1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 377 The New Governor
After cutting the ribbon, Liang Yao boarded the ship and set sail to test the sailing ability of the Bold and test the newly equipped naval guns.

The maximum speed provided by the San Francisco Shipyard for Liang Yao is indeed not false, but the coal consumption at the maximum speed is astonishing, and he usually dare not run such a fast speed.

Since Jinshan Bay is a very busy harbor with many civilian ships, it is not suitable for testing the weapon systems carried by ships in Jinshan Bay.

The Bold sailed away from Jinshan Bay and went overseas for naval gun testing.

It is said to be overseas, but in fact it is only 20 nautical miles away from the coastline.

The test area has been emptied of civilian ships, and target ships have been set up. These target ships are old and broken sailboats with a displacement of two to three hundred tons.

Liang Yao attached great importance to this first cruiser independently designed and built in California.

The ship's captain, first mate, second mate, third mate, navigator, gunner, steward, rigging chief, steam captain, mechanic, these core personnel are all backbone personnel drawn from the Roland and Yang Wei.

Even ordinary crew members are not directly recruited, but are directly selected from the old employees of the global shipping company who have been serving the global shipping company since 1851.

"General, everything is ready, is there a test?"

Captain Lin Sen asked Liang Yao for instructions.

Lin Sen, a native of Houguan in Fujian Province, worked as a boat boy on a trading ship of Qichang Ocean Co., Ltd. in his early years, and later he worked as a sail and rope captain on a steamer of the British Steamship Company.

Because the treatment of sailors in British shipping companies is inherently poor, and there is deep discrimination against so-called colored crew members.

In 1850, after learning that there was a lot of gold in California, Lin Sen did not hesitate to join the gold rush team.

But soon, he was entangled by the scammers from his hometown. Lin Sen, who had nowhere to go, heard that the newly established global shipping company was recruiting sailors, so he signed up to join the global shipping company.

Due to his early work experience, Lin Sen can speak fluent English, and he is already smart and quick-witted. After joining the global shipping company, Lin Sen thrived. In August 1852, he passed the assessment and became the first mate on the Yangwei.

"Don't worry, stand by!"

Before Liang Yao had time to give Lin Sen an order, he saw a sailing warship with a displacement of nearly [-] tons and two decks passing by the nearby sea surrounded by two armed merchant ships.

These three ships didn't seem to intend to pass through this sea area quickly, but Liang Yao's Boldness, which was slowly slowing down and approaching.

"Hudson's Bay Company ship."

Today's weather is fine. Through the telescope, Fremont can clearly see the flags flying on the three ships.

The flag flown on the galleon is the flag of the Crown Colony of British Columbia.

The upper left corner of the flags of the other two armed merchant ships is the Union Jack of the British Empire, and the lower right corner is the acronym of the Hudson Bay Company: HBC (Hudson Bay Company).This is an armed merchant ship of the Hudson's Bay Company.

"Third-class ship, where did the poor ghosts in the colonial territory of the Crown of Columbia get the money to buy a third-class ship?"

Liang Yao put down the binoculars and frowned.

This sailing warship flying the flag of the Colombian Crown has a displacement of nearly [-] tons, and there are at least more than [-] guns on board.

According to the ship classification standards announced by the British in 1817, this is a proper third-class ship.

The colonial territory of British Columbia is not so poor that it does not have any sea power, but its facade is a thousand-ton, two-deck fourth-tier ship, which is also the flagship of their governor John McLoughlin.

The remaining sea power is two single-deck fifth-tier ships that have long been decommissioned from the Royal Navy, and three cruise ships. This is the entire sea power of the Colombian colonial territory.

There are many colonies in the British Empire, and the types of colonies are based on the form of British sovereignty over the colonies. There are two main types: company colonies, crown colonies, and later dominions.

Representatives of the company's colonial territories are the East India Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. Cape Town is a crown colony.

The difference between the two can be seen literally. The Crown Colonial Territory is a colony under the direct control of the King of England, while the Company Colonial Territory is a colony operated and managed by a chartered colonial company.

The Dominion is an advanced version of the two, enjoying relatively high autonomy. In addition to internal autonomy, the Dominion can also formulate its own trade policy, have a limited independent foreign policy (no right to declare war), and a certain number of troops.

As for the advanced version of the Dominion, that is independence.

Canada, the neighbor to the north of the United States, only became a British Dominion in 1867, and it is still in the version of the Company Colony and the Crown Colony.

In addition to the vast area controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company, the southeastern region of Canada and the Pacific coast bordering the Oregon region of the United States are crown territories.

Interestingly, the Hudson's Bay Company still exists in the 21st century and operates a retail chain as well as a logistics business.

"Five years ago, this place was still a wasteland, and there were not many people in the entire west coast of the United States. Regardless of the attraction of the gold rush to the population, the population growth rate here is too scary."

Former Hudson Bay Governor George said.

This time, he sent his friend Elliot to the British Columbia area, which is the crown territory north of the Oregon Territory in the United States, to serve as the governor.

The rapid expansion of America's population on the west coast disturbed several governors-general of Canada, especially those of British Columbia and Hudson's Bay.

Due to the increasing number of Chinese immigrants in the west coast of the United States, George recommended Elliot, who knows the Chinese very well, as the governor of British Columbia to contain the Chinese influence and the further expansion of American influence on the west coast. create a threat.

"California can manufacture warships in less than five years. It is indeed scary. The growing strength of the west coast of the United States is indeed a great threat to our Columbia crown.

These yellow people will spread to the entire North American continent like a disaster, polluting this clean new continent. I really don't know what the Yankees and Dixie guys in the United States think, they will allow the yellow people to grow up on their west coast. " Yilu thinks so.

China has one-third of the world's population, and if the Chinese are allowed to enter the New World of America, sooner or later, the white residents of the New World will be diluted by them into ethnic minorities.

(End of this chapter)