Chapter 584 Responsible Enterprise
"Why did you think of emigrating?" Edith Rockefeller was a little confused. The Democratic government was in power in the United States, and the United Company was doing well in business. Why would Sheffield think of emigrating at this time?
"Sharing the risk, there's nothing strange about that. If you don't like living too far away, you can live in Canada." Sheffield smiled. Capitalists have no motherland.
Which people and countries are the most trustworthy to the United States? In fact, it is still the old saying that blood is thicker than water. Don’t be fooled by the white left, but at the critical moment, the countries in the Five Eyes Alliance still know who to stand with.
Isn't it that difficult to switch from white left to white right? In terms of racial composition, the United States of later generations is more dangerous than Canada and Australia, and there is a possibility that the white community will be marginalized.
But there will be absolutely no problems in Australia and Canada until the white community in the United States is marginalized.
In the aftermath of the US-Japan trade war, although some Japanese lamented that the Five Eyes alliance was essentially one country and that to challenge them would mean challenging them all simultaneously, in Sheffield the five-in-one rhetoric was somewhat untenable by Eastern standards.
He wanted to make this five-in-one statement more worthy of the name. The most important of them are of course Canada and Australia. The area and resources of these three countries combined account for one-third of the resources on the earth. As long as the immigration standards are maintained and everyone is not allowed in on a whim, almost any challenge can be dealt with.
Places like Australia and Canada, which are sparsely populated and have vast land, are undoubtedly places where Sheffield wants to vigorously develop. It is worth spending any amount of money. And he will definitely let his descendants immigrate here in the future.
As for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, it was entirely aimed at the goal of building an agricultural empire. In the industrial field, the United States was not invincible. Later, the Soviet Union surpassed the United States in most indicators.
It can be said that as long as the industrial and agricultural indicators can be expressed in data, the United States is at a disadvantage, except that the Soviet Union is located in the frigid zone and cannot produce many tropical products.
But on the one hand, the United States' allies, Britain, France and Germany, far outweigh Romania and Poland. On the other hand, the United States has its own advantages, that is, the advantages of an agricultural empire, holding hostage some countries that cannot be self-sufficient in food but have important geographical locations, such as Egypt.
One hundred years later, although the United States is not the strongest agricultural country in the index, it has the most export surplus. And this surplus can be improved. The United States does not need to squeeze out all its agricultural potential. It can already decide the life and death of many countries. And it is not something that the United States can do alone. Canada and Australia both have a lot of undeveloped land.
On the contrary, the food self-sufficiency rates of Japan and South Korea in East Asia are pitifully low, not to mention some countries in the Middle East. As long as they leave the food channels controlled by the United States, a crisis will break out in a few months.
On his way back to Melbourne, Sheffield landed in South Australia and bought 4 million hectares of land. So by the time he arrived in Australia, he had already bought 16 million hectares of land, a sum that would have made Edith Rockefeller and Louisa Morgan spit out their tongues.
"How much land does the United Company hold?" Louisa Morgan asked in amazement, "They bought so much land in just one trip to Australia, how about in China?"
"The situation in China is different from Australia. The population of the United States is much larger. I don't know how much land the Domestic United Company has, but I estimate that the land purchased this time has exceeded the farm in Texas." Sheffield told the truth. He never knew how much land the Domestic United Company had. It was not his business.
The only thing he knew was the number in California because he had purchased it personally, and the number was about the same as the land purchased in South Australia, also four million hectares.
The land in the United States has been leased to many recognized family farms. But it is different in Australia. In Australia, you don't have to do this. You can set up a food company and use the land as a food processing base.
"One day I will let the people of this world know that whatever they want to eat, they must get my approval. If they want to object on this matter, I will use cheap food to destroy their agriculture. When they find that farming is not cost-effective and give up growing food, I will cut off their food supply and starve them to death. I believe that in the face of death, people in many countries will understand who they should make friends with in order to survive." Sheffield was full of pride in front of the daughters of two big families and painted a grand blueprint.
In his opinion, except for a few countries that can resist, no one will be able to go against the United Company in this field in the future, and there are only a few countries that can guarantee their own food security. France, a traditional agricultural power in Europe, has a food self-sufficiency rate of 330%, while Russia and the Republic are almost gone.
