Preparations for the rally had begun two months earlier, with the first weekend of January 1875 in New York taking place.
If you want to hold a successful rally, the track is indispensable, and it is not easy to find a track that meets the requirements in Manhattan, where every inch of land is at a premium.
The Junma Automobile Factory covers a very large area, a full area of 30 square kilometers, and now only less than one-tenth of it is used, and the rest is grassland.
Although the grass has not yet been used, but the use has been planned, the road has been paved partially, and it is also an asphalt road, it is not difficult to transform these roads into a track, Junma No. 1 Construction Company entered the field in just half a month, a 25-kilometer-long track has been completed, and the installation of the open-air stands is currently underway, and it is expected that 100,000 people will watch the race by then.
Without Li Mu's early intervention, the world's first automobile race would have been held in Paris in 1887, an honor that would now surely belong to New York.
Li Mu formulated quite perfect rules for the New York Rally, which was divided into two parts, qualifying and race, and when the race began, the runners had to race a total of 40 laps on the track, which was a big challenge for the performance of the car considering that it was still 1874.
For the products of Junma Automobile Company, Li Mu is still very confident, half a year ago Junma Automobile Factory conducted relevant tests on "BMW" and "Phantom", the results are not bad, Phantom ran the whole process, there was no problem in the process, BMW's engine had a small problem, but after the emergency treatment of technical personnel, the whole process was successfully completed.
A total of nine teams are expected to participate in the New York Rally, of which the Junma Automobile Factory will organize four teams to participate, namely "BMW", "Phantom", "Mustang", and "Volkswagen".
If there are no accidents, one, two, and three will all belong to the Horse Weapons Factory.
However, it is not easy to say, for example, the Standard Oil fleet organized by Rockefeller uses the "Phantom" cars produced by the Junma Automobile Factory, and as long as the skills of the drivers and logistics personnel are fine, the Standard Oil team is still very competitive.
To say that Rockefeller is indeed sharp-eyed, Li Mu just decided to hold a rally, Rockefeller was the first to sign up, although Rockefeller does not have a car factory under his name, but as long as the team participates, it is itself a propaganda for Standard Oil.
Rockefeller's abacus played very well, Li Mu held a rally to promote cars, and if cars are popularized, the first to benefit is Standard Oil, don't forget that Standard Oil is a super trust, and if you want to buy gasoline in the American market, you can't get around Standard Oil.
And Rockefeller also plans to J Morgan, cars also need insurance, and J Morgan now controls the largest insurance company in the United States, the Morgan family has reached an agreement with the Horse Group, the Horse Automobile will recommend the Morgan family's insurance company to every customer, and as long as the customer who buys the car chooses to buy the Morgan family's insurance, then the Morgan family will give the Horse Group a part of the rebate.
Mmmm, that's how they go hand in hand.
In mid-December, the battle for Montana finally ended, and Will led the last group of the 1st Cavalry Division to withdraw from Montana, arriving at the garrison of Myers in mid-December.
Miles was in Montana, and Washington had placed the 1st Cavalry Division in this area, and it was clear that he was on guard and monitoring the Indians.
However, now the Indians are basically no longer a threat, and the last Indian army was wiped out in Payette in mid-November, and the Indians have no formed armed forces at present, and there is no hope of regaining their strength.
As the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Will has a two-month vacation this time, and this time Will finally remembers to bring Yan Hu back, if Yan Hu is not allowed to go home, it is estimated that Yan's mother will cry blind.
Erxing Qianli's mother is worried, although Yan Hu is barely a senior general now, and there are not many opportunities to charge, but after all, anything can happen on the battlefield, so Yan's mother is very worried.
So Yan Hu stayed in New York for only one night, and took the train back to Springfield early the next morning.
After Yan Hu left, Li Mu could take care of sorting out Yan Hu's "luggage".
Well, it's not appropriate to describe it as luggage, after all, the wicker box of a whole half train wagon, this scale is a bit larger.
Indians are very fond of gold products, the last time Will returned to New York, Li Mu was shocked by Will's generosity, and this time he was shocked again, so that Li Mu regretted a little that he did not go to Montana, it seems that he missed a lot of good things.
Fortunately, the Yan family and Li Mu are indistinguishable from each other, Li Mu has never been picky about food and clothing, and the Yan family has not regarded themselves as outsiders, owing Li Mu too much, so that they may not be able to pay it off in this life, so it doesn't matter to you and mine, anyway, in this life, we will share hardships and hardships with life and death.
