1850 American Gold Tycoon

On Christmas Eve 1853, Martin, the vice president of Umbrella Company, who had been away from California for three years, finally returned to San Francisco after a long absence.

A large armed merchant ship named Seiran sailed into the Port of San Francisco, flying a red and white alternating umbrella-shaped logo flag.

Seiran was accompanied by the light cruiser Super Yuu transferred from Nagasaki to escort him throughout the journey.

Workers and people at the port speculated that the armed merchant ship flying the Umbrella trademark flag must be carrying gold procured from Australia by the Umbrella Company.

After all, except for gold, there is no cargo that a cruiser can specially escort.

There are many Loach-class patrol boats in California, small ships with a displacement of about 500 tons, but there are only four large ships of more than 1,000 tons, including the newly launched Bold.

In fact, the guesses of these port workers and the public were correct. The Seiran armed merchant ship carried part of the gold that Umbrella had acquired from Australia in the past three years.

Although it is only a part of it, the value of this gold has reached 11 million US dollars.

In addition to the gold, there were two guests who came to San Francisco with the ship.

They are Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang, the leaders of Dagang Company.

"Boss, the gold you requested has been successfully transported to San Francisco. The journey has been very smooth. The gold on the ship is safe and intact, and there is no shortage of it."

Martin took off his hat to pay tribute to Liang Yao, and then reported to Liang Yao the situation of Umbrella Company in Australia.

Because Umbrella was born out of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, it mastered the advanced gold mining technology of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company at that time, had the most advanced gold mining equipment, the most skilled gold mining workers, and the support of California mercury mines.

After Umbrella arrived in Australia, it took a dimensionality reduction attack on the local small gold mining teams in Australia who still used local gold mining methods.

As a result, Umbrella is now Australia's largest gold mining company.

Although out of humanistic considerations, Umbrella Company has to share their gold mining results with local snakes such as Augustus, the Governor of New South Wales, Australia, in order to obtain the right to continue gold mining in Australia, but Umbrella Company can still benefit from Australia grabbed a lot of gold.

"Well done, Martin." Liang Yao encouraged.

"Thank you for your compliment, this is a Christmas blessing from the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency August." As he spoke, Martin took out a letter from the briefcase he carried and presented it to Liang Yao.

"Boss, if there is nothing else, I will go back to spend Christmas with my family."

Martin came to California for gold mining with the Boston Company in 1849. He was a member of the 49-year-old miners. When he became the vice president of Umbrella Company and went to Australia for gold mining, his family had not yet been taken to San Francisco by Liang Yao.

After all, Martin has not seen his wife and children for four full years. Now Martin just wants to hand over the work as soon as possible and go home to reunite with his family.

"You haven't seen your family for four years, so you just go back empty-handed to spend Christmas with your family?" Liang Yao asked.

"There is nothing to bring with you in that remote country in Australia. I was in such a hurry when I came back that I didn't pay attention to such trivial matters. I'm going to buy some things on the street to go home. Thank you boss for reminding me."

After being reminded by Liang Yao, Martin scratched his head in embarrassment and said.

"It's Christmas Eve at night, and you can't buy many good things on the streets now. Christmas is a legal holiday in California, and many shops are closed now."

As he spoke, Liang Yao waved to the back, and Carnegie drove up with a carriage filled with gifts.

"The gifts are all prepared for you. I'll give you a month's leave to spend time with your family."

"Thank you boss, I didn't expect you to be so considerate."

Martin's nose felt sore. He didn't expect that Liang Yao had even considered these trivial matters for him.

"In addition, Captain Weber has also come to San Francisco. He will probably work with you in the future. Take the time to meet Captain Weber and Dr. Robinson. I think they will forgive you." Liang Yao patted Martin on the shoulder and said to Martin said.

Martin was a member of the talented Boston Company, which had a difficult time finding gold in the early days of the California Gold Rush.

Martin and Fuller, under the instigation of Hawke, stole the remaining gold of the Boston Company and ran away. Later, after Hawke defected to the Brandon gang, Martin and Fuller parted ways with Hawke and went to a place where gold was rumored to be everywhere. Nevada Gold Rush.

Fuller then committed suicide due to a mental breakdown. While burying Fuller's body, Martin accidentally discovered the largest piece of gold ever found in California, a 151-pound piece of gold.

Of course, there is another version of this story, that is, Martin killed Fuller when Fuller was unprepared in order to seize the gold. In order to avoid legal sanctions, he fabricated the lie that the gold was found when Fuller was buried. to wash away his sins.

Especially his old friends at the Boston company believed in this statement.

The gold mining history in the Boston Company was a stain on Martin and a knot in his heart.

"I understand. Anyway, thank you." A dejected Martin bowed to Liang Yao, put on his hat, and led the horse toward the address written countless times on the envelope.

After Martin left, Liang Yao asked Carnegie to give each of the crew members on the Qinglan and Chaoyong responsible for escorting the gold as well as the employees of Umbrella a $10 bonus for Christmas.

Then he took Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang, the leaders of Dagang Company, to Tingtao Garden to discuss matters.

Compared with the well-dressed and proud Martin, Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang were dressed a bit plainly. They both wore a silk gown that was not old and not old, and a pair of cloth shoes with holes.

The war that lasted from 1850 to the present not only exhausted the Chinese corporate organizations on the island of Borneo, but also drained their financial resources.

As of 1854, some companies chose to succumb and surrendered to the Dutch East India Company to gain a chance to survive, such as the Lanfang Company.

There are also companies that choose to fight to the death with the Dutch East India Company and refuse to surrender, such as the Dagang Company of Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang.

Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang have already contacted Umbrella Company before. Umbrella Company also has many Chinese employees, and neither Umbrella Company nor the Chinese employees wear braids.

Therefore, Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang were not surprised when they saw that Liang Yao, the leader of Umbrella Company, did not wear braids.

"Young Master Liang is willing to lend a helping hand to Dagang Company and Pao Ze on Borneo Island when their lives are at stake. I would be very grateful."

Before sitting down, Wang Jia expressed his gratitude to Liang Yao.

Before Liang Yao reached out to help, Dagang Company, as well as Lanfang Company, which was still in the anti-Dutch United Front camp, and other local Chinese companies jointly submitted a letter to the Qing court, hoping that the Qing court could help them, even in the diplomatic field. It doesn't matter what the occasion is to show off to the Dutch.

Unfortunately, the Qing Dynasty did not care about or have any interest in the life and death of these overseas abandoned people.

Just when they were desperate, Liang Yao's letter gave them hope again.

Just how much help Liang Yao can provide them, and how much price Dagang Company and other Chinese companies that are still resisting have to pay to get help from Liang Yao, Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang have no idea at this time.

They even only knew that Liang Yao's purpose in helping them was to open a plantation on the island of Borneo.

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