Chapter 425: Sharpening the Knife to Attack the Pigs and Sheep

Hadi sat down and chatted with a group of think tanks. They had a relatively unified opinion on the "future direction of Malaya". They believed that it would definitely be independent and Britain could no longer stop it.

But how to be independent, what changes will occur in the process, and what benefits Hardy can get from it, these are what they are studying.

These researchers believe that the possibility of merging Singapore and the Dominion of Penang is entirely feasible. Singapore's situation was exactly the same as that of Penang and Malacca, both of which were dominions. As for what method to use?

A social counseling analyst looked at Hardy and said, "Mr. Hardy, I have a suggestion. Princess Margaret is about to give birth, right?"

Hadi nodded. "It's been six months. The baby will be born in another three months."

"Do you think it would be possible to get Britain to give Singapore to your future children?"

Hardy's eyes lit up.

That's a good idea.

As for the "response to military conflict with Indonesia", it is actually because of the previous experience of Johor.

Hadi Investment Company absorbed a large amount of Chinese assets in Malaya, and later clashed with Johor, destroying the Johor Sultan.

And half a year ago.

Hadi began to lay out his plans in Indonesia, allowing investment companies to enter the Indonesian market and carry out acquisition activities. Hadi's actions may inevitably lead to conflicts with Indonesia in the future, so he asked these people to study how to deal with conflicts with Indonesia.

Let’s first talk about whether Hadi will have a conflict with Indonesia.

Definitely.

Whether it was a conflict of interest or just dislike, Hadi had the intention of stirring up trouble when he entered Indonesia.

Take the initiative to move over.

Use the economy to create friction.

This is the Johor Sultan’s trick.

Some people may say that Indonesia is not Johor, which can be manipulated by Hadi at will. After Indonesia's independence, it has an area of ​​1.9 million square kilometers and a population of over 100 million, making it a truly big country.

Hadi's strength is not enough in front of such a big country.

But Hardy really wasn't afraid of him.

I just want to touch him.

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Half a year ago

Hadi Company entered the Indonesian market through formal channels and started several investment companies in Indonesia. At that time, Indonesia and the United States had established diplomatic relations and were still in a relatively friendly state. Indonesia pursued an independent foreign policy and although it was pro-Soviet, it had no intention of becoming completely dependent.

All in all, it feels like having the best of both worlds.

In fact, this is the norm for weak countries and it cannot be said to be wrong.

There are only three states of diplomacy. One is like the United States and the Soviet Union, where they are the boss, looking down on the world and no one else but them, and they have a group of younger brothers around them.

The second type is those who are willing to be younger brothers. Some of them are attached to the two big brothers because of geographical location, and some because of politics.

The third type is those who want to play both sides. They want to maintain their independent personality and use strategic tactics to move back and forth in the complex international situation. There are also many such people.

At this time, Indonesia was very welcoming to foreign investment. Indonesia had just been established and was basically still in a clean stage, so it naturally hoped that foreigners would come to invest.

Most of the truly wealthy people in Indonesia are Chinese. After the initial period of stability, the Indonesian government began to implement a policy of suppression against the Chinese. The then Finance Minister made it clear in his speech that the Chinese only accounted for 5% of Indonesia's total population but owned 70% of Indonesia's assets. This situation must be changed.

The government subsequently introduced a series of policies to squeeze out Chinese capital. For example, the rice milling industry could only be run by Indonesians, causing a large number of Chinese rice mills to go bankrupt and then be taken over by Indonesians at low prices.

It also stipulated that all major shareholders of companies must be Indonesians, and Chinese could only be minority shareholders, making life extremely difficult for Chinese-owned companies. Many of them went bankrupt or were sold at a low price to Indonesians.

After the arrival of Hadi Investment Company, these Chinese-funded enterprises had another way, which was to join Hadi Investment Company and become foreign joint ventures. Foreign joint ventures are legal in Indonesia, so the Indonesians would not be able to take advantage of them.

And Hadi is not doing nothing. He will provide resources and channels to allow these companies to enter the Hadi economic circle.

Circles are very important.

Even big American corporations build business circles, let alone these small Southeast Asian companies. Entering Hardy's big circle immediately makes them feel like jumping from a muddy pond into a big river, free and happy.

Hardy Investments also encouraged these people to set up their company headquarters in the Hardy Dominion, or in the Cayman Islands, or even in the United Kingdom or the United States.

This makes cooperation more convenient.

As for the local area, only the management office will be left.

At first, the Indonesian government did not pay much attention to it, but after discovering the problem, the Hadi Group had already acquired a large number of companies, and all procedures were completely reasonable and legal.

National laws do not stipulate that Chinese cannot sell assets to foreigners.

