An ordinary "Anaconda" military pistol costs $55 on the market and $65 for the Ministry of War.

The Ministry of War purchases weapons in units of "thousands", but because the Ministry of War has special requirements, the price is more expensive than ordinary weapons.

Of course, the reason for this higher price only exists on paper, but in fact the reason why the weapons sold by Horse Arms to the War Department are more expensive is because Horse Arms has to give kickbacks to the War Department, and on average, the kickbacks given by Horse Arms to the generals of the War Department are as much as $15 per pistol.

Even if the actual price is $50, the Horse Arms Company still has money to make, when the "Anaconda" military pistol first appeared, the average cost was about $30, and now the cost has dropped to $25, and over time, the cost will still fall further, and the price to the War Department will be higher and higher, so no matter how you calculate it, the Horse Arms Company has money to make.

Including Bernap and Sherman, Li Mu promised a total of four generals that after Bernap and Sherman retired, they could all work for the Horse Arms Company.

Berknapp's nominal position is a consultant, but in fact it is a lobby, although they are retired, but Bernap's connections are still there, the military system is different from the government, Bernapp's successor is recommended by Bernapp, so the future Minister of War must be Bernapp's hand-picked up, and when the time comes, the horse arms company will still be the preferred arms supplier of the United States and the military.

"Speaking of weapons, what do you think of the magazine rifle?" Li Mu is concerned about the testing of the new weapon, if it can be loved by the front-line soldiers, then the Horse Weapons Company will definitely win the bid, even if the price of the Horse Weapons Company is higher than that of Enfield, it will not affect the result.

Just two months ago, the Horse Weapons Company sent a batch of magazine-type rifles to the First Cavalry Division in the name of testing, which is the latest product of the Horse Weapons Company; although the Horse Weapons Company has no rivals in the United States, Li Mu still wants to open up the international arms market, so it is necessary to constantly push through the old and bring forth the new, so that the Horse Weapons Company can maintain its technological lead.

"Not bad, although the range and power are a little smaller, but the accuracy is higher, the fire continuity is better, the same number of soldiers, the soldiers who use the magazine rifle will burst out with more powerful combat effectiveness, we have a test, even the most skilled soldiers, on the premise of using a single-shot loading rifle, can only fire one bullet every three seconds, and the soldier who uses the magazine rifle, can fire one bullet every two seconds, so I have sent a report to the War Department, asking for a change of weapons for the 1st Cavalry Division, I want you to produce the magazine rifle produced by Chuntian. When it comes to the new rifle, Will is also frowning, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapons, and the soldiers have very deep feelings for weapons, and Will is the same.

The horse weapons company still has Will's shares, although it has been diluted several times, Will's shares are not much, but it can still bring Will hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, Will values this money very much, because it is Will's own investment and earnings, this has become Will's proud work, every time he drinks too much, he always has to brag with people.

Since he is the boss, Will spares no effort to help, and Will is not interested in testing the performance of Enfield's rifle at all, and Will has long ago said that if the War Department procures rifles from Enfield, then the First Cavalry Division would rather continue to use the previous weapons.

In fact, the weapons and equipment of the First Cavalry Division are now very good, the key is the large-scale use of automatic weapons, the birth of the "Rainstorm" general-purpose machine gun, the rotary machine gun has been completely swept into the pile of old papers, the first cavalry division is now more than 7,000 people, equipped with nearly 100 "Rainstorm" general-purpose machine guns, this firepower density is undoubtedly the first in the world.

You must know that in the original history, until the First World War, the role of machine guns was still not fully appreciated, at that time, the British and French armies, a division was equipped with automatic weapons in the single digits, until the British and French forces lost 60,000 men in one day during the Battle of the Somme, the role of machine guns was really demonstrated.

By the end of World War I, the British and French armies were armed with more than three hundred automatic weapons per division.

The density of firepower can be described as outrageous.

This example cannot be taken as an example of the United States, because at that time, the United States did not have a standing army, and the Americans sent nearly a million troops to Europe during the First World War, and these people went to the continent unarmed, using weapons provided by the British and French.

Of course, the Americans at that time were not rich enough, so after the war, the Americans took all the weapons supported by the British and French, and used them until the eve of World War II, without any extravagance on the battlefield in Iraq.

