1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 208

"Sir, what do you want us to do?"

Liang Yao walked up to the two detectives from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Before he could speak, the two detectives from the Pinkerton Detective Agency asked first.

They spoke very politely to Liang Yao. Liang Yao was well dressed and had an extraordinary demeanor. He was not an ordinary person after all.

Furthermore, Café Doyle is not an ordinary coffee shop for ordinary people. The cheapest cup of coffee in Café Doyle is sold at a sky-high price of 50 cents, which is not affordable for ordinary working-class people.

"I want to see Pinkerton, the director of your firm." Liang Yao said directly.

"Our director is Mr. Chicago, may I ask who you are?" A detective cautiously asked Liang Yao's name.

"Liang Yao."

As he spoke, Liang Yao took out two $5 California gold coins from his pocket and threw them into the air.

The two detectives had sharp eyes and quick hands, and they reached out to catch the gold coin thrown by Liang Yao, with very bright smiles on their faces.

"So you are Mr. Liang, we have heard of your name a long time ago! Thank you Mr. Liang for the tip!"

said a detective.

"It is an honor for Pinkerton Detective Agency to serve such a noble person as Mr. Liang. I think our director also hopes to meet you."

Another detective chimed in.

"Very well, within a week, I want to see Pinkerton." Liang Yao said.

Pinkerton Detective Agency (Company) is the earliest private detective agency in the world. This detective agency played an important role in the United States in the middle and late 19th century.

During the Civil War, the Pinkerton Detective Company was employed by the federal government to provide security services for President Lincoln of the federal government, and also provided intelligence services for the federal army, placing a large number of eyeliners in the Confederate Army to collect intelligence.

In addition, Pinkerton Detective Company is employed by major railway companies, especially the western railway companies, to provide security services for these railway companies, track down railway thieves, recover stolen money, and make up for the lack of police force in the vast western region of the United States , The problem of weak law and order.

Since the Pinkerton Detective Company is a private company with higher efficiency and more ruthless means, and the interstate pursuit ability that the police in each state does not have, the western gangsters are more afraid of the pursuit of the Pinkerton detective than the police in each state.

Of course, in addition to these routine businesses, the Pinkerton Detective Company, which grew in the middle and late stages, also took on the job of suppressing the labor movement.

American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was in the Pittsburgh steelworkers' strike movement. Carnegie hired thugs from the Pinkerton Detective Company to come forward to suppress the steelworkers' strike movement.

At the end of the 19th century, the Pinkerton Detective Agency had more than [-] armed employees. At one time, the number was larger than that of the American Army, and it was the most powerful armed force among the American people.

However, at this time, the Pinkerton Detective Agency was just established last year and has not yet grown. Its employees are at most dozens of people, and it only takes a small price to hire them, or even bring them under their command. .

The ability of Alan Pinkerton, the founder of Pinkerton Detective Agency, is beyond doubt. Alan was still in public office in the Chicago Police Department. When he was not in the sea, he was very famous in the Chicago police circle.

Liang Yao intends to incorporate this detective agency for his own use, to provide security services for the American Group and himself, to collect intelligence, and to create a CIA in the middle of the 19th century.

"No problem, sir! It's our honor to serve a noble person like you, and I think our director would like to see you too!" said the detective, putting the gold coin into his pocket.

"I'm going to the telegraph office to send a telegram to our director!"

Liang Yao cast a glance at a sloping-roofed house next to Doyle's Cafe. The location of this sloping-roofed house is very good, and he planned to open a teahouse.

Liang Yao pointed to the sloping roof and asked the detective who was still at his post.

"Who is the owner of this house?"

"The owner of this house is Mr. Doyle, the owner of Doyle's Café," replied the detective.

Liang Yao nodded, walked into Doyle's Cafe, ordered two cups of coffee and sat down with Connie.

Doyle, the owner of the cafe, didn't know Liang Yao, but he knew Coney. At this time, people of yellow race were rare in New York. With Liang Yao's complexion, Doyle, who had been running the cafe for most of his life, quickly guessed that Liang Yao Glory identity.

Liang Yao's reputation in the old aristocratic circle in New York is very bad, but Liang Yao's reputation among the New York public is still very good.

Cholera in New York was eradicated because of Liang Yao's experience in preventing and controlling cholera in California. Many people saved their lives, and they were no longer as afraid of cholera as before.

Even the self-respecting Londoners deigned to send doctors to New York to learn from the New York doctors they had always looked down on on the prevention and treatment of cholera.

Moreover, when he came to New York this time, Liang Yao even brought a delegation from the Qing Dynasty to the United States. This was the first time that the Qing Dynasty sent a diplomatic mission to a western country.

The diplomatic mission of the Qing Dynasty did not visit the United Kingdom, but directly visited the United States, which made New Yorkers feel very proud.

