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The reason why Henry wanted to seek support for the founding of the country was that, in addition to considering obtaining allies, the most important point was that according to the relevant provisions of the "International Law", a legal country must meet four necessary conditions: a definite territory, a permanent population, and a A government and has diplomatic relations with other sovereign states.

Madagascar has territory and a permanent population. As for the government, after Henry established the regime, it naturally has one. The only thing missing now is a diplomatic relationship. With the support of Britain, the country established by Henry is also legal.

There are two main ways to establish a modern country. One is to seize political power by force. This is the so-called political power that grows from the barrel of a gun. "Independence referendum", the so-called independence referendum, is actually one of the referendums: that is, to allow citizens of a region to vote to decide whether to become an independent territory. For example, on September 18, 2014, the Scottish government held an independence referendum to allow Scottish voters to decide whether to become independent from the United Kingdom. The final result of the referendum was: 55% opposed independence and 45% supported independence. The United Kingdom will remain unified.

With Henry's prestige in Madagascar, the possibility of an independence referendum and the establishment of a new regime in the country is very high. The method of the independence referendum is relatively moderate and in line with the will of the people. On the other hand, the independence referendum is a domestic matter of one's own country, and other countries have no good excuses if they want to find fault!

What Henry is most afraid of is that the United States will intervene, so although he has seized the political power in Madagascar by force, he still has to hold an independence referendum in the end!

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Right now, since Henry has received the support of the British government, the previously agreed investment will naturally be fulfilled. In fact, Henry invested in the British shipbuilding industry for the purpose of developing Madagascar's shipbuilding industry himself. Henry's shipyard in the United States is too powerful. It is the only shipyard in the United States that can manufacture the world's top aircraft carrier. If Henry moves it to Madagascar, the United States will probably go crazy. Maybe he will drive the fleet to call the next day. Already... Although the company cannot be moved, it does not prevent Henry from secretly transferring technology and talents. As long as there are technology and talents, Henry can build a new shipyard in Madagascar at any time. However, considering Madagascar's poor industrial level and lack of talents, Henry needs to acquire British shipyards to supplement its strength. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the British ancestors are "wider than" anyway, and they are still the kind that are so powerful that they can run rampant around the world! Therefore, the technology, equipment and talents of British shipyards are still world-class.

Now the top five largest shipyards in the world are all Korean companies. Henry was upset when he saw it, and decided to break this fucking situation. Bringing together the shipbuilding technology of Britain and the United States, Henry still doesn't believe that he can't catch up with South Korea! ! !

The main purpose of developing shipyards, of course, is to develop the navy.

In fact, since the Newport News Shipyard is privately owned by Henry, Henry can sell other weapons to whomever he wants, except for the weapons and equipment controlled by the United States, and the same is true for Ares Arms. . Blackwater has obtained a lot of advanced weapons from Newport News Shipyard and Ares Arms Company. However, as a country, if there is no complete military industry system, once the channels for purchasing weapons are blocked, it will be powerless to continue.

Such a country is equivalent to "water without a source, and a tree without roots". If someone pushes it lightly, the building will collapse!

India is like this. The United States sells weapons to it, making it used to buying weapons from the United States, and neglecting the construction of its own military industry system, making India more and more dependent on the United States, and even inseparable from the United States.

Generally speaking, when buying weapons from the outside world, you usually don’t have a deep understanding of weapons. After soldiers get new weapons, they have to figure out how to use them. Before they are familiar with weapons, their combat effectiveness can be imagined, which is definitely not good. And because there is no complete military industry system, weapons cannot be repaired if they fail. It doesn't matter usually, you can ask the United States for help to repair the fault. However, during the war, if the weapon breaks down, do you still have to say to the enemy on the opposite side, "Hey, let's truce first, my weapon is broken, I need to call and ask American technicians to come and repair it?!"

Saudi Arabia, a super rich country in the Middle East, is such a country. They never manufacture weapons. They buy all the good weapons on the market. Their weapons warehouses are full of all kinds of advanced weapons and equipment. The United States Chinese, British, Russian, Chinese, etc., dazzling. It is said that the pilots in Saudi Arabia own three or four fighter jets, which can be driven in rotation. They are so rich!

