Chapter 47: Chinese Deputy Sheriff

"What do you plan to do with those remnants of Brannan?"

When mentioning those remnants of Brannan, Cai Mingsheng's eyes showed some murderous intent.

"Hasn't the murderer who killed Lai Xi been killed by you?"

Looking at Cai Mingsheng, who was still full of hatred, Liang Yao was quite surprised.

"Killing one is not enough! Those remnants of Brannan deserve to die. On the day they are executed, I want to be the executioner!"

Cai Mingsheng used to be the kind of person who would hide far away when he saw his wife killing chickens, but now he actually took the initiative to ask to be the executioner.

"They really deserve to die, but there are too many people to be killed, a total of 36 people, killing so many people is not a trivial matter.

After deliberation, the Citizens Committee decided to make a final judgment on them after California became a state. California will become a state by the end of this year at the latest."

Liang Yao didn't want to leave a handle for this matter.

Historically, Brannan was arrested for deliberately targeting Jenkins for murder in defiance of federal law, not the casualties caused by the gunfight with the gold mining company.

He didn't want to follow in Brannan's footsteps. Although he was now the most powerful and wealthy man in California, he had to learn to restrain himself.

Killing people was not difficult, but what was difficult was how to end it after killing people.

Although the conflict between miners led to casualties and the private court executed people, both were murders, but the nature of the two was completely different. At least that's what the gentlemen in Congress thought.

The wealthy families in the east were jealous of his property in California, and they wanted to frame him with some crimes and send him to prison. So that they could divide up his land and gold in California.

"Will they all die?"

Cai Mingsheng asked.

"Yes, we have the final say on whether they live or die, and we also make the laws of California."

Liang Yao gave Cai Mingsheng an affirmative answer.

He did not intend to use federal law to judge Brannan's remnants, but planned to use California's state law to judge Brannan's remnants after the state was established.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Cai Mingsheng finally felt relieved.

"Since California already has a Chinese deputy sheriff, I think it is reasonable to have a few more Chinese police officers.

There are at least two or three thousand Chinese in California now, and the police force also needs Chinese to ensure our safety.

You are Chinese, although you are a deputy sheriff, those foreign mounted police may not obey you, and it will be convenient for you to do things with a few Chinese mounted police."

Liang Yao wants to insert Chinese into the police force in California.

"I have this idea, but we are mounted police, we must know how to ride horses, and there are not many people in Guangdong and Fujian who can ride horses."

Cai Mingsheng also thinks this idea is very good, and it is still necessary to have people of our own in the police force to feel at ease.

The mounted police of this era are not the so-called mounted police in later generations. The so-called mounted police in later generations are mostly a title with a strong historical color.

Of course, the mounted police who use motorcycles as a means of transportation are another matter.

In this era without internal combustion engines, there are no cars and motorcycles as means of transportation. Mounted police really need to know how to ride horses and are real mounted police.

"Then learn and use it now. You choose the people. It's better if they know English. As for the horses, I'll exchange some cloth, rice and flour with the Indians later."

Cai Mingsheng agreed with Liang Yao's proposal, and he didn't forget the purpose of today's visit.

"Flag asked me to remind you that several gold mining companies in the Sacramento gold mining area may take some actions that are unfavorable to you in the near future. I hope you can be prepared."

"They are just clowns. How are they compared to Brannan? Besides, those foreign gold mining companies are not a monolithic entity."

Those clowns are not a big threat to Liang Yao. These gold mining companies also have his spies. Their every move is under Liang Yao's control.

Most smart gold mining companies are still on his side and will not risk offending him to cause trouble in the gold mining area.

If there is really trouble, he can also use the resources in his hands to divide those gold mining companies that are causing trouble and find a few typical ones to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

The most important thing at the moment is to control the cholera first.

Although no Chinese people were infected with cholera and the gold mining work of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company was not affected, the white gold mining companies were affected by cholera.

Some gold mining companies hoped that he could extend the date for them to pay the rent for the mining area because many of their miners were infected with cholera and could not work normally.

The rent of the mining area was also a considerable income for him. If cholera continued, his income would only get less and less.

"Yes, you are a dragon among men and you are going to do great things. I worry too much." Cai Mingsheng also felt that his worries were a bit redundant.

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"Even in New York, no one dares to be so presumptuous and rude to the Astor family!"

At the dock of San Francisco Bay, Adar Astor stood on the cargo box, his eyes that were almost spitting fire stared at the bustling commercial street not far away.

Due to his refusal to pay the berthing fee, his two steamships had been forcibly towed out of the port's berthing area.

Although Astor brought up the famous name of the Astor family, the fierce-looking port guards in strange uniforms did not buy his story at all.

Although Adar also had the last name Astor and often mentioned the Astor family, he was not a core member of the Astor family.

In fact, he had just left Liverpool, England, six years ago to join the Astor family in New York, hoping that the Astor family would take him in for the sake of their distant kinship and find a job in the Astor family.

But Adal had no outstanding ability, and had not made any outstanding performance in the six years he served the Astor family, so it was reasonable that he was not valued by the Astor family.

When the news of the discovery of gold in California reached the East, the helmsman of the Astor family, John Jacob Astor, who was the old Astor who established the Astor family, had died of illness.

His son William Backhouse Astor, also known as the young Astor, took over the scepter of the Astor family.

Although the old Astor started his business with furs, when he died, the Astor family was not only the richest man in the country who could keep pace with Vanderbilt, but also the largest landlord in New York.

The old Astor had a morbid obsession with land.

When the elder Astor was about to die, he not only set up a family precept that his descendants were not allowed to sell any inch of the Astor family's land, but also told the younger Astor to inherit his will and buy every inch of land on Manhattan Island.

Adair also saw this opportunity and volunteered to represent the Astor family to come to California to find gold.

"Their mooring fees are not expensive, and we can afford it, Mr. Adair, I think we should pay the mooring fees and drive our ship back to the mooring area.

Many of our equipment and tools are still on the ship. Without equipment and tools, we can't do our work."

Berger, the captain of the prospecting team, suspected that this distant relative of the Astor family had also been infected with the Astor family's stingy family tradition, and was unwilling to pay even a little mooring fee.

Along the way, they did save a lot of money in the name of the Astor family, including the mooring fees at the port. But in San Francisco, they hit a nail. Perhaps the owner of the San Francisco port didn't even know about the Astor family, so he insisted on collecting their mooring fees.

"And supplies! We need to replenish fresh water and food! Those vendors are unwilling to sell goods to us. I think this is the reason why we didn't pay the mooring fee." Berger added that the food and supplies they brought were about to run out and needed to be replenished.

"Fresh water and food?! Please! We have already landed, and there is fresh water everywhere on land! As for food, I think there are birds and beasts everywhere in the mountains and plains in the west. They are extremely delicious and are rare delicacies. We will not lack food! We don't have to spend this money in vain."

"WTF! Mr. Adar, are you crazy? We are here to prospect for minerals, not to hunt!"