I was the Founding Father of the United States

Chapter 101 John Adams: Decisiveness

Upon returning from Robin School, Chen Wenbin immediately instructed John Adams to invite Franklin to his home.

The house Franklin is currently living in was rented from the Russell family with the help of Chen Wenbin. It is not far from Robin's mansion, so the two of them returned in less than fifteen minutes.

The fat old man hurriedly knocked on the door and entered the study. Seeing Chen Wenbin sitting behind the desk, he chuckled and said, "Robin, let me explain..."

"Benjamin!"

Boss Chen didn't give him a chance to explain, interrupting him with a stern face: "I thought we were friends! But you don't believe me at all, you don't even want to ask what I think... God! What did I do wrong to make you disrespect me like this!"

A Godfather-like speech left the fat man speechless. He blinked, and seeing Chen Wenbin's resolute attitude, he could only resign himself to his fate, plopping down on the sofa, covering his face with his hands, and sighing, "I knew it! You couldn't keep paying me double!"

So this guy was only being so humble because he wanted double pay... That's in line with his usual style.

John Adams, who was following behind, couldn't help but laugh at his exaggerated acting skills: "Mr. Franklin, don't be sad. PUIC has become the London Textile Company, and Sir Franklin has lost control of the company. The London shareholders will not allow you to receive a salary without working."

"...Okay! You're right!"

Upon hearing this, Franklin quickly composed himself, looked up at Chen Wenbin, and said with regret, "It's just a pity that I'm afraid I can't get another part-time job from Robin."

Chen Wenbin's lips twitched a few times, and he snorted, "Isn't £80 a month's salary at Robin's Pharmacy enough for you?"

John, the vice president, only earns £30 a month, and my butler's monthly salary and bonuses are less than £20. Benjamin, don't be so greedy!

The fat old man immediately retorted, "I've done a lot of work for you lately, this money is what I deserve! Your pharmacy earns thousands of pounds a day, what's wrong with sharing a little with me?"

Chen Wenbin retorted irritably, "Didn't I give you stock options and dividends from the pharmacy? Didn't I hand over the management of those two newspapers to you? Aren't you receiving your editor-in-chief's salary?"

The old fat man fell silent. Lord Chen had indeed given him two-thousandths of the stock options in Robin Pharmacy as a reward for his contributions to drug promotion and media marketing. Now he could earn more than ten pounds a day.

After Chen Wenbin bought the newspapers "Popular GG" and "London Chronicle", he also handed them over to manage, and he received a monthly salary of about twelve pounds.

When it comes to money, Lord Chen is absolutely generous.

"Alright! Everyone, sit down!"

Chen Wenbin was too lazy to argue with this shameless old fat man. After giving him a few taps, he got up, walked around the oak desk, sat on the leather sofa, and got down to business.

He pointed at John Adams and said seriously, "John told me that some gentlemen in North America will choose to fight... Benjamin, do you think this is feasible?"

Upon hearing this, Franklin put away his joking attitude and thought about it seriously before saying, "...The British army is still powerful, especially the navy!"

Unless forced into a corner, I believe we should keep our resistance within certain limits and avoid war altogether, because we cannot win!

Sure enough, this guy is a compromiser at heart. In that case, let's leave him in London to argue with those members of parliament!

Chen Wenbin thought to himself and nodded, saying, "Actually, that's what I think too. The military strength of North America and Britain is too disparate. It would be best if we could reach a compromise, such as having representatives from North America enter the British Parliament to protect our interests."

My current preparations are actually aimed at the Spanish and the Indians, but if things take a turn for the worse, then I'll have no choice but to take up arms to defend my property and freedom!

"The British Parliament would never accept representatives from North America!"

Before Franklin could speak, John Adams said with great certainty: "Once the representatives of North America are qualified to become British members of parliament, then who is the colony?"

North America has two million people, while England only has about seven million. Moreover, North Americans are wealthier and more likely to meet the land and property requirements stipulated in the Electoral Qualifications Act. In that case, more than half of the members of the British Parliament would be from North America… Are we to have the King rule the country from Philadelphia?

Franklin opened his mouth, but could only sigh and shake his head, saying, "Perhaps we could make other provisions regarding voter eligibility, or limit the number of North American representatives..."

John Adams sneered, "What fairness is there then? Are we North Americans inherently inferior to the British?"

After saying this, he ignored Franklin and shouted to Chen Wenbin, "Sir! As long as Britain wants to increase taxes in North America and treat it as a colony to be plundered, I think conflict is inevitable!"

We all need to be prepared for this!

Your current methods are good, but they are still too conservative!

Two hundred and thirty craftsmen are too few. I think we need at least fifteen hundred craftsmen, especially those who can make weapons and gunpowder!

We also need more professional mercenaries and officers to train North American militias.

In addition, we need to increase our procurement of various supplies and minerals that are not available in North America.

Finally, there are armed merchant ships…

He hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "I know you want to rescue your people to North America, but transporting immigrants from the East is still too inefficient. Why not allocate more transport capacity to recruit immigrants from Germany?"

They have no loyalty to the king and are very strong in battle. For the future of North America, I implore you to temporarily set aside your sympathy for your people. I believe that the government that will one day belong to the people of North America will welcome you in bringing immigrants from the East to North America!

Good guy!

After hearing this, Chen Wenbin felt nothing but admiration for the second president and founding father of the United States!

That's incredibly decisive. Once he realized war was inevitable, he immediately went all out to prepare for it, without any hesitation, and even made grand promises to himself as the boss...

hum!

If I don't take advantage of this opportunity to bring thousands or tens of thousands of Han Chinese immigrants from the East as a guarantee, once America becomes independent, this promise can be torn up at any time.

Any promise or guarantee will only be fulfilled and honored when there are heavy consequences for breaking it.

Once you lose the ability and means to control others, no matter how much you cry and scream, it won't stop people from taking your words as nonsense!

If Boss Chen could be fooled by him, then he's lived in vain.