Chapter 729 The Next Generation’s Wedding
"I never thought you would notify Anne, and that she would actually come." Edith Rockefeller sighed, "She is an impeccable wife who will hardly refute your ideas. No one can replace her."
Sheffield seemed quite happy to hear this, but after thinking about it carefully, he asked unhappily, "Did you ever want to replace her?"
"I've thought about it, but I can't do it. When you're not in Arlington, she not only calls you all the time, but her maid also reports her schedule to you every day. She's too careful." Edith Rockefeller said honestly, "It's like living in a glass case that's only open to your eyes."
"I'm quite suspicious, but one thing is not what you think. The maid next to her is not mine. She reports her daily routine and who she meets according to her wishes." Sheffield shrugged and said, "Put yourself in her shoes. She has sacrificed a lot for me. It's really a one-sided trust! I have good vision."
Edith Rockefeller did not see everything. The Arlington hostess also had an important mission, which was to monitor his two sisters who had returned from France and prevent the loss of property within the family that should not have occurred.
So far, the two sisters whose names he had forgotten had not done anything wrong. This was good, maybe the two sides could live in peace.
In the current public domain, many people intuitively feel that the situation faced by slave owners is not good. The League of Nations' firm anti-war speech was finally met with malicious retaliation from the evil federal government. Several senior journalists and media people were taken away by Konstantinovich's FBI, and with the help of Sheffield, they filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court on the grounds of freedom of speech.
Anne, who came out with her son, also asked about this matter after arriving in New York, whether it was as serious as the rumors said.
"The new bill needs to establish its authority, and the best sacrifice is of course the League of Nations, which defends freedom of speech and is firmly against the war." Sheffield said nonchalantly in front of his wife, "I am willing to be dealt with on my own initiative, so that citizens will know that joining the war is inevitable. From another perspective, I can also get the understanding of the Allies. I still have to do business after the war."
"I'm afraid that some people who have suffered at your hands will laugh at you now." Anne, who was holding her little son, was not as relaxed as her husband. "In terms of the overall public opinion environment, the country is suppressing pro-Allied opinions. What if someone takes advantage of the situation? Although many people know that your pro-Allied attitude is fake, I'm afraid that when they want to make trouble for you, they will simply ignore the facts."
"Then kill those troublemakers!" The little son in the woman's arms waved his little fists and shouted in a childish voice.
"Look at my Douglas!" Sheffield took his youngest son Douglas Sheffield and lifted him up high, saying with a proud face, "The spirit of slave owners has been passed down from generation to generation. Our family is a cancer growing in the heart of the United States. Anyone who wants to touch us must commit suicide. Look at your two sons, Alexander and Douglas. They will definitely be stronger than the previous generation."
"You only know how to say nice things. It's enough for me to learn a little more from you." Anne covered her mouth and chuckled. She was quite satisfied with her husband's attitude. She knew that the legitimate heir was better.
"It's normal for each generation to be stronger than the previous one. There's nothing special about me." Sheffield shook his head. "Don't think that the past is better than the present. People who come later will definitely learn from experience more easily than those who came before, and they will go further and further."
The slave owners did not think highly of the ancients and despised the present. Even from the perspective of life evolution, it was impossible. The individual combat power of Dunkleosteus, Pliosaurs, and Mosasaurs was not at the same level as the Megalodon and Megacetus, which were very recent. Moreover, the largest individual creature was also the blue whale living in modern society.
Today's ocean overlords, killer whales, are not as physically strong as their predecessors, but they are social, and their groups can communicate with each other through language. What's more, killer whales are one of the few creatures other than humans that have racial thinking. Their habitats are spread across all oceans, and they are the most widely distributed mammals other than humans, except for a pair of hands!
"By the way, Jesla said that Arlington ordered the fleet to transport a lot of Vietnamese people from Hanoi to France." Sheffield asked while holding his youngest son, "Is this true?"
"France needs a fleet to help transport colonial soldiers, and we have some spare shipping capacity in the Philippines," Anne replied nervously. "We've paid for it."
"Just pay!" Sheffield immediately stopped the topic and said casually, "You are the mistress of Arlington and you have the final say. Use the manpower of those colonies when necessary. Don't be polite. To be honest, the French are not as flexible as the British in this regard. They have the right not to use expired items. This is a simple truth."
