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Chapter 493 Multicore Strategy
The Port of Duwamish is the predecessor of the later city of Seattle.

In 1851, Arthur Denney and a group of explorers who loved scalping discovered a place called Duwamish in the Indian population.

When they first arrived the area was inhabited by Indian tribes of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Swaninum, and other tribes in the Puget Sound area.

After discovering that this is an excellent natural deep-water harbor, they chose to build a settlement here and expelled the local Indians.

But the good times didn't last long. Later, the Indians of the Indian pro-China faction got aid from Liang Yao. The first batch of white explorers who arrived in the Duwamish area basically died and walked away.

Duwamish returned to the hands of the Indians.

It wasn't until the remnants of the Democratic Party in Portland moved north to near Puget Sound and got aid from the British that the whites regained a firm foothold in Duwamish.

Governor of the Northern Oregon Territory Stevens' Governor's Mansion is located in Duwamish, but now Stevens has left here and moved inward with his white immigrants, looking for new settlements.

As soon as Stevens left, Duwamish fell into depression again. It was said to be a port town, but currently there are only more than 1000 residents left in this town.

Due to the sharp drop in population, most of the shops in the city are closed, and all businesses are depressed. Only a small grocery store next to the square remains open.

"The land is flat, there are rivers, there are air routes, and there are abundant natural resources nearby. The development prospects here are very broad. Maybe it can become the next Jinshan Bay metropolitan area." Liang Yao inspected near Duwamish for a while. After a while, I came to a conclusion.

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Area, the Seattle Metropolitan Area, the San Diego Metropolitan Area, and the Portland Metropolitan Area are all large metropolitan areas on the west coast of the United States in later generations, and they have concentrated the majority of the population on the west coast of the United States.

The geographical conditions in North America are very good, the territory is rich in resources, and there are not many bad terrains. It can be said that God rewards the food. It is such a good start for Tianhu, and the Indians just played a bad one.

It is not good to develop the economy of the west coast region, even if it is copying the homework of later generations, it can still achieve quite good results.

Liang Yao's idea is also to build several metropolitan areas in the west coast area as the core and basic base. As long as the west coast is stabilized, there will be more choices in the future.

The Los Angeles metropolitan area and the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area have gradually taken shape. After the end of the Second Mexican-American War, it is only a matter of time before San Diego and the former Mexican border city of Tijuana are integrated to become the third largest metropolitan area in California.

The Portland metropolitan area has been put on the agenda. A few months ago, the first group of Chinese immigrants crossed the Columbia River and arrived on the north bank of the Columbia River.

The last thing left is the Seattle metropolitan area under his feet.

The Puget Sound area has great potential. If it can be implemented, it can become the third largest metropolitan area on the west coast after the Jinshan Bay metropolitan area and the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

"You may be wondering why I, the mayor of San Francisco, did a good job and suddenly resigned. I will tell you now that I have developed the Puget Sound area on behalf of the Americas Group at the request of our boss."

Former San Francisco mayor, Reeves Strauss came forward and said.

As the first mayor of San Francisco, Strauss gave a satisfactory answer to the citizens of San Francisco.

The Jinshan Bay metropolitan area was planned by Strauss under the instruction of Liang Yao.

Strauss has also done a good job in attracting investment and developing industries. The San Francisco Industrial Zone can gather almost all industries except the chemical industry.Strauss deserves credit.

Due to the achievements made during his tenure, Strauss himself is also known among the upper class in California for being good at developing the economy.

Liang Yao asked Strauss to preside over the development of the Puget Sound area, which also sent a positive signal to other members of the California consortium, showing that he attached great importance to the development of the Puget Sound area and attracted more investment.

Of course, Liang Yao sent troops here this time to solve the border issue and remove the last development obstacle for the development of Puget Sound.

"It's just that I heard that the Indians here are very fierce." Fair said.

"Bernett back then, now Stevens thinks about scalping them for dollars every day, can they not be cruel to you?" Liang Yao said.

"We don't scalp the Indians. I invited the chiefs of the local Indian tribes to our party. What you hear is what you see is what you see. The Indians are not fierce. You will know if you get in touch with them."

"Too."

Fair felt that he was a little overwhelmed. The Indian tribes on the west coast regarded Liang Yao as the great chief. Liang Yao had a high prestige in the eyes of the Indians. The development of the Puget Sound metropolitan area was facilitated by Liang Yao.

The fact that the Indians didn't give Stevens face doesn't mean they won't give Liang Yao face.

The attitudes and policies of Liang Yao and Stevens towards the Indians are completely different, one is to exterminate them and the other is to assimilate them.

"The biggest problem is transportation. It's good here, but it's still too far away from California. Do we need to raise money to build a railway first? The California Railway is building the Pacific Railway, and the Atlantic Railway Company has already undertaken the construction of the Garde Railway. You Is there still room to build another railway?"

Sutter looked around, and what caught his eyes was either the dilapidated and monotonous wooden houses in the urban area of ​​Duwamish, or the vast green virgin forest outside the city.

"I really don't have the energy to build another railway, but Lord Fremont has just established a Pacific Railway Company, and he himself intends to undertake the construction of the railway from Portland to Duwamish." Liang Yao replied.

