Chapter 210 The "bomb" buried by the Chinese in San Francisco

The Chinese have no plans to leave.

Sherman's inference was confirmed soon... At the end of April 1841, a team of people who called themselves "Red Corps" with bright red flags suddenly appeared around Seattle, Columbia, and the citizens of Seattle were carrying out their own anti-Chinese movement... That's right, because of what happened in California, the Chinese's deterrence increased greatly. Some states close to California, and even Colorado, unconsciously restrained their anti-Chinese behavior. This is certainly because many white people are afraid of provoking the legendary vicious Chinese people,

There are reasons why local governments suppress many anti-Chinese behaviors. Of course, this is not what local governments are willing to do, but the lessons of the past are still there in San Francisco, Sacramento, and especially Colorado. Moreover, the Chinese have almost killed all the 3,000 troops in Sacramento, and these must be feared. You must know that during this period, the population of many towns in the United States was not even 3,000. If the Chinese in California were angered by excessive actions, and Washington could not quickly assemble another army after losing one force, then in order to protect itself, it would be necessary to try to make less trouble.

However, the white people in Seattle obviously did not think so. Perhaps they felt that there was still an Oregon between California, and they were in a remote place, and they were very far away from the Chinese. It should be difficult for the other party to know what was going on here. Therefore, the anti-Chinese movement in Seattle was not affected much. On the contrary, it became much more intense because of the behavior of Guo Jinzhang and others. In mid-March, Daniel Ke Ronin, the leader of the Knights of Labor, announced that if the Chinese workers in Seattle did not leave Seattle before May, they would use violence to deal with Chinese workers and make them pay the price of bleeding.

In early April, a group of thugs led by Danielke Ronin drove some Chinese in Seattle to the ships prepared for them. Local police only symbolically made a gesture of protecting the safety of Chinese people, but the greedy thugs were not satisfied. District Mayor Watson Squall did not allow Chinese ships to leave the dock. About 350 Chinese were forced to wait for another ship at the dock to transport them to San Francisco. Only 200 Chinese left on a boat within 6 days, and 150 were still forced to stay on the dock. When the National Guard tried to drive the Chinese back to their own homes, the conflict occurred, and the National Guard shot the crowd, killing 1 and 4 injured.

Soon, several cargo ships appeared in Seattle, but Seattle police found that there were Chinese people on the ship, so they immediately issued a warning, warning the Chinese people on the ship not to step on the shore, and once again prohibited the Chinese people waiting at the dock from boarding the ship... As a result, less than ten minutes after the warning was issued, several cargo ships forced to dock. Then, thousands of Chinese people holding weapons occupied the dock and made an offensive posture against downtown Seattle.

At this time, Seattle knew that it was in big trouble. The Knights of Labor, which was originally clamoring the most, disappeared, and the thugs disappeared in an instant. The Seattle city government tried to negotiate, but as a result, the Chinese people set up a cannon and smashed a shell directly into the city...

The white people in Seattle were panicked!

But they had no choice, because, shortly after occupying the pier, the Chinese surrounded the entire city. Faced with thousands of fully armed Chinese, Seattle, which was only built in 1869, had no power to resist at all. As time went by, several ships with unknown origin and no names brought more Chinese people, and these Chinese also had a large number of weapons, making the white people even more desperate... It was at this time that the flag of the "Red Corps" appeared along the railway. This completely gave up the white people who originally planned to escape from the city... The pier was occupied and the water was blocked. Now even the Chinese people appeared by land, and they had no way out in the morning.

Next, everything is "easy to say". Under the power of the Red Corps, the "Labor Knights" was defined by Seattle as an illegal organization with the nature of a gang. Its leader Danielke Ronin was charged with multiple charges of robbery, murder, and sentenced to death. District Mayor Watson Squall was forced to resign. He was sentenced to 50 years of hard labor for illegal confinement, illegal pursuit of other people's property, manslaughter and other crimes... In addition, all Seattle government officials, lawmakers, etc. were deprived of all their positions because of "unconstitutionality", and worked hard labor with all urban residents for half a year...

This seems to be a farce. An unequal judgment made under the threat of force. However, beyond everyone's expectations, Seattle actually handed over the judgment and all materials to the California court in Sacramento, and informed the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Morrison Waite after obtaining these materials, but the problem is that although he has not obtained the originals of the judgment and various materials for the time being, through the California court, he can still determine the authenticity of these materials, and is very clear that these materials are actually cases examined by the Seattle District Court judge. At the end of the case file, there is also the signature certification of the Seattle District Judge... This is definitely the most strange case in history. The judge ruled the case.

