Of course Alan Wilson is happy about this. Who doesn't want to be friends with rich people?
Moreover, due to the political situation in Malaya, a powerful monarch is also needed here.
First of all, Ali Khan had experienced a change caused by the retreat of the British army. Hyderabad, which had been there for hundreds of years, was annexed by India.
If a similar choice arises again, Ali Khan definitely does not want the British army to retreat from Malaya again.
Therefore, the future monarch of Sabah must be a die-hard pro-British faction. The arrival of Ali Khan will give the pro-British elements in Malaya an overwhelming advantage. Ali Khan's wealth will also allow him to control the British colonial rule.
Huge help.
With the help of such a Sultan of Sabah, he believed that his transformation of Malaya would be greatly assisted.
Alan Wilson couldn't help but jump when he thought of this, and the haze of the Berlin crisis was relieved a lot. Sometimes a bad mood just needs good news to counteract it.
As for the matter of the Dragoon sisters, Alan Wilson has decided in his heart that he will find a suitable time to ask frankly and honestly. He cannot take a too tough attitude towards a woman who has given his feelings. If the Dragoon sisters deny being spies, he may finally
I will also choose to believe it.
In a good mood, after the Hong Kong Governor returned to Hong Kong, Alan Wilson chose to inspect the Sarawak Steel Group.
The importance of steel to a country goes without saying. The most basic thing is that steel has a balance between performance and cost. Considering this balance, steel is almost the only choice for the development of a country.
Countries all use steel production to measure a country's war potential, which naturally makes sense.
The potential growth of steel in the UK is not great anymore, and even the addition of high-quality Australian iron ore cannot change the historical trend. Malaya is not far from Australia, and transportation costs alone have a huge advantage.
Any industry is a large user of water, and steel is no exception. The water resources in East Malaysia are actually on the Malay Peninsula in the west. Not to mention reliability considerations.
In fact, Alan Wilson was not greedy. He had already formulated an absolutely suitable target template for British Malaya, and it was definitely not unacceptable in theory. He decided to set Sarawak's steel production target to Tangshan.
He feels that this goal is not excessive. After all, Tangshan's steel industry employs only 600,000 people. East Malaysia's population is not large, but 600,000 employees are not a problem.
Once this is finally achieved, Alan Wilson can, with Australian support, get Sarawak off the ground.
"Edel, this year's steel production should reach four million tons. It is best to catch up with the mainland within five years. As for further matters, we will talk about it later." Alan Weir said to Edel, the East Malaysian commissioner who accompanied him, to discuss whether
Whether it can achieve its goal of catching up with Britain's domestic steel production within five years.
"Commissioner, are you a little anxious? How to solve the sales problem?" Edel frowned and asked the doubts in his heart.
"You don't have to worry about that!" Alan Wilson chuckled. As for the colonial capitals in British Africa, all of which were included in the real estate development plan, Edel was not a commissioner and did not know much about it.
If Edel knew that his immediate superior was not aiming at the local area, but at Tangshan. I guess it was nothing. How could a British person know where Tangshan was?
How could ordinary people think that the steel output of a city can be compared with that of a big country?
But isn’t it? How bold can a person be to have so much production? Since Tangshan can create a steel production capacity of hundreds of millions with 600,000 steel industry workers, Alan Wilson thinks that if Sarawak’s steel industry is wiped out, it will be 100 million.
The integer number of tons should not be excessive.
Alan Wilson gave important instructions on the development of steel in Sarawak at the Royal Palace of Sarawak. The core idea is that for Sarawak, the steel industry is a large taxpayer and a large employer, and it is in a situation of stable growth and stable employment.
Under the current situation, concentrated development of large-scale steel enterprises is the best choice for local development. Expanding production capacity will increase regional concentration and reduce production costs.
From a long-term perspective, the steel industry is irreplaceable. At this stage, no one can find an element that can be an equal substitute for steel. Therefore, from a long-term industry perspective, the steel industry has its own development characteristics. But only
Only companies with a sense of innovation and continuous improvement of product quality can survive.
In a larger sense, the good development of steel will also help to stabilize the imperial preferential system and increase the capital of the British Empire and other powerful countries in reciprocal negotiations.
The favorable situation now is that Australia's iron ore production has gradually got back on track. The Australian government's steel ban on the United Kingdom and its subordinate territories has been lifted, which will help the development of Sarawak's steel industry.
