Chapter 125: Cafe and Newspaper

"Close to one-third means less than one-third. It seems that the pressure exerted by Ge Wen and Henry on the government is not enough." Liang Yao frowned slightly.

"The progress is still too slow. Write to them and ask them to increase pressure on Congress. As for Mr. President, I think he is speaking for his own approval rating."

Liang Yao still feels that progress is not fast enough, and the California land grant issue has not been resolved. He always feels like he is bound by invisible ropes, and he does not dare to let go and develop with peace of mind.

"Perhaps I should also go to the east with Gervin and visit the ambassadors of Britain and France?" Fremont said with a smile, "It seems that you don't know enough about Congress. In order to pass the compromise bill, Congress is wrangling. In more than half a year, we have made rapid progress on this matter.”

"That's not necessary. We have already contacted bankers from Britain and France. I think Congress and the president must be very nervous now. Besides, we don't really want to cooperate with Britain and France. We have too many connections with Britain and France. For California, It’s not a good thing either.”

Liang Yao thought for a while and said.

"I will write to urge Grain and Henry, and Mr. Vanderbilt. Maybe he has the ability to give Congress a final push. After all, we are not far away from one-third of the negative votes."

"There is also new news about the conflict in Texas and New Mexico." Fremont said about the incident in Texas. "The federal government's armed forces in New Mexico have withdrawn from the conflict area, but Texas continues to increase its troops.”

"Texas has such a big appetite. Do they want to eat the entire New Mexico region?" Liang Yao said in surprise, "But this has helped us a lot. I think Congress and the president should worry more about Texas than California. things.”

Liang Yao is already thinking about bargaining with the Congress government in the future.

After all, the conflict was instigated by Congress and the government, and the Californians in Los Angeles cannot die in vain. It is unjustifiable to just pass the bill without providing any substantive compensation.

He also wants to calm the anger of Californians, especially Los Angeles, and give them an explanation. Otherwise, where is the prestige of the state government?

It was a bit cold in New York State on February 3, 1851, and heavy snow fell in the sky.

Broadway, the busiest street in North America, has also lost the crowds of gentlemen and ladies it used to have.

The doors of the bookstores, painting shops, musical instrument shops, jewelry shops, silverware shops, tailor shops, linen shops, millinery shops, carriage shops, hotels and cafes on both sides of the street were locked and the doorknobs were on There is a sign saying it is closed for business.

The mighty marching crowd started from Battery Park at the south end and headed north along Broadway, shouting for peace not war, Calhoun get out of Congress, freedom, California please don't cry, we support California and so on. slogan.

Their target was the marble-clad New York Municipal Building at the north end of Broadway.

Doyle's Cafe is one of the few cafes still open on this street. The reason why the owner of the cafe, Doyle, dares to open at this time is because his cafe only accepts distinguished customers.

Recently, he hired several helpers from the Pinkerton Detective Agency to ensure the safety of Doyle's Cafe, which is why he dared to continue operating at this time.

This detective agency, which was just established in Chicago last year, has a very good reputation. When they established a new agency in New York, Mr. Doyle took a fancy to them at first sight and thought they were very reliable. Hiring them would be a sure profit. of trading.

Those who marched would soon give up their thoughts on the café when they saw the six-guns at the waists of the detective goons.

Backhouse put his hands in his pockets and looked through the window at the group of unruly demonstrators.

"They are the ones responsible for the depopulation of Wall Street and the closure of the stores on Broadway!"

Backhouse glanced angrily at the marching crowd outside the window.

"They're destroying New York! They're destroying the country!"

Vanderbilt, who was also in the cafe, crossed his legs, aimed at a flower on the carpet, and spit on it accurately while the cafe owner Doyle and all the customers looked at him with disdain.

Seeing that his shot hit the target, he was as happy as a child.

"Mr. Vanderbilt, what a wonderful carpet you have ruined."

Mr. Doyle, who felt sorry for the carpet, said displeasedly to Vanderbilt.

"Mr. Doyle, you don't have a no spitting sign in your cafe."

Vanderbilt smiled and took out a third-smoked Cuban cigar from his coat pocket and held it in his mouth.

"Maybe I should put up a no spitting sign just for you."

Doyle personally brought Vanderbilt a cup of coffee.

He had considered erecting such a sign for the cafe, but the people who came to his shop were all well-educated aristocrats and gentlemen from New York. If he did this, those aristocrats and gentlemen would be unhappy.

Only cafes that cater to lower-class people would hang such a sign. Doyle didn't want to ruin the reputation and brand he had accumulated over generations.

