Chapter 226 Real Estate Merchant Gu Cheng
Considering the long security war ahead, Sheffield was ready to return home. He did not have time to wait in Manila for the long security war to end. The United Company had already made a huge profit during this trip to the Philippines. As for how much, it would depend on how long the Philippine war lasted and how much military expenditure was consumed.
If there is anything that is not worth the risk, it is the currency of the Philippines. After careful consideration, he did not venture into areas that he was not familiar with.
In the early days, Sheffield wanted to abolish the Philippine Peso, contact the Bank of Texas, and issue a currency similar to the Texas dollar. But this was a huge risk, and to be frank, it was likely to be intercepted by other financial forces.
Unlike Mexico, which is an independent country, Morgan can't do anything in Mexico. But the Philippines is different. The Philippines is now included in the orbit of the United States.
The Republican Party is in power in the United States, and the federal government's attitude towards the US dollar in each state is also obvious. It is almost a long-term trend to curb the states on currency issues. Whether the Bank of Texas can withstand the pressure of the federal government is actually a difficult thing.
Furthermore, even if it holds up, because the Republicans currently have an advantage in the federal government, the White House can also extend the policy to the Philippines and cut off this trend in another place. Considering this, intervening in the Philippine currency becomes a seemingly good, but actually impossible option.
We still do not have enough influence in the financial industry and are not sure we can accomplish this. It is already good enough to open a United Bank in Manila, but we cannot think too much at this stage.
Land, minerals and war contracts have made the United Company a lot of money, so people should not be too greedy. Although Sheffield thinks that there should be branches all over the world, there is no rush.
"I have booked a boat ticket back home. We have both agreed to the new contract. After ten years, the allocated land will automatically belong to the Chinese. Within ten years, you must follow the headquarters' advice on what to plant on the land. All you need to do is work, so it shouldn't be a problem." Sheffield was playing with a vase that was said to be from the Song Dynasty and was a gift from the Spaniards. There were many similar things that aroused Sheffield's strong interest, and he bought some at the bottom.
Spain colonized the Philippines for hundreds of years, and accumulated a lot of good things. He planned to open a private museum after returning to the United States and look at these collections when he had nothing to do. After all, antiques are valuable in prosperous times and gold is valuable in troubled times. There shouldn't be any large-scale wars in the United States, so the environment is just right for antiques.
As for doing charity and returning the property to its original owner one day, Sheffield had never thought about it. Everything he did was for profit, and he would never think of taking anything back for free once it fell into his hands.
Gu Cheng nodded, his eyes fixed on the vase in Sheffield's hand. He had been following his boss recently, so he naturally saw his boss's actions of buying at the bottom in the Philippines and making a profit from the Spaniards who were leaving one after another.
"If you like, I can give you some. After all, you are now the leader of the Chinese workers in Manila and a senior employee of the United Company!" Seeing that Gu Cheng was interested in the porcelain vase on his finger, Sheffield suggested considerately, "After all, the place of origin is your country. If you keep it for a hundred years, it may be useful. Of course, this will be deducted from your salary. After all, I also spent money."
Gu Cheng did not accept the rare repentance of the black-hearted boss because he could not afford it. He said, "I hope I can have this opportunity one day. My country is still too weak."
"You are not in your country now, but in the territory of the Philippines. To the Filipinos, the United States is a bastard, but that doesn't mean you are good people. From the perspective of the local indigenous people, it's just a matter of severity. As for the strength of the country, there is no need to belittle yourself. In my eyes, Japan is not strong either, but it stands out in Asia." Sheffield took a deep look and analyzed, "You are not lamenting your own country, but want to be like the white people in a country that bullies others at will. You once had this opportunity, but you gave it up. After all, the person who burned the navigation and shipbuilding drawings was your official, and it was not me who did it."
Although Sheffield dare not say that everyone is like this, the vast majority of people do not hate imperialism, they just hate that their own country is not imperialist. Why don't they live in a motherland where they can kill and burn in other countries?
In fact, Sheffield doesn't believe that the Chinese of later generations can treat other countries equally. The simple fact is that human trafficking is illegal, but many people on the Internet are discussing buying a Vietnamese woman as a wife. Is it not illegal to buy and sell foreigners? But subconsciously, many people think that it is not illegal, and they think it is right. They are at a loss if they marry Vietnamese women.
