Chapter 426 California Riots

Nothing can't be used for elections. What's wrong with natural disasters? What a good cover. Evelyn, who was still in New Orleans, reacted quickly and announced that the Evelyn Charity Foundation would donate $200,000 to purchase supplies for the victims. As for what supplies to purchase, it mainly depends on what the United Company has. This is not a big problem.

Starting from Arlington, major companies in the South immediately took action and donated generously. The Edith Rockefeller Foundation also donated $100,000, which was transferred to the Evelyn Foundation's account. The Evelyn Charitable Foundation donated it to the Rockefeller Family Foundation, and then the Rockefeller Family Foundation donated the $100,000 back to the Edith Rockefeller Foundation. After this circle of $100,000, all three foundations donated $100,000, making a huge contribution to the citizens in the disaster area.

The slave owners, who had been mentally prepared for the San Francisco earthquake, now urgently needed to know the damage to the San Francisco shipyard. Another important purpose of Jesla bringing the Black Gold Company employees with him was to take advantage of the chaos to make the shipyard more in line with the conditions of the disaster area if the damage to the San Francisco shipyard was not serious, in preparation for the subsequent acquisition.

In fact, not all of Sheffield's preparations for the situation in California were useful. For example, he tried to make the two railways unable to be used by the federal government. Soon the two railway giants said they could do nothing to help because the railway to California had been interrupted.

The earthquake was so strong that even Nevada, located inland, could feel it. The railway to California was unusable because of the hundreds of miles of stratum fracture. Not only the federal government could not use it, but the United Company could not use it either.

But for Sheffield, this was even better! Because he immediately knew that the Southwest Railway passing through New Mexico was not interrupted, and it was easier to exclude dissidents on this railway. The federal government could not use it even more!

A day passed, and after the usual operation of Congress in Washington taking the opportunity to accuse and attack each other, Roosevelt, who was still clear-headed, quickly gave appropriate instructions, hoping that California would restore order as soon as possible and that the local authorities would calm the victims as much as possible. He also said that he was considering reconstruction funding.

Finally, President Roosevelt expressed his appreciation for the United Corporation for its commitment to the disaster area, saying that it was a company that shouldered national responsibilities, because the expansion of the Hawaiian military port would certainly not be completed in a year or two, and the United Corporation could live in peace with the federal government in the next few years by holding each other's leverage.

With this premise, President Roosevelt would naturally not do anything to the United Company. He would at least wait until the value of the United Company disappeared. But this was not easy, because another important project, the Panama Canal, could not be completed in a short time.

After entering California, Jesla understood the real situation. He saw panicked people on both sides of the railway, but they still maintained order. Because the southern part of California near the border was where the United Company had deep roots, and many people here were employees of the United Company.

Since Jesla revealed his identity and proved that they were a family, he naturally would not be troubled.

"It can be concluded that the situation north of Los Angeles must be very serious. It's just the right time for us to solve some of the problems and then attribute all the deaths to the earthquake. Perfect." Jesra said calmly to his subordinates of the Black Gold Company, "If this kind of natural disaster happens more often, we won't have to see the annoying black color anymore. This is the color I hate the most. This time, we will take advantage of the earthquake to clean up Los Angeles and San Francisco."

"Yes!" There was an excited response from the roaring train carriage.

In fact, similar operations had already begun after arriving in Los Angeles. Only after finding the weapons warehouse did Jesla realize that even the rail traffic between San Francisco and Los Angeles had been interrupted, so he could only walk. Fortunately, cars were not a problem.

"You stay here and tell other communities that blacks took the opportunity to rob banks and start riots, then lead the citizens of Los Angeles to rush into the black communities." Jesla left some of his men in Los Angeles and got on a convoy to San Francisco and said, "I will personally lead people to San Francisco. That's it."

"Now that public transportation in California is cut off, our joint company is also very worried about the situation there." When Sheffield was asked by reporters, he looked haggard and exhausted. He had not yet recovered his strength from carrying heavy loads. Of course, in the eyes of the uncrowned king, this was a concern for the lives and property of western citizens.

