After returning to Hepan Town, Chuxue reported to Li Mu, and Mike came to find Li Mu again, but unfortunately, just like the last time, Li Mu was still not at home, so Mike had to return in a bad mood.

Li Mu didn't want to see Mike. The chance encounter at the entrance of the city bank fully demonstrated that Mike had found a new partner, so it was normal for Mike to be unwilling to be with Li Mu.

With Mike having a new partner, Li Mu didn’t have it. In Li Mu’s opinion, if you want to choose a partner, Will is much more suitable than Mike.

Although Will's future is bleak, he is still the Sheriff of Springfield. At the same time, Will has served as a soldier and must have old bosses and good friends in the army. Li Mu wants to open an arsenal, and the army is Li Mu's biggest customer. With this path, you can avoid many detours.

Although Will has no intention to invest in Li Mu, Li Mu believes that after the stable smokeless gunpowder is developed, Will will definitely choose Li Mu.

If you want to open an arsenal, raw materials are essential, so cooperation with Carnegie is also very important. Once Li Mu becomes a shareholder of Carnegie McCandries Steel Company, although Li Mu does not participate in the actual operation, there should be no problem with Li Mu wanting to obtain raw materials for producing weapons.

According to Li Mu's plan, Li Mu will take the train to Pittsburgh to sign a contract with Carnegie tomorrow morning, so Li Mu will go to Springfield tonight to avoid delaying the train tomorrow morning.

Pittsburgh is 650 kilometers away from Springfield. There is no phone call these days, so no one can predict that Li Mu will go to Pittsburgh, so Will doesn't have to accompany him. Li Mu will take Henry, Yan Hu and Yan Shun.

When they headed to the carriage in Springfield, Li Mu and Henry were still studying the work arrangements for the future.

"Breakthroughs can be made at any time. Once the research is successful, we can cooperate with the Springfield Arsenal to authorize them to produce smokeless powder. We only need to charge a patent fee to make a fortune." Li Mu wanted to laugh three times when he thought of the prospects of smokeless powder.

"If you open a gunpowder factory yourself, you will make the most profit." Henry considered the problem from Li Mu's perspective and fought for the greatest profit for Li Mu.

"The money is endless. At most, my arsenal will open for half a year. At that time, it will be a direct competition with the Springfield Arsenal. When we eat meat, we always have to drink some soup in the Springfield Arsenal, otherwise we will inevitably be strongly suppressed by the Springfield Arsenal." Li Mu didn't want to make enemies on all sides. Do business, it's really good if you are good.

Li Mu said this as arrogance. According to Li Mu's words, once Li Mu's arsenal is officially opened, the Springfield arsenal will be closed. Henry didn't know where Li Mu's confidence came from, but Henry sincerely hoped that Li Mu could do it.

The more money Li Mu earns, the more money Henry earns. From this perspective, Henry hopes that Li Mu is the richest man in the world.

Soon, Henry knew the source of Li Mu's confidence.

"The biggest benefit of smokeless gunpowder is that it promotes the development of automatic weapons. Nowadays, the bullet and injection drugs used are not up to standard, so there are too many problems left by gunpowder residues. At the same time, the range is not long enough and the accuracy is not high. After the smokeless gunpowder is successfully developed, these problems will be solved one by one. So during the next period, you will look for the current machine gun patents and see who can buy them. "Li Mu only said halfway.

The reason why Carnegie valued Li Mu's screw patent so much was to find a fist product for his factory. The same is true for Li Mu to open a factory, and he also had to find a fist product.

But Li Mu is not used to buying this method. Just like recruiting workers in factories, the best way is not to input from outside, but to explore his own potential.

Automatic weapons have appeared at present. For example, the Gatling machine gun is a manual multi-tube rotating machine gun. This gun can fire 200 bullets per minute, making it the best automatic weapon in the world.

For Li Mu, it would be best if he could buy the patent of the Gatling machine gun. It would be fine if he could not. Compared with Gatling, short-barrel heavy machine guns like Maxim heavy machine guns are the future development trend of heavy machine guns. After Li Mu's arsenal opened, Li Mu could invest money to conduct research. At that time, Maxim could complete the research on automatic rifles and heavy machine guns in a row within one year. Li Mu believed that he could do it too. After all, studying heavy machine guns does not require starting from scratch. It only requires changing ideas to save time to the greatest extent.

"Okay, I'll go back and look for it." Henry agreed very happily, holding a notebook in his hand, recording Li Mu's request at any time.

"Patent application is also very important. Smokeless gunpowder not only needs to apply for patents in the United States, but also in Europe. You'd better find a few more people to form a legal department. In the future, we will apply for more patents, and there will definitely be other economic disputes. It is necessary to establish a legal department." Li Mu prepared for the future and had already anticipated the potential difficulties.

As long as Li Mu's arsenal is opened, it will definitely violate the interests of some people or a group. This is normal. If the arms market in the world is described as a cake, no matter who wants to share it, the people on the table will currently share it with a smaller bite, which will definitely cause a strong counterattack from some people.

Speaking of this, Li Mu had to consider the issue of naturalization. Since Li Mu did not want to return to our Qing Dynasty to fight for "democracy and freedom" for life, then Li Mu must have a suitable identity so that he can better integrate into the United States.

The issue of nationality is indeed imminent now, and Henry also suggested to Li Mu: "If you do not object, I suggest you become a US citizen, which will get more convenience. If smokeless powder is really that important, the US government probably won't allow such an important invention to be in the hands of a foreigner. You'd better decide as soon as possible. Once you become a US citizen, the US government will become your strong backing. No matter who it is, as long as it infringes on your interests, it means that it is infringing on the interests of the US government, and the US government will do its best to protect your legitimate rights and interests."

In fact, whether it is applying for a patent or conducting business negotiations with partners, Henry came forward to preside over it. Li Mu is still a child and a "foreigner", which has added a lot of unnecessary trouble to Henry's work.

"Well, when I come back from Pittsburgh, I will become an American citizen." Li Mu was also decisive on this issue.

"It is best to have my assistant go to Pittsburgh before you give me an authorization document and I can ask my assistant to go to the New York Immigration Bureau to help you handle this matter well. Then when you sign a contract with Carnegie, you can have American citizenship. I believe that the benefits here do not need to be explained." Henry was more anxious than Li Mu.
Chapter completed!