Chapter 204: Wall Street

Liang Yao arrived at the Baltimore train station, preparing to take the train to New York.

Although he also knew that the experience of taking the train would not be pleasant, it was the fastest way to get back to New York from Baltimore.

More importantly, he could send and receive telegraphs by train, and on the way he could receive the latest news on the gold market from Coney in New York.

The length of the railway from Baltimore to New York is about 300 kilometers, and the train Liang Yao took was traveling at about 40 kilometers per hour.

Including the time when the train stopped midway, the journey took Liang Yao a full 9 hours.

Liang Yao also took the train from New York to Baltimore in later generations, so he remembered it very clearly. In later generations, it only took a little more than an hour to travel from New York to Baltimore.

Liang Yao felt that it was very slow to cover 300 kilometers in 9 hours, but Pan Zhengwei, Wu Yuanhua and others felt that it was very fast.

Looking at the slowly receding trees and buildings outside the car window, Wu Yuanhua sighed: "In my early years, I heard my father say that he invested in railways in the United States. At that time, I didn't know what a railway was. Only after I arrived in the United States did I really know what a railway was. railway."

Pan Zhengwei also said with emotion: "There is nothing better than this. If we can build a railway from Guangzhou to the capital, it only takes a few days to reach the capital from Guangzhou! Whether it is for the country, the people, or the military, It is of great benefit to businesses.”

Wu Yuanhua felt that this idea was very unrealistic: "Where did the Qing Dynasty get so much money and iron to build the railway? Besides, how many places need to be passed along the way from Guangzhou to the capital? How much land needs to be bought? What if they don't sell it? The railway passes through other people's What to do about the ancestral graves? How to cross the mountains and rivers? Who will drive the trains once the railway is repaired?

These questions from Wu Yuanhua made Pan Zhengwei fall into deep thought.

"Even if it doesn't work, it's okay to build a railway in Guangzhou, right? It's better to let the people of the Qing Dynasty see this new thing first than not knowing anything at all." Pan Zhengwei said reluctantly.

“After I came to the United States, I realized what the frog in the well meant. The Qing Dynasty was the frog in the well who sat in a well and looked at the sky.

Compared with the machines in the factories in New York, each of which can do the work of dozens of people, and the foreign ships and soldiers seen in Baltimore, the Guangdong Navy is just a bunch of rotten fish.

What's more, this is still the United States. I heard that the national strength of England and France is much stronger than that of the United States.

What would happen if these European powers invaded the Qing Dynasty's maritime territory again? "

"It seems that you have learned a lot from this trip."

Liang Yao wiped his head where he had just been knocked and said.

"Not only did I gain a lot of insights, it felt like I had entered another world. It was worth the trip. If I hadn't gone to New York to see it, I would have thought that other places in the United States were just like California." Pan Zhengwei said.

This was also his thought before coming to New York. Although California has a lot of gold, in the end it is still a newly developed land that has just begun to industrialize.

Compared with old cities such as New York, which is highly industrialized, the social scene is naturally very different.

What Liang Yao is doing now is to gradually narrow this gap.

It was already evening when the train arrived in New York. Liang Yao stepped out of the car, and the bloody setting sun shone on Liang Yao's body.

Kony was already waiting for Liang Yao at New York Grand Central Station.

Kony was about to reach out and take the briefcase from Liang Yao's hand, when he saw a child next to Kony had already taken the lead.

"Zeiss, you've grown a lot in a year."

Liang Yao touched Zeiss' little head and said.

"Aren't you studying in a commercial school? Why are you here at the station?"

Liang Yao originally planned for Zeiss to receive a regular education, complete primary and secondary school courses and then enter university.

But in the end Zeiss himself chose to go to business school.

Rather than going back to elementary school to take the last two years of classes and then go to middle school, Zeiss preferred to go directly to business school.

Moreover, Zeiss hopes to come out to work for Liang Yao as soon as possible and does not want to stay on campus for a long time. The academic system of business schools is also shorter than that of regular schools. This is why Zeiss prefers to attend business schools.

There is nothing wrong with this. American business schools in this era focus on teaching practical business skills. If you can successfully complete the business school courses, you are considered a person.

Before going to California, Zeiss' late biological father, Jenkins, originally planned to send Zeiss to a business school. However, the tuition fees for business schools were very expensive, and Jenkins, who was short of money, had to give up the idea in the end.

The business school that Zeiss currently attends is the same business school that Kony attended, so the two can be considered alumni.

"I asked for leave from school." Cai Si said, holding Liang Yao's briefcase.

"I heard that your grades in school are pretty good." Liang Yao said happily.

"How do you know?" Zeiss was very happy.

"Your godfather often brags about your good grades in front of me." Liang Yao said, "Is anyone still bullying you in school?"

