Chapter 274: Those who know when to do the right thing are wise

Burma is divided into Upper and Lower Burma, with Lower Burma being the Burmese-inhabited area centered on Rangoon, and Upper Burma being a much larger area inhabited by other tribes in addition to the Burmese.

Unlike Lower Burma on the coast, Upper Burma is considered the heartland of the country, for while the Burmese rule is more secure in Lower Burma, Upper Burma is the place of beginnings, the equivalent of China’s Middle Kingdom.

The area inhabited by the Karen Kachin, as well as the Shan, is small in number but large in area, and the settlements of these tribes occupy half of the whole of British Burma.

On the steps of the club stood an Englishman with yellowish-brown hair, his hands in the pockets of his shorts, a hard beard, light gray eyes far apart, and surprisingly thin calves. This man was West, the district sheriff.

He rocked back and forth on his tiptoes in boredom, puckering his upper lip so hard that the beard pricked his nose. He cocked his head slightly to one side in greeting.

Alan Wilson, Wu Ding Lun, and Aung San, who had come over specifically for the occasion, nodded in response. The sides of the club were lined with patches of English flowers such as marshmallows and petunias, which had not yet been killed by the sun and were still blooming colorfully and freely.

Aung San can appear, Alan Wilson is still quite surprised, after all, he is really rude to Aung San these people, of course, there is a reason, during the Second World War Aung San these people do have an ambiguous relationship with the Japanese army.

A little thought, Allen Wilson has his own judgment, can not fight to join the Aung San San well, it is not uncommon.

No need to deliberately avoid anything, Allen Wilson should do things or to do, the three entered the club in the middle, inside the tribal representatives have been waiting.

Once several representatives saw Aung San himself, a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes, not knowing why Aung San would appear here.

They even thought that the British had committed an old mistake and were playing the game of selling at a price.

Allen Wilson in no way had this intention, only in the colony heavy handed is accustomed to, the heart did not take Aung San seriously, just as simple as that, there is no special reason.

“Mr. Allen, why is Aung San there?” Sinwanan, the leader of the Kachin armed forces, spoke up with a dark face, rather disgusted by Aung San’s presence, but trying to remain as polite as possible.

“His presence or absence won’t change anything.” Alan Wilson spoke indifferently, “The fact that it exists is not something that can be resolved by you not meeting, let’s talk about our business as if Aung San doesn’t exist.”

The relationship between the Burmese and other ethnic groups living in Burma well, it is really very tense.

The condition of the so-called European Club is just that, there are not many rooms in the club in total, one of them has a poor reading room with mold, and the other one has a worn out pool table.

There was also a bridge room and a lounge, which looked out across a wide balcony onto the river, although at this time of year all the balconies had to be covered with green bamboo curtains. The lounge didn’t feel at all homely, with a mat made of coconut leaves on the floor and a couple of wicker tables and chairs with some shiny newspapers with illustrations thrown haphazardly on top.

Just because the colonists had only a few privileges in the colony didn’t mean that life in the colony was really comparable to life on the mainland.

Alan Wilson, not being a fussy man, sat down with alacrity straight away, right in front of Sinwanan, the rosy-cheeked, good-looking, slightly blonde leader of the Kachin.

“Grateful for the help Kachin and Karen have given to the British Empire in times of war.” Alan Wilson expressed his gratitude to the leaders of these tribal armies, “The British Empire will not forget the contributions of all of you in the middle of the war, and the problem of Burma, like the problem of India, is of concern to London.”

“Mr. Allen, in fact, our Kachin’s request is very simple, we want an autonomy, many people think that we and the Burmese are not fit to be among a country. Their virtues we know too well.” Even with Aung San himself right here, Sinwanan likewise did not curb his attitude towards the Burmese, which was unabashedly and just plain nasty.

“I will return your comments to London as they are.” Alan Wilson nodded with a smile on his face, “This kind of request isn’t too much to ask, there must be a reason why three feet of ice isn’t cold in a day.”

General Aung San’s face was serious, his eyes wandering back and forth between Allen Wilson and Sinwanan, the armed leaders, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start.

Allen Wilson had a general idea of what was going on in Burma, conflicts between the dominant ethnic groups and the minorities were not something that was all that uncommon.

Before encountering the British Empire, the Burmese Kampong Pang dynasty was considered to be full of martial virtues, east to west to expand the territory. The days of the other ethnic groups under its rule were just like that, similar to the relationship between the Han Chinese in the Ming Dynasty or the Manchus and other ethnic groups in the Qing Dynasty.

