1850 American Gold Baron

The arrival of the local garrison made Sven feel very discouraged.

Sven kicked the hot cannon several times and vented his negative emotions on the cannon.

"Damn British crappy artillery! Sure enough, the stuff the British always sell to the Mexicans is not good, otherwise the Mexicans wouldn't lose to the Americans."

The reason why he attacked Brannan's manor so hard was to avenge Brannan for buying the gold mining tools from him at a low price. The second reason was to capture Brannan's manor and loot the mountains of gold and gold in the manor.

treasure.

Now that the local garrison has intervened in the matter, his plan has come to nothing.

If only these cannons of his were more effective and blasted a gap in the wall of Brannan Manor, he would have already collected gold and silver treasures from Brannan Manor.

Liang Yao and Griffin have never met, but he knows Major Tim behind Griffin.

Of course, even without Tim present, Liang Yao would still know that this was Griffin, who is also the Sheriff of San Francisco.

Major Tim wears a gold leaf epaulette with a yellow background, which represents his rank of major.

The officer in front of Tim has a yellow-based epaulette on his military uniform, which is an eagle with spread wings, which is the colonel's epaulette.

As for the lieutenant colonel's epaulettes with yellow background and silver glittering leaves, Liang Yao hasn't seen it yet, maybe because he was responsible for staying at the fortress and didn't come. After all, a military fortress cannot be left without someone to garrison it.

"Colonel Griffin, you are able to bring soldiers of the United States of America here. I think you should know the cause and effect of the incident."

Liang Yao ordered a ceasefire and turned to Griffin.

"Yes, I understand, but you can't solve the problem in such a rough way." Griffin said, holding the reins of the horse under his crotch.

"I was born and raised in a civilized country. I am not a barbarian. I also tend to resolve conflicts and disputes in a peaceful way. It is a pity that Mr. Brannan shamelessly touched my breasts again and again.

Bottom line." Liang Yao argued with reason, "I think it was you who couldn't tolerate the shameless behavior of killing innocent women and children, right? Colonel."

Griffin sighed, it was indeed Brannan's fault in this matter.

As a dignified colonel, in front of so many people, he naturally had to express his deep hatred for the killing of women and children. Although he also plundered Mexican villages during the US-Mexican War, and also suffered "accidental injuries"

Mexican civilians, but that is war, and war always kills people.

"Indeed, this is a very shameful behavior. I will try my best to resolve your conflicts. Put away your weapons. Violence cannot solve the problem. I think you should talk at the negotiation table."

Liang Yao only ordered his men to put down their guns and continue to be on alert, but did not put away their weapons completely.

Why can't violence solve the problem? Isn't the border issue between the United States and Mexico solved through violent means?

Of course, it can also be resolved at the negotiation table. The border dispute between the United States and Britain in western North America, that is, the Oregon border dispute, was negotiated at the negotiation table.

Although you have also shouted the slogan of war before reaching 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, but in the face of the powerful Britain, you only dare to talk about it.

Griffin stayed in the military fortress all year round and rarely interfered with the mundane chores outside the fortress. Sheriff of San Francisco was just a troublesome title for him, nothing more.

He had never dealt with Griffin, and he didn't know what kind of person Griffin was, so he didn't dare to let down his guard.

Griffin rode up to the front of the formation and shouted, hoping to call Brannan out for a discussion.

The guards in the manor were too nervous. In their panic, they shot at Griffin indiscriminately without seeing clearly. Fortunately, their hands were shaking nervously and their accuracy was poor, otherwise Griffin would have been responsible for this.

This really pissed off Griffin, who came to San Francisco as a peacemaker.

"Damn it! Don't you know me and don't you know the uniform of the United States of America?! I'm Colonel Griffin, call Brannan out!"

After Brannan confirmed that the person coming was indeed Colonel Griffin, he felt like he had seen a savior.

"God bless you, Colonel Griffin, you are the savior sent by God!"

Seeing Griffin's arrival, Brannan was overjoyed and hurriedly invited Griffin into the manor.

Griffin is not a fool. Brannan is able to do these bastard things because there is probably something wrong with his brain. If Brannan goes crazy and takes him hostage in the castle, his personal safety will not be guaranteed.

"Come out and talk, Brannan, you have no room for bargaining now. I have done my best to get you a chance to negotiate."

After saying that, Griffin turned his horse and left. He didn't want to eat a peanut in this place of right and wrong.

"Let's talk. Colonel Griffin is right. We have no room for bargaining."

Little Brannan covered the newly opened wound and gritted his teeth to persuade Brannan.

Brannan is used to negotiating as the stronger party, and he has not yet been able to complete the role change. Just as he did not realize it, his throne as King of California has changed hands.

Liang Yao had someone move the gaming table from the casino where he and Brannan were discussing business.

"Mr. Brannan, I wonder if you still remember this gambling table. Our second deal was negotiated at this gambling table."

Liang Yao's hands slapped the gaming table as if they were hitting the keys on a piano, and the sound he made was so pleasant.

"You said you like to gamble a few times on the gambling table before discussing business. How about we gamble a few times like last time?"

These sounds reached Brannan's ears so harshly that they aroused the anger in Brannan's heart.

In anger, Brannan spat out a mouthful of blood. Liang Yao, who was facing Brannan, could not avoid being contaminated by the blood spit out by Brannan.

Liang Yaodan calmly took out the handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the blood on his face and body gracefully and elegantly, and then casually threw the blood-stained handkerchief on the gambling table.

"If you have any requests, just tell me directly and don't irritate my brother anymore."

Little Brannan patted Brannan's back with his uninjured left hand to comfort Brannan's emotions.

