1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 124 The President's Wrath

Fillmore was furious.

The development of the situation has completely exceeded his expectations.

Before Colonel Mason set off, he and the Department of War sent Colonel Mason's order repeatedly emphasizing that no fire should be fired.

But the result?

The little captain named Sherman under Colonel Mason not only opened fire, but also massacred the civilians in Los Angeles, pushing the entire federal government to the opposite of the people.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China more than [-] years ago, the image of the federal government has never been so bad. If this matter cannot be handled properly, he, let alone Fillmore, may be the worst presidential laurel in the history of the United States. Er.

Fillmore considers himself a calm person. After all, over the years, from a sharecropper to the president, he has walked steadily step by step. What big storms and waves have he not seen?
Only this time, he was at a loss for what to do in the face of an unmanageable situation.

"The War Department and Congress wrote letters to Colonel Mason several times around us, and Congressman Calhoun wrote to Colonel Mason in his own name."

Inside the Oval Office of the White House, Secretary Conrad made his point to Fillmore.

He believes that the government and the Department of War should not be responsible for this matter. Congress and the Department of War sent a letter to Colonel Mason bypassing the President and the Department of War, which was the culprit that caused this tragedy.

Fillmore was outraged by Congress's ignorance. If Congress hadn't insisted on going his own way, the situation would not have become so difficult to deal with.

"Arresting Sherman and court-martialling, we need to give an answer to the victims in California and Los Angeles."

Fillmore picked up his pipe and took a puff to ease his current bad mood.

Sherman, the culprit, must be dealt with seriously, even if he is sent to the gallows.

Fillmore had consulted Sherman's information. He was an outstanding graduate of the West Point Military Academy. He had repeatedly made military exploits during the Mexican-American War and was a promising young man.

However, his excellence and exploits are not enough to offset the crimes he committed in Los Angeles.

There is also the Department of the Army, which is scrambling, and it needs to be dealt with seriously, otherwise the ministers of other departments will not take him seriously as a president. Fillmore must make an example to others.

"The Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Army Department were dismissed on the spot, and an investigation team was established to seriously investigate which other officials of the Army Department were involved in this matter." Fillmore said.

"Where is Congressman Calhoun? Congressman Calhoun is seriously ill and his mind is a little unclear. I don't think he is suitable to serve as a member of the Senate."

Conrad has long had a problem with the congressman Calhoun who always sells the old, and he hopes to take this opportunity to drive the old guy out of Congress.

Why didn't Fillmore want to?He sometimes even feels that these peddlers in Congress are a stumbling block on the way forward for this country and need to be removed.

But he is the president and cannot move Congressman Calhoun.

Moreover, Calhoun, as a veteran-level congressman, has too much influence in Congress.

The bill he proposed is so ridiculous that it is supported by young congressmen. In the eyes of some young congressmen, their own future is far more important than the future of the United States.

However, he believes that after this incident, Calhoun, who has been ruined, will soon lose his Senate eligibility and get out of the Senate.

"As for the old congressman who is not guaranteed at the end of the year, let him go." Fillmore said calmly.

Calhoun, an old delivery man, is getting worse day by day, and he doesn't have many days to live.

He doesn't want to care about a dying person, lest he get all flirty and have a negative impact on himself.

"Mr. Webster, I heard that Wall Street has sold all the land in California?"

Fillmore put down his pipe and looked aside at Secretary of State Webster.

"Yes, Mr. President, all sold."

Webster, who was old and not in good health, answered Fillmore's questions, reclining on the floppy couch.

"They are really impatient, do they really think that the California state government does not exist?" Fillmore said with a sneer.

If California is a quasi-state area, it's okay to say, after all, the land in the quasi-state area is still under federal jurisdiction in name.

But now that California has their state government, legally, these lands should belong to the California state government.

Those people still ignore the existence of the California state government and rush to buy land in California on Wall Street, which is really too crazy.

"This is the list of successful bids, you can have a look at it."

It was inconvenient for Webster to get up, so he handed over the unopened document bag to the assistant beside him, and asked the assistant to pass it to Mr. President.

