Chapter 845 Regional Airliner

Latest website: Recovering from a short period of back and forth between London and Canberra, the original exploration contract has been consolidated, although there is no word about uranium ore, a strategic material that is different from ordinary minerals.

As for the PTT aircraft carrier, it is destined to not be something that can be completely completed in a short time. Such a large-scale arms sale, even if it is done behind closed doors, cannot be completed in a short time. Even if both parties are promoting it, there will be no one in a year. Not even half a year.

Because this arms sale is a standard behind-the-scenes operation that cannot be made public, neither the Foreign Secretary nor the Foreign Ministry's executive resignation can come to Canberra. The person sent by Whitehall to co-operate with Alan Wilson is an official from the Ministry of Finance.

It wasn't Edward Bridges, whose target was too big, but Edward Bridges' second-in-command, Frank.

The specific amount of arms sales to the Australians is Frank's job. The second-in-command of the Ministry of Finance came to Australia with his wife Chrissy in the name of vacation.

When the couple arrived in Canberra, they were greeted at the airport by a car sent by Pamela Mountbatten. Alan Wilson was holding up a book of The Romance of the Former Han, pretending that no one knows the East better than me, and forcing Grams to be satisfied.

However, this move was speechless in the eyes of Pamela Mountbatten. To her, the square characters were almost like a heavenly book.

"You are in Canberra now, not Kuala Lumpur." Pamela Mountbatten complained in a low voice, "Is there anything to see, right?"

"History." Alan Wilson said without raising his head. "It is the most powerful period in Chinese history. It is very interesting."

Each dynasty fan has its fans, but Alan Wilson has yet to find anyone who dares to bite the Han Dynasty. Without him, the Han Dynasty is really strong.

Not counting the Qing Dynasty, which had borders recognized by various countries, other dynasties had more or less opened up borders. The Yuan and Ming Dynasties added hundreds of square kilometers with a stroke of their pen, and even they didn't know it.

The Tang Dynasty was brilliant at its peak, but it was always switching between beating others into dogs and being beaten into dogs by others. The peak territory only lasted for a moment and was recorded in history textbooks.

Is there any dynasty that was no worse than the Tang Dynasty at its peak, and no worse than the Ming and Qing Dynasties in terms of stability? The Han Dynasty actually means that the territory of the Han Dynasty did not go through frontier expansion. The territories of the two Han Dynasties are almost the same. It can be seen that the territory is stable and has not been lost during the transition of the two Han Dynasties.

The Han Dynasty was no worse militarily than the Tang Dynasty at its peak, and its ability to abuse food was comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty, the king of food abuse. It was powerful and stable in one.

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Just when he wanted to show off his knowledge in front of his wife, but seeing that Pamela Mountbatten was showing a tendency to be unhappy, Alan Wilson decisively gave up the immature idea. It was more important to keep in touch with him emotionally.

Before the Franks appeared, Pamela Mountbatten's red tide had not subsided, and she had just experienced the eloquence of an imperial commissioner.

"Oh, Frank, Chris, you are here." Alan Wilson stood up with a smile and greeted his partners.

Pamela Mountbatten also greeted Frank's wife, and she became familiar with her after just a few words.

Alan Wilson and Prime Minister Menzies had previously expressed no desire to cooperate with each other in principle.

But in matters like arms sales, desire is not the problem, the problem has always been money. Alan Wilson was unable to produce a logical and self-consistent written material to prove how much the new aircraft carrier plan and the modification cost of the Tejas class would cost.

This matter can only allow officials from the Ministry of Finance to give Australians an explanation to prove that the expenditure is reasonable.

Whether we can get funding for the replacement of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier from Australia depends entirely on Frank.

"Since the completion of the two Queen-class ships, the Royal Navy has never launched a warship. Although the inventory is sufficient, the livelihood of shipbuilding and the expectations of the Royal Navy? It depends on you Frank."

The pressure was all on Frank, but Alan Wilson had no time to comfort his colleagues, but intensified the pressure as soon as he opened his mouth.

Don’t think that the military-industrial complex does not exist in the UK. At least at this time, it does exist in the UK. The RAF program alone supports more than a dozen airlines, including de Havilland.

The degree of involution of major shipyards is certainly no smaller than that of airlines. The Labor government was frightened into a cold sweat by the Conservative Party after the recent general election, and it also knows that economic development and welfare construction alone cannot solve all problems. Currently, there are still many citizens in the UK who have imperial ambitions.

Once the construction of new aircraft carriers starts, it may be able to boost the Labor Party's support rate. It depends on whether Frank can get enough funds to make the Labor government think it can start.

Pamela Mountbatten had prepared a sumptuous dinner for the Franks' arrival to help her husband consolidate the harmonious relationship between his colleagues, which flattered the Franks.

The next phase of arms sales has been transferred from Alan Wilson to Frank.