"No, Mr. Vanderbilt personally sent me to school on my first day of school. No one dared to bully me. Moreover, I told my classmates that my godfather was a police chief in California and had personally killed gangsters. No one dares to bully me anymore.”

Zeiss said very honestly.

"Not only did they not dare to bully me, they even fawned over me. The teachers were also very polite to me."

Zeiss's answer made Liang Yao feel dumbfounded.

He clearly remembered that when he was in elementary school in the east, not only his classmates excluded him, but even his teachers looked down on him and made things difficult for him because his family was poor.

In order to reward Zeiss, Liang Yao decided to take Zeiss to have a good meal.

"You two haven't had dinner yet, right? Zeiss, what do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat hamburgers from the Inlisabeth hamburger shop. I'm going to the flagship store at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. The hamburgers at that hamburger shop taste the best and are the most generous." Zeiss blurted out.

"Okay, I'll meet your requirements."

Liang Yao took Zeiss's little hand and headed to Wall Street.

A long time ago, this was the land of the Indians, more than 200 years ago it was a wall of the Dutch, and 59 years ago it was a financial seed under the sycamore tree.

Today it is a financial net spread to America, a net that is strong and fragile, bright and dark, a net that can both accelerate the economy and suffocate the economy.

This is the most active place for American business activities: Wall Street.

Most accounting offices, business offices and warehouses are located in brick and stone houses with sloping tile roofs in narrow alleys such as Front Street, Pearl Street and Water Street around Wall Street.

Many business transactions are also completed in these sloping tile houses, such as the hottest gold trading at the moment.

The skyrocketing gold prices have caused thousands of speculators to rush into the gold market on Wall Street to pan for gold.

The entrance of the gold trading hall is crowded with people waving US dollar bills of major banks in the water to buy gold futures and gold.

In addition to the gold trading hall, various coffee shops on Wall Street and even the streets and alleys are full of gold transactions.

People talk about gold and gold-related financial derivatives.

Passing through the crazy crowd, Liang Yaolai went to the Yin Lishabe Hamburger Shop at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. This hamburger shop is the first hamburger shop opened by Yin Lishabe, and it has the best business.

There are many well-known shops at the intersection of Wall Street and Water Street. In addition to the flagship store of Yin Lishabe Hamburger Shop, Doyle Cafe and Tangti Cafe, two of the most famous cafes in New York, are also here.

The owners of these two cafes seem to have a grudge against each other, as they opened their shops opposite each other.

Although the two cafes are very close to each other, separated by only a road, this does not affect the business of the two cafes. They are both doing very well. Through the glass of the cafes, you can see that the cafes are full of New York gentlemen in suits and ties.

There are two burly bodyguards standing at the door of Doyle Cafe, with Colt revolvers on their waists and eye badges on their chests.

Has Pinkerton's business expanded from Chicago to New York? Liang Yao'anzi complained.

The corner of Wall Street and Water Street is indeed a good place. It is very close to various exchanges on Wall Street. Not far in front is the South Street Pier, where all kinds of people mingle.

Liang Yao plans to buy a house here to open a teahouse.

The flagship store of Yin Lisa Bai Hamburger Shop is doing very well. Although the food prices in the flagship store are more than double those of other branches, for example, a 5-cent hamburger is sold for 12 cents here, and a 2-cent fried potato, or French fries, is sold for 5 cents here, but there are still many diners flocking to it.

Because these diners believe that only the taste of the flagship store is the most authentic, although other branches have repeatedly stated in newspapers that the recipe they use is the same as the flagship store.

Zeiss took the hot hamburger and started to eat it, with a good appetite.

When Zeiss finished eating, Liang Yao sent someone to send Zeiss back to school, wishing Zeiss to study hard.

After sending Zeiss away, Liang Yao looked at the crowds coming and going on the South Street Pier and asked Connie.

"Have you found out who the Wall Street robber is?"

"Not yet. I asked many friends on Wall Street, and they all only knew that there was such a person, but no one had ever seen this famous robber in person." Connie shrugged and said, "He is like a ghost wandering over Wall Street."

"This person not only has a keen sense of smell, but also has courage." Liang Yao said, "It is rumored that he has only two or three million US dollars in wealth, but he dared to gamble with this wealth to pry the gold market in New York. He is a big shot."

"I will send someone to continue to investigate. This annoying guy interrupted our rhythm." Connie said.

"Professional things should be left to professionals. You are not good at detective work."

Liang Yao withdrew his eyes from the South Street Pier and walked towards the Doyle Cafe with the Stars and Stripes hanging not far away.

"Are you talking about the two detectives?" Connie asked.

"Not them, the two of them are just minions, not qualified for this task. Perhaps the director of the detective agency behind them can be competent for this task."