"Well, Paris is not as skilled as London in this regard, and it doesn't trust the colonies. But now we have to do it. Our French manpower is far inferior to Germany, and the battlefields are all in our own country." Anne said with some concern, "This war will cause great harm to both sides. Fortunately, Vietnam is still supportive and has sent some manpower to help."
"The Vietnamese can be used. It's better to recruit more soldiers and use this conscription to consume Vietnam's manpower." Sheffield did not pursue Anne's personal order. Instead, he felt that it was not enough. "If it doesn't work, you can capture the men. Can they run away after getting on the ship? In fact, you can issue some more direct orders, such as restarting the triangular trade. The crew of Black Gold Company will definitely understand."
"Isn't that a bit too direct?" Anne was startled and whispered. How could she not know that her husband was using a more neutral term for the slave trade.
"A world war can cover up some unimportant things." Sheffield said calmly, "Anyway, just let Black Gold Company do it. No one will care. As long as the Paris government is okay, then there will be no problem."
Sheffield didn't think there was any room for maneuver in Vietnam, but when he thought of the Cross incident in the Persian Gulf, he thought it would be better to let an important member of the Allied Powers do something similar. That way, everyone would do bad things, and after the war, they wouldn't talk about their actions on the battlefield.
All that was sacrificed were some Vietnamese lives. Anyway, colonies would become independent sooner or later.
While Annie was thinking, Sheffield still felt uneasy and said, "Let the Chinese in the Philippines organize people to capture the men."
"Huh? Why?" Anne asked in confusion, "It's a French colony."
"The Vietnamese are not afraid of the French, just listen to me." Sheffield said in an unquestionable tone, "Triangular trade is always risky, and we have to share this risk. At the same time, the Chinese in the Philippines will join in, and the joint company will be better able to control them. I'm not stopping them from making money, but this money must be made with blood."
Provoking conflicts and dividing and ruling is not the patent of any particular nation. The British are experts in this. Even the Belgians could divide Rwanda into Tutsi and Hutu. What's so difficult about that?
After the military occupation of Haiti ended, Sheffield was considering lobbying the federal government to annex Haiti to Cuba. But before that, it was necessary to use the Cuban-dominated army to ethnically cleanse Haiti. It would be better to make enemies before annexing.
All this has nothing to do with the United Company. As we all know, Sheffield is a famous representative of the anti-war movement in the United States. The order was issued by Anne. If future generations recall the events of this period, they will find that he, the boss of the United Company, was suing the federal government in the name of freedom of speech. In the end, he, the anti-war representative, was brutally suppressed, and the United States entered the war in the name of stopping the war from continuing.
Another thing is that he is currently busy arranging the wedding for his child with Edith Rockefeller and there is no way he can get involved in this triangular trade.
The Marble Palace of the Vanderbilt family in New York was where Sheffield held the wedding for his son William Rockefeller and the daughter of the steel tycoon Margaret Carnegie. The guests who received the invitation included but were not limited to the Mellon family, the DuPont family, Lowell, Adams, McHale from Arizona, Gale from Puerto Rico, and tobacco tycoon James Duke.
This wedding in the Marble Palace has become a benchmark for the wealthy in the country's upper class, which has made the members of the host family, the Vanderbilt family, very grateful. At the same time, they were busy greeting the guests.
"The descendants of the railroad king see you now as if they have seen God." Little Morgan said with a teasing look on his face, "If you hadn't forced their family to stay, who would take them seriously now?"
"You can't say that. When I was broke, they gave me the much-needed funds to fill the gap." Sheffield held the wine glass, "Everything now is just a reward."
"William!" Konstantinovich saw this group of wealthy people from a distance and came over to greet them. "So you're here. I wanted to talk to you about your reporters from the Associated Press. They were as quiet as kittens when they entered the FBI, and now they're shouting about freedom of speech when they come out."
"Haha, isn't that how they live?" Rockefeller Jr. laughed and said to the FBI director, "According to William, kneeling down and punching at the same time is professional."
"I suspect you are mocking me, but I have no evidence." Sheffield drank the wine in his glass. "This wedding cost $750,000. As your uncle, won't you reimburse me?"
"Hi, Adams, you're here!" Rockefeller Jr. waved towards the locations of several Boston families and slipped away.
(End of this chapter)
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