1850 American Gold Tycoon

"The Bernat gang has a total of 355 people, 252 of whom were killed by our California Infantry Regiment, and the remaining 103 prisoners are here."

Deng Yan reported the results of the battle to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao had already received the battle report about the results of the battle in the Columbia River Valley two weeks ago.

There were some discrepancies between Deng Yan's report and the data reported in the battle report. The main discrepancy was in the number of wounded prisoners.

Deng Yan thought the wounded and wounded prisoners were causing trouble, so he executed them on the spot.

Therefore, the data that Deng Yan reported to Liang Yao in person were better than those in the battle report.

As for our own casualties, due to the crushing weapons and quality of the soldiers, the casualties of the California Infantry Regiment in this operation were almost negligible.

The price paid was only 4 killed and 11 wounded.

And not all of these casualties were caused by the Burnett gang.

Among the four people killed in the battle, one died of an illness and one was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and died of infection. Only two were actually killed on the battlefield.

The situation of the 11 injured people was similar, 3 people were infected with the disease, 3 people were bitten by poisonous insects, and of the remaining 5 people, 2 of them were too excited during the pursuit and accidentally tripped over Shitou and Tengman, and one One sprained his foot, and the other one was more unlucky. He happened to hit a stone and accidentally knocked out one of his front teeth. Only three of them suffered gunshot wounds.

It's just that Liang Yao is more conscientious. As long as he is killed or injured in military operations, he will be compensated according to normal standards.

After the ship stopped, Liang Yao walked off the ship, glanced disdainfully at the embarrassed and begging prisoners, and finally stopped in front of Bernat.

"Mr. Liang, long time no see."

Bernat, who was tightly tied and unable to move, saw Liang Yao coming and hurriedly said to Liang Yao.

"I lose in your hands. I admit it. I still have a lot of money in Portland. Governor Leonardo of Portland is also my friend. He is willing to spend money to redeem me and my subordinates." Go."

Until now, Bernat still holds on to the hope of leaving alive, and Liang Yao just finds it funny.

A person who has been a territorial governor has this kind of brain? The threshold for becoming a territorial governor in the Midwestern Territory of the United States is really low.

"Do I look like someone who is short of these few dollars?" Liang Yao stared directly at the scalp on the top of Bernat's head, staring at him, which made Bernat's heart feel numb.

"With such a good scalp, it would be a pity not to peel it off and make leather boots. Unfortunately, I am different from you. I don't like human leather products, that's all."

"But what?"

Liang Yao's words made Bernat tremble all over. Only now did he realize that Liang Yao was not what he thought. He only helped the Indians after receiving their property.

The real purpose is to kill him! It was he who thought of Liang Yao too simply. To be precise, he brought his prejudice against Indians, stupidity and imbecility into Liang Yao.

The arrogant Bernat always believed that as a noble white man of English descent, he was several levels higher than these savages, so he was naturally smarter than people of color.

An unprecedented fear surged into Bernat's heart

"The land here is good, but it's not fertile enough. It's perfect for your compost." Liang Yaopi said to Bernat with a smile.

"How dare you! Liang Yao! I am a Democrat! I am also the former governor of the California Territory and the former governor of the Oregon Territory! I have made military exploits for the expansion of the western United States!" Burnat struggled like a mad dog after hearing this. Hysterically ranting about filial piety.

"If I die, the Democratic Party will definitely investigate to the end! The War Department will also investigate to the end! I advise you to be more sensible and give up this unrealistic idea."

As soon as Liang Yao said this, not only Burnat became anxious, but Burnat's accomplices also exploded and started shouting.

"Liang Yao! My old boss is now serving in the Ministry of War! I advise you to let us go obediently to avoid unnecessary trouble!" Sanders also moved out his old boss in the Ministry of War.

Liang Yao smiled coldly, took out the revolver at his waist from his gun bag, pressed the hammer, and without hesitation pulled the trigger at Sanders' head.

Before Sanders could react, his head exploded instantly, and a mixture of brain plasma and blood splashed on Burnett's face.

Of course Liang Yao knew that the Democratic Party would investigate such a big matter, and perhaps the Ministry of War would also investigate.

But as long as there is no proof and no evidence can be produced, what will happen even if the Democrats know that he was behind it? What can we do to him?

The United States is a country of laws. If Liang Yao can't produce evidence, he can still accuse them of slandering them and accompany them to the federal court for fun.

Although the Democratic Party was more united and better organized than the Whig Party, which could only be united when it opposed the Democratic Party.

It was just the unity of the Whig Party. Within the Democratic Party, different groups also held together for warmth.

As long as Liang controls the vote in California, he wouldn't be surprised if Democrats shamelessly seek his support in the next presidential election.

The Democrats will have trouble with Liang Yao, but they will never have trouble with California's votes. So here’s the problem. If you can’t deal with Liang Yao, you can’t deal with California’s votes. This is really a headache for the Democrats.

Liang Yao believes that the leader of the Democratic Party knows which one is more important, a mere Bernat or California's two or three hundred thousand votes.

Bernat looked at Liang Yao in disbelief. At this time, his eyes and heart were already filled with fear.

