1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 496 I feel unlucky where the British lived

"The treaty also stipulates that the Hudson's Bay Company shall retain the property north of the Columbia River. The property of the Hudson's Bay Company and the United Kingdom south of the frontier will be respected. Your Excellency now hastily surrounded Bellingham and cut off the normal life of my British subjects. How about business activities?"

Elliot remained stubborn, he argued.

These two items are indeed important contents of the "Oregon Treaty". When the treaty was signed, British Columbia was still under the jurisdiction of the Hudson's Bay Company.

These two contents are also the contents of a compromise that Meili had to make due to the limitation of its solid strength.

It's just that these two clauses have been taken out of context when it comes to Elliott. The official treaty clause states that the US side respects the legal property of the Hudson's Bay Company and other British companies or individuals.

"It seems that you have really read the treaty, but you have only read it. You haven't read it carefully enough." Liang Yao took a copy of the treaty on the oak table.

"This is a copy of the treaty. Your Excellency has seen it clearly. It is the legal property of the British side!"

"Oh?" Elliot just glanced at the treaty with disdain.

Seeing that Elliot's attitude was still so rude, Liang Yao didn't give Elliot a good face: "The British side crossed the border to settle illegally, and exercised the laws of the British colony on my American soil, turning Bellingham into a country within a state. Property earned by this means? Do you think it is legal property?!"

"Your Excellency, you mean that you don't intend to withdraw from Bellingham? Are you going to besiege Bellingham to the end?" Elliott confronted each other.

"As long as the illegal British settlers don't leave, my army will not withdraw!" Liang Yao unceremoniously issued an order to evict Elliot.

"I want to negotiate a clear border with you and eliminate the grievances between the two countries. Since you are so insincere! Next, I will take more radical measures to defend our legitimate rights and interests! Go slow!"

The first talks between Britain and the United States broke up so unhappy.

What Liang Yao said to Yilu was not just words.

Early the next morning, he ordered the Oregon regiment to enter Bellingham.

Many of the illegal residents in Bellingham were employees of British colonial companies. Naturally, these employees would not work hard for a monthly salary of three or four pounds.

The Oregon Regiment kept these illegal British residents under control almost effortlessly.

The Northern Oregon Territory is a territorial area. The laws of California apply to the Northern Oregon Territory. The territorial area uses the laws of the federal government. There are still laws to follow to imprison these illegal British residents.

In 1856, Murray implemented the Immigration Act of 1850 (The Immigration Act of 1850).

According to the Act, smuggling and illegal entry are illegal, and the US authorities have the power to impose fines, detention, deportation and prohibition on these violators.

The Act is a relatively standardized immigration law since the founding of the United States. It stipulates the standards and procedures for immigration entry, including identity and health checks before entering the United States, and signing a statement promising not to participate in illegal activities.It is worth mentioning that the bill also stipulates the prohibition of slave trade and other content.

Liang Yao imprisoned more than 1850 British people in Bellingham under the Immigration Act of 700, and issued an ultimatum to Governor Elliot of British Columbia.

"What a place, it was ruined like this by the British."

After the Oregon regiment recovered Bellingham, Liang Yao also came to Bellingham.

The planning of Bellingham is very bad. It is said to be a port stronghold, but there are few decent buildings in the entire settlement, and there are rough wooden houses built in a hurry.

The port is also very sloppy, and can only berth small boats with a displacement of several hundred tons.

In addition to poor planning, Bellingham's sanitary conditions are also very worrying, and the streets are littered with livestock and even human excrement.

The entire settlement is filled with an indescribable stench.

"It's really disgusting." Ge Wen had already taken out a silk handkerchief and covered his nose.

California is an immigration state, and each immigration company has a set of mature and standard regulations on how to build new immigrant settlements.

Site selection for new settlements, settlement planning, settlement scale, immigration management, board and lodging standards, how many clinics are needed, how many schools, industries in future settlements, etc., have all been standardized and programmed.

Some immigration companies even hire construction teams to build basic infrastructure before proceeding with immigration. Of course, if you choose such an immigration company, immigrants need to pay a high service fee.

Generally, resource-based immigrant settlements have such high-quality services. For example, a chaebol has taken a fancy to a coal mine in the Oregon region. The chaebol will usually entrust an immigration company to build infrastructure and pay service fees, and then recruit immigrants by itself. Build a resource-based mining town.

Because of this, the planning and sanitary conditions of the settlements handled by the California immigration company are not bad. Most of the immigrants can find jobs and quickly integrate into the mainstream society of California and become real citizens.

Compared with the new settlements built by immigrant companies in California, the construction of Bellingham by the United Kingdom is indeed somewhat difficult to understand at a glance.

"Elvis, gather those British people together." Liang Yao said to Elvis, the head of the Oregon Regiment.

"You want to lecture?" Elvis asked.

"I don't talk to animals." Liang Yao shook his head, pointing to the buildings in Bellingham and said, "In front of the British, burn all these illegal buildings. I think it's bad luck where they lived."

Although Elvis was a little puzzled, this was Liang Yao's order, so he followed it.

Seeing that the U.S. military was about to burn the city, the detainees protested strongly. They had no choice but to withdraw from Bellingham because the U.S. military would be under strong pressure from the British side, and Bellingham was still theirs. idea.