For example, many countries that seem to have a decent grain self-sufficiency rate cannot withstand the impact of the four major grain traders. Just by raising prices to lure the other party to export, and then dumping grain after draining it, they can kill agricultural countries like Argentina and Venezuela that have good conditions. Apart from the real strong countries, the only thing they are afraid of is the style of Hindustan that does not treat people as human beings. No matter how powerful the four major grain traders are, they also use normal business methods. After all, they cannot compare with the powerful countries.
Overall, Sheffield felt that his trip to Australia was very successful. He acquired two large pieces of land totaling 16 million hectares, and also gained control of the iron ore mines in Western Australia. After such a long trip on the sea, Edith Rockefeller wanted to ask her son for his opinion on immigration.
This made Sheffield very dissatisfied. He had already decided in his mind whether to immigrate to Canada or Australia. This was a choice. Not immigrating was not an option. Although William Rockefeller's childhood was over, he could still have a complete adolescence from his biological father.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Louisa Morgan seems to have become much clingier these days. Maybe she wants the guild leader to give her some benefits, so she always creates time for the two of them to be alone, no matter what.
The slave owner was a man who was not curious about anything, but the two women were different. They were very curious about some native creatures of Australia, especially the local marsupials.
Benjamin Buck actually raised a few kangaroos in his manor. Although the big kangaroos were not cute at all, the little kangaroos still looked very cute.
Louisa Morgan was using the trick taught by Sheffield. She opened a pocket in front of the little kangaroo and watched the little kangaroo jump into it, laughing.
"I want to donate $200,000 to start a campaign to protect the thylacine." Sheffield retracted his gaze and walked along the path with Benjamin Buck, saying, "We can set up a foundation in Australia to start protecting some endangered animals."
"This is a novel idea. It seems that there is no similar idea in Australia." Benjamin Buck was stunned and said with a smile, "To be honest, this is really not like your style. You treat animals better than people."
"Humans are essentially competitors of other humans, but animals are different. They pose no threat to me. It is a very cost-effective business to gain cheap love by protecting animals." Sheffield shrugged and smiled, "Most importantly, this way of gaining love does not affect anyone's interests. If I say to close mines and factories due to water pollution, it will threaten the interests of some of my peers, but protecting animals will not."
"I suggest you do it with me!" Sheffield suggested to Benjamin Buck, "This kind of cheap love will not harm the interests of any peers or create competitors. It won't cost us much money and can get the recognition of many people. Why not do it?"
Benjamin Buck nodded and thought it was a good idea. Sheffield thought that if he really wanted to protect animals, there was no better place than Australia. If he didn't protect Australian animals, he wouldn't be considered an animal protector. Because in essence, many of Australia's native animals are the survivors of mammals being wiped out.
It is entirely because of Australia's isolated geographical environment that they have been able to survive to this day. Marsupials were also previously distributed all over the world, but with the rise of higher-level true beasts, mammals, marsupials began to be at a disadvantage in the competition for survival, because most of them became prey to true beast carnivorous mammals, which gradually led to the extinction of marsupials in continents such as Asia, Europe and Africa.
The most ridiculous thing about animal protectors in later generations is that it is obvious that these ancient descendants near Australia are more vulnerable to extinction, and cannot even compete with ordinary mammals, yet these animal protectors go to Africa to make comments. It can be seen that animal protectors in later generations are bullies and afraid of the strong, and dare not even fart when it comes to Australia, a country with resources involved in global supply, and only know how to run to Africa to talk without any worries.
Now Sheffield has decided who should be protected. As a slave owner, he has the final say. Only responsible enterprises like United Company can develop Australia while protecting the fragile living environment of local animals. Small companies cannot do both at the same time.
Responsible business, this is how the local newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne rated Sheffield United. It can be said that this time the slave owners came to Australia, in a short time, they were much more successful than the last time McHale stayed for eight months.
"I didn't expect that animal protection could cause such a response. Now all the animals in Australia may thank you." Benjamin Buck was also surprised by the enthusiastic response of the newspaper and said with some sarcasm.
"Not all animals, but the ones I selected," Sheffield corrected lightly.
I haven't updated for a day and I'm almost out of ideas.
(End of this chapter)
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