1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 207 Wall Street

Liang Yao arrived at the train station in Baltimore, ready to take the train to New York.

Although he also knows that the experience of taking the train will not be pleasant, it is already the fastest way to travel back to New York from Baltimore.

More importantly, he could send and receive telegrams by train, and he could receive the latest news on the gold market from Kony in New York on the way.

The length of the railway from Baltimore to New York is about 300 kilometers, and the speed of the train Liang Yao takes is about 40 kilometers per hour.

Counting the time for the train to stop halfway, the journey took Liang Yao a full 9 hours.

Liang Yao also took the train from New York to Baltimore in later generations, so he remembered very clearly that it only takes a little over an hour to travel from New York to Baltimore in later generations.

Liang Yao felt that it was very slow to cover 9 kilometers in 300 hours, but Pan Zhengwei, Wu Yuanhua and others felt that it was very fast.

Looking at the slowly receding trees and buildings outside the car window, Wu Yuanhua sighed: "In the early years, I heard from my father that he invested in the railroad in the United States. railway."

Pan Zhengwei also said with emotion: "There is nothing better than this. If a railway can be built from Guangzhou to the capital, it will only take a few days to get there from Guangzhou to the capital! Whether it is for the country, the people, or the army For business, there are great benefits.”

Wu Yuanhua felt that this idea was unrealistic: "Where did the Qing Dynasty get so much silver and iron to repair the railway? Besides, how many places do you need to pass along the way from Guangzhou to the capital? How much land do you need to buy? What if they don't sell it? The railway passes through their What about the ancestral graves? How do we get across mountains and rivers? Who will drive the train after the railway is repaired?"

Wu Yuanhua's questions caused Pan Zhengwei to fall into deep thought.

"No matter how bad it is, it's okay to build a railway in Guangzhou, right? Let the people of the Qing Dynasty see this new thing first, it's better than not knowing anything." Pan Zhengwei said unwillingly.

"It was only after I came to the United States that I realized what a frog in a well really meant. The Qing Dynasty was a frog in a well watching the sky from the bottom of a well.

Compared with the machines in those factories in New York, one can do the work of dozens of people, and the foreign ships and soldiers seen in Baltimore, the Guangdong Navy is a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp.

What's more, this is the United States. I have heard that the national power of England and France is much stronger than that of the United States.

What if these European powers once again invaded the seas of the Qing Dynasty? "

"It seems that you have learned a lot from this trip."

Liang Yao wiped off his head just now and said.

"It's not only a lot of insights, it's like coming to another world. This trip is worthwhile. If I didn't visit New York, I would think that other places in the United States are like California." Pan Zhengwei said.

This was also what he thought before he came to New York. Although California has a lot of gold, it is still a newly developed land that has just begun to industrialize.

Compared with old cities such as New York with highly developed industries, there is naturally a big gap in social style.

What Liang Yao is doing now is to gradually narrow this gap.

It was already evening when the train arrived in New York, Liang Yao got off the train, and the blood-colored setting sun shone on Liang Yao's body.

Kony was already waiting for Liang Yao at New York Central Station.

Kony was about to reach out to take the briefcase in Liang Yao's hand, when he saw a child beside Kony had already taken a step ahead.

"Cai Si, I haven't seen you grow a lot in a year."

Liang Yao touched Cai Si's small head and said.

"Aren't you going to business school? How did you come to the station?"

Liang Yao originally planned to let Cai Si receive a regular education, and after completing the elementary and middle school courses, he would be admitted to a university.

In the end, though, Zeiss himself chose to go to business school.

Zeiss preferred to go straight to business school rather than go back to elementary school and take the final two years of courses in secondary school.

Moreover, Zeiss hoped to come out to work for Liang Yao earlier, and did not want to stay on campus for a long time. The academic system of commercial schools is shorter than that of regular schools, which is why Zeiss prefers to attend commercial schools.

There is nothing wrong with this. American business schools in this era focus on teaching practical business skills. If you can successfully complete the business school courses, you can be regarded as successful.

Before going to California, Zeiss' late biological father Jenkins originally planned to send Zeiss to a business school, but the tuition fees of the business school were very expensive, and the cash-strapped Jenkins finally had to give up the idea.

The business school that Zeiss is currently attending is the same business school that Kony attended, so the two can also be regarded as alumni.

"I asked for leave from school." Cai Si said while carrying Liang Yao's briefcase.

"I heard that your grades in school are not bad." Liang Yao said very relieved.

"How do you know?" Zeiss was very happy.

"Your godfather often brags about your good grades in front of me." Liang Yao said, "Does anyone still bully you at school?"

