Chapter 84: Death of the President

Wu Yuanhua's two shipments were quickly sold out in San Francisco and Sacramento. Google search reading

He was preparing to leave for Guangzhou today. Before leaving, Liang Yao prepared a sumptuous breakfast for Wu Yuanhua.

"It is a great blessing for Brother Yu to know Brother Xian in his life. Brother Yu has caused a lot of trouble to Brother Xian these days. I owe Brother Xian so many favors by coming to California. Brother Yu is not only my benefactor, Wu Yuanhua, but also my friend." The great benefactor of my Wu family.”

Wu Yuanhua put a bun into his mouth, picked up the wonton noodles and poured a sip of soup into his mouth and said.

During these days in California, Wu Yuanhua already has a certain understanding of California.

He knew that San Francisco was only the largest city in California, and California was about the same size as Guangdong and Guangxi.

It's just that for such a large place, the United States does not have a governor to manage it, nor even officials. This makes Wu Yuanhua feel very strange.

"If I didn't have to go back in person to report to my brother, I would have stayed here now." Wu Yuanhua was in a very good mood.

"Brother Wu, you and I are both from the same hometown. Helping each other overseas is something we are cleaning up."

Liang Yao picked up a piece of shrimp dumpling and put it into his mouth, then took out two letters from his jacket pocket and handed them to Wu Yuanhua.

"One of these two letters is written to my mother. I also asked Brother Wu to deliver it to my mother on my behalf and report to my mother that I am safe.

The other letter is for my grandfather. Please ask Brother Wu to inform my grandfather that if any of the Liang family members want to do business in the United States, they can be allowed to come to California.

I also asked Brother Wu to help deliver some gold to the Liang family. "

"Who is my dear brother's biological mother?"

Naturally, they knew Liang Yao's grandfather, Wu Yuanhua. Wu Yuanhua, the eldest son and grandson of the Liang family, also knew who she was.

However, Liang Yao was the bastard son of a mistress. Wu Yuanhua really didn't know who Liang Yao's biological mother was.

"My mother's surname is Deng Baolan, it's written on the envelope." Liang Yao pointed to the envelope and said.

"Brother Fool has stupid eyes. He was just eating. He didn't look carefully. Please forgive me, Brother Xian." Wu Yuanhua said, holding his forehead.

"Brother Wu is going on a long voyage, so I won't keep him here so as not to delay Brother Wu's trip."

After Liang Yao finished his breakfast, he took the handkerchief from the maid and wiped his mouth.

"After returning to Guangzhou to finish the business, Brother Yu will immediately set off for California. If other merchants are willing to come, I will take them with me."

When Wu Yuanhua came to California to develop, in addition to finding another way to make money for the Wu family, Wu Yuanhua also had his own selfish motives.

Wu Yuanhua, like Liang Yao, was also a concubine. He had three older brothers who suppressed him. In Guangzhou, he could only live in the shadow of his brothers. No matter how the Wu family took over, he would never be able to make the decision.

If it were in California, he might still have a family.

Wu Yuanhua said to the guys behind him: "Let those guys come in."

The boy nodded in agreement, then turned around and called the fifteen boys in.

"These are the guys from the Wu family who followed me to San Francisco on this voyage. Brother Yu is going back to Guangzhou to finish some work this time, and may not be able to arrive in California until the end of the year at the earliest. I know Brother Xian is at the right time to hire people.

These guys are all locals from Guangdong. They have been working in Yihe Bank since they were young. They are smart and can speak at least two or three kinds of foreign languages, and can also write and calculate. If Xiandi doesn't mind, let them follow Xiandi. Wu Yuanhua pointed at the fifteen guys and said to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao looked at the guys behind Wu Yuanhua. Among the fifteen guys, in addition to Chinese, there were two other gangsters.

"Is this true?"

"Of course, there are many people in Guangzhou who want to work for Yihe Bank. I am not short of these dozen people." Wu Yuanhua said.

"Thank you, Brother Wu."

Liang Yao unceremoniously accepted these fifteen clerks from the Wu family. He planned to disperse these clerks and assign them to grassroots positions in his industry.

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The year 1850 was destined to be an extraordinary year for the United States.

The United States in 1850 was a powder keg, and civil war was on the verge of breaking out.

Although American industry and commerce are all in the North, the South contributes 80% of the federal government's tax revenue, which has deeply dissatisfied the representatives of the South.

Even under this circumstance, the North still tried to weaken the South's influence in Congress.

At the same time, although the United States enjoyed the benefits of expansion from the U.S.-Mexico War two years ago and gained 2.3 million square kilometers of new territory, it also had to bear the consequences of over-expansion.

The most prominent issue is the boundary between Texas and New Mexico.

The Compromise of 1850 claimed to resolve all domestic crises, but Congress always focused on the issue of slavery or freedom in the Territory.

Turned a blind eye to the growing problem of escaped slaves in the South and the border issues between Texas and New Mexico.

While Congress was fiercely debating the compromise bill, Texas sent representatives to the Santa Fe region, claiming that most of New Mexico, including Santa Fe, belonged to Texas.

During the Lone Star Republic, New Mexico was indeed part of Texas.

Not only New Mexico, but later parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Kansas also belonged to the Lone Star Republic. Its territory exceeds one million square kilometers.

From a legal point of view, Texas's demands are reasonable.

However, the federal government not only favors the North, but also divides the territory that originally belonged to Texas into territories several times to weaken Texas, which makes the people of Texas unbearable.

In order to comply with public opinion, the representatives of Texas decided to solve the problem in a tougher way, directly sending representatives and armed forces to the New Mexico region.

The military commander of the New Mexico region warned the locals not to recognize the representatives sent by Texas, and prepared to take back the areas "occupied" by Texas by force.

It's just that he needs the authorization of the War Department, otherwise he will be responsible for provoking the civil war, and he obviously doesn't want to bear this eternal infamy. Therefore, there has been no large-scale conflict between the two sides.

President Taylor, who was a military man, felt that the large area of ​​Texas was a huge threat to the federation. He advocated weakening Texas and incorporating parts of Texas into territories to establish new states to contain Texas.

His attitude was also very tough. Taylor ordered the Secretary of War to give orders to the New Mexico troops to directly retake the areas occupied by Texas by force, and when necessary, transfer Mason's troops on the US-Mexico border to the New Mexico area to quell the rebellion.

Mason was Taylor's old subordinate during the US-Mexico War. Taylor believed that Mason's troops were capable of quelling the provocation of the Texans.

Compared with the tough-minded President Taylor, the Secretary of War seemed much more gentle and rational.

He knew that once such an order was issued, it would not only fail to resolve the conflict, but also intensify the contradictions between the North and the South.

The consequence was that the southern states would stand firmly on the side of Texas, thus triggering a civil war.

The Secretary of War rejected President Taylor's order very stubbornly.

President Taylor was furious and said that he would personally give the order, not only to personally give the order, but also to personally lead troops to quell the rebellion in Texas.

It was a pity that the president died before he could fulfill his ambitions. On July 4, 1850, Taylor, who participated in the celebration of the independence of the United States, had diarrhea and was severely dehydrated that night.

Doctors diagnosed it as cholera, but they were helpless against it.

President Taylor died after five days of diarrhea and vomiting.

Vice President Fillmore was sworn in as the president of the United States. He was one of the few presidents in the United States who came from a poor family.

Fillmore's ascension seemed to have brought a new hope.