I was the Founding Father of the United States

Chapter 40 New Inventions

"Since tariffs on North America are inevitable..."

Samuel Adams looked at Chen Wenbin, gritted his teeth, and said decisively:

"Then the only option is to fight!!"

let's move!

Let the British see our will to resist injustice!

"Samuel!"

John Adams, sitting next to him, was startled and quickly spoke up to warn him, but Chen Wenbin waved his hand and said, "John! Relax! I'm not the kind of person who would betray a friend!"

After saying that, he looked at Samuel and slowly nodded, saying, "Only sheep don't know how to resist when they're being slaughtered! But resistance alone isn't very effective... because the balance of power is real!"

After a few seconds of silence, he continued to the two who had regained their composure, "Only by choosing the right strategy to resist can we achieve the effect we want, right?"

Samuel was delighted to hear this. In the past six months, he had mentioned this matter to many important people he could get in touch with. Only a few people were as interested in it as Chen Wenbin. Most people thought he had gone crazy and wanted to distance themselves from him.

So he quickly replied, "Yes! That's right! Resistance requires strategy!"

First, we need an organization to unite the gentlemen with the strongest will to resist, and then use protests and propaganda to let the people of the North American colonies and the people of England know about London's unjust treatment of North America!

I believe your New England Voice is an excellent platform for promotion. Although it has only been established for three weeks, thanks to Mr. Franklin and you, its "Social Commentary" and "General Knowledge" programs have already become very popular among North American audiences... Therefore, I hope to become its editor and use reason and criticism to awaken more North American people!

So this old guy had his eye on The New England Voice and wanted to use it to his advantage!

Chen Wenbin immediately guessed Samuel's idea.

The New England Voice was his attempt to influence public opinion. Like other newspapers of the time, in addition to news and business information such as prices, it also featured three special columns: "Encyclopedic Knowledge," "Frontiers of Science," and "Social Commentary" to enhance its influence on public opinion.

The first two sections mainly introduce scientific knowledge such as medicine, geography, physics, and optics, and publish scientific papers, while the "Social Review" section delves into some social hot topics, analyzes the reasons behind them, and thus guides public opinion.

With the endorsement of two top scientists from the North American colonies, Franklin and Chen Wenbin, The New England Voice quickly became one of the mainstream newspapers in North America... In fact, it established distribution channels in major New England cities such as Boston, New York and Philadelphia.

Because of its low price, it can sell up to 2,000 copies per issue on good days and only 700 to 800 copies on bad days, while other mainstream newspapers, such as the Boston News, usually only sell 400 to 500 copies.

There was no way around it; the North American colonies had a population of two million and a literacy rate of nearly half. Unless they spent money to give away newspapers for free, newspaper sales wouldn't be very high.

It's a losing business anyway, so it's not impossible to give Samuel Adams face and let him be the editor. However, he seems to have a very radical stance, and Chen Wenbin is now a super-rich man. He doesn't want to be easily dragged down by him.

After a moment's thought, he smiled at Samuel, who was looking on expectantly, and said, "...Samuel, I would actually prefer to hire you as my assistant rather than as an editor for the New England Voice."

In a little over a month, I will be traveling to England to present my new invention to the King, so I need some attendants to help me make contact with members of parliament and businessmen in London…”

Then he looked at John Adams beside him and invited him, "John, if you'd like, you can come to England as my private lawyer. I think you'll be able to meet many legal authorities there."

Going to England with Chen Wenbin?!

You can even meet the King and members of parliament!

The Adams brothers were stunned at first, then looked at each other with surprise and delight in their eyes!

They had no doubt that Chen Wenbin would be able to meet King George III in England!

Even setting aside his status as a colonial senator and a wealthy man, his reputation as a scientist and a miracle doctor alone would have allowed him to meet any king in Europe!

Everyone knows that gout is common among European nobles, and Chen Wenbin happens to be able to treat gout!

"Your Excellency! I am willing to go to England as your attendant!" Samuel immediately stood up and bowed solemnly to express his willingness.

Although he opposed British control over North America, he was also very willing to go to England to meet the King if given the opportunity.

Because as long as he gets an audience with the king, his influence in North America will immediately rise to a new level!

Opposing British control and using the British monarch to enhance one's social standing are not contradictory.

John Adams then realized what was happening and also stood up excitedly, expressing his willingness to serve as Chen Wenbin's private lawyer in England.

As for his current legal practice... are you kidding me?

Being able to serve as Robin Chen's private lawyer is something that everyone in the Bar Association would envy, not to mention that going to England to exchange ideas with those top London barristers would also enhance his skills and network.

Chen Wenbin was in a good mood after bringing two Adams under his wing with ease.

No matter how ambitious these two guys are, they are certainly outstanding in causing trouble and social skills, and they are also very clear about the common tricks and schemes of the British... otherwise they wouldn't have been able to stir up such a big storm.

Bringing these two men into the group and sending them to Britain served two purposes: firstly, to win over two key rebel leaders, and secondly, to utilize their abilities to operate in Britain.

After all, Mr. Chen is not British, so having the Adams brothers as advisors and help can certainly be beneficial.

Under Chen Wenbin's deliberate efforts to win them over, the three then chatted frankly until noon. After Pastor Jensen came over to sign the contract, the Adams brothers had lunch and then reluctantly said goodbye and left.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

After bidding farewell to the pastor, Chen Wenbin, as planned, rode with his guards to the Robin Machinery Factory at the dock.

This is the factory with the strictest security measures in the entire industrial zone, and it is also Chen Wenbin's only wholly-owned factory. Not only is the factory surrounded by a wall, but there are also armed security teams patrolling the interior continuously.

With the investment of large sums of money and the use of water power, the machine factory is no longer a small-scale operation with only two or three people in the original metal laboratory, but a machine manufacturing plant with 45 workers and more than a dozen processing equipment.

Today, this place can produce more than 30 Robin rifles and 200 general-purpose parts every day. As the workers become more skilled, production efficiency continues to increase.

However, Chen Wenbin's purpose in coming here today is not to check on the production progress of the Robin rifle, but to discover a new invention that could change the world!

"...Your Excellency, William and I tried many different sizes of bobs and hook cams before finally settling on this version's specifications. We've tested it, and its sewing speed is at least as fast as twenty tailors!"

The only problem is that the ironworks reports that the yield rate of its pressure foot springs is very low, so they are still trying different quenching oil formulas and tempering temperatures...

Listening to the introduction by James Merlin, the head of the machine factory, Chen Wenbin's gaze fell on the wooden-cased hand-cranked sewing machine in front of him. He personally tested the sewing speed and felt that it was similar to the old-fashioned treadle sewing machine he had seen at his grandmother's house when he was a child. He then nodded in satisfaction and said:

"Let's change the shell material to cast iron! I'll work with old Hoffman to solve the spring yield problem. You guys get the finished product out as soon as possible!"

This is a gift I gave to King George!