1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 102 All-rounder?

"John, you are so stupid, you actually cooperated with Brandon's bandits! You also left evidence such as letters and dollar bills! You are as greedy and stupid as your grandpa!"

Inside the Sacramento New York State Consortium's camp.

The representatives of the big family chaebols in New York State felt ashamed when they learned that Liang Yao sent troops to wipe out the bandits headed by Brandon with lightning speed and destroyed their dens.

Glover Morris, an old aristocrat in New York who has grown up in popularity, even made fun of John's grandfather, Old Astor.

They all complained that John and Brandon cooperated and did things uncleanly, leaving a handle and losing their aristocratic demeanor.

"John, what you're doing is damaging the image of our nobles, and you've completely embarrassed the nobles of New York State."

Orion, the representative of the Livingston family, followed closely and gave John a knife.

"Aristocratic image? When you ate my beef back then, you didn't have a bit of aristocratic image. Your food is not much better than the beggars on the streets of New York." John was very angry, "The beef you ate last week was Bran. Den brought it from Sutter's farm, and you praised it as the most delicious food in the world."

In addition to being angry, John also felt very wronged.The food that was obtained from Brandon at the beginning, everyone here tasted better than the other.

Several representatives of the New York chaebol who were about to continue to vent to John stopped their firepower in time.

"We should stop the meaningless debate, now is not the time to shirk responsibility." Milners stopped the meaningless endless debate, "John is also thinking of all of us, and none of us want this kind of result See."

John shot Milners a grateful look.

"Milnas, you still understand me. I did this so that everyone can have enough food."

It's ridiculous to say that the children of nobles and wealthy businessmen who served Dunton Mountain and Seafood in New York at the beginning are now pursuing in California to be able to eat enough.

"Gentlemen, I think we have underestimated our opponent too much. Liang Yao not only has business acumen, but also has political acumen. He understands both business and politics, and maybe even military affairs. This is a very difficult opponent." Opponent." Milners sighed, "We need to re-evaluate this opponent."

"Milners, you think highly of him. He is at best a knowledgeable country bumpkin. Besides, there is Congress behind us, isn't it?"

Glover said rather disdainfully.

"Brannan may be a country bumpkin, but Liang Yao is definitely not! Glover, please put away your prejudices. It is a certainty that Fremont and Gavin will become California Senators." Milners said seriously He said, "And the benefactor behind them is Liang Yao. Do you still think he is a country bumpkin?"

Milners had just received a letter from New York that Fremont and Girvan were about to become California's first senators, which was terrible news for their New York consortium.

"Already determined?"

John felt incredible. This is a senator with only two fixed seats in each state, not a representative allocated according to the population ratio.

The United States is very tolerant of any position in New Jersey, even if you put a price on it, it doesn't matter, except for the two senator positions, the United States has always been very tight, and you can't become a senator with money.

In order to control the new state's senatorial election, Washington even played tricks on the nomination of previous new state senator candidates.

For example, only two people have been nominated for the two senator positions. To put it bluntly, it is a default decision.

Even if there are redundant people participating in the nomination, they will be removed by Washington for various reasons.

To put it bluntly, American democracy is still a limited democracy. It is impossible for a pure and [-]% democracy to exist.

"Unless we can nominate a candidate for California Senate who is more competitive than Fremont and Girvan before they officially take office." Milners said very disappointed.

Even if their New York consortium is willing to spend huge sums of money to throw out two California senators, it is too late now.

California does not have a direct telegraph route to Washington and New York. Even if the cost is not considered, the fastest communication method is to send the letter to the telegraph office in Houston, Texas, and then the telegraph office in Houston sends the contents of the letter through the cable. Telegrams sent to New York and Washington.

Milners had to admit that Liang Yao was very political.

The two senatorial candidates supported by Liang Yao are very suitable.

Although Fremont was a political amateur, he was born into a prominent Georgia family, the father of a very powerful Senator from Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton.

And Fremont himself is not a useless dude. His western adventure journey opened up the western trail to California and made outstanding contributions to the expansion of the United States.

