Using large gold mines to attract people is not a highly pragmatic and imaginative plan. Among other things, the development of San Francisco and even the entire state of California in later generations, especially the beginning, is inseparable from the "gold rush".
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At that time, a carpenter named Marshall was building a sawmill for his boss north of Sacramento, the later capital of California. As a result, he discovered the first gold flakes in the American River on January 24, 1848.
It triggered a gold rush that changed the face of the American West and even the entire social structure of the United States.
Marshall's discovery of gold was purely accidental, but the news was quickly leaked. First, the local people who worked for Marshall's boss Sartre knew the "secret" of gold nearby, and they all left their jobs and ran to find gold. They were so anxious that they found gold nearby.
Sartre jumped straight up.
Soon, the news spread to nearby San Francisco. At first, the residents there could not believe that the news was true. It was not until mid-March that a newspaper reported it, and a store owner showed people dressed in costumes from the city during a parade in the town.
The discovery of gold at Sutter's site set off a craze, and San Francisco residents rushed to join the gold rush.
By mid-June, three-quarters of San Francisco residents had left their homes, and the entire town was almost deserted. Since then, news of the discovery of gold in Northern California spread not only throughout the United States, but also to the world.
Coincidentally, not long after Marshall discovered gold, the war between the United States and Mexico ended. The "Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo" was signed between the United States and Mexico, and California became a territory of the United States. This set the stage for the California Gold Rush.
Extremely favorable conditions were created, and Americans could freely come to California from the east, central, and south to hunt for gold.
The flow of people rushing to the west from all over the United States is like a thousand streams flowing into the sea. It is very impressive and greatly promotes the scale of the westward flow of immigrants and becomes an important part of the westward movement.
Many of the gold diggers who came to California spent their life savings, or used their houses as mortgages to borrow money for travel expenses, and went through all kinds of hardships to pursue wealth in California. They left their families and hometowns, and women took on the farm work and childcare.
Most of these gold diggers who dreamed of getting rich overnight came to California in 1849, so they were called "49ers."
As the number of gold diggers from all over the country continued to increase, the number of California residents also increased dramatically. In March 1848, there were only about 800 immigrants. By August, about 4,000 people came here to prospect for gold. By the end of 1848, the number of immigrants reached 20,000.
people; by the end of 1849, the immigrant population reached about 100,000.
Among them, 50,000 to 60,000 people came from all over the United States, and others came from all over the world, including those from Europe, South America and even China. At that time, most of the Chinese gold diggers came from Taishan, Guangdong. They came here to pan for gold, so they
This place was called "Golden Mountain", and later was renamed "San Francisco".
After gold was discovered in early 1848, there was a gold rush. The gold rush reached its peak in 1852. After that year, the chance of finding gold on the ground became smaller and smaller. After that, it was switched to mining. With the advancement of mining technology, the number of gold rushes increased.
More and more gold mines buried underground are being discovered.
The gold rush in California promoted the development of the entire mining industry, attracting a large number of laborers and technical talents to join the development of the west. The mining industry developed rapidly not only in California, but also in surrounding states. The acquisition of large amounts of gold made California, especially San Francisco, a prosperous place.
It also led to the development of surrounding areas. Many historians believe that the changes in the face of American society caused by the gold rush can be compared with the Civil War.
Gao Pragmatic did not expect the Pengmiao Gold Mine to achieve the same effect as the California Gold Rush, nor could it have such an effect. After all, the current information circulation level and population circulation capacity cannot be compared with the United States in 1848, but even if it could
Having half or even a quarter of that kind of enthusiasm can greatly improve the difficulty of immigration for Gao Pragmatic.
There has always been a shortage of precious metals in the Ming Dynasty. Gold, silver, and copper are all in short supply. Therefore, the value of gold is almost unattainable in the minds of ordinary people, and its attraction to them is unquestionable. As long as it is done properly, a gold rush can be launched
Heat is nothing unusual.
However, in this era, it is no joke to come to a place like central Vietnam to pan for gold. There are many dangers - not to mention security, poisonous insects, tropical diseases and other things, you have to find ways to prevent it, right?
As the initiator of the gold rush and the actual controller of Annan, Gao Pragmatic has the obligation and responsibility to make more arrangements for this to reduce similar accidental casualties. This is his sense of responsibility as a time traveler.
Therefore, opening some related pharmacies, tent stores, dry food stores and even weapons stores in Da Nang are all matters that need to be handled with high pragmatism.
He has never been a person in power who makes fun of human lives - of course, the premise is: his own people.
So when he told Gao Jing, Boss Hu and Boss Li the plan, the three of them couldn't help but admire Gao Jingjing even more. No wonder everything has gone well for Gao Yintai in recent years.
