Chapter 21 You have to believe in science
"Annabelle, you can do me a favor!" Sheffield suddenly listened at the gate of Taylor's manor and took the initiative to ask a girl for help, in fact, it was not easy for Sheffield, who was subconsciously a little machismo. But he had no choice, from his strength and network, only the Taylor family was enough among the people he knew.
"Tell me about it!" Annabelle listened attentively, and there was no approval or opposition to Sheffield's words, in fact, she was quite curious, Sheffield, who seemed to talk about everything, what did she need her help with?
"I hope you can help me in London and order a batch of medical equipment! The kind that can be experimented! Sheffield lowered his posture quite low at this time, and pleaded, "Although the cotton harvest is over, there are still some things to do in the tobacco plantation and sugar cane plantation, and I still have to renovate the plantation, so some of them can't leave!" I can't let the old butler do it, you must know that he is also very old, so I can only ask you for help......"
Slave owners, such as the Sheffield family, put all their energy on the plantations, are no different from a rich landlord, and are not at all better than their counterparts in East and South Asia. For example, the Taylor family has such overseas connections, which can be regarded as a preliminary escape from the suspicion of Tubaozi.
"What kind of experimental equipment is it? Medical? Annabelle suddenly remembered that Sheffield seemed to have said that she wanted to open a pharmaceutical factory, considering that the current war between the United States and Mexico was going on, she thought that Sheffield wanted to enter the pharmaceutical industry and treat more soldiers because of the disease problems in the army in the old Sheffield.
Annabelle was still moved by Sheffield's benevolent wishes, but Sheffield, as the person concerned, actually didn't mean this at all, how could such a thing as kindness appear in a slave owner like him? The opening of the pharmaceutical factory is just in the hope that the soldiers in the south can quickly return to the battlefield and kill more Yankees. The purpose of buying experimental equipment is to quickly take out the north, and it must be said that among the things that Sheffield has learned, there has never been anything related to saving people, all of them are for killing.
Sheffield, who didn't know that Annabelle had made a mistake, groaned and coughed softly, "Well, it's better to have all of them, all the experimental equipment for chemistry, and I won't be stingy with money......"
"I know, I'll talk to my father, money is not a problem!" Annabelle said with some writ.
"See you then, Miss Annabelle!" Sheffield took the time to take out his pocket watch and check the time, he had been delayed for two hours, hurriedly said goodbye to Annabelle, and hurried out of Taylor's Manor. At a normal pace, Sheffield would have taken another hour to reach the plantation.
"I've learned all sorts of things, but I can't ride horses, and the cavalry will be eliminated in the future!" Sheffield, who had rushed back, paused for several minutes in front of the sturdy horse, and still did not make up his mind until his breathing stabilized, "I will conquer you next time!" The hard-mouthed Sheffield finally found a carriage and returned to the plantation.
At this time, it was already noon, and the hungry Sheffield was in a hurry, and just came back to have dinner with the Westin overseers, "I said Edward, haven't eaten for a few years?" Taylor Manor doesn't even care about food? Westin looked at Sheffield, gobbling it up, wondering if today's meal was particularly delicious? No, it's a taste of peace.
"I didn't eat in the morning, and I vomited all the way back in the carriage!" Sheffield vomited bitterness while not forgetting to stuff something into his mouth, and after eating with the overseers, Sheffield patted his stomach with satisfaction, this stomach was full of food, and if it weren't for the daily paycheck, he really wanted to announce that he would talk about it tomorrow.
Secretly saying a hard job, Sheffield began to carry out his own renovation business, took out the drawings of his design, and introduced to these masons, "This is an oriental architectural model, called the courtyard, you don't ask what the courtyard is, in the end you want to get useful things from this architectural model!" There are six to eight families of black slaves living in a courtyard, and the open space in the middle is used as a place for black slaves to move at night, and it is important to remember that all windows should be inlaid with steel drills during the construction process, and the black slaves must not be given a chance to escape! ”
Sheffield gave a brief introduction, and took out another piece of paper, on which some rules and regulations were written, listing the code of conduct that Sheffield could think of to meet the standards of this era, in fact, what was written on it was not new at all. In the entire Eastern Bloc countries in later generations, the rules and regulations in prisons were almost all these things.
Champion the master and abide by the scope and discipline prescribed by the master. Obey the supervision and management, receive education, participate in labor, and return to China conscientiously. Love the plantation, love the master, love the collective, love learning, love labor. Mutual help and friendliness, diligence and thrift. And so on and so forth.
"Do not exceed the warning line and the prescribed area, and act without supervision; Do not hide cash, cutting tools and other contraband; Do not contact with outsiders without permission, solicit, borrow, exchange, or pass on money and goods; Do not privately pass letters, cash and other items during the meeting; Do not use insulation, climbing, or excavation objects without authorization; Do not steal or gamble; Do not fight, self-inflict or self-harm; Do not gang up and oppress others; Do not disseminate criminal methods and encourage others to commit crimes? Westin read these things one by one, and couldn't help but be shocked by Sheffield's imagination, which is almost equivalent to a guidebook, detailing how a slave owner should guard against his slaves, "Edward, you wrote this?" ”
"What's wrong? Let all the black slaves give me these precautions to memorize, and everything that violates these terms must be punished in the future, but other than that, you can't use violence against the black slaves! Sheffield, who was a little choked, quickly took a sip of water, not letting the great cause of the Confederate States of America fall here, and then said, "Actually, it's a little bit worse?" ”
Sheffield seems to have deprived a lot of black slaves of things, but in fact, the life of black slaves does not have those rights, and it is thought that Sheffield wrote all the terms that these white overseers can punish black slaves, and can also prevent white overseers from lynching indiscriminately. To be honest, by the standards of this era, Sheffield said that he was protecting the personal rights of black slaves......
"Almost? What's worse? Westin said with some tears and laughter, "You've already stipulated it in such detail, it's not close?" ”
"Of course! You have to believe in science, I also need to buy a batch of dogs to prevent the plantation from always losing things, Brother Westin, after the plantation is renovated, can I trouble you, go to the Germanic immigrants in the north to see if there is a dog breed that looks like a wolf, buy a batch back! "Sheffield wants to build a regulated and institutionalized plantation, how can it not have a man's best friend? The German blackback has always been the number one police dog in various countries, and sometimes dogs are easier to trust than humans.