With their own key political experience Allen Wilson, once upon a time really joined a similar discussion, just in the national posting bar is still in the time, once again entered a minority posting bar, saw the long experience of the topic of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Mentally curious about this kind of topic are fighting to the third party battlefield? I went in to take a look, and was impressed by one of the answers, “Ming Dynasty was ruled by Han Chinese, and Qing Dynasty was ruled by Manchus, two assholes with a stance, ask us which ruler is better? The Southern Great Wall was built from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, who’s share is missing?”

That’s how the Kachin and Karen tribes treated the British and Burmese, and the Kampong Prabang dynasty forced assimilation on these tribes.

The British Empire instead held down the Burmese and divide and rule gave these tribes breathing space. Nothing has changed for them, what has changed is that the high and mighty Burmese, like them, now belong to the governed.

Alan Wilson’s promise to report the voices of the Karen Kachin to London made Aung San himself sit up and take notice. These tribes had a small population, but the area in which they lived was large, and it was the whole of Burma that would be hurt if the British really did it.

“What are you thinking about, Mr. Aung San?” At an unknown time, Alan Wilson cocked his head and stared at Aung San himself with a smirk, “Is it thinking about how to take remedial measures? If you can really think like that, it means there is still salvation.”

Part of the reason for bringing Aung San over was also to prove the previous threat that the British Empire had the means to scourge Burma.

Don’t think that Burma is the only country that has the ability to give the British Empire a hard time; if Britain were to revert to its original imperialist colors and in turn give Burma a hard time, Burma would certainly have more to lose than Britain.

Turning his head, Allen Wilson promised to find a way to support these armed forces in some supplies. At the same time, also expect these armed forces to do what they asked for.

Then took out the picture of the yellow pear and handed it to Sinwanan and others to express the need for this kind of tree.

The whole process, no backroom operation, are open, let Aung San experienced what is called the old imperialism style, just British India is disarmament, in line with the idea of waste utilization, these cut the remaining weapons, can be handed over to the British Empire trusted hands.

Aung San asked himself, Allen Wilson mouth trusted people, at present does not seem to include the Burmese.

Negotiations between the two sides took place in a friendly atmosphere, Alan Wilson received a series of assurances including but not limited to emerald, yellow pear, to solve all the private matters, but also by the way to do business, can be said to be the best of both worlds.

Seeing that it was lunchtime, Allen Wilson left everyone to their own devices and went to see West, the club’s organizer.

“Mr. West, doesn’t seem to be very welcoming to the Burmese locals.” Alan Wilson said vaguely with food stuffed inside his mouth, “Actually, there’s no need to be like this, this is not our place, being able to cash out and leave is more important than anything. Since we are guests, there is no reason to offend the hosts here, wouldn’t it be better to return to the mainland in scenery.”

“My God, but I just can’t accept it, I just don’t want those black and smelly swine to enter the only place where we can have fun, and the gentlemen here support me with respect for decency. I don’t care if some people make friends with those bazaar scum. If they’re happy to go and make contact with them and drink whiskey with their nigger friends, that’s their own business. Do what you like outside the club. But for God’s sake, it’s another thing if you invite niggers in.”

“Uh, well, forget I said that.” Allen Wilson listened to West’s long speech without taking a breath, and after a while realized that the nigger was talking about the Maine people, and let go of the idea of correcting each other’s tripe.

Even in later times, I hate racism and I hate black people double standard people are abundant. West is just not hiding it, there’s nothing to accuse him of.

Overall in addition to West this episode, today’s results are still very fruitful, when leaving Allen Wilson took a jadeite raw stone handed over to him by Xin Wanan, roughly thirty centimeters square piece, although there is no research on jadeite, but from the emerald green color, it should be a very good quality.

If the Emerald Palace materials have this standard, it can not be built in British Malaya, too dangerous, not afraid of thieves to steal for fear of thieves, or placed in the mainland of the United Kingdom is more secure.

“Mr. Allen is there some preconceived notions about Burma, in fact, we are not wrong to fight for national independence.” Aung San, who has a flexible moral bottom line, seized the opportunity to speak, “This does not mean that we want to be hostile to the British Empire.”

“Oh, yeah. I would like to hear whether you will think that the British Empire can still come back when you cooperate with the Japanese army in battle?” Alan Wilson said with a smile of watching a good show, “What’s Mr. Aung San’s Japanese alias name now?”

“I ……” Aung San only just opened his mouth, Allen Wilson a repeated horizontal jump said, “of course it does not matter, the British Empire’s expectation is to ensure the stability of the next two years of British Burma, so some of the previous mistakes, in fact, can be can be left alone. It’s up to General Aung San to choose.”

On the third day of Alan Wilson’s arrival in Rangoon, Aung San personally stood up to preside over the Burmese currency reform, which aimed to get rid of colonial influence, and kicked off amidst much anticipation. Getting this news, Allen Wilson smiled very happily, the one who knows the time is the best.