1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 86 Death of the President

Wu Yuanhua's two shipments were quickly sold out in San Francisco and Sacramento.

He was preparing to leave for Guangzhou today. Before leaving, Liang Yao prepared a sumptuous breakfast for Wu Yuanhua.

"It is a great blessing in Brother Yu's life to be able to meet Brother Xian. Brother Yu has caused a lot of trouble to Brother Xian these days. By coming to California, I owe Brother Xian so many favors. Brother Yu is not only my benefactor, Wu Yuanhua, but also my friend."

The great benefactor of my Wu family."

Wu Yuanhua put a bun into his mouth, picked up the wonton noodles and poured a sip of soup into his mouth and said.

During these days in California, Wu Yuanhua already has a certain understanding of California.

He knew that San Francisco was only the largest city in California, and that California was about the same size as Guangdong and Guangxi.

It's just that for such a large place, the United States does not have a governor to manage it, nor does it even have officials. This made Wu Yuanhua feel very strange.

"If I didn't have to go back in person to report to my brother, I would have stayed here now." Wu Yuanhua was in a very good mood.

"Brother Wu, you and I are both from the same hometown. Helping each other overseas is something we are cleaning up."

Liang Yao picked up a piece of shrimp dumpling and put it into his mouth, then took out two letters from his coat pocket and handed them to Wu Yuanhua.

"One of these two letters is written to my mother. I also asked Brother Wu to deliver it to my mother on my behalf and to report to my mother that I am safe.

The other letter is for my grandfather. Please ask Brother Wu to inform my grandfather that if any of the Liang family members want to do business in the United States, they can be allowed to come to California.

There is still some gold, please help Brother Wu to send it to the Liang family."

"Who is my dear brother's biological mother?"

Naturally, we knew Liang Yao's grandfather, Wu Yuanhua. Wu Yuanhua, the eldest wife of the Liang family and the eldest son and grandson, also knew who she was.

However, Liang Yao was the bastard son of a mistress. Wu Yuanhua really didn’t know who Liang Yao’s biological mother was.

"My mother's surname is Deng Baolan, it's written on the envelope." Liang Yao pointed to the envelope and said.

"Brother Fool has blind eyes, he was too busy eating and didn't take a closer look. Please forgive me, Brother Xian." Wu Yuanhua said, holding his forehead.

"Brother Wu is going on a long voyage, so I won't keep him here, so as not to delay Brother Wu's trip."

After Liang Yao finished his breakfast, he took the handkerchief from the maid and wiped his mouth.

"After returning to Guangzhou to finish the business, Brother Yu will immediately set off for California. If other merchants are willing to come, I will take them with me."

When Wu Yuanhua came to California to develop, in addition to looking for another way to make a fortune for the Wu family, Wu Yuanhua also had his own selfish motives.

Wu Yuanhua, like Liang Yao, was also a concubine. He had three older brothers who suppressed him. In Guangzhou, he could only live in the shadow of his brothers. No matter how the Wu family turned around, he could never make the decision.

If it were in California, he might still have a family.

Wu Yuanhua said to the guys behind him: "Let those guys come in."

The waiter nodded in agreement, then turned around and called the fifteen waiters in.

"These are the guys from the Wu family who came with me to San Francisco on this voyage. Brother Yu is going back to Guangzhou to finish some work this time, and may not be able to arrive in California until the end of the year at the earliest. I know Brother Xian is at the right time to hire people.

These guys are all locals from Guangdong. They have been working in Yihe Bank since they were young. They are smart and smart. They can understand at least two or three kinds of foreign languages, and they can also write and do calculations. If you don’t mind it, let them follow you." Wu Yuanhua pointed out.

Looking at the fifteen guys, he said to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao looked at the clerks behind Wu Yuanhua. Among the fifteen clerks, in addition to Chinese, there were two other workers.

"Is this true?"

"Of course, there are many people in Guangzhou who want to work for Yihe Bank, and I am not short of these dozen or so people," Wu Yuanhua said.

"Thank you, Brother Wu."

Liang Yao unceremoniously accepted these fifteen clerks from the Wu family. He planned to disperse these clerks and assign them to grassroots positions in his industries.

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The year 1850 was destined to be an extraordinary year for the United States.

The United States in 1850 was a powder keg, and civil war was on the verge of breaking out.

Although American industry and commerce are all in the North, the South contributes 80% of the federal government's tax revenue, which has deeply dissatisfied the representatives of the South.

It was under this circumstance that the North still tried to weaken the South's influence in Congress.

At the same time, although the United States enjoyed the benefits of expansion from the U.S.-Mexican War two years ago and gained 2.3 million square kilometers of new territory, it also had to bear the consequences of overexpansion.

The most prominent issue is the boundary between Texas and New Mexico.

The Compromise of 1850 claimed to resolve all domestic crises, but Congress always focused on the issue of slavery or freedom in the Territories.

Turning a blind eye to the growing problem of escaped slaves in the South and the border issues between Texas and New Mexico.

While Congress was fiercely debating the compromise bill, Texas sent representatives to the Santa Fe region, claiming that most of New Mexico, including Santa Fe, belonged to Texas.

During the Lone Star Republic, New Mexico was indeed part of Texas.

Not only New Mexico, but later parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Kansas were also owned by the Lone Star Republic. Its territory exceeded one million square kilometers.

From a legal perspective, Texas's request is reasonable.

However, the federal government not only favored the north, but also divided the territory originally belonging to Texas into territorial areas several times to weaken Texas, which made the people of Texas intolerable.

In order to comply with public opinion, the Texas representatives decided to solve the problem in a tougher way and directly sent representatives and armed forces to the New Mexico region.

Military commanders in New Mexico warned the locals not to recognize the representatives sent by Texas, and at the same time prepared to take back the areas "occupied" by Texas with arms.

It's just that he needs authorization from the Ministry of War, otherwise he will bear the responsibility for provoking the civil war. Obviously he is unwilling to bear this eternal infamy. Therefore, the two sides have not yet broken out into large-scale conflicts.

President Tyler, who was a soldier, felt that Texas's large area was a huge threat to the federal government. He advocated weakening Texas and annexing parts of Texas to the territory for the establishment of a new state.

state to contain Texas.

His attitude was also very tough. Taylor ordered the Secretary of War to give orders to the troops in New Mexico to directly retake the areas occupied by Texas with armed force. If necessary, he would transfer Mason's troops on the US-Mexico border to the New Mexico area to counter the rebellion.

Mason was Taylor's old subordinate during the Mexican-American War, and Taylor believed that Mason's troops were capable of quelling the Texans' provocations.

Compared to President Tyler, who had a tough attitude, the Secretary of War seemed much more moderate and sensible.

He knew that once such an order was issued, it would not only fail to resolve the conflict, but would also intensify the contradiction between the North and the South.

The consequence was that the southern states would firmly side with Texas, triggering a civil war.

The Secretary of War had the guts to reject President Taylor's order.

President Taylor was furious and said that he would personally order not only the order but also the troops to quell the rebels in Texas.

It was a pity that the president died before his ambition could be fulfilled. On July 4, 1850, Taylor, who was attending the American Independence Celebration, suffered from diarrhea and became severely dehydrated that night.

Doctors diagnosed it as cholera, but there was nothing they could do about it.

President Taylor died after suffering from diarrhea and vomiting for five days.

Vice President Fillmore was sworn in as President of the United States. He is one of the few presidents in the United States who came from a humble background.

Fillmore's rise seems to have turned everything around again

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