1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 476: California thrives, Oklahoma City thrives

"Great! Thank you, boss!" Kony said, rubbing his hands excitedly.

"Bank of America can cooperate with you, but the ability of working-class people to bear risks is limited. You are not allowed to sell off-plan properties in California and can only sell existing homes. Once I find out that you are selling off-plan properties in California, the consequences will not only be as simple as terminating cooperation." Liang Yao.

Beat Coney Road.

"Off-plan property?"

Hearing this unfamiliar word, Kony was confused at first, but soon he naturally thought of futures. The moment he figured it out, he couldn't help but suddenly realized it. His eyes were opened, and he felt that both his Ren and Du veins were being

Got through.

The boss is the boss after all. He is really a genius. Why didn’t I expect that selling a house off-plan can be done like this?

"What are you thinking about, you kid? Don't have any wrong ideas." Looking at Kony's imaginative look, Liang Yao knocked on the table and scolded.

"I was thinking that you businessmen in the Qing Dynasty are so evil that you dare to sell your houses off-plan." Kony chuckled.

"You kid scolded me around the corner, right? Get out!" Liang Yao ordered Kony to get out of the car.

At the same time, he also realized that he was being too preoccupied, as there is no such thing as off-plan housing in the United States.

According to the scheduled itinerary, Liang Yao will conduct a short inspection in Oklahoma City when passing through Oklahoma City.

"Today you will guide me around Oklahoma City and introduce to me the situation in Oklahoma City." Liang Yao said with his hands behind his back.

This is also the reason why most of the immigrants who make their fortune in California come from these three provinces.

This is the largest industrial park in Oregon, but I heard that Portland is also developing an industrial park, saying it will surpass Oklahoma City within three years and become the largest industrial city in Oregon.

Xu Zicai was instantly famous, becoming one of the powerful men in Oklahoma City and the idol of countless immigrants.

"Senior, the boss has said not to sell off-plan properties. The boss always keeps his word, so don't jump on the boss's muzzle." Carnegie reminded him kindly when he saw that Kony was still excited.

Eugene has a population of nearly 130,000, which accounts for almost half of Oregon's population.

The people of Oklahoma City elected their new mayor.

Especially Xu Zicai suddenly became very rich after returning from the Carson gold rush.

We followed the successful experience of San Francisco and set up a special industrial zone. Although we copied it from the east, the effect was remarkable.

From the blood of Brannan Brandon to the blood of Burnett Mason's regiment, from the blood of the Japanese to the blood of the Javanese and the Dutch, he has touched every drop.

The new mayor is an immigrant named Xu Zicai from Majiayan, Nankang Prefecture, Jiangxi.

The Taiping Army and the Hunan Army fought fiercely in Jiangxi. Jiujiang, Nankang, Raozhou, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Guangxin and other prefectures in Jiangxi suffered from military disasters and were almost in ruins.

Since it is already certain that Thomas, the old mayor of Oklahoma City, will become the lieutenant governor of Oregon, Thomas resigned as mayor of Oklahoma City two weeks ago.

"I wonder what aspects of the situation in the city the general wants to focus on? I can also make arrangements to satisfy the general." Xu Zicai asked.

This is why I say that only when California thrives can Oregon thrive. Without California, Oregon alone cannot develop."

These woodwork factories originally made wine barrels, but the oil business in Los Angeles was so booming, and the oil guys paid more generously than the liquor dealers, that they rarely did the liquor dealers' business anymore.

After hearing about Xu Zicai's success in Oklahoma City, immigrants from Jiangxi came to Oklahoma City to seek refuge with Xu Zicai. Therefore, the proportion of Jiangxi immigrants in Oklahoma City was very high. Seventy thousand of the 100,000 Chinese immigrants in Oklahoma City were from Jiangxi.

The urban architecture of Oklahoma City is dominated by Chinese-style buildings, but a Spanish-style Catholic church and arcade-style city hall still remain in the city center.

Oklahoma City is the most representative city in Oregon. As long as you understand Oklahoma City, you basically understand Oregon and the economic connections between Oregon and California.

Liang Yao is also a grassroots immigrant. He has been stained with blood along the way to reach his current status.

These people immigrated to California with their assets, and they were also the ones that Liang Yao focused on cultivating and supporting in the early days. It can be said that they took off directly at the forefront.

Even if Oklahoma City were placed in California, it would become the fourth largest city after San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.

An atypical successful immigrant can often resonate with the public more than a typical successful immigrant.

In order to strive for broader room for improvement, in 1853, after Xu Zicai found his first pot of gold in Carson, Nevada, Xu Zicai brought his fellow villagers to Oregon for development, found a new way, and successfully became a member of Oregon's upper class.

The driver achieved corner overtaking.

After visiting the mines and smelters, Xu Zicai took Liang Yao to visit the lumber factory and woodware factory.

The capital of Oregon is Salem, located north of Eugene. Salem is currently the third largest city in Oregon after Eugene and Portland.

There were many reports about Xu Zicai in newspapers, and Liang Yao had also heard about him.

He is a very utilitarian and vulgar person. He is not very interested in local customs and customs. What he wants to know most is the economic situation and industrial structure of Oklahoma City.

This time, it was the new mayor Xu Zicai who served as a tour guide to take Liang Yao to inspect Oklahoma City.

Xu Zicai does not belong to either of these two typical successful immigrants.

Unlike Wu Yuanhua, Pan Zhengwei and others, Xu Zicai is a pure grassroots immigrant.

Xu Zicai is the idol of many immigrants from Oregon and even California.

Of course, Oklahoma City also has pastures, farms and vegetable gardens, but the profits from these industries do not account for the majority."

