1850 American Gold Tycoon

"John, you are so stupid that you would cooperate with Brandon's gang of bandits! You also left evidence such as letters and dollar bills! You are as greedy and stupid as your grandfather!"

Inside the New York Consortium's camp in Sacramento.

Representatives of the major families and tycoons in New York State felt as if they were mourning after learning that Liang Yao had sent troops to annihilate the gangsters headed by Brandon with lightning speed and destroyed their gang lair.

Grover Morris, an old aristocrat from New York City who was prosperous and prosperous, even took a dig at John's grandfather, Old Astor.

They all complained that John and Brandon cooperated and did things uncleanly, leaving behind clues and losing their aristocratic style.

"John, what you have done has tarnished the image of our nobles. You have completely disgraced the nobles of New York State."

Orion, the representative of the Livingston family, followed closely and gave John a stabbing blow.

"Aristocratic image? When you ate my beef, you didn't have any aristocratic image at all. Your food was no better than the beggars on the streets of New York." John felt very angry, "The beef you ate last week was bran Den brought it from Sutter's farm, and you praised it as the most delicious food in the world."

In addition to being angry, John also felt very wronged. The food I got from Brandon back then was eaten more deliciously by everyone here.

Several New York chaebol representatives who were about to continue venting their anger on John stopped their fire in time.

"We should stop the meaningless arguments. Now is not the time to quarrel and shirk responsibility." Milnas stopped the meaningless and endless debate. "John is also thinking about all of us. None of us want this result. See."

John cast a grateful look at Milnus.

"Milnas, you still understand me. I am doing this so that everyone can have enough to eat."

It’s ridiculous to say that the children of aristocratic and wealthy businessmen who were serving delicacies from the mountains and seas in New York are now seeking to have enough to eat in California.

"Gentlemen, I think we have underestimated our opponent too much. Liang Yao is not only very business-savvy, but also very political-savvy. He understands both business and politics, and may even understand military affairs. This is a very difficult opponent. Opponent." Milnas sighed, "We need to re-evaluate this opponent."

"Milnas, you think too highly of him. He is just a knowledgeable country bumpkin at best. Besides, we have Congress behind us, right?"

Grover said rather disdainfully.

"Brannan may be a country bumpkin, but Liang Yao is definitely not! Glover, please put aside your prejudices. It is a certainty that Fremont and Gervin will become senators of California." Milnas said seriously. He said, "And the financial backer behind them is Liang Yao. Do you still think he is a country bumpkin?"

Milner had just received a letter from New York. Fremont and Gervin were about to become California's first senators. This was terrible news for their New York consortium.

"Already confirmed?"

John found it inconceivable that each state had only two fixed seats for the Senate, rather than a House of Representatives allocated in proportion to population.

The United States is very tolerant of any position in New Jersey, even if you clearly mark the price, it doesn't matter. Only the two senator positions, the United States has always been very tight, and you can't become a senator if you have money.

In order to control the senatorial election in New Jersey, Washington even manipulated previous nominations of new state senators.

For example, if only two people are nominated for the two senator positions, to put it bluntly, they are determined by default.

Even if there are extra people participating in the nomination, Washington will exclude them for various reasons.

To put it bluntly, American democracy is still a limited democracy. Pure and 100% democracy cannot exist.

"Unless we can nominate California Senate candidates who are more competitive than Fremont and Gervin before they officially take office." Milnas said very disappointed.

Even if their New York consortium is willing to spend huge sums of money to buy out two California senators, it is already too late.

There is no direct telegraph route from California to Washington and New York. Regardless of the cost, the fastest way to communicate is to send the letter to the telegraph office in Houston, Texas, and then the Houston telegraph office will transmit the content of the letter through the wire. Telegrams were sent to New York and Washington.

Milnas had to admit that Liang Yao had a very good political vision.

The two senatorial candidates supported by Liang Yao are very suitable.

Although Fremont was a political amateur, he was born into a prominent family in Georgia. His father-in-law was Thomas Hart Benton, a very powerful senator from Missouri.