"I know that you have made a lot of efforts, rest assured, this year's dividends have risen by five points-" Li Mu is generous, it is now the end of the year, and Christmas is about to be passed, and the dividends of Junma Group are almost paid.

In fact, there are not many people who are qualified to receive dividends from the Horse Group, Will and Bresta are the earliest shareholders of the Horse Arms Company, J· P. Morgan has a stake in the San Diego Investment Company, and no one else has a share, but Li Muneng receives a lot of dividends, such as Mobil Oil, which is a partnership with Rockefeller, such as the steel mill that is a partnership with Carnegie, and the Corbyn-Riem shipping company, which is a partnership with El Belle.

After New Year's Day, the Corbyn-Riem Shipping Company will be split into the Corbyn Shipping Company and the Riem Shipping Company, which should be the last time Li Mu will receive dividends from Abel Shipping.

This request was put forward by Ebel, the Corbyn-Riem shipping company is clearly distinguished, Abel is responsible for the European route, Li Mu is responsible for the Far East route, Abel European route has been making money, and Li Mu's Far East route has been losing money, so Abel has long had the intention of splitting the Corbyn-Riem shipping company, and it just so happened that after the "whiskey group case" broke out, Li Mu also wanted to keep a little distance from Ebel, so the two hit it off, and after New Year's Day, the two will part ways.

In fact, at this time, he chose to keep his distance from Abel, which is a bit of a cross the river and tear down the bridge, but Abel didn't care, because Li Mu left the asphalt business on Trinidad Island to Abel, and Abel could still get asphalt from Trinidad at cost price in the future, and Li Mu promised Abel that Li Mu would never do asphalt business in Europe, which was regarded as leaving sufficient profits for Abel.

This approach is very smart, even Grant can't find fault, as long as there is Li Mu's promise, even if Grant steps down, the Abel family can still live a very nourishing life.

Abel is Grant's brother-in-law, so Grant knows Abel very well, this guy has offended many people with Grant's presidency, and there are a group of people in New York who hate Abel because of the original speculation of gold, and when Grant steps down, if there is no Grant's protection, it is probably not easy for the Abel family to be safe.

With a stable income, it is different, with Li Mu's promise, Abel can be regarded as having a unique business, with money in his pocket, the world is so big, no matter where he can go, without Grant's protection, it is a big deal to avoid his enemies.

Arthur really wanted to do something, and the next day after the press conference, a bulletin board was erected at the gate of the Organizing Committee of the Independence Centennial Exhibition, which listed in detail all the capital transactions after the establishment of the Independence Centennial Exhibition.

The Junma Group once again became the focus of attention, because the Junma Group helped the independent centennial exhibition to build the main exhibition hall free of charge, you must know that in the original budget of the organizing committee, the construction cost of the main exhibition hall exceeded 500,000 US dollars, which is not a small number.

When I saw this news, even the people who were most disgusted with the Horse Group had to give a thumbs up to the Horse Group.

Of course, this was because Horace Greeley was not there.

Just last night, the military of the 1st Cavalry Division cooperated with the New York Police Department to seize the "New York Tribune" on the grounds that the "Tribune" report had harmed the national interests of the United States.

As the founder of the "New York Tribune", although the "New York Tribune" no longer belongs to Horace Greeley, when the military police seized the "New York Tribune", Horace Greeley still couldn't help but clash with the military police.

This is terrible, if there is only the New York police at the scene, then maybe the police can still take care of a little incense, but there are also soldiers who have just returned to New York from Montana, these people are like wolves, and the smoke on their bodies does not seem to have dissipated, as a result, Horace Greeley just went crazy, and the two soldiers went up with a rifle butt, and then Horace Greeley was put in the detention center of the New York Police Department.

Everyone knows that Gloria's father is Will, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, and many people saw the clash at the press conference yesterday, but it is estimated that they did not expect that Gloria's revenge would come so quickly and so violently.

So when Gloria appeared today, many peers looked at Gloria differently than before, they used to look at Gloria, at most they appreciated, but now they are a little more awe-inspiring, thinking of the big men who often follow Gloria, now everyone knows that Gloria can't be provoked.

Fortunately, there is someone who is still very enthusiastic about Gloria, that is, Taylor Palmer, a reporter for the New York Times, when he saw Gloria, Taylor Palmer immediately went up to say hello, looking like this, it is estimated that he is more attentive than meeting the editor-in-chief of the New York Times.

Power is indeed a good thing.