Wild North America 1846

In the face of huge interests, Ben Johnson, who had always been reserved, lost his sense of proportion and made the biggest concession on immigration fees from Central and South America. Both parties in the talks were happy.

In order to show sincerity, Ben Johnson promised to vigorously allocate transportation capacity and strive to achieve the transportation goal of transporting more than 3,000 people per month starting in May.

That is, in May, a group of Chinese immigrants arrived every 2 to 3 days. They might be sailing fleets or iron-shelled paddle wheels, trying their best to meet the needs of the Tang Dynasty.

Facing Ben Johnson's sincerity in cooperation, Richard was unequivocal and spoke highly of him.

It also agreed to purchase cotton exported from the Johnson Farm in South Carolina at a price 20% higher than the market price, and the transportation of the goods was also contracted to the American Pacific Cruise Line.

In this way, the interests of both parties are tightly tied together.

The Ben-Johnson family was a large cotton plantation owner in South Carolina. They owned more than 300 black slaves and thousands of hectares of land. They exported large amounts of cotton to Europe, led by Britain, every year.

As the leader in the global cotton textile industry, Britain's textile unions not only have strict quality requirements, but also often join forces to lower the price of bulk cotton trade, thus infringing on the interests of white American slave owners.

In the face of the more powerful British capital, white American slave owners had to bow their heads and sell at the lowest price.

The conclusion of this agreement means that the Ben-Johnson family will be able to get rid of the blood sucking of British factory owners in the future and be able to provide cotton raw materials at a fair price, which can be said to have a stake.

Because every cent earned from this belongs to the Johnson family.

Datang Hui did not suffer any loss. After obtaining a license from London to export the early 1812-style Jenny spinning machine, the outdated equipment eliminated by the relevant British textile factories has been loaded on the ship and is expected to arrive at the San Francisco pier in two months.

in this case

Finding a stable supply channel for cotton raw materials has become a must-start matter.

For Richard

Rather than dealing with those unknown white cotton planters in the American South, it would be better to leave this business to the Ben Johnson family.

The cooperation between the two parties is based on interests. Both parties will prosper and suffer losses, and have considerable trust.

Anyway, the Johnson family has a large cotton output and is able to supply the current cotton raw material needs without worrying about anything happening.

As for the small premium of cotton raw materials, what does it mean in the face of the overall situation?

What Richard lacks now is talents and channels. He doesn't mind using interests to tie up more British or American businessmen. The more the better.

Gold is valuable only when it is spent. If it is stored in a warehouse and collects dust, it may be captured by the U.S. federal army one day, just like the destroyed Agreement Hall, all of which are making wedding clothes for others.

After talking to Ben Johnson, Richard stepped off the boat with a look of joy that could not be concealed in his eyebrows and waved goodbye to him.

Ben Johnson was originally an experienced captain. He led the fleet to the Bay Area and also led the fleet back to Panama City to perform the next transportation mission.

Richard watched as the two ships belonging to the American Pacific Cruise Line pulled anchor one after another and sailed towards the vast and blue Pacific Ocean, waving goodbye warmly.

Following the two ships, several members of the Accord Hall will leave with them. They will go to Cuba and Chile to participate in and assist the Chinese workers stranded there to immigrate to North America.

at the same time

It is necessary to vigorously publicize the legendary experience of "King of the Bay Area" Richard, and vigorously promote North America, a fertile and chosen land, so that ordinary local people know that there is such a legendary oriental figure in North America.

This belongs to Richard's selfishness. He has a "reputation system" to add to it. The louder and wider the reputation, the better.

At this time, silence had returned to the bay. The first batch of 557 Chinese immigrants from Central America had already set off. Under the protection of some Guards soldiers, they marched towards the Grape Valley. They had been walking for at least two hours.

standing by the sea

The tips of Richard's black hair were blown up and down by the sea breeze. He took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze and felt a sincere sense of accomplishment in his heart.

It feels so good to be able to help more overseas Chinese and help him find a direction for his efforts!

in the bay

The Guangfu was moored quietly at the anchorage, and the twenty-odd crew members on board were busy preparing to set sail, following the sailing cargo ship in Yerba Cao to head to Vancouver in the north to carry the next batch of British military supplies.

suddenly

Richard felt a look of hostility towards him, which made him feel moved, and he immediately turned around to look.

More than a hundred meters away

A group of more than ten white cowboys got on their horses one after another. One of them looked over with cold eyes, and finally his eyes rested on Richard, implying an inexplicable murderous intention.

Even when surrounded by many personal guards, the tall and tall Richard still stood out from the crowd, with an extraordinary demeanor that made him easily recognizable.

But this person obviously didn't expect that Richard would immediately look back and the two of them would meet each other's eyes, so he raised his hand to cover the brim of his cowboy hat and nodded slightly in greeting.

Then he knocked the horse's belly hard with both legs, whipped up the whip and hit the horse's buttocks, and drove the horse to sit down and suddenly rushed out with a cry of "Xilulu", spreading its hooves and galloping.

Dozens of other people quickly followed and chased after him, not forgetting to extend their provocative middle finger and speeding away with curses in their mouths.

Such an abnormality

Guard captain Liu Wu and deputy captain James Kahn, as long as they were not fools, would have seen it all, and anger immediately surged onto their faces.

Liu Wu blurted out: "You are such a cowardly person, you dare to openly provoke me. Master, Liu Wu asked me to lead a team of people to catch up and stop him. I will take him to the horse to plead guilty and set an example for others."

"I'm humble enough to ask you to go." James Kahn said with clasped fists without showing any signs of weakness.

Talking room

A group of fast-running cavalry had already run far away. Richard looked at the other party's retreating figure with deep eyes, shook his head and said, "It's too late, wait until you get on the horse to chase after them. They have already entered a new town. These people see

It looks a little strange, not like a cowboy in the wild west, could it be..."

He turned his eyes back to the bay and saw two small sampans sailing towards the two-masted sailboat anchored in the bay. He suddenly realized something and pointed forward with his hand and said: "Go, send someone to control that sailboat.

Let’s examine it carefully to see where the dragon crossing the river came from.”

"As you command, Master."

More than a dozen members of the Guards ran away immediately. They pushed a small sampan on the shore into the sea, then quickly climbed aboard and paddled hard in pursuit.

After about half an hour of touching

James Kahn, who was the first to find out the news, came back on a small sampan. He hurriedly came over and clasped his fists to report, "Master Qi, that is the sailing ship of the John Saad family. According to the interrogation, it was learned that this ship

The ship also came from Panama City, where it transported some cloth, ropes, clothing and dozens of barrels of black powder, as well as seven passengers who had just left the dock. The exact name was unclear, but the leaders seemed to be four brothers.

, what are they called the Mancott brothers? In addition...these passengers all looked fierce, and the crew did not dare to ask too many questions."

"Brother Mancott?"

The name was unfamiliar to Richard, and he had no impression after thinking about it over and over, but the man's fierce look contained murderous intent, which was absolutely unmistakable.

He thought about it and ordered, "Let the brothers withdraw. Now is not the time to fall out with John Sutter. In addition, arrange for a few smart people to go to the city to find out where these strangers ended up. According to me.

Look, I'm afraid the person coming is not good."

Speaking of which

Richard couldn't help but sneered twice. It seemed that the recent restraint of minions had caused some people to misjudge.

If the tiger doesn't show off its power, it really thinks I'm a sick cat!