1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 477 The First Chinese Governor

“Ok City is so beautiful.”

It is mid-to-late April now, and Oklahoma City is a typical Mediterranean climate city. The temperature of about 20 degrees gives people a very comfortable feeling.

Oklahoma City has mountains, streams, valleys, and dense forests. The natural scenery alone is pleasing to the eye.

"Now is not the most beautiful time in Oklahoma City." Xu Zicai pointed to the mountains and forests behind him and said.

"When it snows in winter, the mountains and forests behind us look like a fairyland in a painting. It's so beautiful."

"I came at the wrong time." Liang Yao said with a smile.

"No, no," Xu Zicai said, "Every season in Oklahoma City has its own benefits. It is more suitable to go to the beach in the west to catch up on the sea, swim, and invite a few friends to eat seafood and drink.

A little wine, tsk tsk tsk.”

"You are living such a magical life." Liang Yao was a little envious of Xu Zicai's life. This little life was much more comfortable than his.

"After coming to Oklahoma City, I realized what a human life is." Xu Zicai said with emotion, "Now that I think about the days I spent in the Qing Dynasty in the first half of my life, it was not a human life, it was just like an animal life.

days."

The experience of coming to the United States for four years gave Xu Zicai a lot of insights. He became rich and was elected as the mayor of a locality. This was something he never dared to dream of before, but now he has realized it one by one.

After visiting the industrial areas and lumber mills in Oklahoma City, Liang Yao had a rough idea of ​​the situation in Oklahoma City and the entire state of Oregon.

"Then be a good mayor and let more people live the lives they deserve." Liang Yao patted Xu Zicai on the shoulder and said sincerely.

In the evening, Xu Zicai and local dignitaries from Oklahoma City invited Liang Yao and others to have a meal of local river seafood. Most of these river seafood were caught from nearby streams and lakes, which shows the richness of local products.

"After all, the governor still paid for it."

Wu Yuanhua walked out of the parliament building proudly and accepted interviews from reporters.

Oregon has actually become a satellite state of California.

You must remember that this was in 1852, and California had only been established for two years. California itself also needed a large number of immigrants and funds for large-scale development.

Oregon's economic structure relies on California, and the state's politicians are inextricably linked to the California consortium and are even directly members of the California consortium.

It was under this circumstance that Liang Yao squeezed out some immigrants and valuable development funds for the Oregon region.

"A US$1.5 million reclamation fund in exchange for a governor is worth it," Liang Yao said as he walked.

The two candidates are Wu Yuanhua and Thomas.

Local reporters from Oregon and reporters from California gathered in front of the humble Capitol building in Ohio, waiting for the final results.

For Liang Yao, Wu Yuanhua is grateful.

Even from a business investment perspective, Liang Yao's investment in Oregon is definitely a very successful investment.

"Don't betray the trust of the people of Oklahoma City."

At that time, in order to support the reclamation activities of Chinese immigrants in Oregon, Liang Yao not only physically eliminated the fanatical racist Bernat. He also took the lead in setting up a special reclamation fund and raised US$1.5 million to support the development of Oregon.

Provide material security.

The large-scale reclamation of Oregon by the Chinese began on January 20, 1852.

"Back then you kept clamoring to buy an official position, but unexpectedly, you ended up becoming a governor today."

At that time, Liang Yao published an article "Go to Oregon" in the "California Daily", encouraging some immigrants to go to Oregon for colonization.

When Liang Yao first came to Salem, Oregon was undergoing the final round of the gubernatorial election.

Salem, the capital of Oregon, is only a little over 100 kilometers away from Oklahoma City. It only takes less than four hours to reach Salem by train, which is very convenient.

Oregon's five seats in Congress (two senators and three representatives) plus California's eight seats in Congress (two senators and six representatives), the Civic Party representing the western Chinese has exceeded ten seats in Congress for the first time, reaching ten.

Three seats.

With thirteen congressional seats, it is already a political force that cannot be ignored in the American political arena.

Wu Yuanhua has been in the United States for six years, and he has an idea of ​​how American politics is played.

"Congress is going to vote on a bill to create the Free State of Kansas, and the Free States are asking us to vote for them on this bill."

Furthermore, as Oregon is an independent political entity, Liang Yao can also benefit politically. For example, Oregon has two senatorial seats and three representative seats in Congress. These things cannot be obtained with a mere $1.5 million.

Measurable.

Oregon is also developing in the direction of industrialization, but limited by funding and population size, Oregon's industrialization process is not as fast as California's.

An hour later, the election results came out, and Wu Yuanhua was elected governor of Oregon as he wished, becoming the first Chinese governor in the United States.

After the interview, Liang Yao congratulated Wu Yuanhua.

This is an election without any suspense. Oregon has a high proportion of Chinese voters. Wu Yuanhua can win the gubernatorial election as long as he performs normally.

"It's not easy to be an official in the United States. The state of Oregon has just been established, and its five members of Congress have just been elected. The free states in the east sent us telegrams to put pressure on us to express our stance," Wu Yuanhua said.

"Congratulations to Governor Wu."

"If you hadn't led the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to raise a US$1.5 million settlement fund to encourage Chinese people to settle in Oregon, Oregon wouldn't be where it is today, and neither would I be where I am today," Wu Yuanhua said.

From the beginning of development in 1852 to the present, the value created in Oregon has far exceeded US$1.5 million.

Thomas must also know this, he is just running with Wu Yuanhua as a formality.

The results for senators, representatives, state speaker, and secretary of state have been released, and now the final gubernatorial election is underway.

"This vote is not difficult to cast. The South established two new slave states on the newly occupied Mexican land. There is absolutely no reason for free states to establish only Oregon," Liang Yao said.

"How can one country have two systems? If the state structure is uncertain, what is the integrity of maintaining one country, two systems for a long time? I think the issue of slavery or abolition cannot be resolved by the two sides sitting down and discussing it calmly. There must be a war between the north and the south.

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As a political amateur, Wu Yuanhua also feels that it is ridiculous for the United States, as a unified political entity, to tolerate the existence of two political systems for a long time.

"It would be great if we could abstain from the vote. Neither side would be offended. We not only have trade relations with the North, but also with the South. You said this is a vote of support. If you vote for it, the Southerners will be unhappy and won't agree with us."

We’ve made a deal, but what should we do?”

(End of chapter)