1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 81 Cooperation

"Thank you, dear brother, for helping me. Without my dear brother, I'm afraid this debt of the Astor family would have become a bad debt, and I wouldn't even get a cent back."

Wu Yuanhua, who had just received the repayment, said to Liang Yao with gratitude. At the same time, he also felt unworthy for his father Wu Bingjian.

"My father was a generous man during his lifetime, so he made friends at home and abroad. He didn't want to make friends with just this kind of stuff."

"It's good to be back." Liang Yao said calmly.

"A small debt can go unpaid for more than twenty years. God knows how much money our Wu family has been defrauded during these years of cooperation with them." Wu Yuanhua said angrily, "Brother, I have an idea."

"Brother Wu, it doesn't matter if you say it."

"I want to go back and discuss with my brother about the business between Yihe Bank and the United States, and leave it to Brother Xian. I wonder if Brother Xian is interested? As for the transfer of the Yihe Bank business name, when Brother Yu returns to Guangzhou, he will try his best to discuss it with my brother.

Discuss." Wu Yuanhua came up with the idea of ​​​​cooperating with Liang Yao.

"What I wish for."

This was a good thing Liang Yao could not have hoped for. Although the profits of China's silk, tea, porcelain and other local goods have been greatly reduced due to the impact of the wave of industrialization and the Treaty of Nanjing, they are still profitable.

Although the British stole tea trees from China and transplanted them to India, the secrets of porcelain making in Jingdezhen had been stolen by French missionaries who had been undercover in Jingdezhen for many years as early as the Kangxi period.

However, Westerners have only figured out some of the superficial knowledge. At this time, tea produced in India was still a low-priced bargain in the West. Since Britain and France failed to completely solve the problems of kaolin and technology, the yield of fired porcelain was not high.

High-end tea and porcelain are still more recognized by the middle and upper classes in the West as Chinese products.

The British aristocrats said they wanted to support tea produced in their colonial possessions, and the tea cabinets were filled with Chinese tea.

Europe sold tea and porcelain back to China in the late nineteenth century.

"I also have something I want to ask Brother Wu for help with," Liang Yao said.

"What's the matter? My dear brother, it's okay to say it." Wu Yuanhua said.

"I want to set up a textile factory in San Francisco and need some female workers."

Most of the Chinese who immigrated to California were young and strong, but after all, only a small number of entire families immigrated to California.

Liang Yao hoped that the Chinese who immigrated to California could settle down in California and slowly take root.

"In recent years, under the impact of foreign cloth, homespun cloth has become more and more difficult to sell, and there are many bankrupt families. It is not difficult for me to help you recruit some good-natured women, but this is a loss-making business. I am sure you want to

Do it?" Wu Yuanhua asked in confusion.

"Yes, as long as Brother Wu can help me recruit female workers, I will accept as many female workers as you want."

This is something that can change the demographic structure of California. It will be a loss for the present generation but a benefit for the future. Liang Yao will do it even if he loses money.

At present, most women in California are still prostitutes, which is a problem for Liang Yao.

Moreover, the factory Liang Yao was talking about was not the handmade factory that Wu Yuanhua thought. What he wanted to run was a serious modern textile factory with big machine production. As long as it was managed properly, it might not lose money.

Some time ago, Stanford recruited five to six hundred native-born white women from several Central American countries.

It's just that these native-born white women are used to being lazy and find it difficult to earn money from serious jobs. In less than a month, they have all gone to contribute to California's tertiary industry.

"Since my dear brother has spoken, leave this matter to me. However, with so many people going to sea, they cannot escape the eyes and ears of the government, so we must take care of things." Wu Yuanhua said.

"It doesn't matter, I still understand the truth."

Then Liang Yao talked about the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company.

"How many shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad does Brother Wu have in total?"

Wu Yuanhua asked his entourage to find shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company. To be honest, Wu Yuanhua still doesn't understand what a railroad is.

"There are two thousand shares in total." Wu Yuanhua looked over the stocks carefully and asked, "Brother Xian, do you want to buy these shares?"

Liang Yao asked Nigel to help look at these stocks. After reading these stocks, Nigel nodded and said.

"These are stocks of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company."

After confirming that there was no problem, Liang Yao decided to buy shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company at a price of forty dollars per share, and expressed his willingness to pay the money directly in gold.

This was a long-awaited good thing for Wu Yuanhua. Wu Yuanhua was eager to sell all the Wu family's assets in the United States and realize them. Moreover, Liang Yao's bid was not low in his opinion.

After completing the transaction, Liang Yao asked Wu Yuanhua what his future plans were.

Wu Yuanhua originally planned to go to New York and Massachusetts to collect other debts and sell all the assets in hand before he came.

However, after seeing John's face, Wu Yuanhua gave up this idea. John planned to deny it to Liang Yao and was unwilling to repay the Astor family's debt. If he went to New York, a place he was unfamiliar with, he would inevitably be rejected.

Moreover, now Liang Yao helped him recover the Astor family's debt and bought shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company. The money was barely enough for the Wu family's emergency, and he could go back to deliver business to Wu Shangrong smoothly.

"San Francisco is indeed a place full of gold. I plan to open a Yihe Branch in San Francisco, which may be able to make a difference. When the time comes, I hope that my dear brother will take care of me out of friendship with my fellow countrymen."

Wu Yuanhua stated his plan.

Guangzhou merchants have lost their original monopoly advantage in the country, and foreigners prefer to trade in Ningbo and Shanghai. If the Wu family wants to make a difference again, they must find another way.

Liang Yao's success in California allowed Wu Yuanhua to see another possibility.

Instead of waiting for foreigners to come and buy goods at lower prices, it is better to take the initiative to sell the goods. Moreover, Liang Yao is now an American and a foreign businessman. With this status, it can save him a lot of trouble.

This is why Wu Yuanhua considered transferring the original business between the Wu family and American merchants to Liang Yao.

"That's natural, Brother Wu. I heard that there are many people in the Thirteenth Industry who are proficient in foreign languages, but is it true?"

Of course Liang Yao welcomes Jardine House to open a branch in California. If possible, he also hopes that other merchants in Guangzhou can also open branches in California.

"There are indeed many clerks who speak foreign languages ​​and understand foreign languages. However, business life in Guangzhou is now difficult, and many clerks have lost their livelihoods. These clerks either go to Shanghai to make a living, or run errands for foreigners. Of course, there are also some unscrupulous clerks.

Those who are willing to leave, stay in Guangzhou." Wu Yuanhua saw Liang Yao's thoughts.

"If you need me, I can help you recruit some smart guys who are proficient in foreign languages ​​to come to San Francisco to work for me after you return to Guangzhou."

A teenage girl can play a leading role in Bank of America, which shows how lacking people around Liang Yao are now.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuanhua admired Liang Yao more and more. Even under such difficult circumstances, Liang Yao was still able to manage many businesses in California in an orderly manner, and all the foreigners under him were obedient to him.

(End of chapter)