Chapter 1111 – A Coarse and Complicated Network of Relationships

“The reasoning is so true, but as a civil servant dear, you’d better not say it.” Pamela Mountbatten’s eyes rippled with light as she quietly inquired, “Counting the Middle East investments and Xiangjiang and Malaya, how many assets do you control.”

This huge wealth was not his own, but Pamela Mountbatten was just as concerned.

“If the Governor of Hong Kong does not set up barriers, enough for five years of military spending, forgetting ……” Alan Wilson patted his head in distress, “military spending has gone up, now only enough for four years of military spending. ”

“Eight billion pounds? That’s a really big number.” Pamela Mountbatten reached out and grabbed her husband’s cheek, pretending to whisper in aggravation, “It’s twice my fortune, you won’t abandon me at that time.”

This look is very pretentious, no female richest style, Alan Wilson could not help but give his wife you find your own reasons for the look, muttering to himself, “For the time being, this is it, Australia’s British investment, for the time being, not included in the scope of control.”

Alan Wilson felt that this move to expand the scope of control could increase the establishment of some business units.

The Overseas Asset Management Board is a strictly defined professional department, maintaining a streamlined style is inevitable, and after expanding the scope of control, the creation of fifteen hundred positions will be sufficient.

Any further expansion of the establishment would have the disadvantage of a bloated organization, which would not be conducive to economic development.

“I’ve already sent someone to fetch Princess Badia over and show her the few islands that are still of decent size. If she’s interested, now even if we don’t have any money on hand, we can still keep them for a few emirs in the Middle East.” Pamela Mountbatten stopped caring about what her husband had left to do and focused on her own affairs.

Alan Wilson nodded his head, and the Middle East royal family’s connections were established, it was still more appropriate for his wife to step in.

Now he instead discusses with Richard about the institution of marriage. The Malays in Malaya can marry four wives, Chinese points how to see, theoretically monogamous, in practice is not capped.

But the Qing law Alan Wilson did not want to abolish it, but wanted to balance the great advantage of the upper classes in this respect.

“Continuing with the current marriage system will lead to problems sooner or later. Let’s adapt it so that a man who has a wife, but also has more than one lady of the same status as his wife. He should be given some priority for tax purposes. Those who can afford to marry more than one woman, not all of them, but all of them are worth a lot of money. Curbing from that point of view is more appropriate.”

“As for the general population, in principle we don’t agree to marry more than two women, and if there is a local resident as a partner, you can’t get a Malayan resident for the second marriage. Malayans can look for Indonesians smuggled over, and Chinese residents have nothing to do with us whether they look for South Vietnam, Thailand or the Philippines.”

“In case of violation, the same as for the upper class who are worth a lot of money, taxes will be raised. This was used to achieve de facto monogamy without having to abolish Qing law and Shariah. To prevent angering the conservatives of the two main ethnic groups in Malaya.”

Kuala Lumpur High Commission, Richard and Alan Wilson, discussing how to achieve a balanced relationship between men and women without the imposition of inhumane laws.

The expansion of Pacifism in the Agrarian Age was not all the fault of the Fast Horse Machete. Different tax rates for pacifists and pagans allowed the Arabs to eradicate the soil for the existence of Christians in the Mediterranean and Zoroastrianism in the Middle East in one fell swoop.

“Sounds good.” Richard nodded with satisfaction, “And it could accomplish something similar to the case law.”

“And maybe even lead to the marriage of, the Malayan Justices of the Peace, with people of equal status from neighboring countries.”

Alan Wilson smiled and said, “In fact, once this kind of marriage occurs, we can use our connections to enter Thailand, South Vietnam, and even the Philippines. Another British India will be formed. In fact, if you think about it, who do these overseas Chinese rely on if not Britain. Only by soliciting our protection, can they live in safety.”

There are individuals who betray their class, and there is no class that betrays its class, and in terms of totality, Alan Wilson believed that the group of buyers he had raised were reliable, and that they would never have thrived without the infusion and protection of British capital.

It is now time for these pampered and even thriving buy-busters to give something back, to help British capital and Britain get inside these countries and turn them upside down from the inside.

Of course, this will require the Chinese community to take ownership of their society, to work and give their time, and to do so with conscientious pricing and good products, and only in this way can the Chinese in other Southeast Asian countries play a role.

Only in this way can the Chinese in other Southeast Asian countries play a role. The Chinese can be wealthier than the locals in Southeast Asia, and their own qualities have something to do with it.

