The great United States will naturally breed great slave owners like Sheffield. This is all determined by the national system. In the eyes of slave owners, no system or civilization is special. There are two types of state power. One is money management.

Power, the other is power to manage money.

Fortunately, the great human beacon is the former one. Knox, the attorney general, has to go through an election every four years, but Sheffield, the slave owner, does not need to. Although private property is inviolable, it is only to a certain extent.

It is correct, but the risk of this kind of inheritance is much smaller than that of politicians.

Sheffield will always be a slave owner as long as he lives, and Knox will never be the attorney general even if he is alive. The foundations of the two are completely different. With this understanding, Sheffield feels that the attorney general is angry,

It's understandable. Watching monkey tricks can be a diversion from boring life.

This court debate can be said to be exciting, especially Attorney General Knox, who is worthy of his identity as an antitrust fighter and has exerted almost 200% of his combat effectiveness. As an Attorney General, he can compete with James in the debate.

To determine the outcome, you must know that James is a famous barrister in the United States.

Even if this trend continues, Sheffield feels that Northern Securities Company has not gained an advantage. As a businessman, he himself is biased against the federal government. To be more precise, Sheffield hates all governments, as long as this government restricts

You must hate yourself.

"If Northern Securities Company is dismantled in this trial, it is estimated that the subsequent series of tobacco trusts will not end well." Sheffield sighed, and his tone was not without sympathy for these companies.

"That's really bad news. I hope it won't happen." Edith Rockefeller also had a serious face, deeply feeling the necessity of bourgeois unity.

Although so far, there is no trend indicating that the federal government has any motivation to take action against Standard Oil, once there are too many antitrust law cases, it may be easier to take action against Standard Oil.

The exchanges between the prosecution and defense echoed in the tense trial hall. The repeated arguments in the lower courts ultimately boiled down to two focuses: first, whether Northern Securities Company restricted or conspired to restrict interstate commerce or competition; second, whether Northern Securities Company restricted or conspired to restrict interstate commerce or competition;

, whether a powerful monopoly destroys the rights of others.

These two events became the most intense confrontation between James and Knox. In the empty trial hall, the two voices echoed with waves, seeming to reverberate in everyone's hearts.

After the court debate ended, the nine judges of the Supreme Court had disagreements and could not make a trial in court, so they adjourned the court and announced the verdict at a later date. Now all this has nothing to do with the Ministry of Justice and Northern Securities Company, and has entered the internal affairs

At the stage of the debate, no one knows what the outcome will be.

In the midst of the storm, Edith Rockefeller of Sheffield invited two railroad magnates, Hartman and Hill, to a party to talk about their prospects for the final trial.

Of course, the slave owner wanted the Northern Securities Company to be dismantled, but he would not say it out loud. Instead, he expressed support for the struggle of the railway system, showing the unity of the monopoly bourgeoisie. "Whoever stops us from making money, we will kill him."

If my company is dismantled, I will definitely make the Department of Justice pay the price."

The slave owner, who could not stand talking without pain in his back, fired hard at the two railroad giants, hoping that they would give Knox a good show and that it would be best for the Attorney General to disappear.

Edith Rockefeller looked calm on the face, but based on her understanding of slave owners, she could conclude that now was the time when bad news was brewing. It was obvious that she wanted to kill Knox quickly, but she encouraged others to do it.

But the two parties were not familiar with each other to this extent. Edith Rockefeller felt that the slave owner's straightforward proposal was a bit too much, so she smoothed things over and said, "William is not very old and has not considered things very comprehensively. The two gentlemen laughed.

"

"Ah, yes, I just said it casually." Under the warning from Edith Rockefeller's stern eyes, Sheffield gave up decisively and admitted his mistake very insincerely, "I am young and ignorant.

It was Edith Rockefeller who took great care of me. If Edith hadn't helped me every day, I wouldn't have wanted to work hard."

Hartman and Hill didn't know the true meaning of "I don't want to work hard," and they sounded a little confused. But the relationship between Sheffield and the princess of the oil kingdom was basically a tacit thing among the upper class. For

Edith Rockefeller's behavior of old cows eating young grass is not without discussion.

Hartman laughed and said, "William is so successful at his age. It is inevitable that when he considers things, he always considers them according to the most favorable scenario. Thanks to Edith's constant help, the matter of Northern Securities Company needs to be solved."

