1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 7 Ore Washing Tank is a Gold Rush Tool

Deng Yan reprimanded Deng Wenshun severely, and asked Deng Wenshun to kneel in front of Guan Gong's statue to reflect on his mistakes.Then he interceded for Deng Wenshun.

If Liang Yao hadn't returned in time and had many ideas, Deng Wenyao's life would have been given to the mining area long ago.The mining area here is far more dangerous than he imagined.

Although Deng Wenyao and Deng Wenshun broke the rules, they were his nephews after all, and Deng Yan still couldn't bear it.

"Second Uncle, you have led the army. I think you know the importance of rules better than me."

Liang Yao's attitude was very clear, the rules were the rules and there was no room for discussion. What would he do after breaking the rules?

"I understand."

Deng Yan sighed sadly, although he cared about family affection, he could still distinguish right from wrong.At the same time, he couldn't help but think highly of this nephew.

Along the way, this nephew handled things neatly, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a person who had been in the study for more than ten years.

"We swore an oath in front of Guan Gong, and Master Guang watched him with eyes. I have no choice but to expel you from the Loyalty Society even if you broke the rules."

Liang Yao lit a stick of incense to Guan Gong with the candlelight.

"But because of the friendship between you and me, I am alone overseas, have no relatives, no reason, and cannot understand the language. I will not let you starve to death. Uncle Cai's former employer has hired workers. As long as your hands are still diligent, you will not starve to death. "

"No! Third brother, I know I'm wrong, so please forgive me this time! It's Brother Wen Yao who encouraged me. Besides, I dig gold for us all! I don't work as a hired worker! I want to dig gold ! I want to mine gold!"

Deng Wenshun was very emotional, and the other Deng family brothers in the hall were also moved by it. It seems that this rule cannot be broken.

Except for Dr. Robinson, the people in the Boston company were not friendly to them.

This team of more than forty people with high-tech professional equipment obviously looked down on the amateur team with only shovels, picks and a bunch of woodworking tools, only a few people, and their wives.

Of course, as colonists, they have been ingrained in their arrogance and prejudice against other races since they were young.

These orientals with the same skin color as the Indians may not be as savage as the Indians, but they are not much better than the Indians, they are just slightly more civilized savages.

"Compared to digging gold, these farmers from the East are more suitable for farming."

"Why do they have an ugly big braid? Is it convenient for the other party to hang them as a rope when they fight?"

"I've heard that the British can wreak havoc on their territory with only a few dozen soldiers and take a city with a population larger than Boston!"

"Oh my God, is it true? Give me dozens of soldiers and I'll just scalp Indians for dollars."

"If this is the case, next time the British recruit mercenaries to attack the Qing Dynasty, I will definitely participate. Maybe I can make a fortune there."

The members of the Boston Company ridiculed this gold rush team from the East.

In Liang Yao's team, only Liang Yao and Cai Mingsheng could understand English. The rest of the people didn't know what these ghosts were talking about. Although Cai Mingsheng could understand, he had an honest personality and was used to being a man with his tail between his legs in a foreign land. , as if nothing was heard.

Seeing their silence, the members of the Boston Company laughed even more.

"I don't know if you have heard a word." Liang Yao said, sweeping the snow on his shoulders.

"What?"

"The strong like to swing their knives at the stronger ones, but only the weak like to swing their knives at the weaker ones."

The Boston Company was not a successful gold-digging team, at least judging from their difficult living conditions, their gold-digging journey has not been successful so far.

"Who are you calling weak?! Skinny guy!"

A few grumpy members of the Boston Company flew into a rage and waved their fists at Liang Yao angrily.

"Who is strong and who is weak, we will see in the gold pan!" Liang Yao said boldly.

The gold diggers of the Boston Company bent over with a smile. They did not believe that these farmers had better gold digging ability than them.Whether it is the number or technology, their Boston company is far superior to the gold panning team composed of these few farmers.

Arriving in Sacramento, Deng Yan couldn't help digging through the weeds to dig out a handful of soil. He held the soil in his palm and couldn't help sighing: "Citigroup's land is really fat."

"Not only is it fat, but the land is also flat and large."

It’s hard for Liang Yao to disagree with Deng Yan’s point of view. In terms of the effective land that can be developed, the United States can firmly top the list. In addition, the United States has complete mineral reserves and abundant reserves. This is no longer God rewarding you with food, but God feeding you food mouth.

