Chapter 484: Who Is the Boss of the West Coast?

"California isn't worried about this problem, so why should Oregon be?" Liang Yao asked Wu Yuanhua to relax.廻

“Our market is not only in the South, we can’t live without the South, and the South cannot live without us.”

Some products in California are irreplaceable, which is why Liang Yao said this.

Kerosene, Vaseline, sewing machines, machine tools, bicycles, ammunition, etc., these are California's flagship products.

Whether it is in the domestic or foreign markets of the United States, the competitiveness is quite strong. Currently, there are no companies and products of the same type that can shake the status of these California ace products.

"Maybe I'm overly concerned," Wu Yuanhua said.

Liang Yao looked up at the flagpoles in the square. There were two flagpoles in downtown Salem. One flagpole hung the American flag, and the other flagpole hung the Oregon state flag.

"Is this your state flag?" Liang Yao pointed to the Oregon state flag and said with a bit of laughter.廻

"Just looking at the state flag, people who don't know better think our West Coast is a zoo."

The state flag of California is a bear flag, and the state flag of Oregon is a beaver pattern on a blue background with the year of statehood: 1856. Both states have animals on their state flags.

"Everyone made their own choice. I originally wanted to use the phoenix pattern as the state flag, but they felt that the beaver better represented our state of Oregon." Wu Yuanhua said helplessly.

"It's time to change the national flag." Liang Yao glanced at the 31-star Stars and Stripes Banner and said, "Now there are 35 stars."

"The establishment of the state was in such a hurry that this issue was ignored," Wu Yuanhua said.

"How do you plan to develop Oregon during your term? Do you have a plan? You are the first governor of Oregon, and you have a heavy responsibility to lay the foundation for Oregon's future.

Moreover, you are also the first Chinese governor in the history of the United States. If you are not good at being this governor, you will give people the impression that the Chinese are not good at governing the state. "Liang Yao said.

"Imitate California and formulate a five-year plan. If we want to get rich, industrialization is the only way out."

Wu Yuanhua spent most of his first life in the Qing Dynasty, and he knew the difference between an agricultural country and an industrial country all too well.

The achievements of California's industrialization also strengthened his determination to industrialize in Oregon, and he was a staunch supporter of industrialization.

Like California, Oregon's state Legislature, state government, and state courts are all near Capital Square, not far away.

Wu Yuanhua took Liang Yao into the state government building.

Since he had just been elected governor, Wu Yuanhua had not had time to tidy up his office.

His new office was empty, with only a walnut desk, a chair, a bookcase, and a kerosene lamp.廻

Wu Yuanhua asked his assistant to find a map of Oregon, and then he and his assistant nailed the map to the wall with a hammer in one hand and a tack in the other.

After nailing the map, Wu Yuanhua clapped his hands and threw the hammer aside. He faced the map and said: "You are from Oklahoma City. Xu Zicai must have told you that he wants to build Oklahoma City into Oregon." Jinshan.”

"He didn't say it explicitly, but that's what he meant." Liang Yao said.

"This is unrealistic. I have read some of your books and visited Oklahoma City on the spot. According to your theory, Oklahoma City does not have the location conditions of Jinshan. Although Oklahoma City is not far from the ocean, it is not a coastal city after all. There are no major rivers flowing through the city, and there are no major ports.

The fact that there is no big port is very fatal. The cost of water transportation can be only one-third or even one-fifth of that of land transportation.

Many commodities in Oklahoma City are not only transported directly to California by rail, but a large part of Oklahoma City is first transported by rail to Portland, and then shipped from Portland to Jinshan and Los Angeles.

Even so, the cost of products exported from Portland to Jinshan and Los Angeles is still comparable to, or even slightly lower than, products directly transported by land to Jinshan and Los Angeles. "Wu Yuanhua looked at the map and pointed to Portland on the map.

"Oregon's future lies not in Oklahoma City, but in Portland. It is difficult for Oklahoma City to develop into a large industrial city like Jinshan. Looking at the entire state of Oregon, only Portland has a chance."

After all, he was from Yihe Bank, had done international trade, and had seen the big world. Wu Yuanhua's vision was still much broader than Xu Zicai's recklessness.

A large part of the reason why Oklahoma City has been able to develop is that it is closer to California.

In order to develop into a large industrial center, Oklahoma City without port conditions is in trouble.

It is no accident that Portland became the largest, most developed manufacturing and most economically developed city in Oregon in later generations, but the result of a combination of factors.

With Wu Yuanhua's tone and attitude, it seems that Portland will be vigorously developed during his tenure.

"Tell me more about it." Liang Yao motioned for Wu Yuanhua to continue.廻

“Portland is located at the confluence of the Columbia River and the Willamette River. These two rivers have abundant flows and the rivers are wide enough, making them very suitable for navigation. There is a ready-made river port in the urban area.

Pacific trade routes and inland waterways are easily connected through the Columbia and Willamette rivers, and Semler also has direct shipping waterways to Portland.

Furthermore, Portland has more flat land and can absorb more people. "Wu Yuanhua said.

