Chapter 556: Simple Slave Owner

Neighboring countries like Mexico were a huge problem in the eyes of slave owners. Now that war was going on in Mexico, this was a perfect opportunity.

For a strong neighbor like this, we can only hope that it will have problems within itself, and now the opportunity has come.

The reason for the relationship between Mexico and the United States is that Sheffield knows that if the growth in the number of immigrants is abandoned, the population growth of the United States will not be an advantage to Mexico. Since he knows that the long-term situation is unfavorable to him and that Mexico, which has a small population, is in chaos, he must take this opportunity to intervene.

But all this is not a problem for an old double standard. It just so happens that the slave owner is an old double standard. He only knows that the United States now has a larger population and stronger national strength than Mexico. If the neighbor is burning down the house, the United States should immediately help pour out two barrels of oil.

Daniel Peake, the Secretary of War of the United States, welcomed Sheffield to his home again not long after the meeting. He routinely expressed his satisfaction with the election results. The slave owner did not beat around the bush and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Secretary knows what happened in Mexico? What is the White House's attitude?"

"Nothing is clear now! Why is William paying attention to this issue again?" Daniel Pique was a little surprised. The last time they met, they talked about invading Haiti. Now the other party came to the door? Could it be that he wanted to invade Mexico? He said with a smile, "You don't want to intervene, do you?"

"Of course, it's Manifest Destiny that Democrats are born to know how to fight a war," Sheffield admitted bluntly, fiddling with his fingers and muttering to himself, "Now the neighbor's house is on fire. There are two ways. The first is to help put out the fire, and the second is to let the neighbor's house burn down quickly. The second way has another way to operate. In the name of helping put out the fire, let his house burn down quickly. Once the neighbor's house burns down, my house will be safe."

The slave owner's logic was like a tongue twister, and even Daniel Peake took a long time to understand it. It doesn't matter if you don't understand the latter part, just understand the slogan of Manifest Destiny.

Hearing this slogan, Daniel Pique became even more uneasy. Is this going to annex Mexico?

"Mr. Minister, what are you thinking about? I'm just saying that a weak neighbor is a good thing." Sheffield lit a cigarette and said leisurely, "If they become strong, they will inevitably remember that a lot of the territory of the United States originally belonged to them. So a weak neighbor is an unspoken rule of the federal government. Taking advantage of this civil unrest, there should be no discussion, and they should intervene. Especially for me, this is even more important."

"War is great. It can reduce the population. Arizona and New Mexico, which are close to Mexico, have very sparse populations. This cannot be changed in a short period of time. Now the opportunity has come. Mexico wants to reduce its population on its own, which is a good thing for us." Sheffield narrated in a tone of sharing the bill after putting out his cigarette butt. "There is no way to shirk responsibility for the civil war. No matter what, the Mexicans have to bear the responsibility themselves, so why should we be polite?"

Although it was too straightforward, Daniel Peake also knew that Sheffield's words were not wrong in principle, but it was not easy to spread publicly. But how many facts in this world can be spread publicly? In fact, even before the Marines landed in Haiti, there were many accusations against the United States in the local European public opinion. Even if the international public opinion hegemony, the United States is also an important part.

The hegemony of international public opinion has been established for forty years today. France's Havas News Agency, Britain's Reuters, Germany's Wolff and the United States' Associated Press signed the United Nations Global News Alliance, dividing the interview and release of world news into four major spheres of influence. International public opinion came into being, and Europe and the United States' monopoly on international public opinion was established.

The final establishment of the monopoly system of the four news agencies in the world news market and the subsequent provisions established the free development of the United States in Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Antilles. At this stage, the hegemony of the United States is actually in North America, and it cannot interfere with the sphere of influence of the other three major news agencies.

After the establishment of the Ring of Hegemony, it lasted until the 1930s when it was broken. After that, the Soviet Union briefly broke through the public opinion hegemony of Europe and the United States. In terms of soft power, it was also one of the two poles of the Cold War. Since then, no challenger has appeared.