However, Indonesians are very annoyed to see a large amount of wealth that originally belonged to them flowing into the pockets of foreigners. Recently, the Indonesian government is discussing and preparing to formulate new policies to restrict or even cut off this situation.

They have completely regarded Chinese assets as their own wealth and have used all means to snatch them. Now that they are flowing into Hadi's pocket, they cannot tolerate it and plan to use national power to stop it.

The intelligence agencies have long since planted people in Indonesia and have a clear grasp of the Indonesian government's actions.

As soon as someone proposed the restrictions, Hardy received the letter.

At the same time,

The Hardy Group spread this information among the Chinese. After hearing this, those who were originally hesitant quickly joined Hardy Investment Company during this period.

There was no road before.

People can only accept being robbed by the evildoers.

Now there is a bright road ahead, and a group of hungry and ferocious soldiers behind. People naturally know what to choose.

It must be running towards the bright road.

Even many people,

During this period, families moved to the Hadi Autonomous Region, causing the population of Penang and Malacca to increase dramatically again.

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Colonel James, a former senior US military staff member and expert on conflict issues, believes that the Indonesian issue is the most likely point of conflict in the near future.

"Tell me more about it," said Hardy.

Colonel James took out a plate and wrote a few names on it, then said: "If the Indonesian government issues a restriction order or even seizes property and enterprises in the future, it will affect the interests of the Hadi Group, which is unacceptable to the Hadi Group."

"The Hadi group can protest to the Indonesian government, but the Indonesian government may not agree. So what should we do? We will publicize Indonesia's behavior of damaging the economy and violating the agreement to the international community."

"This is to build momentum, to make people sympathize with us, so that when we take action in the future, people will understand why we did what we did."

"Then there is the threat of force, but Indonesia's military strength is not weak. It has an air force, army and navy. The army has about 150,000 people, the air force has more than 100 aircraft, and the navy has 8 ships..."

"We can create some friction or a small-scale war, and then use this as an excuse to ask the US and British governments for assistance, including weapons and political assistance, and take the opportunity to develop the Dominion's weapons."

"As for a real conflict with Indonesia, we should try to limit it to one and a half years from now. After all, we are still in the early stages of construction. By then, we will be well prepared and have formulated strategies in advance, so that we can deal a fatal blow to the Indonesian army."

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Recently, HD Defense Company began recruiting soldiers on a large scale in the Hardy Autonomous Territory, which has attracted great attention from the surrounding neighbors.

The Sultan of Malaya became somewhat panicked.

Before the Hadi Dominion implemented conscription, they were no match for us. Now that they are conscripting soldiers on a large scale, their strength will be even stronger. If we attack them in the future, they will have no ability to resist.

There is another reason.

In name they are still a British colony and are now seeking independence but have not succeeded. Now suddenly such a powerful armed force appears here, and Hardy is the husband of a princess of the British Empire.

How can this not make people worry?

Other countries that are paying more attention to Hadi's autonomous region include Indonesia, which is just a stone's throw away and separated by a body of water. However, they are just paying more attention.

At this time, Indonesia had already gained independence, with a territory of 1.9 million square kilometers, a population of over 100 million, and political unity, making it a truly powerful country.

At least that's what they think.

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The Hadi Dominion is recruiting and training soldiers.

Build new air and naval bases.

The military strength of the Hadi Dominion increased dramatically.

At the same time,

Many factories and enterprises began to spring up, machines were shipped in from the United States and Japan, workers and raw materials came in, and large-scale production began.

The entire Hardy Dominion became vibrant.

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Time passed quickly, and it was mid-March when Hardy returned to Cayman. Margaret was already pregnant and was expected to give birth in two or three weeks.

"Going to America or England?" Hardy asked Margaret.

"I miss my sister." said Margaret.

"Then let's go to England," Hardy decided immediately.

After packing up everything, the plane flew to the UK. Queen Elizabeth was very happy that her sister had returned to give birth. She prepared to arrange for Margaret to be delivered at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, and let her personal gynecologist deliver the baby.

St. Mary's Hospital is famous because almost all the main members of the royal family were born here, including Prince Charles 70 and Princess Anne.

Diana's two children were also born in this hospital.

Speaking of Prince Charles born in 1970, he is standing not far away at this moment. Prince Charles is six and a half years old this year and has become a little boy. He stands next to his mother in a very serious manner and secretly glances at Hardy from time to time.

As for Princess Anne, who is three and a half years old this year, she is much more lively and is now curiously touching Margaret's belly.

“Is there a baby in here?”

Princess Anne has a very cute voice.

"Yes, Anne, do you think he is a brother or a sister?" Margaret asked her niece Anne with a smile.

"I like little sisters." said Annie.

She wishes she had a little sister to play with her.

"I brought you gifts, a lot of them. I've asked someone to put them in your room. I hope you like them," said Margaret.

"Thank you, Auntie."

