Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 751 Here: Golden Harbor

Using big gold mines to attract people is not a highly pragmatic plan. Among other things, the development of later generations of San Francisco and even the entire state of California, especially the initial stage, cannot be separated from the "gold rush" Character.

At that time, a carpenter named Marshall built a sawmill for his boss on the north side of what would become the capital of California, Sacramento. As a result, on January 1848, 1, he discovered the original gold flakes in the American River. It triggered a gold rush that changed the appearance of the western United States and even the entire American social structure.

Marshall found gold purely by accident, but the news was quickly leaked. First, the local people who worked for Marshall's boss, Sartre, knew the "secret" of gold nearby, and they left their jobs and ran to find gold. Sartre jumped straight.

Soon, the news spread to nearby San Francisco, where the residents at first could not believe the news was true, until mid-March, a newspaper reported, and a shop owner paraded through town, showing people dressed in clothes from The gold discovered at Sartre's site set off a boom, and San Francisco residents rushed to join the gold rush.

By mid-June, three-quarters of San Francisco residents had left their homes, leaving the town nearly empty.Since then, news of the discovery of gold in Northern California has not only spread throughout the United States, but also to the world.

Coincidentally, shortly after Marshall discovered gold, the war between the United States and Mexico ended, and the "Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty" was signed between the United States and Mexico, and California became a territory of the United States, which was the beginning of the California Gold Rush. Created extremely favorable conditions, Americans can freely come to California from the east, central, and south to seek gold.

The flow of people from all over the United States to the west is like a thousand streams merging into the sea, which is very impressive. It greatly promoted the scale of the westward flow of immigrants and became an important part of the westward movement.

Among the gold prospectors who came to California, many spent their life savings, or used their houses as mortgages to borrow money for travel expenses, and went through untold hardships to pursue wealth in California.They left their families and hometowns, and women took on farm work and caring for their children. Most of these gold prospectors who dreamed of getting rich overnight came to California in 1849, so they were called "49-year-olds."

Due to the continuous increase in the number of gold diggers from all over the country, the number of California residents also increased sharply. In March 1848, the number of outsiders was only about 3. By August, about 800 people came here to pan for gold; by the end of 8, the number of outsiders had reached 4000. people; and by the end of 1848, the immigrant population reached about 2.

Among them, 5 to 6 people came from all over the United States, and others came from all over the world, including those from Europe, South America, and even China.At that time, most of the Chinese gold diggers came from Taishan, Guangdong. They came here to pan for gold, so they called it "Gold Mountain", and later renamed it "San Francisco".

After the gold rush was discovered in early 1848, the gold rush reached its peak in 1852. After that year, the probability of finding gold on the ground became smaller and smaller, and then it was changed to mining. With the advancement of mining technology, more and more More and more gold deposits buried underground are being discovered.

The gold rush in California promoted the development of the entire mining industry, attracting a large number of labor and technical personnel to join in the development of the west. The mining industry not only developed in California, but also in the surrounding states.The acquisition of a large amount of gold made California, especially San Francisco, a prosperous place, and also drove the development of surrounding areas.Many historians believe that the changes that the Gold Rush brought to American society can be compared to the Civil War.

Gao Yushi did not expect the Pengmiao Gold Mine to achieve the same effect as the California Gold Rush, and it is impossible to have that effect. After all, the current level of news circulation and population circulation cannot be compared with that of the United States in 1848, but even if it can With half or even a quarter of that kind of enthusiasm, for Gao Pragmatic, it can greatly improve the difficulty of his immigration.

There has always been a shortage of precious metals in Ming Dynasty. There is no shortage of gold, silver, and copper. Therefore, the value of gold is almost unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people, and its attraction to them is unquestionable. Heat is nothing unusual.

However, in this day and age, it’s no joke to go to a place like central Vietnam for future generations to pan for gold. There are many dangers—even if you don’t talk about security, you must find ways to prevent things like poisonous insects and tropical diseases, right?

As the instigator of the gold rush and the actual controller of Annan, Gao Yushi has the obligation and responsibility to make more arrangements for this to reduce similar accidental casualties. This is his sense of responsibility as a traveler.

Therefore, opening some related drug stores, tent stores, dry food stores and even weapon stores in Da Nang is a highly pragmatic matter that needs to be arranged.

He has never been a person in power who makes fun of people's lives-of course, the premise is: his own people.

So when he told Gao Jing, Boss Hu, and Boss Li about the plan, the three of them couldn't help admiring Gao Yushi even more. How many people can have?The benevolent is invincible, so it should be understood in this way...

