1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 156 Five-Year Plan
It is now April 1851, 4, ten years before the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Liang Yao has ten years, that is, two "five-year plans" to prepare for this civil war.

His goal is also very clear, laying the foundation for the first five-year plan, and realizing the initial industrialization of California after the completion of the second five-year plan.

It is unrealistic for Liang Yao not to expect California's industrial strength to compete with that of the North after the completion of the two five-year plans. After all, California's size lies here.

If California wants to touch the North in terms of industrial strength, it must at least integrate the resources of the entire western part of the United States and some southern states, and its population must at least reach the size of the Confederacy (545 million free population in the South).

And these cannot be achieved overnight. To put it bluntly, with the current population of more than [-] in California, all the people are not enough to fill the front line.

What Liang Yao said is that after California has completed at least two five-year plans, the state has a relatively decent industrial system, which can support California's self-protection, and has the strength and capital to travel between the north and the south.

"No matter how much gold there is, there will always be a day when the mining is over. If California wants to maintain prosperity and stability after the gold mining is over, the only way to establish the state's industry is to be able to produce its own industrial products and sell them outside in exchange for a steady stream of outsiders. Gold, the development of California can last forever.”

There is no need for Liang Yao to say such nonsense, but the quality of state legislators in California is not high, and there are many state legislators who don't know ABC.

If it weren't for the state law that prohibits carrying guns into the Congress, these guys are the ones who come into the Congress with revolvers on their waists and curse their mothers.

There are some words that can only be understood by telling them frankly.

Unlike the U.S. Congress, members of Congress are relatively well-educated, and basically they are well-educated elites.

In contrast, the state legislators in the new state of California are a grass-roots team mixed with a small number of elites and middle class.

No decent decent guy who's ever lived in the East would risk going to California to pan for gold.

The American immigrants who came to California were basically the lower-level people who had lost hope in the east, and they came to California to stud with dreams of making a fortune.

If you win, you will return home, if you lose, you will kill yourself in Wujiang.

However, the low quality of parliamentarians also has the advantage of low quality, that is, it is easier to fool around. As long as their interests are taken care of and they are satisfied, the bill will be passed easily.

These big bosses will not talk to you about ideals, the separation of powers in the United States, or the violation of the constitution. They only care about whether there is more or less gold in their wallets.

Liang Yao's words were easy to understand. To put it bluntly, he used industrial products to convert gold from other places.Many state legislators are gold diggers and low-level nouveau riche, and they can only understand plain language that is easy to understand.

"The industrial products in the east can't be sold. California has no industrial base. Can the industrial products produced compete with the industrial products of the British and the French?"

Robinson is skeptical about this. He is well-educated and has lived in the east for a long time. He is well aware of the current status of American industry. The industrial products produced by established enterprises in the east cannot compete with Britain and France. What can California do to compete? ?
"There is no need to compete with Britain and France, as long as we can beat our counterparts in our country, the American market is sufficient to meet the needs of California. After California gets on the right track, I will organize a delegation to the east to investigate and find British and French for California. The overseas market that people have not touched yet." Liang Yao said.

Small size also has the advantage of small size, that is, it does not need a large market, as long as California's industrial products compete with other local counterparts and seize their domestic market.

Compared with the old states in the east, California, as a new state, also has its latecomer advantage, that is, California is a blank sheet of paper without any burden.

California is far away from the president, and it is surrounded by quasi-states. It does not border any state. There is no need to consider conflicts and disputes between free states and slave states, and there is no need to rush to stand between the north and the south.

Of course, if there is another overseas commodity dumping place, a blood-sucking colony or semi-colonial would be great.

Japan is very suitable for California's requirements. Britain and France have not yet set foot in it, and it is not too far away from California. If something goes wrong, it will not affect the mainland of California.

And now the top leaders of the United States are also seeking to establish Japan, and Liang Yao is also willing to contribute to this matter.

When Japan was founded, California has geographical advantages. As long as California has local industries, it can become the state that benefits the most from Japan's founding.

Not everyone in the state legislature shared Robinson's concerns.

On the contrary, many state congressmen have already developed a mentality of blind obedience to Liang Yao.

Whether it's Liang Yao's family history in the gold rush in California, or the fact that Liang Yao has actually taken charge of California.

Liang Yao did not miss a step. His reputation in California can be said to be in full swing. Even in the eastern region, Liang Yao now enjoys the reputation of an American hero.

