1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 379 Crash
"Add coal! Full sail!"

Hearing that an armed merchant ship of the British was about to collide, Lin Sen immediately became excited.

The Audacity is small, it can't hit a third-class warship, can't it hit a small armed merchant ship?

"I'm afraid this will lead to diplomatic disputes." Jeremiah said worriedly.

"We have reminded them to leave this sea area. They broke through our bottom line again and again, and they will bear all the consequences by themselves!"

Liang Yao was unmoved at all.

If you don't impress the new governor today, Elliot will only push his nose on his face in the future, and it will get worse and worse.

"The British have always been unreasonable. Since they want to give us a blow, we will give them a blow." Fremont supported Liang Yao's approach.

If it hadn't been for barely avoiding the impact of the British warship just now, God knows if they would have gone to the sea to feed the fish now.

Liang Yao still maintained his rationality. As long as he didn't fire guns, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still had room for maneuver.

They had already informed the British who wanted to approach in advance that there was a malfunction on the Bold, and it was the British who insisted on approaching and hitting their ship, so Liang Yao could not be blamed.

As the Daring and the armed merchant ship got closer, this time it was the British' turn to panic.

The British crew on the armed merchant ship that was about to be hit were panicked for a moment, and hurriedly raised flags to ask George and Elliot for permission to fire.

George and Elliot have already aimed the guns on the side of the ship at the Daring, and signaled the Daring to stop!

"Stop! Stop! You stupid Chinese and Americans, are you crazy?! Do you know what you are doing?!" George cursed incoherently across the sea, venting his inner anger .

George was about to order to fire to warn the Bold, forcing the Bold to stop their reckless behavior. The 360° rotating platform at the stern of the Bold had already aimed the muzzle of the 8-inch naval gun at them.

"No shooting, no shooting on the Yukon! No shooting on the Glass and the Kangaroo!" Elliot still retained a sliver of reason and ordered the shooting to be prohibited.

The Yukon is the third-class warship they are currently on, and the Glass and the Kangaroo are two armed merchant ships of the Hudson's Bay Company.

"Stop it! Stop it! Damn it! If you don't give them a little warning, they will crash into the Glass!" George's angry tone contained a hint of distress.

The Kangaroo and the Glass were not only the property of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also his private property.

And the other party was driving a boat towards his private property, the Glass!There was no sign of stopping at all.

"Your Excellency! Once the guns are fired, the nature of the incident will be different. As far as I know, Liang Yao still has a [-]-ton warship in California, a [-]-ton warship, and several patrol boats! Once the conflict escalates, We have no advantage in this sea area! We are the ones who suffer!"

Elliot was also in a cold sweat. He knew that Liang Yao could not be judged by the way he used to judge the Chinese. This guy is not timid at all. God knows this guy and the sailors brought out by this guy What a bunch of desperadoes.

Amidst the terrified looks and vulgar roars of the seventy or eighty British crew members on the Glass, the ram of the Bold rammed into the side of the Glass firmly.

The Glass was an aged wooden sailing merchant ship, where it could have withstood a heavy blow from the Daring.

Accompanied by a violent shaking, the ram of the Daring soon opened a hole in the side of the Glass.

Liang Yao also felt the huge vibration brought about by the impact on the Boldness, because the Boldness was advancing at full speed at a speed of 14~15 knots, when it hit the Glass, the Boldness, which was advancing at full speed, did not stop.

The ship continued to push the Glass with great inertia, and the cracks on the side of the Glass became bigger and bigger, and finally the cargo in the cabin leaked out of the cargo hold, falling one by one. to the sea.

Not long after, there were dozens of wooden boxes carrying goods floating in the sea near the two ships.

Seeing that the damage on the Glass was irreparable and it was a matter of time before the ship sank, the captain of the Glass had to order everyone to abandon the ship and escape.

Since the Boldness is a new ship built according to the standard of a warship, the materials used are strong.

As a result, Audacious suffered only minor damage during the impact.

Liang Yao was very curious about what cargo the British merchant ship was carrying, and ordered to salvage the cargo floating on the sea on the Glass.

Soon, a wooden cargo box was salvaged, with the British East India Company trademark on a blue background and white label on it.

"Fushou cream?"

Lin Sen, who had worked in a British shipping company, was no stranger to this kind of boxes. Before the Opium War, British merchant ships heading to Guangzhou, whether they were passenger ships or cargo ships, would more or less smuggle drugs into Guangzhou.

"Pry open!" Liang Yao's expression became gloomy, and he ordered to pry open the salvaged wooden cargo box.

Lin Sen found a crowbar, pried open the wooden box, took out the contents from the wooden box, took a close look at it, nodded and said to Liang Yao, "It's indeed drugs."

Immediately afterwards, the crew salvaged several wooden cargo boxes. Not surprisingly, these boxes were filled with drugs.

As for the cargo loaded on the Kangaroo, another cargo ship of the Hudson's Bay Company, don't even think about it, it must be drugs.

The west coast of North America is sparsely populated, and most of the population is concentrated in a few large settlements in California.

It is self-evident where these British people want to sell two shipments of medicines.

Selling to Native Indians?

It's nonsense to think about it, how many native Indians can there be on the entire west coast?
The aborigines of Indians eat these drugs as salt and cannot digest so much drugs.

What's more, how many coins can these poor jingling aborigines have in their pockets?
Only California, which is rich in gold and gradually developing economically, has the ability to digest these drugs.

"Yingyi's heart is not dead." Lin Sen said angrily, "They are all selling drugs to California."

Not to mention Lin Sen, even Fremont and Jeremiah's expressions became ugly.

Fremont naturally knew why Britain fought the trade war with China more than ten years ago.

There are not only Chinese immigrants in California, but also Yankee immigrants, Dixie immigrants, Irish immigrants, French immigrants and other ethnic immigrants.

But they all have a new identity, that is, Americans.

Narcotics affect people regardless of ethnicity. Chinese people can be addicted, and Yankees and Dixie people will naturally be addicted.

In view of this, when they, the California elders, reached a consensus when California was established, the prohibition of opium-based drugs was written into California's state law.

Even medical anesthetics are listed as controlled substances for control.

"Are the Brits planning to turn us Americans into the sick men of North America? Exchange the drugs grown by the East India Company in South Asia for the gold produced in California. The Brits really know how to do business."

Fremont clenched his fists, and looked at the British ship with killing intent in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)