During the Mexican-American War, Fremont even provided the military with a relatively accurate map of California.

With the above conditions and Liang Yao's financial support, Fremont is fully qualified to become a California senator.

As for Gwen, his family background is not as prominent as that of Fremont, but Gwen is not a political amateur. He has many years of experience as a member of the Ohio State Representative and a good resume of working in government departments for more than ten years.As long as there is sufficient financial support, he is also fully qualified to be elected to the California Senator.

These two people perfectly avoided their New York consortium. Milners didn't know if it was a coincidence or Liang Yao had already completed the layout.

If the layout was planned in advance, Liang Yao would have to start the layout at least four or five months ago, or even longer.

At that time, California was not the time when Liang Yao's family was dominant, but the time when Liang Yao and Brannan were competing for supremacy.

If this is the case, Brannan's loss to Liang Yao is not wronged at all. The vision and pattern of the two are not on the same level at all.

"John, where's your best candidate for governor in California? Where is he now?"

Orion pinned his hopes on John and the California gubernatorial candidate they had mentioned.Although he currently knows nothing about the so-called most suitable candidate for governor of California.

"He's coming from the Oregon area, I think he'll be there soon, maybe he's arrived in San Francisco on Aspinwall's boat by now." John estimated the cost of getting from the Oregon area to San Francisco time said.

Immediately, John looked at Milners again and asked, "Milners, how much information do you know about Liang Yao? My grandfather often did business with Chinese people in his early years. He told me that officials in the Qing Dynasty were very tactful. , is more difficult to get in contact with than the merchants of the Qing Dynasty, is this Liang Yao from a family of officials in the Qing Dynasty?"

John recalled the first time he met Liang Yao. This guy let his creditor drag him for more than an hour to wear down his patience, and he didn't show up to meet him until he was very tired.As a result, John almost forgot the content of the conversation he had prepared in advance, and people tend to be careless when they are tired.

John remembered very clearly that Liang Yao was very fluent in English. His grandfather also told him that many merchants in Guangzhou, China, were very proficient in English because they traded with the British East India Company all the year round.

At that time, John also subconsciously believed that Liang Yao should be born in a merchant's family in Guangzhou, and did not conduct an in-depth investigation of Liang Yao's life experience.

"Thank God, John, you finally got the hang of it and asked a meaningful question." Milners said, "According to the information I collected, Liang Yao was indeed born in a family of officials, and the Chinese immigrants in California also paid attention to Liang Yao. I am fond of talking about this identity, even proud of it, I heard that his grandfather was a minister in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately, I don’t know much about the official system of the Qing Dynasty.”

"Officials in the capital?" John's expression gradually became serious, "I don't know what this official position does, but my grandfather told me that local officials in the Qing Dynasty are particularly afraid of officials from the central government, even small ones in the capital. Officials, they have to spend a lot of effort to curry favor.

Moreover, these officials look down on us, they are even more arrogant than the British, they always look high on the top, calling us barbarians, our trade with the Qing Dynasty, in the eyes of these arrogant officials, is nothing but against us A kind of charity for the savages. "

"If that's the case, it makes sense." Milners suddenly realized, "The population of the Qing Dynasty is dozens of times that of the United States. I learned from the newspaper that they select officials through examinations, and the admission rate is higher than that of Harvard. The university is still low, and those who can become officials in the Qing Dynasty must be very knowledgeable, and the education of their children must be very good."

Milners seemed to understand why all the Chinese in California were in awe of Liang Yao.

"Since he has such a good background, why does he come to California? What's the difference between coming to this ghost place and a prisoner exiled to Australia by the British?" Orion complained.

"Didn't we also come to California from New York for gold?" John also looked at this difficult opponent squarely, and gave Liang Yao a positive evaluation, "Maybe he is also a man of pursuit just like us."

There are not many people who can make Milners interested, and he also agrees with John's point of view: "If we are not in a competitive relationship, I would really like to sit down with him, drink and chat."

(End of this chapter)