"Then General, you have found the right person." Xu Zicai smiled and said, "General, please mount your horse."

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are gangs.

When Liang Yao traveled on a special train, Kony usually shared a carriage with Carnegie.

“Oregon is quite prosperous.”

The Chinese prefer to call Eugene City Oklahoma City. In the past two years, the place name Oklahoma City has appeared in major newspapers and even official documents with increasing frequency.

Liang Yao nodded and mounted his horse, taking the accompanying people to visit the city of Oklahoma.

Xu Zicai got on his horse and led Liang Yao to the mines and smelters around Oucheng. He introduced them while visiting.

Oklahoma City and Oregon cannot digest so much copper and iron. Most of this copper and iron is still sold to Sacramento and San Francisco by train, or goes into the arsenal to cast cannons, or goes into the factory in San Francisco to be made into various machinery, or

Used to lay railways.

After leaving the train station and entering downtown Oklahoma City, Liang Yao said while observing the customs and customs of Oklahoma City.

Seeing that Liang Yao didn't like the competition within Oregon, Xu Zicai returned to the topic wittily: "The copper, iron, and coal I just mentioned are the most important resources in Oklahoma City and our pillar industry.

"Economy." Liang Yao said without thinking.

Among the 130,000 people, another 100,000 are Chinese.

This group of people are now rich and noble, and have become the top Chinese representatives in California.

The streets of Oklahoma City are bustling with people, traders and pedestrians are passing through, and the market is very lively, which shows that its commerce is developed.

The distribution of Chinese in Oregon is relatively regular.

Liang Yao stood at the lumber factory on the mountainside, admiring the beautiful scenery of Oklahoma City and said casually.

Many local Jiangxi people went to the Fujian-Guangdong treaty ports to immigrate to California in order to make a living. Xu Zicai was one of these mighty immigrants.

As someone who has experienced gold mining, he intuitively told him that there must be something fishy about Xu Zicai's experience, and Xu Zicai was by no means as honest as he advertised himself to be. His first pot of gold was most likely stained with blood.

"Lumber is the most important industry in Oklahoma City besides the above-mentioned industries. The main purpose of these lumber is to make barrels and transport them to Los Angeles to be used to load oil for the oilmen in Los Angeles.

Ordinary immigrants may think that the heights of Liang Yao, Wu Yuanhua, and Pan Zhengwei are out of reach and difficult to reach no matter how hard they work. But Xu Zicai's heights can be reached through their hard work.

"Speak more seriously." Liang Yao interrupted Xu Zicai.

The further south you go, the closer you are to California, the higher the proportion of Chinese people.

“Yocheng is very rich in resources, including iron ore, copper ore, and a large amount of coal.

The City of Eugene is a city developed on the basis of the Village of Eugene.

This city is currently the largest, most populous, and most economically developed city in Oregon.

This means that the city is not the capital of Oregon.

The second batch of successful immigrants were mainly immigrants before 1851. This group of immigrants mainly came from Guangdong and Fujian provinces. They barely enjoyed the benefits of the California gold rush, and some lucky ones also accumulated their first pot of gold at this time.

Rise up and rise to the top.

"The boss only said that it is not allowed to be sold in California, but he did not say that it is not allowed to be sold in places like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston." Kony took a long puff of cigarette and muttered to himself, "If we sell off-plan properties, the capital turnover rate can be improved a lot.

."

Surrounding these natural resources, Oklahoma City has several relatively mature steel plants and copper smelting plants.

If he hadn't known that this was Oregon, Liang Yao would not have doubted that he was wandering in the city of his homeland.

As for the dark history of killing his fellow gold diggers in Carson on a dark and stormy night in Carson, creating an unsolved case, it will be buried forever in Xu Zicai's heart as a secret.

The proportion of Chinese in Eugene is also much higher than the Oregon average.

The economic centers of American states generally do not overlap with their administrative centers. For example, the capital of New York State is in Albany, the capital of Texas is in Austin, and the capital of California is in Sacramento.

This group of successful immigrants can be regarded as exploring the way for their compatriots. Therefore, subsequent immigrants from Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang who come to California can get some care and have an easier start than immigrants from other regions.

Those bastards don't sell their fish and wood well, and they are always thinking about how to surpass our city."

The first batch of successful immigrants in California were represented by merchants from Guangzhou, some Fujian merchants, and a few Zhejiang merchants.

"Get out of here, get out of here." Kony left Liang Yao's private car and came to his and Carnegie's car.

Xu Zicai can be said to be full of DEBUFF for successful immigrants. He started with zero assets and is not an immigrant from Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang.

"Thanks to California's glory, California is prosperous, and Oregon is also prosperous." Xu Zicai's answer was very appropriate.

It's just that Xu Zicai's experience made Liang Yao feel that it was too smooth, and he thought that Xu Zicai must be hiding something.

"I heard that you also established a railway company three years ago?"

The same goes for coal. We cannot digest much coal locally, so most of it is sold to California.

"You mean the Oregon Railway Company? I took the lead in establishing it," Xu Zicai said.

"When the California Railroad Company built the railway to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City was still called Eugene. I felt that there was a lot of potential in building the railway, so I joined forces with the fellow villagers to establish a railway company. From Oklahoma City to the state capital Salem

, the railroad from Salem to Portland was built by the Oregon Railroad Company.

Speaking of building these two railways, it was not easy to build them. We in Oklahoma City were poor at the time and couldn't raise the money to build the railways. In the end, Bank of America and the Bank of Boston came to our aid.

Our brothers mortgaged the mines to banks and obtained low-interest loans from Bank of America and Bank of Boston, and then built the railway."

(End of chapter)