Chapter 642 Let’s Talk
Anyway, the slave owners thought that this time France's backstab would not trigger a world war in advance! The Germans were willing to fight for Italy? Is this a joke? The reason for the war was to fight for the North African colonies?
"Besides, there is also the Russian Empire threatening the Germans in the east. There is no need to worry too much. Before the peace treaty between the Balkan Alliance and the Ottoman Empire is signed, the attitude of the Russian Empire is also very important. Don't they have a good relationship with you French people?"
When talking about the Russian Empire, Sheffield was very eloquent, and he was much more concerned than when he talked about the British. Britain was just an island, with no local power, but the Russian Empire was different. It was an opponent that could not be underestimated at all times.
The strength of island nations is not a historical norm. The historical norm is that they are destined to be eliminated. The strength of Imperial Russia is the historical norm. The strength of Britain can be seen at present. Britain is getting weaker with each passing year.
As for Imperial Russia, it is undoubtedly the most powerful enemy in the history of the United States. Let's put it this way, this is an opponent that can get up again after being knocked down once. So no matter how friendly Russia shows in later generations, NATO still wants to make Russia die again until this country can no longer get up.
Anne was relieved to hear her husband's words of comfort. She also asked when Sheffield would return home. "You always leave me alone at home, and you're not afraid that someone will miss me."
"My dear, don't make such jokes. I should really consider learning from the great Sultan and getting some eunuchs to watch over you." Sheffield said in a teasing tone, "Oh, by the way, the food for the Ottoman Empire should be ready."
"No problem, but is there a food shortage in the Ottoman Empire?" Anne asked with some confusion, "It seems that the territory of the Ottoman Empire is not small."
"My dear, the standard of a strong agricultural country is to be able to ensure that there will be no famine in the country during a total war. There are actually not many such countries. Many countries cannot guarantee food production when war comes." Sheffield corrected, "The most powerful part of the United States is what we Democrats call the Great Agricultural Empire."
Unfortunately, the attributes of the United States as an agricultural empire could only be brought into play in the industrial age. And because of the Arctic cold current, agricultural production in the United States was often wiped out by the cold current in the agricultural age. As a result, during the agricultural age, most of the territory of the United States was the activity area of nomadic peoples.
This is like the United States having a unique industrial foundation, but not even being able to stand in the beginning of the agricultural era. If you want to bring out the attributes of agricultural hegemony, you must have the industrial era.
The land of the United States was destined to wait for an outside power to bring the framework to unleash the full potential of the Industrial Age. This is the fucked-up fact that America was almost destined to be colonized.
Another agricultural empire is France. Before the Civil War, the Democratic Party proposed the agricultural empire route based on France. The strength of French agriculture was obvious in the First World War. The German army occupied one-fifth of French land. The French were beaten to their doorsteps, and half of France was a war zone.
By using half of the land that was not in the war zone, France was able to supply the French army in the fierce battle on the front line. On the contrary, many British soldiers in Britain, whose homeland was not affected much, even ate hard biscuits from ten years ago. Fortunately, the French army was fighting at home and did not have to rely on hard biscuits like the British army.
There was no way to deal with meat. Fresh meat naturally could not last too long. After losing a large area of northern France, France soon began to import all kinds of meat products from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and even China. Pork quickly replaced beef, and the soldiers had no choice.
As for vegetables, the French classified rice as a vegetable. In order to distinguish whether the German soldiers were facing the British or the French, they could tell by looking for white in the absence of military flags. French soldiers usually poured the remaining rice outside the trenches after eating the soup base, so that the Germans could see a white patch outside the French positions from a distance, but this would not happen in front of the British trenches.
If the opposite had happened and France had invaded Germany during World War I and turned half of Germany into a war zone, Sheffield had no doubt that Germany would not have been able to supply military rations.
"But the United Company's agriculture isn't making much money," Anne interrupted as she listened to her husband bragging.
"I use these grains to make money? I use grains as weapons. No country in the world can go against the United States in agriculture. You also know that the farms of the United Company have a two-year break. What if they don't take turns?"
On the issue of agriculture, the slave owners were absolutely confident that if the per capita food consumption of the Republic was the same, and the United States did not take turns and used all its land for agricultural production, it could produce food for two billion people in a year.