"Then your plan to open a fast food restaurant will be ruined. I will convince my daughter not to let you join her fast food restaurant."

said Vanderbilt, puffing out a puff of smoke.

"I'm afraid of you. Please do as you please. I hope you can patronize Donti's coffee shop next time instead of mine."

Doyle was obviously caught by Vanderbilt.

"Don't worry, I'm your loyal customer. Your coffee is the best in New York. I don't know what magical recipe your grandfather left for you, the descendants." Vanderbilt said with great enjoyment after taking a sip of hot coffee.

"Mr. Sailor, I think you must have participated in the parade in New York. I heard that many of those unruly people in the parade were hired by you. Those guys who do nothing all day and are obsessed with money were bought by you with a cheap boat ticket to California!"

Buckhouse said to Vanderbilt angrily.

Privately, he had sent people to investigate clearly. Vanderbilt promised those unemployed vagrants a cheap boat ticket and asked them to go to the New York City Building at the north end of Broadway to make trouble every day.

What made Buckhouse angry was that although he knew that the parade in New York was planned by Vanderbilt, he couldn't do anything to Vanderbilt.

Because Vanderbilt was cleaner than a person, and never left any handle for others. Buckhouse has not found any substantial evidence so far.

"Buckhouse, don't slander people's innocence out of thin air. Everything should be based on evidence. If you think I incited the parade, you must show evidence! I am a good citizen. Besides, demonstrations are also the legitimate rights of the people."

Vanderbilt put down the coffee cup in his hand, picked up the New York Evening Post on the table and said: "It is not the crowds outside who are parading and showing off that are destroying this country, but vampires like you, Buckhouse. I heard that you have raised the rent of New York tenants again."

As he said, Vanderbilt stood up from the chair and showed the newspaper in his hand to everyone in the cafe.

This newspaper is very different from previous newspapers. It is printed with photos of Los Angeles after being ravaged by the rioters.

This is a real photo, not a print.

Collapsed churches, bloodstains all over the ground, endless cemeteries, simple funerals, angry pastors, and horrible corpses and ruins.

These photos silently accuse the soldiers of the crimes they committed against Los Angeles.

There is only a text for explanation attached to the bottom of the photo, and the title of the newspaper is also very concise and clear: Los Angeles is crying! California is crying!

This newspaper does not use any emotional words to incite people throughout the article.

I am afraid that even illiterate people on the streets of New York can understand this newspaper. It can be said to be the newspaper with the lowest reading threshold since the founding of the country.

Vanderbilt believes that this epoch-making newspaper will shock the whole of America.

Vanderbilt realized this when the New York Evening Post delivered today's newspaper to him yesterday.

Once this newspaper is published, the New York Evening Post will surely become famous and become a top newspaper that can compete with the New York Post.

Vanderbilt is now considering discussing with Liang Yao about buying some shares of his newspaper company when he goes to California next time.

The dignitaries in the cafe were attracted by the newspaper full of photos in Vanderbilt's hand.

They rushed to pass around the newspaper in Vanderbilt's hand. The photos on the newspaper were blurry, and many photos with more complex environments could only show a rough outline.

But this did not affect their understanding of the image content in the photos.

"Gentlemen, I still have ready-made photos here."

Collins, who was sitting opposite Vanderbilt, took out clearer photos from his bag and handed them to the crowd.

This newspaper was the work of skilled craftsmen in the printing plants of The Washington Post, The Washington Republic, and The New York Evening Post, who racked their brains for more than two months and experienced many failures before they successfully printed the images in the photos on the newspaper.

Of course, this is also the most expensive newspaper printed by the three newspapers. The cost of each copy of the newspaper is as high as 30 cents, which is dozens of times that of ordinary text newspapers.

"Oh my God! It's terrible!"

"It's so tragic!"

"Is this what our American soldiers did? They are worse than animals!"

"This is the first time I've seen photos of war in a newspaper."

"Whose genius idea is this?"

The newspaper caused a commotion in the cafe, and Buckhouse stared at the newspaper full of photos expressionlessly.

Although the tragedy in Los Angeles had nothing to do with him, if he was to investigate it seriously, he and those congressmen were also the culprits who indirectly caused the tragedy.

He also knew how much commotion this newspaper would cause in the whole society, although the Los Angeles tragedy had long been spread to the East, and many newspapers had published this news.

But the photos in this newspaper are far more convincing than those pale words. People no longer need to imagine the picture through words, but can directly see a real scene through photos.

Since Vanderbilt has this newspaper, those congressmen and the president must have a copy in their hands, right?

Thinking of this, Backhouse felt desperate. The land and gold in California were no longer within easy reach.

Looking at the scene in the cafe, Vanderbilt showed a barely perceptible smile.