Chapter 10 is back again

Sheffield walked away leisurely. The bodyguard waiting on the side whispered, "Master, why do you have to contact these people with forest bloodlines?"

"Forest bloodline" is what plantation owners called black people before the Civil War. Africa gives people the impression of savannahs and tropical rainforests. The white American community came from Europe, which was a standard feudal society, different from the centralized autocratic society in East Asia. Bloodline is very important, and aristocrats will always be.

"Don't say that. Times have changed. It's not the same as before. No matter what, the United States is the world now. These blacks are hired workers. Although their status has not changed basically, they have changed from farming to working." Sheffield answered slowly. If the plantation economy continues, given the geographical location of the United States, the country will at most become a comprehensive and enhanced version of Canada and Australia, but it will not degenerate to the level of Latin America.

Facts have proved that even if the Confederacy has a time-traveling predecessor in charge, it cannot withstand the overwhelming population, industrial and moral advantages of the United States. As the saying goes in a movie, if you want to survive, you have to change the way you live.

At that time, the southern plantation owners were rich, but they were powerless in the face of the overwhelming manpower and material resources of the Yankees. This is the typical example of being rich but not strong, and it is not surprising that they were robbed. This is not a world where you are weak and you are right.

"Let's find a place first. I need to wash my hands!" Sheffield shook his hands. Black people have more developed sweat glands, so he wanted to wash them.

In fact, New Orleans still has a lot of room for development. Although it faces countries like Cuba, Haiti, and Colombia, a mosquito is still meat, right? With industrial advantages, it can form a scissors gap, and it is definitely profitable. It is not necessary to specialize in plantations just because the climate is better than in the north.

Furthermore, there seemed to be oil underground in Texas, which had not yet been mined in this era. At least Sheffield had not heard of it, and he did not know that Standard Oil had come to negotiate. He still felt complacent.

Compared with the prosperity of New Orleans fleet before the Civil War, New Orleans is still prosperous after a long period of recuperation, but the main business route has changed from the Atlantic Ocean to trade relations with Latin America. After all, apart from the connection with Africa, New Orleans is not superior to other American ports on the Atlantic coast.

Sunshine and beaches, no wonder this place became the center of the South. In Sheffield's eyes, this place is still a place with great potential. The raw materials from Latin America can be imported into the United States from here. Louisiana is not far from Texas, which is also the hometown of the Sheffield family. The basic conditions are still very good.

Latin America's industry, if nothing unexpected happens, will not be able to develop at all. Latin America cannot avoid coal alone. The United States now has a first-mover advantage, and there are so many ways to strangle its partners right under its nose.

Later generations used the term Latin America Trap to describe Latin America. With a large proportion of traditional agriculture, large enterprises followed an import-substitution industrialization strategy, prioritized the development of heavy industry, and a small number of small and medium-sized enterprises, which led to excessive surplus labor, a small proportion of middle-income population, a large number of unemployed people, a large number of poor and absolutely poor people, and wealth concentrated in the hands of a few people. This put heavy pressure on the government's social security, and ultimately led to high foreign debt and fiscal deficits, severe inflation, latent financial crises, and even turmoil. This situation is called the "Latin American Trap."

The above remarks cannot explain all the problems. If we add another country, it will make perfect sense. Heaven is too far away and the United States is too close. The United States will not allow a big country that threatens itself to emerge in Latin America. America is America for Americans, and the subtext is that America is America for Americans.

Why is it a subtext? Isn't it because the old empires in Europe regarded President Monroe's words as nonsense?

When a country is far behind the United States in terms of strength, the United States will never look on with indifference. On the contrary, it will smile and encourage the development of this country. But this country must be very weak. If you want to become really strong, you will be treated like the Soviet Union and the Republic. In this era, the United States certainly cannot do anything to the so-called old imperialism in Europe, but it is still easy to deal with the little partner in front of it.

"If it weren't for my own school, I would be expelled if I didn't go back for a long time." Sheffield was lying on the recliner, relaxed and contented, and his words sounded like he was talking without any pain in his waist.

"Master William, there's a Columbia docked at the port. It's the ship mentioned in the telegram. Our guests are on board as expected!" A man spoke as he approached from afar.

"The migratory birds have returned to their nests!" Sheffield was startled and stood up from the recliner in an instant. He stretched out his hand to tidy up his hair and ordered, "Let's go and take a look. We have waited for such a long time. I hope we won't be disappointed."

After the Civil War, a large number of plantation owners immigrated to Brazil and developed plantations again on Brazilian land. Brazil is located in the tropics with sufficient heat. Most areas are tropical rainforests with abundant precipitation, which provides good water and heat conditions for crop growth. Brazil's terrain is mainly plains and plateaus. The flat and open terrain provides a large area of ​​land resources for plantation agriculture. At the same time, Brazil's soil is mainly brick red soil and fertile soil.

This is similar to the conditions in the early American South. It is this similarity that attracted a large number of southern plantation owners who could not bear the defeat to immigrate to Brazil. For them, having huge amounts of money means they can be the best wherever they go.

But the good times only lasted about ten years. Since the 1960s, there have been calls for the abolition of slavery in Brazil. In the 1970s and 1980s, Pedro II's government announced a decree on the freedom of the fetus, stipulating that the children born to slaves would be free. In the following years, it announced the liberation of slaves over the age of 60. Seven years ago, during the regency of Pedro II's daughter Isabella, the House of Representatives, under pressure from the people, passed a law to immediately and unconditionally abolish slavery.

But the difference in history is that with the Sheffield family as a backing, the Dixie immigrants in Brazil once again started a confrontation, and they seemed to be unwilling to fall into the same pit twice. Because the situation they faced was no different from the Civil War. The government occupied the moral high ground with a decree, but there was not even a penny of compensation. Isn't this just like they will be robbed a second time?

Unlike the plantation owners who finally held their breath, they decided to go to war because they felt they had the Sheffield family's support.

"We won the battle to quell the external rebellion, but lost the battle to quell the internal rebellion. Now these families that went to Brazil are not on the same level as the Sheffield family!" Sheffield felt that Annabelle's strong support at the beginning was definitely driving the tiger to devour the wolf, which played a role in fueling the flames and weakening these old plantation owners who were competing with his family.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Now that you see you can't win, you're the ones who want to resist. Your level of ruthlessness is no less than that of DuPont who betrayed France.

Sheffield was standing at the dock waiting for the ship to dock. While he was daydreaming, the passengers had already disembarked. Among them was a group of young men and women who were not very old but well-dressed. When they saw Sheffield, one of the men said in a slightly distorted southern accent, "Sheffield?"

"Welcome back!" Sheffield took the initiative to extend his hand. These people are the real me. Hu Hansan is back again. Excluding the Sheffield family, he has never left.

(End of this chapter)