Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 934 Nowhere to Run

When Winston was living leisurely in Cyprus, Lloyd George, who should have been high-spirited, had just served as the Minister of Military Supplies.

When he first became the Minister of Military Supplies, Lloyd George was really high-spirited. Seeing the arrogant and wealthy arms dealers groveling and flattering him, those who have never held power can't understand the power at all. Wonderful in the hand.

As a mature politician, Lloyd George knew very well that the arms dealers flattered the power in Lloyd George's hands, not Lloyd George himself, so Lloyd George didn't like arms dealers who were mercenary. Even in the face of tremendous pressure, he still relied on his influence in Congress to forcefully pass the Munitions Act.

The most unfavorable provisions for arms dealers in the "Municipal Supplies Act" are: due to wartime needs, private arsenals must be handed over to the state for management, and additional state factories must be built. The production plan of the factory, the raw materials required for production and the transportation of products must be Determined by the Quartermaster.

For the British government, the Munitions Act provides a strong legal guarantee for the supply of munitions, and it is more conducive to the country's coordination of forces and the fight against the evil alliance group.

For arms dealers, the "Munitions Act" is a complete disaster. Isn't the UK known as "private property is sacred and inviolable", and the arsenal is also private property. At this time, it is not sacred and can be violated at will.

hypocritical!

The Nyasaland Military Industry Group is also a British company, so according to the provisions of the "Munitions Act", during the World War, the Nyasaland Military Industry Group will also be nationalized and managed by the Ministry of Munitions.

After the passage of the "Munitions Act", the Ministry of Munitions communicated the relevant documents to the Federal Government of Southern Africa, but the Federal Government of Southern Africa did not respond. For the blaze.

In order to better organize production, Lloyd George decided to send people to southern Africa to nationalize the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group and manage the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group to better serve the British Empire.

In this way, the problem arises. No one is willing to accept this task. Even if Lloyd George directly names them, the officials named would rather resign than go to southern Africa.

"My health is not good, and I can't stand the ocean voyage. I'm afraid I will die on the ship, so I'm sorry, I can't go to southern Africa." Macdonald Mountbatten, Chief of the Quartermaster One, comes from the famous Mountbatten family , the family is one of the twenty dukes of England, a branch of the German royal family of Hesse.

After the outbreak of the World War, in order to avoid linking with Germany, the Duke of Edinburgh changed his family name to Mountbatten. This is not surprising in the UK. King George V changed his surname to Windsor to draw a line with Germany.

Such a blatant violation of Lloyd George's appointment naturally aroused Lloyd George's glare.

However, Macdonald Mountbatten did not flinch. He sat motionless on the chair, looking at Lloyd George calmly, with a slightly mocking look in his eyes.

Lloyd George was panting for a long time, but he had nothing to do with Macdonald Mountbatten. Even though Macdonald Mountbatten openly contradicted Lloyd George, Lloyd George could not dismiss Macdonald Mountbatten.

"Ian!" Lloyd George cast his eyes on the chief of the second office, his eyes full of expectation.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, but I can't go to southern Africa either. I can work hard for the British Empire, but I don't want to die in southern Africa for no reason." Director of the Second Division Ian Green said bluntly. Everyone knows that Nyasaland is In Rock's fiefdom, members of Congress can pass the "Munitions Act" because they don't need to implement it. This is the same as those nerds who claim that enlightening the king can influence the barbarians. It is best whoever proposes this kind of thing to implement it.

"Southern Africa is the territory of the British Empire, how could it be possible to die there without knowing it?" Lloyd George was extremely disappointed with the performance of his opponents. This was actually a lucrative job, and Lloyd George thought that someone would be willing to rush to do it.

There is no idiot in the people who can be qualified to participate in the meeting. Everyone can shout slogans. If you really want to go to southern Africa to receive the Nyasaland military industrial group, you will die suddenly within three days after arriving in southern Africa. Just like Roque would not overestimate the bottom line of politicians, politicians would not overestimate the bottom line of officials like Roque. Some people always fantasize that being in a high position can be unimpeded with a single paper, I really don’t know who gave them confidence.

"Mr. Minister, Southern Africa is a wild land with a harsh environment and rampant diseases. Those of us living in London cannot adapt to the environment in Southern Africa." Macdonald Mountbatten gave a seemingly acceptable reason , but Lloyd George sounded full of sarcasm.

"All Southern Africans can live in Southern Africa, why can't you?" Lloyd George deliberately ignores the real meaning of Macdonald.

