I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Chapter 733 Father and Son

"Father, do you really want me to go to India?"

There is a beautiful manor surrounded by mountains and rivers on the shore of Westing Lake in the outskirts of London.

The estate belonged to the successive Dukes of Marlborough.

Old Churchill would come here to recuperate and relax on weekends.

At this moment, he is patiently listening to the complaints of his eldest son.

There is no doubt that the current Governor of Ireland, first heir to the Duke of Marlborough, Marquess of Blumford, and the upcoming new Governor of India, John Churchill in front of him has indeed seduced the Countess and mistress of the British Crown Prince, and made her crazy Choose the capital to elope with.

Just as Zhu Fugui's handsome looks helped him a lot in his entrepreneurial journey, John Churchill's looks helped him win his father's favor.

Unlike the son of the third son who was so sloppy and casually thrown to Beijing, the old Churchill had always trained John Churchill as his successor.

So when John Churchill heard that his father applied to Her Majesty the Queen to transfer him to Calcutta, he rushed back to England immediately and complained:

"Father, that damn place in India is too hot, I don't want to go to India at all, I don't want to be neighbors with damn yellow monkeys, they are all devils, Temujin's spiritual successors, butchers walking on the earth! "

Old Churchill lit a cigar, exhaled a smoke ring, and suddenly asked, "Son, do you know what brand of cigar this is?"

John Churchill shrugged his nose and replied without hesitation: "Trichinopoly cigars, father, when did you switch to smoking this brand of cigars?"

Old Churchill did not answer in a hurry, but took out a cigar from the cigar box, took out the cigar scissors and cut it himself, and handed it to his son.

The latter was not polite either, he took the cigar from his father and began to puff.

"How does it taste?" Old Churchill asked.

John Churchill replied: "Very good, it can be ranked among the top ten cigars I have tasted."

"Then do you know where the Trichinopoly cigars are made?" asked the elder Churchill again.

"As I recall, their advertising card said these cigars were made in Cuba...

But father, if you ask this question, those damn businessmen must have played tricks again, let me think about it..."

John Churchill thought for a while, and replied uncertainly: "Is it Dominica or Jamaica? Or Brasilia? It should not be Brasilia. Brasilia cannot produce such high-quality cigars."

"neither!"

Old Churchill sighed and said:

"Whether it's Dominica or Jamaica, they have long been controlled by the damn Ming people.

Cuba is not immune now...

Cuban cigars were out of stock three months ago.

A mercenary organization called the Xiangshui Security Company overthrew the Spanish regime on the island of Cuba and killed the Spanish governor.

The god-worshiping villains took the opportunity to land and began to develop believers there, monopolizing the tobacco trade. Of course, the real master behind them was that damned double-gun Zhu Fugui! "

"Oh, father, you shouldn't mention that dirty name. His existence seems to remind us that barbarism and ugliness still exist in this world..."

John Churchill's hands trembling as he gripped his cigar, it was obvious that his spirit had been severely traumatized by the sliced ​​photos of his brothers a few years ago.

"Speaking of which, father..."

John Churchill changed the subject and said, "Have those god worshipers with even more outrageous beliefs than the Ottomans already appeared in Cuba? Damn, when I was in Ireland, I was drinking tea and hunting every day. These guys messed up my life .”

"John, is the current situation in Ireland really as bad as it is said in the intelligence speech? Isn't this because you exaggerated the facts in order to defraud London of funding?" Churchill asked.

"Oh, my father, how can you think so of your most honest son!"

John Churchill shook his head and said, "The real situation in Ireland is ten times worse than what I reported. Those Irishmen took off their green hats and put on yellow turbans. Somehow, their fighting power has soared several levels!

Of course, the main reason is that there are too many of them, and they are increasing every day.

These damned Irishmen can't sit at home, or kneel in front of church, like their fathers and grandparents did.Accept God's just judgment?

Why did they go against the will of God, against the laws of the empire, and commit crimes!

Even if you die like this, you won’t be able to go to the kingdom of heaven. How stupid! "

"Oh, those lowly Irishmen deserve no sympathy, they deserve the same fate as the Jews!"

Old Churchill affirmed his son's idea.

These inferior peoples dared to resist the arrangement of the British Empire government, no matter what the reason was, they could not be forgiven.

In the early days of the previous wave of anti-Semitism, Benjamin Disraeli once questioned the legality of doing so. Old Churchill said bluntly in front of the Queen:

"The Anglo-Saxons are by nature noble and superior, and we have a common heritage which has been formed in England for centuries and which has been perfected by our constitution."

"I hate yellow-skinned guys with cross-eyed eyes, but I also hate red-haired guys and jewish-nosed guys. I don't think those guys have the competence and efficiency of a real Englishman."

And when Zuo Chu’s army entered the mountains of Afghanistan and joined the local people against the tyranny of the British Empire, the old Churchill made a public speech in Congress:

"Forget about the Ming people and those Zhunming people who use other weird banners. The Pashtuns must realize that the British nation is superior to them. If anyone opposes this, they should be killed immediately without mercy! "

"I promise our lads in Afghanistan will systematically go from village to village with punitive destruction: destroy houses, fill wells, blow up towers, cut down dense forests, burn crops, destroy reservoirs If you catch a tribe member, you should stab or hack him to death immediately!"

Remarks like this gave Churchill a very high support rate in Congress and the British people.

After all, he said what every British person thinks.

And an iron-blooded strongman is indeed what the people in war need.

……

Seeing that his son was still unable to guess the real origin of Trichinopoly cigars, Old Churchill smiled and solved the mystery: "India, these cigars are produced in India, to be precise, the Tiruchirappalli region in southern India.

Can't think of it?

