1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 495 The Law of Justice
The sound of gunfire outside Victoria Harbor and the American troops on the border made the [-] British and Irish immigrants in British Columbia uneasy and panicked.

The colonial authorities of the British Empire in British Columbia knew that Liang Yao and Stevens were not the same kind of people.

Frustrated Stevens can be bought with money, but Liang Yao, who is well-versed in the military, government, and business circles, has everything. This kind of person cannot be bought with money.

Before he came to British Columbia to take the post of governor, Elliot thought he knew the Chinese people well.

Based on his personal experience in the Opium War, Elliot met many nobles and gentry of Manchu and Han in the Qing Dynasty.

Short-sighted, timid and afraid of getting into trouble, not enterprising, greedy for comfort and pleasure, likes to smoke opium, likes to live in one's own comfort zone, and is afraid of all strange things in the outside world.

This is Yilu's perception of the Qing dignitaries, especially the Manchu dignitaries of the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that his old cognitions don't seem to apply to the United States.

The Chinese who settled in California and the Chinese in Qing Dynasty seem to be two different races.

The shortcomings of the Qing people can no longer be found in them.

Canada was a core colony of the British Empire, but British Columbia was not.

Like the United States, the core of the Canadian colony was in the east rather than the west.

Speaking of Canadian colonies, the first thing that comes to mind when the British Prime Minister lives at No. [-] Downing Street is New Brunswick, Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa on both sides of the St. Lawrence River, not British Columbia.

If you ask British politicians where is Vancouver Island in the British Columbia River, even if they don’t know, is there such a place?Elliott was not surprised either.

After all, there are so many pearls on the queen's crown that even Queen Victoria, who wears the crown, doesn't know how many there are.

Yilu looked at Liang Yao's sphere of influence on the map.

Its territory is like a giant snake with a bloody mouth, running through the entire Pacific coast of North America.

Northern Oregon is the snake's gaping head, southern Oregon and California are the snake's bloated body, and Baja California and Baja California Sur are the snake's tail.

The giant snake's bloody mouth is aimed at Vancouver Island and the Vancouver Plain area that has only been developed since Elliot took office. It seems that these areas are regarded as prey and will be swallowed in one gulp.

On Elliot's desk lay letters from Victoria Harbor and distress messages from Bellingham's stronghold to New Westminster via carrier pigeon.

Such arrogance and arrogance made the governor Elliot unable to keep silent any longer by sailing the gunboat to the port controlled by the British Empire and firing the cannon in a grand manner.

Elliot decided to set off to meet Liang Yao, and to show his attitude to Liang Yao, showing that standing behind him was the most powerful empire in the world.

He wanted Liang Yao to understand what he was doing now and what serious consequences it would cause, and hoped that the young man could take care of himself.

On the way to Duwamish (Liangyao City), Elliot saw that the American immigration company was transporting immigrants to settle in the San Juan Islands.

This made Elliot tremble with anger. The sovereignty of the San Juan Islands was not yet determined, and the Americans immigrated to these islands so brazenly, which was a challenge to the authority of the British Empire.

At the same time, he is also very envious of the United States, which is very close to the mainland of the United States. After the development of California, Britain and the United States were originally on par, and Tsarist Russia's influence in the Northeast Pacific has been broken.

The current power structure in the Northeast Pacific is the United States first, followed by the British Empire. Tsarist Russia's influence in the Northeast Pacific has become negligible with the decline of the Russian-American company in Alaska.

After all, the players at the poker tables on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean are only the British and American players.

Elliot noticed that the American immigration company did not transport immigrants by dozens of people, but by hundreds of people, which made Elliot feel sour.

You must know that after he discovered the geomantic treasure of Vancouver Plain, in order to develop this geomantic treasure, he even moved his Governor's Mansion from Victoria Harbor, a safe military fortress, to New Westminster, and attracted local people for four consecutive years. Immigrants and colonial companies colonize British Columbia.

Even so, the population of British Columbia has only increased by 7000 people, of whom more than 1000 are Americans.

And more than 7000 immigrants, for the other party, it seems to be just a drizzle.

In the past few years, Liang Yao seemed to have an inexhaustible mine of manpower, frantically immigrating to the west coast.

In the past, seeing American immigration companies swaggering to immigrate to San Juan, Elliot ordered the fleet to fire a few shots to drive away these "illegal immigrants".

But now Elliot dare not, because the fleets of these American immigration companies are not only escorted by armed merchant ships, but also escorted by Umbrella's gunboats.