Macdonald Mountbatten stopped talking, and leaned back in his chair, playing with the gold pen in his hand.

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Ian Green didn't speak, looking at the steam slowly rising from the coffee cup in front of him, as if he could see flowers.

"Minister, with all due respect, everyone here probably doesn't want to go to southern Africa. Nyasaland is the kingdom of Lord Nyasaland. I don't mean to attack anyone. We should give Lord Nyasaland what he deserves. Respect, don't forget how much Lord Nyasaland has contributed to the empire after the outbreak of the World War." The chief of the third office is Neville, whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Everyone here knows the relationship between Neville and Rock, so Lloyd George didn't mention Neville's name at all.

"I have not denied Lord Nyasaland's contribution to the empire. This is the responsibility of Lord Nyasaland. Without the appointment of the empire, Lord Nyasaland is nothing." Lloyd George to the aristocracy His dislike was not concealed. A few days ago, King George V conferred the title of knight on Lloyd George, but was rejected by Lloyd George.

By the way, Roque is now the Earl of Nyasaland. Because Roque wants to command the Battle of the Dardanelles, he cannot return to London. Winston presided over the award ceremony, representing George V.

Lloyd George's words drew a few inaudible sneers, and it was unclear whether they were laughing at Rock or Lloyd George.

"The empire promotes hundreds of lords every year, but there is only one lord who can produce tens of millions of shells, billions of bullets, and train hundreds of thousands of troops for the empire every year—" Macdonald Mountbatten seemingly casually said The sarcasm aroused Lloyd George's even greater anger.

"An important question—" Neville rushed to speak in front of Lloyd George, not giving Lloyd George a chance to get angry: "—even if we take over the Nyasaland military-industrial complex, can we guarantee that the Nyasaland The current production intensity of the Lanjun Industrial Group can stimulate [-]% of the workers' enthusiasm for work, and can they ensure the close cooperation of the entire industrial chain of the whole society. If any problem occurs in any of the above links, it will affect our logistics supply. It won’t be worth the candle.”

Neville was the mayor of Birmingham before he became the chief of military supplies, and he had administrative experience in governing a place.

Lloyd George started in Congress and has been a member of Congress, and has no experience in local management.

Ironically, what really boosted Lloyd George's reputation was Lloyd George's mediation of the 1907 railway workers' strike. As a result, Lloyd George's first order after he became Minister of Munitions was to strictly prohibit the arsenal workers from organizing strikes.

It is also ironic that during his tenure as prime minister, Lloyd George has always been at odds with the aristocracy, dressing himself as Robinson who robs the rich and gives to the poor.

As a result, in 1945, Lloyd George accepted the canonization of the British government, was awarded the title of earl, and became the person he hated the most.

Such a person is still ranked among the top three in the selection of the greatest British prime ministers. It really makes people wonder what other British prime ministers have done during their tenure.

"Nyasaland is still part of the British Empire, not someone's private territory—" Lloyd George couldn't make up his mind.

"Minister, Nyasaland is someone's private territory." Macdonald Mountbatten has a natural position on this issue, and the Mountbatten family also has a territory.

Lloyd George was really angry. He never expected that the work of the Ministry of Military Supplies would have to face so many difficulties, which was very different from the congressman who only needed to talk.

At this moment Lloyd George hurried over and handed Lloyd George a document.

Macdonald Mountbatten glanced casually, and found that it was actually a court summons to Lloyd George.

About three years ago, the British Parliament decided to build a radio station in the Empire. The Postmaster General accepted the application of the Marconi Company to build a radio station in 1912. He was in the process of signing the specific terms of the contract. Sir Isaac, the Chief Prosecutor, persuaded the then Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, bought £2000 of shares in American companies.

Newspapers exposed the fact, a parliamentary committee was set up to investigate, and the report found the charge "absurd" as the two companies were legally separate, and Lloyd George was acquitted.

Now the British court is bringing up the old matter again, claiming that there is new evidence proving that Lloyd George is suspected of using asymmetric information for unjust enrichment, and suing Lloyd George to court.

The court prosecuted a serving ministerial official, which is very rare in the UK. If I remember correctly, it seems that Neville's brother Joseph Chamberlain was the British postmaster in 1912.

Looking at the subpoena in his hand, Lloyd George's hands were shaking. He felt a huge conspiracy enveloped him, leaving him nowhere to escape.

(End of this chapter)