City of Brisbane, Governor's Office

"These damned dirt pigs should all fall into hell from which they will never recover, and suffer from the fire of hell, I curse them......"

Frank was in a bad mood scolding, and the devil-like Chinese Lee of the Red River Valley kept asking him to do this and that, trying to suppress the discontent from the whites, and even hoping for ...... The right to be elected impartially.

Oh my God, what a crazy thought.

It is neither realistic nor possible that Frank had made random promises in order to run for governor, and never really implemented them.

But now that the pigtail is caught in the hands of the other party, Frank can only succumb, otherwise he will fall into the abyss of no return, ruined his reputation, and disgrace the family.

To this end, he vigorously mobilized the parliamentarians who supported him, and voted to pass the bill to give Chinese naturalized people full of status, but was ruthlessly resisted and rejected by most of the parliamentarians.

The key is that white legislators cannot accept the status of Chinese legislators, cannot accept them to enter high society, and cannot accept Chinese people as their bosses or governors.

On major issues of right and wrong, the governor's status is not easy to use.

Enter 1878

Queensland's neighboring states of South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia have introduced measures to restrict Chinese immigration, setting off waves of anti-China, but Queensland is indifferent, but silently loosens entry restrictions.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 100,000 Chinese landed in Queensland in just half a year, and more than half of them entered the Red River Valley.

Why is it not a complete statistic?

Because the nineteenth-century United Shipping Company under the command of the Red River Valley had the privilege of direct access to the river terminal, it was no longer a place under the jurisdiction of the Queensland Home Authority, and it was like an independent kingdom.

No one knows how many Chinese are shipped in, and there is no way to collect entry tax, the quantity~ can only be roughly estimated.

Today's Red River Valley Ranch is no longer the Red River Valley Ranch in the original sense, but a vast regional concept.

From the map

The entire state of Queensland covers an area of 1.72 million square kilometres, and if it is described as a cauldron, Brisbane is almost at the bottom of the pot, not far from the border to the south, and New South Wales is more than 70 kilometers away.

The whole north and northwest are vast mountains and moors, scattered with small towns and mining cities, more than 2,300 kilometers in a straight line to the northern coast, and the hinterland is a large desert area, with no grass but endless resources, all of which belong to Queensland.

The Great Dividing Range, which winds along eastern Australia, blocks a large number of warm and humid airflows in the mountains and plains along the eastern coast, and is a watershed that separates the warm Mediterranean climate along the coast from the arid and semi-arid climate of the interior.

Queensland is known as the Sunshine State, and about fifty or sixty kilometres of golden coastline south of Brisbane is now covered by the Red River Valley.

The three large ranches, the Owen Ranch, Ludendorff Ranch and the Smith Ranch, are now part of the Red River Valley ranch range.

The Red River Valley Ranch extends south across the NSW border, with several large ranches covering an area of 4,000 square kilometres and about a million acres.

The area of private ranches is among the highest in Australia, and its influence has penetrated into the Sydney and Melbourne areas, and the industrial products produced are exported to North America, East Asia and South Asia, and the size of the valley town is no less than that of Brisbane.

Overland access from Brisbane to South Wales must pass through Red River Valley Ranches and vice versa.

In this way, Brisbane is virtually restrained by the Red River Valley, and the materials transported to Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra by land have to be plucked through the Red River, and the price is not low.

As a result, the exchange of personnel and goods between the two sides has been greatly reduced, and they are more dependent on the supply of materials from the pastures in the Red River Valley, and the price of goods is inflated.

Well, that's not something that Governor Frank is bothered about.

He had a headache now, and after thinking about it, he could only make a list of those councillors and transfer it to the uncrowned king of the Red River Valley to figure out a way.

God testifies that Frank really has nothing to do.

The door opened

Aaron Johnson, assistant to the governor, walked in with a steaming cup of coffee, gently placed it on the table, and then gently stroked Frank's shoulder with one hand, giving him confidence and strength.

Aaron Johnson is a man with a beautiful golden beard, not tall in his early 30s, born into a white Australian commoner family, and has an engineering degree from the University of Sydney.

Judging from the resume, he is an ordinary clerk.

Why was he favored by Governor Frank and promoted to an important assistant by his side, not because of his outstanding work ability, but because he was a goblin who was obsessed with death in bed......

Ahem, stop.

"What's wrong Frank, it really makes me feel bad to see you annoyed, and I can't wait to do something for you."

"Oh, just some insignificant flies."

Frank patted Aaron's hand dotingly, he couldn't turn back now, and he didn't want to turn back, so he could only go further and further on this road to hell.

"Are they the ones who oppose the parliamentarians?"

"Alas, yes, despite all the pressure I can, more than 19 members of parliament have rejected the demand for concerted action, and [Lee's] most important bill may be stillborn, and now that I have been working hard for several months, I have run out of options."

Aaron Johnson rolled his eyes and said softly; "Since that's the case, don't worry, throw the problem to Li, since it's his appeal, then you should make a contribution, I'm really sad to see you like this, blame me ......"

"No, dear Aaron, I'm willing to do everything for you......"

The eyes of the two met affectionately in the air, and the desire to burn for the crazy unruly love was irrepressible......