Later, the Alliance was in name only due to the continuous emergence of challengers. The first challenger to appear was none other than Hearst Media, which was taken advantage of by Sheffield's advantage in the Democratic Party and was eliminated after the assassination of William McKinley.

Of course, for now, the public opinion hegemony belonging to the United States is more symbolic. The public opinion hegemony in today's world belongs to the three European countries of Britain, France and Germany. The United States is actually in that range.

However, it is enough to establish public opinion hegemony in North America at this time. Now that Sheffield has established its advantage over the Associated Press in the country, it can go a step further and arouse the concern of domestic citizens about the internal situation in Mexico.

After discussing the issue with Secretary of War Daniel Peake, Sheffield boarded the train again to go home. Texas is separated from Mexico by a river, and only at the base camp can he understand the real situation. Besides, discussing this issue with people in his hometown is different from discussing it with people in Washington, even though it is now a Democratic federal government.

Two days later, Sheffield arrived in Austin, the capital of Texas, and met with Texas Governor Tor Campbell, an old-school Democrat. The reason for this is that Tor Campbell had a signature big beard, just like many conservatives at the beginning of the century.

The inclinations of politicians in this era can actually be seen from their appearance. Did Europe and America also have a trend of "we are what we are made of"? Of course, this is not a problem.

"I didn't expect that such a big thing would happen after I left home for such a short time." Sheffield went straight to the point when they met, sighing, "Madro actually went to Texas to call on the people to overthrow the current president. To be honest, I am a person who is very afraid of trouble. This makes me very uncomfortable."

Sheffield was not sure whether Madero's arrival in Texas was related to some politicians in the state. Although the slave owner's family was the largest business company in Texas, in theory it should have close ties with Texas politicians. But this was an illusion. Politicians and money-makers could never be close to each other. Even if they were both vested interests, their interests were not exactly the same.

Of course, asking this question now seems like a challenge, and Sheffield was just speaking casually.

Texas Governor Torres Campbell took the initiative to explain the problem, "Madero once studied in the United States. He may have felt that Texas was familiar and it would be easier to avoid Diaz's pursuit. This incident may be a coincidence."

"Okay, I'll just treat it as a coincidence." Sheffield accepted the explanation and then asked, "There's chaos in Mexico now. As Mexico's neighbor, it's impossible for us to not be affected at all. What I mean is that we should make some preparations early, so that if the war gets bigger, we can take precautions early. I'm definitely not exaggerating, we should make some preparations early."

This concern received a positive response. Sheffield was not wrong. When it comes to issues involving Mexico, local Texans are more trustworthy. Washington is too far away, and the concerns of the federal government there are completely different from those in Austin. There is a saying that goes, one's heart is broken when it comes to one's own children.

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Like border control, ordering the state police to be on alert, and then waiting and watching. To be honest, Sheffield was not very satisfied with this, but Tory Campbell was a politician and had a lot to consider, which was understandable.

Sheffield actually didn't have much in-depth knowledge of Mexico. He just knew that Mexico was a country with strong cultural exports in later generations. In the field of film, the United States dominated the market in later generations, but in the field of TV dramas, there were many strong countries in the world. Cultural exports were nothing more than those few areas. Mexico had long been the world's number one exporter of TV dramas, and Turkey was comparable to it. Within Asia, let alone the Republic, Japanese and Korean dramas could not radiate very far.

A few decades later, Latin America began to develop a tradition of television dramas called "telenovels". The characteristic of "telenovels" is that each episode is no longer than one hour, rarely less than half an hour, and is completed with dozens of episodes.

This production model was later accepted by Asian countries and became the basic process for producing TV series in Asia. However, few people know that the process of Asian TV series was promoted to the world by Mexico.

"William, what do you think?" Trust Campbell looked at Sheffield in silence and took the initiative to ask.

"My idea is very simple, but it's not appropriate to say it out loud." Sheffield kept the secret with a smile. The slave owner didn't have any long-term ideas. He just wanted to kill more people in Mexico.

(End of this chapter)