Wild North America 1846

Chapter 65 The Strange Visitor
In the face of huge benefits, Ben Johnson, who has always been reserved, lost his sense of proportion and made the biggest concession on immigration fees in Central and South America. Both sides of the meeting were happy.

In order to show sincerity, Ben-Johnson promised to vigorously deploy transportation capacity, and strive to achieve the transportation goal of transporting more than 3000 people per month starting from May.

That is, in May, a group of Chinese immigrants arrived every 2 to 3 days. It may be a sailing fleet, or it may be an iron shell paddle wheel, trying to meet the needs of the Datang Club.

Facing the sincerity of cooperation shown by Ben Johnson, Li Cha was also unambiguous and spoke highly of it.

They also agreed to buy the cotton exported from Johnson Farm in South Carolina at a price [-]% higher than the market price, and the transportation of the goods was also contracted to the American Pacific Cruise Line.

In this way, the interests of both parties are tightly bound together.

The Ben Johnson family is a large cotton plantation owner in South Carolina. It owns more than 300 black slaves and thousands of hectares of land, and exports a large amount of cotton to Europe led by the United Kingdom every year.

As the leader of the global cotton textile industry, the British textile union not only had strict quality requirements, but also often joined forces to lower the price of bulk cotton trade, thereby infringing on the interests of white slave owners in the United States.

In the face of the more powerful British capital, the white American slave owners were weak, and had to bow their heads and endure exploitation, and they had to sell them no matter how low the price was.

The conclusion of this agreement means that the Ben-Johnson family will get rid of the blood sucking of British factory owners in the future, and can provide cotton raw materials at a fairer price, which is a stake in the Johnson family.

Because every penny earned here belongs to the Johnson family.

The Datang Club did not suffer either. After obtaining the London concession to export the early 1812-style Jenny looms, the obsolete equipment eliminated by the relevant British textile mills has been loaded onto the ship and is expected to arrive at the San Francisco wharf in two months.

In this situation

Finding a stable supply of cotton raw materials has become a must.

for Richard

Rather than dealing with unknown white southern cotton planters, the Ben Johnson family would be better off with the business.

The cooperation between the two parties is established on the basis of interests, and both sides will prosper, and neither will suffer, and they have a considerable degree of trust.

Anyway, the Johnson family's cotton production is large, and they have enough capacity to supply the current cotton raw materials without worrying about any moths.

As for the small premium of cotton raw materials, what is it in the face of the big picture?
What Li Cha lacks now is talents and channels, and he doesn't mind using interests to bind more British or American businessmen, the more the better.

Gold is valuable only when it is spent. If it is stored in a warehouse and covered with dust, it may be captured by the U.S. Federal Army one day. Just like the destroyed Agreement Hall, all of them are making wedding clothes for others.

After talking with Ben Johnson, Li Cha walked off the boat with unconcealable joy on his brows, and waved goodbye to him.

Ben Johnson was originally an experienced captain. This first contact with the Datang Club achieved satisfactory results. He led the fleet to the Bay Area and will lead the fleet back to Panama City for the next transportation mission.

Li Cha watched the two ships belonging to the American Pacific Cruise Line pull anchor one after the other, sailing towards the vast and blue Pacific Ocean, and waved goodbye enthusiastically.

Along with these two ships, there are also several members of the Agreement Church who will go to Cuba and Chile to participate in and assist the Chinese laborers who are stranded there to immigrate to North America.

at the same time
The personnel sent to Central and South America have another important task.

That is to vigorously publicize the legendary experience of "King of the Bay Area" Richard, and vigorously publicize North America, a rich and chosen land, so that the local ordinary people know that there is such a legendary oriental figure in North America.

This belongs to Li Cha's selfishness, he has the "fame system" added to him, the louder the reputation, the better, the wider the better.

At this time, the bay has returned to silence. The first batch of 557 Chinese immigrants from Central America had already set off. Under the protection of some pro-guard soldiers, they headed towards Grape Valley for at least two hours.

standing by the sea
Li Cha's black hair was blown up and down by the sea breeze. He took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze, and a sincere sense of accomplishment surged in his heart.

It feels good to be able to help more overseas Chinese and let him find the direction to work hard!
in the bay

The Guangfu was moored quietly at the anchorage, and more than [-] crew members on board were busy preparing to set sail, following the sailing cargo ship in Fangcaodi to Vancouver in the north, and carrying the next batch of British military supplies.

suddenly
Li Cha felt a hint of hostility looking at him, which moved his heart, and he immediately turned his head to look.

More than a hundred meters away

A group of more than ten white cowboys got on their horses one after another, and one of them looked over with cold eyes, and finally stayed on Li Cha, with an inexplicable killing intent.

Even surrounded by many personal guards, the tall and tall Li Cha still stood out from the crowd, his demeanor was extraordinary, and he was easy to recognize.

But this person obviously didn't expect Li Cha to turn his head immediately, and the two met each other's eyes, so they raised their hands to put on the brim of the cowboy hat in a concealed manner, and nodded slightly in greeting.

Then he slapped the horse's belly hard with his legs, and slammed the whip on the horse's buttocks, driving the sitting horse "Xi Lilu" to rush out suddenly with a groan, and galloped with all four hooves.

A dozen or so other people hurriedly rode their horses in pursuit, and did not forget to extend their provocative middle fingers in haste, cursing and flying away.

so abnormal

As long as Liu Wu, the captain of the personal guard, and James Kahn, the deputy captain, were not fools, they could all see it, and their anger immediately flooded their faces.

Liu Wu blurted out; "A daring and savage person dares to provoke you openly. Young Master, Liu Wu please order a team of people to catch up with him and stop him, and put him on the horse to plead guilty, so as to serve as an example to others."

"Please order me to go to the humble position." James Kahn said without showing any weakness.

Talking room

A group of galloping horses had already run away, and Li Cha looked at the back of the other party with deep eyes, shook his head and said, "It's late, wait for you to get on the horses before chasing them, they have already entered the new town, these people look It sounds a bit weird, it doesn't look like a cowboy in the wild west, could it be..."

He turned his gaze back to the bay and saw two small sampans sailing towards the two-masted sailboat anchored in the bay. Suddenly he realized something, pointed forward with his hand and said, "Go, send someone to control that sailboat, Take a good look and see where the dragon crossed the river."

"Yes, sir."

More than a dozen guards members ran away immediately. They pushed a small sampan on the shore into the sea, then climbed up quickly, and paddled vigorously to chase forward.

about half an hour later
James Kahn, who was the first to inquire about the news, came back in a small sampan. He hurried over and clasped his fists to report, "Master, that ship is the sailboat of the John Sade family. According to the interrogation, this ship The ship also came from Panama City, from where some cloth, rope, clothing and dozens of barrels of black powder were transported, as well as seven passengers who had just left the pier. It is not clear what the name is, but the leader seems to be four brothers , What are they called Mankot Brothers. In addition...these passengers all look fierce, and the crew did not dare to ask too many questions."

"Brother Mancourt?"

Li Cha heard the name was very unfamiliar, and he didn't have any impression after thinking about it repeatedly, but the man's fierce look implied killing intent, which is absolutely unmistakable.

He thought about it, and ordered: "Let the brothers withdraw, now is not the time to turn against John Sutter, and also, arrange a few smart people to go to the city to find out where these strangers end up. According to me Look, I'm afraid the visitor is not good."

Speaking of here
Li Cha couldn't help sneering twice, it seems that the restraint of minions for a while has caused some people to misjudge.

If the tiger doesn't show its power, it really treats me as a sick cat!
(End of this chapter)