Chapter 809 – The Military and Government are in Good Hands

At that time, Burma was not yet independent, it was a colony under the British Empire, and the part of the Isthmus of Krakatau belonging to Burma was directly transferred to the Malayan colony, so the Burma that was not independent could not resist.

And this is necessary, the Krakatau Isthmus Burma and Thailand part of the intertwined, if only cut Thailand’s land, for the naval superiority of the United Kingdom, is still not a good defense, it must be Burma’s land is also a piece of cut down.

As for whether Thailand, which lost the Isthmus of Krakatau, was hostile to Britain, theoretically of course it was, but considering that Bangkok was in main gun range of battleships as was Jakarta, it didn’t show.

With the current size of the entire Malayan colony, even West Malaysia, which occupies nearly eighty percent of it, there is no population pressure, having already gone through a round of land distribution, arable land available for cultivation is still everywhere.

Alan Wilson later read a statistical data, Malaysia’s arable land area is slightly smaller than Vietnam, the two countries in a level, and Thailand’s arable land area is twice as large as Vietnam. And Indonesia’s arable land area, again, twice as much as Thailand.

This can be seen in Indonesia’s Java in the island is how rare the existence of the same is the island of Japan’s arable land surface wall is Indonesia’s one-fifth.

The Isthmus of Krai is not strictly speaking much quality arable land, but it’s definitely not bad by the standards of a major country. The area has been under military rule since it was ceded to Burma and Thailand. Limited land distribution was carried out, and it was still barbaric among the Malay Peninsula.

Mountbatten Group is a branch of the grain business, Pamela Mountbatten deep plowing in Australia, naturally also went out to buy some land for agriculture and animal husbandry, but the quality of the land in Australia know understand, can develop the place counting the major cities only four percent of the national territory, and most of them have to rely on the sky to eat.

The Mountbatten Group relies on Australia, it is impossible to become a grain merchant, let alone compared to the four major grain merchants. The roots of the four major grain merchants are dependent on the strong agricultural positions of the United States and France. The agricultural imperial attributes of the United States are harder to overthrow than any imperial attributes the United States possesses.

France likewise had the best agricultural base in Europe, with half of World War I France becoming the main battleground in a tug-of-war for several years, and even then France didn’t have a food crisis, while Germany did the next year.

The four major grain merchants can be used against any country, and certainly for Britain, which can’t put its hopes on France, can it? It would be better, emotionally, to hope that America would be kind to Britain.

“My dear, you really do expect a lot from me.” Pamela Mountbatten was full of surprise and covered her mouth in a very cute way, “Why didn’t I hear you mention it before.”

“Because the issue of agriculture is important and you can’t get in without a certain threshold. Don’t think that anyone can farm the land, planting the land well is not just a matter of pulling a buffalo and starting the plow.” Alan Wilson shook his head slightly, “That can only fill a person’s stomach, it can’t be done to a weapons level.”

Agriculture was an industry with high investment but not much profit in normal years. Some years of waging food wars were excepted.

So to enter this field, without a huge capital is not possible, especially now that the four major grain merchants have operated for a hundred years in the early days, and decades in the late days, Pamela Mountbatten’s entry into agriculture now is really not difficult.

It is so! Pamela Mountbatten did not speak, continued to listen to her husband’s glowing guidance, from recognition to marriage, has come to today, Pamela Mountbatten has formed an instinctive reaction, their husband is talented, and has been doing everything possible to help her.

“Now you think that I’ve got what it takes to go into agriculture?” Pamela Mountbatten inquired in a whisper.

“Hardware-wise it should be about right.” Alan Wilson said with a thoughtful look, “After completing the alliance of the four great families, there are almost no fields that have obvious shortcomings.”

For agriculture, in addition to some agricultural techniques and arable land conditions and seeds, the transportation issue was also very important. Take the example of France’s Louis Dreyfus, which operates a fleet of more than one hundred and seventy ships to support its global commodities trading and processing business, with customized maritime solutions for its customers. The tonnage of its fleet covers handysize and capesize vessels, transporting cargoes across the world’s oceans.

The four great families of the Fragrant River, all of which operated maritime transportation companies, maritime transportation is no stranger to the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom mainland is absolutely second to none in Europe’s shipbuilding industry, this condition, once all together, the biggest hurdle to get through.

“The Isthmus of Clara?” Pamela Mountbatten saw her husband take out a map and explain the local conditions, “With a father who is the First Sea Lord, I’m sure that the Clarke’s Isthmus, which is currently under military control, will be no obstacle for you.”

From this point on, the military-run Kladi Isthmus was simply tailor-made for Pamela Mountbatten, just waiting for this day.

Pamela Mountbatten, of course, chose to trust her husband’s judgment wholeheartedly, and then asked, “So what should we do now?”

