Chapter 65: Breaking through the glass ceiling

We are entering the end of October

A new round of verbal disputes has spread to Western Australia and South Australia, and Western Australia has expressed its respect for Queensland's independent choice, because the land is vast and sparsely populated, and no one takes it seriously.

South Australia's statement is the highlight;

In light of the current conflicts, South Australia is deeply concerned and calls for putting aside preconceptions and working together to build Australia into a paradise for adults, the most brilliant diamond in Queen Victoria's crown.

Look...... What is this all about?

The ambiguity of this cloud and mountain fog cover, saying that a statement is actually equivalent to not expressing a position, makes people wonder if there is too much Scotch whisky, and it is talking about wine.

"Hehehe......"

Li Fushou smiled happily with the relevant reports, he knew why Western Australia and South Australia expressed such a statement?

Because they all received large bribes from the Red River Valley, South Australia paid 1,800 pounds, and Western Australia was very cheap, only 450 pounds.

Don't expect the level of Australian politicians to be high now, many of them are illiterate white farmers, who swagger in with a revolver on their waists and a horsewhip in their hands when they participate in parliamentary discussions.

The hard riding boots trampled on the table, and he opened his mouth and began to greet the other party's mother, and the language was vulgar.

The six autonomous states of mainland Australia formed a 2-on-3 situation, and one chose to sit on the sidelines and not participate in this kind of verbal cannon that affects unity.

The two independent regions also chose to remain silent, but New Zealand, which no one cared about, jumped out, expressing full support for Queensland's wise choice, and expressing its willingness to accept Chinese people to settle in New Zealand and give equal treatment......

This statement immediately attracted the wrath of Victoria and New South Wales, and they turned their guns to New Zealand, and several newspapers published a series of angry denunciations of New Zealand, full of arrogance, arrogance and disdain.

New Zealand is now an independent dominion, and at first glance it may seem like it is alongside Australia and Canada, but in fact it is a small and untouched island with a population of just over 10,000, most of whom are convicts and deported from the British Isles.

In this corner that seems to be forgotten by the world, New Zealand babies are bitter, and the opportunity to rub hot spots must not be missed, even if they are scolded a few times, they can feel the value of their existence.

And so

New Zealand jumped out decisively, and the New Zealand Courier, which had a circulation of only 117 copies, fired back at the Australian side with even more vitriolic language.

This is repaid, it is simply groundbreaking on Tai Sui's head.

New South Wales has several important cities of Newcastle, Sydney and Canberra, Victoria has the most populous and economically developed Melbourne in Australia today, and has the historic Victorian goldfields, with a combined population of more than 780,000, far from a small New Zealand.

The ants dared to bully the door, the uncle could bear it, but the sister-in-law couldn't bear it.

The back and forth between the two sides has been repeated, and even attracted the attention of Downing Street, but in the end, it was still over.

It is impossible for Australia to affect New Zealand's policy, no matter how small and remote he is, he is also a Dominion, directly under Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and has no half-dime relationship with Australia, and half a piece of meat is indispensable for talking about it.

In the midst of all the turmoil, the Red River Valley quietly accelerated the election of additional districts for the state legislature, electing 28 Chinese legislators, including Li Fushou and Hongmen.

So far, Li Fushou's carefully planned actions have broken through the glass ceiling of Chinese status and achieved the political status he wants.

This made him feel very comfortable, and most of the haze in his heart had dissipated, and he felt that the heavy pressure on his shoulders was much less.

The feeling of walking on thin ice that has always been shrouded in the shadow of the British Empire has finally been temporarily relieved.

It's not easy!

Li Fushou walked out of the big study by the reins, looking at the forest in the distance of the Red Fort, which was dyed with gold, and there were large magnificent red leaves against the background, and a pride and ambition rose in his heart.

This important action to break through the glass ceiling is carefully planned and deployed, and almost all the network resources are invested to break through at all costs, which is no less difficult than a large-scale battle.

The Red Fort spent 100,000 pounds of money and more energy and manpower to achieve a complete success.

Among them, more than 70,000 pounds were spent solely on buying white parliamentarians and public opinion, and a large number of people went to the small towns and mining cities scattered around Queensland, carrying heavy gifts to visit every white parliamentarian.

This also includes the high cost of bribing Aaron Johnson, an aide to the governor, and Edward, the speaker of the Parliament, often in the tens of thousands of pounds.

Li Fushou didn't think about killing Aaron Johnson, nor did he think about saving this money, he still paid a mere 10,000 pounds, and there was no need to be contaminated with black spots for this.

He cherishes feathers and pays more attention to word-of-mouth and image among the Chinese.

Compared with the greedy man who sells his ass for money, it is more difficult to conquer the mountain of Speaker Edward, but it is unavoidable.

Li Fushou not only paid 9.5% of the coking coal plant, but also promised to go to Britain in person to make every effort to dredge up relations for Lieutenant Commander Mendes in order to save his future in the Imperial Navy.