Bernat never thought that he would face death threats one day.

Liang Yao put away his gun and pulled out the Bao Yin hunting knife from Deng Yan's waist.

The Bowin hunting knife is one of the standard individual equipment of the California Infantry Regiment and is also an important tool for camping in the wild.

However, there are some soldiers and officers who like the Arkansas toothpick, known as the Arkansas toothpick, but the Arkansas toothpick is not on the list of standard equipment of the California Infantry Regiment.

For example, the short knife on Wang Shu's waist is an Arkansas sharp knife, but he bought it with his own money and was not issued uniformly.

Liang Yao was not opposed to soldiers purchasing equipment at their own expense. Some wealthy soldiers, in addition to the uniformly issued long guns, also purchased revolvers at their own expense as self-defense weapons in close combat.

"Mr. Thomas, the choice is up to you whether you want to cooperate with California to make a fortune or continue to pay protection fees to Portland."

Liang Yao handed the sharp Bow Yin hunting knife into the hands of the stunned Thomas. Thomas finally understood why Liang Yao was able to become a colonel in the American Army at a young age and control the military and political power of California.

This kid doesn't act like a young boy in his early twenties.

Thomas knew that Liang Yao was asking for a certificate of prominence from him. As long as he killed Bernat, he could become a member of Liang Yao's circle, benefit from Liang Yao's glory, and reap the dividends of California's development.

But as long as he kills Bernat, there will be no way out from now on. He can only follow Liang Yao to the end.

Prosperity and wealth are now within Thomas's thoughts.

"Scalp him, and we will be real partners from now on, and you will be one of us. Three years ago, Sacramento was just like the current Eugene Village, a small village chief."

With that said, Liang Yao patted Thomas on the shoulder.

"Scalp him?" Thomas was a little surprised. He originally thought that Liang Yao just wanted him to kill Bernat by stabbing him several times.

"What? No?" Liang Yao asked.

In the 1850s, anyone who could survive in the lawless wilderness of the West and become a village chief would certainly not be a good person.

Especially since there were Indian tribes all around Eugene Village, Thomas had not taken many lives or scalped many people, so Liang Yao didn't believe it.

There are a few people who come to the West who have white lotuses like Robinson. Besides, Robinson's white lotus is not as white as it used to be.

"meeting!"

Portland doesn't have the ability to develop Eugene Village into a city, but California does.

Thinking of the shares Liang Yao promised him, thinking of the future of the fellow villagers in Eugene Village and his own prosperity, Thomas gritted his teeth and walked up to Bernat with a knife in hand.

"I recognize you! You are Thomas, the mayor of Eugene Village! We also had meals and drinks together, my old friend."

Seeing Thomas walking towards him menacingly with a bright knife, Bernat was completely panicked.

But before Bernat could finish his words, Thomas kicked him to the ground.

"Of course I remember, my old friend, but I haven't paid you once, and you think it's natural for us Eugene villagers to treat you to drinks and dinner. You also laughed at my German accent, touched my wife's butt, and so on. I remember them all, Mr. Burnett."

Thomas pressed the knee of his right leg on Bernat's neck, raised the knife with his hand, skillfully used the tip of the knife to make a cut on Bernat's scalp, and started his work quite skillfully.

As Bernat roared like a slaughtering pig, a complete scalp appeared in Thomas's hand.

"Very good." Liang Yao nodded, he was very satisfied with Thomas' performance.

"Congratulations, Thomas, you are one of us from now on! Welcome to the California family!"

After expressing his congratulations to Thomas, Liang Yao glanced disdainfully at Bernat, who was moaning in pain at the lake of flesh and blood on the ground.

"Mr. Bernat, this is just an appetizer. I think when you scalped the Indians, you wouldn't let those poor Indians go after scalping them."

"Leave him to me! He owes our Salish tribe more than a hundred lives in his hands!" Chief Hills of the Salish tribe clenched his fists and stared at him with eyes that could almost spit out flames. Burnett on the ground.

"And we, the Chinook!"

"He also owes us more than two hundred people of the Yamaki tribe!"

"We, the Quinault tribe, were almost wiped out by him!"

Soon, the tribal chiefs of other Indian tribes jumped out one after another, eager to eat Burnat's flesh alive, drink his blood, cramp his muscles, crush his bones and raise ashes to relieve their hatred.

"I leave these guys to you, execute them all here."

Liang Yao said to the chiefs of these Indian tribes.

The chiefs of various Indian tribes, with their warriors and swords in hand, pounced on the white prisoners.

The worst offender was Burnat. As the chief criminal in Oregon, Burnat had a lot of blood debts. Almost every tribe's subordinates were owed lives. Burnat naturally deserved more meticulous care.

Liang Yao just watched quietly from the sidelines as these Indians executed the prisoners. The mission of the California Infantry Regiment had been completed. Their most important duty now was to watch from the sidelines and prevent any of these prisoners from escaping.

But it was just in case, as an extra layer of insurance. These tightly tied white prisoners, under the surveillance of two to three thousand pairs of eyes, had a zero chance of successfully escaping.