Chapter 429 I Am Very Sad

"Why do you feel a bit of a loss?" Alan Wilson knew that the exploration company had a share of the crown prince, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. That would be the share of the world's largest iron mine in the future. Is this just a share for the royal family?

However, this can also ensure political security and stop the decline of the British aristocracy, which was what he wanted to do before.

From this point of view, one should not be too petty. Making money is of course important, but ensuring the inheritance is even more important. At least until the 21st century, it seems that Britain has not interfered with the royal family's business.

The aristocratic class said that it was strong and powerful, and one-third of the land in the British mainland belonged to the aristocratic class. However, the 40% inheritance tax will definitely bankrupt many aristocratic families that rely on local financial resources in the next few decades.

From Pamela Mountbatten's telegram, Alan Wilson learned that many domestic hereditary nobles already knew about Newfoundland, which is why Pamela Mountbatten felt that it was not a problem, even from the perspective of hereditary nobles. Considering that the families would also be in favor of the Crown Prince's trip to Newfoundland.

Alan Wilson wants to use the prestige of the crown prince to keep Newfoundland, which of course requires an outside move.

Similarly, the hereditary nobles in London also think so. Newfoundland is in a special environment. They also want to use this kind of outside trick to avoid high inheritance tax, which requires the support of the royal family.

In the next few telegrams, Pamela Mountbatten and Alan Wilson discussed how to proceed with the persuasion work.

How to communicate with the aristocratic class, Alan Wilson has nothing to teach, and Pamela Mountbatten, as the daughter of General Mountbatten, is far more professional than him.

"But I have a saying, the royal family is the royal family of the British Empire, and the political party is just the party that is in power locally. For local citizens, the influence of political parties is self-evident, but for people in many places, Who knows who the leaders of the Labor Party and the Conservative Party are? They have their own political parties! But the royal family is different, our crown prince is far more influential than Prime Minister Attlee and MP Churchill in many places."

Pamela Mountbatten received the telegram, she already understood how to say this, and telling the truth is the best way.

The royal family is of course powerful, and having power without power is not the same thing as having no power.

The Prime Minister and his responsible Cabinet are merely a committee of the Privy Council, coordinating Her Majesty's army, civil service, diplomats and secret intelligence agencies, for which the Queen has the highest priority. The queen has the right to appoint or dismiss the prime minister and cabinet members at will, declare war, make peace, command the army, sign treaties, etc.

Since the Magna Carta,

The king has made more and more compromises at the legislative and judicial levels, but no law has ever directly deprived the king of the country's administrative and violent machinery.

"Elizabeth, our life is getting more and more difficult." Pamela Mountbatten, relying on her father Mountbatten's relationship, found the standby king of the future generations. At this time, Crown Prince Elizabeth, who is still in his prime, "I and many friends think that, The aristocracy is dying slowly and the current political environment is suffocating."

"Pamela, you know that according to unwritten rules, father cannot directly interfere with the government." Crown Prince Elizabeth pondered for a while and said, "It's not that no one tried to shake the inheritance tax, but they all failed."

"Now there is a place that can be avoided." Pamela Mountbatten shook her head, saying that she did not ask the royal family to abolish the inheritance tax, "My fiancé is now the chief executive of Newfoundland, and Newfoundland is in a colonial state. Since taking office, the chief has worked hard and achieved great results."

"Oh?" Crown Prince Elizabeth looked puzzled and asked, "Could there be a turning point for this matter?"

"As long as the crown prince goes to Newfoundland before the referendum in the form of condolences, this matter is very sure." Pamela Mountbatten whispered, "This will be of great help to many families , current supporters include but are not limited to the Dukes of Somerset, Richmond, Bedford, Devonshire, Marlborough, Rutland, Manchester, Northumberland, The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Portsmouth, the Earl of Carnarvon..."

"Huh? It's all the family you borrowed money for exploration." Crown Prince Elizabeth chuckled lightly, "Is your exploration effective? Don't be in debt by then. Although your mother is rich, it is not good to be in debt. of."

"Even if I can't find it, my fiancé will pay it back for me." Pamela Mountbatten said with some embarrassment when she heard the debt dunning from the crown prince, "If this matter is done, it will be too late for them to thank me. "

"That's true!" Crown Prince Elizabeth nodded in agreement, "These inheritance taxes have been going on, and it will indeed hurt everyone a lot."

