1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 478 Who is the master of the West Coast?

Author: fish nest

"California isn't worried about this problem, so why should Oregon be?" Liang Yao asked Wu Yuanhua to relax.

"Our market is not only in the South. We can live without the South, but the South cannot live without us."

Some products in California are irreplaceable, which is why Liang Yao said this.

Kerosene, Vaseline, sewing machines, machine tools, bicycles, ammunition, etc., these are California's flagship products.

Whether it is in the domestic or foreign markets of the United States, its competitiveness is quite strong. Currently, there are no companies and products of the same type that can shake the status of these California ace products.

"Maybe I'm too worried," Wu Yuanhua said.

Liang Yao looked up at the flagpoles in the square. There were two flagpoles in downtown Salem. One flagpole hung the American flag, and the other flagpole hung the Oregon state flag.

"Is this your state flag?" Liang Yao pointed to the state flag of Oregon and said, somewhat dumbfounded.

"If you just look at the state flag, you might think our West Coast is a zoo."

The state flag of California is a bear flag, and the state flag of Oregon is a beaver pattern on a blue background with the year of statehood: 1856. The state flags of both states feature animals.

"Everyone made their own choice. I originally wanted to use the phoenix pattern as the state flag, but they felt that the beaver better represented our state of Oregon." Wu Yuanhua said helplessly.

"It's time to change the national flag." Liang Yao glanced at the 31-star Stars and Stripes Banner and said, "Now there are 35 stars."

"In the rush to establish the state, this issue was ignored," Wu Yuanhua said.

"How do you plan to develop Oregon during your term? Do you have a plan? You are the first governor of Oregon. You have to lay the foundation for Oregon's future. You have a heavy responsibility.

Moreover, you are also the first Chinese governor in the history of the United States. If you fail to be this governor, you will leave the impression that Chinese people are not good at governing the state." Liang Yao said.

"Imitate California and formulate a five-year plan. If you want to get rich, industrialization is the only way out."

Wu Yuanhua spent most of his first life in the Qing Dynasty, and he knew the difference between an agricultural country and an industrial country all too well.

The achievements of California's industrialization also strengthened his determination to industrialize in Oregon, and he was a staunch supporter of industrialization.

Like California, Oregon's state Legislature, state government, and state courts are all near Capital Square, not far away.

Wu Yuanhua took Liang Yao into the state government building.

Since he had just been elected governor, Wu Yuanhua had not had time to tidy up his office.

His new office was empty, with only a walnut desk, a chair, a bookcase, and a kerosene lamp.

Wu Yuanhua asked his assistant to find a map of Oregon, and then he and his assistant nailed the map to the wall with a hammer in one hand and a tack in the other.

After nailing the map, Wu Yuanhua clapped his hands and threw the hammer aside. He faced the map and said: "You are from Oklahoma City. Xu Zicai must have told you that he wants to build Oklahoma City into Oregon."

Jinshan.”

"He didn't say it explicitly, but that's what he meant." Liang Yao said.

"This is unrealistic. I have read some of your books and visited Oklahoma City on the spot. According to your theory, Oklahoma City does not have the same location conditions as Jinshan. Although Oklahoma City is not far from the ocean, it is not a coastal city after all.

There are no major rivers flowing through the city, and there are no major ports.

The lack of a large port is very critical. The cost of water transportation can be only one-third, or even one-fifth, of land transportation.

Many commodities in Oklahoma City are not only transported directly to California by rail, a large part of Oklahoma City is first transported by rail to Portland, and then shipped from Portland to Jinshan and Los Angeles.

Even so, the cost of products exported from Portland to Jinshan and Luocheng is still comparable to that of products transported directly to Jinshan and Luocheng by land, or even slightly lower." Wu Yuanhua looked at the map and pointed at the map.

of Portland.

"The future of Oregon is not in Oklahoma City, but in Portland. It is difficult for Oklahoma City to develop into a large industrial city like Jinshan. Looking at the entire state of Oregon, only Portland has a chance."

After all, Wu Yuanhua was born in Yihe Bank, had done international trade, and had seen the big world. Wu Yuanhua's vision was still much broader than Xu Zicai's recklessness.

A large part of the reason Oklahoma City has been able to develop is due to its proximity to California.

In order to develop into a large-scale industrial center, Oklahoma City without port conditions is in trouble.

It is no accident that Portland became the city with the largest scale, the most developed manufacturing industry, and the most developed economy in Oregon in later generations. It was the result of a combination of factors.

With Wu Yuanhua's tone and attitude, it seems that Portland will be vigorously developed during his tenure.

"Tell me more about it." Liang Yao signaled Wu Yuanhua to continue.

“Portland is located at the confluence of the Columbia River and the Willamette River. These two rivers have abundant flows and the rivers are wide enough, making them very suitable for navigation. There is a ready-made river port in the city.

The Columbia River and Willamette River can easily connect the Pacific trade routes and inland waterways, and Semler also has a direct shipping waterway to Portland.

Furthermore, Portland has more flat land and can absorb more people," Wu Yuanhua said.

"My idea is to plan a large industrial area in Portland and focus on the development of Portland. Portland still has a lot of potential that can be tapped."

