New York is the largest city in the United States and the most prosperous city in the United States. Since it is the most prosperous metropolis, various new technologies will also be prioritized.

For example, the New York City government was very prescient in the use of electric light, and in 1880 they chose Edison's electric light as the lighting choice for the bidding for municipal lighting.

This also made Edison famous, and at the same time, it also made the electric light enter the eyes of more people. Since there are successes, there are losers, among which Makqin is the most unsuccessful, and his invention of gas lighting was originally in the bidding of the city government, but was defeated by Edison in various ways. Not only that, but after the failure of the Maxim bidding, Edison also used various methods to force him to sell the company and threatened him to leave the United States (this is a historical fact).

Edison's clean and killing approach was extremely uncomfortable for Makqin. You must know that Maxim is not unknown, his family is a descendant of the Hugo family in France, and after being expelled from France to England, he emigrated to Plymouth, England and Massachusetts, USA.

But even so, it was still not Edison, or Morgan's opponent behind him. So after selling his company, Makqin thought of his own way out. A friend of his had jokingly shown him the way. "Throw your chemistry and electricity aside, invent weapons if you want to make a fortune, this can make you a lot of money."

The friend's words were a joke, but Makqin listened to them. You know, he has been interested in automation since he was a child, and when he first started a mill (he was both the director and the only employee), he succeeded in creating an automatic mousetrap. Later, he invented the automatic fire extinguisher in the Olympus company, and the current automatic fire extinguisher still uses the principle of Maxim.

During this time, Maxim locked himself up at home, using his talent for automation to design drawings for a variety of automatic rifles and automatic pistols. However, these designs did not bring him any profit, because none of them were produced commercially (lack of money).

Considering this, Makqin prepared to develop a fully automatic weapon mechanism as a stepping stone to his own weapon development, and to make his name famous all over the world.

That's right, Edison's approach stimulated Maxim, and he also wanted to get the attention of the big guys.

"Bang Bang."

There was a knock on the door, disturbing Makqin, who was immersed in his work in the room.

"What's the matter, can't you let me be quiet for a while?"

In the face of Makqin's complaints, his wife's voice came from the door. "Alright, don't complain about Halleym. It's Hudson, don't you want to meet him? ”

Hudson's full name is Hudson Maxim and he is the younger brother of the house's owner, Hiram Stevens Maxim. He is also an inventor, but his research direction is explosives, and he is also well-known in explosives research.

Hearing his brother's arrival, Makqin opened the door and walked out. However, his image is not very good, he has not had clothes for a long time, a beard that has not been taken care of for a long time, and red eyes, no matter how you look at it, it is close to the word sloppy.

"What is Hudson doing here?"

Facing his wife looking at him with disgust, Hiram Makqin asked curiously. My brother is not unclear about his own situation. He had warned Hudson that he needed to concentrate on his own research.

And the younger brother came in a hurry at this time, why?

Hiram Makqin, who was tidying up his clothes, was thinking about his brother's arrival.

And at this time, his wife gave him a message. "By the way, your brother also brought two friends."

"Okay, I got it."

After replying to his wife, Hiram Makqin went downstairs.

"Hudson, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you come to visit this time, and brought two friends here."

Hiram Makqin hugged his brother and asked.

"Let me introduce you, these two are from Italy, and they have come to invite you to Italy."

Introduced by his younger brother Hudson Maxim, the two visitors stood up and introduced themselves.

"Hello, Mr. Hiram Maxim, my name is Dolan Pavon."

"My name is Rob Lista."

"We're from Italy."

"What's going on?"

Hiram Makqin, who was a little confused by the two visitors, couldn't help but ask.

One of the thin visitors spoke. "I'll tell you."

"That's right, Mr. Hiram Maxim. We were originally looking for your honor, but unfortunately we didn't know your address, and then we found your brother, who led us there. ”

"Oh, that's right." After hearing his explanation, Hiram Makqin continued to ask. "I wonder what the two of you are looking for me?"

"Mr. Hiram Maxim, we have heard that Your Excellency is working on automated weapons, and we in Italy are very interested in it, so we would like to invite Your Excellency to Italy, of course, this is also the meaning of our King Carlo I, who believes that talents like Your Excellency should not be buried. To that end, my country is ready to support you, both financially and otherwise. ”

Speaking of which, he also glanced at the house where Makqin lived and continued. "In addition, we are willing to pay Your Excellency a salary of 2,000 lira per month. Of course, we also know that this salary does not reflect your ability, so we have prepared an agreement that as long as the automated weapon you developed is sold, whether it is physical or technical licensing, you can get 20% of the profit. ”

This condition is not ungenerous, and it can be described as a reward for a top weapon designer, and many weapon designers dare not think of it.

Of course, this is not a panic of Carlo's money, because although Makqin is very embarrassed now, he was considered a rich man before, and Italy is not within his choice to go to Europe. If you want to win this epoch-making weapon designer, it is difficult to make him tempted without offering a reward that people can't refuse.

I didn't see that after saying the reward, Hudson Maxin, who was standing next to him, opened his mouth wide and showed a surprised expression.

But he had been rich before, Hiram Makqin said after hearing the reward. "Thank you to the Italian side for taking me seriously, but please allow me to think about such a big event for two days."

"It's okay, we're staying at the Waffle Hotel not far from here, and if you've thought about it, you can always let us know."

After seeing off the two visitors, his younger brother Hudson Maxim couldn't help but speak. "Brother, absolutely no one in the United States can offer such conditions."

"I know." After replying to his brother, Hiram Maxim continued. "At least let me know who these people are, and you can't believe what they say."

Compared with his younger brother, Hiram Maxim is much more sensible, at least he needs to know whether these two men are really representatives of the Italian government.