1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 582: It’s hard to recover after overturning the water

"I have no control over you selling slaves in the South, or making cakes out of Mexican flowers and selling them in Europe. But one thing is, no matter who of you, including my own relatives and friends, breaks the rules of the West Coast, you will be treated as The local laws are useless, so don’t blame me, Liang, for turning against others!"

Sacramento, Weixiu Junei, just returned to Sacramento from Texas by private train. Liang Yao, who was discussing currency issues with Fremont and Strauss, had a bad look on Wu Yuanhua, Pan Zhengwei, Robinson and others who came to visit.

The trial of Huang Kangrui and others from Funing Group for minting counterfeit currency has ended.

A total of 687 criminals, large and small, will be executed at the Sacramento Civic Plaza this Sunday.

This is the first major case since the establishment of California and has attracted widespread public attention.

Well-known local newspapers such as "California Daily", "Jinshan Evening News", "Los Angeles Daily", and "Sacramento Daily" have focused on the Funing Group's case of minting counterfeit currency, and have announced the results of the state court's trial and the death penalty list.

Among those involved who are about to be executed, there are many managers from Jardine Matheson Group, Tongfu Group, and Boston Group, although these managers are not core members of these groups.

But it still caused a huge stir in California and throughout the West.

Wu Yuanhua, Pan Zhengwei, Robinson and others made a special trip to Weixiuju to visit Liang Yao to intercede with Liang Yao, hoping that Liang Yao could be more tolerant to the people in their group.

"I hope you will bear in mind that they are first-time offenders, and for the sake of my face, you will be accommodating to these fools. After I return, I will strictly control them." Wu Yuanhua lowered his head and begged sincerely.

Although the members of the Wu family involved in the Funing Group counterfeit currency case were all distant relatives, they were still Wu family members. The Wu family members were sentenced to death, and it would not sound good if word spread about it.

As for Pan Zhengwei, his attitude is more Buddhist. No members of the Pan family were involved in the Funing Group's counterfeit currency case, and they were not as deeply involved as the Wu family. The people involved in the Pan family's case were just a few blind domestic slaves.

Therefore, Pan Zhengwei took a wait-and-see attitude towards this matter. First, he would see what Liang Yao's attitude was towards Wu Yuanhua. If Liang Yao was willing to be more generous to distant relatives of the Wu family, he would also take advantage of the opportunity to ask for mercy for his domestic slaves.

If Liang Yao showed a selfless attitude, he also showed an attitude of righteousness and annihilation of relatives in order to improve the impression of the Pan family and Tongfu Group in Liang Yao's mind.

The death of a few slaves was a small matter, but it was a big deal to get angry with Liang Yao and make Liang Yao have a grudge against the Pan family and Tongfu Group.

After all, his precious grandson is still serving as a justice in the Territory of Utah. He also serves as the vice chairman of the Immigration Committee of the Territory of Utah and is responsible for immigration work in the Colorado Territory. His grandson's future depends entirely on Liang Yao's thoughts.

As for Robinson, his attitude is even more Buddhist. The Boston Group is not a family group, but adopts a partnership system.

Rather than interceding with those involved in the case, Robinson's purpose of taking the train back from Kansas was more to intercede with Liang Yao, hoping that the Boston Group's coinage quota would not be reduced. After all, the profits from monopolizing coinage are too great and too tempting.

"What a first time offender. Liangyi, I didn't expect these words to come out of your mouth. You are the founding father of Ohio and the first governor of Ohio." Liang Yao shook his head very disappointedly, " Don’t you think it’s ridiculous that you don’t abide by the laws and rules you made yourself, but you still expect the people below to abide by them?”

"The emperor breaks the law, just like the common people. This old man has taken the liberty to visit me, hoping that you can severely punish the people in the Tongfu Group who were involved in the Funing Group's counterfeit currency case, so as to set an example!" Pan Zhengwei said sadly.

"It's because the old man is busy with official duties and neglects to discipline his subordinates. As a result, these domestic slaves become more and more rampant and have no rules. They don't even care about California law! These people must be severely punished! Shooting them is a light sentence. ! They should be chopped alive directly!"

Wu Yuanhua on the side looked at Pan Zhengwei, an old comrade in his sixties, with a face filled with surprise. Knowing that he was manipulated by Pan Zhengwei and used as a gun, Wu Yuanhua greeted all the female members of Pan Zhengwei's family in his heart.

Damn it, this bad old man is very bad. We agreed to come together to plead with Liang Yao, but I didn't expect that this bad old man saw that the situation was not right and his ability to adapt to the wind was better than that of the sailors in Jinshan Bay.

Wu Yuanhua turned his attention to Robinson aside, thinking that Robinson was one of the founding fathers of California, the first governor of California, and had a close relationship with Liang Yao. Robinson should be able to speak in front of Liang Yao.

"People who have been convicted, no matter which group they belong to, can be dealt with how they should be dealt with." Robinson also expressed his position. He said to Liang Yao, "But can we not reduce our coinage quota and pay a fine instead? "

The ghost guys are indeed a group of profiteers who have fallen in the eyes of money. After hearing Robinson's statement, Wu Yuanhua couldn't help but spit on Robinson.

What Robinson cares about is not that Liang Yao has to deal with the people involved in the Boston Group, but that the Boston Group's minting quota has been reduced.

"It's difficult to recover from overflowing water. The decision I have made cannot be changed. There is no room for negotiation on this matter. Let's end it here." After speaking, Liang Yao turned to look at Zeiss and said, "Zeiss, bring up the sample banknotes."

Not long after, Zeiss held an exquisite wooden box and slowly placed the wooden box on the table in the living room and opened it.

Inside the wooden box was a set of U.S. dollar banknotes similar to banknotes.

This kind of banknote is made of high-quality cotton paper. This kind of paper is tough and durable, not easy to tear or wear, has a certain degree of water resistance, and has a smooth surface.

The sample banknotes in the wooden box have a total of 4 different denominations, from high to low, they are US$10, US$5, US$2, and US$1.

The main color of this set of banknotes is red, with the green dragon pattern printed on the $10 banknote, supplemented by Taotie patterns on the corners. The $5 bill features a white tiger pattern, supplemented by a lotus pattern on the corners. The 2-dollar banknote is printed with a Suzaku pattern, and the 1-dollar banknote is printed with a Xuanwu pattern. The corners of these two denominations of banknotes are supplemented by auspicious cloud patterns.

Overall, this is a very beautifully printed set of banknotes.

Among those present, Fremont, Strauss and Robinson were especially interested in the newly printed banknotes. They were attracted by the distinctive patterns on the banknotes and thought the banknotes were beautiful.

"The paper quality of this bank note is very good, and the printing and anti-counterfeiting techniques are impeccable. It's better than any bank note I've seen on the market. Are you going to print brand new bank notes?" Robinson picked up 1 He rubbed the red dollar bills and said.

"No, this is not a bank note." Liang Yao corrected, "This is serious currency."

Early American bank notes and currency were different in nature. Bank notes are a credit instrument issued by a specific bank and need to be exchanged relying on the bank's reputation, while currency is a means of payment issued by the government or an authoritative agency, which has legal payment status and can be used in the market without additional exchange. free circulation.