1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 79
Wu Yuanhua was furious when he learned the truth.

John's arrival also boosted Adal's confidence, who claimed to be a member of the Astor tribe, and aggressively brought John to Tingtao Garden to find Liang Yao, trying to make Liang Yao feel embarrassed.

Liang Yao was not in a hurry to see John, but asked Wu Yuanhua to ask John for the debt with the IOU first, so as to dampen John's spirit first.

He himself talked about some other things with Nigel in the study.

The 23 taels of Spanish silver dollars is nothing to the prosperous Astor family at this time, but it is a life-saving money to the declining Wu family.

"The Staten Mining Company has already been established, and you have kept your promise. You have sold us all the land that Staten Company is interested in." Nigel said, "It's just that Staten Company still needs some workers. .”

Staten Mining Company is a mining company established by Vanderbilt and others in Sacramento, and now Nigel is in charge of Staten Mining Company's affairs.

"As long as the Staten company offers a reasonable price, it can directly advertise in the California Daily, and there are also many idle gold diggers in the street bars in San Francisco and Sacramento." Liang Yao said.

At this time, Wu Yuanhua and John's fierce quarrel came from the living room.

Liang Yao opened the door of the study, and leaned on the handrail on the second floor with great interest to watch the good show in the living room.

Wu Yuanhua threw the old Astor's IOU in John's face, facing this ironclad evidence, John was still stubborn.

"I admit that this is my grandfather's debt, but what does it have to do with me? If you want money, you can go to heaven and ask my grandfather." John argued sophistry.

John's attitude is very clear: I admit that the IOU is real, but I just don't pay it back.

"Then the inheritance you inherited has nothing to do with your grandfather? If you have the backbone, don't inherit your grandfather's inheritance! As long as you inherit your grandfather's inheritance, this debt has something to do with you!"

Wu Yuanhua argues that these arrears in the United States are very important to the Wu family.

In his eyes, it is a matter of course for father and son to pay off debts. He did not expect this descendant of the Astor family to be such a rascal.

"Is this John quite old Astor's legacy?"

Liang Yao asked Nigel beside him.

He had only heard of the rumors about the members of the Astor family, but hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

Today was regarded as stabbing his ass with a knife, and his eyes were wide open.

A family worth more than 23 million U.S. dollars refused to pay back a mere [-] silver dollars owed by a partner who had helped him in the past.

The well-dressed man in the living room, dressed as a gentleman and aristocrat, was arguing with Wu Yuanhua, probably the old Astor's grandson John.

"Then you think highly of this John." Nigel laughed, "Old Astor is the kind of person who would rather go to court to go through the proceedings than pay the gardener 15 dollars in time. If you are in New York, You must have heard a lot of rumors about this late rich businessman, although they are exaggerated, but I can tell you responsibly that they are all true."

"incredible."

Sure enough, dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the son of a mouse can make holes. It seems that Wu Yuanhua's 23 silver dollars in arrears will not come back.

I don't know how Wu Bingjian would feel if he knew about it?
"Niggle, do you know the Delaware and Hudson Railroad?"

In the living room, Wu Yuanhua and John were still arguing, Liang Yao decided to let them continue arguing for a while.

He asked Niggle about the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

The name of this railway company sounds strange like two railway companies, but it is actually one company. Foreigners like to use their own names to name companies.

If it is a company established by two people as a partnership, then add an "&" (and, meaning and) between the names of the two people.

This is the case with the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

Wu Yuanhua owns the shares of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company, and Liang Yao also intends to acquire the shares of some high-quality eastern railroad companies. If the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company is operating well, he may consider buying it from Wu Yuanhua's hands. shares.

For him and Wu Yuanhua, this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Wu Yuanhua was able to get the money to help the Wu family to tide over the difficulties, so he didn't make a trip to the United States for nothing.He was also able to acquire shares in railroad companies.

Of course, all of this assumes that the Delaware and Hudson Railroad stake is worth buying, not the junk railroad.

Perhaps Nigel knew something about the railroad industry, after all, Vanderbilt was also in the process of acquiring a stake in the railroad company.As Vanderbilt's right-hand man, Nigel should also be involved in this matter.

"This is a railway company with a long history. Before getting involved in the railway transportation industry, this company was called the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. As the name suggests, they were originally a shipping company just like Mr. Vanderbilt. company of."

Nigel thought for a while and said.

"Mr. Vanderbilt had previously planned to acquire the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company, because this railroad company is one of the few companies in the United States that can develop and manufacture its own locomotives.

Buying them will save you from importing locomotives from Britain. Of course, the quality of the locomotives produced by the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company is still not as good as that produced by the British. "

"Then why didn't they buy it in the end?" Liang Yao asked.

"Their asking price exceeded Mr. Vanderbilt's expectations," Nigel replied.

"How much is a share of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad worth?" This was Liang Yao's most concerned question.

"Forty or fifty dollars, I don't remember the exact amount." Nigel scratched his head and said.

Seeing that Wu Yuanhua and John were arguing in the living room, Liang Yao walked down from the second floor slowly.

"Mr. John, you really opened my eyes today. A rich man with assets of more than 23 million U.S. dollars, in order to repay the debt of [-] Spanish silver dollars, is like a vexatious shrew in my living room and creditors A quarrel broke out."

As soon as this remark came out, even John's companion Aspinwall couldn't help laughing.

The atmosphere in the living room instantly became cheerful.

"These debts should be discussed with my grandfather or my father." John's face flushed like a monkey's butt, "They are the ones in charge of the Astor family's debts!"

The angry Wu Yuanhua was about to continue arguing with John, but Liang Yao persuaded Wu Yuanhua to rest for a while to calm down.

"You are Liang Yao?"

John, who was in a bit of a mess arguing with Wu Yuanhua, remembered the business of coming here today.

"Exactly."

Liang Yao, who had just sat down, returned to John's question with his legs crossed, and asked immediately.

"I don't know if Mr. John is here today to negotiate with me on behalf of the Astor family, or is it your personal intention?"

"Of course it's on behalf of the Astor family! I'm here today to convey to you the will of the Astor family on behalf of the Astor family!" John sat upright and suddenly raised his voice.

"Mr. John, I am very confused by what you said. Since you do not recognize the debts of the Astor family and claim that the debts of the Astor family have nothing to do with you, why can you represent the Astor family?" Liang Yao asked.

(End of this chapter)