Moreover, Fremont himself was not a playboy with no merits. His western adventure opened up the western trail to California and made outstanding contributions to the expansion of the United States.

The flagship of the Mexican-American War, the Fremont even provided the military with a relatively accurate map of California.

With the above conditions and Liang Yao's financial support, Fremont is fully qualified to become a California senator.

As for Gervin, his family background is not as prominent as Fremont's, but Gervin is not a political amateur. He has many years of experience as an Ohio representative and a beautiful resume of more than ten years working in government departments. As long as you have enough financial support, you are fully qualified to be elected as the California Senator.

Both of these people perfectly avoided their New York consortium. Milnas didn't know whether this was a coincidence or a layout that Liang Yao had already completed.

If it were to be planned in advance, Liang Yao would have started planning at least four or five months ago, or even longer.

At that time, California was not the time when Liang Yao's family was the only one, but the time when Liang Yao and Brannan were competing for supremacy.

If this is the case, Brannan's loss to Liang Yao was not unjust at all. Their vision and structure were not at the same level at all.

"John, where is that candidate you say is the most suitable candidate for governor of California? Where is he now?"

Orion pinned his hopes on John and the California gubernatorial candidate they had mentioned. Although he currently knows nothing about the so-called most suitable candidate for governor of California.

"He is coming from the Oregon Territory. I think he will arrive soon. Perhaps he has arrived in San Francisco on Aspinwall's ship now." John estimated the cost of traveling from the Oregon Territory to San Francisco. time said.

Immediately, John looked at Milnas and asked: "Milnas, how much information do you know about Liang Yao? My grandfather often did business with the Chinese in his early years. He told me that the officials of the Qing Dynasty acted very tactfully. , more difficult to contact than businessmen from the Qing Dynasty, is this Liang Yao born into a family of officials from the Qing Dynasty?"

John remembered the first time he met Liang Yao. This guy let his creditor delay him for more than an hour, wearing down his patience, and waited until he was very tired before he came out to see him. As a result, John had almost forgotten the contents of the conversation he had prepared in advance. People tend to be careless when they are tired.

John remembered clearly that Liang Yao was very fluent in English. His grandfather also told him that many businessmen in Guangzhou, China, were very proficient in English due to their long-term trade with the British East India Company.

At that time, John also subconsciously believed that Liang Yao should have been born in a businessman's family in Guangzhou, and did not conduct an in-depth investigation of Liang Yao's life experience.

"Thank God, John, you finally came to your senses and asked a meaningful question." Milnas said, "According to the information I collected, Liang Yao was indeed born in a family of officials, and Chinese immigrants in California also knew Liang Yao. He talks about this identity and is even proud of it. I heard that his grandfather worked as a minister in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately, I don’t understand the official system of the Qing Dynasty.”

"Officials in the capital?" John's expression gradually became serious. "I don't know what this official position does, but my grandfather told me that local officials in the Qing Dynasty were particularly afraid of officials from the central government, even small officials in the capital. Officials, they all have to work hard to curry favor.

Moreover, these officials looked down on us and were even more arrogant than the British. They always looked condescending and called us barbarians. In the eyes of these arrogant officials, our trade with the Qing Dynasty was nothing more than a trade against us. A charity from the savages. "

"If that's the case, it makes sense." Milnas seemed to suddenly realize. "The population of the Qing Dynasty is dozens of times that of the United States. I learned from the newspaper that they select officials through examinations, and the admission rate is higher than that of Harvard. The university is still low, so those who can become officials in the Qing Dynasty must be very knowledgeable, and their children's education must be very good."

Milnas seemed to understand why all Chinese in California were in awe of Liang Yao.

"Since he has such a good background, why do he come to California? What is the difference between coming to this hell place and being a prisoner exiled to Australia by the British?" Orion complained.

"Didn't we also come to California from New York for gold?" John also looked at this difficult opponent and gave Liang Yao a positive evaluation, "Maybe he is also a person with pursuits like us."

There are not many people who can interest Milnas. He also agrees with John's point of view: "If we are not in a competitive relationship, I would really like to sit down with him to have a drink and chat."