Chapter 413 A good show (fourth update, please subscribe)
The sound of the tricycle's diesel engine can be clearly heard from a long distance away.
Houses that look the same are standing on this construction site. Workers are busy inside and outside the unfinished houses.
Tricycles shuttle back and forth constantly transporting the prefabricated components of the house to various construction sites.
After riding a bicycle into the construction site, I quickly arrived in front of the house. In fact, the house was still there.
There is only a simple foundation - a concrete slab of tens of square meters. The house is built directly on the concrete slab, which makes construction faster. According to the newspaper, 1,500 such houses can be built in Nanyang every day. One construction site even set a record - 35 homes were completed in one day.
"A total of 27 construction steps, first laying concrete slabs, then installing prefabricated columns, beams and wooden exterior walls, and finally installing indoor electrical appliances..."
Zhao Deliang had read it in a magazine before The construction method of "Nanyang Building" - the wood is cut in the factory according to the designed size, and the concrete uses prefabricated components. Most of the work is completed in the factory, and the construction team divides the work on the construction site.
The construction team are all new immigrants from Tangshan, and they work very efficiently.
While the construction team was busy elsewhere, Zhao Deliang just stared at the concrete block in front of him. After knowing the location and room number of his "home", he would come there whenever he had time. here.
"Okay, just wait a few days and I will have a home..."
Zhao Deliang's eyes were full of expectation. In fact, even if the house is completed, delivery will still have to wait for a while. After all, it has to wait. The entire community was delivered together - not only 1,778 homes, but also a primary school, a nursery, and a park including a children's playground and a small pitch.
"Wait a little longer, and you will have your own home..."
Looking at the home in his dream, Zhao Deliang seemed to have seen his wife, children and a large family living here. One scene after another.
While Zhao Deliang was looking forward to his future home, a car drove past the community under construction. Looking at the red brick school building from a distance, Berlin nodded slightly.
"This is the life that everyone dreams of."
As a believer, he thought that Germans would live such a life, but in reality?
Cannons not butter.
This is what the Germans got at that time, plus death.
Thinking of the devastated Germany and his compatriots who once again ushered in spring amid hunger and cold, Berlin couldn't help but sigh. Germany had long become a distant past in his heart. Now, others are in Nanyang.
It's Hydra!
He will achieve a more brilliant career here - bringing the people here the life of their dreams!
Thinking of this, Berlin's memories of the past faded a lot.
Yes!
The past has passed, and now is the most important thing. In the past, we no longer guarded the Third Reich, but now we will be here to guard this place and the people living here, so that They can pursue the life of their dreams!
This is your duty.
As his mind became more determined, Berlin once again set his sights on the documents aside, opened the documents, looked at the contents on the documents, raised his brows lightly, and then he said softly.
“Hope everything goes well!”
……
When the plane landed at the airport, Sir Conrad Cofield glanced out the window and said . "The show is about to begin, Mr. Cowell,"
"Yes, sir, London and the UK will cheer for everything you bring next!"
Cowell complimented softly.
Lord Cofield was the son of a missionary. He came to London to represent a powerful but weak force in British India - the princely princes. As the director of the Princely Affairs Bureau, he spent almost all his life there. India under the rule of the princes belonged to him personally. In his opinion, whatever he thought was good for the princes was also good for India as a whole. Like the princes, he bitterly hated their enemies, especially Nehru and the Congress.
Now, the reason why Lord Cofield came to London was to make a desperate defense for the fate of those princes, in order to get rid of the doom arranged for them by Nehru and the members of the Congress Party. "Mr. Cowell, do you think they will agree?"
Turning to look at Cowell, this lawyer from London, as a political advisor to the princes, has also been working on the fate of the princes in the past few years. Their goal is the same - the princes and states must be preserved. This is not only related to the interests of Britain, but also to their interests.
Sir Cofield's power and wealth come from the prince, and Cowell's wealth also comes from the prince.
"At first, they may not agree, but Sir, we must understand that Britain now urgently needs the help of the princes!"
Sir nodded, no say. He just stared at the long-lost London. When he left London when he was young, London was still the capital of the world. How powerful the British Empire was at that time. The British Empire under Queen Victoria attracted the attention of the whole world.
And now?
The huge empire is being destroyed by a bunch of damn politicians without any sense of empire!
No, not destroyed, but torn to pieces!
I will do my best to defend the British Empire!
When he just stepped out of the car, Sir Cofield's heart had become extremely strong, and he walked into the office of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs.
This office has been known as the "golden birdcage" since Queen Victoria's time. The octagonal building structure is unique. The desk is placed in the center of the room, and the central axis has holes of different sizes and shapes. Two doors with exactly the same decorations.
As soon as he entered the office, Cofield, who was full of fighting spirit, began to make an impassioned speech. He spoke eloquently and stated his views to the Earl of Listowel.
“…When the princes accepted the monarchy of the Empire, they had already given up some of their powers to Great Britain. When the monarchy of the Empire ceases to exist, the above powers should be returned to them as a matter of course. As for them and India or Pakistan It is entirely their business to negotiate a new agreement, and if that is practical they can declare independence, as India and Pakistan have done, and anything else would be contrary to the British and other parties. "
As the Minister of Indian Affairs, Earl Listowel frowned. Although he was not a political novice from the Labor Party without any "imperial consciousness", he We also know what consequences Cofield's proposal will bring.
"Those princely states have sided with the British more than once. They have shed blood and sweat for the British Empire. Now if we push them to India or Pakistan, we will undoubtedly be betraying them. Likewise, It is also a betrayal of the treaty between us. Your Excellency, the British Empire may have declined in the eyes of some people, but we...as gentlemen, we must effectively maintain the treaty between us and them. This may be We are the last benefactor to the South Asian subcontinent!”
After the impassioned speech, Cofield looked directly at Earl Listowel, waiting for his answer.
After a moment of silence, Earl Listowel said.
"Sir, if you look at the problem from a purely legal perspective, your explanation is blameless, but..."
When he said "but", Earl Listowel emphasized his tone. .
“The actual consequences are daunting and prohibitive. If we allow the independent states to become independent, then we will have to face the problem that an independent India will face the danger of Balkanization, which will be divided into dozens of Countries, we will even have to face Nehru's wrath and its huge consequences. How many countries will India be divided into, how much malice we will reap!"
Facing Kostol! Cofield said the Earl's answer directly.
"We will indeed reap Nehru's malice, but we can also reap the goodwill of the princely states. Your Excellency, maybe Nehru will be angry, maybe he will give us this or that promise, but as we all know, for Nehru now Said, the most important thing is independence!”
Although Cofield said it very clearly and analyzed various pros and cons, the result is obvious. Count Costor, who is the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs, does not Willing to bear the risk of Balkanization of India.
(End of this chapter)