1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 129 The Teacher-Student Friendship of the Minister of Finance

Vanderbilt left Doyle's Café amidst the noise.

After walking out of the cafe, he looked at his assistant, his sixth son-in-law, Clark.

"Starting today, all shipping lines under our Vanderbilt family are suspended."

Vanderbilt spoke to Clark with an unquestionable tone, like a king giving orders to his generals.

Prior to this, he also suspended some unprofitable routes to protest the government to show his support for California.

It's just that such intensity is not enough. He needs to intensify the intensity of the protest, put more pressure on the government, and quickly resolve this matter.

Of course, the reason why he chose to suspend operations at this time is also out of his judgment: he believes that California will soon win, the suspended routes will resume work soon, and he will not lose too much.

He has also persuaded some friends in Congress.

Vanderbilt is confident about the next vote.

"But if this happens, we will face huge losses! Shipping in the entire New York State will be paralyzed! Our opponents may take this opportunity to seize our market! Please consider carefully!"

Clark said with some disbelief that the shipping industry is the pillar industry of the Vanderbilt family, at least for now.

He felt that Vanderbilt's decision was a little too impulsive.

"Losing little money is nothing more than a few extra days of digging for gold in California!
Damn it!Hurry up and finish this matter, I have to go to California to see if that little guy's assets really surpass mine! "

Vanderbilt looked at Clark with some disappointment. Thinking of Liang Yao who was mining gold in California at this time, Vanderbilt couldn't help but feel itchy.

He was also a little envious of Liang Yao, it could even be said to be jealous.

This little guy actually only spent one year earning what he had earned in most of his life.Anyone can feel jealous and unbalanced.

Damn it, it really is that people are more popular than people, and those who earn money are not as good as those who collect money.

"Clark, this is where you are inferior to that little guy. He is far more determined and courageous than you in doing things! And you are hesitant to even carry out my orders."

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Meanwhile, Washington, D.C.

Girvan, wearing a suit and leather shoes and a top hat, visited the Minister of Finance, Thomas Corwin, with a box of heavy gifts.

When Corwin was the governor of Ohio, Gerwin served as Corwin's secretary for two years.

During his tenure as secretary to the governor, the down-to-earth Gerwin left a good impression on Corwin.

Corwin and Gerwin's career paths are somewhat similar. They both started from the grassroots, from state congressmen to congressmen, and then to senators.

There are only a small number of people like Fremont who have just stepped into the political arena and become senators, and more people are still slowly climbing up from the bottom.

Corwin and the current President Fillmore's growth experience are also somewhat similar, that is, they both obtained the qualifications of lawyers through self-education, and then entered politics.

Their starting point is not high, but through their own hard work and ability, they all climbed all the way from the bottom to the top of the country's political circles, and realized their American dream.

Corwin stepped down as a senator last year to become finance minister and cabinet member in Fillmore's government.

In order to avoid civil war, Fillmore dismissed the warlike Taylor cabinet and instead appointed some anti-war and peaceful politicians to the cabinet.

One of them was Corwin, who had vehemently opposed the 1836 American plot to immigrate Texans to Mexican territory.

The so-called destiny theory and the so-called lack of living space in the United States at this time are very absurd in Corwin's view.

Before the U.S.-Mexico War, Corwin felt that the existing territory of the United States was large enough, and the top priority of the United States was to effectively develop the land in the vast and sparsely populated Midwest, rather than expanding abroad, because the Midwest has great potential to be tapped , enough to accommodate a larger population.

The United States has 25 million hectares of land, and the land price is as low as 2 cents per hectare, not to mention accommodating [-] million people. Corwin believes that as long as the United States can effectively develop these lands, with the advancement of technology, these lands will support [-] million Americans. No problem with people.There is absolutely no need for external expansion.

Of course, what Corwin is most worried about is that foreign wars will intensify the conflict between the North and the South in the United States, and even detonate the Civil War between the North and the South.

Facts have proved that his concerns are not unreasonable.

He believes that the conflict between representatives of the North and the South in the Congress over the issue of statehood in the Territory throughout last year, as well as the current California issue and the Texas issue, he believes are all sequelae left by the Mexican-American War.

Thomas Corwin didn't just say it, he did it.

In 1846, when the war broke out between the United States and Mexico, the enthusiasm for the war was very high in the United States from top to bottom, and almost all public opinion supported the idea of ​​annexing the territory of Mexico and even the whole of Mexico.

Under such circumstances, Corwin still went upstream under great pressure, resolutely stood up against the war, and delivered a speech "Against the Mexican War", and even pointed at the then President Paul in Congress. Ke's nose burst into curses, accusing Polk of being a war criminal.

Not to mention the voices of Corwin at the time, even now they are very few.

Corwin silently finished reading today's "Washington Republic", this newspaper full of photos made him cry.

This is war, the horrors of war.

"Mr. Minister, hello."

Ge Wen walked into Kerwin's study with the gift box. Kerwin's personality was the same as his political views, and he seemed to be a very kind-faced person.

"It turns out the senator from California is here."

Seeing that it was Ge Wen who came to visit, Ke Wen was very happy and warmly received Ge Wen.

He put down the wet newspaper and said to Ge Wen: "I still prefer you to call me teacher. I am very happy to have such an excellent student like you. Work hard. You are still relatively young and have a great future in the future."

"I can have today's achievements, I really want to thank you very much. When I was your assistant, I learned a lot and benefited a lot." Ge Wen said very modestly.

"Don't be too happy. I always like to praise others before hurting others. You have a very serious shortcoming. When you encounter a little setback, you will start to waver or even give up halfway. You need to talk to your colleagues about this. Rimont is a hard worker, and although he is stubborn, sometimes being stubborn has its benefits.”

