1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 132 Not taking any money?

The prosperity or decline of the Liang family will not have much impact on Liang Yao, who has settled down in California.

Compared with the current situation of the Liang family in Xiangshan, Liang Yao was more concerned about how the authorization of the Yihehang firm was going.

"Brother Wu, how is the discussion about the authorization of the Wu family business going?" Liang Yao asked.

"I was about to tell Brother Xian about this matter. Brother Xian has done such a great favor to our Wu family. If the Wu family continues to hold on to their own business name, it will appear that our Wu family is not loyal enough." Wu Yuanhua said with a smile.

After discussing with the head of the Wu family, his brother Wu Shangrong, he had no objection to authorizing Liang Yao to use the Jardine House trading name in the United States.

Previously, the business dealings between the Wu family and the United States were all handled by American businessmen. Without the American businessmen, Jardine House would not actually make much profit.

Jardine's main trading partner is the United Kingdom, followed by France, Netherlands, Spain and other European countries.

To them, the American market is like worthless food, tasteless to eat, and a pity to discard.

Wu Shangrong was willing to send Wu Yuanhua to California. In addition to the gold in California and Wu Yuanhua's own wishes, he also had the idea of ​​letting Wu Yuanhua personally handle American business in the United States.

Compared with those American businessmen who are second-rate dealers, it is obvious that they are more trustworthy in their own family.

And if they want to bypass those American businessmen and do business directly with Americans, how the Wu family can deal with American businessmen has become another problem.

If you authorize the use of the Jardine House firm in the United States, it would be a good choice to cooperate with Liang Yao, an American agent.

It would be great if the Wu family could take this opportunity to directly intervene in the business of the United States. If there is really no profit in the United States, it would not be a big deal. Anyway, trade with the United States has never been the bulk of the Wu family's business.

, nor the majority of other merchants in Guangzhou.

The ideas of other merchants were similar to Wu Shangrong's, and they all sent people to California with the mentality of giving it a try.

It's just that Wu Yuanhua has been to California for on-the-spot inspections, and he knows more about California than other Guangzhou businessmen, and he is more willing to invest more.

"I will personally manage the Wu family's business in the United States, and the business name of Jardine House in the United States will be shared by my brother and I."

Wu Yuanhua told Liang Yao the results of his discussion with Wu Shangrong.

"The Wu family won't take any money?" Liang Yao asked with some confusion.

"Within ten years, I won't take any money. I just asked the wise brother to help with Yihe's business in the United States. The foolish brother doesn't know much about the situation of the foreign court.

Although as a child of the Wu family, I have been dealing with foreigners since I was a child in Guangzhou, it is still different when someone comes to do business with you and when you do business on someone else’s property," Wu Yuanhua said.

The Wu family and Liang Yao talked about relationships rather than money, which made Liang Yao slightly surprised.

But then I thought about it, it's not surprising that the Wu family has been able to hold on to the business of Thirteen Banks for a long time, and their ability to deal with people and sophistication is definitely not worse than their ability to do business.

Furthermore, if Jardine House's business can open up the American market, the Wu family can also benefit from it.

On the surface, what Liang Yao wants is the right to use the trade name of Yihe Hong. In fact, what he wants is the brand premium brought by having Chinese local products labeled with the trade name of Yihe Hong, so as to harvest more dollars in the hands of Americans.

He can also create a brand by himself, but the effect is more immediate if he directly uses Yihexing, which has accumulated reputation and credibility for decades.

I heard that the copycat brand of British brand Jardine Matheson has been doing very well selling Chinese local products in Europe in recent years.

At that time, Liang Yao would not mind using his authentic Jardine products to the UK to engage in so-called free trade with the British.

"Brother Wu has thought very well." Liang Yao said casually as he thought about the affairs of Yihe Trading Company.

"I remember my dear brother said last year that the United States was going to establish a province in California for jurisdiction. I wonder what happened to this matter?" Wu Yuanhua asked with great concern.

"It's Jianzhou."

"Yes, yes, yes, I wonder what happened to the establishment of the state?" Wu Yuanhua said, stroking his forehead.

"It was built in September last year."

"Can the local officials in the United States give you some recommendations for Brother Yu?" Wu Yuanhua said with a pleading tone.

His first reaction was to meet with the local magistrate first, so that he could get acquainted with the local magistrate first, so that things would be easier for him in the future.

Wu Yuanhua has even thought about what to give as a meeting gift.

"No introduction is needed, I am the one." Liang Yao couldn't help laughing.

Liang Yao could understand Wu Yuanhua's thoughts. Being a mere businessman could not give Wu Yuanhua enough sense of security.

"Didn't you already take charge of the army?" Wu Yuanhua was very surprised.

"There is no conflict between doing business, running the military, and engaging in politics in the United States." Liang Yao explained.

"I have a heartfelt request for my brother," Wu Yuanhua said.

"Do you want to buy an official status?" Liang Yao saw through Wu Yuanhua's thoughts at a glance.

"My dear brother, his eyes are as bright as a torch!" Wu Yuanhua nodded.

"All the important positions in California are already occupied. Besides, the laws for donating officials in the United States are different from those in the Qing Dynasty." Liang Yao said, "If Brother Wu wants to pursue an official career in the United States, he must first naturalize and wait until he is elected as a state legislator next time.

When the time comes, just participate in the state legislative election.”

"I've learned a lesson, thank you dear brother for your advice."

Wu Yuanhua thanked Liang Yao and kept Liang Yao's words in mind.

Although he didn't know what a congressman was at this time, since he planned to develop in California for a long time, he would have plenty of time to learn about it later.

Unknowingly, the two of them arrived at Tingtao Garden on horseback.

After Strauss became the mayor of San Francisco, his original assistant job with Liang Yao became part-time.

But there was nothing he could do about it. He already held many positions, and it was unjustifiable to hold the position of mayor of San Francisco.

He is not a superman and does not have that much time and energy.

After careful consideration, he still promoted Strauss to the position of mayor of San Francisco.

Of course, Stanford is also a good candidate for mayor. Although this person has some problems with his character, his ability is really impressive.

The reason why Liang Yao finally chose Strauss instead of Stanford was because he felt that he was not sure to fully control Stanford. Stanford's ambitions were too great.

Whoever controls San Francisco controls half of California, and the other half of California is Sacramento. He does not want San Francisco to escape his control.

Besides, he now has Kony and Hu Jinchen by his side, and they can barely take over Strauss's original assistant job.

Hu Jinchen can also do some things that even Strauss cannot do, such as greeting his compatriots.

"Jinchen, please greet these merchants for me first."

After explaining to Hu Jinchen, Liang Yao went to the cloakroom on the second floor to change into comfortable clothes.

He only wears a military uniform when inspecting the army and during war. Today is not only the day of the arrival of immigrants, but also a day for him to inspect the fortress and review the training results of new recruits.

(End of chapter)