"Since this is the case, there is nothing to say. Just like the development of Oregon, we pooled money to raise funds and set up a development foundation to develop Puget Sound. Mr. Liang could still cheat us. Without Mr. Liang, we would not be where we are today. "Wu Yuanhua was the first to express his opinion.

"I'm waiting for your words." Liang Yao said with a smile.

"I will take the lead. I will invest 100 million US dollars on behalf of the American Group. Next month, the American Group will open a branch in Duwamish. I will ask the Coal and Steel Alliance to open a steel plant here to support the development of Puget Sound. construction, to produce the steel needed for construction in Puget Sound."

Everyone contributed generously, and finally got together 460 million US dollars, which has exceeded Liang Yao's expectations.Liang Yao's expected goal was to raise $300 million.

There is a successful precedent in Oregon, and it is much more enjoyable to pay this time than the last time.

"If a state is established in the future, won't this place have the same name as Oregon State?"

After writing a huge check of 18 US dollars, Zeng Jinsong proposed.

"Mr. Liang proposed to invest in the development of this place, and he has made a great contribution to this place. Moreover, the name Duwamish is too difficult to pronounce. Why don't we name it after Mr. Liang and change the name of this place to Liangyao City. If we build a state in the future, we can change the name." How about Liangzhou?
Stevens stayed in this place before, and changing his name can also get rid of his bad luck. "

Stevens is a well-known racist who discriminates against and hates Chinese on the West Coast, and the Chinese here are naturally very disgusted with him.

Unwilling to disagree, Liang Yao nodded and agreed to their request to change the name.

In later generations, this place was called Washington State, which was named after Washington, the founding president of the United States. Unexpectedly, this place still did not escape the fate of being named after a person in this life.

After everyone dispersed, Liang Yao handed over the check to Strauss.

"I've collected the money for you. This place is a quasi-state area. It doesn't have as many taxes as California. If you can't develop it, you will disappoint me." Liang Yao said to Strauss.

"As you said, the conditions here are very good, as long as you give me [-] to [-] immigrants every year, I can be sure to resettle them all.

Within five years, let this place surpass Oregon in the south, develop this place into the second most economically developed state on the west coast, and make the Puget Sound metropolitan area the third largest metropolitan area on the west coast after Jinshan Bay and Los Angeles. "

Strauss took the check from Liang Yao and issued a military order to Liang Yao.

"Set up a temporary resettlement site for immigrants, and I will give you at least [-] immigrants every month." Liang Yao said.

"Not transshipped from San Francisco, directly shipped here."

"Ten thousand per month?" Strauss' eyes lit up, and then he said confidently, "Then it only takes three years for this place to surpass Oregon."

With $460 million in hand and [-] immigrants a month, Strauss has never fought such a wealthy economic battle.

Two days later, the chiefs of the Indian tribes near Puget Sound were invited to the newly renamed Liangyao City.

Just a few months ago, the place once called Duwamish was stronghold for whites and off-limits to Indians.

Stevens, the former governor of the Northern Oregon Territory, made a bold statement: no Indian can enter Duwamish with a scalp intact.

But now, more than 900 thick-haired Indians are alive and kicking, talking and laughing into this once absolutely forbidden area.

Of course, these Indians were not all Indian chiefs, but elite Indian riders that Liang Yao had asked each tribe to select.

The terrain near Puget Sound is flat, and a large part of the area is a vast wilderness. Therefore, there are many Indian tribes here who are good at raising horses and riding horses.

Horses in North America were extinct in prehistoric times, with the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century.

The horse species re-entered the American continent and spread rapidly.

By the 19th century, horses had become an integral part of Indian life, and many Indian tribes began to raise and use horses to help them hunt, fight and move.

Liang Yao had long wanted to form a complete cavalry regiment, but he couldn't find suitable high-quality soldiers.

The Chinese are a good source of infantry, but most of the Chinese immigrants who come to California are southerners. These immigrants don’t say whether they have superb riding skills, and even those who have ridden horses are rare.

Knowing how to ride horses, the younger Chinese immigrants were all included in the cavalry battalion by Liang Yao as a source of high-quality cavalry soldiers.

Due to the difficulty of finding cavalry soldiers, the cavalry battalion is the only unit in the Western Brigade that has not implemented the retirement system so far.Even Liang Yao in the Artillery Battalion has changed.

Of course, if Liang Yao quenched his thirst by drinking poison, he would not be able to form a cavalry regiment. After a few years, there were quite a few farmers in California who could ride horses.

If these farmers are forced to serve, they can form a cavalry regiment with a good source of troops, but it is a peacetime, and doing so will delay California's agricultural production.

That's why Liang Yao set his sights on the Indians, hoping to recruit riders who were good at riding horses from the Indian tribes to form a cavalry regiment.

Liang Yao originally thought that it would be difficult to recruit soldiers from the Indians, but he did not expect that his prestige among the Indians was so high. He heard that he wanted to recruit soldiers from the Indian tribes, and the Indian chiefs of each tribe were very cooperative. .

They also only asked Liang Yao to provide them with weapons and some materials that they could not produce, such as ironware, tools, saddles, high-quality salt and the like.

"Great Chief, these are good riders from our Swaninam, and Duwamish, Suquamish, and others."

Seattle, the young leader of the Swaninum tribe, came to a pasture outside Liangyao City and invited Liangyao to review the 850 outstanding Indian riders they brought.

(End of this chapter)