Saudi Arabia's military expenditure is more than that of Russia, and 60 billion U.S. dollars is piled up every year to pile up an army of "local tyrants". All European countries will be ashamed of simply competing in weapons and equipment. Therefore, Saudi Arabia claims to be "the third largest military power in the world", second only to the United States and Lao Maozi (Russia).

With such awesome equipment, the combat power must be "explosive"! ! !

Henry remembers that in 2015, Saudi Arabia fought with the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, and finally "became famous in the first battle" and proved itself with facts!

Saudi Arabia drove the super advanced M1 American main battle tank, while the Houthi armed forces were equivalent to millet plus rifles, but the result of the battle was that the M1 tank was captured by the Houthi armed forces! You know, the Houthi armed forces are out-and-out militias. The elite Saudi troops armed with advanced weapons were defeated by the opponent. What is even more shocking is that the Saudi army has more troops than the Houthi armed forces. ! This combat power is so bad, even if it is rationed to Saudi Arabia Gundam, it is useless.

The Hussein armed forces posted their trophies on the Internet and said with a smile: "Haha, we don't understand the world of big dogs!"

A netizen jokingly said: "Saudi Arabia has joined the Kai~Shen logistics company. If we fight a few more battles, the military strength of the Houthi armed forces will catch up with North Korea!!!"

"No guns, no cannons, the enemy built them for us!!!"

Although Henry is also very rich, he does not want Madagascar to become the second Saudi Arabia in the future and become a laughing stock.

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The first UK investment Henry has committed to is an offshore wind farm. He has asked his own British Energy Company to handle this matter. British Energy Company is one of the world's top 500 companies, owns more than 90% of the UK's nuclear power plants, and is the largest power company in the UK.

Regarding the investment in the shipyard, Henry has already identified a target for acquisition.

The primary goal is to take over the shipyard that can manufacture aircraft carriers-the Royal Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth, England. As soon as you hear the name, you know that this shipyard is extraordinary. It has a history of more than 500 years and has witnessed the ups and downs of the British shipbuilding industry. It is the most famous and most technologically advanced shipyard in the UK. It is a pity that such a powerful shipyard is now facing the tragic fate of closing down.

Henry's vision for British shipyards was to bring together all of British shipbuilding technology in one place. One is the well-known and only merchant shipbuilding enterprise "Ferguson Shipyard" in Scotland, the other is the famous shipyard "Swan Hunt" in Newcastle, England, and the other is "Harland" in Belfast, an important shipbuilding town in Northern Ireland. with Wolff Shipyard". Among them, the Harland and Wolff shipyard is also the shipyard that manufactured the "Titanic".

In addition to these four representative and powerful shipyards, Henry will continue to acquire at least more than a hundred. With the current decline of British shipyards, the acquisition of shipyards is almost the price of cabbage. Henry's main purpose is to win the technical patents and talents of these shipyards, and of course the market.

This wave of acquisitions by Henry almost monopolized the British shipbuilding industry. If it is in the United States, it has long been stopped by the US judiciary on the grounds of anti-monopoly. But the British government has long since given up on the shipbuilding industry. If Henry can develop the British shipbuilding industry, even if it is a monopoly, at least it can generate income for the UK and solve a large number of employment problems. Therefore, the British government is very cooperative with Henry's acquisition. Prime Minister Spike Bob will come to Henry's residence every day to discuss the issue of the shipyard.

Henry currently lives in Kensington Palace, which is the residence of the late Princess Diana and belongs to the British royal family. After Henry married Princess Ulysses, Kensington Palace served as Yuli Princess Seth's dowry was "married" together, so Kensington Palace already belonged to Henry and Princess Ulysses. Compared to Henry's investment in the UK, a Kensington Palace is actually nothing...

The street outside Kensington Palace is called Kensington Palace Garden Street. This is one of the most expensive residential areas in the UK. Each villa costs at least 19.5 million US dollars. People who can live here must be billionaires. As for millionaires , huh, huh... only for visiting!

At this time, Kensington Palace welcomed a guest. In fact, it is not considered a guest, it should be Henry's subordinate - former steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.

In the living room, Henry and he chatted while drinking red wine.

"Lakshmi Mittal, I heard that you plan to buy a villa on the Garden Street of Kensington Palace?" Henry asked with a smile.

"Lakshmi Mittal nodded, hesitated to speak.