Brannan's current situation makes it impossible to negotiate with Liang Yao normally.

Brannan Jr. decided to negotiate with Liang Yao on Brannan's behalf.

Liang Yao stared at the pale-faced Brannan. Brannan had long lost the breeze and air of the past. The calm, confident and domineering Brannan who boarded the ship and spent a lot of money no longer existed.

Brannan did not dare to look directly into Liang Yao's eyes. Like a timid child who had gotten into a big trouble, he was trembling all over, lowering his head, and nervously tugging at his sleeves.

"First, hand over the murderer of Cai Laixi and Nelson. I know that Nelson specifically planned and carried out criminals against women and children, and he deserves to be punished as he deserves.

Second, compensation of 400,000 U.S. dollars or 13,000 ounces of gold, part of it as compensation for the victims and those who were killed and injured in the battle, and part of it as compensation for disturbing the citizens of San Francisco today.

Third, transfer the ownership of the Port of San Francisco to me free of charge."

Liang Yao put forward his conditions.

"You are extorting money!"

Little Brannan stood up despite the pain of the wound.

Of these three conditions, except for the first one that he could barely accept, the other two were very harsh.

Little Brannan also knew Liang Yao's intention to name Nelson, the captain of their security team, just to weaken or even disintegrate their armed forces.

Nelson is one of the few capable men in the Brannan family.

As for the US$400,000, they had just sold some shops, real estate and jewelry some time ago to collect the funds to continue the business war with Liang Yao, which was also their entire working capital.

The ownership of the Port of San Francisco is the lifeblood of the Brannan family. The Port of San Francisco is currently the only external transportation channel for San Francisco and nearby areas.

Another transportation channel leads to Independence, 1,200 miles away. This channel is also known as the famous Western Trail, which needs to pass through the rugged and rolling Sierra Nevada Mountains and also pass through Indian territory.

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Except for the impoverished gold prospectors in the East who took this passage back to California to find gold, no one would choose to take this extremely inconvenient and dangerous road.

The Port of San Francisco is so important that it can even be said that whoever gets the Port of San Francisco gets California and California's gold.

They spent a lot of money to buy the coast and organized manpower to build this port on the original basis.

"Don't take it seriously. When it comes to extortion, in San Francisco and even in the entire California, your Brannan family is the expert." Liang Yao responded tit for tat with sharp words.

"I can promise you the first one. I think we need to make some changes to the second and third items. The amount of compensation will be halved. As for the Port of San Francisco, we will transfer at most half of the ownership. This is our bottom line.

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Looking at the mentally disturbed Brannan, young Bran was heartbroken and disappointed, and had to take the initiative to assume responsibility for the Brannan family.

He wanted to fight for the last chance of survival for the Brannan family.

Perhaps after this negotiation, they are no longer the most powerful family in California, but as long as they have half of the port and a certain amount of assets, they are still a relatively prominent family in the local area.

As long as these things are there, Xu Tu can make a comeback. With the two brothers' business abilities, it is not impossible for the Brannan family to make a comeback.

Liang Yao saw through little Brannan's thoughts. For someone like Brannan, keeping him would sooner or later be a disaster.

He has made up his mind to eradicate the root cause. There is no room for negotiation on these three conditions.

"If we don't talk about it, I can still get these things. I am willing to sit down and talk with you calmly, just for the sake of Colonel Griffin. I don't want to affect San Francisco because of your dispute.

normal life of the people.”

Liang Yao's attitude is very resolute. He has already regarded the US$400,000 and the Port of San Francisco as his own.

"Let me reiterate, you have no room for bargaining on the above three items."

"Mr. Brannan, you are wrong in this matter first. I still have a lot of military affairs to deal with. If I hadn't also held the position of Sheriff, I wouldn't want to come to San Francisco."

Seeing that the negotiations had reached a deadlock, Griffin also stepped forward to put pressure on the Brannan brothers.

The situation has become very clear. San Francisco is about to change hands, and the Brannan brothers are just hanging on and making a last ditch effort.

Liang Yao is also much more sensible than the Brannan brothers. He has replaced the Brannan family's position in San Francisco. He may not have as many troubles as Brannan and will not disturb San Francisco.

Of course, he doesn't care even if Liang Yao becomes the next Brannan. As long as Liang Yao can stay on track this year, everything will be fine.

Anyway, he will be transferred out next year, and he will no longer have to worry about such troublesome things as deserters in the military camp every day.

Anyone who wants to clean up the mess in California can do it.

He is still worried about how to explain to his folks the whereabouts of their children when he returns home. These soldiers of his were all brought from his hometown to California to participate in the war against Mexico.

"If you don't want to agree, no one will force you. After all, this is a negotiation, and you have the right to choose to refuse or accept."

Liang Yao pressed forward step by step and continued to put pressure on the Brannan brothers.

"I agree, Mr. Liang, I agree to all your conditions."

It was not little Brannan who spoke, but Brannan who had been silent all this time.

Brannan raised his head, his eyes full of hatred and bloodshot eyes staring at Liang Yao, making Liang Yao feel very uncomfortable.

Brannan's reaction deeply surprised Liang Yao. He originally thought that the treaty would take a few more rounds of wrangling before it could be concluded, but he didn't expect that Brannan would agree so easily.

Before Liang Yao could react, Brannan let out a horrifying laugh: "Well, Mr. Liang, let's sign this unprecedented unequal treaty in the history of California."

"elder brother......"

Little Brannan on the side also looked at Brannan in disbelief. He couldn't believe his ears and couldn't believe that Brannan would agree to these three harsh conditions so easily.

These three treaties are all on the Brannan family's side.

He didn't know whether his brother was crazy or not, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

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