With abundant resources, oceans from east to west, and no strong neighbors from north to south, it is difficult for the United States not to rise under such favorable conditions.

"Such a good land, why did Mexico cede it to Citigroup after a defeat? Uncle Cai said that the land ceded to Citigroup by Mexico is equivalent to several miles of Guangdong."

Deng Wenyu heard Cai Mingsheng talk about this piece of land, and he was very inconceivable about it. Such a good land, can you just cut it off?
"What's so strange about this? Didn't our Qing Dynasty cut off an island if we couldn't beat the ghosts? We also paid the ghosts a lot of eagles. It's all because of those damn ghosts. If they didn't beat us, our court would We won’t lose money, the court won’t lose money, our Xiangshan tax won’t be so heavy, and our Deng family won’t be ruined.”

Deng Wenkang retorted with reason and evidence.On the other hand, Deng Yan was dejected, holding a handful of fertile soil in his hands and remained silent.

Liang Yao knew more about the Mexican-American War than they did.Mexico, a young country, had hoped to compete with the United States and even become a regional or even a world power, but it did not live up to it.

After ceding the fertile lands of Upper California, New Mexico, and Texas, Mexico has no chance of turning around.California and Texas are among the richest states in the United States in later generations.

"Don't talk about these things, let's build our shack first."

Liang Yao asked the Deng brothers to unload the supplies from the carriage. Cai Mingsheng helped them a lot in this relocation. The carriages, horses and tools were basically provided by Cai Mingsheng.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Liang Yao also wants to build a set of wooden ore washing tanks to improve the efficiency of gold panning. This matter will also trouble Cai Mingsheng.After all, none of them knew how to do carpentry.

The ore washing tank is also a simple and practical gold washing equipment in later generations, but the ore washing tank of later generations is basically an industrial product made of steel, and is equipped with a water pump to supply water for it.

Of course, these things can be made at the industrial level of 1850, but they are not as sophisticated as later generations.

But Liang Yao doesn't have that condition at present. With the existing conditions, he can only consider making a wooden ore washing tank first. As for the water pump, he will replace it with a water truck first.

"Uncle Cai, can you make this thing?"

Liang Yao showed Cai Mingsheng the drawing of the ore washing tank drawn on the road.

Cai Mingsheng took the drawing and looked at it carefully. After reading the drawing, Cai Mingsheng showed embarrassment.

"Mr. Liang, this ore washing tank can be made, just?"

"Uncle Cai, don't worry, the younger generation definitely has no reason to keep Cai Shubai busy. Uncle Cai's wages and lumber money are indispensable. If Uncle Cai is worried, the younger generation can prove it with written evidence."

Cai Mingsheng shook his head and said: "You and I are from the same hometown. We should help each other when we are in a foreign country. The wages are second. As for the wood, there are centuries-old and thousand-year-old trees everywhere. There is no shortage of wood. What is lacking is manpower. With my own efforts, it will take some time to make this set of ore washing tanks and waterwheels, I'm afraid Mr. Liang won't be able to wait."

Cai Mingsheng knew some local colleagues, but these colleagues were also involved in this gold rush, and they couldn't hire enough people without big money.Cai Mingsheng knew Liang Yao's current economic situation.

"It's okay. If there is a shortage of manpower, Uncle Cai can build a few sections of ore washing tanks first, or smaller ones. As for the waterwheel, we can use people to carry water or divert water from a high place."

Liang Yao also lowered the requirements according to the actual situation. The most urgent task is to find some gold first to solve their livelihood problems.

"If Uncle Cai needs manpower, he can just ask anyone he likes to help him. If he likes the younger generation, the younger generation is also willing to help Uncle Cai."

"Mr. Liang is a scholar. There is no reason to ask a scholar to do carpentry. It is not difficult to do so. This ore washing tank can do it." Liang Yao lowered the requirements, and Cai Mingsheng agreed to this matter because he felt that this matter was feasible. .

The ancestors of the Cai family have been carpenters for a living. Although he was sold to Peru to dig silver mines for several years, he quickly returned to his old business after arriving in California, doing carpentry for Sartre, so his craftsmanship quickly resumed. Picked it up and didn't go to waste.

Except for the need for manual help in logging, he can do the rest by himself.

(End of this chapter)