For Joshua Speed, this is indeed a very good opportunity. Because he doesn't want to be just a small shopkeeper for the rest of his life, he wants to get more opportunities to climb higher.

So for this kind of dinner, he will not refuse at all, especially from Mr. Christopher Nolan.

Mr. Nolan was an English nobleman who came to the United States to pursue a career. In just half a year, the industry has spread throughout Illinois.

Whether it was Springfield, which had just passed parliament and became its capital, or other residential towns such as Chicago, Marion, Quincy Rockford, and many other places, there was Mr. Nolan's estate.

The range of industries is very wide, both agricultural and industrial. In just half a year, Mr. Nolan has become a figure to be reckoned with in Illinois.

If the industry continues to expand, the power will be even more unimaginable.

Words and deeds affect hundreds of people, who depend on Mr. Nolan's estate for their lives.

For such a person, even the state legislator who is Nolan is also very respectful. After all, no matter how high the state legislature is, it also needs capital to operate.

Naturally, it goes without saying how much appeal Mr. Nolan's dinner had to Joshua Speed.

Joshua seemed excited, but Lincoln was not, because the difference in identity made him a little dazed.

However, the next moment Speed's words dispelled this confusion.

"Mary Todd will go too. And, this time, not just Mary, but her family will also go. ”

"Abel, this is also your chance. ”

Joshua seemed to be ready, and as he spoke, he threw the custom-made garment to Lincoln.

"Whether you and Mary can be together or not depends on this time. ”

Mary Todd is a different person, she is the daughter of a nobleman. At the same time, her family also has a lot of business in Chicago.

A previous coincidence made Lincoln and Mary meet, and then a ball made the two have a good impression of each other. In the middle of the plot, Lincoln and Mary get together and get married.

You know, Mary Todd has a fiancé, and she came to Spfield to meet her fiancé, and by the way, she cultivated a relationship.

Unexpectedly, Mary was chased by Lincoln.

And the reason why Lincoln and Mary were able to get together was definitely due to the political figures behind Lincoln.

It was because Lincoln had embarked on a political path and that the Norlan legislators were behind her that Mary's family agreed to the union.

Otherwise, a small clerk can really marry the daughter of a nobleman, and the daughter of a nobleman with a lot of money.

Everywhere is true, because parents think about their children's lives.

That's why Speed has such a sentence.

"If you can get Mr. Nolan's appreciation, you won't have to bother studying law books so much. ”

Lincoln closed the book, he had decided to go.

However, in response to Speed's words, Lincoln objected: "The law is our weapon, and the defense of our rights is a sacred standard." If there is no law, we are savages. ”

"Walk, walk, walk, the law is sacred. However, time is running out now, and we have to hurry up. ”

With tuxtails and top hats fully dressed, Speed and Lincoln went out of the store together and rode in a carriage toward Springfield.

"Isn't it the right route?" said Lincoln.

"No, we're on the right track. Mr. Nolan has changed his residence, and his estate is outside the town. ”

With a huge capital industry, Chris naturally wants to change places, after all, he has to engage in bloodline research and spell practice, and it is inevitable that there will be more movement in the town.

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At the time of the dinner.

Dressed in very formal attire, Chris talked to the guests who came to him one by one, and toasted from time to time with a wine glass.

Unlike many people who hate this kind of social etiquette, Chris doesn't like it, but he doesn't disagree with it.

He deeply knows that if you want to make your career bigger and stronger, such communication etiquette is indispensable. So, Chris had a lot of fun talking to these same capitalists and politicians.

Whispering together in twos and threes, Chris changed several waves, not wasting his time and energy, and taking care of everyone as much as possible.

The people who came to the dinner were all heads and faces, some capitalists, some politicians. The two are not in conflict, talking about big and small things.

Stephen Douglas, Jones Todd, Phils Nolan and Chris formed a small circle, holding wine glasses to talk about current national events.

"What do you think of the southern plantation owners who oppose the abolition of slavery?" Phils Nolan is a state legislator in Illinois who advocates for the abolition of slavery, but it also needs to be promoted.

The main promoters were these beneficiaries of the Industrial Revolution, the capitalists of the Industrial Revolution, namely Jones Todd and Chris.

As for Stephen Douglas, he was a political official in Springfield and did not know much about slavery.

In the original plot, he agreed to abolish slavery, but later his fiancée was robbed by Lincoln, but he turned around and became a champion of slavery.

Jones Todd didn't speak, he was waiting for Chris's mouth to speak. Now he is much worse than Chris. So on top of the status, Chris is higher.

Besides, this is a dinner hosted by Chris, so naturally the host will speak first.

"Slavery must be abolished!"

Chris's words were categorical.

The lords of the manors in the south are controlled by the vampires, and they are expanding their reach in the north, and Chris doesn't want the vampires to dominate the United States.

In Chris's mind, he already regards the United States as his own territory! Whoever dares to compete with him for resources on his turf will be unwelcome.

This United States is a completely undeveloped natural land, and on this land, I don't know how many materials can be used to refine medicine and tools.

So, Chris can't allow these vampires to take over the United States and then sabotage his plans for the future.

After Chris stated his inclination, Jones Todd agreed. Of course, he didn't know about vampires, he did it purely out of interest.

Because the climate in the southern United States was relatively warm, it was suitable for the construction of large cotton plantations, so it was profitable to raise black slaves in large quantities; On the other hand, the climate in the north is colder and does not have the conditions for the development of the plantation economy, so it is more inclined to industry and commerce.

Slaves were not fit to be workers, so the capitalists in the north had to at least nominally emancipate the black slaves as "free men" to increase labor and markets for their factories.

After all, slaves have no motivation to work and no ability to spend.

Therefore, Jones Todd, as a capitalist, naturally agreed to the abolition of slavery.