Well, it's Lieutenant Commander Mendez, the captain of the "Old Woman", who is still under suspension investigation.

Due to the long distance between London and Australia, the efficiency of the correspondence is very touching, and even if it is delivered to the desk, the bureaucrats of the Admiralty do not necessarily have the time to look at it, and it is difficult to reach a conclusion in three or five years under the obstruction of those who are well-intentioned.

Lieutenant Colonel Mendez can only hang out in bars all day long and get drunk, and when he goes home, he beats his wife and children, which makes the chickens and dogs restless.

At the strong request of Speaker Edward, Li Fushou had no choice but to take on this tricky errand, and had already sent someone to England to deliver a cheque for 8,000 pounds, which was Earl George Sturges, a retired lieutenant general of the House of Lords.

If you can take it, there is still leeway, if you don't take it, it will be troublesome.

Because there is another heavyweight involved in this matter, that is, Sir Hughes, the admiral of the British Empire, without his nod, no one dares to let Lieutenant Colonel Mendes go.

Such a high-ranking real power figure is far from being accessible to Li Fushou at the current level, even if he becomes a local overlord in Australia, the gap is too far.

There is no way, you can only do your best to obey the destiny of heaven.

Li Fushou walked briskly on the thick golden leaves, quickly put some worries behind, and now he wants to enjoy the fruits of the harvest.

"The slave and maid have asked the master to say goodbye."

The housekeeper who knelt on the side of the road was a middle-aged man in his 40s, loyal and calm, named Li Ping, who was an immigrant who moved to the Red River Valley in Australia in the later period, and had served as a housekeeper in Beizi Mansion for 11 years, with rich experience.

Now there are 8 big housekeepers in the Red Fort, all of whom follow the old man's surname Li, which is commonly known as the Enmeng generation servant, the son of the family, and the most trusted servant leader by the master.

This is the case with the father and son of the Lai family in the vernacular book "Dream of Red Mansions", who have been slaves and maids in the Jia family for generations, and they do not feel anything wrong, but are quite proud.

The 8 housekeepers are, in order, respectively; Peace and joy, tranquility and far-reaching.

"Well, get up, there's no need to be polite."

"Thank you, Master."

Li Ping got up and stepped forward, and asked for instructions with a respectful expression; "The eldest master is in a good mood today, and the slave will report a few things to you."

"Say it."

"There is no one in front of the old man who serves properly, and it is not a matter of always using that little black girl, the slave maid has carefully selected 12 inner room girls for you, and they serve the wide clothes and wash them on weekdays, and warm the soup at night, do you think it is appropriate?"

Oh, I see.

No wonder Yingying Yanyan and more than a dozen maids are standing here, and their feelings are waiting here early in the morning, they are really too corrupt and degenerate.

But I like it, hehe......

Li Fushou didn't show too obviously, and looked over quite reservedly with his hands behind his back, and the twelve pink-carved girls stood on the side with some uneasiness, with a look of shyness and trepidation, and a little expectation and confusion.

The eyes of these chief managers are so poisonous!

These girls are all between 14~18 years old, none of Yanhuan is fat and thin, and none of them are not handsome, they all look like one in a thousand, and there are even two beautiful white girls.

The sweet girl is even included, and now she is more and more beautiful and lovely, and her body is quite large.

Nun girl, this ...... Not so good!

Li Ping carefully observed the words and looks, and said when he saw this; "The eldest lord is above, these little women are all poor backgrounds, and being able to have the opportunity to serve you is no less than Yuyao Longmen, which is a blessing that cannot be cultivated in eight lifetimes, your one negative word, I am afraid that these little women will cry on the pillow and cry with swollen eyes!"

"Uh...... No, it's really inappropriate. ”

"The old man just agreed, you little women with green smoke on the ancestral grave don't hurry up and thank Ende, give me the wit to get up and do things, otherwise be careful of your skin."

The girl of Yingying Yanyan knelt on the ground, thanked her in unison, her voice was tactful like a lark, and she listened to it as comfortable as she wanted.

"This ...... Li Ping, I don't need so many girls around me! ”

Li Fushou showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and Li Ping immediately persuaded sincerely;

"Of course, you can use the big master, you look at these six little girls who know the text and hyphenation, let them clean up the desk in the study for you, sort out the copywriting, and be an ink grinding girl, just call the ink, the book, the text, the case, the piano, the painting, these two handy cigarettes and tea make tea and coffee for you on weekdays, do some trivial things to light cigarettes and serve tea, Tian'er and Xiang'er make the bed for you to fold the quilt, serve closely, and immediately enter the cold nine deep winter to warm the bed for you, these two blonde foreign women are tired of changing their tastes, and the blonde ones are called Ah Jin. This blue-eyed one is called Abi, you don't see much, this Red Fort Manor is like a palace, and you will have to add some in a few days. ”

"Enough is enough, don't be too extravagant, that's not good......"

Li Fushou finally couldn't help grinning, and directly exposed his back molars, revealing his inhumane thoughts in his heart.

The evil old society still has a little merit!