Chapter 551 Of course money is important
This is not shirking responsibility. Once Sheffield gets busy, he will never be able to relax in a short time. Take the racial subdivision bill for example. It was implemented very smoothly in New Mexico and Arizona, but it is still questionable in California. At least it is still in a stalemate.
In this regard, Sheffield believes that California's deep blue color is not yet stable. Ideally, he hopes to align the entire South and Midwest with the segregation laws of the southern states, but it will take some time to achieve this goal. Once this foundation is consolidated, it will be fully implemented from a federal perspective. The worst scenario is that the Republican base cannot be expanded, thereby establishing the Democratic Party's long-term advantage over the Republican Party.
Therefore, he was not as free as Rockefeller Jr., so he could only let the other party go in person while he stayed in the country.
Since Rockefeller Jr. agreed, they remained good brothers-in-law and brothers-in-law, and the atmosphere became harmonious. After a few casual words, Rockefeller Jr. asked, "You seem to be getting along well with your Chinese talent these days. If he goes with me, he can at least be a good translator."
"If you want to find a translator, you can find anyone as long as you have money. This person must stay in the United States. I'm afraid he might run away." Sheffield refused without thinking, "This person is a bit naive, and he might have some crazy ideas."
"Naive? Where do you come from?" Rockefeller Jr. became interested and asked hurriedly.
"I won't tell you!" Sheffield kept the secret and said something unimportant, "It's nothing more than that China is a great country and one of the four ancient civilizations."
"There is also the saying of four ancient civilizations? Which four? Why haven't I heard of them?" Rockefeller Jr. thought, he had never heard of this term before, a new concept?
"Egypt, Iraq, India and China? It's normal that you haven't heard of them. They are concepts promoted by the Chinese themselves." Sheffield explained to his brother-in-law, "Whenever you hear about the ranking of the top four, they are basically Eastern concepts. I don't know why there are four of them."
In the global history, the mainstream concept of the world is to include ancient Greece as one of the five major civilizations, and later the Maya in America was added. However, the global history has not yet appeared. If Sheffield has nothing to do, he can continue to gild his glorious resume on this basis. Literary things cannot be considered plagiarism.
As for the more important part, Sheffield did not tell Rockefeller Jr. that the reason why he thought Feng Ru was a little naive was that he praised the United States too much. Even the slave owners found it a little unacceptable!
As a true citizen of the United States, rather than a tool who becomes a citizen once every four years, Sheffield feels that he has a say in this country, and Feng Ru's Pacific filter is a little too thick.
When the Mayflower arrived in North America, did the Indians become human beings? The lives of Indians were not as valuable as a scalp; when the Atlantic slave trade began, did African blacks become human beings? A healthy black man was not as valuable as the grapes and watermelons in the plantation; when the Civil War broke out, did the compatriots become human beings? Massacres, burnings, destruction of cities, policies, none of them were spared, and the lives of countless Dixies and Yankees were not as valuable as the business of the United States and the Confederate States of America.
The essence is the same. Without the two world wars, the United States would have no chance to give priority to the United States. When selling arms to both sides, it did not mind that the blood-stained banknotes were dirty. They were still spent all the same.
The United States has never been afraid of death. Usually, zero casualties show how much it cares for its soldiers. That's because the military power of every country is essentially used for internal deterrence. There is no exception. At the critical moment, it is absolutely a mistake to think that the United States cannot bear huge casualties. The tools of the vote every four years die, and this may be life.
Sheffield never thought that there was anything wrong with the Civil War. The mistake was that the South lost, and he happened to be a Dixie Southerner. Now he was in front of Feng Ru, and he went to find Federal Secretary of War Daniel Peake without any hesitation.
It's no use saying anything to correct your views. It depends on what you do. Daniel Peake thought that Sheffield had recently found another translator to go abroad, so he had no objection to Feng Ru's appearance.
If the slave owner was not there, Daniel Peake would have been very objectionable to seeing a yellow person.
"William, how come you have time to come to Washington? What's the matter?" Daniel Peake greeted with a smile.
