1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 86 The Death of the President
Wu Yuanhua's two shipments were quickly sold out in San Francisco and Sacramento.

He was going to leave for Guangzhou today. Before parting, Liang Yao prepared a sumptuous breakfast for Wu Yuanhua.

"It's a great blessing for Brother Yu to know Brother Yu. These days, Brother Yu has caused a lot of trouble for Brother Yu. When he came to California, he owed him so much favor. Brother Yu is not only my benefactor, Wu Yuanhua, but also The great benefactor of my Wu family."

Wu Yuanhua stuffed a bun into his mouth, picked up the wonton noodles and poured a sip of soup into his mouth and said.

These days in California, Wu Yuanhua already has a certain understanding of California.

He knew that San Francisco was only the largest city in California, and the area of ​​California was comparable to that of Guangdong and Guangxi.

It's just that in such a big place, the United States doesn't have a governor to manage it, not to mention that it doesn't even have officials, which makes Wu Yuanhua feel very strange.

"If I didn't have to go back and report to my elder brother, I'd like to stay here now." Wu Yuanhua was in a very good mood.

"Where is Brother Wu, you and I are from the same hometown, and helping each other overseas is a matter of cleaning up."

Liang Yao picked up a piece of shrimp dumpling and put it in his mouth, then took out two letters from his jacket pocket and handed them to Wu Yuanhua.

"One of these two letters was addressed to my mother, and I asked Brother Wu to forward it to my mother on my behalf, and to report to my mother that I am safe.

The other letter is for my grandfather. Brother Wu, please tell my grandfather that if the Liang family’s children want to do business in the United States, they can come to California.

There is still some gold, and I also ask Brother Wu to help deliver it to the Liang family. "

"Who is my brother's biological mother?"

Liang Yao's grandfather, Wu Yuanhua, naturally knew him, and Wu Yuanhua, the eldest son and grandson of the Liang family, also knew who it was.

However, Liang Yao was the concubine of a young woman, and Wu Yuanhua really didn't know who Liang Yao's biological mother was.

"My mother's surname is Deng Yulan, it says on the envelope." Liang Yao pointed to the envelope and said.

"Brother Yu's eyesight is dull, he was too busy eating, so he didn't look at it carefully, my dear brother forgive me." Wu Yuanhua said while supporting his forehead.

"Brother Wu is going on a long voyage, so I won't keep Brother Wu, so as not to delay Brother Wu's trip."

Liang Yao finished his breakfast, took the handkerchief from the maid, wiped his mouth and said.

"After returning to Guangzhou to finish the work, brother Yu will set off for California immediately. If other merchants are willing to come, I will also bring them along."

Coming to California to develop, besides finding another way for the Wu family to make a fortune, Wu Yuanhua also had his own selfish motives.

Like Liang Yao, Wu Yuanhua was also a bastard, and he had three older brothers who suppressed him. In Guangzhou, he could only live in the shadow of his older brothers, and it was never his turn to call the shots in the Wu family.

If it was in California, he still has the possibility of making a court order.

Wu Yuanhua said to the guys behind him: "Let those guys come in."

The guy nodded in agreement, then turned around and called fifteen guys to come in.

"These are the tricks of Wu who went to San Francisco with me this time. Brother Yu will return to Guangzhou this time to finish his work, and he may not be able to arrive in California until the end of the year at the earliest. I know that Brother Yu is just in time for employing people.

These guys are all locals from Guangdong. They have worked in Jardine House since they were young. They are smart and can write and count at least two or three foreign languages. If you don't mind, let them follow you. "Wu Yuanhua pointed to the fifteen guys and said to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao looked at the guys behind Wu Yuanhua. Among the fifteen guys, besides the Chinese, there were two other gangsters.

"Is this true?"

"Of course, there are many people in Guangzhou who want to work for Jardine House, and I am not short of these ten people." Wu Yuanhua said.

"Thank you, Brother Wu."

Liang Yao unceremoniously accepted the fifteen members of the Wu family with a smile. He planned to disperse these members and assign them to grassroots positions in his industries.

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1850 was destined to be an extraordinary year for the United States.

America in 1850 was a powder keg, and the Civil War was on the verge of breaking out.

Although the American industry and commerce are all in the North, the South contributes [-]% of the federal government's tax revenue, which has deeply dissatisfied the representatives of the South.

Even in this situation, the North still tried to weaken the influence of the South in Congress.

At the same time, although the United States has tasted the sweetness of expansion from the US-Mexico War two years ago and gained 230 million square kilometers of new territory, it has to bear the consequences of over-expansion.

Foremost among these was the border between Texas and New Mexico.

The Compromise of 1850 claimed to resolve all domestic crises, but Congress always focused on slavery or freedom in the Territories.

Turned a blind eye to the growing problem of fugitive slaves in the South and the border problems in Texas and New Mexico.

While Congress was debating the compromise bill, the Texas district sent representatives to the Santa Fe area, claiming that most of New Mexico, including Santa Fe, belonged to Texas.

During the Lone Star Republic, the New Mexico region was indeed part of Texas.

Not only the New Mexico area, but even parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Kansas in later generations belong to the Lone Star Republic.Its territory exceeds one million square kilometers.

Jurisprudentially, Texas' request is reasonable.

However, the federal government not only favored the north, but also designated the territory that originally belonged to Texas as a quasi-state area several times to weaken Texas, which made the people of Texas intolerable.

In order to conform to public opinion, the representatives of Texas decided to solve the problem in a tougher way, and directly sent representatives and armed forces to the New Mexico area.

The military commander in the New Mexico area warned the locals not to recognize the representative sent by Texas, and at the same time prepared to take back the area "occupied" by Texas by force.

It's just that he needs the authorization of the Ministry of War, otherwise he will bear the responsibility of instigating the civil war, obviously he is unwilling to bear this eternal infamy.Therefore, a large-scale conflict has not yet broken out between the two sides.

President Taylor, who was born in the military, felt that the size of Texas was a huge threat to the Federation. He advocated weakening Texas and incorporating parts of Texas into territories for the establishment of new states. state to keep Texas at bay.

His attitude was also very tough. Taylor ordered the Secretary of War to order the New Mexico troops to directly retake the areas occupied by Texas by armed forces, and when necessary, transfer Mason's troops on the US-Mexico border to the New Mexico area to counter the rebellion.

Mason was Taylor's old subordinate during the Mexican-American War. Taylor believed that Mason's troops had the ability to quell the provocations of the Texans.

Compared with the tough President Taylor, the Minister of War is much more moderate and rational.

He knew that once such an order was issued, it would not only fail to resolve the conflict, but would intensify the conflict between the North and the South.

The consequence was that the southern states would firmly side with Texas, sparking a civil war.

The Secretary of War had the guts to reject President Taylor's order.

President Taylor was furious and said that he would personally order, not only personally order, but also personally lead troops to quell the rebels in Texas.

It's a pity that the president died before his ambition was fulfilled. On July 1850, 7, Taylor, who participated in the Independence Celebration of Perfection, suffered from diarrhea and became severely dehydrated that night.

The doctors diagnosed it as cholera, but there was nothing they could do about it.

President Taylor died after suffering five days of diarrhea and vomiting.

Vice President Fillmore was sworn in as President of the United States. He is one of the few presidents in the United States who came from a poor family.

Fillmore's top position seems to make everything turn around again
(End of this chapter)