Seeing these restless Britons making a fuss, Elvis didn't show any kindness to them, and fired his gun into the sky to shut up these annoying Britons.

Elvis was also suffocating in his stomach. Originally, the Oregon Regiment was based in Portland.

Although Portland is not as good as San Francisco, the resident of the California regiment, it is better than the current place where the birds don't shit and the beasts are everywhere.

Elvis was very annoyed that the Oregon Regiment had been transferred here just because these goblins had settled here illegally.

After a few shots, the noisy Britons finally quieted down.

They could only watch their property being set on fire by the savage Americans. They wanted to fight, but after seeing the American soldiers with bayonets on their rifles, they could only choose to stay where they were, without speaking out.

Ten miles away, Bellingham was sunny and sunny, but at the border more than [-] kilometers away from Bellingham, it was pouring rain.

There is a Colonial Infantry Regiment in British Columbia, the infantry regiment that Elliot relies on most on land.It is also the foundation for Elliot to maintain rule in British Columbia, which covers an area of ​​94 square kilometers.

At this time, soldiers from the British Colonial Infantry Regiment were confronting the Arizona Regiment on the frontier.

After the heavy rain, the infantry of these colonial troops chose to evacuate the border and return to their camp to take shelter from the rain and make tea.

While drinking tea leisurely under the awning, they laughed at the Arizona regiment soldiers in raincoats standing like statues on the border.

Anyway, they won't really fight, so why work so hard?
This is the thinking of these British troops. They don't think that war will break out between Britain and the United States because of a little incident in Bellingham.

On the border line at 49° north latitude, Elliot held the ultimatum just sent by the US in his hand, feeling angry and heavy.

Elliot did not expect that Liang Yao would actually attack Bellingham, let alone that Liang Yao dared to detain British citizens, and asked the British Columbia authorities to pay a fine of 30 pounds for each British resident before repatriating these British citizens. Sent to a coal mine in Oregon to mine.

Elliot threw the ultimatum into the rain and raised a telescope to observe the American soldiers on the border.

These American soldiers are all yellow-skinned. Rather than saying that they are American soldiers, Elliot is more willing to believe that they are Chinese soldiers.

In the trade war with China from 1840 to 1842, Elliot saw many soldiers of this color on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

They are yellow and emaciated, malnourished, and their morale is low. The commanders are ignorant and incompetent, and they will collapse at the first touch.

Vulnerable to the mighty British Empire army.

Elliot doesn't understand why there is such a big gap in military quality between the two armies formed by the same race.

"Do they stand on the border like this every day?" Elliot asked the British colonel beside him.

"Yes, sir, they stand on the border like this every day, and they change their guards every eight hours, and they are unstoppable." The British colonel took out his pocket watch and looked at the time on the watch.

"They will still fire guns in a while, which is also their unshakable practice. Such a waste of ammunition is unbelievable, and we are all used to it now."

Sure enough, not long after the British colonel's words fell, the rumbling gunfire sounded from the other side of the border, and the cannonball sounded like thunderstorms on a rainy day, hitting Elliot's heart.

The corners of Elliot's mouth twitched a little, his face was as gloomy as the weather today, he asked the colonel, "They can stand on the border line rain or shine, what are you doing?!"

"Sir, with all due respect, this is a very stupid act." The colonel lowered his voice and said to Elliott, "it is easy to get sick in such heavy rain, and besides, the soldiers will probably have objections to such an order. "

The colonel of the British army was also very helpless. The regiment he led was not a regular British army, but a colonial army. If such an order was issued, these [Qiu]·[[-]] would definitely riot.

There is such a decent force in the entire British Columbia region, and he has to be cautious when giving orders.

The confrontation with the U.S. military on the border is just a show, and it uses actions to warn the U.S. military that there are troops from the British Empire north of 49° north latitude, so they should not mess around.

"Aren't they flesh and blood? Don't they get sick?" Elliot snarled angrily as he knocked down the umbrella the secretary was holding for him.

"Stupid? I ask you, if they attack our army now, and the shells hit our camp across the border, can you stop their attack? Can New Westminster still hold it ? Are you worthy of the £550 ($2673) a year the British Empire pays you?!"

The British colonel remained silent. He already had the answers to these questions in his mind, but he didn't dare to argue back with the governor who could decide his promotion, appointment and dismissal with a single sentence, so he could only stand still and be scolded.

The British military officers in the mid-19th century were the high-income class in British society. After all, these officers were basically the children of nobles, and the British Empire would naturally not treat these noble children badly.

During this period, the salaries of British military officers were the highest in the world.

同时期美军上校的年薪约为1500美元，法军上校的年薪约为5000法郎（1000美元），俄军上校的年薪约为2400卢布（1850美元）。

Of course, these salaries are only standard salaries under normal circumstances, and actual salaries will be adjusted in various countries based on factors such as the officer's military age, professional title, mission, and location.

That's the case, the salary of British officers is not a bit higher than that of officers of the same level in other countries.

Among the great powers, the Prussian army has the lowest salary and treatment. Compared horizontally with other great powers, the Prussian army officer can be said to be a high-risk occupation with less money and more work.

At this time, the annual salary of a colonel in the Prussian army was 1500 thalers, equivalent to about $550, which was even lower than that of a major in the U.S. military (the annual salary of a major in the U.S. military was about $800).

(End of this chapter)