Not only will I give you the opportunity to make a fortune, but I will also provide various guarantees for you to make a fortune smoothly.

Let me ask such a person, who is not grateful to him?Where can such a person be unappealing?

Moreover, this high-practical plan immediately made the two bosses discover business opportunities—yes, there are too many people coming to pan for gold, so why do they have to find gold mines by themselves?Let's also learn how to use high-level presses to earn money from these gold diggers?
The two looked at each other, smiled at each other, and had a tacit understanding.

After Gao Wushi finished speaking, he began to carefully observe the terrain, and finally decided: "That peninsula... well, let's call it Shancha Peninsula, and all of it is assigned to the Jinghua Fleet, especially the southwest part of the peninsula. The harbor (this is a harbor within a harbor, friends who are interested can look at the satellite image), will be used as the military port of the Jinghua Fleet in Annan in the future, and it will be used separately from the civilian port.”

Gao Jing hurriedly took a closer look, and replied while watching: "Master, what does the military port mean... only our Jinghua ships can berth?"

"No, it's not only ships that can berth in Jinghua, but ships that can only berth in combat order." Gao Wushi turned to look at him and said, "In other words, in most cases, only ships with guns can berthed. Armed transport ships, as well as professional warships that we will use to escort operations in the future."

Escort operations, this is just a name, with the strength of the armed transport ships of the Jinghua Fleet, it is already very difficult for pirates to dare to sway their ideas along the coast of Daming.But Gao Yushi can't say that building warships by himself is just for fun, he still has to have a name, and guarding against pirates is obviously the best name-pirates, in any dynasty and generation, they are always the target of attack, at least in name That's right.

Of course, the pirates along the coast of Daming used to like "killing people, setting fires, etc. to recruit security", isn't that the case with Zheng Zhilong, the pirate king in history?
But the situation is a bit different now, because Gao Gong's policy of opening up the sea has been implemented, and now the pirates along the coast of Daming have been weakened a lot, and many guys who are not just pirates but just use their identity as maritime merchants have been whitewashed Going ashore—Boss Hu and Boss Li are such people. Otherwise, how could ordinary businessmen be interested and dare to participate in Jinghua's "United Fleet" this time?
This person came to Annan to fight, and the original target of the war was the regular navy of the Mo and Li dynasties.

After Gao Jing heard this, she was a little surprised. She looked at the size of the harbor and scratched her head a little: "We... don't seem to need such a big harbor."

That is, the size of this harbor, the giant ships of ten thousand tons of later generations can stop at least a dozen or twenty ships, and their small ones of less than one thousand tons can stop at will for hundreds of ships.

But Gao Pragmatism didn't care, instead he said: "Look at the long term, Gao Jing, let me ask you, would you have imagined that you could command such a large fleet three years ago?"

Gao Jing was stunned, and then eager to try again: "If one day, our warships can fill up this harbor, the little ones even dare to help the master to fight down the Manajia of the Frang machine."

Gao Wushi laughed, and said pointedly: "Maybe, maybe, maybe there will be such a day."

Boss Hu suddenly joked: "In addition to the military port, this commercial port is also huge. In the future, I don't know how many gold diggers will come to enrich this place. It can be foreseen that in the near future, this place will be a place where the wealth is extremely high." The gold mine of oil."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Then I will lend you a good word." Of course, he does not discriminate against businessmen, and he does not put too much airs on when he speaks.

Boss Li went a step further and said: "According to the table, the villain thinks that the name Da Nang is a bit bad, although Da Nang does refer to small and high mountains, which echoes the mountains on the Son Tra Peninsula over there. But... Lao Hu also said just now that this place must be a gold treasure in the future, the villain thought it would be better to change the name to attract more gold diggers."

Gao Wushi's expression moved, his eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a smile: "I understand, you mean, just be more straightforward and change the name of this place to... Golden Port?"

"Oh, it's amazing to press the table. The villain just came up with such a thought, and he guessed it immediately after pressing the table. It's really astute, and the insight is like a torch!"

For this kind of flattery, Gao Yushi just smiled, neither caring nor disgusted. Boss Li's words like this are not out of human nature, and there is nothing worthy of criticism.

However, for his idea, Gao Yushi thinks it is good - San Francisco used to be called "Gold Mountain", this simple and crude name must be more directly attractive to gold diggers, and the effect is more shocking.

Golden Harbor?

Hmm...it does seem to be possible.

"Well, from now on, this place will be called Jingang." Gao Wushi settled the matter with a smile.

Da Nang disappeared before it appeared, and only the Golden Port—Jinghua’s first overseas port!
(End of this chapter)