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The Pacific Railroad in the United States was the first railroad in history to cross the Big 6 in North America. It is more than 3ooo kilometers long, crosses the entire North American Big 6, and is the world's first transcontinental railway. It was with this railroad that the opening of the vast western part of the United States was truly possible. Without this railway, the men and supplies of the West Coast would have to travel two or three thousand kilometers in horse-drawn carriages on a great plain full of horse bandits and Indians, and walk for six or seven months; Or, by sea, because there was no Panama Canal at the time, they had to go south along the coast of the Americas, all the way to the South Pole, under the watchful eye of a large colony of penguins, around the treacherous Cape Horn, and then turn north, and if you were lucky, you could reach the east coast of the United States in six months.

Considering that the capacity of horse-drawn carriages is extremely limited, the transportation of large quantities of goods must be carried by sea. In this way, the distance between the western and eastern parts of the United States is actually as far as the distance between the United States and Europe. As a result, the U.S. government has almost no proper control over the western region. In fact, this point is expressed in later American Westerns. For quite a long time, the West was synonymous with chaos. Even the sheriff and the like, who are supposed to represent order, act more like a chaotic ranger. This distinction further creates a cultural distinction. Well, it is relatively independent economically and culturally unique, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the United States will have to face the division of the west again as soon as it has dealt with the south.

Therefore, for the United States, the construction of such a railway can indeed be called "the merit of the present and the benefit of the future." But on the other hand, this railway is also a road of blood and tears for the Chinese. At that time, the U.S. government, which was at war with the South, had absolutely no money to build such a 3,000-kilometer railway. At that time, the west was still desolate, and private individuals could not afford to invest in such a railway, and secondly, it was not very profitable to rely on this railway alone (at least it would take a long time to recover the investment). Therefore, the U.S. government simply adopted the method of bundling outsourcing to prepare for the construction of this railway.

The U.S. government announced that companies building the railroad would be able to acquire property rights to land within 122 meters along the road and mining rights for minerals within 32 kilometers along the line. All of a sudden, the railway's appeal immediately rose. What's more, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm for the construction of the road, the Lincoln administration came up with the idea of dividing the railroad between two new companies, the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and then began to sell shares to raise funds. The Union Pacific Railroad was built west from the Mississippi River, and the Central Pacific Company was built east from San Francisco. The government did not stipulate the final meeting point, and where it was repaired, it was the meeting point. Obviously, whoever repairs quickly will get more benefits.

In this way, when building this railway, the basic principle has become "a hundred years of planning, degree first, quality second, safety third". In the end, the railway, which was supposed to take 14 years to complete, was actually completed in only seven years. Geographically, Central Pacific is a natural loser. Because their railroad had to climb over the high Rocky Mountains. It is extremely difficult to engineer. In order to expedite it, Stanford, the president of Central Pacific, well, the great philanthropist Stanford who later founded Stanford University, came up with the idea of bringing in Chinese workers to build the railroad.

"The nation that can build the Great Wall will definitely be able to build a railway." In the face of other people's doubts that "Chinese can also build roads", Stanford said so. Because of this sentence, many people in later generations regarded Stanford as a philanthropist and educator friendly to China. But Scrooge didn't think so when he read this story. When Scrooge looked at history, he was not afraid to speculate on intelligent beings with the worst malice. In his opinion, in addition to the fact that Chinese workers are really hardworking, the bigger reasons for Stanford's choice of Chinese workers are nothing more than the following: 1. The price of Chinese workers is low and cheap. They only need to pay two-thirds of the wages of whites, and they don't need to be insured. 2. No matter how many Chinese workers there are, no one will care. In order to get more benefits, the faster the road is built, the better, and the more labor-intensive, the better. Coupled with the harsh climate and harsh environment, it is not in line with biological principles that workers do not die in large numbers.

The number of Chinese laborers who participated in the construction of the Pacific Railroad is now impossible to determine due to incomplete information (in fact, the tycoons who regarded Chinese laborers as disposable consumables did not bother to record this). However, there have been several accidents in which more than 1,000 people have died, and it is impossible to count the deaths from overwork. The later claim that "there is a corpse of a Chinese worker under every sleeper of the Pacific Railroad" is not an unfounded exaggeration.

