1850 American Gold Tycoon

The special train clung to the rails and passed through the mountains of Nevada, arriving at Funing Town Railway Station in only one hour and twenty minutes.

There are only a few people in the train station, like a peaceful humanistic photo, and time seems to slow down here.

Except for the roar of the whistle of the steam train slowly entering the station, and the faint sound of metal collision when the huge iron wheel comes into contact with the rails, there are no other unnecessary sounds at Funing Railway Station.

After understanding the situation in Funing Town, Liang Yao didn't think it was strange that there were no passengers in the train station.

After all, Huang Kangrui would only use this train station when transporting bulk goods.

"This is the gold you want, Mr. Liang. I wonder if Mr. Liang would like to see it in person and then have someone carry it on your special train?"

As soon as he got off the train, Huang Kangrui pointed to the two retinues carrying heavy wooden boxes and asked Liang Yao for his opinion.

Huang Kangrui had personally inspected the mercury hauled on the train when it departed from Reno City. Mr. Liang was indeed a very capable person and was able to obtain 5 tons of mercury in less than a week.

"This small business is just drizzle." Liang Yao just casually glanced at the gold bars in the wooden box and said to Huang Kangrui in an almost commanding tone.

"Take me to Funing Mine."

Liang Yao directly proposed to go to the Funing Mine, and Huang Kangrui, who was somewhat relaxed, suddenly became alert.

Funing Mine hides too many shady secrets. Even though Huang Kangrui is interested in making friends with Mr. Liang, he is not so enthusiastic that he lets Mr. Liang visit the Funing Mine.

"Young Master Liang must be exhausted after traveling so hard. Huang has already prepared a banquet for Young Master Liang. He also invited Young Master Liang to rest in his humble residence first, and Huang will take care of Young Master Liang." Huang Kangrui declined politely.

"I'm not tired, lead the way!" Liang Yao said sternly with a cold glint in his eyes.

At this time, Huang Kangrui had realized that something was wrong with Mr. Liang, but considering the strength of the Liang family, Huang Kangrui did not dare to quarrel with Mr. Liang directly in public for the time being.

Huang Kangrui found an excuse and said, "What a coincidence. There was a landslide last night and the road to the mine was blocked. Besides, what's so interesting about the mine on the mountain? It's dirty and dangerous."

Liang Yao gently raised his hand, and a battalion of soldiers who were already ready to go, together with more than 60 CIA agents led by Pinkerton, quickly disarmed Huang Kangrui and more than 80 of his confidants at the station.

More than 90% of the residents of Funing Town are from Funing Prefecture, and they are all members of Huang Kangrui's clan township party.

After the residents of the town discovered the abnormality, they quickly went home, picked up their belongings and rushed to the train station.

How could these rabble be a match for professional soldiers and well-trained CIA agents? They were defeated in less than half an hour.

After defeating this rabble, the CIA agents pursued the victory and captured Huang Kangrui's manor in one fell swoop, arresting all the Huang family's children.

The Huang family members were captured, and the residents of Funing Town were leaderless and soon came under the control of Liang Yao.

Pinkerton and his agents, backed by a company of heavily armed soldiers, forced their way into the Funing mine to search.

As Pinkerton expected, Huang Kangrui was actually minting private coins in the Funing Mine.

Pinkerton seized private silver coins worth $650,000 on the spot at the Funing mine, as well as the molds and die-casting machines needed to mint the coins.

Deng Wenyu also quickly rushed to Funing Town from Reno with people from the tax bureau, and spent the night checking the taxes owed by the Funing Mine since 1854.

At the same time, it also solved the mystery of why Deng Wenyu failed to discover this private coin minting den for so long.

It turned out that except for a small part of the private coins minted by Huang Kangrui, which were used for internal circulation in Funing Town, the rest were shipped to the Qing Dynasty to purchase goods and laundered through foreign trade.

