1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 476 Prosperity in California, Prosperity in Oklahoma

"Great! Thank you boss!" Kony said excitedly, rubbing his hands together.

"America Bank can cooperate with you, but the ability of working-class people to take risks is limited. You are not allowed to sell off-plan houses in California and can only sell existing houses. Once I find out that you are selling off-plan houses in California, the consequences will not only be as simple as suspending cooperation." Liang Yao Beat Coney Road.

"off plan?"

Hearing this unfamiliar vocabulary, Kony was stunned at first, but soon he naturally thought of futures. When he wanted to understand it, he couldn't help but suddenly realized that his eyes were wide open. Got through.

After all, the boss is the boss, what a genius, selling off-plan houses, why didn't I expect it, it turns out that houses can be used like this.

"What's on your mind, boy? Don't make up your mind." Liang Yao knocked on the table and scolded, seeing Kony's imaginative expression.

"I was thinking that you businessmen in the Qing Dynasty are so black-hearted that they dare to sell off-plan houses." Coney said with a chuckle.

"You kid is cursing me, right? Get out!" Liang Yao ordered Kony to get out of the car.

At the same time, he also realized that he was being a bit paranoid, and now there is no such thing as off-plan housing in the United States.

"Get out, get out." Kony left Liang Yao's private car and came to his and Carnegie's car.

When Liang Yao travels by special train, Kony and Carnegie usually share the same carriage.

"Senior, the boss has said that he won't allow the sale of off-plan houses. The boss always keeps what he says. Don't shoot the boss." Seeing that Kony was still excited, Carnegie kindly reminded him.

"The boss only said not to sell in California, but not to sell in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston." Kony took a puff of cigarette and muttered to himself, "If you sell off-plan houses, the capital turnover rate can be improved a lot. .”

Eugene City is a city developed on the basis of Eugene Village.

The city is currently the largest, most populous, and most economically developed city in Oregon.

This means the city is not the capital of Oregon.

The economic centers of American states generally do not coincide with the administrative centers. For example, the capital of New York State is Albany, the capital of Texas is Austin, and the capital of California is Sacramento.

The capital of Oregon is located in Salem, north of Eugene. Salem is currently the third largest city in Oregon after Eugene and Portland.

The distribution of Chinese in Oregon is relatively regular.

The more south you are, the closer you are to California, the higher the proportion of Chinese.

Eugene has a population of nearly 13, which is nearly half of Oregon's population.

Among the 13 population, another 10 are Chinese.

The proportion of Chinese in Eugene is also much higher than the average level in Oregon.

The Chinese prefer to call Eugene City Oklahoma City. In the past two years, the place name Oklahoma City has appeared in major newspapers and even official documents more and more frequently.

According to the scheduled itinerary, Liang Yao will conduct a short inspection in Ercheng when passing through Ercheng.

Since Thomas, the old mayor of Oklahoma City, became the Lieutenant Governor of Oregon, it is a certainty. Thomas resigned as mayor of Oklahoma City two weeks ago.

The people of Oklahoma City elected their new mayor.

The new mayor is an immigrant named Xu Zicai from Majiayan, Nankang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.

Xu Zicai is the idol of many Oregon immigrants and even California immigrants.

It is different from Wu Yuanhua, Pan Zhengwei and others.Xu Zicai is a pure grassroots immigrant.

The Taiping Army and the Hunan Army fought fiercely in Jiangxi. Jiangxi Jiujiang, Nankang, Raozhou, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Guangxin and other prefectures suffered from military disasters and were almost in ruins.

There are not a few local Jiangxi people who immigrate to California at the Fujian-Guangdong Treaty Port in order to make a living.Xu Zicai is one of the mighty immigrant army.

An atypical successful immigrant tends to resonate more with the masses than the typical successful immigrant.

Xu Zicai can be said to be full of debuffs for successful immigration.Start with zero assets, non-Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang immigrants.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are gangs.

Representatives of the first batch of successful immigrants in California were Guangzhou merchants, some Fujian merchants, and a few Zhejiang merchants.

These people immigrated to California with their assets, and they were also the objects of Liang Yao's key cultivation and support in the early days. It can be said that they took off directly on the cusp of the wind.

These people are now rich and noble, and they have become representatives of the Chinese at the top of California.

The second batch of successful immigrants was mainly immigrants before 1851. This group of immigrants mainly came from Guangdong and Fujian provinces. They barely got the benefits of the California gold rush, and some lucky ones also accumulated their first pot of wealth at this time. Arise, rise to the top.

This batch of successful immigrants can be regarded as exploring the way for their fellow countrymen. Therefore, the Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang immigrants who came to California later can get some care, and the start is easier than immigrants from other regions.

This is why the immigrants who made their fortunes in California are mostly immigrants from these three provinces.

And Xu Zicai does not belong to any of these two typical successful immigrants.

In order to strive for a wider room for advancement, after Xu Zicai got his first pot of gold in Carson, Nevada in 1853, Xu Zicai brought his fellow countrymen to Oregon to develop. Members, to achieve a curve overtaking.

Immigrants from Jiangxi came to Oklahoma to join Xu Zicai after hearing that Xu Zicai had succeeded in Oklahoma City. Therefore, the proportion of immigrants from Jiangxi in Oklahoma City is very high. Among the [-] Chinese immigrants in Oklahoma City, [-] are from Jiangxi.

Xu Zicai was very popular for a while, and became one of the powerful men in Oklahoma City, and became the idol of countless immigrants.

