Hardy Empire 1945 - Vol 2 Chapter 426: : The murder of a Hardy company employee

Singapore.

Hardy’s special plane landed at Singapore Airport, and Governor Mountbatten led all officials from the Governor’s Mansion to greet him at the airport.

before,

When Hardy was the Governor of the Dominion of Penang, the two were equal. When Hardy came to Singapore, Mountbatten just sent his secretary to greet him.

now,

Hardy’s identity changed drastically.

Princess Elizabeth’s husband is a member of the royal family and an empire. The dominion of Singapore has become the fief of Hardy’s son. His status is no longer what it used to be. Mountbatten must come to pick him up in person.

Hardy stepped off the plane, and Mountbatten hurried forward to see him.

“Hello, Governor Mountbatten, we meet again.” Hardy smiled and stretched out his hand.

Mountbatten quickly held Hardy’s hand with both hands, “Welcome Earl Hardy to Singapore.”

“I hope we can cooperate happily in the future and build Singapore together.” Hardy said.

“Of course, I will try to cooperate with you.” Mountbatten said.

Although Singapore became the fief of Hardy’s son, the position of Governor of Malaya was not given to Hardy. Mountbatten continued to hold the position. The other territories of Malaya were still colonies of the British Empire. Singapore, it’s just that it’s borrowing Hardy’s land now. The affairs of Singapore are still not under Mountbatten’s control, but Hardy is in charge.

Hadi now has three plots of land in Malaya.

Penang, Malacca and Singapore.

As for the land in Johor, it is now merged into Malacca, so Malacca is now 10 times better than before.

In fact, in the beginning, the sister-in-law Queen Elizabeth planned to let Hadi directly serve as the governor of Malaya, but Hadi refused.

Why refuse.

If he becomes the governor of Malaya, he will be responsible for everything that happens here. Now if something happens, he can drag him to Britain and join him.

What to do next.

It is how to stabilize Singapore’s interior.

Hardy was interviewed by reporters on the first day he arrived in Singapore and expressed his future management plan for Singapore in the interview.

Same as Penang and Malacca.

Everyone is equal and enjoys citizenship.

Protect the ownership of citizens’ personal property.

With freedom of language and writing, freedom of religious belief, and the establishment of parliaments, everyone has the right to participate in and discuss politics.

While announcing Singapore’s rules, Hardy also used the Chinese in Penang and Malacca to contact the Chinese in Singapore to promote the advantages of Penang and Malacca.

In Singapore, the majority of the population are Chinese, the educated are the Chinese, and the wealthiest are also the Chinese. As long as you control the Singaporean Chinese, you can control Singapore.

Most of the Chinese in Penang, Malacca and Singapore have relatives, or the previous relationship was irreversible. According to them, the Singaporean Chinese quickly accepted Hardy’s dominance over Singapore.

The Chinese are deeply influenced by Confucian culture.

Smart, hardworking, and tolerant.

In fact, as long as there is a stable environment to survive, the Chinese generally don’t like to make trouble. In many cases, they make trouble because they can’t survive.

It was a coincidence that Singapore became independent afterwards. They did not intend to become independent from the beginning. Even though Malaya imposed heavy taxes on them, Singapore silently accepted them. In the end, Malaya forcibly kicked them out and Singapore had to leave. On the road of forced independence.

At that time, it was 1965, and British power had completely withdrawn from Southeast Asia.

Singapore now has a population of about 80, of which 75% are Chinese, which is higher than Penang and Malacca. The large Chinese population is the main reason why Malaya does not want Singapore.

Because the Malays now require the Malays to be supreme and enjoy privileges. The Chinese are second-class citizens. They have formulated a series of unequal rules, plundered assets, taxed heavier than others, and are restricted from learning Chinese, making it difficult to obtain administrative rights, etc. .

As a region with a majority of Chinese people, Singapore naturally disagrees with these requirements, and there are fundamental differences between the two sides.

Now that Hardy comes over and gives them legal status and equal rights, the vast majority of Chinese people feel content.

Few people really want to be emperors, and they are already satisfied if they can do business safely and make money.

So things in Singapore, under Hardy’s multiple operations, quickly stabilized, and then Hardy announced a series of reform measures, such as increasing education in Singapore, building a Singapore university, free basic education, and primary school lunches.

at the same time,

Hardy forced the removal of some unreasonable policies that were originally left. In order to win over Malays, Britain agreed to the privileged status of Malays, such as government positions, scholarships, educational privileges, and commerce.

But this change caused opposition from the Malays.

