Chapter 1612 – Danger for Dej

“Father, you probably have more confidence than their current rulers.” Charlotte cried and laughed, “You know that in terms of data, Africa is even brighter than it right now.”

“Africa’s data? Not really. Certain aspects can be said to be able to compare, for example, some African countries don’t have a large population, and the pressure to eat may not be so great. But there’s more to a country than just eating.”

Alan Wilson shook his head, “You have no idea how much the real situation in the countries that bear the industrial scissors is actually different from the data. And I didn’t say your country could easily be rich, and rich isn’t the same as powerful, and with a wide range of land and population, it’s much easier to be powerful than rich.”

“Where are the really rich countries in this world? There are many people in Xiangjiang who wish to emigrate to Canada.” Charlotte thought back to her own experience in Xiangjiang and asked her father if he had answered correctly.

“Canada is a quick step above Australia in terms of data, but the two countries are actually on the same level, as evidenced by the per capita wages, and the upper limit is going to exceed Canada if Australia doesn’t have a population explosion.” Alan Wilson answered honestly that the paradise Canada in the eyes of the people of Xiangjiang was not as glamorous as it appeared to be.

Many of the Xiangjiang movies that dealt with immigration would mention Canada, in fact if it wasn’t for him, the supreme authority, Xia Meng would have immigrated to Canada as well.

If Canada’s industry was its own, it could actually shake off Australia by virtue of its industrial strength, but the problem is that Canada’s industry is not in its own hands either. Is Mexico the only country that is being siphoned off by the US, Canada is facing the same problem.

If he hadn’t considered this problem, he wouldn’t have instructed Pamela Mountbatten to go to Australia after the war, not because Australia was far away from the United States.

Even if Australia had a grudge against Britain because of the unpleasantness of World War II, it was still better than Canada, which shared a border with the United States.

Canada’s advantage of being close to Britain in terms of national sentiment and inability to defeat the US is right next to this factor.

Canada’s disadvantages are not yet apparent in this era, and in the twenty-first century Australia has left Canada behind by a wide margin, and Australian wages are no better than those of the United States.

But when it comes to being powerful that’s a different story, Australia’s population ceiling is right there, and Canada’s population ceiling, while not high either, is higher than Australia’s. With similar standards of living, country to country comparisons are about total numbers.

Are British soldiers less skilled in combat than American soldiers? Or are British soldiers not as brave as American soldiers? Isn’t the difference scale? Military is the scale, the overall difference is the total amount.

Education of patriotic Chinese to become a new era of the tide, is Alan Wilson’s current top priority, now have overseas relations is an appetizing thing, that is not ten years ago were treated as secret agents. Being an ordinary patriotic Chinese is not the goal, to be able to be a capable patriotic Chinese.

“You don’t feel tired of starting from the basics, because of the difference in national conditions, the employment problem is definitely the most important, you can put the textile industry in Yangcheng, Magic City. Remember the two big estuaries is definitely the top priority for development, India would like to do so, but unfortunately the mouth of the Ganges is a country called Bangladesh.”

“Basic industry profits are not high, but there are high, you this time if you can get the Saudi Arabia, the start will be much easier, then why do labor-intensive industries again?”

Alan Wilson walked back and forth with his hands behind his back in front of the good Dahl, and said with an old-fashioned look on his face, “The value to the country is not all about profit, and it would be good for Britain if you could get an early start on white goods and mobilize the population potential to beat Japan. Malaya is tough against Japan, it’s down to the size of the population.”

With the patriotic Chinese playing a good front, naturally a large amount of British capital is coming in, in fact it is coming in now, and he has specifically borrowed contacts to turn Santana into a sub-brand of the Anglo-German joint venture.

Involving important military sales, can not expect Charlotte single-handedly to get things done, at least need a professional team, Allen Wilson fortunately still have some contacts in Newfoundland borrowed a bit of talent in financial management, the administrative aspects of the Malaya, to help Charlotte complete the metamorphosis.

Allen Wilson, not forgetting his own work, the coal workers’ strike is still going on, the striking workers organized a “workers’ picket”, along the way to block the workers to go to work, and thus the police to protect the workers to go to work in a conflict.

The police arrested 80 members of the pickets. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who had been silent since the start of the strike, appeared on television on the same day and loudly praised the police for their actions, saying, “They’ve done a great job. The police were marvelous!”

In this way, throughout the course of the subsequent strikes, there were clashes between the police and the striking workers, and at times there was infighting and even brawls between striking workers and those opposed to the strikes.

