1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 114 The Los Angeles Massacre

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Not long after Colonel Mason set off, he met the envoy sent by Liang Yao.

The messenger brought Liang Yao's letter, the land contract signed by Colonel Mason himself, three bills of ten thousand dollars, and 2000 ounces of gold. He fell in love with Mason and moved him with gold.

Problems that can be solved with money are not considered problems for Liang Yao, and problems that cannot be solved with money are more troublesome problems.

Liang Yao was acting with courtesy first and then soldiers. Although he was guarding against Mason, he had no grievances with Mason, and he did not wish to meet Mason.

Liang Yao made it very clear in the letter that Mason was an excellent commander of the American Army, and his duty was to defend the territory and people of the United States, rather than degenerate into a free thug and consumables of the plutocrats.

It's a pity that Colonel Mason still declined Liang Yao's kindness, and declined Liang Yao's dollars and gold under the hungry eyes of the officers and soldiers.

This is not because Mason is not greedy for money. Mason also accepted the gold from Sartre's early immigrants.

It's just that this time Mason has a task ahead of him. He is a person with principles and pursuits, and he cannot accept Liang Yao's gold at this time to give others a chance.

The envoy was not disappointed when he saw this, as long as he passed the dollars and gold in front of the officers and soldiers in Mason, the purpose of the trip was achieved.

Maybe Colonel Mason doesn't love money, but can he guarantee that the officers and soldiers under him will also be calm when faced with the temptation of gold?

Obviously not.

These guys with a monthly salary of only eight dollars and more than ten dollars can't resist the temptation.

Those officers and soldiers watched the messenger take back the gold unwillingly, and many of them courageous officers mustered up their courage to persuade Colonel Mason.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, this is Colonel Liang's good intentions. Besides, the Congress did not approve the military expenditure for this operation. Since we are going to the San Francisco and Sacramento areas to help them destroy the Indians, I want to accept Colonel Liang. His kindness is understandable."

A second lieutenant watched eagerly as the envoy took away the gold, and couldn't help swallowing.

The second lieutenant was greeted by Mason's cold gaze, and the second lieutenant immediately closed his mouth and lowered his head.

The other officers were also hesitant to speak, fascinated by the dollars and gold delivered to their door.

After a brief stay, Colonel Mason gave the order to proceed.

Twenty miles away from Los Angeles, half of Colonel Mason's regiment was exhausted, and Colonel Mason himself was exhausted after days of marching.

He felt that it was time for these tired soldiers to stop, rest and recharge their batteries before setting off.

There was no special logistics force to provide him with supplies for this operation. Except for a few major settlements, southern California was sparsely populated. Even the Indians who were easy to encounter here four or five years ago were hard to hide. .

According to the predetermined plan, Mason will purchase supplies in Los Angeles, and at the same time requisition local ships to sail to San Francisco.

In order to save time and not delay the schedule, Mason decided to send a young man who was able to handle affairs and still had plenty of physical strength to lead a leading soldier to Los Angeles to perform this task.

Captain William Tekunam Sherman offered to take the mission with his [-]st Company.

Colonel Mason smiled at Sherman and nodded approvingly.

Sherman was indeed a capable general under him. He graduated from West Point Military Academy with the honor of sixth place in the same period. He also made great contributions in the Mexican-American War and was promoted to captain.

Except for some impulsiveness and violent tendencies, this fine young man is almost perfect.

Among all the officers under his command, Mason believed that the young man named Sherman would be the most promising in the future, and he was very optimistic about this young man.

"Sherman, you take a company to Los Angeles first, be sure to requisition some local ships, this is very important."

Colonel Mason ordered the quartermaster to bring a small bag of gold coins and a large bag of Spanish and Mexican silver coins to Sherman.

"Sherman, you must control your temper and don't conflict with the local residents, understand?"

After handing over the gold and silver coins to Sherman, Colonel Mason repeatedly warned, hoping that Sherman would keep his words in mind.

"Yes, Colonel!"

After Sherman paid a military salute to Colonel Mason, he led a company out of the exhausted team and headed west to Los Angeles.

Sherman's [-]st company is the most elite company among the ten companies under Colonel Mason's command. The soldiers of the [-]st company are generally better physically than those of other companies.

More importantly, the first company is also the only cavalry company under Colonel Mason's command.

This cavalry company was formed after the war by Mason with huge sums of money.

Sherman rode a military horse and soon arrived in Los Angeles.

At this time, more than half of the residents of Los Angeles had already left, and only more than [-] residents did not want to leave their hometown for San Francisco and remained in Los Angeles.

The bill passed by Congress is to accept land grants from the Mexican government in the California area, which naturally includes Los Angeles.

The residents of Los Angeles, who had already heard the news in the "Journal of California," did not take kindly to the GIs entering town.

The residents of Los Angeles were even more unwilling to cooperate with Sherman's purchase of grain and grass.

In addition to their unwillingness to sell grain to Sherman, there is another more important reason that Sherman's purchase price is too low.

In the past, when the mayor bought grain from them on behalf of Colonel Liang, Colonel Liang’s bid was more than seven times that of Sherman, and Colonel Liang’s people had always paid directly in gold, and they spoke nicely and kindly.

It's not like these rude people, not to mention their arrogant attitude, they even want to use silver coins to buy their food.

In gold-flooded California, no one wanted to accept worthless silver coins.

"A group of guys who toast and don't eat and eat fine wine! We are American soldiers! Is this how you treat American soldiers? The land under your feet was bought by our brave soldiers with their lives and blood!"

An exasperated Sherman fired guns into the sky in the square of Los Angeles Town, and ordered door-to-door requisitions of food and fodder.

After receiving Sherman's order, Sherman's soldiers rushed into the homes of Los Angeles residents like tigers and forcibly confiscated their food and forage.

"Your Excellency, Captain, this is a time of peace. You have no right to forcibly confiscate our supplies, and the residents of this town are not obliged to cooperate with your actions."

Deng Wenshun, the mayor of Los Angeles Township, rushed to the square in the center of Los Angeles Township with a dozen members of the Loyalty Society and fifty or sixty armed civilians armed with live ammunition.

"Look! What are you all doing! You guys dare to wield knives and guns in front of us? Don't even look at who we are! We are American soldiers! The regular American army! Put away those toys in your hands ! Otherwise, I will be impolite!"

Sherman threatened, waving the six-shot revolver in his hand.

Sherman's face reminded Deng Wenshun of those guards and officers and soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. After following Liang Yao for so long, Deng Wenshun understood the truth that only a gun can be strong with the barrel of a gun in his hand. Naturally, he refused to put down the weapon in his hand.

The residents of Los Angeles behind Deng Wenshun were also unwilling to put down their weapons, and the two sides just confronted each other with guns.

At this moment, gunshots rang out in the town, followed by the screams of a woman with a Mexican accent.

"Oh! My God! They're shooting! My God! They're shooting!"

Soon, men in Los Angeles picked up guns and drove those annoying soldiers out of their homes. Even women and children took brooms, rakes, stones and even cow and horse dung to greet these soldiers.

All of a sudden, gunshots rang out in the town of Los Angeles one after another.

Deng Wenshun and Sherman looked at each other, and in a flash, the two instinctively pulled the trigger before thinking too much.
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