British 1986

Obviously, whatever Allen could think of, Thomas also thought of it.

The two looked at each other, and Allen was a little moved!

On the surface, this thing is the expansion of the single management area, but secretly it is equivalent to the expansion of Allen's fiefdom. The benefits are huge!

As we all know, nearly half of the existing nobles are lifelong rather than hereditary.

Excluding these lifelong nobles, there are only about 600 hereditary nobles left.

Among the six hundred or so noble families, probably less than 10% have fiefs and still hold fiefs.

This 10% does not mean that more than 60 noble families still have fiefdoms in their hands.

Because the actual situation is a little more complicated.

For example, some baron and viscount families may not have fiefdoms themselves. Although they were granted hereditary nobility at that time, without fiefdoms, their titles were empty.

Nobles like this account for more than half of the more than 600 noble families.

And this group of families without fiefdoms may have secretly bought a lot of land during the years of their family's development.

These lands were not fiefdoms, but they were better than fiefdoms.

And there are many people like Duke Angus who sold out all their family lands.

These people theoretically have fiefdoms, but in reality they have no fiefdoms.

Therefore, no one can tell which company owns how much land, but as long as they don’t spend a large amount of money to buy land, there is basically no chance of expanding the land.

Although the Hill family is very powerful in Wales, their family's land is only as small as Carmarthenshire. Outside of Carmarthenshire, Alan only has fame, not actual things. Of course...if... Who he is cruel enough to mess with in Wales is another matter.

But the land and the actual control of these things are completely different from before.

Just like the current nobles cannot collect taxes in their own fiefdoms, why would Allen bring the Bentley cars and electronics factories he acquired to Carmarthenshire?

There are preferential tax treatment here!

He can control all the county council members. He doesn't have to engage in tax evasion at all. Allen's trick is to directly pass the corporate tax reduction resolution by the county council.

This thing is simple and safe to operate, and outsiders can't explain why.

To contribute to your fiefdom and hometown, it is reasonable for the county council to give local businesses a little tax break, right?

But occasionally, this tax benefit is a little bit bigger.

In the past, there were only two or three big cats and kittens in Carmarthenshire. Even in Llanelli, the largest city, there was little to gain, but if Swansea was expanded,

The city's tax revenue alone has a lot of available water, which is equivalent to giving a rice vat full of rice to a mouse, and giving a big stick bone with no flesh removed to a dog.

After thinking about the benefits, there are also some doubts.

First of all, the current Border Commission is from England, which means that they are in charge of affairs in England, but they have no control over Wales.

It was so far away, why would they find Thomas and tell him about it?

Thinking of this, Allen put the fishing rod in his hand on the shelf, turned to look at Thomas and smiled: "What, Sir John Banham, did he say, why did he tell you this news? They can manage it now Wales?"

"He didn't say that."

Thomas, who is now several decades old, is a little embarrassed by Alan's question.

The other party really didn't say much else. To be precise, he just regarded Thomas as a messenger.

The other party needs to pass the news to Allen through him. If he is interested, he will tell the rest.

Although nobles like Allen usually seem to have nothing to do, or only play and do nothing serious, the status of nobles is here. It is really not that anyone can see him if they want to see him, even if they come here For a visit, most people couldn't even enter the gate of the Hill Manor. Even if they were one of their own like Thomas, if they wanted to report to Allen for a job, they would have to go to Butler Hut and apply first.

How many times did he, Thomas, apply before he was called for questioning.

For example, for some people outside, if they didn't know Allen before, and there was no introducer to specifically introduce him, it would be even more difficult to meet him, regardless of the fact that John Banham was a knight.

But Allen's butler is also a knight.

Jazz may be rare outside, but in the eyes of these veteran nobles, they are just like servants.

But this knight also has his own arrogance. Since he can't see Allen, he will see Allen's dog.

This dog is Thomas. They can directly go through administrative procedures to make an appointment with Thomas, and then let Thomas take the message and talk to Allen alone.

