1850 American Gold Baron

Liang Yao and Robinson were about to say goodbye to Flagg with disappointment, but Flagg stopped them.

At this time, the modern police system in the United States is still under construction, and serving the public is only to paralyze and fool the ignorant people at the bottom who have no independent thoughts. What they really want to serve is the ruling class of the United States of America.

It's just that California currently doesn't have a ruling class that is widely recognized legally, which makes Flagg feel confused and afraid.

Liang Yao was right. When the legally recognized ruling class arrived in California, they were pleasantly surprised to find that California, a chaotic and chaotic frontier land, could bask in the glory of civilization, and Flagg, as the local police chief, could also bask in the glory of civilization.

He left a brilliant mark on his resume.

"Sacramento really needs order and cannot be as chaotic as San Francisco. I will consider your suggestions." Flagg looked at the dazzling gold that almost collapsed the solid oak dining table, took a deep breath and continued.

"All of this gold will be used to build the Sacramento Police Station. Sacramento is so big and we don't have enough manpower to ensure security in a small area. You can give us some suggestions on the location of the police station."

Although the purpose of visiting Flagg went through some twists and turns, the final goal was finally achieved.

Next, Liang Yao had to deal with the devil Brannan.

Although he focused his development on Sacramento, he tried to avoid direct competition with Brannan.

But as long as he was in the California gold rush, Brannan was always the one he couldn't get around, at least for now.

Liang Yao wanted to build a few shops and a warehouse at the port to transfer supplies and receive Chinese gold diggers arriving at the port. He now urgently needs manpower, a lot of manpower.

The meeting place was Brannan's casino, which was crowded with excited and stupid gold diggers.

They firmly believe that they can make a fortune in the casino, squandering the hard-earned gold wantonly in the casino, venting the most primitive animal nature in their hearts.

But every card on the gambling table here has been manipulated. It is impossible to make a fortune here. Even if you are a gambling god alive, you can win a considerable amount of gold on the gambling table and place it in various places in the casino.

The hired gun on the corner won't let you walk out of the casino alive.

Although he knew it was a losing bet, Liang Yao still chose to sit at the gambling table.

Brannan became more and more arrogant and only wanted to discuss business with people at the gambling table.

Brannan called a few white prostitutes for Liang Yao to entertain him. Some of these prostitutes were older than his mother. However, in a place like California where sows compete with Diao Chan, in the eyes of those vulgar gold diggers, all of them were inferior.

She is a fairy-like beauty.

It's not that Liang Yao doesn't like women, it's just that he has no interest in these women.

After losing more than 800 ounces of gold to Brannan, Brannan finally got to the point and started serious business discussions with him.

"Your luck is a bit bad." Brannan held his pipe in his mouth, and the swirling smoke made it almost impossible to see his face clearly.

"You're just lucky, Mr. Brannan."

Liang Yao leaned back and leaned his back on the chair to make his body feel more relaxed.

"Several John Jenkins stores happen to be vacant. If you have 1,000 ounces of gold, these stores are yours." Brannan exhaled a mouthful of smoke, waved his hand to disperse the smoke in front of him, and looked at it with some amusement.

Liang Yao said, "Your luck at the gambling table is a bit bad, but your luck on the gold mining field is not bad. I heard that you are the luckiest gold digger in Sacramento."

Liang Yao was able to come up with so much gold in such a short period of time, which surprised Brannan. In California, he always judged people very accurately, and there were not many people who could misjudge him.

At first, Brannan, like most people, thought that Chinese gold diggers like Liang Yao would not achieve much. Now it seems that he was wrong. This Chinese gold mining group was actually able to achieve great success in just over a month.

Taking out so much gold must be something special.

Like Brannan, Liang Yao was also surprised at this time. He thought he had kept a low profile. He didn't expect Brannan to know so much about the situation in Sacramento, which is more than 100 kilometers away.

In the depressing atmosphere, Liang Yao tried his best to stay calm. After calming down, he was convinced that Brannan was deceiving him and testing him.

He kept his gold mining proceeds strictly confidential. Even the Boston Company, which was adjacent to the camp, did not know how much gold they had found. Brannan, who was far away in San Francisco, certainly knew no more than the people of the Boston Company.

"Mr. Brannan must have misunderstood." Liang Yao shook his head in frustration and kept his posture very low.

"Our luck in the gold mining field is not bad, but it is not good either. Before going to the gambling table, maybe I could grit my teeth and take out 1,000 ounces of gold, but now I can't take out that much gold at the moment. I don't know Brannan

Are you willing to make some concessions on price, sir?”

In any case, this transaction was a sure profit for Brannan. Anyway, those stores were not originally owned by Brannan. It was Brannan who took all of Jenkins' property as his own under the guise of law.

Anyway, there are no judges in California now, let alone courts. It is not up to Brannan, the local bully, to decide how to deal with these properties.

He sold his property right after killing him. Brannan's calculation was really good.

If he hadn't had no choice, Liang Yao wouldn't have approached Brannan to buy a shop.

"These shops are prosperous shops, and their value far exceeds 1,000 ounces of gold. I am willing to sell them to you because you are more compatible with me. If the gold is not enough, you can pay slowly, but I need to collect

Your interest.”

Although it is a hugely profitable business without any cost, Brannan is not willing to make any concessions in terms of price.

Of course it's Wangpu. If it weren't for Wangpu, you wouldn't kill Jenkins. Liang Yao was muttering in his heart and accepted the offer with a very reluctant expression.

