As time went by, most of the people present had completed the facts of John's betrayal of the Smith family in their minds.
The furious direct members of the Smith family took out their weapons and prepared to execute the traitor John Mueller.
"Don't be impulsive, everyone, this is Brother Tom's funeral."
"There is absolutely no way John Mueller, the traitor, will leave Smith Farm alive."
"But you can live through this funeral."
"Not only this traitor, but also those Yankees will stay at Smith Farm forever!"
"John, you traitor, and those Yankees, cherish the last moments of your life at Brother Tom's funeral."
Loki's words made the direct descendants of the Smith family present stop drawing their guns.
After all, this is Brother Tom's funeral. Execution of traitors here is indeed a bit dirty to Brother Tom's tomb.
"Pah~pah~pah~"
"What a wonderful reasoning, but have you ever thought about it?"
"If what you reasoned is true, which party can't get out of Smith Farm?"
Adams, one of the main figures in the Yankee Task Force, slowly stood up, applauded Rocky's reasoning, and made a gesture.
In all directions of the Smith Farm, hundreds of gun-toting Yankee soldiers slowly walked out.
They were heavily armed, holding muskets, and walked step by step towards the center of the funeral venue.
Dozens of core members of the Smith family instantly took out the revolvers they carried and faced off against thousands of gay troops.
This time Rocky did not stop him, but instead took out his pistol and pointed it at the Yankee task force that was waiting for Adams.
Adams was not in a hurry. At the age of twenty-six or seven, he was at the peak of his appearance.
He has the handsomeness of a young man without losing the calmness that a man should have.
Adams was dressed in luxurious European aristocratic clothes, matching his handsome face.
He walked forward with a very elegant step that was in line with European aristocratic etiquette.
In front of all the guests present, he walked up to Tom's family.
"Mr. Rocky Smith, have you ever thought about another question, if I die, will you still be alive?"
"Of course, you who are foolish and loyal may think that after avenging the Lord, death does not matter. It is a well-deserved death."
"So, where are these lovely ladies?"
There were many female relatives present, and Tom Smith was the founder and first-generation leader of the Smith family.
Almost all the core members of the Smith family and their female relatives attended Tom's funeral.
The faces of the direct members of the Smith family turned dark. Only then did they realize why the "traitor" John had arranged the funeral in the fields.
In this era when muskets were still big bolts or flintlocks, in this kind of open area without cover, numbers were everything.
Even if Loki led this group of die-hard Smith family members to execute the traitors and several gay men in front of them, they would not be able to break out of the siege with their female relatives.
"Of course, we are not barbaric warriors. We will not massacre hundreds of you."
"There are still many core members of your Smith family scattered in various major factory areas in Texas, serving as district factory owners. There is no need for us to drive you all away."
"I asked my men to ambush all around just to protect me."
"What we want is cooperation. The Smith family is willing to open up Smith Company to investment by consortiums like us who have money but no place to spend."
Of course, Adams did not intend to kill all the Smith family at this funeral.
This irrational behavior will only stimulate the remaining members of the Smith family. With the current strength of Texas and the powerful Ku Klux Klan, it is not impossible to provoke another Civil War.
Fortunately, Adams was a man who liked to consider the worst possible outcome, so he had thousands of elite troops ready in advance and ready to go around at any time.
After explaining the stakes, Adams looked at the core members of the Smith family who were still raising their guns. He felt helpless and could only shake his head and continued:
"I pledge this in the name of my grandfather, the founding father of the United States, the drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the second president of the United States - John Adams."
"We did not have any cooperation with Mr. John Mueller before the death of Mr. Tom Smith."
"Mr. John Mueller is just a talented person who understands current affairs. He knows that cooperation with our Yankee Foundation is the only way out."
"Gentlemen, our Yang Kee Consortium is really just here to seek cooperation, not to provoke another war."
Adams' oath made the Smith family members present slowly put down their guns.
Adams breathed a sigh of relief. He remembered that these were all smugglers who had just smuggled themselves from Germany. It would be better to explain the stakes and gain trust by swearing directly.
"Wait, let me ask you a question, Mr. Adams, please continue to use the name of your grandfather."
"Please ask."
"Brother Tom, was it you gay guys who killed him?"
"Who knows? People can't be resurrected after death. Shouldn't we always look forward in life?"
"Being content with the situation is tantamount to condescension! We Germans will never let go of our previous blood feud, brothers, copycats!"
(To be content with the situation is to be condescending, German proverb: sipassehieigen.)
Loki's irrational question and Adams' semi-tacit answer made the atmosphere that had just eased become tense again.
Adams really doesn't understand these idiots.
No matter how weak a person is, he can become the right-hand man of a rich man like Tom. No matter how bad he is, he should be like John and know how to understand current affairs, right?
Originally, with the active cooperation of John Mueller, the demutualization of Smith Company had been going smoothly.
Except that the time was too short and some important positions in the Smith Branch Factory had not been completely taken over, everything else went well.
Of course, Mr. Yang also wants to take over Smith Company entirely, but when considering the ratio of investment and return.
It is not a good choice to force the Smith family into a desperate situation and lead to the Second Civil War.
Slowly cannibalizing Smith Company is the best choice.
Steadily dismember the Smith Company, and then use part of the money to corrupt the members of the Smith family. You can even sell one or two House of Representatives senatorial seats to appease the Smith family.
This is Adams' perfect plan.
What Adams didn't expect was that a smart and naive Rocky Smith would appear halfway through.
There is no way, who asked Tom to conduct a competition when choosing his direct heir, as long as this stupid, loyal and cute fool would not cheat on the slippery hero.
Thousands of Yankee makeshift troops, holding muskets, walked out of the woods two miles away and slowly closed the encirclement.
In the middle of the funeral, dozens of core members of the Smith family, armed with more advanced Chassebol M1866 rifles, surrounded several Yankees and the traitor John.
The ring of encirclement is still tightening. At the funeral in the center of the encirclement, nothing can be heard except the sound of the Xia Sebo M1866 rifle cocking the bolt.
Everyone is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to start a war.
"Gah bang~"
The empty coffin made a crisp sound of opening and closing metal hinges, which was obviously a brand new metal hinge.
"Ah~ I seem to be sleeping. The sun is so dazzling. Didn't I agree that my funeral will be in the evening? Why does it become noon?"
Everyone followed the voice and saw Tom, who should have been carbonized long ago, pushing away the "empty coffin", stretching, and sitting up with a yawn.
"Mr. Smith, it's already three o'clock in the afternoon, not counting noon."
"John, no, no, no, in my eyes, as long as the sun is in the sky, it's noon, it's damn sunshine."