Chapter 362 Mr. Lincoln

"Exchange the heads of the invaders for your freedom and land!"

What John von Sina did was to offer a bounty for the heads of the invading Americans with land and "freedom".

This trick really worked. Although the Indians were not good at direct combat, they were surprisingly good at being bandits and bounty hunters. Soon, all the English-speaking white people in California suffered. The Indians could not tell the difference between Americans and Austrians, or Spaniards, but they knew the difference between English and German.

The infiltration forces in the American people suffered a serious blow, and even those culprits who had previously tried to incite the Indians to attack California were retaliated by the Indians.

When the Indians found John von Sina with the bodies and weapons of the invaders, he happily fulfilled his promise and not only gave them land, but also rewarded them with some food and the so-called "Friendly Person Certificate".

The so-called "Friendly Person Certificate" is a black and gold card with the Austrian flag printed on it, with some identity information of some people, which can be queried in the archives in the city.

In fact, this move is not only to fight poison with poison, but also to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it eliminates the American invaders, and on the other hand, it also increases the population of California.

After all, the area of ​​this area is too large, and the labor force is too small. Austrian law prohibits the sale of slaves, and it is still a bit difficult to rely on the labor contributed by Mexico and the former Central American Federal Region.

It seems to be a good idea to absorb these homeless Indians. After all, someone has to do these things such as gold mining, construction, urban cleaning, and farm work.

Later, the Indians were not killed by the Americans, but they also wanted to become Californians. John von Sina offered a new condition, that is, to give 20 pesos for bringing a laborer, and to become a legal resident for bringing five laborers.

Although this is very unkind, it did quickly increase the population of California.

John von Sina is the illegitimate son of Mr. Sina, the chairman of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In fact, Franz hopes that old Sina can take over Baron Brook's job.

After all, he is more experienced, more capable, and more loyal and reliable. At this time, the gold mine income in California was extremely exaggerated. Although Archduke Karl Ferdinand was in charge, he was a soldier after all, and it was impossible for him to know everything about business and urban planning.

As a Jewish illegitimate son, John von Sina was very eager to show himself, at least to remove one of the labels on himself, so he worked harder than anyone else, but his approach was more extreme.

John von Sina was not as rigid as Baron Brooke. He knew human nature very well. After some investigation, he set a goal that was five times the previous amount.

This made the gold mining companies and teams attracted by the gold mines indignant, saying that such a goal was impossible to achieve, and they said they would go on strike collectively.

John von Sina immediately signed and approved it, and then promised the rest of the people that as long as the predetermined goal was achieved, the remaining gold would be theirs.

As a result, the mining efficiency in California really increased by 500%, and the city developed faster, because money always needs to be consumed, and the number of related service industry personnel is also increasing, because the high wages in this area are naturally attractive.

But the consequence of this destructive mining is that it accelerates the depletion of gold mines. Of course, since this place is not the territory of the Austrian Empire, John von Seener does not care about this matter at all. What he wants is more, faster, better, and cheaper, and to complete the task assigned to him by Archduke Franz in the most perfect manner.

In 1842, John Tyler, who was in power, was running around for this fast-developing world. Although every American believed that the United States was destined by heaven, the facts before them forced them to admit that things did not seem so simple.

With Britain in the north, Mexico in the south, California occupied by Austrians in the west, and the French in the middle, the Americans' journey westward seemed extremely difficult.

And Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents in American history, seemed to be caught in the trouble he created.

Although Lincoln in history books is like a god, in fact, this "great" man is not a generous, tolerant and upright person in life.

Lincoln likes to satirize others, and throws those satirical articles on the ground for others to pick up and read in order to humiliate them.

Of course, he was also very smart. For example, when he faced a politician named James Shields, he chose to write an anonymous letter. After all, the other party was a pretentious, fierce and aggressive soldier.

Lincoln published an article in the Springfield Journal to satirize James Shields. The humiliating words naturally attracted people's attention.

This aroused the anger of the latter, but the former felt that he should be able to escape because he wrote an anonymous letter.

But in fact, there has never been privacy in the United States. James Shields used his connections to easily find Lincoln, and the latter could only confess.

In order to protect his honor, James Shields asked to duel with Lincoln. A soldier wanted to duel with a lawyer. Although Lincoln was tall and strong and very rough, he was not stupid. He immediately objected.

In a rage, James Shields allowed Lincoln to choose a weapon first, and even shoot first, and then found other Whigs to force Lincoln to accept the duel.

Finally, Lincoln had no choice but to accept the duel. James Shields was a famous sharpshooter, while Lincoln had no systematic firearms training at all.

(Lincoln had joined the army and was commended, but the reason was that his troops were well-organized.)

So Mr. Lincoln chose to use a waist knife as a weapon because he felt that he had an advantage in height and long arms, but he soon discovered sadly that the opponent's swordsmanship was also very good.

There are two records about this duel in history. One is that Lincoln's assistants persuaded James Shields to give up the duel, and the other is that Lincoln cut off a birch tree with a knife before the duel to make the opponent feel scared and give up the duel. In short, the result of this duel was that James Shields gave up the duel.

However, as a history lover and a fighting fan, Franz wanted to see what would happen if the duel went on.

So he sent someone to protect James Shields in advance. When Lincoln's assistants came to James Shields' house, they saw a large number of gangster gunmen inside and outside the house.

This smart assistant immediately gave up persuading with force and used settlement money instead.

"Mr. James, God is merciful. He would not want any great American to fall in a pool of blood tomorrow. You know what I mean?"

"But what about my reputation? Damn, what about Abraham Lincoln's slander against me?"

James Shields was very angry. Although he was a very impulsive person, he did not dare to say the word "duel" easily. After all, this was a matter of life and death.

"Mr. Lincoln and you both have very bright political futures. You don't want to be a state legislator for the rest of your life, do you? I have $10,000 here, I believe it is enough to save your loss of face."