Alan Wilson, who has not been back to Kuala Lumpur for a long time, is no longer in a hurry, but is calculating how to shear sheep.

At present, Malaya assumes the role of the original British India, and it is still under the framework of the Imperial System of Preferences. By purchasing technology and bulk goods, the processing industry has helped Britain stabilize the pound zone.

This is not impossible, but it is not mature enough. Although it is an advanced version of the most basic colonial exploitation. But it is still worrying after a long time. As the commissioner of Malaya, he wants to establish an efficient but traceless method of harvesting wool.

Real estate is definitely not going to work, because he has previously set the development direction of the Malayan colony. West Malaysia is a wolf pack model, and East Malaysia is a strong provincial capital model. West Malaysia has 80% of the Malayan colonial population, but at least Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, and Singapore must develop at the same time.

Even in West Malaysia, there is no population pressure, and the development direction of the wolf pack has been set, and real estate harvesting has automatically ceased to exist. The strong provincial capitals of East Malaysia are developing real estate in this way, but East Malaysia has a small population.

This is not to say that the Malayan colony cannot extract wealth from real estate, but it is impossible to rely on real estate to support the colonial government. The development of the Malayan colony should still be based on the processing industry for import and export, taking into account agriculture.

The degree of wool-gathering also needs to be carefully considered. Alan Wilson directly applied the concept of GDP to start calculations. He was not familiar with this set of calculations, so it was easier to calculate.

Per capita GDP and per capita income are not the same concept. Per capita GDP is the gross personal product. Just because you have produced so much value does not mean that you can get so much. We also need to deduct various taxes and insurances, as well as exploitation by bosses and companies, as well as government operating costs.

Generally speaking, the per capita income of later developed countries is 50% of per capita GDP. The latter is the income received. Some countries in Europe and the United States have rates above 50%, but Eastern European countries do not.

Different countries have different proportions of income per capita in GDP. This is the so-called moisture content of GDP. Therefore, when Chinese people go to many countries that seem to have very high incomes, they feel relatively wealthy, but they do not feel the difference of three or four times on the books.

A typical example from Europe in later generations is Ireland, whose per capita GDP is US$80,000. The UK’s per capita income is not much worse than Ireland’s, although the figure is 40,000.

For example, Vietnam and Thailand in later generations can get one-third of their per capita GDP. There is also Mexico. Mexico is catching up with Southeast Asia in this regard, and its proportion is only 30%.

Mexico, which has a per capita GDP of 10,000 US dollars, only has 3,000 US dollars a year, while the United States next to it has a per capita GDP of 60,000 US dollars, and its income is more than 50% of its per capita GDP. This is a ten-fold difference.

The smaller the ratio of per capita income to per capita GDP, the greater the degree of exploitation. Alan Wilson remembers that China's per capita income ratio is 44%, which is not low among developing countries.

If the manufacturing industry is developed, prices can be lowered. This is why Japan and South Korea, although not as easy as some European and American countries, have relatively prosperous living standards.

After some calculations, Malaya's current ratio is 35%. In addition, Malaya's industrial and agricultural output is now rising. Alan Wilson feels that the light of Asia's lighthouse has been initially lit.

In the early stages of development, there is always blood and sweat, nothing will fall into the sky. The bottom line in Alan Wilson's mind is to increase this ratio to 40% in ten years. Such a slow profit transfer can alleviate Malaya's resistance.

As for harvesting wool, on the basis of industrial transfer, we can only find solutions from the education industry. He thinks there should be no problem. Oxford and Cambridge in the UK are so famous in the world, and it will be in vain if they don’t take advantage of them.

Pamela Mountbatten only saw her husband, gesticulating with a pen like a lunatic, and then showed a meaningful smile, holding her daughter in her heart and saying that when her daughter grows up, she will not be like this father.

Now that Malaya is exploiting Chengdu, it can give Alan Wilson more financial space. Of course he is happy. As for Pamela Mountbatten, he does not understand that a woman, hum...

"Daddy!" Pamela's milky voice finally brought the imperial commissioner back to his senses after having an orgasm.

After receiving his daughter, Alan Wilson also noticed his wife's dissatisfaction. With her daughter here, it was not easy for him to engage in a verbal dispute, so he said, "There is a problem with De Havilland's company's products. In fact, I have thought a lot about your management." The problem."

"Really?" Pamela Mountbatten immediately became serious. She didn't dare not take her husband seriously. The biggest foundation for the Mountbatten Group's current momentum is this man.

"The Comet passenger aircraft is getting bigger and bigger. With the advancement of technology and cost considerations, it is not suitable for all routes. Currently, in terms of product strength, De Havilland needs a regional passenger aircraft for the domestic aviation market. Not only do we need it, but many countries in Europe need it." Alan Wilson looked serious, and on this occasion, he was full of majesty in front of his wife.