1850 American Gold Tycoon

"Mr. Liang, you just won a big victory. I think you should pursue the victory and win the Nevada and New Mexico regions together!"

"Mr. Liang, I feel that only an independent republic can protect the people of California and your rights and interests in California."

"Mr. Liang, I think that with your ability and personal charm, you can completely unite the people in the former Mexican territory."

The New York consortium handed over their gold, and Liang Yao whistled cheerfully and transported the 100,000 ounces of gold he had just harvested to the Sacramento branch of the Americas Bank.

Gibson's chattering voice reached his ears.

Liang Yao won the battle and wiped out half of the elite regiment of the American Army. California's morale was unprecedentedly high.

This gave Gibson hope. Gibson felt that although California was only a corner of the country, it was more reliable than Mexico, which they originally supported.

If Liang Yao can be persuaded to take the opportunity to eat the Mexican territory that the United States has just swallowed, and establish a new republic in the Americas, it will not only weaken the national power of the United States, but also directly contain the United States in the Americas.

This was in the interests of the British Empire.

Eurasia is the world island of this world. Whoever controls Eurasia controls the world.

At present, the Russians' attempt to open an outlet in the Black Sea has aroused the vigilance of Britain and France.

Compared with the growing rise of the United States, both Britain and France are more wary of the Russian ambitions in the Black Sea and Asia Minor.

After all, compared with the United States, which is far away in the Americas, it is just a scabies disease, while Russia, which is close to the European continent, is a serious problem.

Mexico cannot be helped up, and as for Britain itself, it is impossible for Britain to personally fight against the United States.

Therefore, it became a good choice to support an agent outside the Canadian colonies and Mexico to fight the United States to the end.

But for now, both California's top officials, led by Liang Yao, and the federal government, led by Fillmore, have maintained a very restrained attitude.

Both sides seemed to be very sensible and had no intention of further escalating the conflict, which made Gibson very anxious. This was a good opportunity for Wu to use the sewing machine to make stitches that were difficult to sew (once in a lifetime).

Watching the United States gradually move towards peace, Gibson felt more uncomfortable than the British Empire being mired in war.

If Liang Yao's strength allows him, he can really consider the pie that Gibson drew for him.

But Liang Yao knew very well how much he and California now weighed.

Moreover, Gibson was also very insincere. The arms he brought to him were all the British army's inventory in the colonies. A bunch of old stuff that had changed hands many times.

"Mr. Gibson, I don't want what you think, I want what I feel."

Liang Yao didn't want to pay attention to the evil-minded Gibson. Although Gibson was only a banker in Barings Bank in name, he revealed the insidiousness of politicians all over his body.

"As a businessman, your control is a bit too lenient. If you want to talk politics with me, I'm sorry. If you are willing to talk business with me, I welcome it."

When it comes to business, Legoff immediately perks up.

Compared to Gibson, Legoff seemed more Buddhist in provoking a war between California and the United States of America.

Gibson is calling it an inspection these days, but he is actually racking his brains to sow discord between the California authorities and the federal government.

It's just that the senior officials in California didn't buy Gibson's account, but they didn't drive him away. They just kept hanging on Gibson, which made Gibson feel very uncomfortable.

Legoff conducted a serious on-site inspection. He felt that California had great potential and was very suitable for investment. He had already planned to ask his superiors for instructions to allow the Bank of France to open a branch in California.

"Mr. Liang, based on my investigation, I feel that the current transportation mode in California is too backward. Only the American River route cannot meet the transportation needs of San Francisco and Sacramento, and the carrying capacity of horse-drawn carriages is extremely limited.

If there was a railroad that could connect the San Francisco and Sacramento areas, I think it would be very helpful to the development of both areas. ” LeGoff spoke his mind.

The competitiveness of French industrial products is higher than that of the United States and lower than that of the United Kingdom.

In the international trade market, France has also been suppressed by the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom highly values ​​free trade because it has vast and wealthy colonies that provide blood transfusions to the British mainland, providing low-cost raw materials and a vast dumping market.

To put it bluntly, it means passing on product losses to the colonies.

This is why British industrial products are so good and affordable.

France also has colonies, but French colonies are far less wealthy than British colonies and cannot provide blood transfusions to France. At least it cannot give blood to France like the British colonies did.

If France wants to improve the competitiveness of its products in the international market, it can only take the path of exploiting its workers.

Once the exploitation is excessive, it is easy to trigger a domestic revolution. Once the revolution breaks out, these people even dare to send the king to the guillotine.

That's why LeGoff is more concerned about investing in California than Gibson.

Even a small market is very attractive to the French.

It's not that the British don't need a market, it's just that they need a huge market like the Qing Dynasty. A small market like California, with a population of just over 100,000, is not very attractive to the British.

"I think so too, but the state's railways are not open to foreign capital for the time being." Liang Yao said.

It was impossible for Liang Yao to hand over the railway to the French. It was the lifeline of California's transportation, so it was more secure to hold it in his own hands.

In the United States, building railways also provides land along the railways and priority development rights.

The initial cost of building a railway is very high, so the American government provides such generous conditions in order to encourage private railway construction.

Of course, this also led to many railway companies blindly building worthless railways, because they did not build railways for the sake of building railways, but to obtain land along the railway lines.

"Really? That's really a pity."

Le Goff, who was rejected by Liang Yao, said with some displeasure.

“But we welcome French industrial and mining companies to settle in California, and the state will provide certain policy preferences to such companies and enterprises.” Liang Yao said to Le Goff.

"My shipping company currently still has a big gap in ships. If the returning company can provide advanced steam ships, I think there will be great prospects for cooperation between us."

"I'm looking forward to our collaboration."

Legoff's expression softened slightly, he shook hands with Liang Yao and said.

Back in San Francisco, Fremont had good news for him.

"In the latest round of voting in Congress, more and more members have changed their attitudes. Even nearly one-third of the members of the House of Representatives oppose the withdrawal of the land grant from the Mexican government in California." Fremont He said with a smile.

"Mr. President is also building momentum for our speech. The current form is very beneficial to us!"

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