Chapter 62 The economic crisis in the base area!
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Li Mengyang's lecture was guarding against two people from the beginning, one was Eleanor and the other was a big Bill.
These two people are not from the Restoration Society yet. Eleanor is a girl, which is very rare. Do you want to be "baby"? Besides, do you need to know these things in her family?
And that big Bill, this guy is from unknown origin, how could Li Mengyang let him 'listen to the class'?
Of course, this matter was not explicitly stated. It was just that our class was about basic cultural knowledge. There are many illiterate people these days, and there are many Chinese workers who are half-aged children, so this reason is really seamless.
That big Bill himself is a wandering doctor. He is definitely a senior intellectual in this day and naturally he will not come to listen. But Eleanor is a girl, and she is a little younger than Li Mengyang.
Today, girls don’t have a lot of knowledge to learn when they go to school. Although some women can write books, such as the famous Mrs. Stowe, they are all wives. Well, there are also girls’ schools, but there seem to be only a few schools in the United States. To put it simply, women are still very weak now, and the word “feminist” is still very far away.
And Eleanor was a very curious girl. She was very brave, so why didn't she come to eavesdrop?
I couldn't stop listening to this. Especially what Li Mengyang said was somewhat similar to the content in a newspaper that Eleanor had read at home before.
The newspaper is called the New York Tribune. Some people say that this newspaper promotes utopian socialism. Speaking of this newspaper, there are also this newspaper here in Kansas, but very few...
"Are there no noble people in capitalists? I have heard of many rich people who have done many noble things, and their character is noble!"
"It is undeniable that there are such people. But, I dare say that they all put interests first. If there is a higher interest, they will definitely give up that damn nobleness!"
"But, aren't the people you despise, that is, capitalists, leading people to create wealth? Didn't they give? And the leader, shouldn't they get more than others?"
"I also agree that they should get more wealth than ordinary people, which is true in itself, because they are indeed the leaders. But! They have gained too much and too much. Now they are in awesome, and they have gained hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times that of workers! When they were earning tens of thousands of dollars, how much did workers earn now? A worker in Kansas City has less than $10 a month! Is this fair? Is this correct?"
Such things, Eleanor likes to ask questions. Not only in the "classroom", she will come to Li Mengyang anytime and anywhere, but the more Li Mengyang talks, the sharper and deeper her questions will be.
Eleanor is very smart. And there are some things that make Li Mengyang care about, that is, sometimes some strange words and syntax pop out of this girl's mouth, which makes Li Mengyang very curious.
You know, Li Mengyang learned English to cope with the CET 6 level test, so the grammar is already very strict. He just found a real British American to answer the paper. They all scratched their heads. However, Li Mengyang had never heard the syntax mentioned by this girl. What does this mean?
That must be the syntax of Old English!
So what does this mean?
"Mr. Clint, your knowledge is really amazing. I think why do you have to hang out with Chinese workers? You are much better than the guys on Capitol Hill. Why don't you give up those Chinese workers and enter American politics?"
As an American, Eleanor's statement is understandable. The United States itself is an immigrant country and has always needed talents. Eleanor's idea is normal.
"I am a Chinese, and my motherland is in danger!" This is Li Mengyang's answer, simple, but not so simple.
Whenever this kind of problem comes, Eleanor always wants to say something, but he can't say it. Li Mengyang's face is not good-looking. For some reason, even Eleanor herself didn't notice it. She gradually noticed Li Mengyang's every move...
Time passed by like the Kansas River and soon entered 1857.
It has been more than a year since he arrived in Kansas, and Li Mengyang's revolutionary base, which is the farm, is growing rapidly. This was a good thing, but now it makes him very worried.
No money anymore!
Have no money? Didn’t the farm grow and grow? And didn’t Li Mengyang have many dollars received by the 'sacrificers’?
This growth refers to the growth of the population. Once the population is larger, the more people you eat, the more money you spend is like flowing water!
The Kansas Yankees are fighting against the Southerners. For this matter, even the abolition movement, Li Mengyang has always adhered to the principle that he has little to do with him.
We support abolition, but we are not involved in the battle between you!
