1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 207 Wall Street

Liang Yao arrived at the Baltimore train station and was about to take the train to New York.

Although he also knew that the experience of taking the train would not be pleasant, it was the fastest way to get back to New York from Baltimore.

More importantly, you can send and receive telegrams by train, and you can receive the latest news on the gold market from Coney in New York on the way.

The length of the railway from Baltimore to New York is about 300 kilometers, and the train Liang Yao took was traveling at about 40 kilometers per hour.

Including the train stops along the way, the journey took Liang Yao a full 9 hours.

Liang Yao also took the train from New York to Baltimore in later generations, so he remembered it very clearly. In later generations, it only took a little more than an hour to travel from New York to Baltimore.

Liang Yao thought it was very slow to walk 300 kilometers in 9 hours, but Pan Zhengwei, Wu Yuanhua and others felt it was very fast.

Looking at the slowly receding trees and buildings outside the car window, Wu Yuanhua sighed: "In my early years, I heard my father say that he invested in railways in the United States. At that time, I didn't know what a railway was. Only after I arrived in the United States did I really know what a railway was.

railway."

Pan Zhengwei also said with emotion: "There is nothing better than this. If we can build a railway from Guangzhou to the capital, it will only take a few days to reach the capital from Guangzhou! Whether it is for the country, the people, or the military,

It is of great benefit to businesses."

Wu Yuanhua felt that this idea was very unrealistic: "Where did the Qing Dynasty get so much money and iron to build the railway? Besides, how many places need to be passed along the way from Guangzhou to the capital? How much land needs to be bought? What if they don't sell it? The railway passes through other people's

What to do with the ancestral graves? How to cross the mountains and rivers? Who will drive the trains once the railway is repaired?"

These questions from Wu Yuanhua made Pan Zhengwei fall into deep thought.

"Even if it doesn't work, you can build a railway in Guangzhou, right? It's better to let the people of the Qing Dynasty see this new thing first than not knowing anything at all." Pan Zhengwei said reluctantly.

"After I came to America, I realized what the frog in the well meant. The Qing Dynasty was the frog in the well who sat in a well and looked at the sky.

Compared with the machines in those factories in New York, each of which can do the work of dozens of people, and the foreign ships and soldiers seen in Baltimore, the Guangdong Navy is just a bunch of rotten fish.

What's more, this is still the United States. I heard that the national power of England and France is much stronger than that of the United States.

What would happen if these European powers invaded the Qing Dynasty’s maritime territory again?”

"It seems that you have learned a lot from this trip."

Liang Yao wiped his head where he had just been knocked and said.

"Not only did I gain a lot of insights, it felt like I had entered another world. This trip was worth it. If I hadn't gone to New York to see it, I would have thought that other places in the United States were just like California," Pan Zhengwei said.

This was also his thought before coming to New York. Although California has a lot of gold, in the end it is still a newly developed land that has just begun to industrialize.

Compared with old cities such as New York, which is highly industrialized, the social scene is naturally very different.

What Liang Yao is doing now is to gradually narrow this gap.

It was already evening when the train arrived in New York. Liang Yao got off the train, and the bloody setting sun shone on Liang Yao's body.

Kony was already waiting for Liang Yao at New York Grand Central Station.

Kony was about to reach out and take the briefcase from Liang Yao's hand, when he saw a child next to Kony had already taken the lead.

"Zeiss, you've grown a lot taller in a year."

Liang Yao touched Zeiss' little head and said.

"Aren't you in a commercial school? Why are you here at the station?"

Liang Yao originally planned for Zeiss to receive a regular education, complete primary and secondary school courses and then enter university.

But in the end Zeiss himself chose to go to business school.

Rather than going back to elementary school to take the last two years of classes and then go to middle school, Zeiss preferred to go directly to business school.

Moreover, Zeiss hopes to come out to work for Liang Yao as soon as possible and does not want to stay on campus for a long time. The academic system of business schools is also shorter than that of regular schools. This is why Zeiss prefers to attend business schools.

There is nothing wrong with this. American business schools in this era focus on teaching practical business skills. If you can successfully complete the business school courses, you are considered a mature person.

Before going to California, Zeiss' late biological father, Jenkins, originally planned to send Zeiss to a business school. However, the tuition of business schools was very expensive, and Jenkins, who was short of money, had to give up the idea in the end.

The business school that Zeiss currently attends is the same business school that Kony attended, so the two can be considered alumni.

"I asked for leave from school." Cai Si said, holding Liang Yao's briefcase.

"I heard that your grades in school are pretty good." Liang Yao said very pleased.

"How do you know?" Zeiss was very happy.

"Your godfather often boasts in front of me about your good grades." Liang Yao said, "Does anyone still bully you in school?"

