Chapter 336 Deputy Prime Minister Fishing Bait

In the eyes of the Governor's daughter, Alan Wilson is a very good man, who can cook good food, hand over all his wages, has ideals, and has the perseverance to achieve his goals.

So far, she has not found any shortcomings in this man. He is just a little lecherous and always has excessive demands in married life. However, this is not a big shortcoming. He is still very comfortable. Things with his female subordinates have been proven to be A lie, which proves the man's reliability.

"I heard from my mother that in order to marry my father, she bought a Rolls-Royce car as a gift for my father." Pamela Mountbatten talked about the past of her parents with a smile on her face. The color of longing.

"Then I have to work hard." Upon hearing this, Alan Wilson said seriously to the Versailles girl.

Rolls-Royce? In fact, it is Rolls-Royce, one of the corporate brands currently owned by Rolls-Royce, and the other one is called Bentley.

"Don't you like it when I give it to you?" Pamela Mountbatten giggled, "You always give me things, and I have to think about it for you. Don't all men like cars?"

"It turns out it was given to me." Alan Wilson looked like he wouldn't feel sleepy after saying this. In fact, he didn't agree with it in his heart. Whatever he expected, it was all his own money.

He said with a serious face, "Dear, I am a civil servant. If I drive a car that is too ostentatious, people will think that I am enriching my own pockets while working for the country."

While speaking, Alan Wilson temporarily ignored the two iron boxes in the apartment and the head of state's car parked in Bonn.

It means that money is collected in the colonies because many people need help and have to collect it. It will be different when he returns to his country. He cannot harm the legitimate rights and interests of local citizens.

Alan Wilson, who looked like he wanted to make progress, gave such an answer, which made Pamela Mountbatten very approving. She believed in this image of an aspiring young man. After all, she had also witnessed the cheers of the representatives of Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal with her own eyes. .

After all, it was the trust cultivated by two large boxes of gold and jewelry. Although one of the boxes was not full and could not be said to be unbreakable, it could still be said to be inseparable.

Alan Wilson mentioned that he could not sit back and rest on his laurels, but must find ways to build industries and create jobs to serve the British Empire. His words were full of ownership and immediately had the effect of standing tall in Pamela Mountbatten's eyes, listening to this man's guidance.

“As a woman from a noble family, you can’t just think about living your own little life.

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Pamela Mountbatten nodded repeatedly. Her fiancé has his own career and works hard every day. She should also work hard. "So you asked me to invest in the Comet airliner, and I did as you said."

"It's not enough. The aviation industry is an important industry for the country. It is worth our risk investment. Even if it fails, it will be worthy of the empire in the end." Alan Wilson said in a persuasive way, "But to create jobs, we still need to invest some money. , it doesn’t seem to be a very profitable industry. Without a good foundation, the building will eventually collapse, don’t you think?”

Ai Zhongtang began to teach the governor's daughter again. He wanted to have both, be responsible for the empire and make money. In the future, he, a humble social official, would be indispensable to work for the country.

The British Empire needed a production base under its control to protect its own interests, even if it meant industrial transfer. Don’t worry if you put it somewhere you can control.

Alan Wilson has always believed that among the remaining colonies, British Malaya is suitable.

The area of ​​about 500,000 square kilometers is completely sufficient, but the short-term population is still insufficient. However, the borders of Xiangjiang have been opened, and the proportion of ethnic groups in British Malaya is rapidly shrinking.

Getting closer is not enough, because Java Island is closer and it is more convenient for Malays to smuggle across. In order to maintain a balance in the long term, some thinking must be used.

If there is to be industrial transfer, it should be around the same time as the rise of Japan and South Korea.

If Alan Wilson's calculations were correct, the time when British Malaya accepted industrial transfers would be ahead of Korea, if not at the same time as Japan.

It's just that the transfer of Japanese industry was at the expense of the open market of the United States. British Malaya should be the open market of Europe. In terms of pure technical difficulty, British Malaya had advantages.

Before World War II, Japan had a population close to 100 million. Otherwise, how could the slogan of 100 million be shouted out?

Unless satellites are launched, the population of British Malaya will be far smaller than that of Japan in the foreseeable future. But the advantages are not without. With the Strait of Malacca in hand, shipping can be a boost for British Malaya to take off.

Japan is a country that lacks everything. British Malaya is still the largest rubber producer in the world. There are natural advantageous industries.

Because of the absolute gap in population, Europe only needs to open part of its market to achieve the same effect in British Malaya. Furthermore, the British Empire can still help a lot. The oil of many countries in the Middle East is controlled by British-owned companies. in hand.