It will take some time for the results to come out, and we will not talk about the Ministry of Justice."

"Hartman is right. Thank you for inviting us to be your guests. It's really touching to stand with us at this time." Hill didn't know what he thought of. His face was a little gloomy, but he recovered immediately.

As is.

"Hill, don't be like this, aren't we trying our best to strive for a result that is beneficial to us?" Hartman said, and then said to the two people in Sheffield, "I hope that in the end we can sit as relaxed as we did today.

Together."

After the two left, Sheffield said to Edith Rockefeller, "It seems that it will take some time to get the results. From what they said, they must be striving for something secretly."

"You would be foolish not to fight for it. If you fight for five out of nine prosecutors, you can win the case." Edith Rockefeller said angrily, "So what did you just say? You even suggested that the two of them would kill the Attorney General."

Kill."

"I didn't!" Sheffield denied flatly, implying that this thing was not stated clearly. Since it was not stated clearly, it did not exist.

Since no results could be obtained in a short period of time, there was no need for Sheffield to stay in Washington. He packed his bags and prepared to return to New Orleans. This time, he went back with Edith Rockefeller. Winter had already entered in the north.

According to the agreement between Sheffield and Edith Rockefeller, the slave owners really couldn't stand the life of always being on the road. In order to save time, Edith Rockefeller took the children with her during the period between the arrival of winter and the arrival of spring every year.

Live in New Orleans to escape the unfriendly climate of Chicago.

So this time, Edith Rockefeller took her children and lived together in a manor in New Orleans. She bought the manor next to Oak Manor and renamed it Edith Manor.

Near the end of the year, Evelin also traveled south from Los Angeles to save the slave owners from traveling and visiting each other to comfort them. The women's understanding actions moved the slave owners very much. Even if they were carrying a heavy burden, it was all worth it.

of.

"What is happiness? I feel very happy when I see you." Sheffield said shamelessly to Evelyn, Natalia, and Edith Rockefeller, "After Christmas, I'm going back to Arlington.

One trip.”

Of course, during this process, I still have to take time to comfort Sato Kiko, a girl who is wandering alone, but I won’t mention it for now.

"You hid it very well!" Sheffield, who returned to Arlington Manor, stretched out his hand to touch Anne's swollen belly, bent over Anne's belly and listened, and kissed her belly hard, "I feel like I

The goal I have worked hard for is getting closer and closer. You said that I was forced to inherit such a large family property. All this is not in vain. My grandmother hopes that I will defeat all opponents and become the only one, because in her eyes, if the civil war is won,

Yes, this goal has been achieved long ago.”

"There is only one Sheffield family that is above everyone else?" Anne lowered her head and touched the man's ear, and whispered, "Do you think you are close to this goal now?"

"It's almost there, the only thing left is for the Democratic Party to come to power." Sheffield took a deep breath and said, "At that time, I will let Mr. Yang know what real collusion between government and business is."

Facts have proved that this feeling of having to endure all the hardships is correct. From the end of this year, slave owners began to receive good news continuously. At the Portsmouth Naval Base in New Hampshire, the United States, the peace treaty signed by representatives of Japan and Russia announced that Japan

The end of the Russian War. President Roosevelt of the United States readily intervened to mediate. After ten meetings, with the help of European and American countries, Russia was forced to sign a peace treaty with Japan in Portsmouth.

For the first time, the United States used its main force to allow two great powers to shake hands and make peace on their own soil. This scene successfully aroused the pride of the citizens. However, for Sheffield, after looking through the entire clause, he did not read it.

If there is any mention of reparations from Imperial Russia, this shows that it is impossible for Morgan to expect Imperial Russia to pay compensation and then Japan to repay the loan.

In the headquarters of the United Company, Sheffield does not have to maintain the unity of the monopoly bourgeoisie unconscionably like in Washington. He exposes his true nature and gloats in front of Anne, "Morgan is also what he is today. I heard that the loan exceeds 8,000 yuan."

Ten thousand dollars, waiting for the Japanese to pay back? He can just wait."

"Look at you like that!" Annie held some prepared baby clothes in her hand and looked at Sheffield with a smile.

As spring approached, the Supreme Court debated within the Supreme Court for several weeks, and finally came up with the verdict of the Supreme Court. Five members of the Supreme Court sided with the federal government and made the final ruling that Northern Securities Company must be dissolved.
Chapter completed!