What Frank never imagined was that the evil fate he gave with all his heart and soul would be ruthlessly betrayed.

Privately

Aaron Johnson received a £3,000 cheque from the Red River Valley and received a valuable commitment;

If he tries to get the perfect deal between Frank and the Red River Valley, a year later, he'll be rewarded with a cheque for £7,000 and a ticket to Europe and the United States.

So, everything about Frank is not a secret.

If interested

Red River Valley was able to tell that Frank had a half-palm-sized birthmark on his inner thigh, along with six disgusting black hairs.

Swear to God; Not 7 and not 5, definitely 6.

In addition, all kinds of hidden events about Brisbane's upper class can basically be investigated.

For example, the former lover of the state attorney's wife, a sanctimonious gentleman, is now sitting in the Speaker's office giving orders.

This dissolute woman openly seduced the young officer on the "Old Woman" in front of Speaker Edward, just to avenge the gentleman's ruthlessness, and put on his pants and did not recognize anyone.

There are a lot of things like bullshit, which have no value in the eyes of others, and are just condiments for discussion after dinner, but in the eyes of Dai Yingcai, the head of the black-clothed guard, it has become a deadly weapon to stab the enemy.

Mr. Alex Ferguson, the mayor of Catherine and a state councillor, had an illegitimate child who had absconded and wounded an Imperial Navy officer in Melbourne because of jealousy, and hid in Vale, a place that no one else could ever dream of.

All kinds of disgusting things will not be repeated.

Lieutenant Governor Wexford was able to bribe Armstrong, an aide to the prosecutor, to tip the floor at a critical moment.

The Red River Valley side is full of talent, and it is natural to buy Aaron Johnson, in fact, it is going well, and Aaron Johnson does not show as much love for Frank as he appears.

According to his words; is to succumb to the monstrous power of the other party, and has no choice but to bow low and be small, and make compromises.

Well, whether it's true or not, for now.

In the face of 10,000 pounds, it is estimated that 99% of the men in Brisbane are willing, and the remaining 1% are either stupid or stupid.

Of course, if the lord has a need.

Receiving precise information from the governor's office, the Red River Valley moved swiftly into a large-scale covert operation targeting 19 legislators who stubbornly opposed the passage of a bill for the normal treatment of naturalized Chinese.

Compared with Governor Frank's personal private efforts, the Red River Valley mobilization force is much stronger.

Each councillor has set up a special team to dig deep into their weaknesses and privacy, and then take targeted countermeasures.

Those who love money spend money to buy it, and those who love sex are no problem, and those who love power make generous promises, and those who don't eat hard and soft will attack those close to them, and what they really can't do is to create an accidental disaster, and the means are all they can......

In just over 10 days

Of the 19 members who were strongly opposed, 14 voted in favour of the motion, three abstained, and one was thrown out of the carriage while riding in the carriage and unfortunately died.

The other was caught red-handed during a tryst with his mistress, and the bitter lord led a group of men to beat him to the point that he was covered in wounds, and lay at home to recuperate, hiding from the impending political scene.

At the beginning of September 1878, during this golden harvest season.

With 44 votes in favor, 41 votes against, three abstentions, and one invalid waiver, the Queensland Parliament passed a bill to give 37,900 naturalized Chinese and 9,366 white women normal voter treatment.

The annex to the bill also proposed a number of new districts in Valle Township, expanding the number of state legislators from 89 to 117, and holding additional elections by the end of the year, which was voted on.

This means;

Queensland is about to have no less than 28 more Chinese MPs, and by the mid-term state elections next year, it is likely that Chinese will make up more than half of the councillors, becoming the de facto majority in parliament, based on the current proportion of the population.

The news caused an uproar in the newspapers, and South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania accused the Queensland Parliament of acting irrationally and madly, which was bound to smear the glory of the British Empire, which was simply unbelievable.

Queensland is an autonomous state with constitutional powers, and it has a swollen face and a fat man's toughness, Speaker Edward said;

"The state council expresses its demands according to the will of the people, which is the embodiment of the will of the people of the autonomous prefecture, and does not accept any external accusations and offensive remarks, please take care of your own affairs, Ok!"

The British Empire did not yet have a Governor General in Australia, and the autonomous states were talking to themselves and fighting with pleasure through newspapers and telegrams.

Australia's judicial power was established from the Crown Act of 1823, which established a complete legal system from the Supreme Court to its lower courts.

In 1836, by Decree of the British Crown, the Australian colonies were granted legislative powers based on "peace, welfare and good government", which was the basis of the legislative power of the Parliament of the Government of the Australian Autonomous States.

Everyone is equal, and the introduction of a bill in Queensland is about you?

Actually, you can't say that.

The laws of the British Empire are applied throughout the Australian continent, and the relevant legal interpretations are common in Australia, and there is an important statutory provision;

For example, normative legal documents in the form of standardized codifications formulated or approved by parliaments with legislative power are applicable to other regions.

In other words, the official bill issued by Queensland can be invoked, complied with and borrowed from other regions, how can it be rudely said that it is about your bird?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, this tone is also a little more straightforward and rude, there is no gentlemanly demeanor!