How many people can have it? The benevolent are invincible, so that’s how it should be understood…
Not only do I give you the opportunity to make a fortune, I also provide various guarantees for you to make a fortune smoothly.
Let me ask, who wouldn’t be grateful to such a person? How can such a person not be satisfied?
Moreover, Gao's pragmatic plan immediately led the two bosses to discover business opportunities - yes, there are so many people coming to dig for gold, and there is no way to do any business, so why do you have to find gold mines yourself? Let's also learn from Gao Zhitai,
How about making money from these gold diggers?
The two looked at each other, smiled at each other, and had a tacit understanding.
After Gao Pingshi said this, he began to carefully observe the terrain and landforms, and finally decided: "That peninsula... well, let's call it Shancha Peninsula. All that side will be assigned to the Jinghua Fleet, especially the southwest part of the peninsula.
The harbor (this is a harbor within a harbor, interested friends can look at the satellite picture) will be used as the military port of the Beijing Fleet in Annan, and it will be used separately from the civilian port."
Gao Jing quickly looked at it carefully, and while looking at it, he replied: "Sir, what does the military port mean... it can only berth our Jinghua ships?"
"No, it's not that only ships from Jinghua can be berthed, but only ships that have entered combat order." Gao Pragmatic turned to look at him and said: "In other words, in most cases, only ships carrying guns can be berthed.
Armed transport ships, as well as professional warships that we will use for escort operations in the future."
Escort operations are just a name. With the strength of the armed transport ships of the Jinghua fleet, it is difficult for pirates to dare to make mistakes along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. But Gao Pragmatism cannot say that building warships is just for fun. It still has to have a name.
, and guarding against pirates is obviously the best name - pirates are the target of attack in every dynasty and in every generation, at least in name.
Of course, the pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty used to like most to "kill people, set fires, etc.". Wasn't this the case with the pirate king Zheng Zhilong in history?
But the situation is a little different now, because Gao Gong's policy of opening up the sea has been implemented, and the pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty have become much weaker now. Many guys who are not dedicated to being pirates but just use their identity as pirates to become maritime merchants have been cleared.
Going ashore - Boss Hu and Boss Li are this kind of people. Otherwise, how could ordinary businessmen be interested, and how could they dare to participate in Jinghua's "joint fleet"?
This person came to Annan to fight. The original target of the war was the regular navy of Mo and Li.
Gao Jing was a little surprised after hearing this. He looked at the size of the harbor and scratched his head: "We... don't seem to be able to use such a big harbor."
That is, the size of this harbor is such that the 10,000-ton giant ships of later generations can accommodate at least a dozen or twenty ships. A small ship like theirs, which is less than 1,000 tons, can easily accommodate hundreds of ships.
However, Gao Jingshi didn't care, and instead said: "Take a longer-term view, Gao Jing, let me ask you, three years ago, could you have imagined that you could command such a large fleet?"
Gao Jing suddenly understood, and then he was eager to try again: "If one day, our warships can fill this harbor, even the little man Lajia of Fulangji will dare to help the master to defeat it."
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said with a hint: "Maybe, maybe, maybe one day it will happen."
Boss Hu suddenly joked: "In addition to the military port, this commercial port is also extremely huge. In the future, there will be countless gold diggers coming to enrich this place. It can be foreseen that in the near future, this place will be a place where wealth will flow."
It’s a golden treasure land of oil.”
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Then I'll lend you a good word." Of course he didn't discriminate against businessmen, and he didn't speak with too much airs.
Boss Li went a step further and said: "Based on the situation, I think the name Da Nang is a bit bad, although Da Nang does refer to small and high mountains, which echoes the mountains on the Son Tra Peninsula over there.
But... Lao Hu also said just now that this place will definitely be a gold treasure land in the future, so I thought it would be better to change the name to attract gold diggers."
Gao Pragmatic's expression changed, his eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a smile: "I understand, you mean to be more straightforward and rename this place...Jingang?"
"Oh, you are really amazing. I just came up with such an idea, and you guessed it right away. I really have a sharp eye like a torch!"
Regarding this kind of flattery, Gao Pragmatic just smiled and neither cared nor resented it. Boss Li's words were just human nature and there was nothing worthy of harsh criticism.
However, Gao Pragmatic felt good about his idea - San Francisco used to be called "Golden Mountain". Such a simple and crude name would definitely have a more direct appeal to gold diggers and the effect would be more shocking.
Golden Harbor?
Hmm...it does seem possible.
"Okay, from now on, this place will be called Jingang." Gao pragmatically settled the matter with a smile.
Da Nang disappeared before it appeared, leaving only Golden Port - Jinghua's first overseas port!
