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Chapter 477 The First Chinese Governor
"The city of Oklahoma is so beautiful."

It is now the middle and late April, and Oklahoma City is a city with a typical Mediterranean climate. The temperature around 20 degrees gives people a very comfortable feeling.

Oklahoma City has mountains, streams, valleys, and dense forests. The natural scenery alone is pleasing to the eye.

"It's not the most beautiful time in Oklahoma City yet." Xu Zicai said, pointing to the forest behind him.

"It snows in winter, and the forest behind us is just like the fairyland in the painting. It's so beautiful."

"It's not the right time for me to come." Liang Yao said with a sneer.

"No and no." Xu Zicai said, "Each season in Oklahoma City has its own benefits. Now it's more suitable to go to the west beach to catch up with the sea, go swimming, and then invite a few friends to eat seafood and drink something." Little wine, tsk tsk."

"You live a life like a fairy." Liang Yao was a little envious of Xu Zicai's life. This little life is much more comfortable than his.

"After coming to Oklahoma City, I know what life is like for a human being." Xu Zicai said with emotion, "Now that I think about the days I spent in the Qing Dynasty in the first half of my life, what is life like a human being? It's like an animal life." day."

The experience of coming to the United States for four years has given Xu Zicai a lot of insights. He made a fortune and was elected mayor of a place by voters. This is something he never dared to dream of before, and now he has realized it one by one.

"Then be the mayor and let more people live the life they should live." Liang Yao patted Xu Zicai on the shoulder and said earnestly.

"Don't betray the trust of the people of Oklahoma City."

After visiting the industrial area and lumber factory in Oklahoma City, Liang Yao had a general idea of ​​the situation in Oklahoma City and the entire Oregon State.

Oregon is also developing towards industrialization, but limited by capital and population size, Oregon's industrialization process is not as fast as California.

Oregon relies on California in terms of economic structure, and the politicians in the state are also inextricably linked to the California consortium and even directly belong to the California consortium.

Oregon has effectively become a satellite state of California.

In the evening, Xu Zicai and the local dignitaries in Ercheng invited Liang Yao and others to have a meal of local freshwater fish. These freshwater freshwater fish were basically caught from nearby streams and lakes, which showed the richness of local products.

Salem, the capital of Oregon, is only a little over 100 kilometers away from Oklahoma City. It takes less than four hours to reach Salem by train, which is very convenient.

When Liang Yao first came to Salem, Oregon was in the final round of the governor's election.

The results of Senator, Representative, Speaker of the State, and Secretary of State have been released, and now the final governor election is underway.

The two candidates are Wu Yuanhua and Thomas.

Reporters from Oregon and California gathered in front of the state's humble Capitol building to await the final results.

This is a general election without any suspense. The proportion of Chinese voters in Oregon is high. As long as Wu Yuanhua performs normally, he can win the governor's election.

Presumably Thomas also knew this, he was just running with Wu Yuanhua on the surface.

An hour later, the results of the general election came out, and Wu Yuanhua was elected governor of Oregon as he wished, becoming the first Chinese governor of the United States.

Wu Yuanhua walked out of the parliament building proudly and accepted the interviews of the reporters.

"Congratulations, Governor Wu."

After the interview, Liang Yao congratulated Wu Yuanhua.

"At the beginning, you kept clamoring to buy an official, but you didn't realize it. Today, you are still a governor."

"If you hadn't led the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce to raise a US$150 million reclamation fund to encourage Chinese people to enter Oregon for reclamation, Oregon would not be where it is today, and I, Wu, would not be where I am today," Wu Yuanhua said.

"After all, the governor was bought with money."

For Liang Yao, Wu Yuanhua was grateful.

The large-scale reclamation of Oregon by the Chinese began on January 1852, 1.

At that time, Liang Yao published an article "To Oregon" in the "California Daily", encouraging some immigrants to go to the Oregon area for reclamation.

At that time, in order to support the reclamation activities of Chinese immigrants in the Oregon area, Liang Yao not only physically eliminated the fanatical racist Burnat.This led the establishment of a special reclamation fund and raised $150 million to provide material guarantees for the development of Oregon.

You must know that it was in 1852, and California was only established for two years at that time, and California also needed a lot of immigrants and funds for large-scale development.

It was under such circumstances that Liang Yao insisted on squeezing out some immigrants and valuable development funds for the Oregon region.

"A 150 million dollar reclamation fund is worth a governor in exchange for it." Liang Yao said as he walked.

From the beginning of development in 1852 to the present, the value created by Oregon has far exceeded 150 million US dollars.

Even from the perspective of business investment, Liang Yao's investment in Oregon is definitely a very successful investment.

Furthermore, as Oregon is an independent political entity, Liang Yao can also benefit politically.For example, Oregon has two Senate seats and three Representative seats in Congress. These things cannot be measured with a mere $150 million.

With Oregon's five seats in Congress (two senators and three majorities) plus California's eight seats in Congress (two senators and six majorities), the Civic Party, representing the western Chinese, has more than ten seats in Congress for the first time, reaching ten Three seats.

With thirteen congressional seats, it is already a political force that cannot be ignored in the American political arena.

"It's not easy to be an official in the United States. Oregon has just been established, and five members of Congress have just been elected. The free states in the east sent telegrams to put pressure on us, asking us to express our position." Wu Yuanhua said.

"Congress is going to vote on the bill to create the Kansas Free State, and the free states are asking us to vote for them on this bill."

Wu Yuanhua has been in the United States for 6 years, and he has a good idea of ​​how American politics is played.

"This vote is not difficult to vote. The South established two new slave states in the newly occupied Mexican land. There is absolutely no reason for the free state to establish only one free state, Oregon." Liang Yao said.

"How can there be two systems in one country? The system of the country is uncertain. What is the system of maintaining one country, two systems for a long time? I think that the issue of whether to keep slaves or abolish slaves cannot be resolved through peaceful discussions between the two sides. There must be a war between the North and the South. "

As a political amateur, Wu Yuanhua also feels that it is absurd for the United States, as a unified political entity, to tolerate the existence of two political systems for a long time.

"It would be great if we could abstain from the voting. Neither side will be offended. We not only trade with the North, but also with the South. If you say this is the vote of support, if the southerners are unhappy, they will not be with us. It's a business, but what should I do?"

(End of this chapter)