Chapter 140 Neat and tidy

It is not unacceptable for Keane to control the overall situation. The genuine founder also has this intention. Countless shareholders are watching Keane, and nothing is expected to happen. If Keane himself does not say the proportion of shares in United Fruit Company, everyone will think that Keane is still the king of the fruit industry, of course, except for Morgan and Boston Consortium involved.

As for Sheffield, he is still planning a business that will make his investment payback or at least avoid losses. In front of him is a pile of information on major cities, including municipal planning maps, population distribution and industrial layout. If this happened in a war-torn era, if others saw this scene, they might think that the Dixie rebellion was imminent and that a second civil war was about to break out.

A cup of coffee was placed in front of Sheffield. Anne sat aside obediently, staring at the boy who was flipping through the documents. It was not until the boy took two sips and finished the coffee that a smile appeared on her face.

"Let others do this kind of thing, you don't need to do it! It's thoughtful, but I don't like hot things." Sheffield looked up and plunged into the pile of information again.

"I can't help you much, I can only do some small things!" Anne said timidly, "You are different from Mr. Harry. I don't know how to make you feel more relaxed. I want you to take a break, but you won't agree."

"The old man's attitude towards life is not bad, but I am different from him. It is not easy to find something to do. It is a pure waste of time to be idle." Sheffield, who was constantly taking notes, said without raising his head, "Some people always make excuses to cover up their incompetence. In fact, there are not so many other factors. Many crying children can be put on the right track with two slaps."

At this point Sheffield raised his head and met Anne's eyes, and said softly, "It's enough for you to manage this manor. Of course, you have to respect everyone in this manor. This is the premise. Many of them are orphans adopted by their families after the civil war. You can't treat them as servants. The rest of the things will naturally be taken care of by me."

It took Sheffield a while to finish his notes, and his seriousness was comparable to learning the alphabet in kindergarten in his previous life. According to population distribution and municipal planning, it is naturally impossible to achieve equal distribution. At least one supermarket in New York is not enough, and the same is true for Boston and Chicago. As for the Great West, appropriate reductions can be made.

It is now the end of the 19th century. According to the current United States population statistics, the total population of the three states along the Pacific coast in the West is about 2 million, which seems to be enough. However, the population of Texas, which is vast and sparsely populated, has exceeded 3 million. You can imagine what the current situation in the Great West is like. This population even includes stowaways from Asia.

In fact, the Great West has long been a place beyond the reach of the federal government of the United States. Otherwise, how could cowboy culture be so popular? Although the origin of cowboy culture has a lot to do with Texas, it flourished for a long time in the western states.

There aren't many cities that can open supermarkets. The current population of Los Angeles is less than 100,000 and is still growing slowly, barely meeting Sheffield's standards. As for another famous city, San Francisco, its population is about the same as Los Angeles because of the gold mines, but San Francisco is always hit by earthquakes, and there have been four major earthquakes in the past fifty years.

At present, there are only a few cities in the West that fit his plan. For the overall planning of the supermarket, Sheffield mainly targets the northern states, because the Yankees are richer. In addition, the population in the north is large, so there are naturally more large cities.

"Come, come with me and talk to the people from Bayer!" Sheffield stood up, walked to Anne, carefully put a mask on the girl, revealing a pair of beautiful big eyes.

Naturally, we discussed two issues with the Germans: preservation and refrigeration in transportation. The former requires chemical preservatives, and the latter requires refrigeration technology. It must be said that the Sheffield family still has many shortcomings in the industry and is still in the stage of completing them. The Rockefeller family can help with preservatives, and the latter, like many industry pioneers of this era, is also more proficient in refrigeration technology.

German chemist and engineer Carl von Linde invented a refrigerator that used ammonia as a refrigerant. Linde first used his invention in the Sedummar Brewery in Wiesbaden, designing and manufacturing an industrial refrigerator. Later, Carl von Linde improved the industrial refrigerator and made it smaller, creating the world's first artificial refrigeration household refrigerator. This steam-powered refrigerator was soon put into production and sold in Germany and the United States.

"We must remind the general public that they must pay attention to safety when using coal for heating in winter. There have been many accidents in the city recently!" In front of the warm fireplace, a middle-aged woman just put down the newspaper, but she was not interested in what was in the newspaper. She missed her husband more than the report above.

There was a slow knock on the door. The melancholy woman stood up and opened the door. A man in a top hat was looking at her with a smile. The woman asked in confusion, "Excuse me?"

"Devon Tony!" the man in front of her introduced himself, and then a photo was placed in front of the woman, "Do you know him?"

"He is my husband!" As soon as these words fell, Devon Tony nodded. This was the last target. He covered the woman's mouth with one hand as fast as lightning. Several men suddenly appeared behind him and followed Devon Tony into the house. The door of the room was closed.

About twenty minutes later, three peaceful corpses appeared in the room, one big and two small, neatly arranged. A layer of wet paper was peeled off, and the eyes of the woman who died with her eyes open were closed. The wet paper was thrown into the stove and burned.

Devon Tony winked and said, "See if there's a coal stove!"

Putting the photo of the woman's husband into her hands, Devin Tony's cold face showed a little apology, "Now your family can go see your husband."

After a while, it became difficult to breathe in the room, so everyone locked the door and left.

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"The Newark Morning Post reminds you to be safe when heating in winter. There have been many tragic cases of coal smoke poisoning recently. For the safety of you and your family, please be on high alert. Several tragedies have occurred in Delaware..."

Because of coal smoke poisoning, there are always some accidents every winter, which is very normal. In the eyes of unrelated people, this is nothing to be afraid of, just be careful. But in the eyes of those who are concerned, the warning meaning of these accidents is particularly obvious.

(End of this chapter)