1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 180 Cooperation
Liang Yao's arrival made Bell's manor in Houston lively.

Bell's office is in Austin, and he often lives in Austin. Since he moved to Austin, the manor in the Houston area has not been this lively for a long time.

Early the next morning, Texas political and business celebrities near Houston gathered in Bell's estate.

The last time Texas politicians and businessmen gathered so well was when they sent troops to New Mexico.

As a state of the United States, Texas is quite young. Texas became the twenty-eighth state of the United States on December 1845, 12.

It has only been less than 5 years since Texas was established as a state, and its history of establishing a state has not been as long as that of the Lone Star Republic, which has existed for 9 years.

This creates the inevitable problem that, as a new state, Texas has a low sense of identity with the United States of America.

Texans prefer to call themselves Texans in public than Americans.

Since arriving in Texas, Liang Yao has never seen the Stars and Stripes flying anywhere other than the Stars and Stripes flying on the warships of the escort fleet.

Instead, I saw the flag of the Lone Star Republic flying in many places along the way, which can also be said to be the state flag of Texas.

In terms of the complexity of history and population structure, Texas is probably the most complicated state among the American states.

In addition to the flag of the Lone Star Republic, there are still many places where the flags of the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Spain, and the Republic of France are still flying. In short, the Stars and Stripes are not visible.
The population complexity of Texas is comparable to that of California, with American immigrants, former Mexicans, immigrants from the Spanish colonial period, and even French immigrants.

For example, the current governor, Mr. Bell, is a French immigrant.

Political and business celebrities near Houston were very excited when they learned that Liang Yao wanted to buy Texas cotton, sugar and tobacco.

Due to the sluggish international market, the domestic market in the United States cannot digest these cash crops. The planters in Texas have squeezed a lot of inventory in their hands, and they are worried that they will not be able to sell it.

If Liang Yao is willing to help, their losses will be reduced a lot.

According to the usual practice, after lowering the price, Liang Yao and the plantation owners present more or less signed purchase contracts.

"Sir, I have to remind you that California currently only has a population of 20 at most, and any of these orders you signed are enough to supply a population of 40." Kony reminded Liang Yao carefully from the side.

"Of course I know that, but for the sake of the friendship between Texas and California, I have to sign these orders."

After signing the last order, Liang Yao put away the pen in his hand.

Although Liang Yao signed a lot of orders, cotton, sugar, and tobacco are urban raw materials, and the value is not high.

The total value of these orders signed by Liang Yao is only 134 million US dollars.

For these plantation owners, $134 million is a huge amount of money, but for Liang Yao, $134 million is just a drizzle.

Furthermore, signing these orders is not a loss-making business.

Texas cotton, sugar and tobacco are of good quality and are good raw materials, especially cotton.

Although California currently has a population of only about 20, with California's astonishing population growth rate, this data will soon be refreshed.

After inquiring about the conversion of the price to weights and measures, some Chinese merchants in the cotton business also signed purchase contracts with Texas planters on the spot, planning to transport the cotton back to the Qing Dynasty for sale.

Signing orders with Chinese businessmen made these plantation owners in Texas see another possibility. In addition to Europe, Asia also has a huge market.

They don't have to hang themselves in the single market of Europe.

After signing these orders, the plantation owners in Dezhou looked at Liang Yao and the Chinese businessmen more cordially.

Of course, Liang Yao's orders were not signed in vain. After signing these orders, Liang Yao put forward his appeal.

"The relationship between California and Texas is like brothers. I think that for the friendship and cooperation between the two states to last, there should be deeper cooperation between the two states." Liang Yao said slowly.

"That's natural. California and Texas are brother states, and it's only natural for brothers to cooperate and help each other."

Senator Ron of Texas just got rid of a large amount of cotton and was in a good mood.

As the saying goes, the mouth that eats people is short, and the hand that grabs people is short. As long as Liang Yao's cooperation proposal is reasonable and reasonable, he has no reason to refuse cooperation with Liang Yao and California.

It would be nice for the northern states of the United States not to block Texas and take away Texas land, let alone cooperate with Texas to help Texas.

As for the slave-holding states in the south, the relationship between Texas and these states is indeed relatively harmonious, but these slave-holding states are also competitors of Texas, because the pillar industries of these states are almost exactly the same as Texas, which are cotton, sugar and tobacco.

When the British came to collect the goods, in order to sell the goods in their hands faster, the planters in the southern states lowered the price of each other, rushed to sell cotton, and were stabbed together. This kind of thing happened not once or twice. up.

The mainstay of California is gold mining, at least that's what planters in Texas think.

Although California is a free state, as a new state, there is no grudge between California and Texas. Last year, there was a tacit cooperation between the two states for their respective interests.

Therefore, Ron and other Texas planters generally have a better perception and impression of California, and even feel that California and Texas have a common language.

"My point of view is consistent with Congressman Ron. As long as the interests of Texas are not harmed, Texas is willing to cooperate with California." Governor Bell also expressed his attitude.

"Governor Bell is joking. The friendship between California and Texas is like brotherhood. How can California harm the interests of Texas?" Liang Yao immediately put forward his request.

"California will set up a liaison office in Texas to facilitate communication between the two states. Similarly, if Texas is willing to set up a liaison office in California, California also welcomes it.

Also, the California Telegraph Bureau has already laid a telegraph line to Los Angeles. I want to lay another telegraph line from Los Angeles to Texas and set up a telegraph branch in Texas. "

It was Liang Yao's idea to lay a telegraph line from California to the eastern region.

When he left California, telegrams had been sent to the major settlements in California.

His telegraph company had gained enough experience in California in laying telegraph lines that it was time to expand beyond California.

Compared with the orders placed by Liang Yao, Liang Yao's telegraph company laid telegraph lines in Dezhou, and the request for setting up a branch office was not too much.

The power connection between California and Texas is indeed conducive to the exchanges between the two states, and the beneficiaries are not only California, but Texas can also benefit from it.

"No problem, the state government will give full support to the telegraph line section in Texas, but the line section passing through the Arizona area and New Mexico area is outside the jurisdiction of the state, and the state government can't help."

Bell readily agreed to the request.

None of the other Texas politicians present expressed any objection.

　There will be another update later!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)