In response to this, Eder and civil servants below expressed that they would understand the spirit of their immediate superiors, contribute to the cause of building the British Empire, thoroughly implement the spirit of the Whitehall meeting, and work hard to usher in rapid development of the British Empire.
"Modern life without steel is unimaginable. The things we take for granted in life, from houses, bridges, cars, airplanes to home appliances, are either made of steel or produced with the help of steel. And iron ore is smelted
As the core raw material of steel, we have Australia’s help and there is no reason to fail.”
When Alan Wilson said this, he glanced at his subordinates and said, "I believe that my colleagues working overseas will not be disappointed in you. We all believe that everyone is reliable."
After hearing the assurances from his subordinates on reliability, Alan Wilson nodded slightly. The fundamental reason why the steel industry was placed in Sarawak instead of the more populous Malay Peninsula was that the entire British Malay
Eighty percent of Asia's coal resources are in Sarawak.
In terms of the principle that resources are nearby, it is natural to put the steel industry in Sarawak. Now that both coal and iron resources are available, it will be really disappointing if the production capacity cannot be reached.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Does mining coal and making steel require automobile transportation? This is also a good thing for the British automobile industry. It can promote employment in the British automobile industry and develop real estate in the major British African colonies.
Based on the state, with British Malaya as the intermediate processing link, it will eventually promote the demand for local high-end industries.
It can be said that this is the best option for Britain today. In fact, Britain has never carried out industrial layout in a colony, not even British India. The industry in British India only meets some basic needs of India.
Britain's former imperial preferential system was essentially a very general way of producing industrial products locally and collecting raw materials from the colonies without having an industrial base in its hands. Originally, the United States played this role before World War I, but after a period of
The war is no longer tame.
At this stage, Malaya does not need any sophisticated development steps. Extensive development can solve a lot of problems. It will take a few years to build up the steel and textile industries, and then start the processing industry, little by little.
The establishment of an import and export system is basically not much worse than that of Japan.
Of course, during this process, the colonial government's necessary supervision must not be relaxed. Every businessman is a natural comprador. Without the power of supervision, the vast majority of businessmen will only work in very basic industries and will not think about investing funds.
to the riskier heavy industries.
"Democracy is a stumbling block to economic development. We must not allow unreliable people to mix among our colleagues." Alan Wilson repeated what he had just learned from the Hong Kong Governor in his own words.
He said that for the stable development of Malaya, we must be wary of the spread of liberalism, but we must also prevent the confusion of democratic political ideas.
Only by combining the benefits of both aspects can Malaya be built into a reliable overseas base for imperial civil servants.
There is no need to pay attention to the United States now. The fundamental reason why the United States cannot even respond to the Berlin crisis is that the war in the Far East has not stopped and is bombing Shangganling indiscriminately. Only when this round of fighting is over will the United States have time to focus on other directions.
The days passed little by little in Alan Wilson's hard work, and he was coming out of this state at the end of October.
Because the glorious Sultan Ali Khan of Sabah landed in Penang and came to British Malaya under the rule of his good friend Alan Wilson. Alan Wilson immediately came out from the Kuala Lumpur Administrative Office to welcome Ali Khan's arrival.
Sometimes he felt that Ali Khan's life was absolutely full of legend. The basic life trajectory was that after becoming the monarch of a British colony, he became the monarch of another British colony.
After the two met, Ali Khan was very happy and almost couldn't wait to see his new territory.
"Alan, I'm really happy to see you, and seeing you in person makes me feel much more at ease. If you were managing British Malaya, I believe it would develop very well." Ali Khan said that day.
He smiled more than he had in the past year, spoke sincerely, and kept praising Alan Wilson.
"Dear Sultan, there is no need to talk about the relationship between us." Alan Wilson was also very wise and cautiously mentioned, "Maybe the development of British Malaya needs the help of a benevolent monarch with strong financial resources."
"This benevolent monarch with strong financial resources has now arrived." Ali Khan nodded his head and said, "I will make the subjects of the territory rich, so that time will last."
"Eternal power is power." Alan Wilson nodded with deep understanding, and then asked, "Will Nehru notice that you are here? Will he make any protest?"
"Don't mention this annoying person. I hope he will fall into trouble in the future." Ali Khan said with a face that turned from clear to cloudy.
"I believe it will happen." Alan Wilson sincerely believed in this.