Wild North America 1846

Chapter 184 American Panama Railroad Company

The Panama region is actually a city, that is, Panama City. Panama City and Colon Town have a total population of 5.12, accounting for more than 9% of the population of the entire Panama region. The rest are mostly plantations and agricultural populations in the countryside.

Therefore, Panama has the highest proportion of urban population in the world, much higher than that of the UK.

This is because with its unique geographical advantages, Panama has been a land transportation hub across the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean since the Spanish colonial period. A large number of people and goods are transshipped every year, which has created the prosperity of Panama City and Colon Town. This has resulted in an abnormally high population in local cities and towns.

It is precisely because of this special social structure that the upper echelons of the city council headed by Mayor Cecil Rodrio have a high say in the ownership of the Panama region.

After being provoked by Brigadier General Pan Hengchen, Mayor Cecil Rodrio and a group of senior officials of the Panama City Council frequently traveled to and from the naval base to negotiate on some details.

The end of March
The two parties finally reached an agreement that the Tang Kingdom offered one earl, two viscounts, and five barons, a total of 8 noble titles and fiefdoms, in exchange for Panama's formal declaration of secession from the New Granada Republic and the embrace of the Tang Kingdom.

Nov. 1849, 7

The diplomatic mission with Count Juan Carlos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Tang as the special envoy arrived in Panama City and personally witnessed Mayor Cecil Rodrio read out the official statement of withdrawing from the Republic of New Granada in public.

Immediately, Mayor Cecil Rodrio and a group of high-level city council members, representing the Panamanian people, swore to join the Datang Kingdom as one of its provinces.

at the ceremony
Count Juan Carlos personally read out the king's edict, enfeoffing Brigadier Pan Hengchen the title of Earl of the Kingdom, enjoying fiefdoms and family badges, which have been passed down from generation to generation.

Enfeoffed Cecil Rodrio as the Earl of the Kingdom, enjoying the fiefdom and family badge, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and still serves as the mayor of Panama.

The meritorious officers of the navy were entrusted, and some high-level members of the Panama City Council were nobles of the kingdom, encouraging the monarchs to work together and forge ahead, and jointly build a prosperous and prosperous Datang Kingdom.

So far, Panama City has become a sea of ​​joy, the people are singing and dancing, dragon and lion dances to celebrate this moment, only the Americans of the Panama Railway Company are depressed.

In a three-storey baroque building

William White, the director and general manager of the Panama Railway Company with a hooked nose, opened his mouth and poured a large glass of gin into his belly. Feeling the burning of the spirit from his throat to his stomach, he slapped the glass heavily on the on the desktop.

The delicate glass shattered immediately, and William White's finger was cut by the sharp glass shards, and blood flowed out immediately.

"William, your hand is broken." Duffy Lewis in the office frowned and reminded.

He is also a member of the board of directors of the Panama Railway Company, but does not participate in specific operations. He is a large slave owner and cotton plantation owner in the southern Georgia state of the United States.

There were two other people in the office, but they were all employees of the railway company, and they didn't dare to say anything when they saw this.

"Don't worry about it, maybe a little injury can make me feel better." William White took the white handkerchief handed over by his subordinate staff, bound up the wound on his hand hastily, and then stood up with an irritable expression. Get up and point your finger at the singing and dancing crowd outside the window and say;
"Look at these idiots, don't know why they are happy when they are betrayed?
I really can't believe that the Datang Kingdom has reached out to Central America, and our federal government has done nothing, pretending to be deaf and letting it go.

What happened to President Taylor?
Is he still the heroic general we know of as the hero who led the army to storm Mexico City?
What about the Monroe Doctrine spirit of the founding fathers?

Should the Orientals be allowed to act recklessly in Central America?

God, I'm really going crazy, is the world changing too fast, or I can't understand?
How could the proud American cowboy fear the Tang Kingdom like a snake?
I'm going to pay for an army to clean these fucking orientals out of Panama, and the deaf Bogota gov't idiots all deserve hell, a bunch of filthy shit, Falk..."

It can be seen that William White is already in a state of dismay. The Tang Kingdom has invaded the Panama region in an all-round way, and taking the region as its own province really stimulated him.

It's not that William White is so righteous, but because the Tang Kingdom is not a simple role, and it will never let the land bridge connecting the two oceans be in the hands of the Americans. take away.

This undoubtedly hurt the interests of the American Panama Railway Company, and it also hurt William White. It is no wonder that he was furious.

