After settling these allies, Sheffield made a calculation. Among the current business scope of the United Company, in addition to the land in the hands of Lafayette, it also owns supermarket chains, United Fruit Company, beverage industry, automobile industry and real estate, as well as the Panama Canal.

Projects can be profitable, but the most profitable industries are smuggling and private prisons. Making money does not mean the total amount, but the two projects with the smallest investment and the largest profit.

As the largest smuggling leader in the United States of America today, Sheffield must thank this era, when only death and taxes are eternal. The US Taxation Bureau is not very powerful at the moment. At least it does not have the ability to point a gun at his head.

"Pay taxes!" Sheffield sighed. He should really think about how to avoid taxes legally. After all, this thing is always a hidden danger.

"Are you still afraid of the little tax department? Didn't you say that as long as you want to do anything in this country, no one can stop you? Just brag in front of women!" Natalia pushed a glass of milk down in front of Sheffield.

He ordered rudely, "Drink, don't be listless every day."

"For a family like yours, the tax bureau is almost like God. I can escape from the sight of the tax bureau because of the environment in the southern states. In addition to the southern states, whether in Chicago or Los Angeles, my tax

Everything is very clear!" Sheffield boasted shamelessly, "I'm not a stubborn person. It's best to escape if you can. If you can't escape, just hand it in honestly."

He frowned and drank the milk that was pushed to him, then said with a mouthful, "Actually, I hate drinking milk. In my eyes, this thing is worse than drinking a glass of water. Also, you underestimated the Federal Tax Service."

The predecessor of the Federal Tax Service was established by Lincoln to support consumption during the Civil War. During this period, many farmers and factory owners were unwilling to pay taxes, hid their income, and even violently resisted taxes. Therefore, due to the wartime system and considerations, the tax agency was

Mobilizing the power of the military to "arm tax collection". Later, this authority was retained, evolved and even improved. The tax department had its own armed organization, equipped with everything from light weapons to heavy weapons, cells, prisons, courts, and

The power to freeze property can be implemented directly without application.

"But you don't seem to have mentioned anything about this!" Natalia tilted her head and asked in confusion, "Aren't you afraid?"

"That was the environment in the south before. After the Civil War, the southern states were severely deprived of territory by the Yankees. There was almost nothing to lose, so smuggling was naturally ignored. Who can say that they have not fought against the tax bureau?

But I didn’t have to worry about it before. The tax bureau is a tough opponent for any company, but public opinion must always be considered. The South was so poor after losing the Civil War, and smuggling fed hundreds of thousands of people. This kind of

Who are they going to arrest for such large-scale smuggling? Of course, the most fundamental reason is that the United Company is an international enterprise that pays special attention to armed forces. The tax bureau has it, except for the courts, the United Company does not have it, and there are private armed forces and private prisons.

"

After explaining the general environment and key points to Natalia, Sheffield changed the subject and said, "But now I have to start paying taxes. In the future, slowly, the harm of smuggling to the United Company will be greater than the harm."

benefit."

Because it was an election year, Sheffield stayed in New Orleans to plan the move of the automobile production line. Then he saw James, the manager representing Standard Oil, come to visit. As a senior manager, this man had represented Standard Oil a few years ago.

Standard Oil went to Arlington to negotiate, and Sheffield had not yet graduated from college at that time.

"The boss invited Mr. Sheffield to invest in a hospital and school, and the destination is China!" James said his purpose, which seemed to be a good thing, to do charity.

"No, John doesn't know that I never do charity!" Sheffield turned his eyes and flatly refused, "If you want to build a stadium, an orphanage, etc., I can help, but I won't do other things."

The stadium is to promote happy education, and the orphanage has a greater meaning of kindness. After all, the children are very pitiful. Moreover, the United Company has its own tradition of training employees and has been doing so since the Civil War.

"Um? Mr. Sheffield, United Company has always advertised internationalization!" James glanced at Sheffield in surprise and said blankly, "I wonder why it doesn't play an important role in this matter?"

"Because there is no medical industry in my industry, I don't need to ask people from other countries to test medicines for free." Sheffield raised his eyebrows and said, "At the same time, my brain is not broken, and I don't think that I will give someone some medical money if I beat them up.

People don’t hate me anymore. To put it simply, the internationalization of United Company is to strike hard at countries that have no ability to resist. Anyway, I don’t worry about future retaliation, so I won’t do it.”

The Rockefeller family is involved in the medical industry, and the Morgan family is involved in the insurance industry. They are all trying to make money from diseases. When it is their turn, there is no room for them to start from diseases.