In the end, he was forced to serve his sentence because of "debt of duty". However, the Supreme Court has no unity with the district court. All he can do is to determine the legality of this judgment... Of course, it is legal. Although the Chinese used obvious threats of force, the entire case was in line with the statutory procedures, and the California court has publicly expressed that it recognized the "legality" of this judgment. What else can he say? Of course, if there is a lawyer present, there must be a way to turn these cases over. However, according to the information from the California court, the information is accompanied by the statement that the parties involved, that is, many defendants in Seattle have given up their appeal... In this way, it is difficult for the lawyer to speak. Moreover, without the entrustment of the parties, it is useless to find a lawyer?

Morrison Waite was troubled by the Chinese, and in the end he simply returned all matters to Seattle on the grounds that he was a justice of the US Supreme Court, a constitutional caretaker, and was not responsible for the trial and judgment of such cases. However, he was still good, at least he could find a reason to push things aside, but some people could not push them even if they wanted to. This was the White House Emergency Committee.

The Chinese gave up San Francisco, but did not enter Canada as Hayes and others imagined, but occupied Seattle... Sherman, commander-in-chief of the Federal Army, analyzed that the Chinese were attracted to the terrain of Seattle. As a result, not long after, intelligence showed that the Chinese began to build large-scale construction in Seattle and began to build various fortifications. These news verified Sherman's judgment. But the problem came immediately... During the retreat of the north, the Chinese destroyed almost all the railways leading to Seattle. Therefore, even if they had reorganized an army to advance westward, after reaching the Utah Salt Lake, the army would be extremely strict.

The cool test is that they must transport a large amount of supplies through the snow-covered Sierra Nevada. This is an unimaginable bad news for the US team... Although this army has never been well received by Congress, it has always been very difficult to develop. But they never need to worry about insufficient supplies, and they do not need to worry about transportation issues, because even in this era of not very developed transportation, the US government can use ships, railways, and at least use countless carriages to transport all kinds of things it needs. Therefore, the Federal Army has never had the habit of transporting things with manpower, except for the guns in the hands of soldiers!

But now it won't work.

The Pacific Railway is still blocked. If they want to buy time, they must hike through the snow-capped mountain like Tom Hannis. Otherwise, the Chinese could fight back from Seattle at any time. With the opponent's current record and deterrence, the states west of the Rocky Mountain are difficult to compete and will inevitably fall back into the opponent in a short time. However, letting these spoiled soldiers send things... this order is probably more difficult than letting them charge and die.

The inconvenient transportation and difficult material transportation are just the second. Hayes and others have another extremely difficult problem... San Francisco issued a demonstration!

This seems to be expected. Because the government's response speed is too slow, California was invaded by the Chinese, and San Francisco was also occupied by the Chinese. More than 100,000 residents live in fear under the power of the Chinese. Once they are freed, they will naturally come out to vent their emotions and express their dissatisfaction. Especially those Chinese have not received the punishment they deserve, and the citizens of San Francisco should naturally ask the government to solve those guys and avenge them.

But, that's not the case.

The demonstrations in San Francisco actually opposed the municipal government that regained power. In other words, those citizens had no interest in the Chinese, but were very dissatisfied with the municipal government that finally survived the Chinese and regained the power of the city.

Why?

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"They protested against the drop in wages, protested against their bosses' extension of their working hours, protested against the government's abolition of the minimum wage guarantee system, protested against the government's insufficient crackdown on crime, and protested against …"

"What else is protesting?"

"Protest the government's suspension of municipal reform projects and stopping low-rent housing projects!"

"Municipal transformation? Low-rent housing? What are these?"

The news still came from Sacramento. The capital city of California seemed to be watching the fun. The news from San Francisco was always the first to send to the White House. However, Sacramento's behavior of making small reports was obviously very meaningful. At least, it made the members of the emergency committee who had already had two big heads that were usually swollen.

"It is said that during the occupation of San Francisco, in order to calm the residents' emotions, the Chinese mandatory orders those who do business to raise their wages and shorten their working hours. At the same time, in order to provide employment opportunities for poor and unemployed citizens, large amounts of funds were allocated to renovate some old urban streets in San Francisco..." Speaking to Tihause, the President said, while his eyes were flashing with an inexplicable light.

"Brief, this is simply a bribe! Those guys bribed those citizens with San Francisco money!" Brian actually knew what Guo Jinzhang and others did in San Francisco. To be honest, he looked at Guo Jinzhang and others several times higher... Since ancient times, which occupier did this? Who would have hoped that the occupier would never go out? But the Chinese just did the opposite, allowing white people to move freely, which seemed to be several times their number. Although there seemed to be curfews or something, it is undeniable that these messy rules and regulations were

These projects have indeed assassinated the hearts of a large number of citizens, allowing them to continue their work and life safely without having to think about the problems that have been occupied by the Chinese... But similarly, as a white man and a person who represents the interests of the capitalists, he is not under the most direct threat of the Chinese. He is also very dissatisfied with such actions. On the one hand, the Chinese are certainly appeased the uneasy citizens, but on the other hand, why aren't they being arrogant to those guys? After only working for eight hours a day,

However, who would be willing to work ten more or even twelve hours to get the same salary? Originally, there was no job and couldn't even eat well, but suddenly he was recruited for a project. The salary given by the other party was very high every day. He was willing to go back and continue to find a job and live the hard life of not continuing to eat three meals? Of course not. But while being good to those citizens, it naturally laid a terrible bomb for the San Francisco City Government... The citizens lived a relaxed life, a good life, and all used it was the city government, and the bank.