"No, Mr. Vanderbilt personally sent me to school on my first day of school. No one dared to bully me. Moreover, I told my classmates that my godfather was a police chief in California and had personally killed gangsters.

No one dares to bully me anymore."

Zeiss said very honestly.

"Not only did they not dare to bully me, they even fawned over me. The teachers were also very polite to me."

Zeiss's answer made Liang Yao feel dumbfounded.

He clearly remembered Zeiss telling him that when he was in elementary school in the east, not only his classmates ostracized him because his family was poor, but even his teachers looked down on him and made things difficult for him.

In order to reward Zeiss, Liang Yao decided to take him to have a good meal.

"You two haven't had dinner yet? Zeiss, what do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat burgers from Elizabeth Burger Restaurant. I want to go to the flagship store at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. The burgers from that burger restaurant have the best taste and the largest portions." Zeiss blurted out.

"Okay, meet your request."

Liang Yao took Zeiss's little hand and headed to Wall Street.

A long time ago, this was the land of the Indians. More than 200 years ago, this was a wall built by the Dutch. 59 years ago, this was the financial seed under the sycamore tree.

Today, there is a financial net that has been cast across the United States. This net is strong but fragile, bright and dark. This net can both accelerate the economy and suffocate the economy.

This is the place where American business activities are most active: Wall Street.

Most accounting offices, merchants' offices, and warehouses were located on Wall Street and in the narrow alleys surrounding Wall Street, Front Street, Pearl Street, and Water Street, in masonry structures with pitched tile roofs.

Many commercial transactions are also completed in these slanted tile houses, such as the hottest gold transaction at the moment.

The skyrocketing price of gold caused thousands of speculators to rush into the Wall Street gold market to hunt for gold.

The entrance to the gold trading hall was crowded with people waving U.S. dollar certificates from major banks to buy gold futures and gold.

In addition to the gold trading floor, various cafes on Wall Street and even the streets are filled with gold transactions.

Apart from gold, what people talk about are financial derivatives related to gold.

Through the crazy crowd, Liang Yao came to the Elizabeth Burger Restaurant at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. This burger restaurant was the first burger restaurant opened by Elizabeth and had the best business.

There are many well-known shops at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. In addition to the flagship store of Elizabeth Burger, Doyle's Cafe and Donte's Cafe, two of the most famous cafes in New York, are also here.

The owners of these two cafes seem to have a grudge against each other, as they open opposite each other.

Although the distance between the two cafes is very close, only a road separates them, this does not affect the business of the two cafes. Their business is very good. Through the glass of the cafe, you can see that the cafe is full of people.

A New York gentleman in a suit.

There were two burly bodyguards standing at the door of Doyle's Cafe, carrying Colt revolvers at their waists, and wearing eye badges on their chests.

Pinkerton's business has expanded from Chicago to New York? Liang Yao secretly sneered.

The corner of Wall Street and Water Street is indeed a good place. It is very close to various exchanges on Wall Street. Not far in front is the South Street Pier, where people from all walks of life mingle.

Liang Yao plans to buy a house here and open a teahouse.

The flagship store of Elizabeth Burger Shop is doing very well, although the price of food in the flagship store is more than double that of other branches. For example, a 5-cent hamburger here sells for 12 cents, and a portion of fried potatoes costs 2 cents, that is

French fries cost 5 cents here, but many diners still flock to them.

Because these diners believe that only the taste of the flagship store is the most authentic, even though other branches have repeatedly stated in newspapers that the recipes they use are the same as the flagship store.

Zeiss took the hot burger and started to eat it. He had a good appetite.

When Zeiss finished eating, Liang Yao sent someone to take him back to school, wishing him that he must study hard.

After seeing off Zeiss, Liang Yao looked at the crowds of people coming and going on the South Street Pier and asked Coney.

“Have you found out who the Wall Street robbers are?”

"Not yet. I asked many friends on Wall Street. They all only knew that such a person existed, but no one had ever seen this famous robber with their own eyes." Coney shrugged and said, "He seems to be wandering around.

Ghosts above Wall Street.”

"This man not only has a keen sense of smell, but is also very courageous." Liang Yao said, "It is rumored that he only has a net worth of two to three million US dollars. With this wealth, he dares to gamble heavily to leverage the New York gold market. He is a person."

"I will send people to continue checking, this annoying guy interrupted our rhythm," Kony said.

"Professional matters still need to be left to professionals. You are not good at detective work."

Liang Yao withdrew his gaze from the South Street Pier and walked towards Doyle's Cafe, where the stars and stripes were hanging not far away.

"You mean the two detectives?" Coney asked.

"It's not them. The two of them are just minions, not qualified for this task. Maybe the director of the detective agency behind them can be qualified for this task."

(End of chapter)