1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 411 The situation is great

Although California is a new state that has been established less than five years ago, there is already a trend that the economy of coastal areas is more developed than that of inland areas, and this trend is intensifying as the gold mines in Sacramento are depleted.

Part of the reason why California's administrative center moved from the coast to the inland is to drive the economy of the inland areas and narrow the economic gap between the inland and coastal areas.

If the political center and the economic center overlap, it is easy for resources to overlap with the center.

In the long run, this is never a good thing.

The changes in the administrative center make Sutter very happy. Not only Sacramento can benefit from the relocation of the administrative center.

Even the Sacramento-area congressman is speaking louder in the state Legislature.

"Yes, the sky in Sacramento is bluer than San Francisco, the water is clearer than San Francisco, and even the air you breathe is more comfortable than San Francisco," Gervin said.

Gervin didn't mean to be sarcastic. The environment in San Francisco, which is a developed industrial city, is indeed worse than in Sacramento. The environment in Los Angeles, which was founded in the oil industry, is even worse.

In comparison, after the closure of some mining areas, the environment in the Sacramento area is getting better and better, and it is the best environment among the three major cities in California.

Sacramento is a better city to live in than San Francisco.

"We don't know how the war in Borneo is progressing. We have postponed the governor's election for half a year. We hope General Liang and Congressman Fremont can make it in time for this election," Sutter said.

"Governor Robinson doesn't want to be re-elected?" Gervin was a little surprised.

"Governor Robinson wants to go to Kansas." Sutter smiled.

After Robinson left office, the most suitable candidate for governor was Liang Yao, followed by Fremont.

Considering that Liang Yao had previously revealed, intentionally or unintentionally, that he wanted Fremont to be elected to the second term of California.

The candidate for governor after Robinson leaves office is most likely to be Fremont.

Apart from Liang Yao, Fremont was the person who made the greatest contribution to California. They had no objection to having Fremont serve as governor.

"Kansas? There's a riot going on there, what's Robinson doing in this muddy water?" Gwen frowned.

Since 1854, Kansas, which is located at the junction of slave states and free states, has become the center of this political struggle. Almost every week, they can receive messages from fanatical abolitionists and fanatical abolitionists in the Kansas area.

News of the fierce fighting in Kansas.

It started as an armed fight between two parties in Kansas, but later evolved into a gun battle. I heard that it has now developed to the point where both sides brought out cannons to fire on each other.

"For some people, Kansas is a murky water right now, but for some people, it's an opportunity," Sutter said.

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The war in Borneo is developing in a direction favorable to Liang Yao.

Due to pirate attacks, the Dutch and Indian authorities had to postpone the assembly of the East Indies fleet.

This also meant that in the short term, the reinforcements that Andersen wanted to be unable to reach West Borneo, which made it possible for Liang Yao to completely annihilate the Dutch and Indian troops led by Andersen.

The defeat of the Dutch-Indian Army also made Pontianak Sultan Alkadri's attitude towards the Dutch-Indian Army increasingly wavering.

Alkadri sent envoys to contact Liang Yao many times, expressing their willingness to abandon the Netherlands and join China, hoping that Liang Yao would accept them.

In order to show his sincerity, Alkadri even boldly reduced the food supplies provided to the Dutch and Indian troops.

This made Andersen very angry.

However, the current situation is very unfavorable to Andersen. Andersen also knows that if the relationship with the Pontianak Sultanate breaks down now, their food supplies will be in crisis.

At the same time, it will also push Alkadri to Liang Yao's side and stand on his opposite side.

Thinking of this, Anderson still endured it.

He just kept thinking about it and getting angrier. Before this, Andersen had never thought that he would be manipulated by the natives of Borneo Island.

Hong Kong Governor Bonham was not in a hurry to return to Hong Kong. He planned to stay in Pontianak and continue to observe how Liang Yao's army fought.

As far as Wenxian knew, Liang Yao helped train Yue Yong, a rising military force in the Qing court.

This army is different from other lifeless armies within the Qing court, and is full of vitality and vitality.

It has performed well in several recent battles.

Perhaps by understanding Liang Yao's Western Brigade, we can also understand Yue Yong to a certain extent.

At the same time, Bonham also sent a message to the Hong Kong garrison, preparing to take advantage of the fierce battle between Liang Yao and the Dutch and Indian authorities to allow the British East India Company to occupy the northern part of Borneo Island.

After all, he and Liang Yao had made a treaty in black and white, and the first to occupy the land of North Borneo was the first to come first.

Liang Yao was not in a hurry to rush Bonham away. When the war in West Borneo entered its final stage, he also needed a middleman to mediate the negotiations between him and the Dutch and Indian authorities.

As the governor of Hong Kong, Bonham is a good candidate for mediator.

Wenxian's intention to stay in Pontianak City was not pure, Liang Yao had long seen this.

Wen Xian wanted to visit the Bold Ship several times, but Liang Yao refused for various reasons.

After Elvis returned to Pontianak, the time finally came to annihilate the main force of the Dutch and Indian forces in West Borneo.

Except for the 500 Umbrella Company mercenary armed forces who were left in Dongwanlu to maintain order in the occupied area.

The main force of the Western Brigade has gathered in Pontianak and the coastal defense line at the mouth of the Kapuas River.

"We captured many senior executives of Lanfang Company in Dongwanlu. Unfortunately, the two culprits Liu Shoushan and Ye Tingfan were nowhere to be found. We searched the entire Dongwanlu and found no trace of them.

"Elvis said with regret.

"They probably went to the Dutch. Sooner or later, the debt will have to be settled with them. Even if they go to Amsterdam, I have a way to bring them to justice."

Liang Yao was not surprised by this, he said to Elvis.

"Let the brothers eat well and have a good sleep. Tomorrow, we will have a decisive battle with the Dutch and Indian troops."

"Decisive battle?" Elvis felt a little surprised.

"Yes, a decisive battle." Liang Yao smiled.

"The main force of the Dutch and Indian troops in West Borneo is outside Pontianak."

"Is their commander out of his mind? Instead of holding on to Kenda Wangan, he brought the main force to the outside of Pontianak City a hundred miles away for us to eat? It seems that Andersen's reputation as a famous general is only in name only."

Elvis couldn't understand the thinking of the Dutch commander.

At present, the Dutch and Indian authorities have temporarily lost control of the sea and are suffering from supply difficulties.

To send troops to surround Pontianak at this time is to give up all your advantages and use your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.

Elvis had always heard that Andersen was a famous general in the Dutch Indian Army, a person who made the chiefdoms on the island of Borneo extremely jealous.

It's just that after Andersen's series of tricks, it was difficult for Elvis to recognize Andersen as a famous general. Elvis even felt that Andersen was not even a qualified and competent commander.

"A famous general? Just an incompetent famous general."

After several rounds of fighting, Liang Yao also felt that he had overestimated Andersen and the Dutch-Indian Army.

The so-called famous general of the Dutch-Indian Army was just Andersen trying to put money on his own face.

Even in the Dutch-Chinese War, Andersen's performance was nothing outstanding and commendable.

Based on the intelligence collected, Liang Yao judged that Batavia would not be able to provide reinforcements to Andersen for at least one to two weeks.

Liang Yao sent a telegram to Fremont and Kruger who were stationed on the coast, asking them to prepare to launch a general attack on the main force of the Dutch and Indian troops under Andersen tomorrow, and to annihilate all the troops in West Borneo in one fell swoop.

The main force of the Dutch-Indian Army.

(End of chapter)