“Now?” Alan Wilson, somewhat puzzled, said uncertainly, “Talk to General Bilton?”

“Idiot, carry me to bed.” Pamela Mountbatten pushed her husband, talk to what General Bilton? Letting the horse run and not letting it graze? It doesn’t make sense.

You should have said so! For the issue of food security in the British Empire, the Imperial Commissioner dared to be angry, and could only sweat and serve the pampered noble lady, the pain of which could not yet be known.

The little horse went to Xiangjiang trip, just came back very energetic, showing excellent physical quality. Liangjiu in the exhaustion of the exhaustion of physical strength, embracing the beloved man fell into a deep sleep.

The attitude of the military is not a problem, so to speak, if it is not Mountbatten overly enthusiastic proposal, there will not be the emergence of the Near East, Middle East, Far East, the three major joint war command.

Although at that time, Mountbatten was also only a lieutenant general, and in the Admiralty were only a fourth sea minister.

But it is a fourth Minister of the Sea, do all the things of the first Minister of the Sea, but also contributed to the emergence of the reform of the command system of overseas garrisons, it can only be said that people’s identity is there, for many people have difficulty in the matter, for Mountbatten no difficulty.

Out of the division of duties, in principle, Alan Wilson should not appear, and his appearance is simply not as useful as Pamela Mountbatten’s appearance, and can only let his wife personally run a trip to the Far East Joint Operations Command to find Lieutenant General Bilton to talk about.

With little encouragement, Pamela Mountbatten on the military strongholds long drive, with the colonial government issued by the agricultural adjustment documents, and no reason to meet with the very headache of General Bilton.

Mountbatten’s son-in-law was difficult enough, and now the appearance of his even more difficult youngest daughter had all but left the Honorable Commanding General at a loss as to how to respond.

Lt. Gen. Bilton didn’t know Pamela Mountbatten’s purpose, but he knew that Admiral Mountbatten was the First Sea Lord, had just visited Washington, and had a good relationship with the U.S. military community. Through channels within the military, he knew that Mountbatten was now well loved and maintained good relations with the Cabinet in particular.

And Pamela Mountbatten had a tremendous talent for business, running a range of businesses in steel, oil, and banking. Behind the support of many great dukes, business throughout the Commonwealth, the major colonies and British relations with the monarchy.

Pamela Mountbatten took the colonial government’s agricultural adjustment documents, and then sat in front of Lieutenant General Bilton who was in military attire, and greeted him with a big polite attitude, “Honorable Uncle Bilton, it’s been a while. I hope I’m not to blame for recklessly coming to the command today.”

“Oh Pamela, how could uncle blame you.” Lieutenant General Bilton had the appearance of a kind elder, his eyes fell on top of the documents in Pamela Mountbatten’s hands, pondering the other party’s purpose.

Pamela Mountbatten spread a smile and said, “Uncle is too polite, father is very appreciative of your performance in the war. Otherwise the country wouldn’t have given you such an important colony that manages the world’s three golden waterways. We all understand the importance of Malaya to Britain now.”

Pamela Mountbatten then took out the document and handed it to Lieutenant General Bilton, “Has Uncle seen this executive order?”

“Seen it, but I am not an executive commissioner.” Lt. Gen. Bilton was a little surprised, thinking, “Isn’t this executive order issued by your husband? What does it have to do with him, the garrison commander.

“It’s like this. It’s about the development of the Malayan colony and the macro considerations of balancing the two communities.” Pamela Mountbatten opened her mouth as if chanting, “The rapprochement between the executive branch of the colonial government and the garrison, the complex division of labor therein, the unnecessary entanglements, in a nutshell, the coordinated views of the executive branch, putting myself in the shoes of the garrison command to understand the attitude of the garrison command, I have decided to help out a little bit of my husband, to come to the Joint Warfare Command, to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

Lieutenant General Bilton’s face changed for a moment, waiting until Pamela Mountbatten finished, with a puzzled look, “So what are you saying?”

“Uncle Bilton, the Kraken Isthmus is in the middle of military control right.” Seeing Lieutenant General Bilton nodding his head, Pamela Mountbatten did not continue to perform the art of talking, and said straight to the point, “The Clarke Isthmus is in an undeveloped state, and according to the current policy adjustment, the Administrative Office believes that the state of military control should be lifted, and the area should be included in the agricultural development. Of course this is to be a large amount of money, as a British citizen, patriotism is really part of the job, I will do my best to help the development of Malaya, I hope the local garrison to give convenience.”

“I see.” Lieutenant General Bilton finally listened to understand, Pamela Mountbatten is to Clarke Isthmus land, opened his mouth and laughed, “No problem, in fact, you just need to say a word on the line, the purpose of the garrison is to protect the healthy development of the colony.”

“It’s better to make a trip, more able to show respect to the general.” Pamela Mountbatten smiled and complimented.