1850 American Gold Tycoon

Liang Yao was not opposed to the reactionary war against Mexico. After all, he himself coveted Mexico's high-quality iron ore areas.

You can let him send troops, but he has conditions.

One is that a series of military expenditures generated by the war need to be borne by the federal government.

The second is that after the war, several states on the Pacific coast of north-central Mexico: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Corso The state of Lima will be administered by California.

In the inland states of Mexico, Liang Yao had little interest due to poor transportation conditions.

The population near the capital, Mexico City, and several Mexican states in the south are too large, and the costs of assimilation and governance are too high, making these states lose more than they gain.

"California is big enough. It is now the largest state in the United States."

After hearing Liang Yao's conditions, Fillmore shook his head.

The federal government should bear the military expenses incurred by the war. This request was reasonable and Fillmore could accept it.

Even if Liang Yao wanted to eat the seven states in the north-central part of the Pacific coast of Mexico, his appetite would be too much.

Can California digest these states?

Will other states agree?

These are all concerns for Fillmore.

"No state would dislike its large territory. Besides, California is only responsible for these areas. In name, these areas are still territorial states." Liang Yao bargained with Fillmore slowly.

What is anxious now is that Fillmore is not him, and he has enough conditions to bargain with Fillmore.

Fillmore simply hoped that by seizing the territory of Mexico, the southern slave owners would create one or two slave states in northern Mexico, so as to ease the conflict between the north and the south in the Kansas area, and even make the southern states that had benefited give up their territory. Partial Interests in the Kansas Territory.

To put it bluntly, it means appeasing the south while appeasing the mood of the north.

The North may not have much enthusiasm to participate in the war against Mexico. After all, in the last U.S.-Mexico War, the main force and the largest contribution of the U.S. military were the Southern troops.

In this battle, it was impossible for the Yankees to fight for the Southerners to seize territory.

But this is a war between countries. The North and the South of the United States are one. It would be inappropriate for the North to not send troops.

Fillmore could only count on Liang Yao, a special anomaly, to send troops.

After all, strictly speaking, California is a free state, and Liang Yao can also represent the north.

Furthermore, Liang Yao's relationship with the southern states is relatively harmonious, and the Western Brigade's combat effectiveness and actual combat experience are unique among the US military.

Fillmore felt more at ease by letting Liang Yao lead the Western Brigade to fight with the southern state's army.

Host these areas? Junzhou area? Southern Oregon is also a territory, and now it has become the backyard of California. Fillmore secretly cursed.

"If the war is won, Mexico's Baja California and Baja California Sur will be administered by California. These areas are part of California, which makes sense. As for other places, even if I can nod, there will be a lot of resistance in Congress. big."

Fillmore put down the cup and gave his price.

"Add another Colima state." Liang Yao's tone was very firm.

“Colima is relatively small, so I don’t think there will be much resistance.”

Colima is rich in high-quality iron ore and is an important source of iron ore in California. This is a place that Liang Yao must fight for no matter what.

"I'll fight for you."

After thinking for a long time, Fillmore gave Liang Yao an answer.

After Fillmore left, Liang Yao sent a telegram to Kruger in California.

Kruger was ordered to assemble the main force of the Western Brigade and drive to San Diego, a border city in southern California and Mexico, and to stockpile grain and military supplies in San Diego City to await further instructions.

There are four senior officers above the rank of colonel in the Western Brigade, including Liang Yao himself.

However, Liang Yao was in New York, Deng Yan was in Nagasaki, and Elvis led a military inspection team to conduct military inspections in the Crimea region.

Currently, the only senior military officer left in California is Kruger, and Liang Yao can only leave this matter to Kruger.

Liang Yao had thought about returning to California to personally command the Western Brigade, but considering that it would take two months to return to California from New York, the war window left for him was only four months.

Liang Yao finally decided not to return to California, but gave the order directly to Kruger via telegram.

After giving the order to Kruger, Liang Yao asked Fremont to go to Phrynia to say hello to the southern generals.

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After Fillmore left, Rong Hong, who had been waiting for a long time, brought his former classmate Huang Kuan to see him.

Rong Hong, together with brothers Huang Sheng and Huang Kuan, were the first Chinese students to study in the West. The three of them were all disciples of Pastor Brown.

However, among the three, Huang Sheng did not persist to the end. After only one year of studying at Meng Song Middle School, he returned to China on the grounds that he was not accustomed to the local environment.

At this time, a full eight years have passed since Rong Hong and Huang Kuan left China. The two of them also successfully completed their university studies, becoming the first two Chinese to have Western higher education, and their results were very excellent.

However, the cost of training a college student in today's world is very high and not something ordinary people can afford.

Pastor Brown, who funded the two of them to study abroad, had limited financial resources and could only support one of them to complete college.

Therefore, after graduating from Mengsong High School, Huang Kuan did not complete college studies in the United States. Instead, he went to the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom for education with the support of British businessmen.

Liang Yao guessed that Rong Hong recommended Huang Kuan to him to find a job with him.

It just so happened that Liang Yao currently lacked talents with higher education, especially Chinese people with higher education. Liang Yao received the two people very enthusiastically.

"Sir, this is my former classmate Huang Kuan, who is also from Xiangshan. He wants to find a job with you." Rong Hong introduced Huang Kuan to Liang Yao.

"Huang Kuan graduated from the University of Edinburgh and has obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctor of Medicine."

After five years of obtaining two university degrees, one of which is a doctorate in medicine, I have to say that Huang Kuan is indeed a talent.

Based on this, it at least shows that Huang Kuan is far better than ordinary people in terms of learning ability.

China's early overseas students, whether they were Rong Hong and Huang Kuan, or the first batch of government-sponsored overseas students sent out by the young children studying in the United States program that Rong Hong vigorously promoted, all achieved excellent results in school.

"Sit down." Liang Yao motioned for the two of them to sit down and talk, and then said.

"The academic qualifications are good. Our Xiangshan is indeed full of talents. The two first international students to obtain degrees from Western universities came from our Xiangshan.

We are fellow villagers and should take care of each other. Huang Kuan, what kind of position do you want to get here? "

"I don't dare to seek a high position." Huang Kuan adjusted the frames of his glasses. Years of hard study had caused him to have poor eyesight and was somewhat short-sighted.

"I heard that you opened a large hospital in California. I would like to practice medicine in your hospital or serve as a medic in your army."

Rong Hong on the side winked at Huang Kuan crazily, but Huang Kuan kept ignoring it. I don't know if he really didn't see Rong Hong wink or if he did it on purpose.

"Mr. Rong, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it. You and I are both fellow countrymen and friends, so there's no need to be so pretentious." Liang Yao said to Rong Hong.

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