Chapter 829 The Colonial Division of Labor

Persian Gulf commissioner this position, if the old colleague is interested in, he felt help of course is obliged, is a person can see the Persian Gulf influence, the importance of the United Kingdom.

As the Persian Gulf Commissioner was sitting in Aden, he also had to take care of the Suez Canal, and Alan Wilson would have preferred to have a familiar and reliable colleague there, so that communication would be easier.

The airplane will not take off for some time, mainly because Alan Wilson’s people are too good, need to take the gift of a trip to the Sudan, people are very generous, he can’t turn people away.

During this time the two had an exchange, the possible impact of Sudan’s independence on the situation in Africa.

John shook his head and laughed bitterly, ”The French are very dissatisfied right now, feeling that Britain is irresponsible for letting Sudan become independent. I’ve gotten quite a few hints from French African officials.”

“It is true that there are not many ways to solve the problem of the Sudan, it is not just a Sudanese problem, the Sudan is special in that there is also an Egyptian factor involved.” Alan Wilson spread his hands and said that there was nothing he could do, if Egypt was also like Algeria, there were millions of British immigrants who could be used as insiders, the probability of Britain making a move would not be smaller than that of the French.

But now no one piece of the colonies in the hands of Britain has the same foundation as Algeria. Even the stabilization of Malaya needs to use the framework of the Commonwealth to get Australia and New Zealand to help it.

“Emphasizing the special nature of the Sudan indicates that Britain will not allow the African possessions to remain independent anytime soon. But we also have our demands, hinting to the French that victory or failure in the Algerian War will determine the future choices of both countries, not France alone.” Allen Wilson narrowed his eyes at his old colleague, “I’m sure the French, being fellow colonizers, understand our underlying meaning.”

“My goodness, you’re genuinely afraid the French won’t come down hard enough.” John grinned as he listened, it was almost as if they were explicitly using the knife to kill.

“It’s better for them to do it than for us to do it, having an attitude like France’s is something we should cherish at this stage.” Alan Wilson laughed, then sighed, “There’s no one else here, and if I’m to be honest, we’re in a bit of a harder position than the French. The spread spread spread by Britain even at this time is much larger than France’s, and contraction is even more difficult than it is for the French.”

Does France still have interests in the Far East now? All three countries in the Central and Southern Peninsula are independent, and French power has declined from the Far East.

But Xiangjiang and Malaya are not yet independent, and Britain must continue to invest in the Far East.

Did France have any influence in the Persian Gulf? Not completely, but basically not. But Britain has, and Britain still has a bunch of protectorates in the Persian Gulf, which are small in size but large in value.

Even in Africa, even if the Sudan has become independent, Britain’s spread is not even a little smaller than France’s.

France was the number two power in the colonial era, but it’s still not comparable to the British Empire, the Sunset.

So here’s the thing, France has been able to shrink its tentacles around the world and concentrate on the Algerian Biennale. Britain can’t do that, and Britain still has to continue its policy of orderly withdrawal.

Leaving behind tentacles that could intervene and focusing on a few colonies, like the Northern Rhodesia flight that awaited him, was one of the options.

Not long after, the harvest of the Sudan trip had been carried, Grace came over with a group of Northern Rhodesia assistants, Alan Wilson could only say goodbye to his colleagues, “Then this is the end of our cooperation this time, the design of the Sudan’s system and the status of the British pound, depends on you, in the future, we may still have the opportunity to work together.”

“It’s touching that you came over to help this time.” John glanced at Grace and nodded his head, extending his hand to shake Alan Wilson’s and said, “Well then, have fun with your fulfillment.”

“Bye.” Alan Wilson nodded in greeting and waved as he boarded the plane, and a few minutes later the Comet airliner took off and disappeared over Juba.

A few hours later, Allen Wilson had arrived in Northern Rhodesia, it wasn’t the first time he had come here, and this time he had come because he also wanted to get the agricultural information here, to talk about his wife Pamela Mountbatten’s path as a grain merchant, and how Northern Rhodesia was a win-win situation.

Alan Wilson felt that if the once-existing Confederate States of America were to live to this day, it would be the same as Northern Rhodesia? But after thinking about it for a while, it’s still closer to the Rhodesian model.

These ruthless people from the Balkans, who had just arrived in Northern Rhodesia and cleanly took advantage of the tragedy of the Indians to take the blacks by the scruff of their necks, were more rare in their boldness than in their operational subtlety.

It was now clear that the momentary ruthlessness of the moment had eliminated the possibility of the blacks turning the tables.

Alan Wilson felt that the Slavs now living in Northern Rhodesia were living very close to a collection of armed farmers.