"I was originally looking for the Navy Department, but I have a small matter that I hope the War Department can help with." Sheffield sat down very naturally, pointed to the seat next to him and asked Feng Ru to sit down as well, and said, "Haiti is now on the verge of getting out of control. To be honest, I don't care at all how these black people die. Do slave owners care about the lives of slaves? Not at all. However, Haiti is a place where the United Company has been operating for a long time. The current turmoil has affected the business of our company and some allied companies. This is very worrying, so some of my friends are now urgently calling on the federal government to come up with an opinion. It would be best to invade Haiti immediately and use some deterrent measures to control the situation before European countries pay attention to the local area."
In front of Feng Ru, Sheffield did not hold back at all and spoke very bluntly, exposing the true face of trust imperialism. He even gnashed his teeth and wished that fewer Haitians would die so as not to delay the production of the United Company's plantations in Haiti.
"William, your company can actually deal with these turmoils." Daniel Peake did not agree immediately. Even if the invasion was small in scale, it could not change the nature of the invasion. He could not agree to it just because of Sheffield's words.
"But my company cannot represent the country and express its position to European countries. Mr. Minister, you don't think that my company's official name is the East India Company, right? Although it is almost the same for some small countries." Sheffield counted on his fingers and said with a stern look, "Only by sending the Marines can we make our position clear. As for the captured anti-American elements, I also have a way. Our company has established a very, very good detention center in Guantanamo. The local facilities are complete, covering birth to death. We can help the government detain these anti-American elements in Haiti."
Guantanamo Bay prison certainly has very, very good hardware facilities, and even the gas chambers and crematoriums are almost completed. From this point of view, the unrest in Haiti is just in time, so that the slave owner, a senior German fan, doesn't have to think about where to catch the test subjects.
To show that his statement was true and credible, Sheffield took out a stack of US dollars to show how seriously an honest businessman was speaking to the Secretary of War.
In front of a foreigner like Feng Ru, a trick of collusion between officials and businessmen was staged. Perhaps because of the presence of foreigners, the Minister of War was a little reserved. Sheffield was very tactful and directly put the money into Daniel Peake's hand, saying meaningfully, "Many respected congressmen will first safeguard the national interests. At that time, Mr. Minister of War will just need to come up with a rigorous solution from a professional perspective. After that, I believe that these respectable gentlemen will definitely gain the friendship of me and many businessmen facing the Caribbean. If one day you are tired of the life in the political arena, positions such as senior consultants and executive presidents of various companies will be open to you."
"We will never forget our friends who have helped us!" Seeing the Minister of War finally put the money in his pocket, Sheffield finally showed a satisfied look.
"The turmoil in Haiti has deeply hurt the interests of the United States. As a responsible federal government, it is our responsibility to help domestic capital solve the problem." Daniel Peake nodded with a serious face.
"Then we'll wait for good news from the gentlemen!" Sheffield picked up the top hat on the table, flicked the dust off it, stood up to express his gratitude, and also said that he still had things to do and would wait for good news as soon as possible.
Sheffield said it would be best if things started before the formal elections, as this might serve as a booster for the elections. The key is that Haiti is not very strong and is particularly suitable for flexing its muscles.
Feng Ru didn't say a word from beginning to end, and passively accepted a social practice course. What happened with his own eyes broke some ideas in his mind.
"Mr. William, for the sake of money, you invaded other countries directly?" Feng Ru asked in disbelief as he followed Sheffield into the car and left. This had a shocking impact on his worldview. "You said this to a Minister of War right in front of me."
"Mr. Feng Ru, I'm your boss!" Sheffield tilted his head and corrected calmly, "Why don't I dare to tell you about this in front of you? You are a foreigner, who would believe you if you tell others? As a boss who pays you, I personally remind you to be careful when talking to me. As for which is more important, human life or money, of course money is more important!"
"This is called collusion between officials and businessmen in our hometown!" Feng Ru nodded numbly, "I thought this didn't happen in the United States."
"In our country, it is called taking necessary measures to protect national interests under the determination of the degree of democracy." Sheffield smiled slightly, "Of course you are right, this is collusion between officials and businessmen."
Before the midterm elections, two things became the subject of exchange of interests between the Republicans and the Democrats, one was about the Navy Department and the other was about the War Department, but the beneficiaries of both were Sheffield.
Because both events involved diplomatic issues of major policies and were highly sensitive, the exchange of interests between the two parties was conducted in private. The Democratic Party agreed to restart the arms sales to China advocated by President Roosevelt, and the Republican Party recognized that the federal government must respond quickly to the unrest in Haiti.
(End of this chapter)
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