"Damn it! What should I do about this? For the first time since Scrooge's crossing, he felt confused about his choice. In fact, he knows very well that under such rules, it is the most economical choice to consume Huagong as a disposable, which can bring maximum benefits to the participants. This is the general trend of capital, what can you do in the face of this great momentum?

All along, Scrooge has been a person who has seen his relatives with the eyes of NPCs. But now there are a group of NPCs who have jumped into the game with the word Chinese on their heads. What to do?

In his previous life, Scrooge was not a patriot, but he still had a little bit of a simple emotion for the nation. For example, when playing a game such as Age of Empires, although you don't necessarily choose China, you don't set the opponent who is destined to be slaughtered by you as China. Now, in this real version of the game of hegemony, there are Chinese. And it also does not appear as a computer-controlled player who can form an alliance, but as a flock belonging to the goddess Gaia. Do you want to join in this feast of capital, or do you want to kill those two-legged sheep called Chinese in this feast, and add another brick and tile with blood to the edifice of your hegemony? For the first time, Scrooge hesitated a little.

However, Scrooge quickly made up his mind. Don't attend the Pacific Railroad feast? How is this possible? Think about it, how many places did the railway pass through, and how many iron ores, oil, and coal were there within 32 kilometers of the railway? With the unknown knowledge of these minerals, how much profit can be gained by participating in, or even leading, the construction of the railway? Giving up such interests, Scrooge is not a little tangled in the problem, but will be in pain.

So also use Chinese laborers like Stanford and let their corpses cover the ground? Then praise the Chinese for their intelligence and diligence, satisfy the vanity of some Chinese, and maybe in a few hundred years, some people will praise him for being racially free and friendly to the Chinese people. When you think about it this way, it seems pretty good. But, well, considering one problem, Scrooge now, he doesn't have to worry about it at all. Because Scrooge's power is mainly in the east, in the Great Lakes region, in the west, his influence is certainly not comparable to that of a land snake like Stamford. So even if he joins in the feast, he can only lead the Union Pacific Railroad, which built the railroad from east to west, not the Central Pacific Railroad. Considering the long distance from China to the eastern United States, it is impossible for Union Pacific Railroad to use Chinese laborers on a large scale, so why bother with it?

"Raise funds immediately and get control of Union Pacific Railroad." "And then use a means to create obstacles to the use of Chinese laborers, for example, to stand on the moral high ground and use the newspapers that they control to expose the abuse of slavery at Stanford." For example, to find a way to provoke a Chinese strike, for example, ...... Anyway, I'm the best at pretending to be a virgin or something. Well, it is necessary to immediately organize personnel to go to the west, and be responsible for digging up Stanford's black history and preparing for the next action. ”

After figuring this out, Scrooge felt a lot more relaxed. As for whether the Chinese workers' strike or something will be called for repression, will it be ...... Well, Scrooge? Mr. MacDonald didn't expect it for a moment.

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"The propaganda work is doing a good job." JP Morgan looked at the pile of newspapers spread out in front of him, and the report of today's revenue, and thought triumphantly.

Taking over Lincoln's Treasury was a big venture made by J.P. Morgan. If the sale is successful, he will not only make a fortune, but he will also be able to truly cement his position as the "banker's banker" on Wall Street. And then let his family gradually get rid of the influence of European capital, this transaction is also a war of independence for the Morgan family.

"The Europeans were so superstitious about their own power that they thought that with them behind their backs, the South would be able to become independent. Do they think the United States is still the United States when it first became independent in 1783? And those Wall Street, Scrooge? Mr. MacDonald was already endorsing Lincoln like that, and they didn't dare to give it a go. Yes, the wealthy people in the North are certainly not as enthusiastic about buying government bonds as the South, but the large base in the North, coupled with the large number of free people in the North, makes them much easier to mobilize than the rich. As long as they are willing to spend money on propaganda, it is far from as difficult as they think to encourage these genuinely patriotic civilians to buy these national bonds. I just don't know, I don't know...... How is Mimi's situation now. Hopefully, Dr. Menger and Dr. Heim will be able to cure her. ”

Thinking of his seriously ill wife, J.P. Morgan's happiness at the success of his business dissipated a lot.

"Mr. Morgan!" The door was slammed open, and Jp Morgan's long-term follower Dowding rushed in without any politeness, "Madame is awake, Madame is awake!" ”