Chapter 661: Marriage

The reconstruction plan implemented by the federal government is beneficial to the economy of the United States. If the world war breaks out as scheduled, the two effects may have a better effect than the same period in history.

All the actions of the United States government can be understood as preparations for the election. Now is the time. In the past, the Sheffield family would even personally intervene to spread hostility. The fundamental reason is the imbalance of power between the two sides. Now that the United Company has grown to this point, it will naturally not use the Southern Base to always stir up hatred, especially to stir up hatred over regional conflicts. This is very stupid.

"The midterm elections are no big deal. We relied on Roosevelt to split the Republican Party to gain such a big advantage. We cannot expect to maintain this advantage. In this midterm election, many states will return to the arms of the Republican Party." Sheffield and Lange Hunter, who was a guest at Oak Manor, talked about the midterm elections that were beginning to heat up.

Fortunately, Franklin Roosevelt had gone to Florida for vacation. If he had stayed in New Orleans and seen Sheffield talking about his uncle like that, he would not have pretended not to hear it.

"I also know that this is unlikely. It's enough for us to keep the Senate." Langehunt nodded. "Some people pointed out that the federal government is too biased towards the southern states, such as this reconstruction plan. I think it must be the Republicans who spread the news. The Yankees are always so hypocritical."

"It's not surprising. We seized on the racial issue, and the Yankees wanted to seize on the regional issue. After all, their total population is larger." Sheffield smiled and consoled, "We have to give them some advantages. Now that we have all the advantages, the Republicans have even more to say."

Both sides of the election must have their own advantages. If one side is strong and the other side is completely unbalanced, unless there is US troops stationed in Japan to maintain order like the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, otherwise the hostility between the two sides will surely deepen.

Elections can solve some minor problems, but the real problems that shake the country's foundation are far less important to the slave owners than centralization. In later generations, civil wars broke out because of election results, and the protagonist was Pakistan.

Pakistan was divided into two parts in the early days, East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh, was neglected by West Pakistan for a long time because of its small area and small population. However, East Pakistan was a place that earned foreign exchange through exports. On the contrary, West Pakistan was the seat of the central government, but had no outstanding industries, resulting in a large amount of imports.

This resulted in East Pakistan exporting and West Pakistan importing, with East Pakistanis earning foreign exchange to support the entire Pakistan. This structure has a bit of the flavor of the period before the United States Civil War.

The Civil War was caused by the Democratic Party’s inability to take care of the entire electorate, which led to the division of the South and the North, with each party nominating its own candidates and the Republican Party taking advantage of them. East Pakistan eventually gained independence because of its extremely fast population growth and regional conflicts. The entire East Pakistan elected a candidate who wanted to focus on East Pakistan and was successfully elected.

West Pakistan did not recognize the election results, which eventually led to India seizing the opportunity and dismembering the country.

They are all peaceful believers, but they still turned the table. So now the Democrats and Republicans are talking to each other, one focusing on region and the other focusing on race, which is actually a good result.

"By the way, it seems that the Russian Queen is about to arrive." Sheffield patted his head and said, "When the Russians visit, they will definitely come to Texas. One-third of the population here is Russian. It would be unreasonable for the Russian Queen not to come!"

"I actually forgot about this. It seems we need to make some preparations." The governor, whose mind was full of the election, just remembered the recent major event.

The visit of the Russian Empire delegation to the United States was unprecedented and had already caused heated discussions before it arrived in the United States. The visiting lineup was also grand. In addition to Nicholas II and the crown prince, the queen and all the princesses came.

Why is there such a large lineup? The reason is that the slave owners gave money, and the rest are minor reasons. The close friendship between Sheffield and Rasputin, as well as his ability to count money, facilitated this visit. A week ago, the Russian Empire delegation had already set off from St. Petersburg.

As soon as the news came, Texas was in jubilation. This is a big problem in the United States now. Many immigrants have blood ties with their original homeland. The two world wars were also two important reshapings of the United States. Both times they were aimed at suppressing the German population in the country.

During the First World War, politicians such as Roosevelt and the Democratic government suppressed the voices of Germans. This is a well-known fact, and even the descendants of Germans a hundred years later know this. Before the Second World War, the Third Reich's ideology was exported violently, which affected the United States. The second round of suppression against Germans and Italians began. After the United States became the world hegemon, the situation of being influenced by Europe came to an end.