As for the black history of creating an unsolved case in Carson, in order to steal the dog's head gold, on a dark and stormy night, Xu Zicai will forever be buried in Xu Zicai's heart.

Ordinary immigrants may feel that the heights of Liang Yao, Wu Yuanhua, and Pan Zhengwei are out of reach, and it is difficult to achieve them no matter how hard they try.But Xu Zicai's height is what they can achieve through hard work.

This time, the new mayor Xu Zicai was the tour guide who led Liang Yao to inspect the Russian city.

There were many reports about Xu Zicai in the newspapers, and Liang Yao had also heard of this person.

It's just that Xu Zicai's experience made Liang Yao feel that it was too smooth, thinking that Xu Zicai must be hiding something.

Especially when Xu Zicai came back from the gold rush in Carson and suddenly became very rich.

As someone who has been in the gold rush, his intuition told him that Xu Zicai's experience must have been tricky, and Xu Zicai was definitely not as honest as he advertised.There is a high probability that his first pot of gold was stained with blood.

Liang Yao is also a grassroots immigrant. He has come all the way, and his status today is not less bloody.

From the blood of Brannan Brandon to the soldiers of Burnett Mason's regiment, from the blood of the Japanese to the blood of the Javanese Dutchman, he had touched every drop.

"Oregon is quite prosperous."

After leaving the train station and entering the urban area of ​​Ercheng, Liang Yao said while observing the customs of Ercheng.

The urban architecture of Oklahoma City is dominated by Chinese-style buildings, but a Spanish-style Catholic church and arcade-style city hall still stubbornly remain in the city center.

If he didn't know that this is Oregon, Liang Yao would have no doubt that he was wandering in the city of his hometown.

The streets of Ercheng are full of people, vendors and pedestrians shuttle among them, and the market is very lively, which shows that its business is prosperous.

Even if Oklahoma City is placed in California, it can become the fourth largest city after San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.

"Because of California's prosperity, California is prosperous, and Oregon is also prosperous." Xu Zicai's answer was very appropriate.

"Today, you will guide me to visit the city of Oklahoma and introduce the situation of the city to me." Liang Yao said with his hands behind his back.

"I don't know what aspects the general wants to know about the situation in Oklahoma City? I can also make arrangements to satisfy the general." Xu Zicai asked.

"Economy." Liang Yao said without thinking.

He is a very utilitarian, relatively vulgar person.He is not very interested in the local customs, what he wants to know most is the economic situation and industrial structure of Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City is the most representative city in Oregon. As long as you know Oklahoma City, you basically know Oregon and the economic connection between Oregon and California.

"Then the general has found the right person." Xu Zicai said with a smile, "General, please get on your horse."

Liang Yao nodded and rode on his horse, leading his entourage to visit Ercheng.

Xu Zicai rode on his horse and led Liang Yao to the mines and smelters around Ercheng for a while, introducing him while visiting.

"The resources of Oklahoma City are very rich, including iron ore, copper mine, and a large amount of coal.

Surrounding these natural resources, Oklahoma City has several well-established steel plants and copper smelters.

Following the example of San Francisco's successful experience, we set up a special industrial zone. Although it is a mere imitation, the effect is also remarkable.

This is the largest industrial park in Oregon, but I heard that Portland is also building an industrial park, and it is said that it will surpass our Oklahoma City within 3 years and become the largest industrial city in Oregon.

Those bums don't sell their fish and wood well, and they always think about how to surpass our Oklahoma city. "

"Choose the serious one." Liang Yao interrupted Xu Zicai.

Xu Zicai saw that Liang Yao didn't like the competition within Oregon, so he returned to the topic with interest: "The copper, iron and coal mentioned just now are the most important resources in Oregon, and also our pillar industry.

Oklahoma City and Oregon cannot absorb so much copper and iron. Most of the copper and iron are sold to Sacramento and San Francisco by train, or enter the arsenal to cast cannons, or enter the San Francisco factory to make various machinery, or Used to lay railways.

The same is true for coal. We can't digest much coal locally, and most of it is still sold to California.

That's why I say Oregon thrives when California prospers.Without California, Oregon would not be able to develop on its own. "

After visiting the mine and smelting plant, Xu Zicai took Liang Yao to visit the timber factory and woodworking factory.

"Timber is the most important industry in Oklahoma City besides the above-mentioned industries. The main purpose of these timbers is to make wooden barrels, which are transported to Los Angeles and used to pack oil for the oilmen in Los Angeles.

These carpentry factories originally made wine barrels, but the oil business in Los Angeles is too hot, and the oil guys are more generous than the wine dealers, so they seldom do business with wine dealers.

Of course, Oklahoma City also has pastures, farms, and vegetable gardens, but these industries do not account for the majority of profits. "

"I heard you also set up a railway company three years ago?"

Liang Yao stood at the lumber factory on the mountainside, and said casually while admiring the beautiful scenery of Oklahoma City.

"You mean the Oregon Railway Company? I took the lead in establishing it." Xu Zicai said.

"When the California Railway Company built the railway to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City was still called Eugene at that time. I thought there was a lot to be done in building the railway, so I joined forces with my fellow villagers to establish a railway company. From Oklahoma City to the state capital Salem , The railway from Salem to Portland is built by the Oregon Railroad.

Speaking of these two railways, it was not easy to build them. At that time, we in Oklahoma City were poor and couldn’t get enough money to build the railways.In the end, Bank of America and Bank of Boston came to our rescue.

My brothers mortgaged the mine to the bank and got low-interest loans from the Bank of America and the Bank of Boston to build the railway. "

(End of this chapter)