Henry looked at him, and couldn't help but feel amused in his heart. Lakshmi Mittal took a fancy to a villa on Kensington Palace Garden Street, but the scale and price of this villa were better than Kensington Palace. The price is as high as 220 million U.S. dollars, while Kensington Palace is only 140 million U.S. dollars! He couldn't help thinking, if he and the big boss became neighbors, but the villa was bigger than the big boss's villa, what would this make him think?

With this layer of scruples, although Lakshmi Mittal liked the villa very much, he still chose to give it up.

Lakshmi Mittal's current status is different. Although he works for Henry at Williams Steel Company, he holds 5% of Williams Steel Company's shares and has become a billionaire worth several billion dollars. The news that he was going to buy a luxury house on the Garden Street of Kensington Palace became the headlines of the London newspaper that day. After Henry saw the newspaper, he sent someone to find out a little bit, so he still had some understanding of the matter.

"I heard people say that you have taken a fancy to 'Kensington Palace Gardens'?" Henry laughed, "'Kensington Palace Gardens' is really good, if you like it, buy it! Just when I came to London, England, we You can be a neighbor!" Henry showed him a kindness, and he was willing to win over a right-hand man like Lakshmi Mittal.

When Lakshmi Mittal heard the words, he understood at the time that the boss knew that he had scruples, so he broke the scruples and asked himself to buy a villa. For a moment, Lakshmi Mittal was filled with emotion!

At this time, a servant came in, and then said to Henry: "Mr. Williams, British Prime Minister Spike Bob is visiting!"

"Oh, I see!"

Henry stood up, ready to meet Spike Bob. Lakshmi Mittal also got up from his chair and followed behind Henry.

After Spike Bob walked into Kensington Palace, not long after, he saw Henry and others coming to greet him. He greeted Henry first, and then noticed Lakshmi Mittal standing behind Henry.

"You are Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Williams Steel Group!! Nice to meet you!" Spike Bob said a little surprised.

Lakshmi Mittal nodded and said, "It's an honor to meet you, Prime Minister Spike Bob!"

Henry smiled and said, "Haha, let's go, let's talk in the living room!"

When Spike Bob saw Lakshmi Mittal appearing here, he suddenly had a very strong intuition in his heart.

Something big is bound to happen! ! !

With doubts, Spike Bob followed Henry to the living room.

After everyone sat down, Spike Bob looked at Lakshmi Mittal and said: "Mr. Lakshmi Mittal, I have to admire you, Williams Steel Company has swallowed elephants and annexed America's largest steel monopoly transnational corporation - U.S. Steel! Haha, after acquiring U.S. Steel, Williams Steel can already be counted as a world-class giant in the steel industry!"

Lakshmi Mittal shook his head and said modestly: "In 2003, steel prices in the United States were sluggish, legal costs were high, and the financial situation of the entire industry was very poor. The US Steel Company suffered heavy losses and entered bankruptcy protection. Steel is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. That's why Williams Steel has a chance to gobble up U.S. Steel!"

Spike Bob asked with a smile: "Lakshmi Mittal is coming to the UK this time, is Williams Steel Group doing something big?" After finishing speaking, Spike Bob glanced at Lak Shimi Mittal turned his head to look at Henry again.

"Prime Minister Spike Bob, you guessed right, it is indeed a big move..." Henry paused, then laughed, "That is the acquisition of the European steel giant - Arcelor!!!"

"Cough cough cough..."

When Spike Bob heard this, he choked violently. Arcelor is composed of the three major steel giants in Europe. It is the largest steel company in the world, even stronger than Williams Steel.

Regardless of how surprised Spike Bob was, Henry continued: "The shipbuilding industry needs a lot of steel, and Williams Steel Company has monopolized the steel industry to reduce costs so that we can open up the shipbuilding market! Prime Minister Spike Bob, Don't you think so?"

"Well..." Spike Bob nodded, thinking, this kind of game is really only possible for a super rich man like Henry Williams. The upper and lower industrial chains are all monopolized. How can other companies live like this!

Henry laughed again at this time, "Hehe, since that's the case, I'd like to ask the British government to help me. You know, EU anti-monopoly or something, it's very troublesome..."

Hearing this, Spike Bob was speechless. But considering that the stronger Henry is, the more beneficial it will be to Britain, so he nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, Britain still has some influence in the European Union..."

(to be continued ~^~)