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Liang Yao's arrival made Bell's estate in Houston lively. Google search reading

Bell's office is in Austin, and he also lives in Austin. Since he moved to Austin, the estate in the Houston area has not been so lively for a long time.

Early the next morning, Texas politicians and business celebrities near Houston gathered in Bell's estate.

The last time Texas politicians and business celebrities gathered so well was when they sent troops to New Mexico.

As a state of the United States, Texas is quite young. Texas became the 28th state of the United States on December 29, 1845.

It has been less than 5 years since Texas was established, and its statehood history has not lasted for 9 years.

This has caused an inevitable problem, that is, as a new state, Texas has a low sense of identity with the United States of America.

Texans prefer to call themselves Texans rather than Americans in public.

Since arriving in Texas, Liang Yao has not seen the Stars and Stripes flying anywhere except the Stars and Stripes flying on the warships of the escort fleet.

Instead, he saw many places along the way flying the flag of the Lone Star Republic, or the state flag of Texas.

In terms of the complexity of history and population structure, Texas is probably the most complex state in the United States.

In addition to the flag of the Lone Star Republic, there are still many places flying the flags of the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Spain, and the Republic of France. In short, the Stars and Stripes are not seen.

The population complexity of Texas is not much less than that of California. There are American immigrants, former Mexicans, immigrants from the Spanish colonial period, and even French immigrants.

For example, the current governor, Mr. Bell, is a French immigrant.

The political and business celebrities near Houston were very excited when they learned that Liang Yao wanted to buy cotton, sugar and tobacco from Texas.

Due to the sluggish international market, the domestic market of the United States cannot absorb these cash crops. The plantation owners in Texas have squeezed a lot of inventory in their hands and are worried about how to get rid of them.

If Liang Yao is willing to help, their losses will be reduced a lot.

As usual, after lowering the price, Liang Yao and the plantation owners present signed purchase contracts more or less.

"Sir, I have to remind you that California currently has a population of only 200,000 at most, and any of the materials in the orders you signed are enough to supply 400,000 people." Connie reminded Liang Yao carefully on the side.

"Of course I know this, but for the friendship between Texas and California, I must sign these orders."

After signing the last order, Liang Yao put away the pen in his hand.

Although Liang Yao signed many orders, cotton, sugar, tobacco and other urban raw materials are not valuable.

The total value of these orders signed by Liang Yao is only 1.34 million US dollars.

For these plantation owners, 1.34 million US dollars is a huge sum of money, but for Liang Yao, 1.34 million US dollars is just a drizzle.

Moreover, signing these orders is not a loss-making business.

The cotton, sugar and tobacco in Texas are of good quality and are all good raw materials, especially cotton.

Although California currently has a population of only about 200,000, this data will soon be refreshed with California's amazing population growth rate.

After finding out the price and converting the weights and measures, some Chinese businessmen in the cotton business also signed a purchase contract with the plantation owners in Texas on the spot, preparing to ship the cotton back to the Qing Dynasty for sale.

Signing orders with Chinese businessmen has made these plantation owners in Texas see another possibility. In addition to Europe, Asia also has a huge market.

They don't have to hang themselves on the single market of Europe.

After signing these orders, the eyes of these plantation owners in Texas looking at Liang Yao and a group of Chinese businessmen have become more friendly.

Of course, Liang Yao's orders were not signed in vain. After signing these orders, Liang Yao put forward his demands.

"The relationship between California and Texas is like that of brothers. I think in order for the friendship and cooperation between the two states to last for a long time, the two states should have deeper cooperation." Liang Yao said slowly.

"That's natural. California and Texas are brother states. It's only natural for brothers to cooperate and help each other."

Senator Ron of Texas had just sold a large amount of cotton and was in a good mood.

As the saying goes, one should be grateful to the one who eats the food, and one should be grateful to the one who takes the food. As long as the cooperation proposal proposed by Liang Yao is reasonable, he has no reason to refuse to cooperate with Liang Yao and California.

It's good enough for the northern states of the United States not to make trouble for Texas and take away Texas' land, let alone cooperate with Texas and help Texas.

As for the various slave states in the south, Texas does have a harmonious relationship with these states, but these slave states are also competitors of Texas, because the pillar industries of these states are almost exactly the same as those of Texas, all of which are cotton, sugar and tobacco.

When the British came to collect the goods, in order to sell the goods in their hands faster, the plantation owners in the southern states lowered the price of each other, rushed to sell cotton, and were stabbed by their peers. This happened more than once or twice.

The pillar industry of California is gold mining, at least that's what the plantation owners in Texas think.

Although California is a free state, as a new state, there is no old grudge between California and Texas. Last year, the two states had a tacit understanding of cooperation for their respective interests.

Therefore, Ron and other Texas planters generally had a better impression of California, and even felt that California and Texas had a common language.

"My views are consistent with those of Congressman Ron. Texas is willing to cooperate with California as long as it does not harm the interests of Texas." Governor Bell also expressed his attitude.

"Governor Bell was joking. The friendship between California and Texas is like brothers. How could California harm the interests of Texas?" Liang Yao immediately made his request.

“California will set up a liaison office in Texas to facilitate communication between the two states. Similarly, if Texas is willing to set up a liaison office in California, California also welcomes it.

Also, the California Telegraph Office has already laid a telegraph line to Los Angeles. I want to lay another telegraph line from Los Angeles to Texas and set up a telegraph branch in Texas. "

Liang Yao had had an idea for a long time to lay a telegraph line from California to the eastern region.

When he left California, all major settlements in California were telegraphed.

His telegraph company had accumulated enough experience in laying telegraph lines in California, and now it was time to expand its business beyond California.

Compared with those orders placed by Liang Yao, Liang Yao's telegraph company laid telegraph lines in Texas and the requirements for setting up a branch were not excessive.

The connection of electricity between California and Texas is indeed conducive to communication between the two states, and the beneficiaries are not only California, but Texas can also benefit from it.

"No problem. The state government will give full support to the telegraph line sections in Texas. However, the line sections passing through Arizona and New Mexico are outside the jurisdiction of the state, and the state government is powerless to help."

Bell readily agreed to this request.

No other Texas dignitaries present expressed any objection.

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