The straight-line distance from New Westminster to Liangyao City is less than 200 kilometers. Even if the waterway is tortuous and requires some turns, the water distance is only less than 300 kilometers.

It took Elliot a day by boat to arrive at Liangyao City, which was formerly known as Duwamish City.

Entering Liangyao City, Elliot felt even worse. Merchant ships from California and Oregon were loading and unloading materials at the port one after another.

The arrival of new immigrants has injected new vitality into this frontier town that was once depressed in all industries and people's livelihood was dying.

It was already night when Elliot arrived in Liangyao City, but this small frontier city did not enter a dormant stage with the arrival of night.

The immigrants are still busy with the light from kerosene lamps and bonfires, or moving supplies, or laying roads and building houses. It seems that they have endless energy and do not feel tired at all.

There is no harm without comparison. It took Elliot more than four years to barely build New Westminster into a small city with a population of less than [-].

The city was still dilapidated, and except for his Governor's Mansion and the headquarters of several colonial companies, New Westminster was all simple wooden houses without much taste of modern civilization.

A very important part of the reason is the quality of immigrants. The immigrants from England, Scotland, and Ireland in British Columbia were not refugees before they immigrated, but criminals and idlers on the streets.

It is indeed very difficult to count on these people to build British Columbia, but Elliot does not have many choices.

Compared with the vast colonies, the core population of the British Empire is still too small.

"Governor Yilu, I have been waiting for a long time."

Liang Yao welcomed the British governor at the old governor's mansion.

It has now been transformed into the temporary city hall of Liangyao City Government.

"Your Excellency Chen Bing border, the general ship to our port fired artillery demonstrations, besieging the settlements of our residents, are you showing off your military power to the British Empire?"

As soon as they met, Elliot asked sharply.

"Your Excellency, Governor, what is this? I, Liang, have not overestimated my capabilities to such an extent, wielding knives and guns in front of your country." Liang Yao narrowed his eyes and stared at Yilu.

"Besides, I can't bear the trumped-up charges of your Excellency."

"Unnecessary? So, I wronged you?" Yilu said displeased.

"Your Excellency has indeed wronged me. We are completely acting in accordance with the "Oregon Treaty" signed with your country in 1846." Liang Yao said neither humble nor overbearing.

"The "Oregon Treaty" stipulates that the United States and the British and Canadian colonies are bounded by 49 degrees north latitude, and our personnel are assembled on their own territory. What is wrong with it? If your country even controls this, it is too lenient. Alright."

Yilu was at a loss for words for a while, as an important member of Great Britain, he was used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and he was backed by a powerful mother country.For the British Empire, the most important thing is to get more benefits for yourself.

As for reason, wherever the British gunboat reaches, it is reason.

It's just that the current gunboats of Great Britain here don't seem to be as strong as the United States, and Elliot has to reconsider what he thinks is the truth.

"What about your country's warships firing guns outside Victoria Harbor? How can that be explained?" Elliot continued to criticize, he sneered.

"Is this also in accordance with the Oregon Treaty?"

"Exactly. As the Governor of British Columbia, Your Excellency Elliot must have checked such an important border treaty, right?" Liang Yao asked.

For the governor of British Columbia, the Treaty of Oregon was the most important border treaty, and it was impossible for Elliot to be unaware of its existence.

Elliot sent people from the British colonial company to settle across the border. It was nothing more than pretending to be ignorant and taking advantage of the time when the United States still had no control over the Northern Oregon region.

The Columbia Plains referred to by the British side are, geographically speaking, the plains of the lower reaches of the Fraser River.

The plain to the north of 49° north latitude belongs to the British side, and to the south belongs to the American side.

The Bellingham stronghold where the British illegally settled began in the Lower Fraser River Plain south of 49° north latitude.

Since Elliot took office, he has attached great importance to the development of the so-called Columbia Plain (the plain of the lower Fraser River), and the purpose of illegal cross-border immigration has been clearly revealed: to occupy the entire lower Fraser River plain.

It's just that Elliot didn't expect that Liang Yao would go north so quickly and drive Stevens' forces from the west coast into the inland area so quickly.

"According to the Treaty of Oregon, the waterways south of 59 degrees north latitude are open to both Britain and the United States. Since Your Excellency the Governor is familiar with the treaty, you must be clear about this." Ge Wen also questioned Elliott.

"You have occupied the waterway for a long time and obstructed the normal business activities of our American merchants. How do you explain it? Our ships are conducting exercises in this waterway. Protecting our country is a citizen's right, and it is also forced by you. It is a last resort. "

Ge Wen dumped all the responsibility to the British side.

(End of this chapter)