1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 12 Making a Deal with the Devil
Liang Yao and Robinson were about to bid farewell to Flaige with disappointment, but Flaige stopped them.

At this time, the modern police system in the United States is still under construction, and serving the public is just numbing and fooling the foolish people at the bottom who do not have independent thinking.What they really serve is the ruling class of the United States of America.

It's just that there is no legally widely recognized ruling class in California, which makes Fleige feel confused and afraid.

Liang Yao was right. When those legally recognized ruling classes arrived in California, they were pleasantly surprised to find that this chaotic and despicable place in California could be bathed in the brilliance of civilization. He left a brilliant mark on his resume.

"Sacramento really needs order, and it can't be as chaotic as San Francisco. I will consider your suggestions." Fleger looked at the dazzling gold that almost collapsed the solid oak dining table, took a deep breath and continued.

"These gold will all be used to prepare for the establishment of the Sacramento Police Department. Sacramento is so big, and we are short of manpower. We can only guarantee the security of a small area. You can give some suggestions on the location of the police station."

Although the purpose of visiting Fleige has experienced some twists and turns, the ultimate goal has finally been achieved.

Next, Liang Yao had to deal with the devil, Brannan.

Although he puts the focus of development on Sacramento, try to avoid direct competition with Brannan.

But as long as he was in the California Gold Rush, Brannan was someone he couldn't get around, at least for now.

Liang Yao wanted to buy a few shops and a warehouse at the port to transfer supplies and receive Chinese gold diggers arriving in the port.He desperately needs manpower now, a lot of manpower.

The meeting place was Brannan's casino, which was packed with high-spirited and stupid gold diggers.

They firmly believe that they can make a fortune in the casino, squandering the hard-earned gold in the casino, and venting the most primitive animal nature in their hearts.

But the cards on every gaming table here have been tampered with. It is impossible to make a fortune here. Even if you are the God of Gamblers alive, you can win a considerable amount of gold on the gaming table and place them in various places in the casino. Nor will the hired guns in the corner let you walk out of the casino alive.

Knowing that it was a losing game, Liang Yao still chose to sit at the table.

Brannan became more and more bloated, only willing to do business with people at the gambling table.

Brannan called a few white prostitutes to cheer Liang Yao up. Some of these prostitutes were older than his mother. She is a fairy-like beauty.

It's not that Liang Yao doesn't like women, it's just that he's not interested in these women.

After losing more than [-] ounces of gold chips to Brannan, Brannan finally cut to the chase and had a serious business deal with him.

"You're feeling a little bit unlucky." Brannan was smoking his pipe, and the smoke made it almost impossible to see his face clearly.

"It's your luck, Mr. Brannan."

Liang Yao leaned back and leaned his back on the chair in order to make his body feel more relaxed.

"Several shops of John Jenkins just happened to be vacant. If you have 1000 ounces of gold, these shops will be yours." Brannan exhaled smoke, waved his hands to disperse the miasma in front of him, and looked at the Looking at Liang Yao, "Your luck at the gambling table is a little bit bad, but your luck at the gold pan is not bad. I heard that you are the luckiest gold digger in Sacramento."

Liang Yao was able to produce so much gold in such a short period of time, which surprised Brannan. In California, he has always been very accurate at seeing people, and there are not many people who can make him wrong.

At first, Brannan, like most people, thought that Chinese gold diggers like Liang Yao would not do much.Now it seems that he was wrong. This Chinese gold mining group was able to produce so much gold in just over a month. There must be something extraordinary about it.

Like Brannan, Liang Yao was also surprised at this time, he thought he was already keeping a low profile.Unexpectedly, Brannan knew so much about the situation in Sacramento, more than a hundred kilometers away.

In the oppressive atmosphere, Liang Yao tried his best to keep himself calm. After he calmed down, he was convinced that Brannan was trying to trick him and test him.

He kept his gold mining proceeds strictly confidential. Even the Boston Company adjacent to the camp did not know how much gold they had panned. Brannan, who was far away in San Francisco, certainly knew no more than the Boston Company.

"Mr. Brannan must have misunderstood." Liang Yao shook his head in great disappointment, keeping his posture very low.

"Our luck at the gold pan wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. Maybe I could bite the bullet and pull out 1000 ounces of gold before I went to the table, but I can't get that much right now. I don't know Brannan. Is sir willing to make some concessions on the price?"

In any case, the sale was a surefire way for Brannan, since those shops weren't Brannan in the first place anyway.It's just that Brannan took all of Jenkins' property for himself under the banner of the law.

Anyway, there are no judges in California now, let alone courts. It is not up to Brannan, the toubob, how to deal with these properties.

Just after killing someone and changing hands, he sold his property. Brannan's calculation is really good.

If it weren't for the lack of choice, Liang Yao would not have asked Brannan to buy a shop.

"These shops are all prosperous shops, and their value is far more than 1000 ounces of gold. I am willing to sell them to you because you are more like me. If the gold is not enough, you can pay slowly, but I need to pay for it." your interest."

Although it is a profitable business without any cost, Brannan refuses to make any concessions in terms of price.

Of course it is Wangpu, if it is not Wangpu, you will not kill Jenkins.Liang Yao muttered in his heart, and accepted the offer with a very reluctant expression.

