After the successive acquisitions of Springfield, Colt, and Winchester, the Junma Arms Company has no rivals in the United States, and even if it is a global perspective, only a few arms companies such as Enfield and Krupp can compete with the Junma Arms Company.

Ulysses Grant could not help the Horse Arms Company to open up the international market, the only thing he could do was to help the Horse Arms Company raise the cost of other weapons companies to enter the US market, and raise the tariffs on arms to 150 percent, which was the greatest reward Ulysses Grant gave to Li Mu.

Li Mu needs this is exactly this, Junma Arms Company is the core industry of Junma Group, no matter what, Li Mu must maintain the advantage of Junma Weapons Company in the American market, as for other electric lights, telephones and other products, within the time limit of patent protection, Junma Group has no competitors at all, so there is no need to impose too many human factors.

As far as Li Mu knows, the Krupp Corporation is actively in contact with the US War Department, hoping that the United States will purchase large-caliber artillery from the Krupp Company.

With the relationship between Li Mu and Sherman, the Germans are not expected to get their wish, but if Ulysses Grant loses in the presidential race next year, then the Minister of War may also be replaced, and it is not known whether there will be unexpected circumstances at that time, so it is the old policy to simply raise tariffs now and reduce the competitiveness of the Krupp Group's products from the source.

In August, Washington appeared to be calm on the surface, but in fact there was a turbulent undercurrent, and all forces were actively working together to accumulate every strength for next year's election.

Li Mu fulfilled his promise to Ulysses Grant and actively built momentum for Ulysses Grant, and at the same time asked Time Magazine and Urban Beauty to cooperate with the publicity.

The idea is good, but there are always surprises of one kind or another when it comes to implementation.

In mid-August, Gloria arrived in Washington, D.C., to open the nation's second Urban Beauty store.

On the question of whether to support Ulysses Grant, Gloria and Li Mu had a big difference of opinion.

"Ulysses Grant... Ream, I know it's going to make you angry, but I'm going to tell you that it's almost impossible for Ulysses Grant to win next year's election, and even Republican voters can't stand Ulysses Grant's stupidity. Gloria said bluntly, the eldest daughter of the Will family seemed to have forgotten who promoted Will to his current position step by step.

In fact, it's no wonder that Gloria doesn't look down on Ulysses Grant, putting aside her personal feelings, Li Mu also clearly instructed Ulysses Grant to be the most lame player, he was originally a trump card, and he felt that he was beaten to pieces.

At the end of the Civil War, the prestige of the Democratic Party fell to the bottom, and if the Republicans at this time took advantage of the victory, the Democratic Party would become a historical term.

But under Ulysses Grant's leadership, the Republican Party has been losing ground, especially during the second term, and a series of scandals have led to a continuous loss of confidence in the Republican Party among the American people.

It's a pity that the Republican Party has no sense of crisis public relations, and with the help of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party has made mistakes again and again, and now it seems that the edifice is about to collapse.

Gloria is not the first snow to obey Li Mu's orders, even if she is now the owner of the Urban Beauty store, Gloria still regards herself as an independent media person, and Gloria has her own views on the political situation in the United States, and often outsiders will see it more clearly.

"I know that public opinion is not good for Mr. President, but public opinion can be guided, and the same thing, reported from different angles, can make people come to different conclusions, since Mr. President's re-election is in our best interests, then we must be firm in our beliefs." Li Mu will not be easily convinced, in Li Mu's eyes, Gloria is still the little girl who loves to sing most of the time, if it is replaced by Will, maybe Li Mu will seriously consider him.

"Well, you're always right, and if you insist, then of course "Urban Beauty" can be promoted with "Time." Gloria does not hold out on this issue.

In fact, it doesn't matter who she supports or who she doesn't support, as a woman, Gloria doesn't have the right to vote at all, so when it comes to next year's presidential election, Gloria can only be a spectator.

This is also the sadness of American democracy, in the current United States, women, children and new immigrants who have no money to pay taxes, they do not have the right to vote, which also makes the tens of thousands of employees of the Horse Group more and more important, they are all qualified voters, will cast their sacred votes in next year's election, so that the Republican Party has a big chance of winning in Massachusetts and New York.

Don't think that Arthur is the mayor of New York, New York State will become a hardcore Republican vote, the current governor of New York is Samuel Telden, he is likely to represent the Democratic Party in next year's presidential election, without Li Mu's help, then it is really hard to say who the votes in New York belong to.

The United States implements an electoral system, winner takes all, that is to say, in a state, no matter how close the number of votes for the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is, after the election, the winner will get all the votes, and the loser will have nothing, so at this time, every force is very important and may determine the winner or loser.

"Don't worry, you yourself are a professional media person, then you should be very aware of the power of public opinion guidance, as long as we don't make mistakes, the final victory will definitely belong to us." Although the Republican Party seems to be a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect itself, Li Mu is still confident.

This confidence is not without reason, although the Republican Party is a pile of mud that cannot be put on the wall, but the Democratic Party is not much better, this is not the worst but worse era, as long as it does not look hopelessly bad, then it is possible to win the election.

With the help of Time Magazine and Urban Beauty, Li Mu believes that the Republican Party should not be worse than the Democratic Party, at least Li Mu can package the Republican Party to look more complete.

In order to better cooperate with the promotion of Ulysses Grant, Li Mu also prepared to establish the Washington Post in Washington.

The Washington Post would have been founded in 1877 without Li Mu's involvement, and it certainly wouldn't have waited that long now, because Stillson Hutchins, the founder of the Washington Post, worked at Time magazine in New York.