"Calm down William, yelling can't solve any problems, and the Orientals are not interested in this and will not be intimidated by you. Their courage and wrist are stronger than we imagined, and their appetite is bigger. Maybe a timely withdrawal is not One of the worst ideas."

"What are you talking about...how is this possible?"

"Everything is possible. In fact, Datang Kingdom is a tough and difficult player. These weak Central Americans cannot be compared. They cannot be played by us at will." Duffy-Lewis shrugged helplessly, his eyes seemed Calm and wise.

His wealth is mainly a vast cotton plantation in Georgia and 647 black slaves. Investing in the Panama Railway is just a business, and even if he loses it, it will not hurt his bones.

For this, it is not worthwhile to fight the Datang Kingdom hard.

William White's eyes flashed with anger, he stared at Duffy Lewis and said; "Look... the battle has not yet begun, and some people are already going to be cowards. Our evasion will only make the Easterners more greedy, and they will eat us up." There are no bones left."

"Don't make it so ugly, this is just a business, and the price given by the Orientals is not bad, but the profit is a little less."

"Why should I hand over my business to others? The monopoly of Panama Railways can last for 100 years or more. You can't get better business anywhere else. I will never back down and must fight. in the end."

"William, it's not as exaggerated as you said. I can also sell cotton for 100 years. I can earn enough money to enjoy a good life in the upper class, and I can also maintain good relations with the Orientals. Buy from them what we want. Copper ore, silk, porcelain and tea, and perhaps a title of nobility."

"Don't get delusional, man, the orientals will just put you in the white penal camp, toil to death, build bridges, roads and cities for them, and won't even let you play with an Indian woman, they are all devils and heretics, so I say."

"Fortunately, you are not God, but just a lunatic who talks a lot." Duffy-Lewis sneered, stood up, went to the door, took off his hat and put it on his head, and said back; "I think the quotation from the Orientals That’s right, the shares in the Panama Railway you hold will be transferred to them. As for you, you can do whatever you want, just do it freely. I don’t know any mercenaries that can defeat the army of the Tang Kingdom. This is so ridiculous , but sincerely wish you success."

After finishing, he took off his hat politely, opened the door and left, leaving only William White trembling with anger, his face turned blue and red, as if he had opened a dyeing workshop.

No bragging, William White is just a talkative king. Let him organize a mercenary army to attack the naval base of the Datang Kingdom. Let alone whether he has such financial resources, first of all, he is not brave enough.

Capitalists are all businessmen with their families and their mouths. It is okay to let them wave their flags in the public opinion circles. If they really go to the battlefield, they will be more cowardly than one, and they are very sorry for their lives.

The price offered by Datang Kingdom is 340 million US dollars, which is 40% more than the original investment of the American Panama Railway Company. It should be said that it is very sincere.

But business is not like this. After the opening of the Panama Railway Company, due to the rapid rise of the Tang Kingdom, the materials and personnel transported by the Panama Railway are dozens of times that of the original historical period, making a lot of money.

The 76-kilometer-long railway can easily earn a huge profit of nearly one million U.S. dollars in one year.

Such a good business that is almost making money every day, let alone 340 million US dollars, even if it is doubled, it is not willing to sell!

The scarcity and uniqueness of the Panama Railway, as well as the nature of the land bridge across the two oceans, inherently determine that it cannot be measured by equal value.

As William White said, it can be done for 100 years or even longer, of course I can't bear to let it go!

"Okay, okay, go out and leave me alone, God! Why are you such an idiot?" William White vented a nameless anger on his subordinates, drove them all out, and then The man sat heavily on the chair with an uncertain expression on his face.

He was considering what Duffy-Lewis said, and after thinking about it, he had to admit that what the old fox said made sense.

Those people in Datang Kingdom are not good stubblers, and they will definitely not work hard.

Among other things, you will be hanged directly on the charge of adultery with pirates, and you will be drizzled if you confiscate all your property and stocks.

Were the over 300 pirates hanged at the naval base all pirates?
I'm afraid not necessarily
Among them are some white family leaders who strongly oppose the Tang Kingdom. I don’t know if they have fornicated pirates, but it is true that those wolf-like soldiers confiscated property and killed people.

These days, Panama is thousands of miles away from the United States, coupled with the lack of information, those Orientals in the Tang Kingdom want to do something wrong, and when those friends in the US Federal Congress know, I am afraid that even the day lily will be completely cold. .

It is definitely not possible to do it hard, it is too dangerous.

(End of this chapter)