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Pei Guangping would not make things difficult for the galloping horse because he needed the cooperation of the galloping horse. At this time, he had to be at ease.

The Benma told him his initial plan. Before he wanted to do his big business, he first wanted to place his tribe. The reason was very simple. The Benma knew the danger of this matter and could die anytime and anywhere, because his first plan was to send to the Indian tribes in the inland as Indians and imperial envoys.

Tell them about the empire's policies and external environment, and promote these tribes to actively establish connections with the empire. And, establish connections between each other. Although this cannot bring these tribes together, any cooperation is beneficial.

Pei Guangping was willing to do this, and this matter would inevitably be left in history. Although there were very few Indians in the inland areas, it was still quite a market for North American fiefdoms.

"The second thing is the legal aspect." Rainma said actively.

When Pei Guangping heard this, his brows frowned involuntarily. Seeing that he had not made any specific requests, the guy was already embarrassed and couldn't help but say, "Guangping, you are becoming more and more like an imperial official. The way you just looked like those guys I saw in Shenjing."

In both official and civil propaganda, there are many advanced empires to the West and other places, but the empire rarely promotes the concepts of freedom, democracy, and equality. There are many reasons, one of which is the empire royal family's dislike of these concepts.

It is an annoyance of concepts, not an annoyance of ideas. Because these words are too correct to refute, no one will hate freedom, and what they hate is often the kind of freedom that others think. Because it is too correct, you can only say it at the moral commanding heights, and once you go up, you will never get down. The so-called correctness will always limit your future words and deeds. For a country, it will limit the policies of a country.

But the empire was very fond of the concept of the rule of law. The empire is a country ruled by law. This is the propaganda of the empire, because the law cannot escape from the empire, and anyone is bound by it. The empire officials are most afraid of others to tell them the law, because this is something they fear, and it is also the only thing that ordinary people without power can fight against them.

"Running Horse, I'm really glad you went to Shenjing. You should understand my difficulties. In other aspects, I can use the power of the governor to help you, but the law cannot do so. The legal provisions, even if they just change a word, will alarm many people." Pei Guangping said.

The galloping horse smiled and said, "You don't need to change the law. This time I will send an envoy to all Indian tribes on behalf of the Governor's Office. You need to provide professional legal personnel. At least my behavior must comply with the laws of the empire. This person is best if he is Mr. Peng Pai."

"Peng Pai, why? He is no longer in Atlantic City, he has gone to Ceuta." Pei Guangping said.

Peng Pai is a friend of the two, a very talkative person and athletic athlete. Benma said: "If you can persuade him to come back, it's best if you can't find someone like that. As for why, it's because I need to maintain a good relationship with this legal specialist, because I want to study law, and when I come back, I will get the imperial lawyer qualification certificate.

Of course, I'm not going to be a lawyer."

If in the previous dynasty, people who spoke, those who opened their mouths and poems and essays could be regarded as people from the upper class. In the era of the empire, ordinary people wanted to look high-ranking, that was to understand the law. No matter what profession they were in, they were always useful to study the law.

It is indeed not a lawyer to study law, because being a representative in Congress is also necessary to understand the law.

"In addition, I will collect some Indian customary laws during this trip, just sort them out, which may be useful in local rules." said the Pranma.

When Pei Guangping heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, because this sentence could impress his friend Peng Pai. Peng Pai is a person full of adventure. Although he graduated from a law school in the empire, he is an adventurer. He always likes to travel around and leave his name.

The customary laws of the Indians can leave names in the future legal books of the Empire, which will definitely impress Peng Pai.

"Okay, I promise you and arrange someone to do it immediately."

Atlantic City, Hengtong Hotel.

A group of foreign businessmen such as Chirac were placed inside. At night, British businessman Holden knocked on the door of French businessman Chirac.

"Mr. Holden, please sit down. Do you want to drink?" Chirac had already taken a hot shower, put on his pajamas, and asked Holden with a smile.

"No, I'm here to talk to you about the matter. I heard that at noon this year, the Governor was entertaining you at the farm outside the city?" Horton asked.

Chirac nodded: "Yes, we hunt together and have a picnic together."

"What did he say to you, just chatting, and there was still something important," Horton asked.

Chirac said: "I said something very important, as for how important it is..." Chirac sat in front of Holden and said: "This is not something you can hear without a charge."

Chirac was a French businessman, but no one knew that he was also a British spy who was responsible for spying on intelligence for Britain. Not only in North American fiefdoms, but also in other French colonies, but also in Holden, who was a merchant and a spy. The difference was that he had a strong patriotism, Chirac did not, and everything he did was for money.

"My timber business in Jamaica can be given to you," Horton said.

Chirac smiled and said, "That's too much, the information I have is not worth the price."

"Whatever, come and listen." Holden was a little impatient.

Chirac said: "The Chinese governor invited us to come, not only to promote trade, but also to solve the local European ethnic issues."

"Why, he wants to expel our compatriots?" When Holden heard this, he couldn't sit still, stood up, and waved his fists: "You must not let him succeed, you must not."

On the issue of North American colonies, Britain and France have different attitudes. The French had several times larger colonies in North America than Britain, but their population was small and they could not make money. Therefore, the French were still able to accept the loss of this colony in their hearts, and it was reasonable and legal for the empire to obtain this colony.

