1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 377 The New Governor

After the ribbon-cutting, Liang Yao boarded the ship and set sail to test the navigation capabilities of the Bold and test the newly equipped naval guns.

There is indeed no false standard for the maximum speed provided by the San Francisco Shipyard for Liang Yao, but the coal consumption at the maximum speed is staggering, and he would not normally dare to run at such a fast speed.

Since Jinshan Bay is a very busy harbor with many civilian ships passing by, Jinshan Bay is not suitable for testing weapons systems mounted on ships.

The Bold sailed away from Jinshan Bay and went overseas to conduct naval gun testing.

Although it is said to be outside the ocean, it is actually only 20 nautical miles away from the coastline.

The test area has been cleared of civilian ships, and target ships have been set up. These target ships are old and worn-out sailboats with a displacement of two to three hundred tons.

Liang Yao attaches great importance to this first cruiser independently designed and built in California.

The ship's captain, first mate, second mate, third mate, navigator, gunner, chief of staff, chief of sails and cables, steam engine chief, and mechanics, these core personnel are all transferred from the Roland and Yangwei.

Even ordinary crew members are not recruited directly, but carefully selected from the old employees of Universal Shipping Company who have been serving Universal Shipping Company since 1851.

"General, everything is ready, do you want to conduct a test?"

Captain Lin Sen asked Liang Yao for instructions.

Lin Sen, a native of Houguan, Fujian Province, worked as a boatboy on a merchant ship owned by Qichang Yangxing Company in his early years. Later, he worked as a rigging hand and rigging master on a steamship owned by the British Steamship Company.

Because the treatment of sailors in British shipping companies is very poor, and there is deep discrimination against so-called colored crew members.

In 1850, after learning that there was a large amount of gold in California, Linsen joined the gold mining team without hesitation.

But soon, he was tricked by a fellow countryman who cheated on him. Lin Sen, who was desperate, heard that the newly established Global Shipping Company was recruiting sailors, so he signed up to join the Global Shipping Company.

Due to his relevant work experience in his early years, Lin Sen can speak fluent English, and he is already smart and clever. After joining Global Shipping Company, Lin Sen prospered. He passed the examination in August 1852 and became the first mate on the Yangwei.

"Don't worry, stand by!"

Before Liang Yao had time to give Lin Sen an order, he saw a sail warship with a displacement of nearly two thousand tons and two decks passing through the nearby waters surrounded by two armed merchant ships.

These three ships did not seem to intend to pass through this sea area quickly, but Liang Yao's Boldness slowly slowed down and approached.

"Hudson's Bay Company ship."

The weather was very good today. Through the telescope, Fremont could clearly see the flags flying on the three ships.

The flag flying on the sailing ship is the flag of the Crown Colony of British Columbia.

The flags of the other two armed merchant ships have the Union Jack of the British Empire in the upper left corner, and the abbreviation of the Hudson Bay Company: HBC (Hudson Bay Company) in the lower right corner. This was an armed merchant ship of the Hudson's Bay Company.

"Third-class ship, how can those poor people in the Colombian Crown Colony get the money to buy a third-class ship?"

Liang Yao put down the telescope and frowned.

This sailing battleship flying the flag of the Crown of Colombia has a displacement of nearly 2,000 tons and at least more than 70 guns on board.

According to the ship classification standards published by the British in 1817, this is a proper third-class ship.

The colonial empire of British Columbia was not so poor that it did not have any maritime power, but its appearance was a thousand-ton, two-deck, fourth-level ship, which was also the flagship of their governor John McLoughlin.

The remaining maritime power is two single-deck fifth-class ships that have long been retired from the Royal Navy, and three mail ships. This is the entire maritime power of the Colombian colonial territory.

There are many colonies in the British Empire, and their colonial categories are based on the form of British sovereignty over the colonies. There are two main types: Company Colonies, Crown Colonies, and later Dominions.

Representatives of the company's colonial territories are the East India Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. There are many crown colonial territories, as close as the Columbia area that borders the Oregon Territory of the United States and has boundary disputes, as far as Southwest Wales, Western Australia, and South Australia. Even Cape Town is a crown colonial territory.

The difference between the two can be seen literally. The Crown Colony is a colony directly governed by the British Crown, while the Company Colony is a colony authorized to operate and manage by a chartered colonial company.

The Dominion is an advanced version of the two, enjoying relatively high autonomy. In addition to internal autonomy, the Dominion can also formulate its own trade policy, have limited independent foreign policy (without the right to declare war), and a certain number of troops.

As for the more advanced version of the Dominion, that is independence.

America's neighbor to the north, Canada, only became a British Dominion in 1867, and is still in the version of Company Colony and Crown Colony.

In addition to the vast area controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company, the southeastern region of Southern Canada and the Pacific coast area bordering the Oregon region of the United States are crown territories.

Interestingly, the Hudson's Bay Company still exists into the 21st century and operates retail chains as well as logistics operations.

"Five years ago, this place was still a wilderness. There were not many people on the entire west coast of the United States. Putting aside the attraction of the gold rush to the population, the population growth rate here is really scary."

said George, the former governor of Hudson's Bay who has stepped down.

This time he sent his friend Elliot to serve as governor of British Columbia, the crown territory north of the Oregon Territory of the United States.

The rapid expansion of the American population on the west coast made several Canadian governors, especially the governor of British Columbia and the governor of Hudson Bay, deeply uneasy.

As the number of Chinese immigrants on the west coast of the United States increased, George recommended Eliot, who knew the Chinese very well, to serve as the governor of British Columbia to curb the Chinese influence and the further expansion of American influence on the west coast, and their influence on their colonies. create a threat.

"California can build warships in less than five years. It is really scary. The growing strength of the West Coast of the United States is indeed a great threat to our Colombian crown.

These yellow people will spread like a scourge to the entire North American continent, polluting this clean new world. I really don’t know what the Yankees and Dixie guys in the United States think, and will allow the yellow people to grow on their west coast. "Yi Lv deeply agrees.

China accounts for one-third of the world's population. If the Chinese are allowed to enter the New World of America, sooner or later the white residents in the New World will be diluted into ethnic minorities by them.