After all, whoever is willing to give up the rights and interests that have already been obtained, the Malays began to riot, march and demonstrate, and even smashed street shops, making a lot of noise. In this, there was also the influence of the colonial Sudan.

Hardy won’t get used to them.

Let’s take care of it.

His dominion is reasonable and legal, and you are making trouble because you are wrong. Hardy immediately dispatched soldiers from the defense company to arrest all the troublemakers.

In conflict,

Dozens of Malays were shot and killed directly. Later, the leaders who participated in the disturbances arrested dozens more and were directly sentenced to execution.

Several Malay sultans filed a complaint with the British government. The British government stated that this was the internal affairs of the Dominion and they were not involved.

Propaganda to other countries, intends to create public opinion pressure on Hardy.

pity,

There is no media willing to report on them.

As for the U.S. government, they will not take care of Malayan affairs. This matter is left alone. The Malayans can’t see support, and there is no other way but to stop it.

Since then,

Singapore was officially included in Hadi’s ruling power.

……

It was July 1953.

Another major event occurred in the Far East. In Panmunjom, China, the United States, and North Korea signed the ceasefire agreement of the “Korea Armistice Agreement” and the “Temporary Supplementary Agreement on the Armistice Agreement.” This represents the end of the Korean War that lasted three years.

General Clark, the commander of the US military, signed the agreement. In an interview after the event, General Clark said with regret, “I am the first commander of the US military to sign a non-victorious armistice agreement in US history.”

It was also in July.

Indonesia issued a new policy.

Increasing the restrictions on foreign investment in Indonesia. In the restriction order, it also pointed out separately that the cooperation between foreign capital and Chinese-funded enterprises will be subject to more restrictions.

This one, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is aimed at the Chinese.

Even towards Hardy. Valley

Because Hardy Investment Co., Ltd. has the most cooperation with Chinese companies in Indonesia, and its assets now exceed US$200 million.

To put it bluntly, Indonesians want to plunder Chinese assets by themselves and prevent foreigners from intervening. After Indonesia announced this restriction order, the Hadi Group immediately questioned the Indonesian government. The Indonesian government’s decision will seriously affect the Hadi Group’s presence in Indonesia. investment.

The Indonesian government ignored the Hadi Group’s protest.

Hardy did not go any further. He just asked the Global Times to advertise how bad the investment environment in Indonesia is. It is not a civilized and free country at all.

In short, it is all sorts of corrupting Indonesia’s image.

This is also part of the public opinion and propaganda war. First, get him stinky, and then when you beat him, people will think that you are the righteous party.

Since then, Hardy no longer cares about Indonesia.

Wait a minute, don’t worry, Hardy also needs time to develop.

……

Time flies.

More than a year passed.

By 1954.

In this year, the Hardy Group is still developing at a high speed and is stronger than before. At this time, the Hardy Group is no longer divided by enterprises, but by ‘sectors’.

All US companies are divided into the US sector, including Wells Fargo, ABC TV, Las Vegas Casino, Hardy Supermarket, Global Times, Hardy Airline, Occidental Petroleum, Hardy Mining Company, etc., a total of more than forty Businesses.

The UK sector, including all of Hardy’s investments in the UK, has exceeded 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, which is not a small number.

The European sector includes all of Hardy’s investment projects in Europe, a number of shipping companies, and the luxury goods industry.

The Cayman sector, offshore companies, casinos, and offshore banks have turned Cayman into a real tax haven, sought after by countless rich people.

In this year, billions of dollars were passed through in Cayman, many of which were money laundering, and Hardy earned high handling fees from it.

The Japanese sector includes companies that have cross-shareholding cooperation with the seven major consortia. The Hardy Group has more than 300 banking companies in Japan to manage. In addition, there are shipping companies independently operated by the Hardy Group, red light districts, TV stations, and movies. Company and so on.

Although Hardy no longer serves as Japan’s special envoy, his influence still exists.

The Hong Kong sector is naturally all Hong Kong’s industries, including Hong Kong Industrial Parks, trading companies, real estate companies, racecourses, joint pharmaceutical companies, and so on.

Finally, there is the Hadi Dominion, including Penang, Malacca, and Singapore. Today, these places are mainly under investment and construction and require continuous investment, but the future here is promising.

Over the past year or so, the biggest change in the Dominion has been the rapid increase in population. After the Hadi Dominion absorbed Singapore, the combined population of the three places has become more than 1.6 million. Because of the policies implemented, it has attracted a large number of Chinese from neighboring countries. Come to settle.

The population of the Hadi Dominion now exceeds 2 million.