"Mr. Liang, here is your coffee and sugar cube."

Doyle personally served Liang Yao a cup of coffee and asked Liang Yao about it.

"Mr. Liang, you are an expert in gold, and I want to hear your opinion on the current hot gold trading market on Wall Street."

"I come from a background in stinky mining, how can I be an expert."

Liang Yao threw the sugar cubes into the hot coffee, picked up a small silver spoon and stirred the coffee.

"Digging for gold and speculating and trading gold are two different things."

"To be honest, the price of gold has risen too fast, and the profits in it are too attractive. I have also bought a lot of gold futures these days, but I always feel uneasy in my heart." Doyle told the truth .

"It's okay to be unsteady." Liang Yao said with a smile, "Have you ever played with soap bubbles?"

"My father made me a bubble blowing toy when I was young." Doyle was puzzled, "but what does this gold deal have to do with soap bubbles?"

"Of course it has something to do with it. You can blow up the soap bubbles when the bubbles are small at first, but after the bubbles are blown up, the bubbles will burst sooner or later," Liang Yao said.

"I understand, thank you very much for your advice, thank God, it's a good thing I listened to your words, otherwise I would be ready to sell my ancestral property."

Doyle suddenly realized, and at the same time, Doyle was also thinking: Could Liang Yao be the one blowing the bubble? After all, before Liang Yao arrived in New York, the price of gold on Wall Street had always been normal, and the exchange rate between the US dollar and gold had always been very stable.

"Now you have a chance to sell your ancestral property. I want to buy the house next to Doyle's Cafe." Liang Yao said.

"You want to buy my house? If you want to buy that house, I will sell it to you for $1500. You must know that the location here is very good. Houses on Wall Street are priceless, and you may not buy it if you have money. Arrived." Doyle thought for a while and offered a price.

"The market price of this house is at least 2500 US dollars. If you don't believe it, you can ask Kony. Kony is a New Yorker and knows about housing prices in New York.

I am willing to sell this house to you for the sake of your advice to me just now, in order to make you a friend. "

Liang Yao looked at Kony who was sitting opposite, and Kony nodded to Liang Yao, expressing that what Doyle said was true.

After Doyle left, Liang Yao looked coldly at the New York gentlemen who were talking about gold in the cafe, wondering how many people would jump off buildings and rivers after the gold bubble was burst.

Wall Street has a history of nearly 60 years since its establishment. There have been no less than a dozen economic crises, and in each economic crisis, some people lost their fortunes and chose to commit suicide.

But as Hegel said: The only lesson humans learn from history is that they don’t learn from history.

Waiting for the arrival of the next new breaking point, there will still be a steady stream of speculators who will put all their wealth into the gambling game of Wall Street.

"What is the dollar-to-gold exchange rate now?"

Liang Yao took a sip of coffee and asked Coney.

"The last time I checked it was 151:100. However, given the popularity of the gold trading market, the current exchange rate will only be higher than this exchange rate. Sir, do you think the turning point is approaching?"

Kony glanced at the New York gentlemen who were talking about trading gold futures and gold in the cafe. It seemed that as long as they bought gold futures and gold, they could make a fortune immediately.

"I don't know exactly when the inflection point will be reached. You have to ask Minister Ke Wen." Liang Yao said.

If you want to make the biggest profit, you must obtain the exact time of the Ministry of Finance's bailout from within the government, that is, Minister Curwin, and sell at the highest point of the gold price.

Obviously, Kewen will not tell Liang Yao this time, and Liang Yao has sold too many gold futures and gold, and it will take time to sell these gold futures and gold.

Liang Yao didn't want to speculate on when the Ministry of Finance would put gold from the federal treasury into the New York Wall Street market. He took the risk of waiting for the highest point of the gold price. He decided to accept it as soon as it was good and get out before the gold market collapsed.

"This time you yourself have invested a lot of money in the gold market, don't be too greedy, and sell it now while you can. The Ministry of Finance will not sit back and ignore the large-scale preparation of the dollar."

"My transaction follows your pace." Kony said with a relaxed face.

"How are the gold futures and gold sales we put into the market?" Liang Yao asked.

"The gold futures are all sold out, and two-thirds of the gold has been sold, and the remaining one-third will be sold by tomorrow at the latest." Kony rubbed his hands excitedly and reported the results to Liang Yao.

"You earned $75 from gold futures trading, and if the subsequent exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and gold returns to the original 117:100, you can earn at least $130 million from gold trading.

Made at least $205 million in two weeks, something I never dared to think about, you are a genius. "

"It's not a genius, I'm just good at taking advantage of loopholes." Liang Yaoyun said lightly.

At this time, the Wall Street market is still not big enough. If he did the same operation in London or Paris, Liang Yao could earn more.

(End of this chapter)