1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 185 Afternoon Picnic

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned your sadness." Liang Yao said apologetically to Zoe.

This Texas girl just laughed it off and said, "I'm stronger than you think."

As she spoke, Zoe opened the cloth covering the basket, and saw that the vegetable basket was filled with some cooked food dishes, including Mexican meatloaf, Burgundy beef pie, salt-baked salmon, lamb spine, and American dishes.

Grilled passenger pigeon can be seen everywhere.

In addition to the food, which was enough to feed three people, there were two bottles of Bordeaux red wine in the basket.

"Mr. Liang, let's go for a picnic. I know a place with beautiful scenery."

Zoe said.

Liang Yao looked at Zoe's slender waist and belly without a trace of fat, and asked doubtfully: "There is a dinner party tonight. You eat so much in the afternoon, what will you do in the evening?"

"I have a big appetite. Every time I attend a banquet, my father always asks me to fill myself up in the afternoon, so that I won't gorge myself during the banquet and leave a bad impression on the guests.

." Zoe said, "Would you like to have a picnic with me, Mr. Liang?"

Liang Yao nodded, feeling that what Zoe said made sense, and he motioned to the guard to bring his horse over.

Who knew that Zoe would ride directly on his horse.

"Your horse is strong enough to bear the weight of both of us. Come on, Mr. Liang, we don't have much time."

Liang Yao was just about to ask someone to bring another horse over, when Zoe stretched out her hand to pull Liang Yao onto the horse.

The Texas girl's enthusiastic and straightforward character caught Liang Yao off guard. He allowed Zoe to ride on his mount, hugged Zoe's slender waist and rode the horse away to a small hill behind Bell Manor.

The afternoon in Texas was very quiet, and it seemed that all living creatures in Texas had fallen asleep like other Texans in the manor.

Only the noisy insects that reached his ears from time to time reminded Liang Yao that it was summer when everything flourished.

Zoe lowered her head, nestled in Liang Yao's arms, turned her head frequently, and stared blankly at Liang Yao without saying a word.

Liang Yao pulled the reins to stop the horse.

He lowered his head and stared at Zoe's wheat-colored face with a faint blush. The delicate little face looked more and more beautiful.

The two big eyes reflected the bright Texas afternoon sunlight, shining like a pair of emeralds. Liang Yao had never seen such charming eyes at such a close distance.

The two people's eyes met, Zoe closed her eyes, raised her head, and pursed her lips restlessly.

Liang Yao lowered his head, stuck to her, and rolled Zoe into the soft grass beside the road.

As the sun sets, Liang Yao snuffs out the phone in his hand, takes out his pocket watch and looks at the time. The hour hand is about to point to the Roman numeral VI (6) at six o'clock. Before he knows it, three hours have passed, but Liang still has more to say.

Mr. Yao felt that only three minutes had passed.

Time is really a wonderful thing. Sometimes it feels like time is very slow, but sometimes it feels like time passes very fast.

Zoe pointed to her back and said, "Tie the lace on the back of my petticoat."

Liang Yao helped Zoe tie the ties of her petticoat, and after tidying up their clothes, the two quietly returned to the rejuvenated manor.

People recharge their batteries in the afternoon just to leave enough energy for the carnival at the evening party.

But for some people, the Texas party carnival has ended early.

"Sir, we have been looking for you for a long time. Where have you been?"

Kony, who looked anxious, saw Liang Yao coming back and hurriedly went up to him and said.

Kony soon discovered that the usually well-dressed boss's shirt was missing two buttons. He looked at Zoe who came back with Liang Yao, a malicious smile appeared on his face, pointed at Liang Yao's chest and reminded: "

Sir, your button is off."

Liang Yao lowered his head and looked at his chest. Sure enough, two buttons were missing. Then he subconsciously looked at Kony's shirt and smiled: "You are missing a button too."

"Oh, maybe I accidentally lost it when I had a picnic with Miss Isabella in the afternoon." Kony said without thinking.

It’s a picnic again. Is eating a picnic a unique local custom in Texas? Liang Yao secretly cursed.

Liang Yao put on a pair of intact clothes and attended the boring party at night.

Perhaps because he spent too much energy during the day, Liang Yao couldn't take much interest in the evening parties and dances.

Vanderbilt arrived late after sending the telegram to downtown Houston, but he still caught up with the party of Texas nobles.

The party was very boring. The content of the conversation between these rough Texas gentlemen at the dinner was the same as during the day. It was nothing more than some scolding the Yankees as shameless thieves and thieves. They wanted to teach the Yankees a lesson. One Southerner could beat up ten Yankees.

Such harsh words.

A slightly more structured discussion is about topics such as secession from the Union and greater state rights.

It can be seen that unity is not the main theme of America during this period, but division is.

The nation that was born with the gunfire at Lexington in 1775 seemed to have inevitably come to an end.

In the eyes of southerners, northerners are selfish and arrogant, while in the eyes of northerners, southerners are cold and barbaric.

Various prejudices and conflicts are tearing this already unstable American country apart.

Vanderbilt and his old friends were New Yorkers, that is, serious Northerners, and they pretended not to hear anything when faced with the Texans' foul language about the Yankees.

They are selfish northerners, but they are not arrogant northerners.

They care more about how much money they can make in Texas than the dirty words of Texans.

The trade barriers between states in the United States are very serious. It is not easy to open the market of another state. For the sake of the Texas market and investment, what do some dirty words mean?

"Mr. Vanderbilt, I heard that your banquets in high society are notoriously vulgar, but you look particularly honest today, which seems to be inconsistent with your image in the rumors." Liang Yao teased Vanderbilt.

Bildt has a way.

"Their vulgarity brings out my elegance."

Vanderbilt held the wine glass and pointed at the Texas dignitaries who were feasting and drinking heavily and said.

"Besides, one of these Texans can beat up ten Yankees. I am also a Yankee, so I must be more honest to avoid getting beaten."

"Are you afraid of being beaten? You are a well-known boxer." Liang Yao couldn't laugh or cry.

"This is all a matter of my youth."

Vanderbilt said.

"I seldom fight and kill now, and focus more on my business. Now that the economy in the east has improved, I think the railway business will get better and better. Are you planning to build railways in Texas or go to the north where the population is larger?"

, build railways in states with more market prospects?”

According to the original trajectory in history, after the introduction of the Compromise Act of 1850, the American economy began to gradually come out of the trough, began to recover, and ushered in a new round of vigorous development.

However, due to the emergence of Liang Yao, the California issue and the Texas issue are still unresolved, and the recovery of the American economy is more than half a year later than in history.

For the next three years, there would be no large-scale armed conflict between the North and the South until the bloody Kansas Incident of 1854, the outbreak of the Kansas Civil War.

These short three years were also the best three years of economic development in the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War. Liang Yao must take advantage of this trend to develop California's economy and accumulate stronger power.

"The railway in Texas must be built. After the railway in Texas is built, when the railway is connected between California and Texas, all we need to do is connect this railway from New Mexico to Texas," Liang Yao said.

"I will make a decision on the northern railway after I go to the north to inspect it."

This chapter was posted last night, and I found out it was blocked when I went to the backend today. After I made the changes, I applied to unblock it and it was blocked again. I posted a new chapter and it was blocked again. I scored twice. It’s a yes. My driving skills are not good, so I have to give up driving. This chapter is not

That’s today’s update.

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