This principle is correct, but unexpectedly, this has an unexpected consequence, that is, there are more and more people in Li Mengyang’s farm!
Why?
Didn’t the Southerners have unique advantages in newly developed land? They even transported slaves from the slave state of Missouri, which was east of Kansas. All this made them very comfortable in the competition with the Yankees.
But the Yankees are not stupid either. Although they are not as good as the Yankees in reclaiming land, they have their own ways, and they have some!
Li Mengyang didn't know before what the state of the north of the United States was at this time, because the textbooks say that industrial capitalism in the north developed very quickly and was very good. Maybe this is true, but the reality is that there are a large number of unemployed vagrants in the north.
The most representative one is the Irish.
The Great Irish Famine has not yet passed, and these guys who are unable to eat fled to the United States one after another. They hope to find a job to make a living, but how could it be that easy?
What industry needs is workers. Qualified workers, not all cats or dogs. In addition, the virtues of capitalists now make them hire more people is purely nonsense, so why don’t these individuals use it?
Whether Kansas is free or slavery is what requires voting, so voting depends on the head. As for the qualifications of voting, it is even simpler. The state governments are all Yankees. If you are qualified, you are qualified.
So, someone came up with a trick and spent money to buy tickets!
Unemployed vagrants come to Kansas, and you will get dollars when you come here!
Anyway, there are funders who pay the money, otherwise would they have registered 3,000 people to get 6,000 tickets before?
The ideas of these people are weird enough, and the result is that Li Mengyang's farm is increasing.
Because you are developing here, and other places are fighting each other. After the Sumner incident, more than 200 people died in Kansas in two months. In such chaos, your farm is pure land.
The International Column is very strong. Although there are few people, they have seen blood. The US military has done it. It goes without saying that the result will be to deal with some mobs.
So, a large number of people, especially the Irish people, ran to our farm. John Brown sometimes took the initiative to arrange people to come in. Li Mengyang's original idea was to unite all the forces that could be united, and naturally would not drive people out. There were many women among them, mostly Irish people... Everyone understands it.
Population inflated!
In addition, the most important thing in Kansas is now, which is the battle between the north and the south, other things, economic development, and infrastructure, who is the fucking care!
In addition, the people who later came were idle, and they were all lazy people, which even the Irish people looked down upon.
The market is not prosperous, even if we Chinese workers have a unique skill, that is, cooking food, it is not possible. But the catering industry is dependent on other industries. Only when the economy is prosperous can the catering industry live a good life. Therefore, in Kansas, this industry cannot develop.
So, today, what should I do if I am at the end of my life?
"I won't give a lecture today. Let's think about how to make money today."
Li Mengyang really had no choice. He didn't expect that his revolutionary base would have reached such a field and could not hold on for more than a year. So he summoned several core figures of the Revival Society, namely Matthew, Yang Guangren, and several Chinese workers and Irish people.
"..." Li Mengyang just wanted to focus on brainstorming, but these people, look at me, and look at you, no one has any idea.
After a while, the guy Matthew spoke, "Eastwood, you have the most ideas, let's talk, let's listen to you."
Very good. I have always listened to Li Mengyang, but now, 'If I have a way, I will still look for you? I originally wanted to have a democratic centralism.'
Well, Li Mengyang didn't say this. He is now a leader. Such words cannot be said and will shake the prestige that has finally been established.
It was really a bit entangled, but at this moment, someone came uninvited.
"Hahaha..." It's no one else, it's Eleanor. This girl doesn't feel like a lady at all. While laughing, she waved a piece of paper at Li Mengyang, "Look! Hahaha, you're worth $2,500 now!"
"..." Everyone present was shocked at this time. If you want to say that this little girl Eleanor is pretty good. It's been a year, and she has a bit of a big girl, but how can she look like a girl?
However, Li Mengyang saw it clearly, and Eleanor was holding a wanted warrant!
Yes, it is the wanted warrant that Koyama discovered at the Lawrence Post Office before. There is basically no difference, but his "Clint Eastwood" has increased, and now it is $2,500.
"Have it!"
After Li Mengyang saw the wanted order, he suddenly said this, and everyone present looked at him sideways.
"Why were these two people shocked?"
What exactly is "having it"?
Chapter completed!