1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 81 Cooperation
"Thank you, my brother, for your help. Without my brother, the debt of the Astor family may become a bad debt, and I don't even want to get a single one of them back."

Wu Yuanhua, who had just received the repayment, said to Liang Yao gratefully. At the same time, he also felt worthless for his father Wu Bingjian.

"Father was generous during his lifetime, and he was good at making friends at home and abroad, but he didn't want to make friends with such people."

"Just come back." Liang Yao said lightly.

"A small debt can be delayed for more than [-] years. God knows how much money we have cheated our Wu family during the years of cooperation with them." Wu Yuanhua said angrily, "My dear brother, I have an idea."

"Brother Wu, it's okay to say."

"Jardine House's business with the United States, I want to go back and discuss with my brother, and hand it over to my virtuous brother. I wonder if my virtuous brother is interested? As for the transfer of the Jardine House's business name, when Brother Yu returns to Guangzhou, he will try his best to communicate with my brother. Discuss." Wu Yuanhua had the idea of ​​cooperating with Liang Yao.

"I can't ask for it."

This is a good thing that Liang Yao can't wait for. Although the profits of Chinese silk, tea, porcelain and other local products have been greatly reduced under the impact of the wave of industrialization and the "Nanjing Treaty", they are still profitable.

Although Britain stole tea trees from China and transplanted them to India, the secret of making porcelain in Jingdezhen was plagiarized by French missionaries who had been undercover in Jingdezhen for many years as early as the Kangxi period.

But Westerners only figured out some of the superficial ways. At this time, tea produced in India was still a cheap commodity in the West. Because Britain and France could not completely solve the problems of kaolin and craftsmanship, the yield of fired porcelain was not high.

High-end tea and porcelain The upper middle and upper class in the West still prefer Chinese products.

Those aristocratic lords in England talked about supporting the tea from their colonial estates, and all the tea cabinets were filled with Chinese tea.

It was the end of the nineteenth century that Europe sold tea and porcelain back to China.

"I also have something I want to ask Brother Wu for help." Liang Yao said.

"What's the matter? Brother, it's okay to say." Wu Yuanhua said.

"I want to set up a textile factory in San Francisco, and I need some female workers."

Most of the Chinese who immigrated to California were young and strong, and the whole family immigrated to California, after all, it was still a minority.

Liang Yao hoped that the Chinese who immigrated to California could settle down in California and slowly take root.

"Under the impact of foreign cloth in recent years, homemade cloth has become more and more difficult to sell, and there are many bankrupt families. It is not difficult for me to help you recruit some good women, but this is a loss-making business. My brother is sure to Do it?" Wu Yuanhua asked rather puzzled.

"Yes, as long as brother Wu can help me recruit female workers, I will accept as many as I can."

This is something that can change the population structure of California. It is a loss for the present and a benefit for the future. Liang Yao will do it even if he loses money.

At present, women in California are mainly prostitutes, which is Liang Yao's heart disease.

Moreover, the factory Liang Yao mentioned was not the kind of handicraft factory that Wu Yuanhua thought. What he wanted to do was a serious modern textile factory produced by large machines.As long as the management and operation are proper, you may not lose money.

Some time ago, Stanford got five or six hundred native-born white women from several countries in Central America.

It's just that these native white women are used to being lazy, and think that they are slow to earn money from serious work, and they have gone to contribute to California's tertiary industry in less than a month.

"Since my virtuous brother has opened his mouth, let me handle this matter. It's just that so many people go to sea, they can't escape the eyes and ears of the government, so we have to take care of it." Wu Yuanhua said.

"It's okay, I still understand the truth."

Then Liang Yao talked about the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company.

"How many shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad do Brother Wu hold?"

Wu Yuanhua asked his entourage to find the shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company. To be honest, Wu Yuanhua still doesn't even understand what a railway is.

"There are a total of two thousand shares." Wu Yuanhua asked after looking over the stocks carefully, "Your brother, do you want to buy these shares?"

Liang Yao asked Nigel to look at these stocks again. After reading these stocks, Nigel nodded and said.

"These are shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad."

After confirming that there was no problem, Liang Yao decided to buy the shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company at a price of forty dollars a share, and expressed his willingness to pay the money directly in gold.

This is a good thing that Wu Yuanhua can't wait for, and Wu Yuanhua can't wait to sell all the assets of Wu's family in the United States for cash.Moreover, Liang Yao's bid was not low in his opinion.

After the transaction was completed, Liang Yao asked Wu Yuanhua what his future plans were.

Wu Yuanhua originally thought about coming here, planning to go to New York and Massachusetts to get back other debts, and sell all the assets in his hand to realize cash.

However, after seeing John's face, Wu Yuanhua dismissed this idea, and John planned to deny it at Liang Yao's place, unwilling to repay the debt of the Astor family.If he went to that unfamiliar place in New York, he would have to be turned away.

Besides, Liang Yao helped him get back the debt of the Astor family, and bought the shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company.The money was barely enough for the Wu family's emergency, and he was able to return to Wu Shangrong smoothly.

"San Francisco is indeed a place full of gold. I plan to open a branch of Jardine House in San Francisco. Maybe it can make a difference. At that time, I hope that my brother can read the fellowship and take care of him."

Wu Yuanhua said his plan.

Guangzhou's merchants have lost their original monopoly advantage in China, and foreigners prefer to trade in Ningbo and Shanghai.If the Wu family wants to make a difference again, they must find another way.

Liang Yao's success in California made Wu Yuanhua see another possibility.

Instead of waiting for foreigners to lower the price to buy goods, it is better to take the initiative to sell the goods, and Liang Yao is now an American citizen and a foreign businessman. With this status, it can save him a lot of trouble.

This is also the reason why Wu Yuanhua considered handing over the original business of the Wu family and Meishang to Liang Yao.

"Naturally, Brother Wu, I heard that Thirteen Lines has many guys who are proficient in foreign languages, but is it true?"

Jardine House wants to open a branch in California, Liang Yao of course welcomes it.If possible, he also hoped that other merchants in Guangzhou would also open branches in California.

"There are indeed many guys who speak foreign languages ​​and understand foreign languages. It's just that the life of businessmen in Guangzhou is not easy, and many guys have lost their livelihood. These guys either go to Shanghai to make a living, or run errands for foreigners. Those who wish to leave will stay in Guangzhou." Wu Yuanhua saw Liang Yao's thoughts.

"If my brother needs it, after my brother returns to Guangzhou, I can help my brother recruit some smart people who are proficient in foreign languages ​​to come to San Francisco to work for my brother."

A teenage girl can play a leading role in the Bank of America, which shows how lacking people around Liang Yao is now.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuanhua admired Liang Yao more and more. Even under such a difficult situation, Liang Yao was able to manage many businesses in California in an orderly manner, and all the foreigners under him were obedient to him.

(End of this chapter)