Chapter 741: Just a Cold
Sheffield returned to the church. God was very considerate and the slave owners could not go too far.
"Don't let them out this year. I'll see who dares to disobey." At the end of the call, Sheffield said to his wife, "There's nothing to worry about. You are the hostess of Arlington. Don't you have this little authority?"
"I feel relieved when you say that!" Annie asked, "What happened that makes you so nervous?"
"It's nothing now!" Sheffield said, "Just listen to me. Can I harm my wife?"
"If you don't want to tell me, just come back early." Annie said sympathetically, "You don't have a woman to take care of you right now, and I'm afraid you'll be lonely. Even if I have more bodyguards, I can't do everything for you."
"We have more people than you can count." Sheffield laughed and said, "Okay, dear, I'll hang up first."
Just after hanging up the phone, Jessla pushed the door open and looked out. Feeling that he had not disturbed anything, he spoke, "Boss, the department manager of Black Gold Company responsible for the Prison Trust and Arkham Asylum is here."
"Let him in." Sheffield said concisely while flipping through the resume. Not long after, a man in his forties walked in. What was most striking was his iconic big nose and Eastern European appearance.
Sheffield, holding the other party's resume, motioned for him to sit down and crossed his legs, but the desk blocked his view. After a moment's study, he said, "Berzin, my memory is not bad. You were the head of the Havana Observation Group during the Spanish-American War, right?"
"The boss's memory is beyond compare." Berzin lowered his head slightly and replied with a hint of honor.
"That's not the case. I always remember people by their deeds. There are always some memorable things in a person's life. You happened to be one of them, and I just happened to remember you." Sheffield acted in a way that Edith Rockefeller thought was overly modest, and said gently, "Tell me about the specific situation in the prison."
"Our prison trust now holds a total of 780,000 people. When the boss established the prison trust, he emphasized that it was for the local state governments to detain serious criminals. Naturally, the prisoners in the prison trust are all serving long sentences, and there are many people who have been convicted twice or three times. Among them, there are 500,000 black criminals." Although Berzin was a little nervous when he met the boss for the first time, he quickly adjusted his state and talked freely, "As for the profit figures..."
The slave owners didn't listen at all, so naturally the financial department went to check the accounts, which showed that there were 500,000 black prisoners.
The population of the United States officially exceeded 100 million in 1914, the year the World War broke out. By 1918, the total population was 150 million. For many years, Sheffield had been constantly stirring up xenophobic thoughts, both overtly and covertly, and this certainly had an effect. The total black population remained stagnant and showed a certain degree of aging.
The black population now accounts for 8% of the country's population, which is more than 8 million people. Excluding half of the women, the elderly and children, there are 2 million young and middle-aged people between the ages of 25 and 35.
The World War happened to coincide with the period when the Democratic Party was in power, so the issue of whether black people were patriotic or not, through the leak of the Secretary of War Newton, quickly became a touchstone of the cohesion of the United States. In the barracks across the country, there were more than 200,000 black soldiers, who were ready to fight for this country with the idea of proving that no one was more patriotic than me.
But there is still a long way to go to achieve successful whitewashing like Argentina. Few people know that Argentina, a country with a population of 98% white, had a large black population at the beginning.
In fact, Argentina once had a large African population. In the early 19th century, blacks accounted for one-third of the population of Buenos Aires, and in several provinces in eastern and northern Argentina, one in every two people was black.
The Paraguayan War broke out, and Argentina, one of the victorious parties, lost nearly 30,000 soldiers, most of whom were black. This was actually due to the "whitewashing" policy of the Argentine government at the time. The then president Domingo Sarmiento hated all the remnants of the colonial era. At that time, a large number of black men were deceived and pulled into the army to form some military camps composed entirely of black people. These military camps were not only in poor conditions, but also did not receive the same equipment and training as white soldiers. Therefore, large numbers of black soldiers soon became cannon fodder on the battlefield.
After learning the truth, some blacks who had not yet joined the army fled to Uruguay and Brazil. Soon, the ratio of black men and women in Argentina became seriously unbalanced, and many black women could only choose to marry white men, constantly diluting the black bloodline in Argentine society.
When yellow fever later broke out in Buenos Aires, black residents once again bore the brunt of the disaster, as most of them lived in poor neighborhoods with a lack of sanitation and medical care.