The two young guys thanked together.

"The gift was arranged by your uncle." Margaret looked at Hardy.

The two kids thanked Hadi together.

"Thank you, uncle."

Hardy smiled and touched the heads of the two kids. It was not easy. Queen Elizabeth asked the two kids to leave so that they could talk about other topics.

After three months of separation, Princess Elizabeth obviously felt that Margaret had become much calmer than before. Perhaps this was the change that marriage had brought to her.

The two little guys returned to their room. Charles' gift was a battleship series produced by Hardy Toy Company. It was very exquisite and of course very expensive.

Princess Anne received a complete set of Barbie dolls. Girls naturally want to play with girls' toys. Now the complete set of Barbie dolls has six princesses, and the latest one to be added is the special edition of Princess Margaret.

Two weeks later.

st. mary's hospital.

After more than an hour of struggle, Margaret gave birth to a healthy baby, a boy, which made Anne a little disappointed.

Margaret was delighted.

The day after giving birth, they moved back to their castle.

Looking at the little guy who kept scratching his hands and feet, Margaret said to Hardy in disbelief, "Oh my God, I actually gave birth to a human being. This is unbelievable."

Hardy was a little embarrassed.

In the next two days, they discussed what to name the child. Hardy named the child "David", David Hardy, and Margaret liked this name very much.

Half a month later,

Members of the British royal family held a birthday reception for David Hardy to celebrate the birth of the fifth in line to the British throne.

Yes,

Although this young man's surname is Hardy, he has the right to inherit the British royal family.

According to the British aristocratic succession law, the eldest son inheritance system is implemented. During the reign of George VI, his heir was Princess Elizabeth, and the second heir was Princess Margaret.

After Elizabeth ascended the throne, her son Charles was first in line, and Princess Anne was second in line. If she had more children in the future, the line would continue in that order.

Princess Margaret, who was originally second in line to the throne, has now been pushed down to fourth, and her child, David Hardy, is fifth.

Of course,

This is just the current ranking.

Later, Queen Elizabeth had two sons, so the ranking would be pushed back. When Charles had children, his children would be ranked as the eldest son and grandson, and would surpass Princess Anne.

Anyway,

Even if it is pushed to 100th, Hardy's child now has the right to inherit the throne of the British Empire, which is also a great honor.

Of course,

It's just an honor.

In Hardy's previous life, he couldn't even get a number for Charles, who was ranked first, let alone others.

At the cocktail party.

Queen Elizabeth adopted David Hardy as her godson.

David Hardy was granted the title of Viscount, which was not common. As Hardy's son, David would definitely inherit Hardy's earldom in the future, so there was no need to grant him the title. The reason was not that simple.

Because right after that,

Queen Elizabeth announced that she would grant Viscount David Hardy the fiefdom of Singapore and grant Singapore dominion status.

When the outside world knew the news,

It immediately caused quite a stir and led to many speculations.

As one of the few colonies left by Britain, the calls for Malaya's independence have been growing, and Britain is no longer able to suppress the momentum.

Now, Singapore is suddenly given to a newborn member of the royal family, especially since the child's surname is Hadi and his father's dominion is right next to it.

How could such an operation not arouse people's speculation?

Many people think this is a conspiracy.

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conspiracy.

Not really.

But it's definitely a deal.

After Hardy came to the UK, he was not just a scapegoat. During this time, he had in-depth discussions with Queen Elizabeth on the situation in Malaya.

Also shared some of my own ideas.

After the two reached some consensus, they communicated with Prime Minister Churchill and reached a result after three days of discussion.

In the next three years, the Hardy Group will continue to invest more than 500 million US dollars in the UK, and Hardy can choose the direction of investment.

A few years ago,

The Labour Party's nationalization campaign dealt a heavy blow to private enterprises in Britain. After Churchill came to power, he halted most of the nationalization process and gradually implemented privatization.

They need Hardy's investment.

The reward that Hadi received was that his son David Hadi was given a knighthood and the fiefdom of Singapore.

And he promised privately,

Support all Hadi's operations in Southeast Asia.

In fact, this is equivalent to Britain giving up the Malayan colony and transferring the rights of that place to Hadi. As for how Hadi handles it, it depends on his own ability.

Independence can no longer be stopped.

Then use him to exchange for something.

Whether Hardy makes a profit or a loss after taking over is no longer Britain's business.

For this transaction,

Both parties are very satisfied.

The most dissatisfied were naturally the Sultans of Malaya, because they saw strong danger signals from this incident.

In the past, the British were more gentlemanly and gentle towards others. However, although Earl Hardy slept with the British princess, he was a typical American at heart. His actions in the Johor incident showed how brutal he was.

Moreover, the Hadi Autonomous Region has recently been expanding its military.

Are they sharpening their knives to attack the Sudan?