Although Zhu Shengkai was a little surprised to find gold, it was reasonable.
In this era, how did the population of California, a newly established state, soar from 92,000 to 380,000 in just a few years?
It was all thanks to the gold diggers from all over the world.
Anglo-Saxons, Kate, Ailan, Germanic, Gauls, Japanese, and Qing.
All of them swarmed over.
The people who had it the worst were undoubtedly the Qing people.
In the coastal area of the Qing Dynasty, although the current Qing Dynasty was in the heyday of Kangxi, because of the increase in sweet potato production, the people were barely able to eat their fill.
The population continued to explode.
The increase in population also brought about a shortage of food.
Even during the prime of the world, there were still countless Han people who couldn't live on and were on the verge of starving to death.
In this era, many Han people were bewitched by the people around them and used all their assets to exchange for a ticket to America.
With endless yearning and anticipation for a beautiful new life in his heart, he came to America.
However, when the Han people went ashore, they realized that they had been deceived.
The white slave owners tricked the Han people who had dreams and expectations into becoming slaves and laborers to build the railway and excavate various mineral veins.
In this era, hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese were abused, suppressed, and died in America.
There was a saying in the later generations of America.
There was a Chinese worker's body buried under each of the rails!
This sentence might be exaggerated, but the bloody cruelty depicted in it was definitely not fabricated!
It showed the cruelty, bloodshed, and barbarism of this era.
There were a total of three pieces of Kobold's Gold.
One of them was the size of a human head.
The other two were fist-sized.
A rough estimate was that the piece of gold the size of a human head was about 90 kilograms!
"F * ck, 90 kilograms is 180 jin?”
"180 pounds, how did I manage to carry it just now?”
Wu Zhi looked at the Kobold's Gold and his eyes were almost fixed. He swallowed his saliva and said eagerly.
Just now, Wu Zhi had indeed picked up the 180 jin of gold. However, when he tried to carry it again, he could not move it.
"Roughly ninety kilograms. If converted to ounces, it should be three thousand ounces.”
"The price of gold in this era is about twenty dollars per ounce.”
"An ounce of gold is about 28.3 grams.”
"Then, this piece of gold is 60,000 US dollars!”
The US dollar in this era was not like the US dollar that the US Federation had printed and distributed to the whole world.
The US dollar in this era was the real US dollar.
It was linked to gold and implemented the gold standard.
For example, in this era.
Five dollars was enough to buy a horse of slightly inferior quality.
A good horse could be bought for ten dollars.
From this, one could see how precious US dollars were.
The other two pieces of gold were not small either. They were roughly 20 and 30 kilograms each.
They were worth fourteen thousand dollars and twenty-one thousand dollars respectively.
This was a huge sum of nearly 100,000 USD!
In this era, 100,000 USD was enough to make anyone go crazy! A huge sum of money!
Moreover, the flashing golden dot on Zhu Shengkai's map did not disappear.
Although it had dimmed a little, it was still shining brightly.
This made Zhu Shengkai understand.
There was a gold mine below!
Not just the Kobold's Gold.
There was still huge wealth waiting for Zhu Shengkai to excavate.
"America in this era is really a place of wealth that makes people forget to leave.”
Zhu Shengkai was excited.
With this money, many of his plans could be implemented.
Now, Zhu Shengkai did not have the ability to develop this gold mine, so he put it on hold for the time being.
Now, Zhu Shengkai was going to take his men to Los Angeles!
Los Angeles had a population of more than 10,000. If there was anything that attracted Zhu Shengkai the most, it would undoubtedly be Santa Monica Port.
This was a trading port. If Zhu Shengkai controlled this port, he would have a gateway to the world.
To the Qing Dynasty!
What Zhu Shengkai was most concerned about was to fight back against the Qing Dynasty! He had to chase out all the Tartars and Manchurian Jian Slaves who had occupied the Divine Continent for more than 200 years!
Kill them all!
In this way, Los Angeles was very important.
"Wu Zhi, take the Second Banner Unit and stay in Xindu.”
"Mobilize the first squad and my two guards. I'm going to Los Angeles!”
Zhu Shengkai said to Wu Zhi as he rode on a black horse.
"Lord Long Live, why did you bring so many people to Los Angeles?”
Wu Zhi was a little puzzled.
One flag squad, two flags, a total of 401 people.
This was the majority of their forces.
"I want to conquer Los Angeles!"
Zhu Shengkai's lips curled into an inconspicuous smile, and a cold glint flashed across his eyes.
"What? Attack Los Angeles?"
Wu Zhi was shocked.
Los Angeles had a population of more than ten thousand. Gold diggers and cowboys came and went with guns. In order to maintain order, there were a large number of police officers.
As a result, Los Angeles, which had a population of more than 10,000, had at least 1,000 armed people.
How could the current Ming Xin Chuang have the strength to conquer Los Angeles?!
And now that Los Angeles was occupied, the capital of California, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San José, which were hundreds of kilometers away, would definitely react.
San Francisco was a big city with a population of more than 100,000!
Wu Zhi immediately tried to persuade Zhu Shengkai, but it was obvious that Zhu Shengkai had already made up his mind.
Not long after, Zhu Shengkai set off with his men.
The four hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards were all dressed in the same uniform.
Four hundred pairs of black leather boots stepped on the ground in unison, making a uniform sound.
At a glance, the Jinyiwei could only see rows and rows of black military hats that swayed as they moved forward.
They passed through the jungle and headed for Los Angeles, which was more than 100 kilometers away.
In this era, the midwest of the American Federation was a place where the law was truly out of reach.
Even the densely populated eastern region was a lawless place!
It would take at least the 20th century for the US Federation to build a society with laws and regulations.
Was Zhu Shengkai really going to conquer Los Angeles?
Very sure, yes.
The current Great Ming had an army of several hundred people. It wasn't difficult to control a city with a population of over ten thousand.
However, it was rare to see the follow-up.
The reinforcements from San Francisco, San José, and Sacramento were the real problem.
California was located on the west coast of the United States of America. It was a place where the United States of America had very weak control.
California could even be considered a federal state of its own.
From the western state of California to the eastern part of the US Federation's territory, they had to pass through thousands of kilometers of uninhabited land in the middle.
The control of the US Federal Government was extremely weak.
Zhu Shengkai knew that even if Da Ming and California went to war, the only enemies he would have to face were California and the nearby California.
(The state of Washington, which bordered Kamada, was only established to join the United States a few decades later. Kamada was still a colony of the British Empire and had not yet established an independent country.）
The state of Ore was just established last year, which was 1711.
According to the original history, it was 1859. However, due to an unknown change in the world, all countries in the world, except the Qing Dynasty, were brought forward by more than a hundred years.
The current western part of the US Federation was weak. When the time came, Da Ming would only have to face one enemy, California.
However, even if there was only one enemy in California, facing the current Da Ming, California was still a "giant" with a population of 380,000.
With such a difference in strength, what would Zhu Shengkai do? Only then could the risk be minimized?
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