On the other hand, in the Philippines today, the natives certainly don't like the Chinese. Why would a group of people with their own country come to their own country? The Chinese can find a hundred reasons to defend themselves, but none of them are tenable to the natives.
A group of Southeast Asian communities suddenly appeared in the Republic. The people of the Republic will not do anything and may not do anything, but they can't just criticize them online?
Gu Cheng looked embarrassed, as if he was embarrassed because his inner thoughts were exposed. He said guiltily, "Fortunately, the boss is the only one in the United States who knows so much about other civilizations."
"The gap between people is greater than the gap between people and pigs. Pigs are killed for meat, but people may not know why they are killed. There are also many idiots in the United States, so many that it is unimaginable. In my eyes, they are equally worthless." Sheffield laughed and acted quite honestly. "Maybe the citizens of the United States feel that with the arrival of the American century, they will always be in a country that will never decline. As a Chinese, you have the most say in this regard. After all, your country has changed dynasties so many times."
Sheffield hinted to Gu Cheng that he shouldn't expect the Qing Dynasty to reform at the moment, but he didn't know whether the other party could understand.
He had no particular opinion of the dynasty, neither overestimating nor underestimating it, and even thought that the current Emperor Guangxu was a good man, but the time would come. The imperial system should have come to an end.
The imperial system should be ended. Even if the Ming Dynasty still exists, he still thinks so. He even hopes that it will end sooner. What impression the royal family of the Ming Dynasty gave people was clear enough when the Ming Dynasty fell. No matter how the peasant armies treated them, they were really eaten their flesh and slept on their skin. The number of them was so large that even the illiterate peasant army could feel the unfairness.
The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were only able to go to the battlefield. And after Hong Tianwang's disturbance, the last Eight Banners stationed in the Northeast that could still fight were gone. The Eight Banners are now useless and the process of decline has already begun.
Although he had been away from his motherland for many years, Gu Cheng was still somewhat overshadowed by Sheffield's words. In the end, he said nothing and sighed, "When will the boss return to China? I and other Chinese workers' representatives will go to see you off."
"I'll let you know when the time comes!" Sheffield hesitated to speak. It's better not to comfort him. It's a bit hard to say.
After Gu Cheng left, Annie, dressed up beautifully, came out. During her time in the Philippines, Annie spent every day with her man. As they continued to move forward with heavy burdens, their relationship quickly heated up.
"Have you arranged the lives of these Chinese workers?" Anne sat on Sheffield's lap. "You seem to be quite good to these Chinese workers. They are all quite obedient."
"The so-called obedience is all fake. The problems of any ethnic group also exist in the Chinese." Sheffield reached out and touched the tip of Anne's nose, and said lazily, "In fact, it is not difficult for me to deal with them, but there is no need to do so."
Sheffield knows the situation in China very well. Han Chinese make up more than 90% of the country, which seems to be impeccable. However, the settlement area only occupies one-third of the country, which is basically the size of India. There is a lot of room for maneuver.
For example, if we take Ran Min out of history books and process him, even the fabricated fake information can fool the Chinese people a hundred years later, and it is not difficult to fool the Chinese people with such a high illiteracy rate now. The average person is not as smart as they think.
But if he did so, it would only benefit the Russian Empire and Japan. Why would Sheffield do something to aid the enemy? He had already made up his mind never to go to China, not to interfere with the historical trend, and to create beauty from the distance between him and his former homeland.
Along with Sheffield left were the Alamo Guards and the Kuwait Guards. At the port of Manila, Days, who was in charge of the Philippine prison, and representatives of the remaining Chinese workers also came to the port to see them off, but they did not seem sad.
Sheffield, who was holding a thread-bound copy of Dream of the Red Chamber, casually said, "It is estimated that the low-intensity suppression will continue for a while. Employees with United States nationality should try not to leave the big cities. If there is anything, you can ask Gu Cheng and others to do it. After all, the land of the Chinese workers is in the countryside."
"As for you! You are also employees of the United Company, and I still cherish the old friendship." Sheffield handed the book to Annie, and then took out a book he wrote and handed it to Gu Cheng. It contained some real estate knowledge. The technical content was not particularly high, but it was not a low-end introductory guide either.
For the Philippines, real estate is already a high-end industry, which can stimulate the cement and steel industries. What other industries does a colony need? It is good enough to have one. How can it be qualified to choose?
Will housing prices collapse in the future? If they do, at least we have something. Now we have nothing.
(End of this chapter)
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