1850 American Gold Tycoon

After the banquet, Liang Yao asked the servant to take Vanderbilt and his party to the packed guest room to rest.

Vanderbilt said nothing else except asking Liang Yao to send someone to bring Kony back from the brothel.

Strauss rummaged through the box and found a U.S. dollar draft and an IOU. The draft was a $60,000 Citibank draft with Kony's signature on it, and the IOU was also a $60,000 IOU with Kony's signature on it. Both the bill of exchange and the IOU were dated February 8, 1849.

"Mr. Kony owes the casino $60,000"

Before Strauss could finish speaking, Liang Yao interrupted him.

"These things are of no use to Mr. Vanderbilt. After you get Cony back, you can go and rest. Tomorrow we will accompany Mr. Vanderbilt to Sacramento to visit the mine."

Strauss put the bills and IOUs on Liang Yao's desk with great discernment, walked out of the study and took them gently with him.

Liang Yao took out his pipe and smoked a cigarette.

Now that Vanderbilt is here, can other consortiums be far behind?

Two ambitious politicians, Gervin and Fremont, have already gone to the east to lobby for the establishment of Virginia as a state. As for the situation, we will have to wait for two to three months or even longer before there is any news.

After all, there is no wireless telegraphy yet, so he, Gervin and Fremont can only communicate through letters.

Liang Yao didn't intend to place all his hopes on Ge Wen and Freemont.

Ge Wen was born into a small family and did not have much power to begin with. The Fremont family is quite prominent, but they are political amateurs and their influence is limited.

In this case, it is particularly critical whether Vanderbilt can be pulled onto the pirate ship.

Vanderbilt's financial power and influence were far beyond what Gervin and Fremont could match.

I don’t know whether Vanderbilt did it intentionally or unintentionally. At the banquet, he only focused on bragging and complimenting him with his old friends, but other than that, he didn’t mention anything else.

Beneath the seemingly bohemian appearance of the Commodore, there is actually a careful heart that is hard to fathom.

Liang Yao opened the drawer and took out a notebook. He opened the notebook and found that it was full of cut-out newspapers.

This newspaper clipping contained all the information he had collected about Vanderbilt, including some gossipy tidbits.

"Due to a lack of funds, the construction of the Polaris, of which Mr. Vanderbilt was so proud, was slow and delivery was expected to be delayed by five months."

"Mr. Vanderbilt says he will suspend construction of Cleveland train station, meaning Cleveland will lose 800 valuable jobs"

"Mr. Vanderbilt sold the steamer Burlington for $176,510"

"Mr. Vanderbilt, president of the Stonington Railroad Company, reduced his holding in the company to seven per cent."

"Mr. Vanderbilt pinched Senator Sellers' maid's butt again."

"Mr. Vanderbilt touched Ms. Alice's breast"

"Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Livingston got into a fight at the banquet. It was clear that gentleman Livingston was no match for the old sailor when it came to fighting."

Those tidbits aside, other information suggests Vanderbilt is strapped for cash.

This may be an opportunity. California lacks everything but gold.

In a sense, he and Vanderbilt both needed something from each other. They are all good partners for each other.

It's just that Vanderbilt is not Sartre, so he's not that easy to fool.

Liang Yao is still not sure how big the appetite of this shipping king is and how much bait he needs to take the bait.

His bait is Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, and the bottom line is that he maintains controlling interest in Xiangshan Mining Company.

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Vanderbilt also didn't fall asleep. He was a good drinker, and even a little wine couldn't get him down.

"My old man, according to your observations, is Mr. Liang worth cooperating with?"

His fellow countryman Vandaze was as good a drinker as he was.

In addition to rebuilding the California Shipping Company, the purpose of their trip was also to have a strong interest in gold. No one could resist the temptation of gold. Especially capitalists like them who have fallen in the eyes of money.

When in Nicaragua, Vanderbilt had two options, which was to choose between Brannan and Liang Yao who they thought was a more suitable partner.

The plan could not keep up with the changes, and now Vanderbilt only has Liang Yao as an option.

"Liang Yao is too young. He may just be lucky to be able to temporarily control the gold mining area in Sacramento." Clark interjected from the side.

"We are not the only ones keeping an eye on this tempting piece of cheese. Other families will not let go of this tempting piece of cheese. They are more influential than us in Congress. If we can get not much gold, we don't have to." You’re at risk for this.”

"Youth may mean that you are young and have insufficient experience, but it can never represent a young person's ability. According to my observation, Liang Yao has very rich experience, which makes me feel very strange."

Vanderbilt felt a little ashamed when he thought about his naive self at the age of 19. He paused and continued.

"Liang Yao is very ambitious and shrewd. He clearly knows the purpose of our trip, but he never mentioned a word about his bottom line."

"He is a qualified businessman who doesn't show his trump card easily."

Fan Daze affirmed this. According to his own observation, Liang Yao's performance is indeed very mature and he looks like a reliable partner.

“As for whether it’s worth cooperating, we have to go and see the situation in the Sacramento mining area tomorrow before making a judgment.

The old aristocrats of New York already have California gold in their pocket, so why can’t we get a piece of it? I wouldn't mind if Liang Yao could be used to disgust them. But I still don’t know if the gold in Liang Yao’s hands can disgust them. "

Vanderbilt was also very interested in the gold in California. Opening a shipping company meant making money, while mining gold mines meant making money directly. No matter how profitable a business is, money will not come as quickly as picking up money directly.

If he could obtain a considerable amount of gold in California, he could defeat his opponents on the route from New York to California relatively easily.

He already felt threatened by the Pacific Mail Line supported by Washington. He needed to eliminate this threat to secure his monopoly on the U.S. shipping industry.

He also intends to enter the railway transportation industry to connect towns in the west.

The development of the east has encountered a bottleneck. The stock market has fallen so much that people want to jump off the building. If you want to continue to make big money, you can only enter the west. The west is the hope of the future of the United States!

On land, tracks are routes and trains are ships. He wants to monopolize the railway transportation industry just like he monopolizes the shipping industry!

That's why he bought the Stonington Railroad Company and engineered his own behind-the-scenes plan to become president of the company.

To complete this grand undertaking requires U.S. dollars, astronomical amounts of U.S. dollars are needed. And the U.S. dollars he can use now lying in the bank are only more than 7 million.

Obviously, this mere US$7 million cannot support his grand ambitions.