After paying the wager of 860 ounces of gold and the pavement money of 700 ounces of gold.Liang Yao left the casino that disgusted and suffocated him.

"Hire some Chinese to tidy up the pavement, sweep it, and get rid of this bad luck."

Looking at the messy shop, Liang Yao said to Deng Wenyu that the products in the shop had already been emptied, and even the wooden boards, nails and bolts on the shelves had been removed.

"Dead things are easy to clean, but what about living people? There are people behind."

Deng Wenyu pointed to the half-closed wooden door and said.

Liang Yao pushed open the wooden door, and saw a white woman with disheveled hair holding a child in her arms, and two half-grown children standing beside her. She was very emotional, and when she saw Liang Yao, she pointed at Liang Yao with a kitchen knife and yelled at him. .

"Get out, you all! You robbers! Bandits!"

"Are you Jenkins' wife?" Liang Yao said, staring at the four orphans and widows in front of him.

Hearing Jenkins' name, the white woman was sobbing and slumped on the ground.Liang Yao tried to persuade this white woman who was out of control, but this white woman refused to let her go, so they could only stay in this stalemate.

God damn it, Brannan, he's gotta wipe his ass for his dirty work.

Cai Mingsheng, who had just arrived at the store, said something sinful after entering the door, then stepped forward to help the white woman, and comforted: "Madam, everything will be fine."

Seeing Cai Mingsheng, the Caucasian woman's mood eased somewhat.Presumably they got to know each other, Cai Mingsheng's reputation here is not bad.

"This is the wife of John Jenkins, Maine." Cai Mingchang sighed and said, "Jenkins was a serious businessman before his death, so I didn't realize it."

"Sir, for God's sake, don't drive us away. I often help my father look after the shop. I can also speak English, Spanish and a little French." A skinny boy of twelve or thirteen came forward and pulled Liang Yao cuff said.

"It's a pity that you can't speak Chinese or Cantonese." Liang Yao looked at this clever little boy with some regret.

This little boy looks clever and has a bright mind. With a little training, he may be able to do things for him when he grows up a few years old.

It's just that there is a language gap. Liang Yao is already tired enough teaching English to those Deng brothers and sisters, and he doesn't have the heart and energy to teach an American child Chinese.

"Damn you! Go to the street! Bastard! Sai Linmu! Sa Nui! I can also learn a little bit of your language sir." The little boy blurted out, "I can also learn your language sir , I still have a bit of talent in learning languages, and it doesn’t take too long.”

Hearing this, Liang Yao almost staggered and fell to the ground. Sure enough, the fastest language to learn is always swear words.

"This kid is so smart, let's keep him. Orphans and widows have no place to go. Brannan has already looted all their belongings. They can't even afford a boat ticket to leave here." Cai Mingsheng couldn't bear it, Also intercede for these orphans and widows.

"You will run this shop for me from now on, what's your name, little guy?" Liang Yao asked the little boy's name.

It seems that this child is very talented in language, and Liang Yao has become interested in him, so it doesn't hurt to stay and observe for a while.It would be great if he could teach himself, and keep it for himself.

If there is really no future, it will not be difficult to send the Jenkins family away.He had come to California to work hard, not to open a shelter.

He ordered a total of four shops from Brannan's hands, and it is reasonable to say that these four shops under the 1860 oz order are indeed a very good deal.It may be that Brannan also felt that these shops were unlucky, otherwise, with Brannan's disposition, he would not have sold these shops.

In addition to one being used to transform the reception hall and the other being used as a warehouse, the other two shops can also be used for some scattered small businesses.

The focus of his development is in Sacramento, and it is now the time for employing people, and it is impossible for him to draw people from Sacramento to manage the store here.

Even the guest house, Liang Yao took a lot of effort to invite Cai Mingsheng to help him take care of it.

"Alan Jenkins, you may call me Little Alan, sir," said the little boy.

At this time, people's lives in the Qing Dynasty were difficult, and a prairie fire was brewing.Due to the difficult livelihood, many coastal residents choose to go to sea to make a living. California, which is rumored to be rich in gold, naturally becomes their first choice. More and more Chinese people come to California to seek gold for a living.

Most of these people are Cantonese and Fujianese, and most of them are Cantonese.

The areas close to Hong Kong and Macau and the five treaty ports opened after the Opium War, because they had more contact with foreigners, the news spread the fastest. In addition, these places already have a business tradition, so it is not unacceptable for them to make a living abroad.

During the Ming Dynasty, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, many people from these places went to Nanyang to make a living, and many people chose to take root in Nanyang.

After the hostel was established, Liang Yao employed a total of [-] Chinese gold diggers and [-] white gold diggers in San Francisco.

These gold diggers were failed gold diggers, they didn't find enough gold, they lived a very miserable life in San Francisco, and they were cheap to hire.

Relatively speaking, Liang Yao's conditions for Chinese employees are relatively loose, as long as they are not cunning and cunning, they will accept them. As for the criteria for judging whether a person is cunning and cunning, it is also very simple, just look at what he does in the country.

As for the white workers, Liang Yao's standards are very strict, only recruiting craftsmen, engineers, doctors and other skilled personnel.It's just that in San Francisco, there are not many such talents, and Liang Yao spent a lot of effort to recruit only sixteen people.

(End of this chapter)