1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 319 Complete California
As a relatively mature politician, Fillmore's governance platform is obviously more mature and more operable.

After two rounds of debate, Fillmore won the debate without any suspense.

After the debate, Liang Yao and others congratulated Fillmore.

Barring any surprises, Fillmore should win 35 votes in his home state.

The decoration of the Crystal Palace has been basically completed, and the main building has been put into normal use.

Taking advantage of Fillmore's speech and debate in New York, Liang Yao invited Fillmore to cut the ribbon for the opening of the Crystal Palace.

Fillmore is now a top player in the United States and a native of New York State. It is perfect to ask him to cut the ribbon for the new New York commercial center Crystal Palace.

Facing Liang Yao's invitation, Fillmore did not refuse, and readily agreed.

Fillmore walked off the debate stage of the New York City Hall. He looked up at the magnificent marble palace belonging to Stewart and said: "If the Crystal Palace in London can be reproduced and used as a shopping mall in New York, other shopping malls in New York will be eclipsed. Pale."

Fillmore did not personally participate in the 1851 London World Expo, but he had seen the daguerreotype of the London World Expo, and he was deeply impressed by the grand buildings made of steel and glass in the photos.

I heard that the Crystal Palace in London has been demolished. It would be a grand event if a building like the Crystal Palace could be reproduced in New York.

"I would like to borrow your good words." Liang Yao said with a smile.

Fillmore invited Liang Yao to take a carriage together, and he still had some matters to discuss with Liang Yao alone.

Originally, the split within the Whig party made him not expect too much for his re-election. However, after personally contacting Pierce today and having a debate on stage, Fillmore has become more confident in his re-election.

So are the Democrats' candidates.

Fillmore is now thinking about his re-election.

He doesn't want to be an unknown American president. Of course, Fillmore is a sensible person, and he can see that the conflict between the North and the South will inevitably lead to an unavoidable civil war in the future.

Mild means cannot resolve the conflict of interests between the North and the South. Only by reshuffling the country through war can it be completely resolved.

Having been in politics for so many years, Fillmore still has this vision and judgment.

Since the civil war cannot be avoided, and he does not want to bear the notoriety of the civil war president, the only feasible way is to delay the outbreak of the civil war and not break out during his tenure.

As for when the civil war will break out, that's left to the next president.

"As long as I am re-elected, I will fully support the Pacific Railway."

In the spacious carriage compartment, Fillmore said to Liang Yao.

"But I hope that this railway can be completed during my term of office, and I will personally cut the ribbon for this railway."

Fillmore hoped that the great project across the North American continent, such as the Pacific Railway, would become his political achievement during his term of office. This is also the condition for Fillmore to support Liang Yao in building this railway.

He didn't want this railway to be the achievement of his successor, and it made his successor cheaper in vain.

"Done in your tenure? It's a bit difficult, but I'll do my best."

For Fillmore's harsh request, Liang Yao gritted his teeth and agreed with a look of reluctance, and he also put forward his conditions.

"However, the "Pacific Railway Act" needs to be passed by the Congress as soon as possible. It will take four years to complete the construction of this railway, which is equivalent to building about 2 kilometers of railway a day, and there are still many sections in mountainous areas. Bridges need to be built to lay the railway. .”

Historically, it took 6 years and 5 months to complete the construction of the Pacific Railway. It was quite a challenge for Liang Yao to complete this project in 4 years.

However, Liang Yao also has his advantage, that is, the western starting point of this railway is no longer Sacramento, but Reno or Carson in the Nevada area, and the mileage of the railway to be built is less than [-] kilometers.

Historically, when the Pacific Railway was built, it was still in the midst of the Civil War, and the financially distressed federal government gave limited substantive support to the Pacific Railway.

Although the current federal government is divided, it is still a unified government, and its finances are more abundant than during the war.

Another thing is that Liang Yao now has the ability to mass-produce nitroglycerin explosives, which is an advantage that he did not have when building the Pacific Railway in history.

It is not an impossible task to complete the construction of this railway in 4 years.

Furthermore, Liang Yao himself hoped that the railway would be completed during Fillmore's tenure, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

"This bill may be passed within one month after I take office." Fillmore promised Liang Yao, his tone was very firm.

"With your words, I feel relieved." Liang Yao said.

"You have been in charge of the US-Mexico border for a while, what do you think of Mexico's military strength?" Fillmore continued to the next topic.

"Mexico's army?" Liang Yao pondered for a long time. After confirming that the Mexican army had nothing to boast about, he gave the Mexican army a very pertinent evaluation, "It's a piece of loose sand, vulnerable to a single blow."

It's not that Liang Yao looks down on the Mexican army, but that the Mexican army is really unbearable.

Mexico has a standing army of up to [-] people. In terms of the number of standing troops, Mexico's standing army is larger than that of the United States.

However, the Mexican army lacks training, the soldiers are indisciplined, the quality of the commanders is low, and the weapons and equipment are relatively backward. This is the evaluation of the Mexican army by Elvis, a capable general under Liang Yao.

Elvis was employed by the Mexican government in his early years and trained the army for the Mexican government. His evaluation of the Mexican army still has certain reference value.

The above are not the fatal flaws of the Mexican army. The most fatal flaw of the Mexican army is that the Mexican president cannot fully control the [-] standing army.

Mexico's standing army is controlled by different bureaucrats and politicians, big landowners from all over the country, and the emerging bourgeoisie, and they do not belong to each other.

Moreover, Mexico has not yet completed the construction of a modern state, so the modern military mobilization system is naturally out of the question.

This is why at the beginning of the U.S.-Mexico War, Mexico could take advantage of its superiority in military strength and win a few battles by taking advantage of the U.S. military's carelessness.

However, after the United States began to mobilize and a steady stream of new troops joined the battlefield, the Mexican army could only be passively beaten and could not organize an effective counterattack.

"California is not complete now, and California is complete only if there is Baja California." Fillmore said with some playfulness.

Baja California?What is Fillmore's plan?Liang Yao was full of suspicion. Could it be that Fillmore also had the idea of ​​Mexican territory?
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