Chapter 73: Can America Donate Its Officials? (Three Updates!)

When Liang Yao returned to Tingtao Garden, the servant told him that Dr. Robinson had been waiting in the lobby for a long time.

Dr. Robinson's mental state is particularly good. It can also be seen from Robinson's mental state that cholera in California has been effectively controlled.

"Liang Yao, I'm here to thank you on behalf of those cholera patients." Robinson said.

"They should be more grateful to you doctors who work tirelessly."

Liang Yao asked Wu Yuanhua to find a place to sit down first.

Wu Yuanhua found a sofa and sat down, listening to the conversation between Liang Yao and Robinson with great interest.

Wu Yuanhua had been following his father in dealing with foreigners since he was a child. He thought that his English was already very good, but he didn't expect that Liang Yao could speak English even more fluently than him.

After Robinson became the leader of the Boston Company, he gradually gained some leadership qualities. Wu Yuanhua also expected that this foreigner was no ordinary foreigner.

"Without your financial support and effective organization, no matter how hard you work, it will be useless. This is a new manual I revised based on your existing "Cholera Prevention and Control Manual."

There are now only more than 300 cholera patients left in the hospital. We will soon eliminate cholera in California, but we cannot take it lightly and we need to prevent another outbreak of cholera. "Robinson handed over his revised "Cholera Prevention Manual."

"So, we have created a miracle in the history of medicine?"

Liang Yao flipped through the "Cholera Prevention and Control Manual" handed to him by Robinson.

"It's true! This is a great medical miracle! We have done something that big cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston have not done. Based on my experience these days, I have used sucrose and salt to prepare a formula with the best ratio. Nutrient solution most easily absorbed by cholera patients.

It's just that you provided the idea for preparing the nutrient solution. I don't know if you have the idea of ​​registering a patent. "

"It's just sugar water and salt water. What's the use of registering a patent? Besides, making the formula of the nutrient solution public is a good thing that will benefit all people." Liang Yao said with a smile.

Publishing the formula of the nutrient solution would bring him far greater benefits than registering a patent.

What he lacks now is reputation, not money.

The naive Robinson didn't know what Liang Yao was thinking at this time. He thought Liang Yao was a man of noble character.

"This is indeed good news for thousands of cholera patients!" Dr. Robinson said with great joy.

"I was a member of the New York Medical Association. I have summarized the experience of preventing cholera in California and am preparing to send it to New York. But before that, I hope to obtain your consent and your signature. After all, You are the greatest contributor to the fight against cholera in California!”

"I am happy to sign this experience summary. This is an excellent news material." Liang Yao said.

"News material?" Robinson expressed some confusion about this.

“What I mean is that we should not only send the summary of our successful victory over cholera to the Medical Association in New York, but also publish it in newspapers so that more people can see it.

In this way, the effect will be better. Whether ordinary people, doctors or government officials, they can get our experience in successfully preventing and treating cholera more quickly. Dr. Robinson, what do you think? "

"Ah?! Why didn't I think of it? You were more thoughtful!" Dr. Robinson said, stroking his forehead.

“The Citizens’ Committee meeting has not been held for a long time, and I think it is necessary to hold one in the near future.”

Liang Yao changed the subject and mentioned the citizens' committee.

The Citizens' Committee, originally formed in response to Brannan's threat, was attended primarily by California gold mining companies and organizations.

The Citizens' Council did not disband after Brannan's death.

Liang Yao knows very well that the Eastern Consortium is a stronger and more terrifying enemy than Brannan. He is not strong enough yet and does not want to fight alone when facing the threat of the Eastern Consortium.

"Many leaders of mining companies have also mentioned this to me. They are also worried that the arrival of the Eastern Consortium will squeeze their living space. It's just that during the front-end time, you were accompanying Mr. Vanderbilt on inspections, and I was treating cholera patients in the hospital. , they are so busy that they can’t get away.”

Robinson said.

Those gold mining companies and organizations also realized the threat that the arrival of the Eastern Consortium would pose to California.

Some gold diggers had experience working for certain consortiums in the East. The reason they left the East for California was either because they were laid off, or because the wages were too low to support their families, they simply resigned and went to California to try their luck.

They also know that those eastern consortiums will not be as generous as Liang Yao when they arrive in California. They only need to pay land rent every month to stay in Liang Yao's private land to mine gold.

On this point, the interests of the gold diggers and Liang Yao are the same.

"Then choose a time to hold a meeting. California is about to be established as a state. I think the people who can best represent the interests of the people of California are us gold diggers." Liang Yao said, "Once the Eastern Consortium arrives, it will not just squeeze the gold diggers. The living space is so simple, people like them feel more uncomfortable watching others make money than losing money themselves.”

After seeing Robinson off, Liang Yao and Wu Yuanhua started talking.

"My dear brother, I would like to ask, what does establishing a state mean?" Wu Yuanhua asked curiously.

"It's about establishing a local government. America has no emperor, and local governments are organized by local gentry." Liang Yao said perfunctorily. He was not interested in explaining the political systems of the Qing Dynasty and America to Wu Yuanhua.

"Without an emperor, wouldn't it be a mess?" Wu Yuanhua felt very incredible.

"In ancient times, when there was no emperor, didn't our ancestors live well?" Liang Yao smiled.

"Brother, I wonder if you can donate an official position in America?" Wu Yuanhua asked. He wondered if the Wu family could find a way out in America like the Liang family.

With the court's insatiable greed, although the Wu family still had some family wealth left, according to the court's method of grabbing, the Wu family's property would be emptied sooner or later.

The merchants of the Qing Dynasty, even the official merchants, were among the most insecure merchants in the world.

"Brother Wu, are you addicted to donating an official position?" Liang Yao couldn't help but tease.

"Ahem." Wu Yuanhua habitually lowered his voice and said, "I am trying to find a way out. To be honest, since the opening of the five ports and my father's death, our Wu family and the merchants in Guangzhou have had a hard time, and the court is pressing for money.

We merchants can only rob Peter to pay Paul, but this is not a solution. If we continue to rob, both the east and west walls will be torn down sooner or later.

I hope you can point me in the right direction for the sake of our fellow countrymen."

"We can donate, but the donation method in the United States is different from that in the Qing Dynasty. However, with the reputation accumulated by generations of Jardine Matheson, there is no need to take these crooked paths." Liang Yao said.

The Wu family has a good reputation in the Western business circle, and the reputation of Jardine Matheson is accumulated by generations of the Wu family. Its brand value is immeasurable.

Even the British were jealous of this. The shameless British finally had a crooked idea to set up a copycat of Jardine Matheson, with the purpose of confusing the name and taking advantage of the influence of Jardine Matheson.

Although Jardine Matheson and Jardine Matheson are only one letter apart, Jardine Matheson and Jardine Matheson are completely different things. It's a pity that the Wu family had no so-called property rights awareness, which benefited the British.

By the time Jardine Matheson became bigger, Jardine Matheson had completely weakened, and there was nothing they could do about it.

"What do you mean, brother?"

Wu Yuanhua knew that Liang Yao had his own strengths in being able to make a name for himself in a foreign country at such a young age, so he listened to Liang Yao's words carefully.