1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 82 Training
Wu Yuanhua did not come to the United States empty-handed. He also brought two shipments of goods to the United States for sale.

He entrusted Liang Yao to bring these goods to the best places in America for sale.

However, Liang Yao felt that Wu Yuanhua's structure was small, and he underestimated the purchasing power of the people of California.

Although the combined population of San Francisco and Sacramento is only [-] to [-], this is a gold-producing area, and people's purchasing power is no less than that of the big cities in the eastern United States.

At this time, the California region is a very special region in the United States, and other parts of the United States lack sufficient currency, especially coinage.

While the last thing California lacks is money, what it really lacks is enough goods.

Taking the local sawmill and brick factory as an example, Liang Yao didn't have to worry about not being able to sell the building materials and bricks he produced. A lot of people lined up at the factory gate with gold.

The various goods that flowed in from the surrounding Indian tribes, the Oregon region, and even Central America were often snapped up before they could be sold in the market.

Trade is not developed enough, and local manufacturing cannot meet local basic needs. This is the status quo in California.

The gold rush also gave birth to the first batch of middle class and small rich in California. To put it bluntly, it is the management of various mining companies and shopkeepers who have made a fortune.

These people don't have to worry about food and clothing, and have higher material consumption needs than ordinary miners. The two shipments of tea, porcelain, silk and handicrafts brought by Wu Yuanhua have no worries about sales.It is likely that the cargo of the two ships is not enough to sell.

Almost every transaction here is directly settled in gold, which is enough for Wu Yuanhua to make a fortune.
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Isaac and Elvis served in the Worcestershire Regiment of the British Army and were stationed in India before eventually coming to Mexico, where they were hired by the Mexican government to help train the Mexican army.

Whether in British mainland, Indian colonies, or the Mexican government, they are not paid as much as they are paid in California, not even a fraction.

The young Chinese employers in California were generous, paying them more than the British generals.

Their daily salary is 1 ounce of gold, which is not even the monthly salary of a British army officer. This is a salary they never dreamed of before.

This is only their basic salary, and if the wealthy employer is satisfied with the success of their training, there are additional bonuses and gratuities.The gold rewards are also very impressive and often higher than their base.

It's just that the bonus is only awarded to one of them each time, and the criterion for awarding the bonus is who has completed the training work better.

As the saying goes, how much money can be used to do so much, Isaac and Elvis treat this job with more care than when they served in the Worcestershire Regiment.

The only fly in the ointment is that the Chinese employer has very high requirements on them, or these guards.

Liang Yao asked Isaac and Elvis to train these Chinese guards to a level comparable to that of the British Army, otherwise they would pack up and leave.

At first, Isaac and Elvis felt that this was an impossible task. In the war ten years ago, the Chinese soldiers left them with a relatively bad impression.

Smoking opium, thin body, outdated equipment, low combat effectiveness, and no organization at all, this is the evaluation of Qing soldiers by colleagues who participated in the "trade" war against Qing after returning to India.

Some colleagues even uttered bold words after drinking, giving him an infantry regiment, and he dared to fight directly to the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

It seems that the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing Dynasty are like paper.

But when they bit the bullet and started to contact and train these Chinese guards seriously, their stereotypes of Chinese soldiers began to change.

Compared with the soldiers of the Qing Empire, these Chinese guards did not suffer from malnutrition, no one smoked opium, and their bodies were stronger.

Because the salaries of these guards are also very generous, they also take training very seriously.

The most important thing is that they have excellent mental outlook and discipline, strong obedience, and are born to be soldiers.

Although their passwords sometimes need to be conveyed through translators, the training work has generally been relatively smooth.

Although the current level of training of these guards is still somewhat behind that of the British Army.

But compared to the Indian soldiers and the lazy Mexican soldiers, they are not even a little stronger.

"Fire!"

On the training ground, under a series of commands from Isaac, the guards skillfully completed a series of tedious loading actions, and decisively pulled the trigger.

The guns equipped by Liang Yao's guards are all rifled Springfield M1842, which can fire the new type of Minie bullet.

The performance of this gun is very advanced in the world, and even the U.S. military has not yet completed the replacement due to cost and production constraints.

Only the U.S. military on the U.S.-Mexico border and stationed next to the Indian territory gave priority to completing the refit.

Liang Yao spent a lot of money to buy 1842 rifled Springfield M150 from Griffin, and then he got 1842 from some deserters one after another. The [-]-man escort has a rifled version of the Springfield M[-].

After the guards on Isaac's side finished shooting, two stupid guards didn't fully react and habitually put their guns on the ground.

For the same training subjects, the guards trained by Elvis next door were better than Isaac.

All the guards withdrew their right legs instantly after completing the shooting action, and entered the loading posture. The position of the gun was accurately positioned in front of the chest, and the height of the muzzle was naturally flush with the forehead.

"Is this your pose after shooting?!"

Isaac yelled angrily at the guard who did not complete the tactical action according to the rules of the drill.

The translators who followed Isaac were early Chinese immigrants hired by Liang Yao at a high price. They all had their own businesses in the local area, and the money to hire them was not much cheaper than Isaac.

The interpreter repeated Isaac's words in Chinese in a stern tone.

Isaac was angry not just because the two guards failed to complete the tactical maneuver.

It's that he and his former colleague Elvis are in a competitive relationship. If the guards trained by Elvis are better than those trained by him, Elvis will take away this month's bonus again.

Elvis has won the bonus for two consecutive months, which not only made Isaac very envious, but also felt a deep sense of frustration.

Elvis retired from the Worcestershire Regiment with the rank of lieutenant, and he retired from the Worcestershire Regiment with the rank of lieutenant.

Isaac didn't want to be outplayed by Elvis on the training ground in California.

"very good!"

Elvis glanced at Isaac proudly, and then Elvis gave the next order to the guards in broken Chinese.

"The next training subject, half-loading action!"

Liang Yao also assigned a translator for Elvis, just some simple instructions, Elvis prefers to convey to his training guards himself, rather than through an interpreter.

And all of this was seen by Liang Yao who came to inspect the training ground.

"Elvis seems to have done a better job of training than Isaac." Liang Yao said.

"The relationship between Elvis and the guards is also more harmonious. If the guards practice well, they will pay for the guards to drink in their spare time. Therefore, the guards who train under Elvis will also pay for the guards during training. Be more attentive."

Deng Yan, who had been shaved for some time, had already grown a head of thick black hair.

Deng Yan is a fugitive from the Qing Dynasty, and he does not plan to return to the Qing Dynasty in the future. Cutting his braids does not put too much pressure on him.

Moreover, after cutting the braids, daily training is much more convenient. Deng Yan does not think there is anything wrong with cutting the braids now.

(End of this chapter)