"Of course we believe Zhongtang." Su Yang and the two looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"The world is like this. Risks and profits coexist. In this unfamiliar place, the Chinese and we British are outsiders, and we should support each other. The risks are a bit high, but the profits are high."
Alan Wilson, who was holding a wine glass, was persuasive and said, "If things go through, we will all benefit. My purpose is to maintain the stability of British Malaya. This is your opportunity for revenge, and it is also an opportunity for London to dispel its doubts."
"The two of us have a drink at Zhongtang!" Su Yang said, and Wada Qianqiu each poured a glass.
"People who don't know think that we are sworn brothers. But if the two of us in the future do this, I won't object." Alan Wilson also raised his glass and clinked a glass with the two of them.
The rest is a matter of details, such as when is the right time to start. Alan Wilson said that it would be more appropriate to start after he left for a short time. Although it was only a superficial project, it was better not to start when he was in Malaya.
In this way, on the surface, Alan Wilson has no responsibility, and it is easier for him to turn major issues into trivial matters.
"Actually, if everything goes well, even if His Majesty the King can get a promise not to pursue independence, he will be very happy to issue a pardon. However, I would like to remind you that when you petition, you must ask for the King's pardon.
Don't believe the guarantees of this government. Politicians' words have an expiration date, and trusting politicians will do you no good."
The two of them were certainly not as familiar with British politics as Alan Wilson, so they naturally followed suit.
Whether it was the Conservative Party or the Labor Party, Alan Wilson did not believe much in the colonial issue. He believed more in the king, the mascot of the constitutional monarchy in people's eyes.
The relationship between the British mainland and overseas territories is not a critical matter in the eyes of politicians. Alan Wilson even believed that monarchy was the best way to digest land.
British Newfoundland is an overseas territory that is not affected by the Conservative Party or the Labor Party, which is good. The situation in British Malaya is much more complicated than that of Newfoundland. Although Newfoundland is not small in area, its population is indeed much smaller.
Well, being an offshore financial center will allow Newfoundlanders to live a very good life.
With so many people in British Malaya, it was unrealistic to rely on finance to support them, so they had to develop industries honestly.
"You seem to have a good relationship with the Chinese." Anna, who was clearing the dining table, became a little emotional. "I can't understand the language you speak. I was very unhappy just now."
"My dear, just do as the Romans do." Alan Wilson immediately joined in the aftermath, "The way to overcome fear is to face it. I am the most suitable person in the UK to do this job. At least I understand them and I will do it in the right way."
There is a certain degree of certainty.”
"Fear!?" Anna stopped washing the dishes for a moment and asked curiously, "This is very new, are you still afraid of something?"
"It's not to say that we are afraid. We need to have the necessary precautions." Alan Wilson thought about it carefully, "But fortunately, the Soviet Union is difficult to deal with."
"Oh, I thought you weren't afraid of any country." Anna's ears stood up involuntarily and she said in a complicated tone.
"Anyone who opens a world map and sees such a big country, whether in the Far East, the Middle East or Europe, will feel a huge sense of oppression. Who is not afraid of it." Alan Wilson chuckled and said, "Where does such a big country stand?
No matter what kind of system it implements, it is the enemy of Britain. Even the Russian Empire is the life and death enemy of the British Empire, not to mention that the strength of the Soviet Union is far greater than that of the Russian Empire."
"After all, the British Empire has such a large territory, and the United States, which is currently the most powerful." Anna said sourly, "This is what we in Germany want but don't have."
"Speaking of this issue, Germany and France are in a similar situation to China. They have sea power and land power. But at the same time, it is much more difficult to develop than the United Kingdom, which only focuses on sea power." Alan Wilson asked the busy man.
Anna sat on her lap, "But the sea power was snatched by us in the UK. Sea power actually does not belong to any country. But land power is different. In the current world, land power is naturally in the hands of the Soviet Union, that is
The Soviet Union’s sea power is far more stable than the sea power currently held jointly by the United Kingdom and the United States.”
Geographically speaking, the United States can be said to be an enhanced version of the United Kingdom. And China is also very different from the Soviet Union. If compared with European countries, it should be similar to an enhanced version of Germany or France.
To put it nicely, it means having both land and sea, but to put it worse, it means not occupying both ends. China’s sea power in the 21st century has only made progress after decades of hard work.
