Chapter 404: The Deal Is Complete

Without any pause, he told Dracula about the arrangements for the M1865 rifle. Ben Slen pulled 20,000 M1865 rifles and 1 million matching rounds of ammunition from the Lee estate overnight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The 20,000 M1865 rifles, one million rounds of ammunition, did not make any stops in Washington, D.C., and were loaded onto the train, headed for the docks, and then transferred to the cargo ship bound for the south.

In the southern state of Georgia, Dracula. Ben Slen had a small farm that he used as a vacation, and he didn't get a chance to go there a few times a year because he had to take care of his business in Washington, D.C. all the time.

Now the farm came in handy, and could be used to temporarily hide the rifles and bullets, and when the Civil War really broke out, they could be taken out and sold to the farmers for more than the Type 71 rifles.

In Dracula. The day after Benslen shipped the M1865 rifle, Lincoln held a meeting at the White House, and the content of the meeting, of course, was about the Type 71 rifle he had seen at the Lee estate.

The meeting could not be said to have gone smoothly, but the result was satisfactory to Lincoln.

In the end, after discussion, the White House agreed to Lincoln's proposal to purchase Type 71 rifles to arm the Union forces in the White House to deal with the possibility of an imminent war.

After the results of the discussion in the White House, Lincoln did not delay and went to the Lee estate with the top commander of the Union Army on the same day to verify the performance of the Type 71 rifle for the Union Army.

Although Lincoln has long seen the performance of the Type 71 rifle, it does not mean that the Federal Army agrees, even if the White House passes a resolution to purchase the Type 71 rifle, it is necessary to adopt the opinion of the Union Army.

After all, it was the Union Army that went to war, not those politicians in the White House.

weapons, or the federal army, has the most say.

And Li Mu's information about the Type 71 rifle has never changed, whether it was the original Lincoln test gun, or now the top commander of the federal army came to test the gun.

He was absolutely convinced that the Type 71 rifle could capture the hearts of every soldier.

You must know that the Type 71 rifle is an orthodox German lineage, and the Type 71 rifle is also the prototype of the classic Mauser Type 98 rifle in later generations.

Whether it is the German design process of this rifle, or the Mauser rifle in the history of World War I, the great achievements made in World War II are worthy of Li Mu's trust.

Compared with the Type 71 rifle and the M1865 rifle, Li Mu believes that the Type 71 rifle has more advantages, and on the battlefield, it can slightly beat the M1865 rifle.

This is also the reason why he chose to sell the Type 71 rifle to Lincoln's White House and the Union Army, instead of selling the M1865 rifle that originally belonged to the United States to Lincoln according to the original history.

The reason for this, according to the development of history, after the Civil War that lasted for several years, the final victor of the United States was the North represented by Lincoln, not the Confederate forces in the South.

Naturally, Li Mu did not want the Allied forces in the south to win, and as for selling the M1865 rifle to farmers in the south, he just wanted to cut a piece of fat from these farmers.

He didn't want the slavers to win.

The victory of the Southern farmer was opposed to his future development in the United States, and the victory of the northern states represented by Lincoln was the beginning of the era of big industry and big capital in the United States.

What Li Mu needs is a United States with big industry and big capital, not a country with a slavery system ruled by farmers.

As for unlocking the key to the development of big industry and big capital in the United States, we will have to wait a few more years.

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On the lawn of Lee's estate.

Li Mu and Lincoln sat in the gazebo chatting and resting, while the top commander of the Union Army tested the gun not far from them.

"It seems that our top commander of the Federal Army also likes Mr. Li's gun, which has fired dozens of bullets, and there is no intention of stopping." Lincoln smiled and looked at the top commander of the Union Army not far away.

"Isn't that a testament to Mr. Lincoln's vision? In this way, presumably, the Supreme Commander of the Union Army will be more supportive of Mr. Lincoln's decision on the South. Li Mu smiled.

Lincoln smiled and didn't speak, lowered his head and drank tea, he found that this kind of tea from the Qing Kingdom was no worse than coffee, and in terms of aftertaste, this tea was much stronger than coffee.

Li Mu looked at Lincoln, who was drinking tea with his head down, and said: "Mr. Lincoln likes it, you can take some away for a while, my tea is an authentic red robe picked from Wuyi Mountain in the Qing Kingdom, which is very rare." ”

"Oh, then thank you, Mr. Li, I do like this tea a little." Lincoln thanked him without hesitation.

After giving the tea, Li Mu said: "Mr. Lincoln, I heard that during this time, many states in the south are announcing their separation from the management of the White House in Washington? ”

"Yes, Mr. Li, that's why I came so anxiously with the highest commander of the Federal Army to test the gun." After speaking, Lincoln stretched out his hand and gestured to the top federal governor who was walking over after examining the gun.

Li Mu also looked at the supreme federal official who was walking over.

"Your Excellency, this rifle is so good that I think the lads will love it when they see it." The Supreme Commander of the Union Army said warmly to Lincoln with the rifle in his hand.

After receiving the affirmation of the top commander of the Union Army, Lincoln stood up, straightened his clothes, and said to Li Mu: "Then, Mr. Li, I will take all the 20,000 rifles and bullets away." ”

"Yes."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Mr. Lincoln, as for the payment, you can just hand it over to Mr. Dracula, he is now busy with the establishment of the Friendship Company." ”

"Oh, yes, congratulations to Mr. Lee and Mr. Dracula." Lincoln said with a smile.

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Seeing Lincoln and the Supreme Commander of the Union Army leave with all the rifles and bullets, Li Mu said to Steve beside him, "Did Dracula have any letters?" ”

"Yes, sir."

"Mr. Dracula said that the 20,000 M1865 rifles and bullets have arrived safely in Georgia, please rest assured."

See Dracula. Ben Slen had already safely transported the M1865 rifle and bullets, and Li Mu turned back to Steve and ordered, "Okay, let Able go and prepare, and we'll go out for a long time." ”

"Yes sir."

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Li Muxiang, who walked towards the villa, said that the history of the American Civil War on the third smuggling plane, everything will be played out as recorded in history.

It's just that because of his participation, this war related to the fate of the United States will become more cruel, and more soldiers will die.