And those bosses' money, all of which were forced to be taken out under the coercion of the Chinese. Now that the Chinese have left, they naturally have to take the money back again. Even if they can't get it back, there is no reason to continue to waste it like a waste, right? But the problem is that it is normal and reasonable for you to get the money back or don't want to spend money in vain, but those citizens who have applied for good days will not feel like this... The dignified San Francisco City Government, the white government, is not as good as the Chinese they previously rejected?

"It can be said to be bribery, but the Chinese are obviously very clever. The San Francisco city government is very troublesome now, and the citizens are not willing to understand them at all. They just want to continue living the life they are now... I even heard that someone is clamoring that if the city government cannot meet their requirements, they will invite the Chinese back..." Sherman also had a bitter face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"The Chinese will definitely not be willing to come back. When they left, they snatched almost all the cash from various banks in San Francisco. Now San Francisco is probably cleaner than the sea in the Pacific Ocean. Let them come back and continue to send money to those citizens? They are not fools."

Ramsey sneered.

"Not just San Francisco, those guys also blackmailed $500,000 from Sacramento. When they passed by Oregon, they blackmailed another $300,000 in Portland. They are very wealthy now." Brian also said.

"Yes, those people are very wealthy, but it is precisely because of this that they have the capital to fight us." Hayes sighed. "They emptied San Francisco and left only a little cash to maintain the normal operation of the city government. However, they confiscated all the police's weapons before leaving. Now the police are not able to fight against citizens with a large number of weapons, so the entire city has a sign of losing control. As long as the San Francisco city government runs out of cash, San Francisco will definitely become in chaos and even fall into anarchy."

"I just knew..." Brian wiped his face helplessly. As the future secretary of state, he already knew what Hayes wanted to say.

"It seems that we must ship a batch of cash to San Francisco immediately." Sherman is worthy of being nominated as the Republican presidential candidate, and immediately understood what Hayes meant... If there is no money, it will be messy, so naturally he has to transport the money first.

"I have notified Sacramento, but the cash from major banks in California is almost in San Francisco. Sacramento and other cities are now in trouble..." Hayes replied.

"Sure enough." Brian rolled his eyes.

"We need to transport cash directly?" Sherman's forehead also squeezed into a ball. Cash, San Francisco needs cash, but there is no banknote printing factory in the west. If you want cash, you can only send it from the east, and it still has to pass through the Nevada Snow Mountain. Furthermore, such a large amount of cash is to cross mountains and ridges to the west. Who can guarantee safety in the middle? You must know that there are not only Chinese people in the west, but also a large number of bandits. These people don't care what your money is for... They only need to know the approximate amount of this money, and then they will come in like hungry wolves who have found a flock of sheep. So, from a certain aspect, especially from a security perspective, this cash is probably more difficult to transport than a large amount of military supplies.

"Do you have to use a boat?" It's not possible by land, but what about sea routes? Ramsey provides another idea.

"You plan to send this money to San Francisco in half a year?" Brian asked back with a sneer.

"We can go through Mexico or Panama..." Ramsey said.

"What's the difference? If you have a heart in the territory of your neighbor, then they will act more unscrupulously than in the west!" Brian said disdainfully.

"What should I do? Are you just watching San Francisco get messy?" Ramsey said in a deep voice.

"Of course not. If San Francisco is in chaos, then we don't even think about fighting the Chinese. Even if the railway in Nevada is opened, the first thing we need to do is to calm down the chaos in California, and this will definitely occupy a large amount of our troops!" Sherman said.

"You guys say, are these things the plans of the Chinese again? Maybe they were simply expected?" Hayes asked suddenly.

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"Okay, I didn't ask." Seeing the three of them suddenly stunned, Hays quickly changed the topic, "It's better to think about how to solve the problem in San Francisco."

"In fact, it is not difficult to solve the problem in San Francisco. The key is that this may cause certain consequences." Brian said.

"Can this consequence be worse than San Francisco's chaos and thus causing the whole of California to become in chaos?" Hayes asked back.

"Of course not." Brian smiled.

"Then you can try it, maybe it's a good idea," Hayes said.

"My solution is not difficult. Don't those citizens just want money? Although the San Francisco city government cannot afford much money for the time being, and we cannot transport a large amount of cash in time, it can still be transferred from nearby states, so that San Francisco can last for a period of time. Of course, this is definitely not enough. So, while borrowing money, I suggest that the San Francisco city government send their citizens some documents of debt..."
Chapter completed!