Indian cigars taste no worse than Caribbean cigars!

My child, India is richer than you can imagine. It is a cow with unlimited potential. As long as we use strong hands, we can squeeze out a steady stream of milk! "

John Churchill was truly amazed that India could produce such high quality tobacco.

But think about it, the quality of Indian opium is good, and the taste of black tea is also very good.

Thinking about it this way, in India, except for Indians and their excrement, they are indeed treasures.

"So, you have to be the Governor General of this India."

Old John said with a final word, "We must firmly control India's property output, and, son, you are 35 years old this year.

Of course, 35 is still young to be a politician, but you should also start building your resume.

As you said, the current situation in Ireland is very bad.

If the future deteriorates further, but you cannot withdraw early, this will be a negative equity on your political career.

But India is different.

Today's passive situation in India is entirely caused by the dead Baron Northbrook, and you are the savior who went to clean up the mess on behalf of the imperial government, and you have credit anyway.

Moreover, the Governor of Ireland cannot enter the Privy Council, while the Governor of India can easily enter the Privy Council and establish a personal relationship with the royal family, which is very important for your future development! "

"But father, don't you think it's too dangerous for me to go to India? The navy of the Ming people is not weak. Calcutta is close to the sea and may be attacked at any time. Don't forget, they still have planes and airships!"

John Churchill instantly thought of a hundred ways to oppress Indians, but soon, Zhu Fugui's face, which was more handsome than himself, but actually the incarnation of the devil, emerged.

Chapter 734 Old Churchill's Real Plan

If you have a life to make money, you have to have a life to spend it!

If he had to make a choice, John Churchill would rather stay in Ireland and play the game of city attack and defense with those Yellow Turban thugs.

It is absolutely impossible for their weapons to hurt themselves who are drinking afternoon tea in the tall Dublin castle.

Taking a step back, those yellow turban thugs really have the ability to attack the city, and I am absolutely sure that before they hang themselves on the street lamp, they will board the sea ship back to England.

Compared with India, Ireland is indeed much safer.

John Churchill really couldn't figure out why his father asked him to go to India to be the neighbor of that slicer madman.

However, old Churchill flicked the ashes of his cigar and said with a smile: "Nonsense, you are my favorite son, how could I let you take risks!"

Old Churchill's words puzzled John Churchill, but fortunately he soon solved the mystery for his son.

He asked: "John, what do you say is the jurisdiction of the Governor of India?"

John Churchill was stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he replied noncommittally: "Naturally, India is under the jurisdiction of the Governor of India, and maybe Burma is also added?"

"Big mistake!"

Old Churchill laughed.

This blind spot was found by Haji, an old British civil servant he relied on, for which Old Churchill paid [-] pounds in consulting fees.

Moreover, Haji, who is a scheming chicken thief, doesn't want pound cash, but asks to pay in gold.

Even so, Churchill Sr. felt that the money was well spent.

Old Churchill asked his servant to take out a world map of the British Empire from his study.

Color-coded empire territories are everywhere on the world map.

The Empire on which the sun never sets really lives up to its reputation.

John Churchill squinted his eyes to examine the map carefully.

But no matter how he looks at it, the area under the jurisdiction of the Indian governor is only India and half of Myanmar. Of course, there are also some snow areas designated by the British privately, as well as Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and other places that have no credibility.

Seeing the doubt in his son's eyes, the old Churchill laughed out loud and decided not to keep it secret anymore.

He took the magnifying glass and focused on a place in the Persian Gulf.

……

Aden, an important city in Yemen, the poorest country in the world, is located at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and guards the gateway from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. It is known as the hub of maritime traffic in Europe, Asia and Africa.

At the same time, Aden is also the temporary capital of Yemen after Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, was occupied by the Houthis.

But for the Chinese, the most familiar one is the escort in the Gulf of Aden.

In this era, there were also pirates in the Gulf of Aden, and their name was the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

"Even as the prime minister, if I don't study it carefully, I don't know that the governor of India is not just India.

In other words, when the empire first conquered India, there was no political entity in the world called India. India was originally a broad artificial geographical concept.

In fact, what the Governor of India really governs is the entire Indian Ocean!

Of course, this does not exist in any official documents.

But our British Empire is a country with the law of the sea, and we pay attention to past cases as the basis for norms.

Since Aden, or Yemen, thousands of miles away, was included in British India as early as 1839, under the management of the East India Company, and later under the jurisdiction of the Governor of India.

Then let’s go further according to this example. It is obvious that if new colonies are opened up on the west coast of the Indian Ocean, they can of course be included in the jurisdiction of the Governor of India.

If this is the case, my dear son, what is unreasonable for you, as the Governor of India, to make money in India and work in Africa?

Of course, to make this happen, we need an excuse.

In other words, this is not an excuse at all, but something that is about to be done. We just need to push the boat along. "

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It has to be said that Sir Haji, a civil servant, is indeed a genius at exploiting policy loopholes.

Churchill was very fortunate to have such a crouching dragon and phoenix chick.

It is undeniable that inflation in the empire has become more and more serious.

In fact, inflation has been soaring at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, just like the so-called gray rhino incident, inflation exists objectively, but it is ignored by people. It is known that when inflation reaches a certain level, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and finally everyone has to face its threat.

The excuse Haji suggested to old Churchill was this huge gray rhinoceros.

This is a clever plan that kills two birds with one stone. As long as it succeeds, it will not only solve the disadvantages of currency issuance, but also benefit the Churchill family itself.

Although as wartime Prime Minister, Churchill Sr.'s power was close to unlimited.

As long as the old Churchill got the support of Victoria, it was enough to promote his plan.

However, in order to avoid endless counterattacks after the war, old Churchill followed Haji's advice and went through the complete process.