As for building schools in China, the essential reason is that Chinese people’s hatred of white people has been noticed by other countries. The president of the University of Illinois claimed in a memorandum to the Senate: “Which country can educate this generation of Chinese young people?

The country will be able to reap the greatest rewards in terms of spiritual and commercial impact from the efforts expended in this area.”

The main meaning of this sentence is to hope that the United States can increase its capital in controlling the minds of the next generation of young people, so that they will have a better and better impression of the United States in the future and become more and more convinced that the United States is their savior.

Sheffield knows the evolution of history. The group of people attracted by the United States are the most stubborn gunmen who can't support the wall. The most fundamental role played by the gunmen is to let the United States see how blind it is in choosing allies.

It’s a terrible situation. Through the artillery party, the United States has been under the hostility of China for decades.

This is exactly the opposite of the purpose of the federal government at the beginning, so of course Sheffield categorically refused to do something that was destined to fail. He did not want to get involved in this kind of bad thing, take out funds and watch the gun gangs return to the United States with the money.

Stock market trading.

"Ah, okay!" James gave a difficult smile, and looked at Sheffield with a trace of contempt in his eyes.

"Hmph!" After the other party left, Sheffield chuckled and said to himself, "It turns out that the federal government's self-confidence didn't start after World War II?"

In the Rockefeller Manor in New York, young Rockefeller smiled helplessly while holding the telegram, and said to his father, "Father, William still behaves like a slave owner. He can obviously gain a good reputation in the world, and the investment is not very big, so why not

Do?"

"Judging from the current situation, he is indeed very busy now, and there is another election this year. He may still be studying with the Democratic Party how to deal with the election campaign. If he doesn't join, he won't join!" Rockefeller still looked so serious.

Like, "Isn't that what the Dixie people of the South are like!"

Even a person like Rockefeller could not avoid doing this at this time and fired a map cannon.

If this behavior is attributed to the thinking of the Dixie people, then Sheffield can only accept it. He does not think that he can do bad things and not want to be remembered. That is impossible. Even black people in Africa cannot forget.

Despite the pain of being colonized, the federal government of the United States still thinks that it can change its reputation with a little favor. How naive is this?

He may not be as noble as other companies, but his status as a slave owner also brings benefits, that is, Sheffield is not naive and knows that he is doing bad things. He has always dealt with the weak with heavy blows without mercy, and has always treated those with potential.

existence, he would not offend it from the beginning, and would rather not participate than be targeted.

"Even if I don't go to China to build hospitals and schools, I will still have a better reputation than them in the future. It was me who gave jobs to Chinese people despite the Chinese Exclusion Act. Although the salary was a little lower, I never defaulted on wages. The Yang guys in the north don't understand.

One point, for people in many countries, they will not thank you until you take the initiative to express goodwill. They will only thank you if you don't show up in front of them."

Sheffield has no regrets at all about rejecting the Rockefeller family's charity. It is a big pit that he will not jump into. If other companies want to jump into it, he will not object.

In the middle of the year, Sheffield has successfully relocated an automobile production line and is recruiting workers locally in New Orleans. In fact, the scale of the automobile production line will continue to expand, and small batch exports have begun. Listen to Ramon Hess

Sheffield calculated the results of the returns and said, "From the automotive field, Germany is our competitor, but you also know that the German Empire is not big and has shortcomings in resources, so it is very poor in oil and automobile exports.

It will drive oil exports. Our goal is very simple. Let cars that use oil beat steam locomotives. France and Germany are both very strong in steam locomotives, but their potential is not as good as our automobile industry. Do you think this year's automobile exports can reach

How many?"

"Fifty thousand!" Ramon Hess pondered for a moment before giving his answer, "Half of them are exported to Europe, and the markets in other countries are still being developed."

"Is that so? It's still a little bit worse!" Sheffield thought for a moment and said, "It's not easy to swallow up other people's markets, but aren't cars very popular in Latin America now? For this matter, you can ask Gale and McHale

Between the two of them, no one knows more about things in Brazil than they do, and they have been fighting for several years."

"I know, boss!" Ramon Hess smiled and sighed, "New Orleans has simply undergone earth-shaking changes. Everyone here should thank you."

"If they don't show some actual thanks, they might as well thank God! The state House of Representatives promised me that if the pattern of this election does not change, it will hand over the management of the state prison to me!" Sheffield yawned, "It's not in vain.
Chapter completed!