So it's not surprising that the Russian population in Texas became agitated when news came that the Empress and Princess were coming to visit.

But this has nothing to do with Sheffield. Although he used his money to bribe Rasputin and achieved this goal, it did not delay other processes, such as working overtime to supervise the construction of thirty submarines ordered by the Ottoman Empire.

This order was placed by an Ottoman Pasha named William Pasha to the United Company. That is right, Sheffield placed an order for itself in the name of the Ottoman Empire.

As a citizen of the United States, it is very inconvenient for a slave owner to control a little armed force. All he can do is think about who is suitable to be a white glove, and he will use whoever he thinks of from Haiti, Cuba, and the Ottoman Empire.

Submarines are absolutely no match for surface fleets in the ocean, but they are more useful than surface forces under certain special conditions, such as when performing blockade missions. In waters similar to straits, it is more cost-effective for submarines to perform blockades.

Just like in real history, the Italian Navy easily blockaded the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which had a lot to do with the extremely unfavorable environment of the Adriatic Strait to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Persian Gulf is a similar environment. These submarines were used by Sheffield to show its power in the Persian Gulf, but it was just said through the mouth of the Ottoman Empire. Given the current economic environment of the Ottoman Empire, any funds were so precious. The ordering of battleships required national fundraising. How could there be money to order 30 submarines? Of course, Sheffield used them for himself!

The Russian empress led a delegation to visit Britain before coming to the United States. As expected, when Empress Nicholas set foot on British soil, she was welcomed by a tsunami. The eager British people lined the streets to welcome her, wanting to see the Russian imperial family with their own eyes.

"Schrödinger's Russia, why didn't I realize before that the British also have the potential to be bootlickers?" Sheffield put down the newspaper, licked his lips, and laughed at Natalia, "I can already imagine what Eastern European immigrants in Texas, the United States, are like."

"Your resentment towards the British is totally unreasonable." Natalia rolled her eyes at the slave owner and said, "Why didn't I realize before that you were so dissatisfied with the land of your ancestors?"

"Because this country has occupied a position that it shouldn't have, it has hindered the influence of the United States. You can also see that the influence of the United States in the world is completely disproportionate to its national strength. For example, the welcome that the Russian delegation received in the UK is something we can't imagine." Sheffield shrugged, not hiding his envy and jealousy at all. "In the United States, being anti-British is politically correct and there is no need for a reason."

The British welcome to the Russian delegation must have been intended to intimidate the Germans. Otherwise, would such a hypocritical country make such a big fuss? The British Empire has also fallen!

The closer it got to the showdown, the more the slave owner felt that he was still not prepared enough. He personally inspected almost all industries related to the war. The DuPont family, which was about to soar to fame in the First World War, had been kicked into the banking industry by him. The slave owner was already prepared and waiting for takeoff.

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"Huh? What's the matter?" The slave owner who was reading a report was startled when he saw Edith Rockefeller come in.

"It was William calling from Phoenix. It seemed that Margaret's matter had been settled." Edith Rockefeller told her man the news.

"Ramon, send this information to Arlington!" Sheffield stood up and shouted outside, then paused and said, "What is the specific stage now? Didn't you make it clear?"

"It seems that because I was trapped in the mountains for a few days, I got everything done." Edith Rockefeller couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, and seemed very satisfied with this fact.

"By the way, prepare an airship. I'm going to Pittsburgh. Prepare two more. I forgot that the Mellon family is also in Pittsburgh." Sheffield added another order.

"You're going to Pittsburgh now? What are you going to do?" Edith Rockefeller asked in confusion. "It's the two children's business. You don't have to get involved."

"Don't you see how old Carnegie is?" Sheffield put on his suit and took a bow tie and a top hat. "I still have the opportunity to clean up my son's mess. Carnegie may lose this opportunity at any time. I'll go and settle this matter first."

Three airships took off and flew straight to Pittsburgh, arriving at the steel city a day later. Even though it was not his first time here, Sheffield was so happy to arrive directly at Carnegie's residence.

"Mr. Carnegie has gone to New York. Mr. William, what do you want?"

Sheffield slapped his head and shook his head, "I forgot that he doesn't live here anymore. It doesn't matter. I'll go to New York again."

(End of this chapter)