Chapter 438 Proposal for the Establishment of a New State
This is their own hospital. How could the slave owner do something that would harm his own industry? There are complete alternatives. For example, let the state police wait on the side, and then blow up the prison where the blacks are held, create a free jailbreak, let the state police shoot freely, and you can watch freely on the side. Isn't that great?
Looking at the mother and child in the same bed, Sheffield, who should have fed the dog long ago, felt a warm feeling in his heart. In fact, he felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment. If he asked himself honestly, this might be instinct. He felt close to his own children.
Maybe because it was just born, it looks a little ugly, but there is no rush to throw it away. It will get better when it grows up.
Anne was not distracted by the birth at all. On the contrary, she was in very good spirits. She just couldn't get up for the time being. She had already discussed the name of their son with her husband. She said quietly, "This is your true heir. You can't name him casually. Let's call him William Sheffield."
"Although it's not uncommon for fathers and sons to have the same name, we don't follow the trend." Sheffield was a little reluctant when he heard it, "The heir can't live in my shadow. We are a big southern company and we don't follow the Yankees."
The name of Rockefeller Jr. is the same as that of Rockefeller Sr. There are other names for this name, such as Rockefeller II, Vanderbilt II, and Vanderbilt III. However, slave owners do not appreciate this name very much. The only difference is that they add numbers to their signatures. Isn't it a bit too perfunctory?
"You're in a hurry to name him after he was born. We'll have to think about it later." Sheffield changed the subject. Although he did have a son named William, he took Rockefeller's last name. A slave owner would never accept calling his child Sheffield II.
Anne did not force it and obediently stopped insisting. Anyway, after the boy was born, she felt relieved. Her husband could not control his desires and was having affairs with other women. She did not say anything on the surface, but she was very afraid that other women would give birth to children.
This may have an impact on the position of the mistress of Arlington Manor, and it is not uncommon for a mother to be honored by her son. Anne was also a member of the French upper class, and her situation became more complicated after she followed the slave owner to the United States.
The Sheffield family has only had one male heir for two consecutive generations, so her husband would like to bring a train full of bodyguards with him when he goes out, for fear that something might happen and they won't be able to react. This is because of the protection of the scarcity of male heirs. So no matter who her husband finds, any child born is very precious.
Moreover, there are no unspoken rules of the nobility here, and the Sheffield family has no particular rules at all, so if another woman gives birth to a boy, it is not impossible for him to be brought back. Although it may cause controversy if it gets out, when has this family ever been free of controversy?
Now Anne can finally breathe a sigh of relief. She has her own son. As long as the boy grows up safely, she doesn't have to worry about her position being threatened. Even if the family property is divided, she will have the largest share.
Sheffield doesn't know yet that someone has already started to covet his family property when he is in his prime. But even if he knew, it doesn't matter. It's human nature and who wouldn't consider themselves?
Women in civilized Europe did not have the tradition of confinement after childbirth. Anne, like other mothers, was able to get out of bed and walk after a few days of recovery, and returned to Arlington Manor with her baby son in her arms.
"Why do I feel like I'm a tool?" This scene made Sheffield feel a little jealous. As a legal husband, is this all he can do?
However, in such a happy time, there is no need to do anything, just smile foolishly. Recently, Sheffield has been receiving congratulatory calls. It seems that everyone is happy about the new heir of the United Company. Arlington Manor is indeed immersed in joy, but everything has a limit. Moreover, he can't even remember who some people are, and the butler Padella has to lip-sync to remind him.
"Of course!" Sheffield put down the phone stiffly and let out a long breath. Didn't they say that Western countries don't have much red tape? Sure enough, they are all filters, just like connections and networks. The adjectives are different, but they are exactly the same thing.
The claims that citizens of the United States have a simple life and high moral character are all false. The overcrowded prisons in the South are proof of this. Would so many people commit crimes if they had high moral character?
Finally having a moment of leisure, Sheffield remembered that he had important things to do. Before he came back, he had already made an appointment to meet with Democratic leaders, especially conservative leaders, to discuss the midterm elections, but this was not the most important thing.