After paying 860 ounces of gold for gambling and 700 ounces of gold for the store, Liang Yao left the casino that disgusted and suffocated him.

"Hire some Chinese to clean up the shop and sweep it to get rid of this bad luck."

Liang Yao looked at the messy store and said to Deng Wenyu that the goods in the store had long been robbed, and even the wooden boards, nails, and bolts on the shelves had been removed.

"Dead things are easy to clean, but what about the living ones? There are still people behind."

Deng Wenyu pointed to the half-open wooden door and said.

Liang Yao pushed open the wooden door and saw a white woman with disheveled hair holding a child in her arms, with two half-year-old children standing next to her. She was very excited. When she saw Liang Yao, she pointed a kitchen knife at Liang Yao and yelled.

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"Get out of here! You robbers! Bandits!"

"Are you Mrs. Jenkins?" Liang Yao said, staring at the four orphans and widows in front of him.

Hearing Jenkins' name, the white woman burst into tears and collapsed on the ground. Liang Yao tried to persuade the out-of-control white woman, but the white woman couldn't get enough of her, so they could only remain in a stalemate.

Damn it, damn Brannan, he did dirty things and I still have to wipe his ass.

Cai Mingsheng, who had just arrived at the store, said something about sin after entering the door, then stepped forward to help the white woman up and comforted: "Madam, everything will be fine."

Seeing Cai Mingsheng, the white woman's mood eased somewhat. Thinking about them getting to know each other, Cai Mingsheng's character reputation here is pretty good.

"This is John Jenkins' wife, Maine." Cai Mingshang sighed and said, "Jenkins was a dedicated businessman during his lifetime, but I didn't expect... ah..."

"Sir, for the sake of God, don't drive us away. I often help my father take care of the shop. I can also speak English, Spanish and a little bit of French." A skinny boy of twelve or thirteen years old came forward and pulled Liang Yao.

Said the cuffs.

"It's a pity that you don't know Chinese or Cantonese." Liang Yao looked at this clever little boy with some regret.

This little boy looks smart and has a bright mind. With a little training, when he grows up a few years, he may be able to do things for him.

There is just a language gap. Liang Yao is already exhausted from teaching English to the Deng brothers and sisters, and he has no time or energy to teach an American child Chinese.

"It beats your lungs! You're on the street! You bad guy! Selinmu! Sanuen! I can also learn a little bit of your language sir." The little boy blurted out without hesitation, "I can also learn your language sir.

, I still have a bit of talent in learning languages, and it doesn’t take too long.”

When Liang Yao heard this, he almost stumbled and fell to the ground. Sure enough, the fastest language he learned was always swearing.

"This kid is very smart. Let's keep him. The orphans and widows have nowhere to go. Brannan has already robbed all their belongings. They can't even afford a boat ticket to leave here." Cai Mingsheng couldn't bear it.

He also interceded for these orphans and widowed mothers.

"From now on, you will run this shop for me. What's your name, little guy?" Liang Yao asked the little boy's name.

It seems that this child is very talented in language. Liang Yao has become interested in him, so it doesn't hurt to stay and observe him for a while. If he can teach himself, that would be the best, and he can keep it for his own use.

If there is really no future, it will not be difficult to remove the Jenkins family. He came to California to work hard, not to open a shelter.

He bought a total of four shops from Brannan. Logically speaking, these four shops under the 1860 ounce price were indeed a very good deal. Maybe Brannan also felt that these shops were unlucky, otherwise with Brannan's

Personally, I would not sell these stores.

In addition to one used to renovate a reception house and one used as a warehouse, the remaining two shops can also be used to do some scattered small businesses.

His development focus is in Sacramento, and now is the time to hire people. It is impossible for him to draw people from Sacramento to manage the stores here.

Even the guest house, Liang Yao spent a lot of effort to invite Cai Mingsheng to help manage it.

"Alan Jenkins, you can call me little Allen, sir." the little boy said.

At this time, people's livelihood in the Qing Dynasty was difficult, and a prairie fire was brewing. Due to the difficult people's livelihood, many coastal residents chose to go to sea to make a living. It was rumored that California, which was full of gold, naturally became their first choice. More and more Chinese went to California to pan for gold to make a living.

many.

Most of these people are Cantonese and Fujianese, and the majority are Cantonese.

The areas close to Hong Kong and Macao and the five treaty ports opened after the Opium War have more contacts with foreigners and news spreads faster. In addition, these places already have a business tradition, so it is not unacceptable for them to make a living abroad.

During the Ming Dynasty, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, many people from these places went to Nanyang to make a living, and many people even chose to take root in Nanyang.

After the guest house was set up, Liang Yao hired a total of 85 Chinese gold diggers and 16 white gold diggers in San Francisco.

These gold diggers were failed gold diggers. They failed to find enough gold and lived a very miserable life in San Francisco. It was not expensive to hire them.

Relatively speaking, Liang Yao's conditions for hiring Chinese workers are relatively loose. As long as they are not cunning and cunning, they will accept them. As for the standard for judging whether a person is cunning and cunning, it is also very simple. Just look at what he does in China.

As for white employees, Liang Yao's standards were very strict, and he only recruited technical talents such as craftsmen, engineers, and doctors. However, there were not many such talents in San Francisco, and Liang Yao spent a lot of effort to recruit only ten people.

six people.