Cholera in California was far more serious than Liang Yao expected.

New patients have been arriving at the California Hospital in San Francisco for more than a week.

In the end, the hospital admitted not more than 2,500 cholera patients, nor 3,000, but 4,600.

The number of cholera patients has far exceeded the capacity of his temporary hospital.

Liang Yao had to expand the scale of the hospital and allocated four shops and a warehouse to the hospital to accommodate cholera patients. At the same time, he published newspapers to recruit more volunteers to assist doctors in treating cholera patients.

The hospital was full of cholera patients suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. Doctors in white coats and volunteers wearing red cross armbands shuttled among the patients.

They either check on the patient's condition or give the patient medicine and fluids to relieve their pain.

The air was filled with the sour smell of urine and vomit, which was disgusting.

Although some people clean up these dirty things in time to ensure the cleanliness of the hospital and reduce the number of mosquitoes and flies, the smell cannot be removed in a short time.

Fortunately, his efforts were not in vain. Dr. Robinson, the general director of the hospital, brought good news to Liang Yao.

"Today is the peak of cholera. After today, our number of patients will gradually decrease."

Robinson, wearing a white coat, walked through the long corridor towards Liang Yao with statistics in hand.

"Dr. Robinson, let's go out and talk. The atmosphere here is too depressing and the smell is too strong."

"It's up to you, I feel like I've lost my sense of smell after being here for so many days." Robinson said with a shrug.

Liang Yao walked to the door, took off his mask and breathed in the fresh air greedily.

"Mixing salt water with this sugar water can indeed facilitate the absorption of water in the gastrointestinal tract. This is a major medical discovery that will save the lives of thousands of cholera patients..." Robinson couldn't hide his excitement.

He was so excited that even his tone of voice was filled with excitement.

"Stop it, let's just talk about our current situation."

Liang Yao has no time to talk to him now. Vanderbilt has already arrived in San Francisco. Vanderbilt is very important to him, and it is related to his future layout in California. He has to rush back to see Vanderbilt.

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In addition to Vanderbilt himself, he also hoped to get to know some entrepreneurs in Vanderbilt's circle through Vanderbilt and exchange gold for their technology and machinery. These things he urgently needed.

He was now unsure of Vanderbilt's attitude toward California and him.

The possibility of becoming a partner with a rising industrialist like Vanderbilt was far higher than with the old aristocrats of the East.

Of course, it's just more likely.

He had to prepare for the worst in everything, and his worst plan was to not only fail to reach cooperation with Vanderbilt, but also to have a direct conflict of interest with the old aristocrats in the East in California.

By then, if he wanted to develop industry in California, he could only purchase a limited number of unadvanced machinery and some outdated technologies from small and medium-sized enterprises and companies in the east that were about to go bankrupt.

As for Fremont, his family fortune is quite substantial, and he is also willing to contribute to the development of California.

He was the first American to come to California. He became famous for California and had a special affection for the place.

However, Fremont was a well-known large plantation owner in the southeastern state of Georgia, and his family owned thousands of hectares of cotton fields. It was okay for him to grow cotton in California, but it was undoubtedly a fantasy for Fremont to start an industry in California.

Liang Yao didn't have a system and a void warehouse. He couldn't rub a steamship with his hands and then take out a bunch of crazy machines from his void pocket to crush the indigenous machines of this era.

After much thought, Vanderbilt was still the most ideal partner, and he wanted to seize this opportunity.

"Currently, 138 severe patients have been transferred to the moderate patient area, and 583 moderate patients have been transferred to the mild patient area. As for the mild patient area, 421 cholera patients have been cured.

Patients, they can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.

So far, only 16 critically ill patients have died, which can be said to be a miracle. California has done something that big cities like New York and Boston have not been able to do."

After saying that, Robinson didn't care about the dirt on the floor and sat down directly. He was really too tired.

For a week, he slept less than four hours a day. Even in his dreams, he often dreamed of patients who were on the verge of death and reached out to him for help, which made him suddenly wake up from his dreams.

"I think California's experience in preventing cholera can be extended to the east. If the east can do the same, cholera will soon disappear from the United States and will no longer be a disgraceful epidemic."

"Things are not that simple. The situation in the East is more complicated than in California. There is no politics in California, but everything in the East involves politics. Moreover, cholera in California has not yet been eradicated. It is too early to say victory. We cannot take it lightly."

Robinson's idea was still too simple, but he didn't have time to talk to Robinson anymore now.

"Dr. Robinson, I have to receive Mr. Vanderbilt these two days, so I will leave the hospital affairs to you, please!"

After speaking, Liang Yao patted Robinson on the shoulder and said goodbye to Robinson.

Before he had taken a few steps, a loyalist leader wearing a gold black bear badge came to inform him that Vanderbilt had arrived at the door of the hospital.

Liang Yao didn't expect that Vanderbilt would come here to find him, so he had to go out to meet Vanderbilt.

At the beginning of the night, street lamps lit with whale oil lit up the hospital and the streets, dispelling the darkness.

Father and daughter Vanderbilt and Elizabeth Yin stood under the streetlight, and next to them was a rather unpleasant sign, with slogans in English and Chinese saying "Farming for epidemic prevention and no one allowed to enter".

Vanderbilt was very tall. According to statistics, the average height of adult white males born in the United States in 1850 was 171.1 centimeters. Vanderbilt, who was 183 centimeters tall, was much higher than this standard.

Vanderbilt's dress was more casual.

His arms and legs are long and thick, and his hairline is relatively high, but he has thick brown hair. Perhaps because of the sea voyage, his beard has not been shaved for some time and looks a bit sloppy.

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His lips are thick, his chin looks strong, his high forehead hides a pair of sharp eyes, and his long pointed nose is like the bow of a sailboat.

The first impression this person gave Liang Yao was more like a captain, sailor or soldier than a successful businessman.

Vanderbilt and Liang Yao's image of a successful businessman in suits and ties are far from each other.

"Hello Mr. Vanderbilt, I didn't know that you came here to visit me in person and it was a long way to welcome me."

Liang Yao took off his gloves and shook hands with Vanderbilt.

"Hello, Mr. Liang, I heard a lot of rumors about you when I was in Nicaragua."

Although Vanderbilt was born in Staten Island, New York, USA, and was a native American, perhaps due to the influence of his parents, there was a hint of Low Dutch accent in his words.

This is one of the few Dutch marks on him.

Vanderbilt clamped Liang Yao's hand tightly, as if he was competing with Liang Yao to see who was stronger.

During the six months in California, Liang Yao paid attention to diet and physical exercise. His physique was no longer that of the frail scholar he used to be. Since Vanderbilt wanted to compete with him, he would stay with him until the end.

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