After more than a year of development,

In terms of military construction, defense companies have made great progress. Now the Hadi Dominion has established multiple naval, air and army bases in Singapore, Penang, and inland Johor. Now HD Defense Corporation already has marines. 24,000 people, with 356 air force, including various aircraft.

In the navy, there are 16 large ships above frigate, 56 ships below 500 tons, including torpedo boats, and 2 submarines.

There are also a number of soldiers landing ships, repair ships, tugboats, supply ships and so on.

to be honest,

When the rabbit was founded, he may not have the strong naval power of Hardy now.

In order to obtain these weapons and equipment, Hardy spent a lot of money~~~, oh, in fact, it didn’t cost much. Basically, the weapons and equipment that were eliminated by the US military or were ready to be sealed were obtained by Hardy.

But raising an army also requires a lot of money.

Fortunately, Hardy has a solid family background, otherwise who can afford such a huge private army.

…….

this day,

Hardy is in Las Vegas, studying Las Vegas’ new investment plan. Later, Las Vegas has 200 large and small casinos, receiving more than 30 million tourists every year. There is still a lot of room for development.

But the assistant suddenly came to report, “Boss, there is an emergency telegram from the Dominion of Penang saying that something is happening in Indonesia.”

After that, I handed over the telegram.

Hardy had read the telegram, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Protests and demonstrations have taken place in many places in Indonesia. The aim is to target the Chinese. The intention is obvious. It is to further seize the assets of the Chinese. The Indonesian government has had a difficult time recently. The locals are lazy and stupid, and it is impossible to do business. The government wants to develop. They need to collect taxes and hope to develop, but they don’t want to let the Chinese hold too much wealth.

During this time,

The Indonesians’ suppression of the Chinese has become more and more serious, and even introduced the overlord clause that does not allow the Chinese to enter into joint ventures with foreigners. Hardy has often quarreled with Indonesia.

This time it happened in Surabaya,

It can be seen from the name Surabaya that there are many Chinese here. Surabaya is the capital of East Java Province. It is located by the sea. It is the second largest port and the second largest city in Indonesia. It has a population of about one million, of which hundreds of thousands are Chinese.

This event was organized.

The Indonesians first marched and then turned into smashing and looting. The most serious of these was a large rubber semi-finished product processing plant. Thousands of thugs rushed into the rubber factory, beat the workers and smashed the machinery, and finally set the plant on fire.

In addition, the warehouse of a foreign trade company was ransacked. At that time, there was a large amount of cane sugar, coffee, tobacco, teak, spices, etc., which were worth about 300,000 US dollars. After the workers were beaten away, they waited for them to come back and find it later. , The warehouse is already empty.

The above two companies have signed contracts with Hardy Investment Company, and they are regarded as one of Hardy’s investment companies.

And this is only a small part. There are more Chinese companies and shops in UU Reading www.uukanshu.com. In this incident, dozens of them were attacked, and the losses were very large.

And in this incident,

It also caused bloodshed and sacrifice.

Hundreds of people were injured and three more were killed, including a technical director sent from the Penang Rubber Company to the Surabaya Rubber Factory.

The technical director’s name is Li Qiao, a native of Penang from the Hadi Dominion, and an employee of the Hadi Group.

Hardy immediately decided to go to Penang.

Before leaving, he said to the secretary, “Telegram to the dominion, asking them to lodge a solemn representation with the Indonesian government in the name of the Hadi Group, demanding that all thugs involved in the beating, smashing and looting must be arrested and severely punished.”

“The murderer must pay for his life, and in addition, compensate for all the losses of the Hardy Group. If the matter is not handled properly, the Hardy Group will launch an action.”

After a pause, he continued:

“Let the company, in the name of the Hardy Group, accept a newspaper interview, announce the incident to the outside world, create a public opinion attack, and show the hardline attitude of the Hardy Group. If Indonesia does not give a satisfactory answer, the Hardy Group will use its own methods, Defend the interests and dignity of the Hardy Group.”

Hardy then boarded the plane to Penang.

Global Times,

A news report was released the next day, announcing the large-scale incident of smashing, looting, looting and burning in Indonesia, criticizing the Indonesian government for creating contradictions, robbing private property, inaction and even inciting behavior, which caused such consequences.

Andy, President of Hardy Group, personally said that Hardy Group will never let this matter go. If the Indonesian government’s solution cannot satisfy Hardy Group, Hardy Group will find justice on its own.

The reporter asked Andy, “Does the Hardy Group dispatch a’mercenary army’?”

“It’s not impossible.” Andy replied.