1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 185 Picnic in the afternoon

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't bring up your sadness." Liang Yao said to Zooey with apology.

The Texas girl just smiled lightly: "I'm stronger than you think."

As she spoke, Zoe lifted the cloth covering the basket, and saw that the basket was full of cooked food dishes, including Mexican meat burritos, Burgundy beef pies, salt-baked salmon, lamb tenderloin, and American dishes. Roasted passenger pigeon can be seen everywhere.

In addition to the food, enough to feed three people, there were two bottles of red Bordeaux in the basket.

"Mr. Liang, let's go for a picnic. I know a place with a nice view."

Zoe said.

Liang Yao looked at Zoe's slender waist and belly without a trace of fat, and asked suspiciously: "There is a dinner tonight, you eat so much in the afternoon, what will you do in the evening?"

"I eat a lot. Every time I attend a banquet, my father always asks me to fill myself up in the afternoon, so that I won't gobble it up during the banquet and leave a bad impression on the guests. "Zoe said, "Would you like to have a picnic with me, Mr. Liang?"

Liang Yao nodded, feeling that what Zoe said made sense, he motioned for the guards to bring his horse over.

Unexpectedly, Zooey rode directly on his horse.

"Your horse is strong enough to bear the weight of the two of us, let's go, Mr. Liang, we don't have much time."

Just as Liang Yao wanted someone to bring another horse over, Zooey stretched out her hand to pull Liang Yao onto the horse.

Liang Yao was caught off guard by the enthusiastic and straightforward character of the Texas girl. She allowed Zoe to ride on his mount, hugged Zoe's slender waist and rode the horse away, heading for a small hill behind Bell Manor.

The afternoon in Texas is very quiet, it seems that all the creatures in Texas have fallen into sleep like other Texans in the manor.

Only the noise of drums and insects that came to his ears from time to time reminded Liang Yao that it was the summer when everything was flourishing.

Zooey lowered her head, nestled in Liang Yao's arms, turned her head frequently, stared blankly at Liang Yao, without saying a word.

Liang Yao pulled the rein to stop the horse.

He looked down at Zoe's wheat-colored little face with a slight blush, and the delicate little face became more and more beautiful.

Against the bright afternoon sun in Texas, the two big eyes shone like a pair of emeralds. Liang Yao had never seen such charming eyes so closely.

The eyes of the two met, and Zooey closed her eyes, raised her head, and pursed her lips restlessly.

Liang Yao lowered his head, stuck to it, and rolled into the soft grass beside the road with Zoe in his arms
As the sun went down, Liang Yao snuffed out the watch in his hand, took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. The hour hand was about to point to the Roman numeral VI (6) at six o'clock. Unknowingly, three hours had passed, but Liang Yao still had more thoughts Yao always felt that only three minutes had passed.

Time is really a wonderful thing, sometimes I always feel that time is very slow, but sometimes I feel that time passes quickly.

But Zooey pointed to her back and said, "Help me tie the tie behind my petticoat."

Liang Yao helped Zoe tie the laces of her petticoat, and the two quietly returned to the rejuvenated manor after finishing their clothes.

People recharge their batteries in the afternoon just to leave plenty of energy for carnival at the evening party.

It's just that for some people, the carnival of the Texas party has ended early.

"Sir, we have been looking for you for a long time, where have you been?"

Seeing Liang Yao coming back, Coney hurriedly went up to meet him and said.

Kony soon discovered that the boss's shirt, which is usually well-dressed, was missing two buttons. He looked at Zoe who came back with Liang Yao, and with a malicious smile on his face, he pointed to Liang Yao's chest and reminded: " Sir, your button has fallen off."

Liang Yao looked down at his chest, and sure enough two buttons were missing. Then he subconsciously looked at Connie's shirt and said with a smile, "You're also missing a button."

"Oh, maybe I accidentally lost it during the picnic with Miss Isabella in the afternoon." Coney said without thinking.

Another picnic, is eating a picnic a unique custom in Texas?Liang Yao secretly slandered.

Liang Yao put on his perfect clothes and attended the boring evening party.

Maybe it was because he spent too much energy during the day, but Liang Yao couldn't arouse much interest in the evening parties and dances.

Vanderbilt, who had sent a telegram to downtown Houston, arrived late, but still caught up with the evening party of the Texas nobles.

The party was very boring. The chat content of these rough Texas men at the dinner party was similar to that during the day. It was nothing more than some people who accused the Yankees of being shameless thieves and thieves. They wanted to teach the Yankees some lessons. Kind of harsh words.

A little bit of a pattern is to talk about topics such as secession from the Federation and greater state rights.

It can be seen that unity is not the main theme of America in this period, but division is.

The nation that was born at the gunfire of Lexington in 1775 seems to have come to an inevitable end.

In the eyes of southerners, northerners are selfish and arrogant, and in the eyes of northerners, southerners are cruel and barbaric.

All kinds of prejudices and conflicts are tearing apart this unstable American power.

Vanderbilt and his old buddies were New Yorkers, that is, serious Northerners, and they didn't hear anything about the Texans' foul language on Yankees.

They are selfish northerners, but not arrogant northerners.

They care more about how much money they can make in Texas than the foul language of the Texans.

The trade barriers between American states are very serious. It is not easy to open the market of another state. For the market and investment in Texas, what is some foul language?

"Mr. Vanderbilt, I heard that you are notoriously vulgar at banquets in high society, but you look very honest today, and it seems that your image does not match the rumors." Liang Yao teased Vanderbilt. Bilt had a point.

"Their vulgarity sets off my refinement."

Holding the wine glass, Vanderbilt pointed to the dignitaries in Texas who were feasting and drinking heavily.

"Besides, one of these Texans can beat ten Yankees violently. I am also a Yankee, so I must be honest to avoid being beaten."

"Are you also afraid of being beaten? You are a well-known boxer." Liang Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"It's all about being young."

Vanderbilt said.

"Now I seldom fight and kill, and I focus more on my business. Now that the economy in the east has improved, I think the railway business will become better and better. Do you plan to build a railway in Texas or go to the North with a larger population? , build a railway in a state with more market prospects?"

According to the original trajectory in history, after the introduction of the Compromise Act in 1850, the American economy gradually bottomed out, began to recover, and ushered in a new round of vigorous development.

It's just that because of Liang Yao's appearance, the California issue and the Texas issue remain unresolved, and the recovery of the American economy is more than half a year later than in history.

For the next three years, there would be no major armed conflict between the North and the South until the bloody Kansas Incident of 1854, the Kansas Civil War.

These short three years were also the best three years of economic development in the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War. Liang Yao must take advantage of this shareholder wind to develop California's economy and accumulate more powerful strength.

"The railroad in Texas is definitely going to be built. After the railroad in Texas is completed, the railroad between California and Texas just needs to be connected from New Mexico to Texas." Liang Yao said.

"The railway in the north, I will make a decision after I have inspected the north."

　This chapter was published last night. I only found out that it was blocked when I went to the backstage today. After the modification, I applied to unban it and blocked it. I posted a new chapter and blocked it again. It is true that I scored twice. I can’t drive well, so I have to give up driving. This chapter is not good. Count today's update.

　　
　
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