"Don't just talk about the advantages, what about the disadvantages?" Liang Yao listened with interest.

"The shortcomings are also obvious. Portland lacks mineral resources that are easy to mine. However, Portland's proven coal and other mineral deposits can still support the development of Portland's early industrialization." At this point, Wu Yuanhua said through gritted teeth.

"The Northern Oregon region north of Portland is rich in mineral resources, but it's a pity that we can't use them. Those remnants of the Democratic Party and racists are very arrogant and unreasonable to us Chinese immigrants. Just thinking about it makes me angry."

The Northern Oregon region north of Portland was the region that later became Washington State.

As Chinese immigrants gradually spread northward, white racists in the West Coast region gradually moved northward under the call of the remnants of the Democratic Party and gathered in a corner of northern Oregon.

The history of the Democratic Party on the West Coast is a long one. It was established in California when Burnett, then Governor of the Oregon Territory, was killing Indians in the Oregon Territory.

At that time, Burnett heard that California was going to be established as a state, so he wanted to go south to steal political fruits and rely on the influence of the Democratic Party to turn California into a Democratic state.

However, Bernat's conspiracy not only failed, but he was unfortunately "died" in the war with the "Indians".

The leaderless Democratic Party was also completely defeated by Liang Yao and Fremont's Civic Party in the political battle on the West Coast.

The remnants of the local Democratic Party knew that they were no match for the Civic Party on the West Coast and would find it difficult to confront the Civic Party head-on, so they moved their base to Northern Oregon.

These remnants of the Democratic Party want to use northern Oregon as a base to establish a so-called Northern Oregon state as a wedge for the Democratic Party on the West Coast.

This time Oregon's statehood failed to include northern Oregon and establish a greater Oregon. This is because the Democrats in Congress obstructed it.

Democrats have also proposed a bill to Congress calling for the establishment of an additional state in Northern Oregon.

However, this proposal soon encountered strong opposition from the rival Whig Party. In addition, the Northern Oregon region had a population of only 20,000, which was too far away from the threshold for statehood. The proposal for statehood in Northern Oregon had to end hastily.

These white racists in northern Oregon have a very unfriendly attitude towards so-called people of color, and have even made bold statements about blocking the yellow water south of the Columbia River.

"When you are angry, just fight them to relieve your anger! Don't you have a militia in Oregon? You have Big Brother California to back you up. What are you talking about? They are unreasonable and unreasonable, so just use the guys in your hands to beat them until they are friendly and well-behaved! What happened to their leader back then?

Let them die as well!" Liang Yao said.

"Ma Shan is being ridiculed by others, and good people are bullied by others. Our Kuomintang is not a small and unpopular party, so why are we afraid of what he will do?"

"I'm not afraid of provoking a war, but right now we have to focus on development, and I'm afraid it will end badly if things get too big," Wu Yuanhua said.

"Portland is right on the Columbia River. If we don't get rid of these remnants of the Democratic Party, how can we talk about development?" Liang Yao said.

"If one militia group in Oregon is not enough, then build another militia group. In such a big state of Oregon, with more than 200,000 armed men, are you afraid that they will not be able to survive with 20,000 to 30,000 white-skinned pigs?

We are citizens of the United States, and American citizens have the right to settle and establish their families on any American territory.

Just fuck them, and I'll find a way to help you clean up the mess."

Liang Yao knew that Wu Yuanhua and others were worried that the Democratic Party was one of the two major parties in American politics. If the relationship was too tense, they were afraid that the Democrats would be detrimental to California and Oregon when they came to power in the next election.

Liang Yao had no worries in this regard. First of all, it was because the North-South conflict was now the main conflict in American politics, and Washington had no time or energy to get involved in this mess in the west.

The current two major ruling parties in the United States, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, can be said to be worse than the other. The Whig Party is about to be disintegrated and destroyed, and the situation of the Democratic Party is not much better.

The Democratic Party occupies greater interests in the southern region and some cities, which makes the Democratic Party tend to be more inclined to safeguard the interests of the southern region when dealing with issues in the southern region.

This has greatly dissatisfied the forces in the northern constituencies of the Democratic Party. Now the Democratic Party itself is in a state of fragmentation and has no time to take care of itself.

The last time the Democratic Party lost the general election and allowed Fillmore of the Whig Party to be re-elected, it fully demonstrated how fragile and unpopular the Democratic Party was within the Democratic Party.

Of course, losing to the Whigs in the last election was not the most embarrassing thing.

Historically, the Democratic Party lost to the newly born Republican Party in the 1860 election, and the loss to Lincoln was the most embarrassing.

Regardless of the unconstitutionality of this election, even in the northern districts where the Democrats were sure to win, Lincoln still overwhelmingly defeated Stephen Douglas of the Northern Democratic Party and several other candidates despite the Democratic Party being suspected of electoral fraud.

people.

Liang Yao is right. If these grandsons are not dealt with, Wu Yuanhua's first five-year development plan in Oregon and the construction of the Portland Industrial Zone will probably be difficult to implement smoothly.

Development also requires a stable external environment. Those annoying and unruly grandchildren in Northern Oregon should really be dealt with and let them know who is the master of the West Coast.