Annabel slowly walked out of the church, and said to Sheffield, who was following behind without looking back, "I am old and don't have time to slowly change your thoughts. You must accept the essence of the world. This is not a negotiation, but a must."

"Ordinary people should think, what they should do for the United States, and we are not ordinary people. What we should think is that what the United States can do for me. If this does not work, then the United States will have no meaning to me." Annabel got on the carriage with the help of the servant, leaving a place for Sheffield calmly, "Now start, part of the industry will be handed over to you. While I still have the energy, I can help you in some places. Do you have any ideas?"

"I have a lot of ideas, I have been thinking about it recently." Sheffield naturally knew the subtext of Lafayette, and was thinking about restoring his position as the United States that year.

Based on the domestic and international situation in this era, Sheffield has no idea. The form of the United States is that according to some later terms, the United States now relies mainly on domestic demand and does not rely much on foreign countries. On the one hand, it is also because the United States itself is an immigrant country and has a continuous stream of blood transfusions from foreign populations. On the other hand, it cannot be done.

Because the United States' industry can now be said to be in scale, and its development momentum is far beyond that of the so-called old imperialist countries in Europe, but it is only in scale, and has no competitiveness in product strength and quality.

This kind of uncompetitive comparison can even be comparable to the Soviet Union decades later. Its scale is not as powerful as the explosive power of the Republic a hundred years later. However, the times are different, and the growth of this era is indeed shocking.

The internal environment is the industry of the United States, and it is still in the stage of extensive development. It has a scale but no strong product. It is not as famous as European countries in the world, resulting in the inability to sell. The external environment is a country led by the British Empire in Europe, which regards Monroeism as farts, preventing the United States from establishing influence in the Americas.

The United States' industrial products cannot compete with Europe and can only find markets by relying on cost reduction. Therefore, the poor Latin American countries under their noses are very important, because at this stage, the United States' products can only rely on the United States' geographical advantage and scale to barely compete with Europe in Latin America. If even Latin America cannot be won, other markets are not rivals to European industrial products.

If you can't even compete with European countries in poor countries, then don't mention a larger market. There are currently not many companies that can really get out of the United States, among which Standard Oil is the best.

If the United States' industrial products have been blocked and digested at home and cannot transfer conflicts to the outside world, economic crises will occur very frequently, either inflation or tightening.

Naturally, Latin American countries become extremely important. If I am weak, I will develop industries behind closed doors. If I have a foundation, it is not suitable for me to build a car behind closed doors. If I want to go to a higher level, I must open the door to other markets. At present, the United States has only Latin America, which is why the United States acts so warlike in this Venezuela crisis. Even if it is ready to be beaten to death, it should be shown that Monroeism is not empty talk and cannot be bankrupt.

But to be fair, although the United States at the end of the 19th century was far from being called a white lotus, it was worthy of the human beacon compared with the old imperialist countries in Europe. The United States did not need to be perfect, as long as it was a little better than Europeans. This was a world that was worse than bad.

"Grandma, if possible, I want to go to Europe and see what the environment is like now." Sheffield asked with an expectant look when she returned to the manor to get off the carriage.

"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 he thought of other reasons, hesitated and said, "Your father is in Paris. If you have time, it's okay to meet him, but this doesn't matter."

Annabel was already extremely disappointed with the heirs of the previous generation, but she believed that the heirs of this generation would not repeat the same mistakes. What's good about Europe? Why are there so many people in the United States now admiring foreign countries?

"Preparation? What to prepare?" Sheffield was a little confused. If you go to Europe, you would go to Europe. What is there to prepare for.

"Safety is the most important thing!" Annabel glanced at Sheffield and said, "Even if you have great ideals, you can live for a long time to realize them. For example, look at the stone king Rockefeller. This nouveau riche only has two ideals in his life, making money and living for a long time. For example, your grandfather and my husband."

"Oh, are Texas militias?" Sheffield always felt that it was not normal for existence like his own family to retain the remnants of the previous dynasty just from some visible operations. There must be unknown dark forces, but where? He seemed to have never seen any relevant personnel.

"The militias are after the disbandment of the Texas Legion. After all, they are not nominally private forces at home. They can be used as demonstration tools. They can't count on them when they are really doing things." Since Annabel has already planned to let Sheffield Xiaziber operate, he will naturally not hide it. "They are outside the United States, the station on the other side of Africa is Liberia, and the station on the other side of the Americas is Haiti. This force has nothing to do with your grandfather, it is my family."

When Sheffield heard about these two countries, he already knew something in his heart. These two countries were well-known in later generations. I have to say that Lafayette really knows how to choose places. But it might be chosen by his predecessors.

These are similar to the predecessors of capitalist minions. In fact, Annabel's armed forces engaged in international transportation trade and labor trading when he was young. In layman's terms, it is a slave hunting team, with a number of more than 2,000 people, 500 people in Liberia, and nearly 2,000 people in Haiti. On the surface, they are all employees of ocean transportation, but their essence has not changed.

It is definitely not enough to use more than two thousand people to fight wars. It is still more than enough to kill and rob, and it is still more than enough to occupy the mountain and become the king.

"Isn't there any official name? It's just a slave hunting team?" Sheffield scratched his scalp. Was it a little too blatant?

"When your grandfather was alive, they wanted to change their name to Blackwater Company. I don't like this name very much. Africa is a golden place, and later it was changed to Sheffield Black Gold Company." Annabel laughed in silence, "They will come in a few days after sending a telegram. Then they will send you to Europe."
Chapter completed!