"This document was given to you by the Secretary of the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department is now raising compensation for Texas. I hope that Texas will be able to withdraw its troops from the New Mexico region after receiving the compensation."

"It's too late to raise compensation money for Texas, let the Treasury Department save it."

Fillmore opened the file bag, took out the documents inside and read it.

The names above are all old faces, and most of the bidders for these lands are old nobles from New York State, and some families from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and Virginia also participated in this matter.

However, there are not many families and consortiums involved in this matter in other states. The combined land obtained by the families and consortiums in these states in this land bidding is not as much as the old nobles in New York.

It can be seen that the old nobles in New York State dominated the matter.

Fillmore continued to look down, and when he came to the last line, he couldn't control his anger any longer.

876 million dollars!
In the eyes of these people, the gold buried in California is only worth 876 million US dollars!
That is to say, selling the whole of California to these people is not enough to pay the compensation for Texas!The government promised $1000 million in compensation for ceding land in Texas.

These nobles are really generous.

"These guys who are writing about the 15-cent rent reduction for the slums in New York City never disappoint, and they're willing to pay $876 million for land in California that's worth a lot of money. Buried gold!"

Fillmore angrily slapped the document in his hand on the desk.

It is now rumored that among those gold diggers in California, Liang Yao alone is now worth more than ten million dollars, becoming the first multi-millionaire in the West.And that doesn't include other gold diggers.

What is the concept of tens of millions of dollars?At present, there are only two people in the United States who can be sure that they are worth more than ten million.

One is Backhouse of the Astor family, a large New York landowner, that is, Little Astor, and the other is Vanderbilt, the New York shipping magnate, known as the Commodore.

If the rumors are true, Liang Yao will be the third multimillionaire in American history, but considering that Liang Yao holds a large amount of gold.

Liang Yao's liquidity may be more than that of the two veteran multi-millionaires.

After all, land is the main asset of the Astor family. Backhouse will not deposit a large amount of money in the bank, but will exchange his money for land.

A large part of Vanderbilt's assets are ships and shares in investment companies, and the cash in hand will never exceed tens of millions.

Although these two are not multi-millionaires, they have relatively large fixed assets.It is a very troublesome thing to realize the fixed assets.

"Fuck!"

Webster, who has always been prudent and pays attention to his own image, couldn't help but swear when he learned the figure of 876 million US dollars.

He knew early on that reclaiming the land in California would not go so smoothly, and he was perfectly sane and not involved in it.

Webster had expected that the land in California would not sell for much, but the failure to sell for $1000 million was a surprise.

"If Congress wants to continue to make trouble, let them make trouble. I choose to stand on the side of California. According to the Constitution, we should also stand on the side of California. The government of the United States respects and protects the legal private property of citizens."

The image of the president and the government was very bad. Outside the Capitol Hill, bursts of protests and vulgar words reached Fillmore's ears.

He decided to take the risk of conveying his views to these protesting people and addressing them.

Perhaps in the re-election campaign, today's adventure can also win him some votes.

"Mr. Webster, excuse me, I think it's time to calm the anger of the people. I need to draft a speech and deliver a speech to the protest crowd outside Capitol Hill."

"It is true that the situation needs to be calmed down quickly, even at a relatively high price." Webster agreed with Fillmore's point of view.

"The ambassadors of Britain and France are very concerned about what happened in California. I heard that they have sent people to contact California. This is a very dangerous signal."

Things in California are America's domestic business after all, but if the British Empire, which is afraid of chaos, gets involved, it will be in big trouble.

"I've heard about it too. Two bankers from Barings and Banque de France visited San Francisco and I heard they took two shipments of munitions to California. My God, I hope they don't come in handy. ’” Fillmore said with a worried expression.

He worked hard to promote the passage of the Compromise Act in order to avoid the occurrence of civil war. He did not hope that during his tenure, civil war and division would break out in the United States.

Once Britain and France participate in the California affairs, it will cause a series of chain reactions.

At that time, with California as a typical example, it is impossible to guarantee that other states with ideas will put it into action, and they will also flirt with Britain and France.

This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and Britain and France should not be allowed to take advantage of it. This is President Fillmore's current thinking.

(End of this chapter)