Chapter 60 California Anecdote
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"I said it! There is no need to pay back any debts!" Huang Rong hated this white man because this guy has always come to Jinlin Pavilion recently and is entangled with her.
"No, no, no, beautiful lady, I must pay it back. If it weren't for your generosity, I would have starved to death now." Lelan Stanford said the truth.
That's right, he almost starved to death in San Francisco. The reason was very simple. He originally wanted to buy some "piglets" for the silver mine, but when he agreed on everything, he gave all the deposit, but when he went to the bank to check, he had no money to come!
This made Lelan Stanford suffer. You know, he is a young man and has never suffered much since he was a child. His father is a big farmer and he has also taken charge of railway projects. He has never been worried about money, but now, I am a god and I have no money anymore!
Lelan Stanford was used to being big-handed and spent all his money early in the morning, and he couldn't get the deposit back. He also knew that he might have been fooled by other shareholders of the Silver Mine, but it didn't matter. He could ask his father for help, and his father could never ignore it, right?
If you do, that's fine, but the problem is that this letter of help will take at least one month. This is not counting the time for transfers between banks, and 80% is no less than a month.
Then even if it is a month, how can you live this month?
It’s up to the French fries from Jinlin Pavilion Hotel!
It’s not a pack of 1 cent per cent, it’s cheap. Lelan Stanford tasted it when he came to San Francisco. It was really delicious, especially with the red ‘tomato sauce’, which is simply a delicious food on earth. But now, the sauce is not worth it, and it costs 1 cent per pack... After eating this for a few days, I can’t even get this penny.
This girl Huang Rong, by the way, she is now a 'madam' and soft-hearted. So, when she saw a man so down and out, although she was dressed well, she had eaten this food... so she kindly took in Lelan Stanford and asked him to help in the restaurant. Then she gave him the French fries, as it wouldn't cost much anyway.
Lelan Stanford was always happy at that time. He didn't even have a place to live. He also discovered one thing, that is, this kind female Chinese worker, oh, she should be called a Chinese woman, she is very beautiful!
Only discovered?
There is no way, foreigners have serious facial blindness, and Lelan Stanford is not much stronger.
So the boy got that thought. Of course, Lelan Stanford said it well, 'Swear to God! He is sincere!', OK, there will be another sentence next, that is, 'My wife and I have no feelings anymore!'
Lelan Stanford is now in his thirties, so of course his wife has, but she has no children, and he is only facing a female Chinese worker. Well, he is a Chinese woman, so he thinks that his pursuit should be easy to achieve.
But how could Huang Rong agree? She was so rude to Lelan Stanford, and she was particularly annoyed by him because she had said so many times that she had already gotten married!
"Don't come over again! I'll just feed the dogs in the past!" Huang Rong said ruthlessly and did even more amazingly. She didn't say much at all, so she turned around and left.
But at this time, before Lelan Stanford could react, two Americans in uniform suddenly came into Jinlin Pavilion.
"I'm here to notify you now!" They didn't say anything nonsense and didn't look for anyone in charge. "From now on, this store will need to pay more taxes. According to your records, you will have to pay at least $200 next month!"
"What? $200?"
When I heard about this $200, the entire Jinlin Pavilion was furious, and the most powerful one was naturally Boss Huang Sanhuang!
Originally, this guy was still squinting behind him. His restaurant business was popular and he sold tomato sauce. He was making a lot of money. He often woke up laughing while sleeping, but now, $200? Tax?
"What is this? Which lawless guy stipulated it?" This time, Huang San was domineering once.
"This is the latest bill enacted by Governor Johnson, and it was voted by the state legislature, and it is legal!"
Legal?
That’s right, that’s it. As soon as John Neilly Johnson took office, he naturally began to fulfill his promise. The first decree was targeted at Chinese workers. Previously, former Governor John Bigler also implemented a bill to impose an extra $3 in tax on Chinese workers’ gold digging, but now, this number has become $20!
