673 Challenges
Although the United States has announced the complete abolition of black slavery, in other parts of South America, black slaves are still widespread, especially in the British and French colonies, not only has the dependence on black slaves not decreased, but because of the increasing demand for agricultural products, Jamaica is one of the most widespread use of black slaves in the entire Caribbean.
Jamaica was once a Spanish colony, and like the mistake in Haiti, after the Spaniards came to Jamaica, the indigenous inhabitants of Jamaica, the Arawak people, were completely extinct not long after, and in order to replenish the labor force, the Spaniards had to buy black slaves from Africa, so the blacks gradually became the main ethnic group in Jamaica.
In 1670, according to the Treaty of Madrid, Spain formally ceded Jamaica and other places to the British, and since then, Jamaica, an island in the heart of the Caribbean, has become a base for English pirates, and Jamaica has become the "capital" of Caribbean pirates until the Loire port was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692.
The black riots in Haiti caused panic among the British to a large extent, and the British were worried that the black people in Jamaica would be influenced by the black Haitians and treat the British in Jamaica in the same way as the French people, so the British would send troops to Haiti and take the initiative to help the French put down the black Haitian riots.
Unfortunately, the situation in Haiti eventually got out of control, and the descendants of the pirates had to retreat to Jamaica, praying that the riots in Haiti would not spread to Jamaica.
In this case, the British were no less hostile to the black Haitians than the French, and interestingly, the Mr. Kingston, who was interested in buying slaves from the Bahamian Company, was still black, which made the whole affair seem to have a dark humor flavor.
"Selling civilians to slave traders—it's not good—" Chris Bart retains a part of his conscience compared to the profit-driven Mike Chang.
Kingston ostensibly wanted to buy prisoners of war from the Bahamian Company as slaves, but in fact everyone knew that there were not so many prisoners of war available for sale, and Jerémy Heywood's hatred of Haitian blacks was not just a matter of words, and after the Bahamian Company captured Cap-de-France, Jérémy Heywood ordered all prisoners of war to be executed, leaving no way for Haitian blacks to live.
The execution of prisoners of war was considered a complete waste by Mike Chang, and the Horse Group had accumulated a wealth of experience in the use of prisoners, and those prisoners of war handed over to Jeremy Heywood were only for venting, but if they were handed over to Mike Chang, they would become a source of mobile money.
"Who said it was civilians? It's prisoners of war, and we're selling prisoners of war. Mike Chang has repeatedly stressed that this must not be left behind.
A few years later, Mike Chang plans to return to New York with the wealth he has accumulated in the Bahamian company, and Mike Chang does not want to return to New York under the name of a "slave trader", not everyone has the strong psychological quality of Cole.
"Well, even if it's a prisoner of war, such a trade is unacceptable, think of the blacks in Haiti, the Spaniards brought them to Haiti as commodities, such behavior is punishable after all." Chris Barthes can't help but feel a sense of kinship when he thinks about what happened to the French in Haiti.
"But it's the French who are being punished, aren't they?" Mike Chang has his fallacies.
The Spaniards brought the blacks to Haiti, and then ceded Haiti to France, and all the consequences were borne by the French, and the blacks didn't care which country their revenge was, anyway, as long as it was white, the blacks didn't have the high IQ to distinguish the difference between the French and the Spanish.
"Well, you're right—" Chris Bart had nothing to say.
In this way, the Bahamian company does have a chance to get rid of the pot, after all, the black man was sold to the Jamaicans, and even if they have to bear the consequences in the future, they will be borne by the British in Jamaica, and they have nothing to do with the Bahamian company.
"So we're going to move fast, and we're going to get as many blacks as we can to Jamaica before Mr. President strikes — in fact, you see, we're doing a good deed, at least those blacks can continue to live in Jamaica, and if they stay in Haiti, their future will be extremely miserable." Mike Chang finally found a suitable excuse, and now he was more at ease.
As far as Mike Chang knows, Jérémy Heywood and his staff have a complete set of plans for Haitian blacks, even if Haitian blacks do not die in the war, Jérémy Heywood will send all Haitian blacks to the grave, so it seems that although Mike Zhang's behavior is hateful, it is objectively true that he has saved the lives of a large number of Haitian blacks, so it is really hard to say whether Mike Zhang's behavior is evil or good.
"Killing doesn't solve the problem, hatred only blinds people, so we have to believe in God." Chris Bart doesn't know how to evaluate it either.
It is clear that the slave trade of the Bahamian corporations was wrong, but in the whole world, black Haitians have no supporters, no one pays attention to their tragic fate, and people in the "civilized world" are more likely to react to it than to criticize the Bahamian corporations.
"When we take Port-au-Prince, I will build you a big church so that you can serve your God well." Mike Chang is casually perfunctory and does not dwell on this issue.
Chris Bart could only shake his head and smile wryly, having given up on preaching to Mike Chang.
The Chinese in the United States were influenced by Li Mu, basically have their own beliefs, because of the Chinese origin, many people choose to believe in traditional Taoism, in Springfield and Oakland and other Chinese gathering places, Taoist temples also came into being, the hosts are from the Qing Empire invited Taoist people, these senior Taoist leaders were flickered by the salesman of the Pacific Company, and vowed to go to the other side of the ocean to compete with the legendary God.
Regarding Taoism and Catholicism, it is difficult to say which is better or worse, but one thing is certain, Taoism certainly does not have as many broken things as churches, and it will not always think about controlling secular monarchs.
After agreeing with Chris Bhatt, Mike Chang immediately ordered the Bahamian company to launch an attack on Port-au-Prince.
