Sheffield is confident that he is a victim in the first place, and the export of British agricultural products has indeed been sanctioned. Doesn't this count as sacrificing for the country? His own agricultural products have suffered such huge losses, and a group of Yankees have eaten such a small amount.

What's the point of crying and grabbing the earth for your losses? You're poor and you're justified, but you're not starving to death.

"About the losses of the Sheffield family, I naturally know about it through the Anglo-American Oil Company, but through the German-American Oil Company, I also know that the Sheffield family has successfully opened the door to the German market and established a long-term cooperative relationship." Rockefeller Jr.

He looked like I would have almost believed him if I hadn't been involved in international trade.

The British Empire has no shortage of food suppliers, but the German Empire has a real problem in agriculture. The self-sufficiency rate in food has never been very good. Although the quantity seems to be about the same, there are actually many fewer competitors. The British Empire

In the agricultural product market, the Sheffield family also has to compete with Latin American countries and the colonies of the British Empire.

The German Empire did not have many colonies at all. It originally relied on the Russian Empire to solve its food problem. There were fewer competitors to compete. From the perspective of Rockefeller, this was the biggest benefit. To know who established the first trust in the United States, it was the standard.

Rockefeller, the founder of oil, was his father. He knew better than anyone how good life was when there were few competitors.

This argument that the Sheffield family suffered heavy losses due to sanctions, combined with the current international situation, can indeed deceive some people and even companies that have nothing to do with international trade. But this cannot be used as an excuse to fool yourself. Standard Oil is also rushing out of the Americas.

The existence of the world, this heir of the Sheffield family is too dishonest.

"You can't say that. Who wouldn't want to continue doing business with a long-term partner? Business expansion in Germany will take time, and time is the greatest wealth." Although the lie was exposed on the spot, Sheffield did not show any trace of it.

With a look of shame, how could a white-skinned and black-hearted bastard like him have such a thing, "I think Mr. Rockefeller is definitely not talking to me about the price of agricultural products. Even if he wants to talk, I still have the same attitude. The price of grain at the beginning of the year

The increase is also due to northern dealers raising prices, and now it is also because exports are blocked. My family, Texas and even the entire South are victims. This accusation is unreasonable and it is the fault of the British."

Sheffield now knows why he lost Britain's export share, and Lafayette is not worried at all. It turns out that he had this idea, taking advantage of the current tense relationship with Britain, to turn his guns and deal with the food suppliers in the north. There are international

The situation provided cover and internal strength supported it, driving the farmers in the north into bankruptcy.

But obviously, either this is not the first time this trick has been used, or the top elites in the United States are very smart and have seen this trick. If the Rockefeller family can discover it, other families will also discover it.

Now that Little Rockefeller mentioned this matter, he wanted to raise other questions. Thinking of this, Sheffield was extremely calm, and reached out to hold Anne's bare hand, waiting for the next step with a posture of listening attentively.

"If nothing unexpected happens, this food fluctuation will spread to the end of the year. If we are greedy, it may have an impact on next year!" Rockefeller Jr. gave his own judgment.

"No, no!" Sheffield said with a dry smile, "Food will not taste good if it is stored for a long time. It is not oil or coal. It doesn't matter how long you find a place to store it."

"Petroleum and coal cannot be stored for too long. The oil will evaporate and the coal will weather. And agricultural products cannot be stored for a year or two. It is not a problem to store food for one or two years." Rockefeller shook his finger and said, "The whole thing cannot be stored for a long time."

Citizens of the United States, whether they eat well or not depends on your mood. It turns out that my father said that your family likes to make money individually, such as selling labor on both sides of the Atlantic in the early years."

"At least my family doesn't give workers drugs to improve labor efficiency!" Sheffield teased with a sarcastic face.

"Actually, you don't know that before the Civil War, your family was the largest drug trafficker in the United States. How many northern workers had their families destroyed?" Young Rockefeller sat upright and said slowly, "If you don't believe me, Master William, you can go home and ask, what happened in Colombia back then?"

What are the things growing in the endless plantations? Where did the slave hunting team back then and the current black gold employees get their wages?"

Is this happening? This is the first time Sheffield has heard of it, but Rockefeller Jr. also said that it was before the Civil War. Who didn’t do some shady things when they started? “That was all in the past. Who started from scratch?

At that time, why didn't you bear some notoriety? Isn't Mr. Rockefeller the target of verbal criticism in the newspapers?"

Is this called a bit of dark history? Little Rockefeller complained in his heart. Compared with the heirs in front of him, his family's history of struggle can be described as angelic and pure. Didn't it just squeeze out thousands of oil workshops and didn't sell you out?

To be a slave.

"Stop!" Sheffield stretched out his hand to stop, "Now that we have foreign friends in the living room, we don't want to go into too much detail about the history of the hard work of our country's entrepreneurs." What is it now? Are we exposing each other's shortcomings?

Anne rolled her eyes at Sheffield and acted as if she didn't understand. She moved her hips and stood up and said, "I want to visit the manor! Is it okay?"

Young Rockefeller called the servant over, took Anne out, and praised, "Master William, are you ready to get married? A very suitable hostess!"

"I am sixteen this year!" Sheffield shook his head tiredly and said, "Can you tell me the purpose directly? Even if it is just polite, I have been polite for so long."

"Since Master William wants to get straight to the point, I also have my own suggestions, which I can ask you to listen to first!" Young Rockefeller smiled, "In fact, the manager of Standard Oil went to Arlington at the beginning of the year and proposed that he would like to start a business in Texas.

However, Mrs. Anna said that the heirs of the family could discuss this matter. I had not joined the company at that time, and you had not graduated from college, so the matter was delayed. Now you have begun to go to Europe to negotiate business, and

My father is planning to retire next year, so we can actually talk about cooperation between the two parties."

"Cooperation?" A hint of thinking flashed in Sheffield's eyes, and he was really thinking about Rockefeller's proposal. If there is an ally, Rockefeller is actually a perfect partner.

There is no doubt about this. How many people can refuse to cooperate with the richest man in the United States? And with Rockefeller's strength, cooperation can reduce constraints on many things, and there is no reason to refuse.

"Business is not war. In war, you win and I lose, but business can be a win-win situation!" Seeing Sheffield's hesitation, young Rockefeller added calmly.

"With a partner like Rockefeller, how many people would refuse?" Sheffield sighed sincerely, but the topic changed, "But many details cannot be finalized by just the two of us. John, you should know that this involves a lot.
Chapter completed!