Chapter 35: Father of the United States
"I am the heir to the Sheffield family!" Sheffield sat on the carriage indignantly, with Anne, the Countess' daughter, beside him. Their destination actually had no destination, they were just wandering around.
Anne secretly looked at the unsmiling Sheffield. This boy wore a top hat and had a gold chain on his left chest. He was very sensitive to time. He looked at his pocket watch several times just by spending time with her.
His face was full of seriousness, and he seemed not to be easily approached. He had not spoken since he got on the carriage.
Sheffield was certainly not very comfortable, and the reason for his discomfort was simple. He was the heir. He was kicked out of a key meeting place, which made anyone feel uncomfortable. But everyone present seemed to have a high profile.
It was not easy for him to do anything to embarrass the old man, so he could only leave with a smile on his face, and a countess' daughter was thrust out.
"Why are you pretending to be so mature?" Anne estimated that if she continued, she would not wait for Sheffield to take the initiative to speak, so she broke the silence by herself. If the man did not take the initiative, she could only take the initiative herself.
"Because I am young, I have to dress more maturely. If I am older, I have to do the opposite." Sheffield leaned on the backrest and answered politely. When others were doing no harm to him, he always
They are all very polite, and this is not directed at anyone, both men and women are the same.
"Actually, I'm not that old either. Mom said I'm the same age as you." Annie said with a sweet smile, "I understand what mom means. She wants me to be friends with you."
"Now it is!" Sheffield unconsciously made a small movement and took out his pocket watch to check the time. Suddenly he thought that this was not polite and inconsistent with his hypocritical style, so he stuffed it back without saying anything. Thinking that he must find something to talk about.
, and asked, "What are the identities of the people who went to the apartment today."
"Paris Interior Minister Adeno, Police Chief Parmer, Fuld from the Ministry of Finance, Morny from the Ministry of Justice, they all have the support of the corporate and financial industry behind them!" Anne, who has followed her mother in and out of high society all year round, has arrived.
She was no stranger to these characters, and she told Sheffield everything she knew. However, her English was average, which made Sheffield feel weird.
Internal affairs, police, finance, justice? Just hearing these words, Sheffield knew that the old man's connections in Paris were actually very good. Isn't this kind of department a powerful department in the general sense?
Without any reason, Sheffield became slightly more confident in achieving his goal. He did not believe that the so-called republican system could eliminate things called corruption.
In Sheffield's eyes, even the most capitalist United States is like that. The situation in Europe is definitely not much better. It may even be worse. His family relies on collusion between government and business to dominate, so he is not opposed to this.
France has more interests than the United States, because in addition to businessmen and parties, this country also has a faction called the royalists. France, which is always revolutionary, also has a strong group that supports the royal power.
Groups that support the royal power have always had a strong influence in the Third Republic. Until the Boulanger incident a few years ago, and the Dreyfus case that emerged this year, new changes have occurred among the French people, who are moving visibly to the right.
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This change is that the French, who were licking their wounds after the Franco-Prussian War, began to have thoughts of revenge. The French and the United States these days are actually similar. They are all looking at outsiders to find faults. However, the United States excludes immigrants, and the French mainly hate them.
Britain and Germany, Sheffield knows, there is a high probability that this fire will spread to the Germans.
The old man has been enjoying life in Paris for so many years, and it seems that he still has some merits. Although it has sacrificed his appearance, which may not sound good, but it is an advantage compared to Sheffield, and he has saved a lot of costs. Maybe it will bring benefits.
It's bigger than the disadvantages.
After hearing what the daughter of the countess said, Sheffield thought for a moment and asked Anne, "Your family should be a member of the royalist faction? But it has been more than 20 years, and the royalist faction now is not as strong as it used to be.
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The royalists were very powerful in the early days of the Second French Republic, and even most people believed that France would definitely return to dynastic rule. However, in the end the republican government gained a firm foothold. Needless to say, the mistakes of the royalists were made, but the results proved that
There is no return to dynastic rule. I believe that the royalists have also recognized this in their hearts by the end of the century.
"My mother used to have a very good relationship with President McMahon!" Anne nodded. McMahon was a staunch royalist president, but obviously the girl didn't want to mention this too much, so she changed the subject and said, "I don't know about the relationship between the United States and the United States.
How does France compare?”
"Better than France!" Sheffield said categorically. Is the world's beacon of capitalism kidding you? He could see France's prosperous prostitution industry at a glance. With its huge territorial base, the civilian class in the United States is far greater than that in France.
The people at the bottom are living a good life.
Including his own family, the Rockefeller, Morgan, and DuPont families together would not account for more than 50% of the wealth of the United States, but France could not be sure.
Although the French financial industry has developed rapidly and is catching up with the British Empire, this thing has nothing to do with ordinary people. Not to mention that France’s capital exports are all aimed abroad. Can usury imperialism benefit the entire French people? That is impossible
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"The United States is an excellent place for investment, there is no doubt about this." Harry Sheffield said categorically, "Only by taking the United States high-speed train can the whole of France take a further step. And you all know that now the United States and the United Kingdom
The relationship between the United States and the United States is very poor. You and I both understand that the success of the United States in independence depends on the great France. The freedom of the United States today was forged by the French, and the Statue of Liberty is the best evidence. The great France, and the great
The United States has a long and unbreakable alliance, a fighting friendship that any citizen of the United States knows."
Facing Interior Minister Adeno, Police Chief Palmer, Fuld from the Treasury Department, Morny from the Ministry of Justice, and powerful figures in France, Harry Sheffield claimed to praise the history of the Franco-American alliance, but deeply expressed that there was no French
There would be no United States today, and he criticized the British for their despicability.
Chapter completed!