"In fact, I am mainly afraid that some criminals will take advantage of natural disasters to start riots. It's not that I want this to happen. But no matter how great a country is, there will always be such people." The slave owner said with worry in his eyes. "Also, I heard that many people have never seen such a big earthquake in their lives. My friends in Nevada said that they can feel the tremors from the west. This is too scary."

The slave owner shed tears on the spot, demonstrating with practical actions that the big boss behind the Hollywood film industry was definitely not a undeserved reputation. At this time, Los Angeles was ablaze with flames and gunfire, and countless people were plunged into madness.

The reason was a rumor that a Hollywood actress was attacked and brutally assaulted by black people on her way out after the earthquake. Although it was just a rumor, it was enough to ignite the anger of Los Angeles citizens after the disaster. The truth of the story was not important. Anyway, the traffic between California and the outside world was cut off, and now it was time to play freely.

Even the California government, which was in contact with Washington, did not understand the specific situation and used terms such as black riots, indicating that things were heading out of control.

The Los Angeles City Government did not understand the cause of the incident and simply warned the citizens in the city truthfully. This warning had the opposite effect. When countless citizens heard the news, they spontaneously joined the ranks of suppressing the black riots and launched attacks on the black community.

Disasters are often accompanied by all kinds of rumors, which is very normal. The scene in Los Angeles is not surprising, but just proves the normal reaction of humans at such times. As for San Francisco, the situation is even worse. When Jesla and his men arrived without stopping, the already very bad situation became even worse.

"We must help the San Francisco City Government restore order and use every possible means to prevent this beautiful city from suffering greater losses." Jesla issued the order murderously. Everything that needed to be said had been said at Arlington Manor and on the train. Now they were simply assisting the San Francisco police department to reduce losses.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Mayor Eugene Smith, who had listened to the slander, listened to the slander again and said that since a large private company was willing to take the risk, he would not be the only one to take the blame even if it was investigated later. What's more, we now know that California's transportation has been cut off from the outside world.

Now, no matter what happened, no one saw it. With these two points, we can take strong measures. At worst, we can blame it on natural disasters. The mayor and the citizens of San Francisco are all victims.

"Let the police department and the rescue team of the United Company restore order in the city." Eugene Smith sent someone to notify the police chief of San Francisco. At this time, the fire in the city had been extinguished. Almost half of San Francisco had disappeared in the fire. Countless people were buried under the collapsed houses and buildings, and there were many bodies buried in the sea of ​​​​fire, and the streets were devastated.

At least half of San Francisco has fallen into a state of anarchy. If the riots in Los Angeles were caused by rumors that went wrong, the riots in San Francisco were real and were entirely the consequences of the earthquake.

Eugene Smith then formally issued a mayoral order, allowing the United Company rescue team to cooperate with the police and soldiers to restore order, and to directly shoot the gangsters who participated in the robbery and riot. Whenever there was a robbery, no procedures needed to be followed, and they could be shot to death directly.

Because of the earthquake, the wealthy people in San Francisco reacted quickly and hid in safe communities, and the factories were shut down. These factories also became the only holy land for robbers. With the Black Gold Company's robbers, Jessla now had to help these wealthy people regain their industries.

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The San Francisco Shipyard also came to a standstill, so it was naturally a target that Jesra needed to rescue. After placing two time bombs, he did not find anything special, so he decided to help the most respectable policeman first and deal with the criminals in the city.

"Most black people are at the bottom of society. They have nothing to lose, so there is a breakdown of order. They are naturally the main force of looting and destruction." In front of the chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Jesla said worriedly. While he was speaking, someone came in to report, "There was a big explosion at the San Francisco Shipyard. I heard that a black man did it."

Hearing that this word was used well, Jesla looked as if to say, "Look, I'm absolutely right," which made the San Francisco police chief make up his mind.

Sheffield finally boarded the Arlington train with tents, flour, and some daily necessities, along with retired soldiers from the Alamo Guard, to escort the supplies that the citizens in the disaster area desperately needed.

Now that California has been cut off from the outside world, the only way to transport goods there is through the Southwestern Railway in New Mexico. The slave owners are worried. What if Jesla messes things up?

Taking advantage of natural disasters to achieve some goals, all for the sake of making money, and not shivering!

After today, the book won’t disappear in a flash.

(End of this chapter)