I have to say that black people are indeed very puzzling, they basically have nothing to do with the word discipline, no matter what, as long as they have anything to do with black people, they will basically be indecent, take the army of the Haitian interim government as an example, many blacks are not even proficient in handling weapons, they were sent to the battlefield by the Haitian interim government, this situation makes the troops of the Bahamas company have a sense of slaughter every time they fight, I really don't know how the original Haitian whites were defeated by the Haitian blacks.
Mike Chang really discussed this issue with the staff of the Bahamian company, and the final conclusion was a bit funny, the staff of the Bahamas company estimated that the blacks at that time only acted at night, and there were no electric lights to provide illumination at that time, and the whites could not find targets at all when they fought at night, so the blacks could defeat the whites.
Okay, that's standard racist rhetoric, but in this day and age, no organization has jumped out to stand up for justice for black people.
When the Bahamian company launched its attack on Port-au-Prince, Li Mu was facing a huge problem.
Perhaps because the order from the War Department was too tempting, or perhaps because Li Mu and the Horse Arms Company were too strong, in short, in January 1877, a company that also produced weapons as its business project quietly appeared in Philadelphia, and by the time Li Mu heard Rockefeller mention it, the company called "Thomas" had already received an order for 1,000 revolvers from the Philadelphia Police Department.
Thomas!
Hearing this name, Li Mu's first reaction was that Edison was back, but he immediately denied this possibility, if Edison returned to the United States, then someone would definitely greet Li Mu and obtain Li Mu's understanding, otherwise Edison would never dare to set foot in the United States.
"The owner of Thomas is Thomas Maysfield, and it's not a family business, but it has its own background." Rockefeller introduced the origin of Thomas Company to Li Mu.
Philadelphia is the second largest city in Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania is Rockefeller's lair, so the wind and grass in Philadelphia can't escape Rockefeller's eyes.
The reason why Li Mu got this news from Rockefeller's mouth was because this Thomas company had no business premises, no factory, and no designers, and was completely a leather bag company, so it escaped Li Mu's eyes.
mentioned the surname "Maysfield", Li Mu immediately remembered the former Philadelphia Mayor Paul Mesfield, who had dealt with him, it seems that this Thomas Mesfield has a certain relationship with Paul Mesfield, otherwise he would not have been able to make such a big move.
"As you said, it's a company with no factories, no workers, so where did they get the weapons to sell to the Philadelphia Police Department?" Li Mu was very curious and didn't know how Thomas Mesfield fulfilled the order.
"There are many ways, buy from the market and then brand, or import from Europe, or simply eliminate the National Guard - who knows, anyway, the profit from the order is enough." Rockefeller casually said several methods, all of which were beyond Li Mu's expectations.
"And sell the weapons that the National Guard has eliminated to the police department?" Li Mu was really speechless, even Li Mu couldn't do this kind of thing.
In fact, Li Mu has done similar things, when Li Mu supported the Cuban War of Independence, he once bought Chuntian's weapons, and then sold them to Cubans, but even if he purchased them from Chuntian, Li Mu can also ensure that those weapons are brand new, guarantee that they have not been used before, and the rifling in the rifling of the gun will not be worn out at all, and sell the old weapons to others as new weapons, and they are his own people, this kind of thing, Li Mu really can't do it.
Rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest!
"Ha, Paul Mesfield is the boss of Philadelphia, don't speculate on his bottom line with your bottom line." It is clear that Rockefeller had a deeper understanding of Paul Masefield.
Think about Tweed in New York, Li Mu immediately shut up, indeed, in this era of lack of supervision, the role of power is indeed infinitely magnified, the city bosses are unscrupulous, treat the city as their own back garden, Tweed dared to toss the cost of a cold and summer watch to 7500 US dollars, Paul Masfield is not much better, think about the original American Independence Centennial Exhibition, Washington and Pennsylvania and Philadelphia City spent millions of dollars, But not even a main exhibition hall was built, and the same main exhibition hall was only 500,000 US dollars for Junma Construction Group, which still included profits.
That is, Li Mu is not in Philadelphia, so Paul Mesfield can be so unscrupulous, otherwise, Paul Mesfield will also end up in the same fate as Tweed.
"Well, since there is no factory, then I want to see how long their deal can last, anyway, I have a few bottles of Qingguo rice wine I just got here, and I was about to call you-" Li Mu diverted the topic, not wanting to expose all the secrets in front of Rockefeller.
It's strange that Rockefeller actually likes rice wine from the Qing Kingdom, which makes Li Mu really incomprehensible, just like the tofu brain sweet party can't understand why there is salty tofu brain in this world, this may be because Rockefeller's taste buds are different from Li Mu, in fact, if you close your eyes and drink it, in Li Mu's opinion, rice wine and taste are similar to red wine, anyway, they are all low-alcohol wines.
Although Li Mu said it lightly, Li Mu will definitely not let go of Thomas Company easily, this is like an evil dragon entrenched in the castle, and no one else is allowed to set foot in his own territory.
It's the same for everyone else, as if someone dared to set up an oil company in Pennsylvania, or someone started a gunpowder company in Delaware, it would have been a merciless blow from Rockefeller and Henry Dupont.
Well, the gunpowder company is not limited to geography, as long as it is within the United States, whether it is the East Coast or the West Coast, it will definitely attract strong suppression by the DuPont family.
At present, the United States, in several special industries, has formed a default unspoken rule, such as the Horse Weapons Company in the field of arms, and the standard oil in the field of oil, they are in a monopoly position in their respective fields, no one dares to easily challenge the authority of large enterprises, against the sky such as Li Mu, when inventing the flameless gunpowder fire, he can only sell the formula of smokeless gunpowder to the DuPont family, as for the oil in Texas, Li Mu is ready not to exploit it in his lifetime, so as not to tear his face with Rockefeller.