In the face of huge interests, Ben Johnson, who has always been reserved, lost his sense of proportion and made the biggest concession on the cost of immigration in Central and South America, and both sides of the talks were happy.

As a sign of goodwill, Ben Johnson has pledged to deploy capacity to reach its target of more than 3,000 passengers per month from May.

That is, in May, a group of Chinese immigrants arrive every 2~3 days, which may be a sailing fleet or an iron-hulled paddle wheel, trying their best to ensure the needs of the Datang Society.

In the face of Ben Johnson's sincerity of cooperation, Richard was unequivocal and spoke highly of it.

It also agreed to buy cotton exported from Johnson's farm in South Carolina at a price 20% higher than the market price, and the cargo transportation was also contracted to Pacific Cruise Line of the United States.

In this way, the interests of both sides are rigidly tied together.

The Ben-Johnson family was a large cotton-growing estate owner in South Carolina, with more than 300 black slaves and thousands of hectares of land, exporting large quantities of cotton each year to Europe, led by the British.

As the leader of the global cotton textile industry, the textile union of Britain was not only demanding in quality, but also often worked together to lower the price of bulk cotton trade, thereby infringing on the interests of white American slave owners.

In the face of the more powerful British capital, the white American slave owners were the weak, and they had to bow their heads and endure exploitation, and they had to sell at a low price.

The conclusion of this agreement means that the Ben-Johnson family will be free from the blood sucking of British factory owners in the future and be able to provide cotton raw materials at a fairer price, which is of great interest to the Johnson family.

Because every penny earned belongs to the Johnson family.

The Tang Society did not suffer either, and after obtaining a licence from London to export the early 1812-style Jenny loom, the obsolete equipment from the relevant British textile mills had been loaded onto the steamship and was expected to arrive at the San Francisco wharf two months later.

In this case

Finding a stable supply channel of cotton raw materials has become a matter that must be started.

For Richard

Rather than dealing with the white cotton planters of the American South who did not know them, it was better to leave the business to the Ben-Johnson family.

The cooperation between the two sides is based on interests, and the two sides have a considerable degree of trust.

In any case, the Johnson family has a large cotton production and has enough capacity to supply the current cotton raw material needs, without worrying about any moths.

As for the premium of cotton raw materials, what is it in front of the overall situation?

What Richard lacks now is talent and channels, and he doesn't mind tying up more British or American businessmen with benefits, the more the merrier.

Gold is only valuable if it is spent, and it is dusted in warehouses, and it may one day be captured by the US Federal Army, just like the destroyed Hall of Agreement, all of which are making wedding clothes for others.

After talking to Ben Johnson, Richard stepped off the boat with a look of joy that could not be concealed from his eyebrows, waving goodbye to him.

Ben Johnson, who was already an experienced captain, had a satisfactory result in his first contact with the Tang Society, leading the fleet to the Bay Area and returning to Panama City for the next transport mission.

Richard watched the two ships belonging to the American Pacific Cruise Line pull anchor one after the other and set sail for the vast and blue Pacific Ocean, and waved goodbye warmly.

Accompanying the two ships were a few other members of the Council who would travel to Cuba and Chile to participate in and assist the Chinese laborers stranded in immigrating to North America.

meanwhile

Personnel sent to Central and South America, there is one more important task.

That is to vigorously preach the legendary experience of Richard, the "King of the Bay Area", and vigorously preach the rich and chosen place of North America, so that the local ordinary people know that there is such a legendary Oriental man in North America.

This belongs to Richard's selfishness, but he has a "fame system", and the louder the fame, the better, and the wider, the better.

At this time, the bay was silent again, and the first group of 557 Chinese immigrants from Central America had already set out, and under the protection of some soldiers of the Guard, they had been walking for at least two hours in the direction of the grape valley.

Stand by the sea

The tips of Richard's black hair were blown up and down by the sea breeze, and he took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze, and a heartfelt sense of accomplishment welled up in his heart.

It's a good feeling to be able to help more overseas Chinese and let him find the direction of his efforts!

in the bay

The Guangfu was quietly moored at anchorage, and the two dozen crew members on board were busy preparing to set sail, following the sail cargo ship of Yerba Caodi to Vancouver in the north to carry the next batch of British military supplies.

All of a sudden

Richard felt a faintly hostile gaze at him, which made his heart move, and he immediately turned his head to look.

More than 100 meters away

A group of more than ten white cowboys turned over and got on their horses one after another, and one of them looked at him with a cold look, and his gaze finally stayed on Richard, implying an inexplicable killing intent.

Even in the midst of many personal guards, Richard still stands out from the crowd and has an extraordinary bearing, which is easy to recognize.

But this person obviously didn't expect Richard to look back quickly, and the two looked at each other, so he disguised his hand and put his hand on the brim of his cowboy hat, and bowed his head slightly.

Then he slammed the horse's belly with both legs, threw up the whip and gave the horse's buttocks up, and drove the horses to sit down and "sigh and rhyme" and suddenly rushed out, raising their hooves and galloping.

More than a dozen other people hurriedly followed the horses and chased after them, and in a hurry they did not forget to stretch out their provocative middle fingers, and they cursed and flew away quickly.

Such an anomaly

As long as the captain of the personal guard, Liu Wu, and the vice-captain, James Kahn, were not stupid, they all saw it, and their anger immediately surged up.

Liu Wu blurted out his debut; "The rampant people who are good dogs and guts dare to openly provoke, young master, Liu Wu please order a team of people to catch up and stop him, and take at least the master to ask for the guilt in front of the horse, so as to set an example."

"Please order to go too." James Kahn said with his fists clenched without showing weakness.

Between words

A group of galloping horses had already run away, and Richard looked at the other party's distant back with deep eyes, shook his head and said; "It's late, wait until you get on the horse and chase after it, the people have already entered the new town, these people look a little strange, they don't look like cowboys in the western wilderness, can't they be ......"

His gaze turned back to the bay, and he saw two small sampans heading towards the brig, which had anchored in the bay, and suddenly it dawned on him, and he pointed forward with his hand; "Go, send someone to control that sailboat, and take a good look at it to see where the river dragon came from."

"Yes, young master."

A dozen members of the guards immediately ran away, pushing a small sampan from the shore into the sea, and then quickly climbed up and paddled hard to chase forward.

After about half an hour

James Kahn, who was the first to find out the news, came back on a small sampan, and he hurriedly came over and clenched his fists to report, saying; "Young Master Qiqi, that is the sailing ship of the John Sade family, and according to the interrogation, this ship is also from Panama City, from where some cloth, rope, clothing, and dozens of barrels of black powder were transported, as well as seven passengers who had just left the docks. It's not clear what it's called, but it seems that the leader is four brothers, and it's called the Mancott brothers. Other than that...... The passengers all looked fierce, and the crew didn't dare to ask too many questions. ”

"Brother Mancott?"

Richard was very unfamiliar when he heard this name, and he didn't have much impression after thinking about it repeatedly, but the man's fierce glance implied murderous intent, which was absolutely not wrong.

He considered it and commanded; "Let the brethren all withdraw, for it is not yet time to turn against John Sartre, and besides, arrange for a few clever men to go into the city to inquire where these strangers have finally landed. In my opinion, I'm afraid the comer is not good. ”

Speaking of which

Richard couldn't help but sneer, it seems that the convergence of his minions for a while has made some people misjudge.

The tiger is not powerful, I am really a sick cat!