But in Alan Wilson’s eyes, the main factor is still the result of the colonizers borrowed the Chinese to suppress the natives. It was as if many Indians in the British colonies had a much better life than the natives.

If you don’t recognize this, how can the colonizers evacuate, not to show some valuable qualities, and the local main body of the people to fight a little? You can’t beat them.

Colonialism needs agents, and there are not enough of them, this is a common tactic of colonizers all over the world.

At that time, only the Chinese were the most suitable agents for the colonizers in Southeast Asia. Because the Chinese had been in Southeast Asia for a long time, they were very familiar with the situation in Southeast Asia, and before the Europeans came, some of the Chinese who had a good position had already been helping the local rulers, mainly acting as a middleman in the trade with China, and then helping the local rulers to manage the other Chinese and collect taxes from them, because collecting taxes has always been a nuisance to the people.

During the colonial era, economic power was not to be touched by the natives, or else with money there would be a basis for overturning colonial rule.

Alan Wilson also enforced this principle after the war, giving the Malays the lion’s share of the land to appease them, and then vigorously supporting the Chinese buyers to occupy high positions in the economic level of Malaya.

Soon, Alan Wilson and dozens of Justices of the Peace met once more and opened the door, “To be honest, with the population and area of Malaya, without the support of the United Kingdom, the face of any country in Southeast Asia is not advantageous. Britain transferred over industries that shaped Malaya as it is today, otherwise there is no reason why Malaya with sixteen million people should be better than Thailand with twenty-seven million people, the Philippines with twenty-six million people, or Vietnam with thirty million people.”

“But with the fifty million people on British soil, it could hold down any country in Southeast Asia. Even Indonesia, with a population of nearly one hundred million, is not a problem, and the Royal Pacific Fleet can prove how true and reliable my words are.”

“What does Lord Zhongtang need from us.” Su Yang looked around at his companions and said, “Here are all our own people.”

“I just like talking to my own people. In a sense some countries are indeed right when they say that we oppress the locals, but without us, can you stand firm? The Soviets said they wanted a world where everyone was equal. But the present level of technology is far from that, as a world of pyramids will run for a long time yet.”

Alan Wilson pushed himself to speak, “Some people say that it is the British who rule you, but in fact this can be transformed, I think it can be transformed into Britain and Malaya ruling Southeast Asia. We have the technology and army, you have ready-made connections, we borrow your connections, and no country in Southeast Asia can resist. Suppressing the development of these countries to one level, when that time comes, the whole of Southeast Asia will still be under your control?”

“If such a day really comes, we will naturally look up to Lord Zhongtang.” Gu Ke expressed his loyalty with a sincere face, willing to go through fire and water for Britain.

“What head of the horse is looking forward to ah, we are all our own people.” Alan Wilson smiled and responded, “If I have a good heir, surely you guys will be united in marriage, and then you can advance and retreat together.”

He really did, has Xia Meng’s child been born yet? In recent months in the Middle East by the Americans a little confused, the due date are forgotten, by then what to call it? Xia Wei? Sharson? Char, no, that’s de Gaulle’s name.

Meanwhile, Pamela Mountbatten, who was riding in a battleship, took the binoculars and pointed out the direction for Princess Badia, “The island of Natuna is also two thousand square kilometers, and there are some more islands like Malaya, so if the Princess and the Prince Regent can’t tolerate the yellow sand when the climate in the Middle East is hot, they can come at any time. These islands in Malaya could be a vacation spot for the Emirs.”

“Looks like a nice view.” Princess Badia took the binoculars and looked at the islands, her first impression was good, “Is Britain going to sell these islands to us.”

“Not a sale of sovereignty, but ownership, to build a stronger relationship with the Emirs of the Kingdom of Iraq, the Kingdom of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and so on, to move forward together.”

Pamela Mountbatten said glowingly, “Thinking about it from the worst possible perspective, if there is ever a revolution, you have a place of refuge, which Pahlavi doesn’t.”

“We really should have a good discussion about this.” Princess Badia was all smiles, “Pamela, as you know, the Kingdom has always cherished its relationship with England. I also have great admiration for you.”

“Britain still has a few modest aircraft carriers, if the Princess can broker a deal against a few of the emirates?” That was enough, and Pamela Mountbatten was confident that Princess Badia would understand.

“What an intricate web of connections I have.” Alan Wilson tapped his head and let out an involuntary exclamation.

“This intricate web of relationships of mine ah ……” Almost at the same time, Pamela Mountbatten and her husband, who was far away in Kuala Lumpur, let out the exact same exclamation.