So the career guidance Alan Wilson gave to Pamela Mountbatten was the Formosa Plastics route.

It must be said that in addition to chips, Scam Island is still a rotten ship in many places and has three thousand nails. Formosa Plastics is one of them. Resin is a kind of plastic, but most plastics are made of petroleum. Through processing Polymerization or condensation polymerization reaction.

But not entirely. Many kinds of degradable plastics are not made of petroleum. For conventional non-degradable plastics, the raw materials are usually petroleum cracking products such as ethylene acetylene and so on.

As a colonial empire that has not yet collapsed, the British Empire still has some strength in the Persian Gulf, and the source of raw materials is not a problem. British Malaya itself is currently the world's largest rubber exporter, and resin is not a problem.

The automobile industry can't use steel to make tires, right? Therefore, a very prominent industry, if used well, can also provide assistance to other industries. Therefore, the advantage of the entire industry chain lies in this. The more complete the industry chain, the lower the costs of each industry. However, there are almost no It’s just what people can do.

Similar to the fact that the Soviet Union was located in the cold zone, it was not as easy to use synthetic rubber as the rubber trees in British Malaya.

However, if the Soviet Union could import rubber from British Malaya and benefit British Malaya, it would be a good thing that could be negotiated and patriotic.

Here in New Delhi, Alan Wilson hugged the girl sitting on his lap and thought about the future. London, the heart of the British Empire, was not idle either. Two heads of civil servants suggested that Prime Minister Attlee spread the word to make British India lively and lively.

At present, the Governor-General's Office has just made the Congress Party feel very uncomfortable on surrounding issues. It would be unsightly to start a fight with the colonial government at this time. If the stability is maintained for a few more months, the local economy will get a lot of benefits.

"Should we spread the word and conduct a preliminary transfer of power? Determine the candidate for the current deputy prime minister of British India?" Attlee leaned on his chair, thinking about the suggestions put forward by the two heads of civil servants in front of him, and asked for a long time, "Transfer to who?"

"In principle, both Nehru and Patel are politicians with great popularity. It can be given to anyone, but Patel's supporters are more radical and Nehru's supporters are more rational. But at present He said, we are just letting the news out, not saying who is more suitable, let’s see how they react.”

Edward Bridges is in a good mood after returning from vacation in Scotland. Otherwise, he still needs to balance work and rest. Isn't this a way to seduce the Congress party just by taking a vacation?

Norman Brooke nodded, indicating that he agreed with the Cabinet Secretary's suggestion, and went further, "In fact, it is also possible to discuss it in Congress, so that the Indians themselves will pay attention, and we do not need to release the news."

"That's right! Let's discuss it for a few months and officially announce the candidate in September." Attlee nodded. Although he already had a candidate in mind, he also had the right not to announce it. Give hope to another candidate.

Alan Wilson learned the news the next day. In fact, if you think about it carefully, if he had been officially appointed in September, Nehru would have become the Deputy Prime Minister of British India one year later than historically.

This has nothing to do with him. What did he, a little assistant commissioner of British India, do wrong?

It just made everyone aware of the drought that had been ignored in history. Nehru, who was supposed to take over as Deputy Prime Minister of British India, spent the whole year of 1946 in drought relief.

The whole people of British India were fighting against the invasion of drought, and measures were introduced one after another, and newspapers were full of chicken blood.

During this period, there were also work on the health bill and so on. British India was so bustling for a year that London forgot about the initial transfer of power. By the way, it forgot about Nehru who was to be the deputy prime minister of British India.

How could this be a mistake? Is it a mistake to go all out to provide disaster relief? Delaying Nehru from becoming the ruler of India is just a small sequela. For the happiness of hundreds of millions of people, why not sacrifice a little for the national leader?

"Sir Edward meant to see if Nehru and Patel had any ideas." Sir Barron, who received the news at the same time, saw Alan Wilson's silence and thought he was dissatisfied with the preliminary handover. Explaining, "This will also help to finalize the pound matter."

"Yes, Sir Barron." Alan Wilson nodded and settled on the pound as the settlement currency. This was indeed a good opportunity and said, "Then I want to prepare and write a comment and publish it in the newspaper. Let’s focus on analyzing the advantages of Nehru and Patel to see who is more suitable to be the deputy prime minister.”

Although he believed that Prime Minister Attlee actually had a candidate in mind, he would not delay his efforts.

In Parliament, Attlee proposed a preliminary transfer of power to India in September and proposed two candidates to allow the sacred Parliament to speak freely.

So the MPs really spoke freely. The Labor Party supported Nehru and the Conservative Party supported Patel. The Congress on this day was very lively.