"My idea is to plan a large industrial area in Portland and focus on developing Portland. Portland still has a lot of potential that can be tapped."

"Don't just pick out the advantages, what about the disadvantages?" Liang Yao listened with interest.

"The disadvantages are also obvious. Portland lacks easy-to-mine mineral resources, but the coal and other mineral deposits that have been discovered in Portland can still support the development of Portland's early industrialization." At this point, Wu Yuanhua gritted his teeth and said.

"The northern Oregon area north of Portland is rich in mineral resources, but it's a pity that we can't use them. Those Democratic remnants and racists are very arrogant and unreasonable to us Chinese immigrants. Just thinking about it makes me angry."廻

The northern Oregon area north of Portland is the Washington State area in later generations.

As Chinese immigrants gradually spread northward, white racists in the West Coast gradually migrated northward under the call of the Democratic remnants and gathered in a corner of northern Oregon.

The history of the Democratic Party on the West Coast is a long story. When California was established, Burnet, then governor of the Oregon Territory, was killing Indians in the Oregon area.

At that time, Burnet heard that California was going to become a state, so he wanted to go south to steal the political fruits and rely on the influence of the Democratic Party to turn California into a Democratic state.

However, not only did Burnett's conspiracy fail, but he was also unfortunately "killed" in the war with the "Indians".

The leaderless Democratic Party was also completely defeated by Liang Yao and Fremont's Civic Party in the political struggle on the West Coast.

The local Democratic remnants knew that they were no match for the Civic Party in the West Coast and it was difficult to confront the Civic Party head-on, so they moved their base camp to Northern Oregon.

These Democratic remnants wanted to use Northern Oregon as a base to establish a so-called Northern Oregon State as a wedge for the Democratic Party on the West Coast.

This time, Oregon failed to include Northern Oregon in the establishment of a state, and the establishment of a Greater Oregon State was due to the Democrats' obstruction in Congress.

The Democrats also proposed a bill to Congress to establish another state in the Northern Oregon region.

However, this proposal was soon strongly opposed by the mortal enemy Whig Party, and the objective reason that the Northern Oregon region had only 20,000 people and was too far from the threshold of statehood. The proposal to establish a state in Northern Oregon eventually had to end hastily.

These white racists in northern Oregon are very unfriendly to the so-called people of color, and even made bold statements that they would keep the yellow evil south of the Columbia River.

"If you are angry, just beat them to vent your anger! Don't you have a militia in Oregon? Why are you afraid with Big Brother California backing you up? If they are arrogant and unreasonable, just use the weapons in your hands to beat them until they are friendly and obedient! Let them die the same way their party leader died!" Liang Yao said.

"A good horse is ridden by others, and a good person is bullied by others. Our Civic Party is not a small party that is not in the mainstream. Why should we be afraid of him?"

"I am not afraid of provoking a war, but right now we have to focus on development. I am afraid that it will be a bad ending if it gets out of hand." Wu Yuanhua said.

"Portland is right by the Columbia River. If we don't eliminate these Democratic remnants, what development can we talk about?" Liang Yao said. "If one militia in Oregon is not enough, then build another one. Oregon is so big, with more than 200,000 men, how can we be afraid of their 20,000 or 30,000 white pigs?

We are citizens of the United States, and citizens of the United States have the right to settle down and build a career in any territory of the United States.

Just deal with them, and I will find a way to help you clean up the mess."

Liang Yao knew that Wu Yuanhua and others were worried that the Democratic Party was one of the two major parties in American politics. If the relationship was too stiff, they were afraid that the Democrats would be disadvantageous to California and Oregon after taking office in the next election.

Liang Yao did not have such concerns. First, the North-South conflict was the main conflict in American politics, and Washington had no intention or energy to get involved in the trivial matters in the West.

The two major ruling parties in the United States, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, can be said to be worse than each other. The Whig Party is about to disintegrate and perish, and the situation of the Democratic Party is not much better.

The Democratic Party has a large interest in the southern region and some cities, which makes the Democratic Party tend to protect the interests of the southern region when dealing with issues in the southern region.

This greatly displeases the forces in the northern constituency of the Democratic Party. Now the Democratic Party itself is also in a state of division and can't take care of itself.

The last time the Democratic Party lost the general election, Fillmore of the Whig Party was successfully re-elected, which is enough to show how fragile and unpopular the Democratic Party is.

Of course, losing to the Whig Party in the last election is not the most shameful.

Historically, the Democratic Party lost to the new Republican Party in the 1860 election, and lost to Lincoln, which was the most shameful.

Putting aside the unconstitutional factors of this election, even in the northern constituency where the Democrats are sure to win. Lincoln still defeated Stephen Douglas of the Northern Democratic Party and several other candidates with an absolute advantage when the Democratic Party was suspected of election fraud.廻

Liang Yao is right. If these grandsons are not cleaned up, Wu Yuanhua's first five-year development plan in Oregon and the construction of the Portland Industrial Zone will probably be difficult to implement smoothly.

Development also requires a stable external environment. Those annoying bastards in Northern Oregon really need to be disciplined to let them know who is the boss of the West Coast.