In July 1855, because of the Mediterranean climate, the summer in San Francisco was not very hot, so it can be said that the climate was pleasant.

It should be said that the weather in San Francisco is good all year round, as if it is in spring all year round, this climate has given convenience to many people, especially those who have just come to California, or those who have just arrived in the United States, so that they don't have to buy more clothes, a set of clothes, you don't care how dirty and rotten, anyway, you can deal with the past, don't underestimate this, this saves a lot of living costs.

Li Mengyang also enjoys this climate benefit, so he is still wearing the ragged coat that got off the piglet, and he still has that greasy braid on his head, but he is walking on the streets of San Francisco, and now he has an additional means of transportation, a wheelbarrow!

FROM THE VARIOUS THINGS LOADED IN THE CAR, AND THERE ARE A FEW BIG CHARACTERS WRITTEN ON IT, JINLIN-DINER, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THIS WHEELBARROW IS NOT HIS LI MENGYANG'S, THIS IS THE GOLDEN SCALE PAVILION HOTEL.

Now Li Mengyang has found a career to make a living, that is, to be a buddy in this Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel, usually mainly buying, delivery, as for this Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel, I also know the name, this is our Chinese hotel, this store is located on Dupont Street in San Francisco, this street is relatively prosperous, not only there are many shops, but there are also a few Chinese shops.

The owner of the Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel is called Huang San, that is, the guy who asked Li Mengyang when he was very wolf on the first day, in that case, he saw his compatriot, and this compatriot also intended to hire him, Li Mengyang made the only right choice he could make at that time, that is, to work for Huang San's boss.

But!

10 cents a day, including food and accommodation, of course, the leftovers are leftovers, and the utility room is also called the firewood room, which is Li Mengyang's current work treatment.

And the compatriots, blacker than the American capitalists!

But there is no way, in that case, Li Mengyang can only admit it, how did he come here, he has to stand firm first, and he has become, after being exploited by Huang San's compatriot in the past few months, Li Mengyang has a certain understanding of San Francisco in 1855.

1855, the United States, the West, San Francisco, just these few words you know, this is the famous gold rush period. This is definitely a period of great development and prosperity, but if you are really in the gold rush, the feeling is different, this place is really a mess!

How messy is it?

In 1848, San Francisco was still a small fishing village, with a population of several hundred, but now, let alone tens of thousands, can this not be chaotic?

Anyway, among the several rules of survival in San Francisco that Huang San said to Li Mengyang, the first is that no matter what happens, don't call the police, because the police are often not here to catch thieves, they are likely to knock you down with one punch, or point a 'pepper gun' at your head and ask you if you have gold in your pocket.

In addition, there is a group of people who are more ruthless than the police, what is it called, these people don't care about the law at all, they just like and dislike when they arrest people, and they don't have to kill people, they will nail you to a crime, and they will find a public place to hang you!

It's really like this, Li Mengyang has seen it with his own eyes, but after all, the hanged people are a minority, and there was news before that the city government wants to reorganize the police force, because there are many robbers and murderers in it, and they themselves hung up the stolen police badges in order to release their accomplices.

Well, there is finally a city government, although Li Mengyang doesn't know what those guys can do, of course, there are also courts, prisons, and there should be anyway, but now there are so many people, and there are all kinds of people, and it is estimated that government officials are useless.

This also explains why no one cared about Li Mengyang when he came to the United States, and the city government should have taken care of itself.

In addition, that is the problem of part-time jobs, as Huang San said to Li Mengyang, that is, don't rob whites and blacks of jobs, they will beat you if you don't make a good fuss, this is still light, sometimes they will rob first and then beat, and even worse, they will explode your chrysanthemum...... It hurts to think about it.

Yes, most of us Chinese are engaged in 'women's work', such as washing clothes, cooking, etc., just like Huang San, he has been here for seven or eight years, and now he has opened this Qilin Pavilion Hotel through his own diligence and calculation.

To put it bluntly, it's not that the Chinese don't want to do the 'man's work', it's that they can't do it, and the current California Governor John Bigler even introduced a bill to impose heavy taxes on Chinese miners!

According to Huang San, of course, America's yamen has to face foreigners......

This also explains what happened to Li Mengyang in the labor market in San Francisco, of course, this also has his peculiarity, he can actually speak English, which is too rebellious!

San Francisco in 1855 was chaotic but also prosperous, so the average labor price was a dollar a day, yes, but it was actually a public price, much higher than other parts of the United States.

But why did the black man do it for half a dollar?

It's very simple, that black man is a slave, and slaves have masters, don't underestimate this advantage......

Is this still an advantage? ?

It's really an advantage, it's not small.

First of all, Li Mengyang very much agrees that slavery is evil, black slaves are oppressed, and the famous "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is now selling very well, and almost every white lady will hold a copy in her hand, but.

When Li Mengyang learned the price of black slaves, his three views were shaken.

One black slave = 800-1300 dollars!

This is the current market quotation, for this money, you can buy at least two Golden Scale Pavilion Hotels, with Li Mengyang's current salary, he probably won't have the opportunity to buy even a single slave in his life.

You say that slaves are so precious, so how do slave owners treat slaves?

Slaves are property, and slave owners must not want their property to depreciate, right?

Eating slave owners have to take care of, this is a must, and if you are sick, you have to take care of it, isn't it a loss of a lot of money when you die? Then the wedding, funeral, and ......

This is not an exaggeration, because if a slave gives birth to a child or is a slave, it is equivalent to an increase in the property of the slave owner, so the cost of living for black slaves is very low.

So why not do a part-time job, 50 cents a day?

The black slaves are so tough, can these guys go sideways in the labor market?

It's really not, we Chinese workers are fiercer than black slaves, and they are also horizontal!

Do you know why Li Mengyang didn't see yellow skin in the labor market that day?

Rushed!

Generally speaking, Chinese workers do it for 30 cents a day, really, really at this price, otherwise why would the white boss have to take Li Mengyang away when he sees him?

Chinese workers are notoriously capable, able to endure hardships, and the pay is low, 30 cents they are satisfied, they don't have to eat and live, the only disadvantage is the language barrier, most people don't understand what you Americans are talking about.

So why did the Chinese workers do it at such a low price of 30 cents? Are we inferior? Lower than slaves? Could it be that the people of the Qing Dynasty are willing to be lowly?

Li Mengyang couldn't figure it out at first, but after Huang San calculated an account for him, he understood.

The current Manchu Qing Dynasty still uses the silver standard, and the purchasing power of one or two silver is still quite good. And in the United States, one dollar is almost equivalent to one and a half taels of silver, understand?

Isn't 30 cents equal to half a tael of silver?

Half a tael of silver a day, this is a good job!

With this treatment, where can you find it in the Qing Dynasty?

The Chinese workers calculated this account, and what they thought was that they were still the children of the Qing Dynasty, and they would always have to return to their homeland in the future, which was a little loss in the United States now, and it was nothing, it was true that they made money.

Therefore, what happened to Li Mengyang that day was really normal.

A Chinese worker who is not very demanding, a Chinese worker who is not very demanding and speaks English so slippery, are you sure you are not here to grab a job? Don't beat you? If you didn't explode, your chrysanthemum can be regarded as a mercy!

It seems that regardless of the era, talent is in demand......

"Oops! You're rolling my feet! ”

Li Mengyang pushed his wheelbarrow and swayed back to the Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel, but when he walked to the back door and was about to unload, Li Mengyang was thinking about something, so he didn't notice that there was a small figure on the side of his car......