It's not going to go up, it's going to skyrocket! More than ten years before the Civil War, as the territory of the United States became larger and larger, the southern slave owners began to devote themselves to expanding slavery to the whole country, so the outbreak of this war cannot be blamed on the unconstitutionality of the north, after all, it is a dog-eat-dog war, and no one is just.

"Texas is such a great place to be, the climate is so good for growing cotton! Compared to the area and population, it is like uncultivated virgin land! Sheffield remembers that there were three of the largest cotton producing regions in later generations: Texas in the United States, western China and Central Asia in the Soviet Union. These three places supply the world's cotton raw materials, and the idea that cotton is king is still more than a decade old, the huge land of Texas has a strong allure in his eyes.

"You seem to have been obsessed with Texas all the time?" Annabelle Qiang smiled and said, "Are you going to give up everything in New Orleans and prepare to go to Texas and start over?" It's not funny......"

"Why not?" Sheffield's firm answer made Annabelle's heart sink to the bottom, as if her good mood for the day had been ruined, and the girl didn't know why she was like this.

For Sheffield, Texas has enough land and a small population! Texas, formerly known as the Lone Star Republic, can be said to be the most alternative state in the United States, and as a new territory of the United States, the current situation in Texas can give Sheffield more room to play, avoid the mainstream attention, and develop its own business safely.

"New Orleans has four plantations in your family, and you're leaving it all for Texas? It's desolate and sparsely populated, and it's still far from the port! Life is not so comfortable! Besides, Daddy and Big Brother won't let you do that! Annabelle found several reasons in an instant, each of which seemed to make perfect sense.

"You don't want me to go? You must like me......" Sheffield, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly leaned closer to the girl.

"No, I want to marry someone in the United States, and the aristocrats of Europe will also rush to have me!" Annabelle flatly denied it.

"I don't doubt that!" Sheffield Shi Ran took a cigar in his mouth, Sheffield, whose face was covered with dust and dressed in rags, was full of contradictions with the picture of a precious cigar, and said sadly, "Although it is just a fancy to your family's property, after all, the temptation to eat soft rice is not something that ordinary people can resist, but it is to be a dog in Taylor Manor!" It's okay with a slave smile and a pat on the back of the ass! It's okay to kneel down and lick two more bites, you can always eat ......"

Annabelle got goosebumps at Sheffield's words, and although this was the case, the boy in front of her was so hateful, it was disgusting to say it so obviously.

"It's okay you can take your partner out for a walk, oh no! It's the partner who holds you! But I remind you, be sure to tie the dog chain tightly, don't let the little white face bite you! Ahem...... "Sheffield stood in front of the window with a look of intoxication, looking out and continuing to chatter. Annabelle, who didn't pay attention to the back, took a strip of cloth and strangled it directly around her neck, and Sheffield, who was strangled by her trachea, choked on the cigarette in her mouth and coughed violently, and hurriedly struggled, "Anna, you are crazy......"

"Didn't I tie you down? Aren't you going to kneel down and lick me like that now? Annabelle grabbed Sheffield's neck, hugged Sheffield from behind, and said coquettishly.

This is not scientific! Although this girl is about the same height as herself, she can't struggle with how she can be so energetic, "Don't make trouble, I'm joking!" Baby, there's something else to ask you......" Sheffield gave up struggling and decided to take the curve to save the country.

This trick really worked, Annabelle let go of Sheffield's neck, and did not let the soul of the founder of the Confederate States of America return to the plantation, "Do you feel sorry for me, it's okay, it doesn't hurt at all!" Sheffield touched the red mark on her neck and began to talk again, but unexpectedly, the girl who was supposed to be fried did not refute this time.

"So, Uncle Taylor was not interested in buying slaves from Europe? Are the margins too low? Sheffield pondered, "How would you feel if I said I'd eat the first batch of people first?" ”

"How much can you eat? Three hundred and five hundred or a thousand? Unless your plantation is expanding tenfold! Annabelle glanced at the whimsical Sheffield and said, "A plantation has a hundred black slaves, and it takes at least one hundred and fifty white people to work, and if all the plantations are white, the cost will definitely increase!" The efficiency will be reduced, and the profit will be used for expenses by 30%, how can you expand the plantation! ”

"In fact, as long as I don't lose money, I can accept it!" Sheffield said quite seriously, "The population of the north is increasing faster and faster, the population of our side is not growing much, and the House of Representatives has been occupied by the northerners. Only the Senate is still maintaining the balance of power, and if one day the balance of power in the Senate is also broken, guess what will happen? ”

"Will the Yankees propose the abolition of slavery? How dare they? Annabelle was stunned when she heard this, and said, "Behind us is the British Empire, and the Yankees don't dare to do this......"

Sheffield was silent, this era was the peak of the British Empire, in a sense, the largest empire in history was in its golden age, and the North American colonies, although independent, completely conquered India to a higher level of power. Southern slave owners, who had the British Empire as their backers, could indeed console themselves.

"In a sense, the average person in Britain is more like the northerners than us!" Sheffield shattered Annabelle's illusion with amazement, "The British people are just like workers, they will stand on the side of the workers, even if the British government wants to send troops, the people will oppose it......"

"So you're hoping to increase the population of our south? But you can't afford it yourself! "I'm talking to my father, you're right!" It's not about how much money to make, opening up European smuggling routes can feed a lot of thugs in Taylor Manor and make the estate stronger, why not do it! Anyway, the price of slaves will definitely skyrocket, and there is only a difference between earning more and earning less. ”

"Get some retired Prussian soldiers! French ones are OK too! Sheffield added, "Your estate also needs to be trained like a regular army, and I believe that defeating the people on the Brazilian side should not be a problem!" ”

Bidding farewell to the girl, Sheffield wiped his sweat and continued to face the loess with his back to the sky. By February, when the town was almost completed, Sheffield investigated and set the rent at about half of a month's income for a black freedman family, half of which was basically kept as house slaves.

"Someone protested? Tell them that the overseer of the Sheffield plantation is also responsible for the safety of the town and the safety of the black freedmen! Sheffield finally didn't have to hang two catties of soil on his body, and he felt a lot more relaxed after completing the project, "I don't have to worry about being kicked out if I can't pay the rent, if I don't have the money to pay the rent, I can go to the plantation to work and pay off the debt!" ”

It was only at this time that Sheffield showed its fox tail, and slave or not slave is just a name. He turned these black freedmen into alternative slaves through a house, and he made a lot of money! There are nearly three thousand of these black freedmen, and if you ask Sheffield to go to Taylor Manor and buy three thousand slaves, even if the Sheffield family goes bankrupt, they can't afford to buy unless they sell two plantations.