There is no doubt that Liang Yao is an extremely successful figure in California both in business and politics, and no one can hold a candle to him.

The state legislators believed that as long as they followed Liang Yao, they could have soup even if they couldn't eat meat.

Since Liang Yao has said so, at least he has the confidence to compete with his counterparts in his country.

The Herald and the new railway track are the best examples, although the Herald has not yet been put into actual operation.

But anyone who has experienced the Pioneer train and its carriages on the experimental track knows that the Pioneer train has a crushing advantage over the trains manufactured by the large eastern railway companies.

As long as the Pioneer train enters mass production, the sales of the Eastern Railway Company are not bad.

"We want to listen to your opinions carefully, for example, which industries should we get involved in?"

Sutter was also a little moved, from buying and selling gold producing areas to selling grain, and then to cooperating with sawmills and building materials factories.

Sutter almost followed Liang Yao's footsteps step by step until today. Not only did he keep his Fort Sutter in Sacramento, but he also made a fortune and became the mayor of Sacramento.

He is also one of these state councilors who admires Liang Yao, even though Liang Yao is about the same age as his son.

"Yes, yes, Speaker, just tell us what factory we want to open."

"We have never been to college and are not as knowledgeable as you. We believe that California will have a bright future only under your leadership!"

"We all listen to you, a word from you is worth a thousand dollars!"

After Sartre spoke, the state lawmakers in the parliament echoed one after another.

"Steel, coal, railroads, machinery."

Liang Yao didn't keep it secret, and read out the general content of the draft five-year plan to the members of the state assembly.

Iron and steel output, energy output, railway mileage, and mechanization level are the main indicators of early industrialization.

Liang Yao's first five-year plan for California revolved around these four indicators.

In addition, another indicator is the chemical industry, that is, oil.

It will take another eight years for the first oil well to appear in the United States, and there is no such thing as a chemical industry at all.

If there were no other traversers in this world, only Liang Yao knew about this industry, and how terrifying profits this industry could bring in the future, and how much impact it would have on the entire human society.

Liang Yao was in such a hurry to buy land in Los Angeles that was worthless in the eyes of others, immigrated to Los Angeles, and quickly turned Los Angeles into a town where Chinese immigrants had an absolute advantage, all for the future layout of California's chemical industry.

There is no gold under the soil of Los Angeles, but there are abundant reserves of easy-to-drain oil.This is the blood of the second industrial revolution.

"But these heavy industries require huge investment in the early stage, and it takes a long time to make a profit. As far as I know, many steel companies and railway companies in the east have gone bankrupt before they can make a profit."

Fell said without hesitation that he had considered getting involved in the steel industry, but the astonishing investment and elimination rate of the steel industry discouraged him.

"You have strong funds and a lot of technical talents under your hands, which can support the day when California Steel Company is profitable, but we don't have such conditions."

Members of Congress also nodded and said yes, Fair's concerns were also their concerns.The iron and steel industry has a high threshold and a high elimination rate, which is not something small rich people like them can afford.

Therefore, when Liang Yao started to engage in steel and railways, they were still hesitant and did not have a brain to plunge into the steel industry and the railway industry.

Of course, there are also reasons for the lack of machinery and workers.

The iron and steel, railway, coal mine, machinery industry and related manufacturing industries under Liang Yao, such as steam engine factories and shipyards, used machinery and workers that Liang Yao started to deploy last year and directly imported them from the eastern region.It is not an industry incubated in California.

After losing the opportunity, it is very risky for them to copy Liang Yao's model.

These enterprises of Liang Yao are the only heavy industry in California, and their reputation has already been spread. If they do these industries again, they will face direct competition with Liang Yao.

But in California, no one wants to be a direct competitor with Liang Yao, because they know how much they are.

Today, since Liang Yao brought up this matter in the parliament, these state congressmen simply put their concerns on the table.

Liang Yao's willingness to take them to get involved in steel, coal, railways, and machinery was a last resort. Industrialization is a system and several industrial chains. It is difficult for one person, or even a group, to cover everything.

Even if it can be done, it will take a long time. He risked the United States to centralize power in California for the speed and efficiency of industrialization.

Only a relatively strong government can efficiently integrate resources and realize industrialization in a short period of time by means of thunder.

We must honestly follow the principle of separation of powers in California. After the outbreak of the Civil War, let alone a complete industrial system, I am afraid that apart from gold, there are only a few industries that can be sold in California.

There is not much time left for him, and he cannot develop slowly like the old eastern states.

(End of this chapter)