"Alan said that the inheritance tax has always existed, and the aristocracy will only continue to transfer wealth out of the country." Pamela Mountbatten said helplessly, "This is for sure, no one will wait honestly, once the wealth is transferred If it continues, the local economy will eventually be affected."

This is not Alan Wilson trying to scare his fiancée. Since the end of World War II, Britain has been the world's largest investor for a long time. If the British economy is particularly good, that's all. I have done research on the largest investor countries for decades.

"Well, before the referendum in Newfoundland, I will go with Philip and take the battleship Advance to give condolences." Crown Prince Elizabeth finally agreed, "It's just a normal condolence, right, I believe there will be no objections .”

"Shall I come over to see you?" Alan Wilson, who received the telegram from his fiancée, of course welcomed the content of the telegram. In the reply, he said that he also missed his fiancée very much. He felt that he was about to become A fish is gone.

This telegram accompanied Pamela Mountbatten to sleep, and she couldn't wait to go to Newfoundland to accompany her fiancé.

Alan Wilson has even started hunting. It is completely impossible for a person who loves politics so much to be able to hunt. But that is all there is to do in Newfoundland. How can he not find some leisure activities to pass the time? ? But this requires a local hunter to guide.

Alan Wilson rode a good horse, kept close to the hunter, and from time to time told his companions with a loud gunshot that he knew another native animal. Alan Wilson was completely immersed in his own thoughts, letting the horse carry him forward. He was thinking about the future of this expedition. It was too difficult to be a magistrate in such a wild place.

And the hunter Mathis, sometimes riding a horse, sometimes sitting in a car, always looking at the natural landscape on the side of the road, rarely speaking, most of the time he is walking, or shutting himself in the car, deeply immersed in your own imagination.

"Mr. Allen, hunting is a good way to pass the time." Mattis looked at Allen Wilson and used words to guide the young man from time to time to get used to life in Newfoundland.

"Thank you!" Alan Wilson apologized, but of course he didn't agree. He couldn't waste time in this era. The world is so big that he wanted to wander around.

He really wanted to find something to do, but the things in Newfoundland were indeed too few compared with British India. He can't do the work of the neighborhood committee as a chief executive, such as mediating residents' family conflicts, right?

After finishing today's schedule, Alan Wilson arrived at the local town. The middle of the town is a public square. Outside a circle of four-wheeled carts, the drivers graze horses and cattle, and drive them into the circle at night.

Alan Wilson shared his prey as usual. In fact, most of them are Savievic’s prey. The hunting skills trained in Africa are incomparable to a novice, but this Croatian is very good at life , shared with the townspeople in the name of Alan Wilson.

Back in the town, Alan Wilson went directly to the telegraph room to see if there was anything interesting to do, and he could find something to do for him. After a while, Alan Wilson came out with a beam of joy, holding a telegram of Pakistani armed forces attacking Kashmir, He said happily in front of Savievic, "Something finally happened. This is the second good news since Gandhi was assassinated."

Because the Maharaja of Kashmir's idea of ​​waiting for change failed, and because he was dissatisfied with Maharaja Singh's pro-India stance, the peace believers in Kashmir launched an armed uprising. Singh sent troops to suppress, but the situation quickly spiraled out of control. The uprising also turned into a vendetta between peace believers and Hindus. The outbreak of this conflict provided an excellent reason for Pakistan to enter Kashmir.

An army composed of regular Pakistani army and tribal militia invaded Kashmir under the banner of liberation. They called themselves the "Kashmir Liberation Army", and the road was in full swing. Maharaja Ali Singh had already fled.

That's all for the content on the telegram, but Alan Wilson doesn't even have to think about it, Ali Singh must have gone to India. Will India send troops to snatch it? Isn't that obvious? The India-Pakistan war has actually broken out.

As a non-staff minister of Hyderabad, Alan Wilson was afraid that he would urgently need to contact Maharaja Ali Khan to inquire about the situation in Hyderabad.

Unlike history, Pakistan, which attacked Kashmir this time, had already prepared for it. After Ali Singh fled, it had already conquered Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. This time, Pakistan's actions were far more decisive and rapid than in history.

"Uh, Mr. Allen, is this a good thing?" Savievic asked hesitantly.

"Of course it's...well, you know, Savievic, I worked in British India. I have extraordinary feelings for the local area." Alan Wilson reluctantly took back his true thoughts, "I Very sad."

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