Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1256 Robbery, That's Daying's Old Business (First update, please subscribe)
In Southern Africa, our interests are common!
There is absolutely no doubt about it, after all, there is no doubt that gold can bind everyone's interests together.

When the two entered the club smoking room, just as they sat down, several well-dressed gentlemen came over and greeted Pearson enthusiastically. Now, no one would care about Pearson's too ordinary background, Even people will deliberately please him. Perhaps, Britain is a society that values ​​​​birth, but in fact, all people are very realistic. They may look down on nouveau riche, but if the nouveau riche is rich enough, they will absolutely It will not be rejected, just like those poor nobles marrying the upstarts in the United States one after another.

Now, people in the upper class in London see only this Pearson who has a huge wealth of millions of pounds, and when they see his South African mining company, everyone is envious of the wealth in his hands.

Of course, people are also paying attention to his investment. With his successful experience of "turning stones into gold" in southern Africa, there are countless people in London with banknotes in their hands, begging him to accept their investment.However, Pearson has always been extremely picky about investors, just like the investors he accepts now are not ordinary people, but the elites of the British upper class.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the combination of power and money.

In the smoke of cigars and the smell of whiskey, after a group of people chatted for a while, they naturally talked about the gold mines in southern Africa, the greedy taxation of the Tewaslanders, and of course, the gold mines For the importance of the UK, the topic eventually returned to some of their ideas.

"What do we think? As the importance of the gold mines continues to emerge, especially the increasing output of the Rand gold mines, the Transvaslan government is bound to increase taxes."

"This is clearly unacceptable!"

"I heard that the government of Transvaalm is increasing duties including explosives and various mining equipment..."

"They are doing everything possible to take the gold mine from us..."

……

"This is the civil servant of the empire."

Listening to their discussion, Pierson thought in his heart that this is really just a group of civil servants, seemingly a group of insignificant "clerks". Their voices may not be heard in Congress, but as we all know, it is the Seemingly inconspicuous, they directly determine the development of things - they dominate the ministers, and the ministers dominate the country.

"As long as they stand on the side of the gold mines, the British Empire will soon sound the clarion call to march on De Vasland!"

Why did they sound the horn to march?
In fact, Pearson is very clear, what does he need?
It is nothing more than a drummer advocating the expansion of the British colony in South Africa. To a certain extent, mining companies need such drummers as their political backing, but on the other hand, doesn't Pearson know that, including the dignitaries in London, Well, I don’t know how many British people are eyeing the mining company. Whenever there is a chance, these wolf-like characters will pounce on the company and swallow the fat of the company.

The only thing to be thankful for now is that the UK is at least still a legal society. At least on the surface, the British system can still give companies a certain degree of protection.If it was in South America or some other country, maybe the mining company would have been directly confiscated by those dignitaries.

But how long can this go on?

Of course, it doesn't matter, not even the mining companies.

After all, for the empire, the mining company is just a bait, a bait to lure the British Empire to take the bait.

It is also because of this that he does not feel that those greedy guys are a threat at all. To a certain extent, he needs those greedy guys to join his company and even devour his company.

Only in this way can the task assigned by the family be completed!
What is his mission?
It is to use the fat of the gold mine to attract the British and Devasland.

Just like the old saying in China - "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins"!
The empire is going to be that fisherman!
It's just that when will the conflict between Britain and Devaziland happen?

However, these issues are not important now. The most important issue now is what kind of decision will the UK make in the face of Devasland's desire to exclude British capital and immigration infiltration, and even want to take away the gold mines a little bit? ?
Will it be war?
war……

Frowning, Pearson smiled and asked the senior civil servants in front of him, and then said:

"So, gentlemen, how should we protect the interests of the British Empire there? Now Devasland is rejecting British immigrants, fighting against British local power, and even my company is suffering from some kind of discrimination , gentlemen, what can the British Empire do for me?"

Responding to his questioning, the prime minister's senior secretary, Mr Weatherill, said.

"Mr. Pearson, please believe that the British Empire will never ignore your interests and be invaded, but now...the time is not ripe yet."

"Mr. Weatherall, maybe we can create some opportunities!"

Create opportunities?
Faced with other people's suggestions, Weissel thought for a while, and then said.

"Even creating an opportunity requires some reason!"

"Reason, Mr. Weatherall,"

Pearson said,
"I believe that in the days to come, they will definitely bring reasons to their door."

In fact, for the imperialists, what reason is needed to expand there!If they need a reason, they will make a reason, and if they need an excuse, they will also make an excuse.

That evening, Pearson dined again with an official from the Colonial Department. What were they discussing there?Of course, it is a topic related to expanding the influence of the British in Dvaziland. In fact, to put it bluntly, I hope to do everything possible to stimulate Dvaziland and increase the blow to the British.

The official enjoying the steak looked back at the "employer" sitting in front of him.

"I'm not sure I would, sir," said he, after a moment's thought,
"I've got to think about, you know, what that means, almost war."

"perhaps,"

Pearson nodded.

"Of course you have to think about it. But what we all know is that it's also an opportunity, an opportunity for all of us to gain wealth. Maybe it needs to be reconsidered, but if this opportunity is missed, sir, maybe one day , the gold mine belonged to the Boers, but now we have the opportunity to make it ours..."

"But war..."

Don't understand what the other party said, Pearson said.

"Wars want expansion and wealth. When will there be less wars? Besides, for the British Empire, in the past few hundred years, we have fought too many wars and fought wars. This is the old age of the British Empire. I can do it."

To be precise, it is not fighting, but robbery. Robbery is the real business of the British Empire.

All Pearson needs now is to get these Brits back into employment.

Of course, there is enough gold there to make them tempted.

(End of this chapter)