Chapter 166 A New Storm

In later times, public land in the United States accounted for one-third of the total land area. Even if the land owned by the state government was added, it would not be too much. However, private land was mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the United States, while public land in the United States was mainly concentrated in the Great West. In this era, considering the current population density, there will be more public land in California, and it can even be said that most of the land is public land.

That's why Sheffield dared to ask Harvey to help him plan the purchase of land. The main reason was that there were more public lands than private lands in the western states. The three states along the Pacific coast had a combined population of only about two million, and they didn't occupy much land, so the feasibility of this matter was still very large.

However, Sheffield was not prepared to take over all the land by himself, and he could not do that. Previously, the land acquired by Ellie was mainly concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area and the surrounding areas of Los Angeles. Now Sheffield also wanted to add the land belonging to the United States in the Gulf of California. As far as he knew, this seemed to be an important oil producing area in California.

For various reasons, Sheffield decided to bring in McHale, Gale and others to share the risk. After returning from Brazil, these partners naturally started their own businesses. United Fruit Company was one of the results.

However, after so many years of absence, the domestic environment in the United States is no longer the same as before. Not everyone has chosen to hand over the plantation to the Sheffield family to leave a way out. Many families have sold their original plantation groups. Over the past few decades, the population in the South has also increased, and many lands can no longer be recovered.

If the land along the Mexican border is to be taken, the most trustworthy people are naturally the brothers who were in the same trench at the time. So on the one hand, the heir asked the shameless official Lafayette for money, and on the other hand, the telegram asked those friends who were still near New Orleans to come to the West as soon as possible and join the ranks of the great development of the West.

At this time, Sheffield was basking in the sun on a lounge chair. He had to admit that the climate in California seemed to be better than that in Texas and was just right for this season. He put down the Los Angeles Times in his hand. The main page of the Los Angeles Times recently was naturally the issue of illegal immigration.

However, the main focus is on the neighboring Mexicans, which is to prepare for greater xenophobia in public opinion. Although I don't know what the final result will be, Sheffield is indeed working hard to shape California into the second Texas. What's wrong with rednecks? A country needs more rednecks, not idiots who can't distinguish between enemies and friends.

The Los Angeles Times, which was placed aside, mentioned the threat of illegal Mexican immigrants in a prominent position and expressed concerns about these illegal immigrants, making alarmist speculations that if the number of these immigrants increased, would the territory of the United States be taken back by Mexico again?

Another report was about a San Francisco citizen named Connie who drowned, reminding citizens to be careful when traveling. This news reflected the Los Angeles Times' concern for the citizens, but in the eyes of some people, it was a very explosive warning.

Coney was the xenophobic labor leader at the time, but after a few years of glory, he eventually fell into obscurity. Although the general public may forget this man, I believe the California Workers Party will not forget him. In addition to excluding Chinese workers, this labor leader was also very unfriendly to capitalists. Sheffield believed that this man ultimately did not make any political achievements, which must have been due to some of his early remarks against elite capitalists, which prevented him from playing a greater role.

Although it is a little late to settle the score, Sheffield can also use this man's life to warn some later generations not to speak nonsense. It is your freedom to insult the federal government, but you cannot point fingers at the country's rulers.

I believe that more working class leaders should know about Connie's drowning and make the right choice. Compared with the hasty ending of the police station, it means that this is a normal accident. Some workers' representatives who have met should understand how to get along with capitalists in the future. After all, Arkham Asylum is almost completed. If Sheffield releases these marginalized groups, any accidents may happen.

"Ah..." With a long yawn, Sheffield stretched lazily, stood up slowly and looked at the Chinese workers who were leveling the land in the distance. He was quite satisfied with the current progress.

Although the Chinese workers were illegal immigrants, Sheffield, as an elite of the United States, was indeed breaking the law, but breaking the law requires the ability to break the law. Is trampling on the law something that ordinary people can do? He just did it a hundred years in advance.

Shaking off his fatigue, Sheffield put his hands in his trouser pockets and praised John Connor, "Well done. Sometimes I just hate these bastards. We decent citizens haven't said anything yet, but these newly cleansed illegal immigrants always make decisions for us. But I can also do the opposite. The Mexican illegal immigrants accused the Chinese workers of diverting the conflict, so this time I can use the Chinese workers to block their route across the border."