Allen Wilson knew all too well the composition of the workers who opposed the strike and the infighting between the striking workers and those who opposed the strike. The strike began in March, and as the clock ticked down to May, the government remained calm, but of course, Alan Wilson had already said on behalf of Whitehall that the door to negotiations was always open.

The coal mining unions and the National Coal Industry Board began intermittent negotiations, but each ended in failure.

The strike entered a stand-off phase. Margaret Thatcher declared that the government would not intervene in coal miners’ strikes, pointing out that such matters were in the sole hands of the Coal Industry Board and did not need to be brought to Downing Street.

Scargill then took the fight directly to Margaret Thatcher and tore off her mask of behind-the-scenes manipulation. He said, “You were victorious in the Falklands, but you won’t win this fight.”

In the face of such a tense situation, Mrs. Thatcher, with her usual firm stance and hard-line style, did not show the slightest sign of concession or softening. On the contrary, compared to the past, it could only have been worse.

In response to Scargill’s turning the attack directly on herself, there was no room for negotiation or compromise for Margaret Thatcher, and she continued to use condemnation, confrontation and repression at best.

“I want to bar him.” Mrs. Thatcher launched into an indignant accusation in the face of the unyielding coal unions, “That’s fighting the state, don’t you think so?”

“I don’t think it’s unreasonable for some of the papers to say that you’re in line with the tactics of a dictator.” Alan Wilson yawned and started to remedy the situation again in the face of Mrs. Thatcher’s displeased gaze, “Of course, although the means are the same, they are still different in the end, and you’re the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. How can the British Empire be the same as those underdeveloped countries, they do the same policy is suicidal, we are from a position of strength, the world is never fair.”

“Are you mocking me, don’t forget, you could have been a colonial administrator, how much more moral can you be than me?” Mrs. Thatcher huffed back, “You dare to say you haven’t used unseemly means? Not once.”

“I’m not even trying to refute that either.” Alan Wilson laughed softly, “Latin American countries always use helicopters to throw their opponents into the sea, that’s the ignorant populace of the world that doesn’t know that I’m the one who invented this kind of campaign, when I was the Chief Executive of Malaya, there were tens of thousands of missing persons alone.”

“Still the native citizens are different, and now it is certain anyway that before this life is over there will be a large number of Englishmen who will be your opponents. Maybe they’ll be bouncing on your grave.”

After discussing the strike that was still going on, not to be outdone by the coal unions who were known for their fighting prowess, and which, unsurprisingly, was going to go on for a long time to come, the two men began to discuss the next issue, that since Margaret Thatcher came to power, the relationship between Britain and the United States of America had begun to heat up, and that there would be another Anglo-American summit this year.

In the face of possible discussion of the issue, Alan Wilson took out the first few months of this year, the data of U.S. exports, placed in front of Mrs. Thatcher said, “according to the current trend, this year’s U.S. deficit may exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars, I think anyone who knows, what this means. The harvesting of Latin America is useful, but it is also true that it is not very useful, and it is also true that the countries of Latin America can only provide raw materials, and that the problem of competing in industry is just as big a problem for the United States.”

“You used to talk about that.” Mrs. Thatcher’s attitude toward the United States, not like the first term so wishful thinking, willing to open a discussion on this issue and the Cabinet Secretary, “What do you think the U.S. side will do.”

“For example, sign a not-so-peaceful treaty, on the exchange rate so that other countries to the United States concessions, around the time of the collapse of the Brexit system, there have been similar operations.” Alan Wilson calmly said, “But the United States may not want to be the villain, but want other countries to do so spontaneously. That way it can look like the United States is eating its words.”

“As long as I am still the British Prime Minister, I will certainly not watch Britain suffer.” Margaret Thatcher righteously stated that she would definitely go back to defending Britain’s interests.

“Good idea, if it were any other country, the call for a coup would already be on its way, fortunately, there is no American garrison on British soil. Like Germany and Japan, once faced with this kind of demand there is not the slightest ability to resist.”

Alan Wilson spoke up in agreement, “However, the pound is at a high level at this time, and we still have a contract with Saudi Arabia to execute, so we can’t let the pound exchange rate fluctuate.”

Alan Wilson suggested calling in the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose legacy was replaced by Lawson when Geoffrey Howe became Foreign Secretary.

Lawson had been a speechwriter for the party leaders Macmillan and Holme, and later Heath’s right-hand man.

The Supreme Authority knew his daughter, and it cannot be said that he did, but Arnold knew Nigel Lawson, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s daughter, and the two were on good terms.

Lawson agrees with Alan Wilson, and it is clear that the two share a common understanding of the matter of the existence of a huge deficit in the United States, and hope that Mrs. Thatcher will be careful in dealing with it at the summit.