"No, the first day I went to school was the school that Mr. Vanderbilt personally sent me to. No one dared to bully me, and I also told my classmates that my godfather was the sheriff of California. He killed the gangsters himself. No one dares to bully me."

Zeiss said very honestly.

"Not only did they not dare to bully me, but they also flattered me. The teachers were also very polite to me."

Cai Si's answer made Liang Yao feel dumbfounded.

He clearly remembered that Cai Si told him that when he was in elementary school in the east, not only his classmates excluded him because of his poor family, but even the teachers looked down on him and made things difficult for him.

In order to reward Cai Si, Liang Yao decided to take Cai Si to a good meal.

"You two haven't had dinner yet, have you? Chase, what would you like to eat?"

"I want to eat a burger from Elizabeth's Burger. I'm going to eat at the flagship restaurant at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. The burger at that burger shop has the best taste and the largest portion." Zeiss blurted out.

"Okay, your request is met."

Liang Yao took Cai Si's little hand to Wall Street.

A long time ago, this was the land of the Indians, more than 200 years ago, it was a wall of the Dutch, and 59 years ago, it was the financial seed under the plane tree.

Here today is a financial web that is being cast across America, a web that is strong and fragile, light and dark, a web that can both speed up and suffocate an economy.

Here is the most active place for business activity in the United States: Wall Street.

Most accounting offices, merchants' offices, and warehouses were located on Wall Street and in the narrow alleys of Front Street, Pearl Street, and Water Street around Wall Street, in masonry and pitched-tiled houses.

Many commercial transactions are also completed in these inclined tile houses, such as the hottest gold transaction at the moment.

The soaring price of gold has caused thousands of speculators to flock to the Wall Street gold market to seek gold.

The entrance of the gold trading hall was crowded with people who bought gold futures and gold by waving dollar certificates of major banks in the water.

In addition to the gold trading hall, the cafes on Wall Street and even the streets and alleys are full of gold transactions.

What people are talking about besides gold is the financial derivatives related to gold.

Passing through the crazy crowd, Liang Yao came to Elizabeth's burger restaurant at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. This burger restaurant was the first burger restaurant opened by Elizabeth, and the business was also the best.

There are many well-known shops at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. In addition to the flagship store of Elizabeth Burger, Doyle's Cafe and Tonty Cafe, two of New York's most famous cafes, are also here.

The owners of the two cafes seem to have feuds, and they are located opposite each other.

Although the distance between the two cafes is very close, there is only one road between them, but this does not affect the business of the two cafes. Their business is very good. Through the glass of the cafe, you can see that the cafe is full A New York gentleman in a suit and leather shoes.

There were also two burly bodyguards with Colt revolvers on their waists and eye badges on their chests standing at the door of Doyle's Cafe.

Pinkerton's business has expanded from Chicago to New York?Liang Yao secretly slandered.

The corner of Wall Street and Water Street is indeed a good place. It is very close to various exchanges on Wall Street. Not far from it is the South Street Wharf, where people of all kinds hang out.

Liang Yao plans to buy a house here to open a tea house.

The flagship store of Elizabeth Burgers is doing very well, although the price of food in the flagship store is more than double that of other branches. For example, a 5-cent hamburger sells for 12 cents here, and a 5-cent fried potato, that is, French fries, here are sold for [-] cents, but there are still many diners flocking to them.

Because these diners think that only the taste of the flagship store is the most authentic, although other branches have stated in newspapers that the recipe they use is the same as that of the flagship store.

Zeiss took the hot burger and gnawed it, with a good appetite.

After Cai Si finished eating, Liang Yao sent someone to send Cai Si back to school, wishing Cai Si to study hard.

After sending Chase away, Liang Yao looked at the crowds on the South Street Wharf and asked Coney.

"Have you found out who the Wall Street robbers are?"

"Not yet. I asked a lot of friends on Wall Street, and they all only knew that there was such a person, but no one had seen this famous robber with their own eyes." Kony shrugged and said, "He seems to be wandering around. Ghosts over Wall Street."

"This person not only has a keen sense of smell, but also has a lot of courage." Liang Yao said, "It is rumored that he only has a net worth of two to three million dollars. With such a net worth, he dares to bet on the gold market in New York. He is a character."

"I will send someone to continue to investigate, this annoying guy interrupted our rhythm." Kony said.

"Professional things still need to be left to professional people. You are not good at detective work."

Liang Yao withdrew his gaze from the South Street Wharf and walked towards the Doyle Cafe with the Stars and Stripes hanging not far away.

"You mean the two detectives?" Corney asked.

"It's not them, the two of them are young people, not qualified for this task, maybe the director of the detective agency behind them can be competent for this task."

(End of this chapter)