Annabell slowly walked out of the church and without looking back she said to Sheffield who was following behind her silently, "I am old and I don't have time to slowly change your mind. You must accept the nature of the world.

This is not a negotiation, but a necessity."

"Ordinary people should think about what they should do for the United States, but we are not ordinary people. What we should think about is what the United States can do for me. If this is not true, then the United States has no meaning to me." Anna.

Bell got on the carriage with the help of the servant, leaving a place for Sheffield and said calmly, "From now on, part of the property will be left to you to take care of. While I still have energy, I can help you in some places.

Any ideas?"

"I have a lot of ideas, and I've been thinking about them recently." Sheffield naturally knew the subtext of Lafayette, and what he wanted most was to restore the status that once dominated the United States.

Combining the domestic and international situations of this era, Sheffield is not without some ideas. The internal situation of the United States is that, according to some terminology of later generations, the current United States mainly relies on domestic demand for development and does not rely heavily on foreign countries. This aspect is also because the United States

It is a country of immigrants, with a steady stream of immigrants receiving blood transfusions. On the other hand, this is not possible.

Because the industry of the United States can now be said to be unrivaled in terms of scale, and its development momentum far exceeds that of the so-called old imperialist countries in Europe. However, it is only in terms of scale and has no competitiveness at all in terms of product power and quality.

This uncompetitive comparison can even compete with the Soviet Union a few decades later. The scale is not as explosive as the Republic a hundred years later, but the times are different, and the growth in this era is indeed shocking.

The internal environment is that the industry of the United States is still in the stage of extensive development. It has no scale and no strong products. It is not as well-known in the world as European countries, so it cannot be sold. The external environment is that the countries in Europe, led by the British Empire, put the Monroe Doctrine

Consider it a fart to prevent the United States from establishing influence in America.

The industrial products of the United States cannot compete with Europe, and they can only rely on falling costs to find markets. Therefore, the poor countries in Latin America under our noses are very important, because at this stage, the products of the United States can only rely on the location and scale of the United States to barely compete with Europe.

Latin American competition, if even Latin America cannot win, other markets will not be able to compete with European industrial products.

If you can't compete with European countries even in poor countries, let's not mention the larger market. At present, there are not many companies that can really go outside the United States, and Standard Oil is the leader among them.

If the industrial products of the United States have been blocked for digestion at home and cannot be transferred externally, economic crises will occur frequently, either inflation or deflation.

Naturally, Latin American countries have become extremely important. If I am weak, I will develop industry behind closed doors. But if I have the foundation, it is not appropriate to work behind closed doors. If I want to move to a higher level, I must open the door to other markets. At present, the United States

Latin America is the only choice. This is why the United States is so bellicose in the Venezuelan crisis. Even if it is prepared to be beaten to a bloody head, it must show that the Monroe Doctrine is not an empty talk and cannot be allowed to

Bankruptcy.

But to be fair, although the United States at the end of the 19th century is far from being called a white lotus, compared with the old imperialist countries in Europe, it is worthy of being a beacon of humanity. The United States does not need to be perfect, as long as it looks better than Europeans.

Just a little will do. After all, this is a worse world.

"Grandma, if possible, I would like to go to Europe and see what kind of environment Europe is like now." Before returning to the manor and getting off the carriage, Sheffield requested with an expectant look.

"Europe? What are you going to do? Forget it, since you want to go, I need some time to prepare and arrange for you to go." Annabel actually wanted to object, but when she thought of other reasons, she still didn't say the objection.

, hesitated and said, "Your father is in Paris. If you have time, it would be nice to meet him, but it's not important."

Annabel has been completely disappointed with the previous generation of heirs, but she believes that this generation of heirs will not repeat the same mistakes. What is so good about Europe? Why are there so many people in the United States who worship foreign countries now?

"Prepare? Prepare for what?" Sheffield didn't understand. He just went to Europe. What was there to prepare for?

"Have someone escort you there, safety is the most important thing!" Annabelle glanced at Sheffield and said, "Even if you have great ideals, you have to live a long time to realize them. For a positive example, look at Rockefeller, the stone king, this upstart has spent his whole life

There are only two ideals, make money and live long. Negative examples are your grandfather and my husband."

"Oh, Texas Militia?" Sheffield has always felt that it is not normal for an existence like his own family to be remnants of the previous dynasty, and to only retain some visible operations. There must be something unknown.

The dark forces, but where are they? He seems to have never seen the relevant personnel.

"The militia is what happened after the Texas Legion was disbanded. After all, they are not a private force in the family in name. They can be used as a demonstration tool, but you can't count on them when doing things." Since Annabel had planned to let Sheffield Xia Bo operate,

Naturally, they will not hide it, "They are outside the United States. The station on the African side is Liberia, and the station on the American side is in Haiti. This force has nothing to do with your grandfather. It belongs to my family."

When Sheffield heard about these two countries, he already knew something about them. In later generations, these two countries were well-known as the two biggest losers in the United States. It had to be said that Lafayette was really good at choosing places. But maybe it was his predecessors who chose them.

The predecessors of these minions of capitalism are actually the armed forces engaged in international transportation and trade and labor buying and selling when Annabel was young. Generally speaking, they are slave hunting teams, with more than 2,000 people, including 500 people in Liberia and 500 people in Haiti.

Nearly two thousand people, ostensibly all employees of ocean shipping, but their essence has not changed.

More than two thousand people are definitely not enough to fight a war. It is more than enough to kill, rob, and dominate the mountain.

"Isn't there any official name? Just call it the Slave Hunters?" Sheffield scratched his scalp, wasn't that a bit too blatant?

"When your grandfather was alive, he wanted to rename them the Blackwater Company. I don't like the name very much. Africa is the land of gold, and later it was renamed the Sheffield Black Gold Company." Annabelle said with a dumb smile, "It won't work after sending the telegram.

They will be here in a few days and will take you to Europe."
Chapter completed!