Before the meeting, the slave owner also had to pay attention to the profits after the Venezuelan crisis. This was Anne's job at Arlington Manor before, but now she is a meritorious official and has to stay with her baby son. This can only be done by him, the slave owner. For the United Company, the biggest profit from taking advantage of the vote before President Cleveland stepped down is gold.
At present, the division of business between Sheffield and his grandmother is that the land is managed by his grandmother, and he is engaged in other businesses. Not to mention the gold mines in Venezuela, even the mines in New Mexico, Sheffield only knows about them, but he does not manage them himself. The management power is in the hands of Anne.
Not to mention the gold mines in Venezuela. Sheffield only knew that there was such a mining business before. As for the specific situation and output, he knew less than the copper mines in New Mexico.
The Gold Road begins in the Venezuelan jungle, where countless miners use primitive equipment to dig tunnels by hand, dig out the ore-bearing dirt, and haul it out with pulleys and winches. The miners also have to endure the forest ecosystem and spread mosquito-borne diseases.
In the Venezuelan mines, many miners, many of them young, work in a wild mine near the border between Venezuela and Brazil. The plague is rampant here, and many people are infected with malaria. The miners work twelve hours a day to drag the soil to a small factory. The factory uses toxic mercury to extract precious metals. In this process, mining accidents, shootings and robberies occur from time to time.
If you don't say that the third world countries are good, the United Company is completely a local tyrant there. It can be seen that the Monroe Doctrine is not just a slogan, but has the value of promotion.
Venezuela sold most of its gold to the United Corporation, and then used part of the proceeds to purchase consumer goods necessary for life, including bread and milk powder, cars and other supplies from the United States. This was a very fair deal. After all, gold only needed to be mined, and the hard work of manufacturing was not suitable for the optimistic Latin people.
Sheffield believed that this exchange was very fair and that the United Company had absolutely not gained any advantage. At least compared to the gold reserves of Venezuela that were confiscated by the United States a hundred years later, Venezuela was definitely making a profit now, and the slave owners were losing so much that they had to take the bus.
"It's been almost ten years since the Venezuelan crisis, and we've only harvested more than 60 tons of gold? This income is barely okay, right?" Sheffield counted on his fingers. If we ignore the stable value of gold itself, it's actually not a very profitable business. "We should still increase efficiency. Minerals are quite popular in our country now."
If the gold mines in South Africa were not larger and more numerous than those in Venezuela, how could this benefit have fallen to the United Company?
"Then the equipment over there may need to be updated!" Padela said noncommittally, "I will communicate with the forces over there when the time comes."
"Thank you so much." Sheffield nodded. He had always been very respectful to this housekeeper.
After working on projects that were not his responsibility for several days, Sheffield finally sorted out some of them and had a general understanding of these businesses. On this day, Alton Parker, a conservative leader of the Democratic Party and the last Democratic presidential candidate, slowly walked out of the Arlington train station and immediately came to Arlington Manor.
This year is the midterm election. The Senate and the House of Representatives will compete for seats in Congress. Then basically one party will control one house, and each party will declare their victory, making everyone happy.
Alton Parker originally thought that Sheffield wanted to meet him to discuss the midterm elections. Naturally, he was prepared for this and talked about his views on the current situation and expressed pessimism. "After the presidential election, President Roosevelt has received a lot of support for the enforcement of the antitrust law. I hope we can stabilize Congress and contain him."
"Mid-term elections are certainly important, but they only happen every two years, and a lot can happen in two years. If we don't win this time, we'll have another chance two years later." Sheffield said nonchalantly, "But for the presidential election, we have ideas that should be advanced, and we must communicate now, Mr. Alton Parker. You have to know that in terms of the base, we have much fewer supporters than the Republican Party, which is a great disadvantage. For the presidential election two years later, we must think of more solutions now."
"William, what do you think?" Alton Parker also knew that it would be difficult for the Democratic Party to win if its base was not as strong as its opponents.
"The San Francisco earthquake cut off the railway, which shows the status of the Southwestern Railway. The Southwestern Railway runs through New Mexico, a huge area without a formal administrative agency. I hope the Democratic Party can propose a proposal to establish a new state in Congress while the earthquake is still going on." Sheffield said solemnly, "It's time. This will increase our base. I have been planning for several years."
(End of this chapter)
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