France used this colony as a bargaining chip to borrow money from the empire to build a navy, but the money could not be paid back. It was reasonable for the empire to take away the collateral.

The loss of British North American colonies was not the case. It was a treaty signed by the empire using the British Civil War to sign with the former British kings, the treaty of the Catholic kings, and how could the Protestant kings recognize it?

But the current British government has admitted that it was just to quickly end the war with the empire and escape from the war. Moreover, the British still have nearly 200,000 compatriots in the North American continent, which is impossible to give up easily.

However, the British also knew the strength gap between other empires, so they never dared to provoke this matter. They even dared not send people to contact the British in the fiefdom of North America.

But the consensus reached by the British was that it was cost-effective for those descendants to stay in the North American continent. As long as they were in one day, Britain would have a day to go back. If they were gone, then Britain would never be able to go back.

And Britain cannot give up on North America.

"I didn't say expulsion, this is your personal guess. The Governor just wants to tighten the chain a little bit." Chirac spread his hands and said.

After the empire controlled North America, it had been adopting a high-pressure policy against the descendants of colonists on the North American continent. Most of the Ansas people, which were distributed throughout the East Coast, have now gathered in the south, but are still under supervision.

The Empire sent troops to key towns and ports, strictly controlling local trade and population exchanges with the outside world. Foreigners were not allowed to enter, and foreign merchant ships were not allowed to approach. However, the Anza people fought for a long time in the local area. The Empire was once in a low-intensity security war here, and eventually ended with the Empire's unwillingness to invest too much resources.

The end of that war was a political compromise, the Anza people accepted the rule of the empire, and the empire allowed them to rule themselves.

That is, the Anza people can elect their own local councils and join local governments and other institutions, but the governing officials in various places must be dispatched or selected by Atlantic City. Whether it is the council or the local government, the most important task is to collect taxes.

The Governor's Office of the fiefdom formulated strict tax policies for the local area, and various nominal complex taxes were pressed on the other party. The harsh tax environment caused the local people to decline in their desire for childbirth, which was a means for the empire's center to control these "unpopular" populations.

This is the chain that Chirac called, and this chain that restricts Aoza people can be adjusted. When the economic environment in the south is not good and there is a possibility of local riots, the chain will be relaxed. The way to relax is very simple, that is, you can owe taxes. When the economic environment in the south is better and Aoza people's living conditions are improving, the chain can be tightened, and the method is the opposite, that is, to supplement taxes.

In ruling the Ansas people, the two imperial governors followed the rule principle of Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu - to let them live without death.

If the contract is too tight, it will lead to riots and the cost of rule will increase. If it is too loose, it will be too comfortable for people to spread, and the population will increase sharply.

Neither the former nor the latter are acceptable to the center of the empire.

Pei Guangping attached great importance to this point because this is the fief of King Yu, and he is a junior who grew up in front of King Yu. He is well aware of the responsibility of the fief's governor, not to make the economy develop better or to be close to the Indians.

The two major indicators of fiefdom directly determine his political future. One is how much the people in the empire have grown, and the other is whether the population of the southern Anza people is under control.

"We need to pay the tax again?" Horton asked.

Chirac nodded: "This time, it may be a little bit comprehensive, not targeting some people."

Paying taxes is just a means of rule. In the past, the repaid taxes were targeted at relatively wealthy people. Most of them were landlords and merchants, and they also had money. If they supplemented them, they would spread all the costs to other people. The landlords would increase the rent and the merchants would also increase the price of products. But if they targeted those poor men, these poor and innocent guys might rebel if they picked up a hoe.

"Your news is not worth it." Holden said coldly.

In his opinion, it would be best if Pei Guangping had too much restraint this time, causing local riots and even rebellions, dragging the empire into a low-intensity security war. Anyway, the League of Nations has been established, and if the Imperial army massacred white Europeans in the colonies, they could blame them in the League of Nations.

Although many people will die and even more people are displaced, it is beneficial for Britain as a whole. Britain does not need to pay anything to make its opponents bleeding, and France is naturally happy to see this.

Chirac smiled and said, "Mr. Holden, my news has not been finished. This time, the tightening is to do superficial articles. Once the tightening is tightening, it has caused tension in the local situation and caused trouble in life. My people here have passed, recruiting people who cannot live on a large scale to overseas colonies. I and the Governor have cooperated and achieved each other.

Therefore, you don’t have to worry about expelling people, but don’t ask your fellow tribes to use their flesh and blood to give you Britain any benefits and bargaining chips.”

Holden frowned and gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Chirac, you can't do this. How you cooperate with the Governor will affect the interests of Britain."

"Everything I have done since you and I have known each other has hurt France's interests." Chirac said calmly.

Holden was speechless for a moment. As a Frenchman, Chirac didn't even care about French interests, let alone Britain?

"If you have the chance, you should go to Virginia and see the people there. They are not the kind of warriors you promote, fighting on the iron hoofs of the Chinese. Those members and officials are all the people of Anza, but they are the most loyal lackeys of the governor of the Empire. They are the people who cooperate with the Empire, not me.

My role is to give the poor a way out. Although I am not a noble person, this is indeed a noble thing and I decided to do it." Chirac smoked and said his theory in a scattered manner. Perhaps just like the nicotine in tobacco, beautiful words can also numb his nerves.
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