1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 138 Oregon Region and Nevada Region

"Gold resources in the Sacramento area have been depleted day by day, and now it is difficult to find rich gold mines."

Governor Robinson looked at the map on the wall of Liang Yao's study, and his eyes focused on the Nevada region east of California.

"I heard that someone has discovered several rich mines in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the west, and the Boston Company will enter Nevada next week. Do you think the President and Congress will agree to transfer Nevada to California?"

Robinson was not only the governor of California, but also the chairman of the board of directors of the Boston Company.

Under the leadership of Robinson, the Boston Company also expanded rapidly, becoming the second largest gold mining company in California after Xiangshan Gold Mining Company.

Robinson has also become one of the richest people in California. Coupled with the status of Governor Robinson, Robinson is now also a hot figure in California.

The huge gold deposits in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada proved to be true, if only the Nevada area could be included in California.This is great news for all California gold diggers.

But will the president and Congress agree?This is the question in Robinson's mind at this time.

"It is impossible for California to acquire the entire Nevada region. With the character of this president, I guess he will divide the Nevada region into California." Liang Yao said while sipping tea and staring at the map.

"Of course, the premise is that California can provide enough money. The federal government is currently short of money. Texas' $1000 million in compensation is not a small amount."

With Fillmore's peacemaker character, it is still possible for California to acquire a part of the land in the Nevada area, it is nothing more than a question of how much.

As for Liang Yao's letter to Fillmore, the lion opened his mouth, asking for the entire Nevada region in order to bargain with the government Congress.

The same is true for Los Angeles' $500 million in compensation.

The weather conditions in Nevada are not good. In fact, what Liang Yao wants more is the land in Oregon.

Especially the fertile land along the western coast of the Oregon region.

At this time, the Oregon region is not equivalent to the later Oregon State, but a vast land including the later Oregon State, Washington State, Idaho, Western Montana, Western Wyoming, etc., with an area of ​​up to seven More than [-] square kilometers.

The ideal is full, but the reality is always very skinny.

The Oregon region is no better than the Nevada region, and the possibility of California annexing even a small part of the Oregon region is almost zero.

After the United States purchased French Louisiana from France in 1803, the Territory began to border the Oregon Territory and had ideas for it.

Subsequently, the American authorities sent expeditions several times to encourage American businessmen and immigrants to enter the Oregon area to build settlements, and declared ownership of the area.

Old Astor, who was still in the fur business in his early years, followed the Oregon Trail into the Columbia River Basin to establish a trading base to purchase furs, and became a major contributor to the opening of the Oregon region of the United States.

The United Kingdom did not ignore the United States' annexation of the Oregon region. The American-British War in 1812 was the so-called Second War of Independence in the United States.

The United States wants to take Britain's Canadian colony as well, in an attempt to control the entire North American continent.

The well-known event of this war is that the Canadian army actually broke into the capital of the United States and burned the White House.

In fact, in addition to the eastern battlefield, fighting also broke out in the western Oregon area, but the scale and impact were very small.

The British (Canadian) army occupied Fort Astoria of the U.S. Army in the Oregon region and destroyed a large number of American trade posts and settlements in the Oregon region.

In order to expel the American forces from the Oregon area, the Hudson's Bay Company, which was in charge of controlling the Oregon area at the time, carried out extinct hunting of all fur animals in the Oregon area to prevent the Americans from obtaining fur in the area.

The Hudson's Bay Company wanted to make the United States give up on the Oregon region, but the tenacious Americans did not give up, but continued to immigrate to the Oregon region, building new trade points and settlements, resulting in the control of the Oregon region. fact.

This move is exactly the same as the later immigration to and annexation of Mexican territories such as Texas.

In the game between Britain and the United States for territorial control in the Oregon region, the United States finally had the last laugh.

But the United States was not satisfied with this. They wanted to continue north and push the border to 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude.

What kind of concept is this? This is almost on the border with Russian Alaska, and the border between the United States and Canada in later generations is 49 degrees north latitude.For every degree of latitude difference, the actual distance is about 111 kilometers.

Therefore, the territorial dispute between Britain and the United States in the Oregon area has not yet been resolved.

The situation in the Oregon region is too complicated, and now is not the best time to openly intervene in the Oregon region.

In contrast, Nevada, like California, was a territory that had just been annexed by the United States after the Mexican-American War.

It is also more reasonable from a legal point of view to file a territorial claim against Nevada as compensation.

There is also less resistance from Congress and the government, and it is easier to implement.

"A compensation of 1000 million dollars?" Robinson frowned. "The California government doesn't have that much money right now. Let alone 1000 million dollars, it is very difficult to come up with 100 million dollars."

"It doesn't need $1000." Liang Yao said, "After deducting the $500 million compensation for Los Angeles, we only need to pay $500 million at most."

"That still costs $500 million." Robinson was still frowning.

"If California finally gets the land in the Nevada area, the state government can use the land in the Nevada area as collateral to borrow from the Bank of America, and the Bank of America can still get it out for $500 million."

Liang Yao said that 500 million US dollars is not a small amount for him, but he can still get it out after gritting his teeth.

Robinson couldn't help becoming vigilant. Could it be that Liang Yao also wants to eat the gold producing area in Nevada?
But after thinking about it, Liang Yao owes a lot to him and California to get to where they are today.

Even if Liang Yao takes over the gold-producing area in Nevada, he and the Boston Company can follow Liang Yao to get a share of the pie.

"I just established a Boston bank. Although it is not as strong as the Bank of America, it can still undertake some state government loans." Robinson said.

Liang Yao naturally understood what Robinson meant. After Robinson became governor, he seemed not as pure as before.

"Boston Bank is also a local bank in California. As long as you have the ability to undertake a small part of the state government's loan, I have no problem. However, for the sake of safety, most of the state government's loans should be undertaken by Bank of America, which is safer." Liang Yao said .

Robinson was very satisfied with this result.

The conversation between Liang Yao and Robinson had just ended when Hu Jinchen came in to report to Liang Yaohui.

"Your Excellency, Monsieur Le Goff seeks to see you."

Legoff?What is this French guy doing with me now?
"Mr. Legoff, please come in." Liang Yao said.

(End of this chapter)