look at Henry DuPont blowing up the competitor's factory and leaving a lifetime of infamy, but Henry DuPont has since dominated the American gunpowder industry, and no one has dared to challenge Henry DuPont since then.

Strike when it's time to do it, and let free trade go to hell.

"Reem, don't be impulsive, a lot of people are staring at you right now." Arthur already felt that something was wrong, although he might not be able to stop Li Mu, but from the position of a friend, what should be said still had to be said.

"I understand." Li Mu didn't talk nonsense, just stared at it, what can it do? Have the ability to blow up the Horse Weapons Company.

Who's afraid of whom.