Li Mu prepared for the Washington Post a new editor-in-chief named Joseph Pulitzer.

That's right, the same Pulitzer in the "Pulitzer Prize" for journalism, and now Joseph Pulitzer also works for Time Magazine, where he is the editor-in-chief of Time Magazine's Washington bureau.

Li Mu's support for Ulysses Grant also raised questions from Sammy Larkin, Samuel, and Runkel.

For them, Li Mu didn't have much patience, at least not as gentle as he was with Gloria.

"Everybody wants to be president, but there's only one presidency, so what should we do?" This is after the dinner held by Li Mu, as usual, to drink tea and chat on the lawn in the yard, Li Mu behaved domineeringly, scanned the audience with sharp eyes, and found that no one dared to look at him, Li Mu gave a categorical answer: "Of course, kill all competitors!" But when there is only one candidate left, all the controversy disappears. ”

Don't get me wrong, Li Mu didn't mean to hire gunmen to kill all of Hayes and Samuel Teerden, but only needed Li Mu to activate the propaganda machine in his hand and make them uncompetitive.

"Reem, it's not as simple as you think, the reality now is that I'm afraid that Mr. President won't even be able to get the party nomination." Benjamin Harrison didn't dare to look at Li Mu, and he couldn't be consistent with Li Mu when choosing the president, which made Benjamin Harrison feel deep helplessness and guilt.

"Can't get a party nomination? You're kidding! Li Mu doesn't believe that Ulysses Grant's popularity is so bad, if this is the case, then it will be fun, everyone dies before they get out of school, Mr. President is very good here, there is no "teacher" at all.

"Ream, you know very well that if Mr. President continues to run on behalf of our Republican Party, then even if Mr. President wins the party election, he will not be able to win the final victory, in that case, why don't we choose someone with a higher chance of winning to do this?" Benjamin Harrison smiled wryly, all of them were Republicans, and although it was embarrassing to say this, this is the reality.

"No, no, no, as long as Mr. President can get the nomination from the party, then I am sure that Mr. President can be re-elected for a second term, so don't worry." Li Mu is still full of confidence so far, as long as the public opinion machine is fully activated, then Li Mu has the confidence to defeat anyone.

Here's the problem, the premise of the public opinion machine is that Ulysses Grant must first get the party nomination, and then he can get the opportunity to run for president on behalf of the Republican Party, if he can't even get the party nomination, then even if Li Mu can control all the newspapers in the world, Li Mu can't do anything.

But obviously, Benjamin Harrison and Runkel don't believe that Li Mu can do it, there is a big trouble here, Li Mu knows the power of the public opinion machine, but Benjamin Harrison They don't know that the last time Li Mu started the public opinion machine, it was to deal with Tweed, it was only limited to a city in New York, but now it is going to spread all over the United States, Li Mu can't prove like Benjamin Harrison that public opinion can have such great power.

"What's wrong with you? Are you so unconfident in Mr. President? So little confidence in me? When have I failed, as long as I promised, I will definitely be able to do it! Li Mu tried to re-boost the morale of the army, and the most important thing at this time was to unify thinking.

"Ream, these are two different things, of course we all believe in you, otherwise we wouldn't be sitting here, we just can't take risks, because we don't have much opportunity for us to waste, we've wasted enough before, and if we don't change the voters' impression of our Republican Party sooner, then we're going to be doomed..."

Burnside's relationship with Ulysses Grant has not been good in recent times, at least not as good as before, and Li Mu knows why this is the case, since Ulysses Grant appointed Sherman as Secretary of War, there has been a gap between Ulysses Grant and Burnside.

Now it seems that this gap is not narrowing, but is widening.

Burnside's fears are also justified, the Republican Party's reputation is so bad that if you want to turn things around, you need to have a new look, and a new president may be a good idea.

"It's the same thing, gentlemen, as long as Mr. President is nominated by the party, then I can prove to you how powerful public opinion really is." It's not just Ulysses Grant who needs a chance to prove himself, Li Mu also needs it.

As long as there is a chance, let alone trying to ensure that Ulysses Grant is re-elected as president for three terms, even if it is not impossible to be re-elected for four terms, Roosevelt was still re-elected for four terms, and the Civil War was no less important to the United States than winning World War II.

To say that Ulysses Grant and the Republican Party are also unlucky, originally even if the Republican Party's support was declining, if it were not for the outbreak of the economic crisis in 1873, it would not have fallen so fast, and now the economic crisis has been breaking out for nearly two years, but from the perspective of ordinary people, the economy has not recovered, and all this is blamed on the corruption of the Republican Party.

In fact, the economy has not recovered, and even the United States has not been affected much by the economic crisis, since the outbreak of the economic crisis the year before last, the form of economic loss in the United States in the past two years has been upward, and the total national economy is still rising, and it is unfair to the Republican Party to say that the Republican Party will not do anything.

The problem is that although the economy of the United States has been developing, for ordinary people, the society has always been turbulent, such as the merger of the Horse Arms Company with Springfield, Colt, Winchester, although this is a great thing, which has enhanced the strength of the Horse Weapons Company and improved the ability of the Horse Weapons Company to resist risks, but for ordinary people, the successive failures of the three companies are certainly not a good thing, at least it seems so.

What's more, in the process of merging these three enterprises with the Horse Arms Company, there will definitely be people who lose their jobs because of this, and these unemployed people, in the eyes of some people, will become evidence of economic recession. [.]