1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 91 Heaven and Hell in California

Vanderbilt's unprofessional son, Coney, remained the same.

Coney owed another $[-] in gambling debts at casinos in California, and more than $[-] in wine credits at taverns.

If there is anything worth mentioning besides these, it is that Kony became the guest of the police station several times because of fights, which caused Sergeant Flagg a headache.

Even the captain of the Sacramento often complained to Liang Yao, because Kony often ate overlord meals on the Sacramento.

Kony wanted to go whoring for free in a brothel several times, and Leland Stanford, who was in charge of the casino and the brothel, was not a good person, so he directly kicked Kony out.

Stanford allowed Kony to gamble in casinos to continue to owe more gambling debts, but he would never allow Kony to go whoring in brothels for nothing.

Because every additional guest received by these ladies could bring him several ounces of gold income, and Coney couldn't come up with any cash.

When Liang Yao found this bad boy, his red hair was long and messy, tangled together in bunches, and his beard hadn't been taken care of for a long time. Reeking of alcohol, the tramp sleeping soundly next to the garbage dump is a young man of only nineteen years old.

Although it was already noon and the sun was high, it did not affect Kony's sleep quality at all, and he slept very soundly.

Two or three wild dogs who smelled it were licking the vomit around Coney.

Coney's well-crafted custom-made clothes have already been pawned by him, not to mention the valuable gold pocket watch and pen.

The clothes he was wearing now were no longer clothes, but rather rags he found from nowhere, barely used to cover his body.

"Keep him awake."

Liang Yao looked down at Kony and said, it is a miracle that this kid can survive till now.

A guard following Liang Yao fetched a bucket of cold well water from the nearest well, and poured the well water on Coney's face under Liang Yao's instruction.

"Who? What son of a bitch threw cold water on me?"

Kony, who was splashed with cold water, jumped up from the ground in an instant, raising his fist and ready to fight.

When he saw that it was Liang Yao, Kony put down his hand that was raised in mid-air, because several strong and tall guards behind Liang Yao had already put their hands on the handle of the revolver around his waist.

"So it was you, Mr. Liang."

Coney yawned, stretched his body lazily, and said with a playful smile.

"Is Mr. Liang here to pay me? I am your employee, but you haven't paid me once yet."

"But you never served me even for a minute." Liang Yao said lightly.

"Oh, is it?" Kony rubbed his bloodshot eyes in disappointment and said, "I thought you would bring me a surprise, if there is nothing else, I will continue to sleep, please go ahead, Mr. Liang. "

"Kony, are you interested in playing with me in the VIP room of the casino?" Liang Yao asked Kony.

"VIP room?! Of course I'm interested! But as far as I know, you don't gamble."

As soon as he heard about gambling, Kony, who is a veteran gambling dog, immediately became interested, and his bloodshot eyes lit up.

"The weather today is good."

Autumn in California is approaching quietly, and the violent summer sun is gradually becoming milder and more pleasing.

A cool early autumn wind blew across Liang Yao's wheat-colored face, making him feel very comfortable.

"I'm also in a good mood, so when I'm happy, I want to play a few games with you."

"Thank you for the warm autumn weather!"

Coney habitually patted the dust off his tattered clothes to make himself look more clean and decent, although it was in vain.

San Francisco's casino is located in the heart of the old town.

This is not the focus of Liang Yao's development in San Francisco. Liang Yao's main focus is on the new urban area centered on the new commercial street.Because building a new urban area is far simpler and less costly than rebuilding an old urban area.

The casino stood out against the cluster of dilapidated shacks and tents in the old town.

In fact, San Francisco's casino is by far the most magnificent building except Liang Yao's Tingtao Garden, and gamblers call it a "palace".

Walking into the casino, beautiful and well-dressed women are in charge of turning the cards or turning the roulette wheel. There are also soul-stirring pornographic pictures on the walls, and the pictures are full of white stains that exude a fishy smell.

There is even an active atmosphere in the casino. Under the shining of bunches of dazzling lights, everything in the casino is full of vitality, and people are shrouded in a cheerful atmosphere.

Even during the day, casinos like to close their doors and windows, draw their curtains and light their expensive whale oil lamps.

This is not to avoid government inspection, in California, gambling is still legal for the time being, but because it has more atmosphere.

The large and small casinos in San Francisco and Sacramento are all open 24 hours a day, opening their doors to welcome gold-rich gamblers at any time.

Miners, sailors, coolies, merchants, priests, and even deserters and slaves who deserted and ran away excitedly surrounded the gaming table, encouraging girls in scantily clad clothes to spend a lot of money.

Gamblers are throwing real gold onto the tables, with bags of alluvial gold, finger-sized nuggets, and the backs of fresh California gold coins from the Mint placed haphazardly on the tables. On the gaming table, there is no dollar bill, because the casino recognizes real gold more than the dollar bill and bank notes of the Eastern Bank.

This casino is the largest casino in California, and it also plays the biggest game. Gambling games of ten to twenty thousand dollars, or even thirty to forty thousand dollars are very common here.

In New York, a $[-] to $[-] gamble can even make the news.

The last time the "Galifani Daily" published such news was a $[-] bet, and it is said that a new record has been set now.

Two gamblers who had a dispute fought violently at the gaming table, and the thugs of the casino stopped them.