At the same time, Russia had already gone through a disintegration, and land power was still in the hands of Russia. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, NATO swarmed around Russia and attacked Russia for decades. If it were any other country, it would be dead.
However, Russia still dares to challenge NATO with its shrinking huge land resources. This shows how difficult it is for Russia to deal with its innate land power.
Countries that have both land and sea must make greater efforts if they want to take care of both. Similar to France and Germany in Europe, as long as they are not careful, having both land and sea will turn into paying attention to one and losing the other.
On the contrary, the Soviet Union, which has a huge landmass on the Eurasian continent, is a super continental power. The benefits it brings are not unprecedented in the Cold War. When the United States' economy reaches the 60th percentile, it can launch a global offensive. The United States, whose economy far surpasses the Soviet Union, can
of disgrace.
The United States must contribute 100% of its efforts to intervene in Eurasia, and the Soviet Union must provide 60% of its efforts to prevent the United States from returning without success.
No country has been able to replicate this. What the Democratic Party is most worried about is that once decades of suppression are over and Russia recovers, it will become a super land power that has failed to deal with a certain country.
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Regarding the current international situation, Alan Wilson can actually understand why Britain would rather follow the United States and introduce the United States into Europe, and European countries all agree.
Because the threat of the Soviet Union is completely different from that of other countries, if the United States or even Five Eyes loses to a certain major country in the 21st century.
In fact, a certain big country does not have the ability to do anything to the Five Eyes Alliance. Even if a certain big country wins, most of the land power in Eurasia is still in the hands of Russia. The worst result is that a certain big country gets half of the land power and half of the land power.
sea power.
Even if it becomes the number one in the world, it is still the number one in the world that can be checked and balanced. Take the Silk Road as an example. As long as the Russians are unhappy, this big plan will be paralyzed at any time. Therefore, a certain big country will not take the initiative to provoke Russia.
As for the loser Five Eyes, if they see this situation arise, it will not be too late to make amends with Russia.
But if Britain and the United States lost the Cold War to the Soviet Union, the consequences would definitely not be acceptable. The consequence would be that the Soviet Union, which held land power in the entire Eurasian continent, would seize sea power over a period of time, leaving nothing for Britain and the United States.
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Once this outcome occurs, the Soviet Union will be invincible and will completely block the way for other potential challengers.
In short, if Britain and the United States lose to a big country, the consequences will not be disastrous, and it will not do anything to the Five Eyes Alliance. But if they lose to the Soviet Union in the Cold War, they will lose everything.
Even though it is already 2021, the United States still does not change its original intention for thirty years to prevent Russia from having a chance to recover.
Although the Democratic Party's idea is that it does not pay much attention to a certain big country, there is naturally a logic behind doing so.
Alan Wilson doesn't know if this logic is correct in the 21st century, but now, he still regards the Soviet Union as an enemy. Once the Soviet Union recovers from the devastation of World War II, Alan Wilson is the Whitehall civil servant who most supports the special relationship between Britain and the United States.
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Anna didn't know what she was thinking at the moment, but it was very complicated. On the one hand, this man gave her a superior life, or was it a de facto relationship between husband and wife. On the other hand, this man's potential fear of the Soviet Union was so great.
It was also the first time she felt it.
Alan Wilson, who gave the Chinese time to prepare, sent a round of telegrams asking ladies with the same status as his wives about their recent schedules. When he found that he had no intention of coming to Malaya, he took a plane to Zanzibar Islands to participate in this year's event.
Conference of Overseas Colonial Commissioners.
Discuss the development plan after the establishment of the Imperial System of Preferences and overseas foreign enterprises. Zanzibar is a British mandate. Its full name is the Sultanate of Zanzibar. In the future, it will be independent and merge with Tanganyika to become the United Republic of Tanzania.
However, regarding the current Sultanate of Zanzibar, at the last London Commissioners’ Meeting, there was already a consensus that the Sultanate of Zanzibar should be retained as much as possible to prevent mergers with any country, and when conditions are right, it should be built into a city that responds to the needs of East Africa.
of offshore financial centers.
Alan Wilson, who transited in Ceylon and finally arrived in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, first paid a courtesy visit to Sultan Khalifa bin Haroba bin Suyani and expressed his apology for disturbing the Sultan's peace.
The Sultanate of Zanzibar only has more than 2,000 square kilometers, but it blocks the coastline of Tanganyika. If necessary, it can block important ports in nearby East African countries. It has a very strategic position and is a good place to exercise offshore balance.