When he thought that the knight, even a small knight, was so arrogant to himself, Thomas was both annoyed and aggrieved. What was left after being annoyed was endless longing.

If one day, he does a good job, I wonder if the Excellency in front of me can reward him with a title?

Just like Butler Hut

"No.?"

Allen narrowed his eyes and sneered.

This kind of door-to-door benefit seems very tempting, but there is no such thing as pie in the sky in this world. It is impossible to expand the single management zone without paying some price.

On paper, Swansea, although compared with several other large Welsh cities, seems to only rank in the top five.

But compared with Carmarthenshire, it is a city that can equal the entire Carmarthenshire.

If the people in such a city are not out of their minds, why would they support the merger of Swansea into Carmarthenshire?

People expand single management areas for the sake of development, but not for poverty alleviation!

If you really want to get it together, someone needs to be involved in the process, and now the other party has passed this topic through Thomas first.

This almost means that it is clearly stated that it can be operated. First, let Thomas take the message to test him, Mr. Allen!

If you are interested, send Thomas to continue contacting there. If you are not interested, there will probably be nothing more to do.

Moreover, Allen thought more. If this department is newly established, it will be established on the premise of replacing the previous Border Commission.

Then them.

The Hill family is a member of the Border Commission. This new organization now wants to seduce itself by throwing out this bait? To support them?

Allen was a little unsure when he thought about this.

Or is it that they have some unsolvable problems and they need themselves very much, so they are now using this method to win over themselves?

"After you go back, continue to find that Sir John Banham and ask him about the follow-up situation. You can represent me without asking him to come to see me."

Allen hated this kind of mysterious way of doing things across people. Since the other person wanted to play like this, he would support him and let him continue playing.

"Yes! Thank you, Your Excellency."

Thomas thought that Allen was specifically supporting him, so he said what he could say on his behalf, and was greatly moved after hearing this.

"By the way, sir. This is the information you want."

Thomas took out a thick information sheet from the briefcase he carried with him and handed it to Allen with both hands. It contained information about the shareholders of Welsh TV.

"Are there any troublesome characters here?"

Allen waved his hand to signal Thomas to take the information first, while he picked up the fishing rod again and threw a few more spoonfuls of corn kernels into the river.

"Troublesome character"

Thomas held the information and thought for a moment, then flipped through the information and found one. He picked it up with both hands and let Allen take a look at it. Then he introduced: "Your Excellency, this is Leipzig. I know this old guy. He I seem to be somewhat related to the Russell family. Over the years, I have become more and more arrogant in my behavior."

"Arrogant? Haha, arrogant is good. The Russell family, are they the Russell family who live in Swansea?"

"It's them!"

"Oh, it's interesting. He is a relative of the Russell family and a shareholder of Welsh TV. He is also very arrogant. Who gave him the courage? Just the Russell family?"

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Thomas didn't dare to answer these words. Although the Russell family did not seem to be worthy of attention in the eyes of the gentleman in front of him, their family was already out of reach for ordinary people!

That's the famous Russell family!

Of course, this Russell is not Peter Russell, not the Earl of Orford family, this is the Russell family in Ireland.

Since the 19th century, for nearly two hundred years, their family has been a powerful family that has been involved in the British House of Commons for a long time, and was later named the first Earl Russell.

It has been more than a hundred years since our ancestors were granted the title of earl. Although the subsequent generations of earls in their family were more or less unprofessional, they still had power. Especially the third generation of Earl Russell, who once won the Nobel Prize. Literary Award. As a scholar, he was very famous in the world at that time.

However, the thoughts of the third Earl Russell were conservative and pacifist.

As a person who lived at the peak of the British Empire and died during its decline, and who witnessed hundreds of years of history, this old earl lived to be 98 years old!

During his long life, he had mixed experiences in the United States and supported some political parties. However, during the war years, he always supported peace and opposed war. This concept was not shared by most congressmen at the time or some people in his hometown. People have serious conflicts.

