1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 126: Harvesting the leeks of the capitalists and poaching the corners of the capitalists (600 subscriptions for additional updates!)

"This gold was indeed mined by you, and I respect the fruits of your labor and that of the miners.

But don't forget that you are digging for gold on my land, and you have not paid me even one cent of land rent for three months.

In other words, your gold is illegally obtained!"

The reason why Liang Yao allowed these aristocratic capitalists from New York State to dig for gold on his land was to wait for the day when they would be harvested.

The more they dig, the harder they work, the greater the harvest, the happier Liang Yao is.

Liang Yao will definitely not let them take away this gold. He will keep it for himself.

As for offending the New York consortium and narrowing the road, he doesn't care at all now.

People have put pressure on Congress to take back California's land, and even sent troops to attack California.

It shows that the New York consortium has no intention of leaving a road for him.

If only these New York aristocratic capitalists had been polite to him and not done things right, Liang Yao would not be so ruthless to them today.

He wants these aristocratic capitalists in New York to remember and tell them that he is not a good person to be messed with.

In this country, at least in California, they aristocratic New York capitalists can't do whatever they want.

If you want to do whatever you want, go back to their New York and do whatever you want! Don't go wild in California!

"Are you going to take all our gold?"

John's voice was trembling as he spoke, and he looked at the gold on the carriage reluctantly. The dazzling light emitted by these golds was so alluring.

No, I will never let Liang Yao take away the gold that belongs to us.

"Bernet, what are you guys doing standing there?!" John shouted crazily, "This damn yellow-skinned monkey is going to steal our gold! Transport the gold out of the mining area! I'll give you half of it!"

When Burnett and the members of the mine protection team heard that they could get half of the gold, they plucked up the courage and raised their guns.

Seeing the opponent raising his weapon, the guards around Deng Yan and Liang Yao subconsciously blocked Liang Yao.

Liang Yao smiled contemptuously: "You are so overestimating your capabilities!"

Liang Yao gave an order, and the infantrymen of the five surrounding companies as well as the members of the mine protection team of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company had already pointed their guns at them.

These soldiers are responsible for guarding the New York Consortium. Their guns are always loaded with bullets, and they don't even have to reload them.

Burnett and the members of the mine protection team were, to put it bluntly, the followers of these New York aristocratic capitalists.

These people were their retinues in New York, and when they arrived in the gold mining areas, they naturally became the mine protection team of these New York aristocratic capitalists, responsible for supervising the work of the gold mining miners.

These people have always been bullies. It is okay to let them beat the Indians and frighten the miners, but it is too flattering to expect them to confront the professional army.

Facing so many guns pointed at them, some timid members of the mine protection team were so frightened that their legs became weak.

The aristocratic capitalists of the New York conglomerate are even more ugly. They have never seen such a scene.

Some people were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, or they were so frightened that they became incontinent on the spot, and a stench quickly spread in the air.

Liang Yao couldn't help frowning, covering his nose, and said with disgust: "I'll give you ten seconds to consider, either put down your weapon or die!"

As soon as Liang Yao said this, the members of the mine protection team dropped their guns on the ground.

The opponents were professional soldiers, and even half of Colonel Mason's regiment had been wiped out by them. If they really took action, they would be the ones to suffer.

Compared with the gold that John promised them, his own life is more important. If his life is gone, what is the use of the gold?

After the New York consortium's mine protection team dropped their weapons, Liang Yao calculated the accounts with them in detail.

"I provided you with food, but you didn't pay a cent for it, and my soldiers, who are well paid and very reliable, and you have the best security in California at no cost to you.

The cost is very unreasonable”

"What do you want?" Milnas interrupted Liang Yao with a gloomy face.

"All the illegally obtained gold is kept."

"all?"

Milnas' breathing became very tight, and he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Yes, but I am different from you. I have always been very generous. Not only will I not sue you for illegal embezzlement in the state court, I will also pay you your salary during your gold mining work. All of you, every

People get a monthly salary of 10 ounces of gold.”

Liang Yao said very generously, anyway, the gold he spent was not mined by him, so he didn't feel bad about being generous at all.

It is indeed generous. The team of the New York consortium now has a total of more than 600 people. Based on three and a half months of work, he has to separate more than 20,000 ounces of gold from these readily available gold.

He has an informant in the New York syndicate. How much gold have they mined in the past three and a half months?

Liang Yao knew as well as them that even if he distributed more than 20,000 ounces of gold, he would still get at least 100,000 ounces of gold.

Twenty thousand ounces of gold caused the New York consortium team to become distraught, disorganized, and disintegrated their team. The money was well spent.

As long as these people no longer stick together, their threat to Liang Yao in California will be minimal.

Of course, what Liang Yao envies most are the skilled workers brought by the New York consortium, who can skillfully operate the machines.

These workers are exactly what Liang Yao is currently in short supply. They are workers who are currently difficult to hire even if there is gold in California.

