1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 40 My Wife, My Brother Raises Him

Brannan stood on the towering lookout where he had often watched passing merchant ships here and from the lighthouse in the port, overlooking the tiny city of San Francisco below him.

He witnessed the rise of San Francisco from a small town with a population of less than [-] to a large city with a population of over [-].

He, too, now experienced first-hand the decline of the Brannan family.

Life is full of ups and downs, nothing more than this.

Brannan's face regained the self-assured calm he had once been the king of California.

When he learned that Liang Yao and Griffin's soldiers had looted his shops, casinos, and brothels in San Francisco, he only smiled lightly.

It seems that these huge properties have now become worthless to him.

Brannan went back inside and opened his private vault.

Even his closest and trusted family members don't know about this small vault.

In the small vault are neatly stored dollar bills and banknotes of Citibank, First United States Bank, and Kentucky Insurance Company.

Below these dollar bills and bank notes, there is a locked wooden box about one foot long, one foot wide, and half a foot high.

Open the lock, and a box full of gold coins and US dollar coins stored in the wooden box is impressively presented.

"This is [-] US dollars in US dollar bills and bank notes. This box is filled with gold coins and US dollars. These are the life-saving money that my brother has slowly accumulated over the past two years. My brother has not told anyone."

Brannan smiled a bit bitterly, the money in the bottom of the box was prepared to be used for emergencies.He will never use the money unless it is absolutely necessary.

If possible, he would never use the money, let them lie here quietly, and pass the money on to future generations until he dies of old age.

Although there is a lot of gold in California, there are not many reputable dollar bills and bank notes.

After all, there are no branches of those big banks and big companies here.The only institution that has anything to do with banks is Liang Yao's China Bank.

"With this money, we can make a comeback."

Little Brannan rubbed his hands excitedly. He was very excited, but he didn't expect his brother to hold back.

"You were right at the beginning. Maybe you can accept it when you see it. My brother may not be in such a miserable situation now. But if I can do it all over again, my brother will still choose to fight Liang Yao to the end. You know, my brother has always been competitive since he was a child. Give up."

For the original choice, Brannan has no regrets.

Brannan collected these dollar bills and stuffed them into the suitcase together with a box of gold coins and dollars, and then handed the heavy suitcase to his most trusted brother.

"The Brannan family is supposed to make a comeback, but not here."

"What do you mean?"

Brannan's cheering rekindled little Brannan's fighting spirit and was full of hope. The elder brother is the backbone of the family. As long as the elder brother does not fall, the Brannan family can stand up again.

But Brannan's words were like pouring a basin of cold water on little Brannan, causing little Brannan's mood to fall to the bottom.

Little Brannan did not try to persuade him. He understood Brannan's character. Once he made a decision, no one could make him change his mind.

"From now on, you should take on the responsibility of the Brannan family, you are the patriarch of this family."

Brannan struck a match, lit his pipe, and took a deep drag on the cigarette.

"Take your sister-in-law and nephew to the east, which is the center of the United States. A merchant ship will arrive here in two days. The captain and I have a good relationship. You take my letter, and they will send you safely to the east.

New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Portland are all good places where you can start a family and start a family early. "

As he spoke, Brannan walked up to Brannan Jr., grabbed Brannan Jr.'s shoulder and continued talking.

"You use part of the money to start a business or enjoy yourself, and the other part is used to educate Oliver and support my wife.

When you arrive in the east, don't forget the elder brother's precept today. The elder brother has suffered from being uneducated. He must send Oliver to the best school to receive the best education. When necessary, he will find the best tutor for Oliver. "

"Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of my sister-in-law and Oliver."

Little Brannan made a promise to Brannan in God's presence.

After explaining all this, Brannan was relieved, and he smiled very easily.

He hadn't smiled so heartily in a long time.

Two days later, Brannan sent his family away in secret, and now he has nothing to worry about.

Back to Brannan in the manor, take out all the fine wines and delicacies in the cellar to reward his hired guns.

More than half of his hired gunmen have escaped, and the remaining gunmen are either evil and have nowhere to go, or they are sincerely loyal to Brannan.

Brannan treated these hired gunmen well. In this respect, he was as willing to spend money as Liang Yao.

All the valuable gold and silver utensils in the manor, as well as the arty paintings and books that he worked so hard to collect were collected by him, and they were neatly placed in the hall.

