1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 381 Return of Umbrella Corporation
On Christmas Eve in 1853, Martin, the vice president of Umbrella Company, who had been away from California for three years, finally returned to San Francisco after a long absence.

A large armed merchant ship named Qinglan sailed into the port of San Francisco with a red and white staggered umbrella-shaped flag.

Qinglan was accompanied by the light cruiser Chaoyong transferred from Nagasaki for full escort.

The workers and the public at the port have speculated that the armed merchant ship flying the umbrella-shaped trademark flag must be loaded with the gold that the umbrella company scoured from Australia.

After all, apart from gold, there is no cargo that can be escorted by a cruiser.

There are many small ships like the Loach-class patrol boats in California with a displacement of about [-] tons, but there are only four large ships above the thousand-ton class, including the just-launched Boldness.

In fact, the guesses of these port workers and the public were correct. The armed merchant ship Qinglan was carrying some of the gold that the Umbrella Company had scooped up from Australia in the past three years.

Although it is only a part of it, the value of these golds has also reached 1100 million US dollars.

In addition to the gold on the ship, there were also two guests who came to San Francisco with the ship.

They are Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang, the leaders of Dagang Company.

"Boss, the gold you want has been successfully transported to San Francisco. The journey has been very smooth. The gold on board is safe and sound, and there is nothing missing."

Martin took off his hat to pay tribute to Liang Yao, and then reported to Liang Yao the situation of Umbrella Company in Australia.

Since Umbrella Company was born out of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, it mastered the advanced gold mining technology of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company at that time, with the most advanced gold mining equipment, the most skilled gold mining workers, and the support of California mercury mines.

After the Umbrella company arrived in Australia, it was a dimensionality reduction blow to the local small gold mining teams that still used indigenous gold mining methods in Australia.

Therefore, Umbrella is now Australia's largest gold mining company.

Although out of considerations of the world, the Umbrella Company wants to share their gold rush results with local snakes such as the Governor of New South Wales, Augustus, in order to obtain the right to continue gold mining in Australia, but the Umbrella Company is still able to grab gold from Australia. A lot of gold.

"Good job, Martin." Liang Yao encouraged.

"Thank you for your compliment. This is the Christmas greeting from the Governor of New South Wales, Your Excellency Auguste." As he spoke, Martin took out a letter from his briefcase and handed it to Liang Yao.

"Boss, if nothing else, I'm going back to spend Christmas with my family."

Martin came to California to seek gold with the Boston Company in 1849. He was a member of the 49-year-old miners. When he served as the vice president of Umbrella Company and went to Australia to seek gold, his family had not been taken to San Francisco by Liang Yao.

Counting it down, Martin has not seen his wife and children for four full years, and now Martin just wants to hand over work early and go home to reunite with his family.

"I haven't seen my family for four years, so I went back empty-handed to celebrate Christmas with my family?" Liang Yao asked.

"There is nothing to bring with me in the backcountry of Australia. I came back in a hurry, so I didn't care about such trifles. I'm going to the street to buy some things and go home. Thank you boss for reminding me."

After being reminded by Liang Yao, Martin scratched his head in embarrassment and said.

"It's Christmas Eve at night, and you can't buy many good things on the street now. Christmas is a legal holiday in California, and many shops are closed now."

Speaking of which, Liang Yao waved back, and Carnegie drove up a carriage full of gifts.

"The presents are all ready for you. I'll give you a month off to spend time with your family."

"Thank you boss, I didn't expect you to be so considerate."

Martin had a sore nose, he didn't expect that Liang Yao would even take care of these trivial matters for him.

"In addition, Captain Weber has also come to San Francisco, and he will probably work with you in the future. Take the time to meet Captain Weber and Dr. Robinson. I think they will forgive you." Liang Yao patted Martin on the shoulder, saying yes Martin said.

Martin had been a member of the talented Boston Company, which had a rough road to gold in the early days of the California Gold Rush.

Under the instigation of Hawke, Martin and Fuller stole the few remaining gold from the Boston Company and left. Nevada Gold Rush.

Then Fuller committed suicide due to a mental breakdown. While burying Fuller's body, Martin stumbled upon the largest piece of gold ever found in California, a 151-pound piece of gold.

Of course, there is another version of this story, that is, Martin killed Fuller by taking advantage of Fuller's unpreparedness in order to seize the gold for himself, and in order to avoid legal sanctions, he fabricated a lie that he found gold when Fuller was buried. to wash away his sins.

Especially those old buddies in his Boston company believed in this statement.

The history of the gold rush at the Boston Company was a stain on Martin and a knot in his heart.

"I see. In short, thank you." The dejected Martin bowed to Liang Yao, put on his hat, and led the horse towards the address that was written countless times on the envelope.

After Martin left, Liang Yao asked Carnegie to give a $10 bonus to each of the crew on the Qinglan and the Super Brave who were in charge of escorting the gold this time, as well as the employees of the Umbrella company, for Christmas.

Then he took Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang, the leaders of Dagang Company, to Tingtao Garden to discuss matters.

Compared with the well-dressed and proud Martin, the outfits of Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang are a bit plain. Both of them are wearing a half-new silk gown and a pair of cloth shoes with holes.

The war, which lasted from 1850 to the present, has not only exhausted the Chinese corporate organizations on the island of Borneo, but also drained their financial resources.

As of 1854, some companies chose to succumb to the Dutch East India Company to gain a chance to survive, such as the Lanfang Company.

There are also companies that choose to fight to the death with the Dutch East India Company and refuse to surrender, such as the Dagang Company of Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang.

Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang had already approached Umbrella Company before, and Umbrella Company also had many Chinese employees, but neither Umbrella Company nor Chinese employees had braids.

Therefore, Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang were not surprised when they saw that Liang Yao, the leader of Umbrella Company, did not wear braids.

"Mr. Liang is willing to lend a helping hand when the Dagang Company and Paize on Borneo Island are alive and dead. I am very grateful."

Before taking his seat, Wang Jia expressed his gratitude to Liang Yao.

Before Liang Yao extended a helping hand, Dagang Company and Lanfang Company, which was in the anti-Dutch united front camp at that time, had jointly signed a letter with other local Chinese companies to the Qing Court, hoping that the Qing Court would give them a helping hand, even in diplomatic terms. You can make a statement to the Dutch on any occasion.

It is a pity that the Qing Dynasty did not care about or have any interest in the life and death of these overseas abandoned people.

Just when they were desperate, Liang Yao's letter made them see hope again.

It's just how much help Liang Yao can provide them, and how much the Dagang Company and other Chinese companies that are still resisting have to pay to get help from Liang Yao. Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang have no idea at this time.

They even only knew that the purpose of Liang Yao's helping them was to open up plantations on the island of Borneo.

(End of this chapter)