He had just visited the Xiangshan Gold Mining Company for an on-site inspection and found that the company had a big gap in skilled workers, especially skilled workers who could operate machines.

And the training period for skilled workers is relatively long, so the best solution is of course to just pick up what’s already available.

It is always more cost-effective to poach others than to train yourself.

The aristocratic capitalists of the New York consortium all felt that they had been humiliated. In this case, wouldn't they become Liang Yao's employees?

They wanted to refuse sternly and refuse to accept such insulting conditions.

But after thinking about it, if they accepted Liang Yao's conditions, they would get at least 35 ounces of gold, but if they didn't accept Liang Yao's conditions, they wouldn't get a single hair, so they still pinched their noses and accepted.

Only a few diehards, John and Milners, were unwilling to accept this condition.

They want to maintain their dignity as aristocrats. They, the dignified old aristocrats of New York, have become Liang Yao's employees. Once this news is spread back to New York, where will their faces be?

I'm afraid that before they return to New York, they will become the laughing stock of all New Yorkers and bring shame to the family.

"Everyone, sir? Including us?"

A malnourished worker with sunken eye sockets and a haggard face mustered up the courage to ask expectantly.

Even the members of the mine protection team, the followers of New York's aristocratic capitalists, also had their eyes lit up.

For those noble children and wealthy businessmen who were born into aristocratic and wealthy merchant families, 35 ounces of gold is nothing, but for workers like them, it is a huge sum of money.

"Of course, I'm talking about everyone."

As soon as Liang Yao said this, the miners were extremely happy and applauded.

The members of the mine protection team looked at their employer in a strange way.

This made John, Milnus and the other nobles who were unwilling to accept Liang Yao's conditions feel a chill in their hearts and a chill down their spines.

They had no doubt that if they were unwilling to accept Liang Yao's conditions, the eagle dogs they usually raised would do something inappropriate to them.

35 ounces of gold is over a thousand dollars.

In New York, it only costs $500 to hire a top-notch Irish killer or Italian killer to murder an enemy. If you have the connections, the price will be even lower.

Their killers are as cheap as their women, and it's easy to bribe them.

If they were given a thousand dollars, Milnas had no doubt that these desperadoes would even dare to assassinate the president.

Liang Yao's words forced them into such a dangerous situation, which they did not expect.

Milnas and John are die-hard, but they are not willing to risk their lives and test the loyalty of these followers with 35 ounces of gold?

As aristocratic capitalists, they know very well that human nature cannot withstand the test.

Many of their employees are Irish and Italians, and the reason they hire these people is also very simple, because they are cheap and hard-working, and are very cost-effective. It is much more cost-effective than hiring old Americans.

"I accept your terms, gold, who doesn't like it? Hahaha!"

Milnas first accepted Liang Yao's conditions. Losing his dignity, he couldn't help but laugh to the sky to vent his anger, which could also be said to be self-deprecating.

After arriving in California, he was manipulated by a young man under the age of twenty. This was something he had never expected when he set out from New York.

After Milnas took the lead in accepting Liang Yao's conditions, the remaining New York aristocratic capitalists no longer persisted and put down their so-called dignity.

After the aristocratic capitalists in New York accepted the poor 35 ounces of gold, Liang Yaotu saw it and said to the miners behind them: "If you are willing to work at Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, you can get 10 ounces every month.

A golden salary.”

"We do!"

“What I wish for!”

"Mr. Liang, we are willing to serve Xiangshan Gold Mining Company!"

I heard that if you can become an employee of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, your monthly salary will still be 10 ounces of gold.

Without any hesitation, these miners expressed their willingness to become employees of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company.

Xiangshan Gold Mining Company and Xiangshan Mercury Mining Company are two of the best-paying mining companies in California. Not only do they receive generous treatment, including food and accommodation, they even enjoy free medical services.

It's just that the threshold for these two mining companies is very high, especially for white people. It's very difficult to get a job in these two mining companies unless they have special skills.

Being able to enter Xiangshan Gold Mining Company is what they dream of.

"They have an employment contract with us!"

Seeing that Liang Yao wanted to poach their skilled miners, John said furiously.

Without these miners, who will help them dig for gold in the future? You can’t go to the mines to pan for gold and operate the machines yourself, right?

They would not do such a dangerous job themselves.

"Yes, if you want to hire them, you need to pay a hefty termination fee."

Milnas said coldly, this Liang Yao is too pushy.

"The gold you hold in your hands is their termination fee." Liang Yao also responded coldly.

"This is illegal! You are committing fraud!" John almost jumped up.

"According to California law, this is very legal. Mr. John, do you want to litigate with me in California?"

Liang Yao asked in a joking tone.

John was speechless for a moment. California was Liang Yao's last resort, and it also had the advantage of imperfect laws. There was no lawyer familiar with California law, so going to court with Liang Yao would be asking for trouble.

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