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The United States is also very small, and when almost all the rich are crowded into New York, there are not many secrets for individuals.

Li Mu's car has just been successfully developed, it has already attracted the attention of many people, this is a new industry, it will definitely generate a lot of profits, and many people want to get a piece of the pie.

Unconsciously, Li Mu has become the top part of the pyramid, and there are few people who are qualified to talk about cooperation with Li Mu, and Henry DuPont must be one of them.

In fact, the DuPont family at this time is not the cross-industry giant of the 21st century, before the world war, the DuPont family, like the United States, did not show all its capabilities, until after World War II, after the baptism of two world wars, the DuPont family will become the unshakable giant.

In fact, the current Henry DuPont is not as rich as Li Mu, but Li Mu will never despise Henry Dupont, Henry DuPont is Li Mu's partner, Li Mu's horse weapons company has to purchase a large amount of smokeless gunpowder from the DuPont family's factory every month to produce bullets and grenades, so Li Mu and Henry DuPont have a very good relationship.

"Cars are big business, and if you underestimate them now, you'll regret them in the future." Li Mu was blunt and did not believe that Henry could not see the prospect of a car.

"Hmph - I know it's big business, but I'm not as energetic as you are, gunpowder is my old job." Henri DuPont has a clear business philosophy and will not easily get involved in an unfamiliar industry.

"Okay, you make your gunpowder well, I'm going to increase the purchase volume recently, you don't want to keep up." Li Mu first vaccinated Henry DuPont.

With the way of the Qing Empire, Li Mu's factory will definitely be expanded, and more smokeless gunpowder will be needed, although Li Mu decided to set up a factory in the Qing Empire, but it will definitely not be able to start work in a short time, so Li Mu still has to find Henry Dupont to buy gunpowder.

"No problem, just give me as much as you need." Henry Dupont happily agreed, and the more things like this, the better.

"Andrew, aren't you lobbying Congress to raise tariffs? How's it going? "Li Mu is concerned about a lot of things, and this matter is also very beneficial to Li Mu.

In order to protect domestic industry, the United States imposes heavy taxes on all imported goods, but this is far from enough in Andrew Carnegie's view, so it is not only Andrew Carnegie who is pushing Congress to raise import taxes, but also entrepreneurs throughout the United States have similar demands.

"It's not bad, it will be submitted to Congress next month, and if everything goes well, the tax rate will be raised to 100 percent." Andrew Carnegie was proud, and although it was not Andrew Carnegie's power to push Congress to pass such a bill, it also showed that Andrew Carnegie's influence was increasing day by day.

"It's a great thing, 100 percent is not enough." Henry DuPont had a similar demand, which sounded even more radical than Carnegie's.

One hundred percent!

In fact, this tax rate is unprecedented, according to this tax rate, if Britain and Germany and other countries import industrial products to the United States, they will have to pay the same tax as the value of the product itself, which will definitely increase the product cost of British and German enterprises and increase the competitiveness of domestic industrial products in the United States.

"Step by step, it's 100 percent now, and if we continue to work hard, maybe it's 150 percent, or even 200 percent, and then only our own products will appear on the American market." Carnegie was not in a hurry, he always had to eat one bite at a time.

As he spoke, Rockefeller and William Vanderbilt also joined forces, and the anti-"Knights of Labor" five-member group finally gathered.

"It's rare for us to be so together, isn't it a bit too wasteful to be just for a small Knights of Labor—" Rockefeller sighed unconsciously as he looked at the five people in the conference room.

This lineup is really a bit too strong, a small conference room, bringing together giants in the military, steel, oil, railway and other industries, these people combined, the resources in their hands can almost control the American market, so if it is just for a labor knight, it is really a bit of a waste.

"Hehe, it's a bit of a waste, so I want to suggest that Mr. President issue a ban on the duplicate construction of the railroad, look at the current New York to Washington, there is already the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, this is originally a duplicate construction, but as far as I know, there are at least three more railroads in the application now, this is just nonsense, if there are five railroads between New York and Washington, then no one can make money." William Vanderbilt was the first to speak, and sure enough, this guy had impure motives.

If you want to say that the motive is not pure, then the motive of everyone in this room is not pure.