Even the gilt lace on the walls and the deputy was chiseled off by him.

"Today will be the last day of your service for me, after the last tough battle tonight, these are all yours!
Liang Yao took away everything that should belong to us, and he deserved to pay the price with his life for this! "

After brainwashing the [-] or so vicious criminals, Brannan quietly walked towards Liang Yao's residence under the cover of night.

Liang Yao had already prepared, he had already cast the net, and was waiting for Brannan to take the bait.

Griffin's forces had returned to the fortress, and now there was nothing to stop him from destroying Brannan.

"Brannan is crazy."

Under the moonlight, Flagg sighed softly, feeling sorry for Brannan.

"But this madman made California."

Liang Yao pressed down the hammer of the revolver with his thumb.

California should be grateful for the maniac who single-handedly ignited the gold rush in America and around the world.

The California Gold Rush might have come without him, but surely it would have been years later.

Brannan is not a mediocre person, his greatest tragedy is not meeting Liang Yao, but his own overblown ambition.

Even without Liang Yao, Brannan's final outcome in history would not have been much better.

In order to obtain Brannan's land, those big consortiums from the east colluded with Congress without hesitation, sent Brannan to prison in the name of the law, and acquired a large area of ​​Brannan's land at a very low price.

And just one day before he went to prison, Brannan naively wanted to negotiate the price of the land with the representatives of these large consortiums. In the end, what he waited for was not the quotations from the consortium representatives, but a pair of cold handcuffs and a piece of arrest paper. make.

The real winners in the gold rush are those big consortia that integrate politics and business.

The courtyard door was violently knocked open, and Brannan finally invaded Liang Yao's private territory.

The gunmen and mounted police who had already ambushed on the second floor and around them did not hesitate to shoot at Brannan and his loyal hired gunmen.

A bloody massacre was staged in Liang Yao's private residence in San Francisco.

Brannan knew he had been tricked the moment he heard the gunshot.

Sure enough, this opponent did not disappoint him. Isn't it an honor to die under such an opponent?
Unfortunately, Brannan was shot in the thigh during the fierce battle. He just staggered and didn't fall down, and he didn't feel the strong pain caused by the shot.

Brannan's hired guns kept falling like reaped wheat, but none of them chose to back down.

Like a knight in the Middle Ages, he is fearless and brave, facing the enemy's bullets and continuously pulling the trigger until the last bullet in the wheel is fired.

This is not a battle, but an asymmetrical massacre.

After the massacre was over, Deng Yan led the Chinese to replenish guns for the dying wounded to end their suffering.

After experiencing the baptism of several battles, these warriors who were born in the countryside gradually lost their true colors.

The simple farmer who used to tremble when he heard the gunshots and was hesitant to hit a human target, now he is able to calmly pull the trigger when facing a flesh and blood person.

After the gunshot, even though blood was all over her body, there was no disturbance in her heart.

They are used to the role they are playing now.

Liang Yao walked up to Brannan's body. Brannan had been beaten into a sieve, his body was covered in blood and flesh, and there was hardly a single piece of good flesh.

He was still holding the gun tightly in his hand, and he was still facing them in a fighting posture before he died.

Liang Yao took off his hat and covered Brannan's restless eyes.

"Bury them well and find Brannan the best priest in California."

　The plot of the first volume is over, and the next step is to face more powerful enemies!

　　Here I agree to answer the questions of book friends about the international status of the Chinese. The international status of the Chinese does not plummet after a single crow. The decline of the status of the Chinese is also a gradual process.

　　After Yidao, the international status of the Chinese declined, but Yidao lost to the invincible Great Britain at that time, just like which country loses to the United States today, it is not very embarrassing.At that time, there were still a group of dependent countries around the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Empire stretched across, it was also one of the great powers. After all, its size was there.
　　After the Second Crows, its international status further declined. This time the capital was occupied, and the Old Summer Palace was burned down.

　　The American Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in 1882.

　　What really caused the international status of the Qing Empire to plummet was the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], after losing to Japan.

　　The United States in 1850 was not as powerful as everyone thought. The main conflict in the United States at this time was the abolition of slavery and how to digest the newly swallowed California, New Mexico, and Texas regions.

　　The issue of Chinese is not on the table at this time. After all, there are only a small group of Chinese in California who come to seek gold in the United States at this time, accounting for less than one-thousandth of the entire population of the United States.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)