Northern Rhodesia already had the capacity to manufacture light weapons and had minefields along its eastern and western borders. If not for railroads and animal migration, it is estimated that Northern Rhodesia could be fenced off with minefields.

Mikhailovich was still alive, just indeed advancing into old age, not as stoic as he had been when we first met, but still in good health, and apparently life in Northern Rhodesia was still quite satisfying to him.

“As a matter of fact we have closed the gap in the north after a few years of observation, taking advantage of the animal migrations. The animal migration in East Africa only affects a modest chunk of North Rhodesia’s northeast, and those animals can’t come back anymore.” Mihailovich said happily, “Barbed wire coupled with minefields, this World War I setup makes me feel safe.”

“Looks like you guys are on the verge of semi-closure. Going to live your lives behind closed doors. However, you are on the border between Italy and Yugoslavia, constantly encouraging the exodus of the Yugoslavs, causing a delay in repairing the relationship between Britain and Yugoslavia.” Alan Wilson said with a look of bitterness, “How is this going to be compensated for the damage it has caused.”

“Isn’t it enough that Northern Rhodesia is not pursuing independence? Wasn’t Newfoundland transformed into a Crown Dependency? We are not averse to monarchy, and we can do the same.” Mihailovich solemnly assured, “I heard from Grace that the Sudan is on track for independence, and I don’t believe that Britain acts like it doesn’t care.”

How could that not care? Wait for the next Sudan, then wait! Alan Wilson secretly slandered, turning his head to look at the endless farmland, “I’m still able to help with the development of Northern Rhodesia. In fact, the agricultural powerhouse route is not a bad choice for Northern Rhodesia, whose population is really small. Britain is still dependent on Spain for a lot of its supply of fruits and vegetables, and as you know, that climate in Britain can still cope with growing food, but the rest is overthinking it.”

“I’d like to hear what the Commissioner wants to say? I can remember the scene at the seaside, I never thought in my life that there would be a day when I would be able to take hundreds of thousands of followers with me as if they were pigs to be put on the shelves.” Mihajlovic said this paused for a moment, the words turned and said, “I have no other meaning, just want to show that both sides understand each other.”

Mihajlovic knew the man in front of him in the style of Zhou Pickpocket, and likewise the Zhou Pickpocket in his eyes was not in the least bit abashed. Both sides had a handle on each other, which made it very equal.

North Rhodesia is mostly a plateau according to the altitude, but a plateau is different from a plateau. North Rhodesia this plateau is only high altitude, agricultural conditions are still quite good, not like the Tibetan Plateau.

Northern Rhodesia has many rivers and vast forests, rich in hydropower and forestry resources, with hydropower accounting for ninety-nine percent of the total amount of electricity generated, and seventy percent of the total amount of forest cover. On the border between Northern Rhodesia and Rhodesia, there is the world-famous Victoria Falls, and the distribution of forestry is relatively concentrated.

With the current population base of Northern Rhodesia, more than seven hundred thousand square kilometers of land, Mihailovich, they simply can not develop all of it, but even so, these Balkan version of the leakage, is not ready to cheap blacks, with minefields and barbed wire, closed the land that can not be developed, to prevent the drilling of loopholes.

There is no doubt that Allen Wilson is once again in the position of enabler, making the path of the Mountbatten Group of grain merchants through their infancy a little smoother, and needing Northern Rhodesia to bring its agricultural potential to fruition.

“The headquarters of the Mountbatten Agricultural Group can be set up in Lusaka. What do you think?” Alan Wilson suggested, “The market is objective, for reliability reasons. Britain needs a colony like Northern Rhodesia to shoulder the responsibility of the agricultural sector.”

“Sounds good!” Mihailovich took a sip of black tea, unconsciously he was beginning to have some English habits.

“The most important thing is standardization, agriculture and animal husbandry are also to be standardized.” Alan Wilson’s face was sincere, and his heart was just as sincere, showing the sincerity of the cooperation.

Standardized agriculture would rout out small farmers, and this didn’t just appear among food with huge yields. It can also appear in the market segments.

Take tea, we all know that China is the home of tea, but the world’s largest tea is Lipton.

Lipton’s tea may not be as good as China’s top tea, but so what? The same price of tea, the quality is bound to be inferior to Lipton’s products, as for the tea that can beat Lipton’s company, the prices are appallingly high.

Alan Wilson’s idea in mind is that Newfoundland to do financial offshore center, Northern Rhodesia to do agriculture and animal husbandry, British Malaya, the main development of industry as well as the necessary agriculture, coupled with the British garrison in the Persian Gulf to ensure energy.

The rest of the colonial task is to scrape as much land as possible before independence, which is considered contraction complete.

If successful, even if France did turn Algeria into a land of the Gobi Franks, Britain would still be able to maintain its advantage over France.