"That's right, the duplicate construction of the railway is indeed to be stopped, and the same is true for the oil industry, now in Pennsylvania, there are more and more oil refineries, some people only have one or two derricks in their hands, and they want to build an oil refinery, it is really ridiculous, and their technology is not good, when smelting oil, it is not only inefficient, but also will cause serious environmental pollution, this behavior should also be curbed." Rockefeller followed suit, looking at the posture Rockefeller wanted to dominate the American oil industry.

"The steel industry is the same, in Pittsburgh, some steel mills are simply indiscriminate, the steel they produce has not been wasted much, this situation must be curbed, we should know that resources are limited, so we should concentrate on the hands of really powerful large enterprises, those small small workshops, they have no role in addition to disrupting the situation, so we should eliminate all the small workshops, and tilt resources in the direction of large enterprises, so that our industry will develop healthily." Carnegie spoke brightly, but it still meant the same thing.

"The National Gunpowder Association has no opinion, we have completed the internal integration, and we will fully cooperate with you to achieve your goals." Henry DuPont has the confidence to buy two more gunpowder companies last month, and now he has completely controlled the National Gunpowder Association, so Henry DuPont is very confident, and his words are the opinion of the National Gunpowder Association.

"I really envy you, I should also set up a national petroleum association-" Rockefeller sighed leisurely, if there was really a national petroleum association, then Rockefeller would be the undisputed chairman.

"Haha, then I should have a national steel association—" Carnegie also had ideals.

"The National Association of Railroads? Haha, forget it, Jay Gould is going crazy. William Vanderbilt laughed at himself that only the Vanderbilt family was not a monopoly in the railroad industry, and Jay Gould was a strong competitor.

"Thankfully, I don't need to form a National Association of Automakers." Li Mu is happy that in the current United States, only Li Mu is engaged in automobiles, and there is no other semicolon, so there is no need for the National Automobile Association to exist.

"Reem, if I get an automotive lab too, then you won't have a problem." William Vanderbilt wanted to probe Li Mu's bottom line like a joke.

The railway industry where the Vanderbilt family is located is also a transportation industry, so it is normal for the Vanderbilt family to get involved in the automobile industry, of course, if the Vanderbilt family wants to engage in automobiles, they must get Li Mu's consent, because Li Mu's Junma Automobile Company has applied for hundreds of patents related to automobiles, and without Li Mu's authorization, the Vanderbilt family cannot bypass Li Mu's patent wall.

"Of course not, in fact I welcome you to work in the car industry, I am going to set up a racing competition, just like horse racing now, using different cars to race, think about it, the deafening roar of the engine, the hot car baby, the speeding speed, this will become the crazy love of all men, how about it? Any ideas? Li Mu is far more open-minded than William Vanderbilt imagined, and he welcomes competition.

Competition is a good thing, there is competition to make progress, Li Mu will definitely not refuse, but there will be competition will have a victory, if the victory has been divided, Li Mu mergers and acquisitions will not be soft, when the loser will admit defeat, play the game must have the preparation to accept failure.

"Brilliant idea!" William Vanderbilt was the first to approve.

"Really—I want to build a car to race." Rockefeller was also moved, Rockefeller had seen the car with his own eyes and had ridden it himself, so Rockefeller believed that Li Mu's idea was likely to be a great success.

Judging from the previous history, almost all of what Li Mu wants to do are successful, which is incredible, in Rockefeller's view, a person cannot always be right, but this criterion does not seem to apply to Li Mu.

"I'll sign up now!" Carnegie was the icing on the cake.

The auto industry and the steel industry are closely linked, and if the auto industry makes great progress, then the boost to the steel industry is obvious, so Carnegie will certainly not sit on the sidelines.

"Come on, let's create a big scene together." Li Mu sent an invitation to everyone.

"Hehe, okay, you build cars to participate in the competition, I will provide you with services, since it is a competition, then there will definitely be winners and losers, we can set up a bookmaker, specifically for the car competition open, then if your car in the race place, will get the prize money provided by the bookmaker, how about this idea?" Henri DuPont had a brilliant vision and immediately discovered a new point of profit.

"You cunning guy, that was originally the business of the organizing committee-" Li Mu scolded with a smile, even if Henry DuPont didn't open the market, Li Mu would not let go of this profit point.

Since Henry DuPont is interested, then Li Mu will not be involved, this is the tacit understanding between the giants.

It is indeed a giant, a few people came to Washington nominally for the Labor Knights, but no one really takes the Labor Knights seriously, and if it is just to deal with such a union organization to send so many giants, it is too much to look up to them.