"Boss, these Chinese workers are really hardworking!" John Connor was not from California, so naturally he had no obvious aversion to these Chinese workers. Or to be more precise, there were too many groups that he disliked, and the Chinese workers were just one of them.

"Indeed, otherwise why would they be used?" Sheffield's eyes flashed with complexity, and he said, "There are also people in Japan, North Korea, and Vietnam. They all have a willpower that far exceeds that of other ethnic groups. Aren't they as easy to deal with as black people?"

At lunch time, all the employees were eating, and Sheffield was no exception. As a boss who could show his tolerance, he even chatted with Zhang Deqing and learned that this literate restaurant owner was from Jiangxi. He had also tried to pass the imperial examination, but he didn't even pass the examination to become a scholar.

In fact, Sheffield does not have a very good impression of Jiangxi people, because it is an old revolutionary base, but it seems to have no effect, and the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls is serious. The bride price is also the object of complaints by netizens in the Republic of China. I don't know how it has evolved into this.

"Boss, actually we just want a stable life. I don't know why we are excluded?" Zhang Deqing felt that Sheffield did not seem to be as xenophobic as ordinary white people, so he said a few more words.

"One tenth or even more of the population of your hometown is a group you have never seen before. Would you be happy?" Sheffield asked calmly, "According to your words, those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This country will never treat you as its own people. Even if it does not explicitly restrict you by law in the future, there are many other ways. In the end, you people in the United States will not please both sides, so I suggest that after working here for a few years, you should find a way to return to your own country. This is good for both you and me."

"But don't black people also come from other places?" Zhang Deqing looked a little embarrassed. He seemed to think that he had talked too much and should just work honestly.

"Black people have been our slaves for nearly a hundred years. Can you represent your people and be my slave? You'd better not represent them. The black people's homeland has been conquered by various countries." Sheffield looked at Zhang Deqing deeply and said.

The conversation between the two was heard by other Chinese workers. They were all silent. One of them could not help but ask, "Is the freedom and equality in the United States all fake? I don't think the United States is like our bad neighbor to the north."

"Haha! Are you talking about Russia?" Sheffield looked at the young Chinese worker who had spoken and said with a restrained smile, "If you were Mexican, you wouldn't think so. If your country's neighbor was the United States, the area north of the Great Wall would have been annexed by now, because that's how Mexico was treated."

The United States' action against Mexico was to pave the way for standard illegal immigration. At that time, the country was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. The country was desperately engaged in industrial construction and land resources were in urgent need. Taking advantage of the civil unrest in Mexico, it launched a large-scale westward movement. Texas was vast and sparsely populated, so the Mexican government also relaxed its immigration policy.

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As a large number of American citizens opened up wasteland in the West and built factories, the United States and the Mexican government had tense relations and constant conflicts. Later, they successfully encouraged a local slave owner to establish the Lone Star Republic and secede from Mexico. Mexico quickly suppressed it, but the United States intervened and watched Texas become independent. With Texas annexed by the United States, the second round of the war began.

After saying this, Sheffield shook his head and left. These people were too naive. What were they thinking? Mexico lost more than half of its territory in proportion to the territory it ceded. The Russian Empire could not compare to the United States in terms of cruelty.

Want to be neighbors with the United States? The United States has a much bigger appetite than Russia. In one war, it swallowed up more than half of Mexico, which is equivalent to losing everything north of the Great Wall in one war.

With the farm land already cleared, Sheffield officially began to rule the land in California, constantly sending telegrams to report progress while waiting for approval from the California government. The Coca-Cola factory and glass factory were also being built, and everything seemed to be moving in the right direction.

While everything seems to be moving in a positive direction, a new wave of xenophobia is brewing in California. The Los Angeles Times is reporting on the increasing number of illegal Mexican immigrants at the border, and the California Workers Party, which has fallen into the role of the KKK, is also using its own energy to prepare for a big move and brew a new storm.

At this time, a group of partners who traveled by train from New Orleans arrived in Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)