For a country like Egypt, if the United States makes a move on food, 90 million Egyptians will starve to death. Every Arab country with insufficient food self-sufficiency dares not say no to the United States.
The Ottoman Empire was indeed experiencing a food shortage. Although the war was over soon, the cost of mobilizing soldiers was huge. The land in the area where the Turks of the Ottoman Empire were located was not particularly good. The Mesopotamian region was the area of the Arabs, and the situation within the empire was more delicate.
Now is William Pasha's chance to save the Ottoman Empire. As Anne said, food actually has very low profits for the United States, but here in Sheffield, food is a lifesaver for many countries.
Freighters loaded with food set sail from the ports of the United States, disappointing the Ottoman Empire and giving the defeated empire a little comfort. Of course, the most angry country in the world right now is the Kingdom of Italy.
The Italians fought desperately in North Africa, and the French army occupied half of Libya as soon as it appeared. In addition, the dispute in the Balkans strengthened the positions between the Allies and the Central Powers. It was not a good thing for Germany and Austria-Hungary to help blame the French. It would only make the French feel that the Central Powers had bad intentions and should take the initiative to curb Italy's expansion in Africa.
On the streets of Rome, angry Italians expressed their passion, hoping that the government would take a tough stance against France.
For more than a thousand years, since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the people of this city have never been so brave. This time, the French have trampled on the dignity of the Italians and do not take the sixth largest power in Europe seriously.
"Oh, Italians!" The slave owner who was waiting for the trial of the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People made an inexplicable comment when he saw the content of the international edition of the League of Nations.
"What happened to the Italians?" Alice Roosevelt came over with coffee and asked Jesla who was standing behind Sheffield, "What did you give William again?"
Alice Roosevelt knew that the head of the bodyguards was always sending telegrams to slave owners all over the place in a sneaky way. Sheffield must have seen something again.
"The Italians are threatening to go to war with France!" Sheffield said sarcastically, "They'd better not do it, otherwise when France occupies all of Italy, the balance of Europe will be broken."
“In the eyes of many Dixies, Latins, excluding France, are half black.” When questioned by Alice Roosevelt, Jesla did not dare not answer and explained why his boss was laughing.
"Aren't the French also part of the Latins?" Alice Roosevelt asked suspiciously, "Is it because Anne is French that the French were excluded?"
"Anne doesn't have that ability. The French are not in the category of Latins because they are a truly powerful country. Spain and Italy are not!" Sheffield put down the newspaper and said, "It's just that simple. Everyone bullies the weak and fears the strong."
This problem is just like Schrödinger's Russians. If you are strong, even if you are at odds with Western Europe, you are still part of the white world. If you are weak, even if you show goodwill to Western Europe, Russia is not part of the white world. It is so simple.
Just as he was about to say something, the phone rang. When he picked up the receiver, Sheffield heard Morgan Jr.'s voice, "Andrew Mellon wants to talk to us. What do you think?"
"It's not a question of how I look at it. You eat the meat and I drink some soup. The main output is still you and John. I can only do some dirty work. Ask the Ministry of Justice when the heads of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be formally tried." Sheffield changed into a comfortable posture and said lazily, "I'll listen to you two."
"We will launch a related plan and remove the Mellon family's industry from the domestic industrial system within half a year." Morgan Jr. hesitated and said, "Of course, that will take a long time and cost a lot. John and I suggest that if we acquire the electrolytic aluminum industry at the current stock price, we can let him go."
"I'm afraid of future troubles. In fact, we can add another step and let the three of us acquire shares in the bank controlled by the Mellon family. This way, we can completely strangle the Mellon family and prevent them from taking revenge on us in the future. If we just take away the electrolytic aluminum, the Mellon family is still quite powerful and everything will be uncertain."
"Good idea. Absorbing the Mellon family's bank will have a huge impact on our development." Morgan Jr. agreed with Sheffield's words. "Andrew Mellon will arrive in New York tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Let's talk about it together."
"I've already said it, it's mainly you guys who should do the talking, I'm just along for the ride." Sheffield hung up the phone happily, shaking his fist at the air, "Another opponent can't stand it anymore."
(End of this chapter)
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