After a hundred years of continuous efforts, Argentina successfully whitened its population and reduced the proportion of black people to a negligible level.
The condition of war consumption was now met, as the United States had officially entered the First World War. As for infectious diseases, although yellow fever did not appear, the infectious diseases that broke out in the Kansas military camp could also be used. Both conditions were met in 1918.
This was a golden opportunity for slave owners who had always wanted to reduce the black population in the country but were limited by the times and could not openly massacre them.
Now General Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Force, did not have a clear inclination on the issue of skin color, but how could the slave owner, who knew about the outbreak of the world war, not be prepared?
He sent a group of people to study in military academies every year, including the West Point Military Academy, starting from the Spanish-American War. Even Arthur MacArthur's son, Douglas MacArthur, received a scholarship from the United Corporation.
General Pershing might not help the slave owners realize their evil plans, but there were a large number of division commanders and regiment commanders under him who were deeply influenced by white supremacy before entering the military academy, and now they have become the officer class of the expeditionary force.
The conditions for consuming black people through war are already in place, and the second point is to wait for the outbreak of the influenza pandemic.
The slave owners knew about the truly deadly second wave of influenza. After a global voyage, the pandemic did not allow people to form herd immunity, but instead mutated into a more deadly virus. Moreover, it changed from affecting the weak and sick to a virus that specifically infects the prime of life. The better the physical fitness and the younger they feel, the more likely men and women between the ages of 25 and 35 are to be infected.
The slave owner, who had no interest in the old, weak, sick and disabled, really hoped for the outbreak of a second wave of influenza. He also had a prison trust that held a large number of black criminals, which he could use for targeted blasting.
With the total number of black people in the United States today, Sheffield knew that relying on war consumption and infectious diseases would not completely solve the problem like Argentina. He only hoped to reduce the proportion of the black population to less than 5% and severely damage the age structure of black people.
Just like the age gap that occurred in France during World War I, or the treatment of the Soviet Union during World War II, if this is done, the population growth of this ethnic group will naturally be weak, and may even continue for a period of time, and the trend of being left behind by the white group.
"Very good, Berzin. These dregs of humanity, criminals who never do good things, must be closely watched. This is very important for the entire country. I think you still have room for development. Department manager is far from your final destination. In a few years, you can enter the Black Gold Council and become a Black Gold Council member like John Connor and others." Sheffield praised generously, "Then wait for my news and compile the data from all the prisons."
"William Sheffield, put me through to Konstantinovich." Sheffield picked up the phone and asked the operator to connect to the FBI's private line. After a while, Konstantinovich's voice was heard. "Have you heard about the Brest-Litovsk Treaty?"
"That contract is a Soviet matter. What does it have to do with us? The ones who are anxious are Britain and France, and then it will be our turn, right?" Sheffield said indifferently, "But I heard that you just sent people to a military camp in Kansas. What's going on? An infectious disease?"
"It's not a big deal. The intensity of the infection is not bad, but it's not very powerful." Konstantinovich breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you were gathering information about the Soviet Union for Morgan, but it turns out it's just this matter. The power is just like a minor cold. Our investigation results show that it will not delay the expeditionary force's participation in the war. Both the president and Congress feel that the established plan should not be delayed at this time."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Sheffield said three times in a row, emphasizing, "It's just a minor cold. Now Germany has forced the Soviet Union to withdraw from the war and ended the fighting on the Eastern Front. Britain and France on the Western Front are under great pressure now. We can't delay the transportation of the expeditionary force because of this small matter. Otherwise, if the Germans turn around and take care of Britain and France, they will definitely not let us go."
Sheffield expressed his very sensible attitude and also expressed his willingness to cooperate with the federal government to block the news and pretend that this incident had never happened.
"The League of Nations will never bow to the federal government?" After hearing Sheffield's words, Konstantinovich mentioned Sheffield's righteous statement in front of the Supreme Court.
"But when it comes to state secrets, everything is different." Sheffield laughed and said, "Blocking the news is the business of an imperial country. The federal government made a democratic decision and finally decided not to announce it. In fact, it's just a minor cold anyway!"
After hanging up the phone, Sheffield looked at the national map sent by Jesla, which showed the densely populated black communities across the country. He instructed again, "It's too messy. Mark out the black communities around cities with a population of more than 100,000."
(End of this chapter)
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