1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 80 Take care of yourself

"I'm here today to warn you, give up the gold producing area of ​​Sacramento immediately! The water for gold is too deep, and you, a Chinese boy, can't hold it!"

The arrogant John said in a voice that was almost a roar.

“Don’t think that the land belongs to you just because you have legal documents from the Mexican government.

Please remember that California is now a territory of the United States, not Mexico, and Congress will not recognize the land deeds in your hands, so those land deeds in your hands are just a pile of waste paper!"

John had already learned from Adal that the largest gold-producing areas in California were now almost entirely concentrated around Sacramento. The huge gold production in the Sacramento area made him salivate.

John has regarded the gold in the Sacramento area as his own. He firmly believes that with the backing of his family, these western hillbillies in California do not have the courage to say no to him.

As long as he takes over the gold-producing area of ​​Sacramento, with the machines he brought from New York, gold production can be doubled several times.

At that time, the Astor family can directly use the gold mined in California to directly purchase land and real estate in major cities.

His father, Little Astor, would also be impressed by him. The reason why John was willing to leave the fancy world of New York and come to California, a remote and wild place, was simply because he wanted to make some achievements to show his father.

To prove that among the three brothers, John was the best.

John's father, Astor Jr., was the only son of Astor Sr. and the sole heir of the Astor family. Astor had no worries about inheriting the family property.

But John's generation is different. John has three brothers. Who will become the main heir of the family in the future is bound to be a big problem.

John came up with an unreasonable and arrogant attitude, making it clear that he was not here to discuss the issue with Liang Yao, but to tell Liang Yao the results, indicating that he had secured the gold-producing area of ​​Sacramento.

Since John was unreasonable and broke Liang Yao's bottom line as soon as he opened his mouth, Liang Yao naturally had no need to look good on John.

"Regardless of whether Congress recognizes the legality of the Mexican government's land grant, even if according to American law, the terra nullius in the west is still based on the principle of who occupies it and who owns it. It's not your turn to put your finger on the land in Sacramento, Mr. John

." Liang Yao said coldly.

Liang Yao's tough attitude was beyond John's expectation.

After a brief moment of surprise, John gave his response.

"Mr. Liang, I have to remind you that laws are made by Congress, and Congress has the power to amend laws. There is gold buried under the soil in Sacramento. This alone is enough for Congress to amend the law."

John moved out of the Capitol again, as if the Capitol was run by his family.

John's confidence came from the Astor family, and the Astor family's confidence lay in the connections the elder Astor had accumulated in Congress over decades.

Almost all the respected old congressmen maintained close friendships and ulterior interests with the old Astor.

Otherwise, Old Astor would not have repeatedly succeeded in land bidding in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and even New Orleans.

"Congress has the power to amend the law, but I don't think this process will be simple, and Congress must also bear the consequences of amending the law."

Liang Yao responded. As far as he knew, the members of the American Congress at this time were not monolithic.

In addition to the conflicts between the North and the South, a group of young congressmen representing the interests of northern factory owners also had their own interests and demands, such as William Henry Seward of New York State.

He was deeply dissatisfied with the fact that the veteran legislators had spent more than half a year wrangling in parliament and had not been able to come up with a satisfactory plan on the issue of statehood in the territorial areas.

The rapidly rising western states and territorial states also have their own demands in Congress. For example, Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and Associate Senator Fremont of California also have their own demands for those old people who occupy the toilet and do nothing.

Members are dissatisfied.

"I'm not here to discuss with you today, but to give you an ultimatum! Give up the land in Sacramento and withdraw from the gold industry in California, otherwise you will be going against the Astor family and the New York consortium!"

After saying that, John stood up and prepared to leave gracefully, leaving the last words.

"I hope you can take care of yourself!"

But Liang Yao had no intention of letting John go. Since John mentioned this, there was no need for him to be polite to John.

Liang Yao winked at the guard at the door. The guard at the door understood and blocked John's way.

"What are you going to do? You barbaric Chinese!"

John turned around and yelled.

"The 230,000 Spanish silver dollars you owe my friend have not been repaid. Before you scold the Chinese, please remember that without the generous help of the Chinese, your Astor family would not be where it is today. Don't forget your Astor family.

How did the first pot of gold come from!"

With that said, Liang Yao stretched out his hand towards Wu Yuanhua.

"Brother Wu, bring all the IOUs from the Astor family. It won't make sense to reason with these ungrateful guys."

Wu Yuanhua hurriedly handed over the IOU signed by Old Astor.

The descendants of the Astor family are really scoundrels. Wu Yuanhua had already given up the debt, but he didn't expect that Liang Yao would be willing to help.

Liang Yao slapped the IOU on the table: "Mr. John, if you don't repay this 1827 debt today, I don't think you can get out of this door."

"Robbers! Robbers! You Chinese people are shameless robbers! You have no right to restrict my personal freedom!"

When he heard that he had to pay back the money, John suddenly changed his expression, pointed at Liang Yao and Wu Yuanhua's noses and cursed.

Liang Yao hated it when people pointed at his nose. He stretched out his hand to clamp John's wrist, and then heard John's pig-killing cry in his ears.

"Only robbers can deal with scoundrels, right?"

"I didn't bring any money to California." John was still stubborn and refused to pay back the Wu family's money.

This rhetoric is obviously misleading. John came to California to mine. The only bank in California was Liang Yao's Bank of America. How could John come without cash? How could he recruit workers without cash?

"If you don't have money, just use the machine as a mortgage!" Liang Yao said coldly.

Looking at the group of fierce Chinese people around him, beads of sweat the size of soybeans oozed out on John's bald forehead. For the sake of his own safety, John struggled for a long time and decided to pay back the money and leave this ghost place.

Say it again.

As long as we leave this hellish place, there will be plenty of opportunities to settle accounts with these Chinese guys in the future.

"The Astor family is very vengeful. John has suffered a loss here today and will not let you go." Nigel did not forget to remind Liang Yao.

"They are here for the gold in the Sacramento area. Let them go directly. As long as I have the gold production area in Sacramento, they will not let me go."

Liang Yao saw clearly. Anyway, there was no room for maneuver between him and the Astor family. It was better to get Wu Yuanhua's debt back and get a favor.

"Also, although the gold in California is tempting, if you want to get it, you will inevitably have to offend others." Nigel sighed.

(End of chapter)