"This guy spent all his private money on the Qing Dynasty!" Deng Wenyu said with emotion.

“How much tax is owed?”

In Huang's manor, Liang Yao took a sip of tea and asked leisurely.

With such brains and methods, Huang Kangrui is a talent, but it is a pity that he has touched Liang Yao's core interests. Even if he is a talent, Liang Yao has no love for Huang Kangrui.

"Since 1854, Huang Kangrui's Funing Group has owed a total of US$340,000 in tax arrears. Ahem, of course, this is only an approximate figure. I need more time to fully investigate these taxes." Deng Wenyuda said .

"Your Excellency, as expected, the mint is indeed hidden in the mine. We have now seized US$650,000 in coins and semi-finished products worth no less than US$400,000." Pinkerton, who rushed back from the Funing mine, asked Liang Yao reported on his gains.

After saying that, Pinkerton leaned close to Liang Yao and whispered in a low voice: "Although the numbers on the molds and die-casting machines used by the mint have been worn away, I can be sure that these molds and die-casting machines are what you mean? "

Pinkerton is almost certain that these molds and die-casting machines came from official channels, and were not imitations of Huang Kangrui's own molds and die-casting machines.

This case involves people from Jardine Matheson Group, Tongfu Group, and Boston Group. These three groups are all core members of the California consortium. God knows who will be involved if the investigation continues.

Therefore, Pinkerton, who has always been decisive, seemed a little hesitant at this time.

"Thorough investigation! No dividends! California's laws are not for show! Even if the America Group is found, let me continue the investigation!" Liang Yao gave Pinkerton reassurance.

Although he felt a little chilled by this result, it was also expected. It's time for these people to take action.

The only thing that makes Liang Yao happy is that there is currently no evidence that his America Group and Fremont's Southern Group are involved in this case.

Deng Wenyu glanced at Huang Kangrui, who was tied up with five flowers, and asked Liang Yao for instructions: "What to do with so many private coins? Just copy them and melt them?"

Metal private coins are different from counterfeit paper coins. Once the counterfeit paper coins are discovered, they are worthless pieces of paper. As for metal private coins, they are actually made of precious metals.

"Rong, you big-headed devil!" Liang Yao knocked Deng Wenyu's forehead hard and said with hatred.

"You haven't been the finance minister for a year or two, why can't you learn from Stanford?! We in California are a society governed by the rule of law! How can there be any reason to directly confiscate property without going through the procedures?!"

"Understood! The stolen money involved in the case will be sealed for the time being and will be dealt with after the court's decision." Deng Wenyu touched his painful forehead and suddenly realized.

"You, you, you have really learned law in the past two years for nothing." Liang Yao shook his head with some disappointment.

Deng Wenyu is an expert in administration, but when it comes to the judicial field, regardless of his legal knowledge and judicial awareness, Deng Wenyu is far inferior to Stanford.

Stanford's reputation is notorious, but his work as California's chief judge was indeed impeccable. At least he effectively performed procedural justice and ensured the normal operation of California's judicial system. Otherwise, with Stanford's notorious reputation and record of bad experiences, people would have been kicked off the position of chief judge long ago, instead of being transferred to another job in an honorable manner.

To be fair, this is no wonder Deng Wenyu. Deng Wenyu grew up in the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was an authoritarian state, and even the Dali Temple, the highest judicial institution, was regarded as a part of the government rather than an independent institution independent of the government. The finance and personnel of Dali Temple are all controlled by the various ministries and the emperor. Under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly impossible to achieve judicial independence and impartiality.

This was true for the central government of the Qing Dynasty, let alone the local governments. Judicial power was directly controlled by local administrative officials.

Deng Wenyu, who grew up in this kind of environment, naturally took it for granted that local officials had the right to directly confiscate criminals' property.

The problem that Chinese immigrants have a weak concept of justice and a weak sense of citizenship will likely not be completely changed until the second generation of immigrants born and raised in California grow up.