Corwin said to Ge Wen very seriously that he had very high expectations for Ge Wen.

"Students are taught."

Ge Wen generously admitted his shortcomings, and in this respect he is indeed inferior to Fremont.

Curwin glanced at the gift box that Ge Wen had just put down and said: "I am the Minister of Finance now, so I cannot accept gifts, you can take them back.

The conversation above is between us privately, and now we will talk about business affairs. I think you came all the way from California, and you must come here for the things in California. "

"I really can't hide anything from you." Ge Wen said with emotion.

"If you could hide something from me, I would still have you as my assistant?" Curwin said.

"There will be a new round of voting in Congress soon, and I think you don't want the situation in California and Texas to escalate further.

You have a high reputation and influence among the Congressmen in the middle. I hope you can persuade them to support California and support peace. The United States cannot afford a war now, especially a civil war. "

Corwin has been busy raising compensation funds for Texas recently. As the Secretary of the Treasury, he naturally knows that the current financial and economic conditions of the United States cannot deal with any war.

"You know, I've always advocated peace, and I hate war, let alone this kind of war between brothers."

Corwin's eyes fell on the "Washington Republic" on the desktop, and after a pause, he continued to speak slowly.

"For the peace of the United States, I will try my best to persuade the members of the Senate and House of Representatives who have friendship with me, but my influence is only limited to the members of Ohio and a few surrounding states.

The old states in the east, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, advocated the recovery of California land, and they and I could not urinate in the same chamber pot. "

"That's enough and on behalf of the people of California thank you!"

Ge Wen was overjoyed. California did not have many negative votes. As long as those congressmen who were still vacillating in the central region supported California, he believed that there was a good chance of winning one-third of the negative votes in this round of voting.

President Fillmore can veto this unreasonable and unconstitutional bill with only one-third of the vote against it.

"There is one more thing I need to trouble you with. This matter can be said to be a private matter, but I can say it is an official matter." Ge Wen said.

"Tell me."

"California wants to develop the steel industry. We failed to acquire high-quality steel companies in the east. There are many high-quality steel companies in our hometown and the states around the Great Lakes. I hope you can match me up and introduce me to some reliable ones. Steel entrepreneur." Ge Wen said his request.

Curwin thought for a moment, then touched his smooth chin and said, "As far as I know, no iron ore mines or coal mines have been found in California, which is not suitable for the development of the steel industry. Have you discovered new mineral resources?"

Privately, Kewen knew about California. According to his knowledge, no large-scale iron ore resources have been found in California yet.

Of course, there are not many iron ore resources discovered in Ohio at present, but Ohio has a large number of coal mines, and it is very close to the iron ore producing areas of the Great Lakes. It is not a bad idea to import iron ore from surrounding states to develop the state's steel industry.

California does not have the same conditions as Ohio.

"It seems that you still know California very well, but we still found some coal mines, although not large, but enough for a period of time, and we also found a solution to the iron mines."

Ge Wen scratched his head and said that no iron ore was found in California, which is indeed a very troublesome problem.

He and Liang Yao also complained about this problem when they talked.

The iron and steel industry is the foundation of industry. Whether it is laying railways or manufacturing machines, steel cannot be avoided.

Ge Wen also agrees with Liang Yao's opinion that no matter how much gold there is in California, one day they will be exhausted. Now they want to take advantage of the gold in California and immediately use the original capital to convert it into real industries.

Only in this way can California have a way out after the gold mines are exhausted and continue to maintain the prosperity of California.

And the prosperity at that time was the real prosperity, not the deformed prosperity as it is now.

Although Liang Yao is very young, just a few years older than Ge Wen's eldest son, Ge Wen feels that Liang Yao is a very far-sighted person.

"What solution did you find?" Corwin asked curiously.

"Sorry, I can't say it yet." Ge Wen said apologetically.

Because Liang Yao finally decided to import iron ore or even coal from Mexico, the relationship between the United States and Mexico is still very tense.
Naturally, this kind of thing cannot be brought to the table.

Corwin didn't make things difficult for Gerwin either, but he was still very curious about the California authorities, because he saw more news about the Deputy Governor of California, the first multi-millionaire in the west.

As for Mr. Robinson, the current governor of California, there is very little news. Except that he passed Robinson's name on the news of successfully preventing cholera, there is no other valuable news.

In contrast, California's lieutenant governor has a lot of news, whether it is positive news or negative news, and even the lace news with the Vanderbilt family, can often be seen in newspapers.

Of course, in this era of money worship, people pay more attention to the rich status of the deputy governor. The major newspapers have estimated the assets held by Liang Yao, ranging from ten million or even hundreds of millions of dollars. There are several versions of estimates available.

They also nicknamed the mysterious rich man they had never met, the King of Gold, just like they nicknamed Vanderbilt the Ship King.

Some exaggerated news even reported in newspapers that the residence of the King of Gold was made of gold as a building material.

Curwen also didn't believe such a statement. A house made of gold must be uncomfortable to live in. He prefers a wooden house and feels that a wooden house is more comfortable to live in.

Whether in Washington, D.C. or Ohio, his residences are wooden buildings.

Corwin heard that the lieutenant governor was too young. He was only twenty years old this year, which was what the Orientals called false age, and his actual age might not be even twenty.

This made Corwin also full of curiosity about this young man. A person under the age of twenty is in charge of a state?

This is unprecedented in the history of the United States.

"Gwen, please tell me, is the governor or the lieutenant governor in power in California now?"

There was a bit of curiosity in Ke Wen's serious expression.

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