Yan Hu still trusted Li Mu very much, and entrusted the things he brought back to Li Mu to deal with, and then he didn't bother anymore, Li Mu opened an account for Yan Hu in the Bank of America, and deposited one million US dollars for Yan Hu at one time.
This million dollars is not the value of the gold that Yan Hu brought back, in fact, the value of the gold that Yan Hu brought back is much more than one million, Li Mu knows that Yan Hu is now a senior military officer, and there are many places to use money, so it is not good to ask Li Mu for money from time to time, Li Mu is convenient for Yan Hu to use at any time, and he can save it when he runs out.
As Christmas approached, something big happened in Washington.
About two years ago, the Minister of Finance, Benjamin Bristol, discovered that there was a discrepancy in the taxes on alcohol and sent someone to investigate, and the results were shocking, and the brewers and government officials were in cahoots, forming a huge chain of interests, importing large quantities of whiskey from Europe, then bottling it in St.
Louis, and finally selling it disguised as American whiskey.
The U.S. government is now imposing high tariffs on imported goods, and the businessmen in St.
Louis are doing this, and the government loses more than $5 million in taxes every year.
If the case was all there was to it, it would not be enough to leave people speechless, as Benjamin Bristol organized a group of incorruptible officials to conduct an in-depth search, and soon closed down several wineries and several domestic tax offices.
As the investigation deepened, Benjamin Bristol discovered that the corruption and bribery involved were quite serious, and Benjamin Bristol was eager to bring these people to justice, but there always seemed to be an invisible hand that was sabotaging the efforts of the Treasury officials, and whenever Bristol sent secret investigators to collect evidence, the whiskey syndicate seemed to know in advance that they were going, and the incriminating evidence always disappeared suddenly.
This dramatization was repeated many times, and Bristol gradually realised that the criminal syndicate might have its own eyeline at the top of government.
Soon Bristol organized another investigation, and then Bristol intercepted a telegram from Washington with the words "Tidy up the house, friends are coming to see you".
What is even more speechless is that the telegram came from the hand of the chief of staff of the presidential palace, Ebel.
Shaken by the imminent imprisonment of his brother-in-law, Grant instructed Bristol to "not allow any guilty person to escape", but at the same time interceded for Abel and wrote a testimony praising his honest character in his defense at trial.
Faced with such a testimony, the jurors' reluctance to openly confront the president led to a reluctance to vote for Abel's innocence.
Abel was tried at the same time as 110 others, and all 110 were convicted.
Upon hearing the news of Abel's innocence, President Grant danced happily and immediately sent his son to congratulate his sister.
This is truly a funny but poignant scene in American history.
The entire American public opinion was in an uproar, and even Time magazine published the news in bold on its front page, "Sad day."
Enraged, Bristol resigned as finance minister in a fit of rage.
People within the Republican Party also said with great sadness: "The Republican Party has become the most corrupt and degenerate party to date." ” The day after Abel was found not guilty, Arthur came to see Li Mu.
Li Mu could see that Arthur was in a bad mood, so he came to the San Jose restaurant with Arthur and invited Arthur to drink.
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After three rounds of drinking, Arthur finally said bitterly: "Our Republican Party is finished, and in the next presidential election, I feel that we will definitely lose." ” The current public opinion is very unfavorable to the Republican Party, some radical newspapers in the South have openly demanded that Grant step down and hold an early presidential election, Arthur and Li Mu are both middle-of-the-road figures in the Republican Party, and the standard Grant lineage, Li Mu is better, after all, Li Mu is not an official, and Arthur, as the mayor of New York, is under great pressure in this wave of turmoil.
New York is the gateway to the east coast of the United States, the financial center of the United States, and both Republicans and Democrats regard New York as a place of contention, so the collision of ideas here is fierce.
"No, by the time the general election begins next year, this wave of wind has already passed, and the Centennial Exhibition of Independence will be held at that time, so we still have a chance to regroup."
Li Mu is not in a hurry.
If Li Mu remembers correctly, after the Civil War, the presidential position has been occupied by the Republican Party for 16 years, and it was precisely after Arthur stepped down that the Democratic Party got the opportunity to come to power.
On the cusp of the whiskey case, the Republican Party must have a hard time, and since he has done something wrong, he should be scolded a few times.
Grant's term of office didn't expire until 1877, which was still early, so Li Mu was not in a hurry
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