The two gamblers didn't want to let each other go, clamoring for a duel between men to decide the outcome.

They walked out of the casino because duels were not allowed in the casino.

Even a duel can be an interesting game, wagering on the sidelines as the willing gamblers encourage them to fight.

The two were just trying to save face and show off their masculinity in front of gamblers and prostitutes, but at this time they were already on the verge of riding a tiger, so they could only bite the bullet and pull out the revolvers on their waists for a duel.

Accompanied by two gunshots, the two duelists fell at the entrance of the casino at the same time.The thugs in the casino have long been accustomed to this kind of duel, and will soon clean up their unsightly corpses so as not to affect the normal operation of the casino.

This is California heaven and California hell.

The person in charge of the casino, Leland Stanford, had already been waiting for Liang Yao at the casino.

"Mr. Liang, you are a rare visitor." Stanford came up to show courtesy to Liang Yao.

"A rare visitor?" Liang Yao looked at Stanford with intriguing eyes, "This is my casino, I'm not a guest, Mr. Stanford."

Not only the casinos in California, but even the large and small casinos in Sacramento and even Los Angeles belong to Liang Yao. Without his permission, the new casino would not be able to open until the second day of its opening.

Coney, who was dressed in rags, couldn't help gloating at Stanford's distressed appearance. This guy often kicked him out of the brothel.

Mr. Stanford has a bad reputation among gamblers. Almost all gamblers are afraid of Stanford. Once a gambler with huge debts in the casino is approached by Stanford, nothing good will happen.

I heard that Mr. Stanford executed several old gamblers in private, but this is only the speculation of the gamblers, because they have not found any clues about the missing gamblers so far.

In the end, the police department closed the case with a disappearance case.

But Kony speculated that it was likely that Stanford had lynched and even privately executed gamblers who owed huge debts to the casino.

It was such a villain who behaved like an obedient child in front of Liang Yao, which surprised Kony.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I said the wrong thing."

Stanford realized that he was getting carried away. He still wanted to continue to manage the brothel and casino business for Liang Yao. Stanford slapped himself mercilessly.

"It's good to know, let's lead the way." Liang Yao's tone was a bit cold.

"Yes, sir."

Stanford let out a long sigh of relief, and immediately ordered the thugs of the casino to cover Coney's eyes.

Kony, who was blindfolded, was plunged into darkness, but he was not afraid, but a little excited.

"Is this the latest service provided by the VIP room? Mr. Stanford, can you go to the next door and invite some girls to come over to help you out? Mr. Liang is treating you today!" Kony said excitedly.

"You'll find out in a minute, Mr. Corney."

Stanford looked at Coney with some disgust. Coney should be thankful that his father is Vanderbilt, otherwise, the money he owed to the casino would have killed him several times.

When Liang Yao came to the basement of the casino, the fresh air instantly became turbid and foul.

Several casino thugs ignored the gambler's pleas and pressed his hand on a cutting board.Stanford took off the black cloth that covered Coney's eyes.

"Welcome to the VIP box, Mr. Coney." Stanford said to Coney with a half-smile.

Stanford's malicious smile made Coney feel numb all over, and when he saw the situation in the basement clearly, he panicked.

"Log Rivers, George, why are you here?"

The lighting conditions in the basement were not bad, and Coney quickly recognized two of the gamblers.

Among them, the left hand was pressed on the chopping block is Log Rivers, and they also played together at a gambling table.

"Logrieves, you unscrupulous gambler!
You owe the casino $600, unfortunately you failed to pay off the casino debt within the stipulated deadline and tried to run away.

According to the rules, if you chop off a finger for $100, I will chop off the little finger and ring finger of your left hand, and I will also chop off the entire middle finger of your left hand as your punishment for running away. "

Stanford was submissive in front of Liang Yao, like a well-behaved child, but in front of these gamblers, he was the supreme king.

Stanford waved his hand lightly, and a thug couldn't wait to pull out a sharp hunting knife, and started his work very skillfully.

Immediately, Stanford looked at the shivering Kony, and smiled very kindly at Kony: "Mr. Kony, I know what you are thinking, maybe you owe too much, and you can't even remember how much you owe the casino. .

Fortunately, I have a good memory, so I'll tell you the answer right now. You owe the casino $[-] in principal!Just chopping off your fingers and toes is not enough to pay back the money you owe. "

"Nonsense! I only owe more than $[-]! Where did I get more than $[-]?" Kony argued, "I studied in business school! Not those illiterate gamblers!"

"Mr. Corney, you are so forgetful that you owed this casino $1849 at the beginning of [-], and the casino has your IOUs.

In addition, this is only the principal, and I haven't calculated the interest with you yet.Since you went to business school, I think you have a good idea of ​​how much you owe the casino, including interest. "Stanford still kept a kind smile to Kony.

"That's what I owe Brannan, what does it have to do with you?" Coney was a little apprehensive.

If you count the gambling debt owed in 1849, even Bendale, he owes the casino at least more than two hundred thousand dollars.

Even in California, where gold is everywhere, more than two hundred thousand dollars is not a small sum.

"But Mr. Brannan transferred the casino to Mr. Liang, so you still have to pay back the money," Stanford said.

"I'm not going to gamble anymore, I'm leaving this place." Kony said in a panic.

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