1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 56
After the banquet, Liang Yao asked his servant to take Vanderbilt and his party to the packed guest room to rest.

Apart from asking Liang Yao to send someone to bring Kony back from the brothel, Vanderbilt didn't say anything else.

Strauss found a dollar draft and an IOU from the box. The draft was a $6 Citibank draft with Coney’s signature on it, and the IOU was also a $1849 IOU with Coney’s signature on it. Both the money order and the IOU are dated February 2, 8.

"Mr. Coney owes the casino $[-]."

Liang Yao interrupted Strauss before he finished speaking.

"These things are useless to Mr. Vanderbilt. After you find Kony, you can go to rest. Tomorrow we will accompany Mr. Vanderbilt to visit the mine in Sacramento."

Strauss put the bills and IOUs on Liang Yao's desk with great insight, walked out of the study and gently took them with him.

Liang Yao took out his pipe and smoked.

Now that Vanderbilt is here, will other consortiums be far behind?
The two ambitious politicians, Gwen and Fremont, have gone to the east to lobby for the establishment of the state of Fonia. As for the situation, there will be no news until two or three months or even longer.

After all, there is no wireless telegraph yet, and he, Ge Wen and Fremont can only communicate through letters.

Liang Yao didn't intend to pin all his hopes on Ge Wen and Fremont.

Ge Wen was born in a small family, so he didn't have much power in the first place.The Fremont family is quite prominent, but they are political amateurs and their influence is limited.

In this case, whether Vanderbilt can be pulled onto the thief ship is particularly critical.

Vanderbilt's financial power and influence are far beyond those of Gerwin and Fremont.

I don't know whether Vanderbilt was intentional or unintentional. At the banquet, he only cared about bragging with his old friends and praised him. Apart from that, he didn't say a word about other things.

Beneath the seemingly bohemian appearance of this Commodore, there is actually a meticulous heart hidden, which is elusive.

Liang Yao opened the drawer and took out a book from the drawer. He opened the book, and it was full of cut newspapers.

This newspaper clipping contains all the information he collected about Vanderbilt, including some gossip and lace news.

"Due to the lack of funds, the construction progress of the Polaris, which Mr. Vanderbilt is proud of, is slow, and the delivery is expected to be delayed by 5 months."

"Mr. Vanderbilt says he's putting construction on the Cleveland train station on hold, meaning Cleveland will lose 800 valuable jobs"

"Mr. Vanderbilt Sells Steamliner Burlington for $176510"

"Mr. Vanderbilt, President of the Stonington Railroad Company, has reduced his shareholding in the company by seven per cent"

"Mr. Vanderbilt pinched Senator Cyrus' maid's ass again"

"Mr. Vanderbilt touched Lady Alice's breast"

"Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Livingston fought violently at the banquet, and it is evident that the gentleman Livingston was no match for the old sailor when it came to fighting"

Those tidbits aside, other sources suggest that Vanderbilt is tight on cash.

This may be an opportunity. California lacks everything but gold.

In a sense, both he and Vanderbilt have something they need from each other.They are good partners for each other.

It's just that Vanderbilt is not Sartre, so it's not so easy to fool.

Liang Yao is still not sure how big this ship tycoon's appetite is, and how much bait he needs to take the bait.

His bait is Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, and the bottom line is that he maintains a controlling stake in Xiangshan Mining Company.

Guest room in Tingtao Garden.

Vanderbilt, too, was not asleep. He held his drink well, and that little drink couldn't get him down.

"My old man, according to your observation, is this Mr. Liang worthy of cooperation?"

His fellow countryman Van Darze is just as good at drinking as he is.

The purpose of their trip is not only to rebuild the California shipping company, but also has a strong interest in gold, and no one can resist the temptation of gold.Especially those capitalists who fall into the eyes of money.

When in Nicaragua, Vanderbilt had two options, and that was to choose a more suitable partner between Brannan and Liang Yao.

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and now Vanderbilt only had Liang Yao as an option.

"Liang Yao is too young. It may just be luck to temporarily control the gold mining area in Sacramento." Clark interjected from the side.

"We are not the only ones staring at the tempting cheese of gold, and other families will not let go of this tempting cheese. They have more influence in Congress than us. If we can get not much gold, we don't have to Take risks for this."

"Youth may represent low qualifications and lack of experience, but it definitely cannot represent the ability of a young man. According to my observation, Liang Yao's experience is very rich, which makes me feel very strange."

Vanderbilt felt a little ashamed when he thought of his tough self at the age of 19, he paused and continued.

"Liang Yao is very ambitious and shrewd. He knows the purpose of our trip, but he never mentioned his bottom line."

"He doesn't show his cards easily, he is a qualified businessman."

Fan Daze affirmed this. According to his own observation, Liang Yao's performance was indeed very mature, and he looked like a reliable partner.

"As for whether it is worthwhile to cooperate, we have to go to see the situation in the Sacramento mining area tomorrow to make a judgment.

The old aristocrats of New York already have California gold in their pockets, so why shouldn't we get a piece of it?If I can use Liang Yao to disgust them, I don't mind.It's just that I don't know if the gold in Liang Yao's hands can disgust them. "

Vanderbilt was also very attracted to gold in California. Running a shipping company was to make money, and mining gold mines was to get money directly.No matter how profitable the business is, it is not as fast as directly picking up money.

If he could get a decent amount of gold in California, he could beat his opponents on the New York-California route with relative ease.

The Pacific Cruise Line supported by Washington has already made him feel threatened.He needs to eliminate this threat to secure his monopoly on US shipping.

He also wanted to enter the railway transportation industry, connecting towns in the west.

The development of the east has encountered a bottleneck. The stock market has fallen so much that people want to jump off the building. If they want to continue to make a lot of money, the only way to enter the west is the hope of the future of the United States!
On land, the track is the route, and the train is the ship. He wants to monopolize the railway transportation industry just like he monopolizes the shipping industry!

That's why he bought the Stonington Railway Company and planned to become the company's president himself through a black box operation.

To complete this vigorous and big undertaking, we need dollars, an astronomical amount of dollars.And the US dollars he can use now lying in the bank are only more than seven million.

Obviously, this mere more than seven million US dollars can hardly support his grand plan.

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