Take the Hill family for example. The locations of the two families can be said to be very close to each other.

But the Hill family is a staunch war party, because only war can achieve military success, and because of war, their family can make a fortune, arrange people to go to the battlefield, and harvest wool from the army.

It's not that the role of the Hill family is useless in peacetime without war, but who would be willing to just maintain local security every day.

Who doesn’t want the family to prosper if it’s a family with a bit of pursuit?

Therefore, there is a bit of conflict between the two sides, but because of the huge disparity in strength, the Russell family has always been very honest in front of the Hill family, so they have not done anything to them.

Comparing the size of the Hill family and the Russell family.

The former is a traditional hereditary aristocratic earl, with a certain amount of real power in his hands, as well as an unknown number of "family soldiers". There are countless weapons in the family storehouse. The entire family has rich combat experience, and the family members have been ruthless for generations.

But what about the Russell family?

Their family is a rising star in literature. Although they are also hereditary nobles, their entire family history is less than two hundred years old. In the entire family history, they may not have seen as many people as the Hill family has killed. This development has now declined. The fourth Earl Russell who is now the head of the family succeeded to the throne a year later than Allen. He occasionally goes to the House of Lords to show his face. At other times, he does not leave the house all year round. Can the servants in the house pick up a shovel? Two things to say.

From these two families, it can be said that although the Russell family is an earl, they are at the bottom of the earl family in terms of "strength". They are famous but not powerful in terms of hard power.

As for the Hill family, among the Earl families, they are less famous, but their hard power has exceeded specifications.

The two sides are not on the same level at all.

"Okay, I understand, go ahead and do your work. Just find a time in a few days to go see that knight again and pass on my message."

Allen waved his hands and smiled. He already had a preliminary plan, and now he needed to plan a little bit about how to implement it.

Just a few days later, the BBC found out that, as Ceylan said, they had suppressed big news.

During the morning news time, the international channel that could be received by the entire British Commonwealth broadcast the full-band broadcast of the "incompetent" Ferber using fire attack tactics when he was unable to attack the manor of the Koresh leader for a long time.

It is a fire-breathing weapon that attacks the manor indiscriminately.

This resulted in dozens of "innocent" civilians living in the manor being burned to death.

Although the video is not very clear, it restores the scene at the first time.

This is not the same as the "accidental injury" announced by the United States to the outside world. This is the indiscriminate killing of innocent people!

There was an uproar when the news broke.

One afternoon at the end of May, the Russell family's ancestral home was on the outskirts of Swansea.

This is not a manor. The Russell family does not have the financial resources to build a manor.

The rough rank of a noble can be distinguished from the name.

The Prince of Wales—almost all of Wales was his.

The Earl of Carmarthen - roughly the entire county of Carmarthen was his.

Earl Russell - roughly the entire Russell family belongs to him.

There is no title of place before the title, which means there is no fief.

Nobles with fiefdoms, some places are not that big, but there will also be a small village, or a small county, or even worse, there will be a false title named after a place in their hometown as a symbolic meaning, such as a certain place. A mountain, a river, something like that.

But only those whose names precede the title are the lowest among the same rank, bar none.

It’s still the two old-fashioned Bentleys. Although the cars are old models, the license plate numbers on the front of these two cars are prestigious throughout Wales.

The ancestral home of the Russell family has not been so lively for a long time. There are more than a dozen servants of the family, the fourth Earl Russell and his son, and a large group of people are standing at the gate ready to welcome Allen who has just got off the car.

After Allen got out of the car, he glanced over there and did not rush over. Instead, he stood by the car and waited for the bodyguard in the car behind him. He was escorting a white-haired man who looked frightened at this time. The old man got out of the car.

"Master! Master, save me!"

The old man didn't dare to struggle at all. After getting out of the car, he saw the middle-aged man with a strong academic aura standing at the gate of the Russell family's ancestral home. The old man seemed to have found a savior, with a desire for life in his eyes. Then he struggled. shouted.