1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 105 Preparing for State Building
"Colonel Griffin, Governor Bell, and you and Mr. Fremont? In addition to the above three, perhaps I should also thank the Mexican government."

Liang Yao said after thinking for a while.

He guessed that Colonel Griffin repeatedly applied to the Department of War to return to his hometown, the friction between the local gentry in Texas represented by Governor Bell and the New Mexico region, and the small friction on the US-Mexico border. The Colonel prepares the California Infantry.

Of course, there is no free lunch in the world, Liang Yao is still clear about this truth.

Congress and the federal government let him serve as a colonel to prepare for the California Infantry Regiment, and also hoped that he could share part of the border defense pressure for Colonel Mason stationed on the US-Mexico border.So that Colonel Mason can free up his hands to deter local armed forces in Texas.

"Very correct, but you are able to become the colonel of the American Army, mainly thanks to Mr. Fremont, and I played a very small role in it." Ge Wen said.

"President Fillmore originally hoped that Mr. Fremont would be in charge of preparing for the formation of the California Infantry Regiment and serve as the commander of the regiment. After all, Mr. Fremont had served in the Army for many years and was the commander of the California Infantry Regiment. The right person."

"Mr. Fremont declined?"

Liang Yao asked.

Fremont should have his own ideas. Besides, the army is Fremont's sad place.Fremont's reluctance to command the California Infantry made sense.

"As you said." Ge Wen nodded, "Mr. Fremont wants to continue his exploration career after the establishment of California, so he recommended you to Mr. President."

"Mr. Fremont wants to explore a railroad line from California to the East."

Liang Yao guessed.

Before Fremont knew Liang Yao, he wanted to explore a railway route from California to the eastern United States many times.It's just a pity that Fremont didn't succeed.

"The ideas of the two of you always coincide with each other." Ge Wen said with emotion, "Mr. Fremont is a very courageous person. When the two of us ran into walls in Washington, I was already discouraged and ready to give up. I was still in Fremont. Persevered with the encouragement of Mr. Rimont."

He thought of the time he and Fremont had spent lobbying in Washington.

"What about the money to build the California Infantry Regiment? It takes a lot of money to build an infantry regiment, as well as soldiers' salaries, weapons and equipment, and clothing. These are not small expenses."

Liang Yao looked forward to how much military spending Congress would approve for him, but he was soon disappointed.

"The personnel of the infantry regiment need to be recruited by yourself, and the military salary will be distributed from next year. The salary subsidy for each soldier is the same as that of other infantry regiments, which is 8 dollars and 30 cents a month.

As for weapons and various types of equipment, some of them are paid by the federal government, and you may need to pay for the rest at your own expense. After all, the federal government has been in financial difficulties in recent years and has to repay the war loans owed to Britain and France during the US-Mexico War. "

Ge Wen said with some embarrassment.

"However, the War Department has prepared a brand new colonel's uniform for you! The military uniform and the letter of commission are in the hands of the War Department investigator. I think he will come to see you soon after seeing Colonel Griffin."

"It seems that I need to pay a lot of dollars for this set of colonel's military uniform." Liang Yao said with a helpless smile.

Congress and the government are too stingy, except that the monthly salary of 8 dollars and 30 cents per soldier will be honored.The rest of the promises are likely to be empty promises, and there is a high probability that he will have to pay for it himself.

And a salary of 8 dollars and 30 cents a month can't support a soldier in California. Griffin's troops are a lesson from the past.

But as long as it was authorized by the Ministry of War and the Congress, Liang Yao didn't want to be too fussy about other aspects.He is not a fool, his own army is naturally in his hands, and he will not let the federal government prostitute an infantry regiment for nothing.

Liang Yao's eyes stayed on the "California Daily" news about the bean curd project.

California now not only needs his personal power to maintain operations, but also urgently needs a government to restrain these illegal companies and speculators.

"Mr. Ge Wen, besides serving as a member of the Ohio State Representative, what other positions have you held?" Liang Yao asked Ge Wen.

"Except for a period of time as the deputy governor's secretary, the rest of the time I worked in some insignificant positions."

Ge Wen said that although he has a wealth of experience in politics, he seldom holds important positions in core departments.That's why he came to California to look for opportunities.

"Now that the Congress has passed the California statehood bill, I think California should conduct elections as soon as possible to set up a California government team. I hope you can serve as the Secretary of State to organize the state's first election." Liang Yao said.

Regardless of the outcome of the discussions in Congress on the land grant from the Mexican government, he has prepared and prepared for the worst.

The most urgent thing at present is to build the government team in California.

"I have done similar work in Ohio before. I hurried back to California from Washington this time because of the state election in California. But I am worried about two issues now." Ge Wen said.

"Which two questions?" Liang Yao asked.

"The first problem is that elections require a lot of money."

"I will find a way to solve the problem of funding. It's not a big problem."

"The second problem is the eastern consortium, especially the consortium from New York. I am worried that the power of the New York consortium will interfere in the election in California.

After all, I, you, and Mr. Fremont all want California to exist as an independent state, and we don't want California to become a money-making place for the Eastern Consortium. "

This issue is what Ge Wen is most worried about. Once the state assembly, the state government, and the state court are inserted into a large number of people from the Eastern Consortium.No matter what California does in the future, it will be bound by the influence and constraints of the Eastern Consortium.

This is what Ge Wen doesn't want to see.It was also something Liang Yao and Fleet were unwilling to accept.

"What you said is very reasonable. Californians should be the masters of the country. This matter is also left to me to solve. You only need to concentrate on doing your job well."

Liang Yao thought for a while and said.

Most of the rest of the consortium reached an agreement with him to leave Sacramento and go deep inland to find new gold producing areas.The only thing to guard against is the New York consortium still in the Sacramento area.

The New York consortium is now huddling together to keep warm and concentrate on mining gold in one mining area. The personnel are very concentrated. It is not difficult to prevent them from intervening in the California election.

(End of this chapter)