It is seven times the original one, which means that if Chinese workers go to find gold, they will have to lose money. Now, Johnson finally reached out to Chinese workers’ shop!
It sounds like this is completely bad policy, but in fact, Johnson has many benefits to doing this.
First of all, this is what he promised, and he must do this for the sake of votes, and he doesn't know anything about the party, just to do this and exclude outsiders!
Secondly, it is really beneficial to levy such a tax, a very, very big benefit!
Previously, Governor John Bigler collected taxes in 1851. He worked as a Chinese worker demographic, which is how many Chinese workers are in San Francisco. This way, he could know how much more he could charge. The number at that time was 25,000. Now, this number has reached nearly 60,000!
This is such a big sum of money! The Bigler government suddenly increased its income a lot at that time. What about now?
It seems that people who dream of laughing will have to add Johnson in the future.
It should be said that the number of Chinese workers in California far exceeds Li Mengyang's estimate, that is, the power of Chinese workers... It's a pity that they still haven't awakened.
Huang San couldn't accept the 200 US dollars tax. He was entangled with those two guys, but they didn't pay much attention to him at all.
Huang Rong thought of Li Mengyang again in her heart, "Brother Mengyang had foreseen this situation early in the morning, and she deserves to be my brother Mengyang! If Brother Mengyang is still here now, that would be great, hey~"
Huang Rong blamed her father a little because Li Mengyang really made these things clear at the beginning, but after all, she couldn't say this, and she still had to keep the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues.
But at this time, someone was talking.
"Two gentlemen, I would like to ask, if Americans invest in this store, how will it be taxed?" It was Lelan Stanford who spoke!
"Oh, this is the issue. There are provisions in the new tax law, so it is naturally a normal tax levy." This judicial interpretation is actually normal. "I don't know anything about the party." They are xenophobic, but isn't the xenophobic purpose of protecting the interests of Americans? Naturally, they cannot lose the interests of Americans.
But this answer is good, very good!
"Oh! You want to repay our family's kindness, right? Hahaha..." Needless to say, the guy Huang San rushed up immediately.
Next, this matter was simple. Of course, Huang San, the businessman, could understand Lelan Stanford's idea, but it didn't matter. Li Mengyang should be dead. Will his daughter really be widowed for the rest of her life? It's nothing to marry a foreigner. Besides, the matter in front of her is how to avoid paying less taxes, and it will fall on this guy.
The business negotiations began, and Lilan Stanford invested in shares, and he was very generous. Not only did he invest, he also did not own any actual shares, but he was just named. He is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows that he just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get in touch with this "beautiful Chinese woman".
So, what did Huang Rong think?
"Dad, I'll tell you! If you force your daughter to get married, that daughter will die before you!" At the same time, she also said a particularly firm word to Lelan Stanford, "God testifies! You can only get my body at most!"
"..." Huang San no longer said anything, but he still felt that he was doing it for his daughter's good.
"Ms., please believe me, this is a business. I think your tomato sauce can be sold in the east. I am willing to help you and help you open up all kinds of joints." Lilan did show off her businessman's style at this time, but he was deeply impressed by the Chinese woman in front of him. You know, in the West, remarriage is a little bit of a little. Besides, at her age, what can I do?
"Hmph!" Huang Rong didn't say much, she knew what would happen next.
"Oh yes! Business, we are talking about business!" Sure enough, my father just accepted the money!
"Okay, okay." Nalilan Stanford is also a businessman. "I can help you contact sales, but how long can the tomato sauce be stored? You should know that it takes a lot of time to transport it to the east now."
"Don't worry about this. Our tomato sauce can be kept for a long time, absolutely no problem!" He really talked about the sale. Huang San had heard his daughter say before, which was what Li Mengyang said, and he wanted to sell this thing to the east. Look, there is a foreigner helping him now, so this is pretty good.
Chapter completed!