Ambition needs to be supported by strength, and it is precisely by understanding this truth that St. Ders has been able to become an internationally renowned arms dealer from the grassroots.

It has become the consensus of all sectors of society that there are no good people among arms dealers. Since the reputation is bad, the social status should naturally not be high.

In particular, "well-known" arms dealers like Saint-Ders have enemies all over the world, such as offending the British this time.

For the sake of safety, many arms dealers are afraid to reveal their true identities.

"St. Ders" is a typical pseudonym, that is, now the religion is weak, if in the Middle Ages, the inquisition would have come to the door long ago.

Under normal circumstances, one must have made outstanding contributions to the cause of religion before one can be canonized. Only after the approval of the pope can the word "holy" be added to the name.

For example, if a hero who has recovered Jerusalem receives the title of "Reconservist of the Holy Land" granted by the Pope, he can add the word "holy" in front of his name.

Of course, most people do not add the word "saint" in front of their names, and usually add them in front of the title to show glory.

An arms dealer like Saint-Ders is obviously not qualified. With his merits, he may be eligible for the guillotine.

This is not the life that St. Delles wants, and he gave himself this pseudonym so that he could one day be "canonized".

At present, it is still far away. In order to achieve this great goal in life, he had to be whitewashed before he could be qualified to contribute to the cause of religion.

Colonial merchants are only the first step, unless they can become nobles, otherwise, ordinary colonial merchants are better than arms dealers, engaged in legal business and can see the light.

Success is full of flukes, but there is no fluke in continuing to succeed. Eyeing the land of the Ethiopians, St. Ders also made a lot of preparations.

The information he now holds in his hand is a map of Ethiopia's border area with Austrian Africa. Roads, rivers, forests, mineral resources, indigenous tribes and other information are clearly marked on it, and perhaps the Ethiopian government does not know so much about it.

For this map, he spent three years before and after, spent tens of thousands of shields, and personally took the survey halfway to complete the surveying and mapping.

St. Dels: "Murdo, how's the PR going?" ”

"It's almost done, we have bought off Emperor Ai's close ministers. He promised to find a suitable opportunity to mention the land lease to Emperor Ai.

Now that the Ethiopian government's finances are depleted, we are just ordinary commercial land leases, and there is no sovereignty involved, so it should not be a big problem. Murdo replied

There is no sovereignty involved, that is there is no need to involve sovereignty. When the Ethiopian government collapses, then the people who actually occupy the land can become the rightful owners.

Whether others admit it or not, the Vienna government will recognize his colonial rights anyway. This was sufficient, as long as the Vienna government recognized it, the British could not have come to rob it with open fire.

As for whether he will play tricks in secret, it depends on whether he can grasp this degree.

If they don't take much, the British are busy sorting out the newly occupied areas, and it is estimated that they will not have time to worry about it for a while.

If you are not greedy enough and want to pick peaches from the British, and provoke the British, then you have to think about how to die.

The colonial businessmen who died in the colonial conflict are no longer one or two. Most of the people who were eliminated were because they did not control their "greed", and the benefits they got exceeded their own strength.

St. Ders: "Do it as soon as possible, lest you have too many dreams at night." I have a hunch that there will be a lot of people targeting the Ethiopian region this time, and if someone gets the first time, we will be in vain. ”

Not all land has colonial value, the essence of colonization is to make money. If you choose the wrong place and cannot make a profit, then selling to the colonial government is the only option.

Since the opening of Austrian Africa, tens of thousands of colonial companies have been born. Most of the colonial companies fell halfway, and only a thousand survived.

More than 90 percent of the remaining colonial companies were family businesses, most of which were monopolized by the aristocracy.

Not to mention the grassroots, even the capitalists with deep pockets are at a disadvantage in this round of competition.

There is no way, colonization needs to be supported by force. In this respect the aristocracy had an absolute advantage, and the capitalists were not suitable for commanding battles.

What's more, the capitalists who mixed well all became aristocrats during the colonial movement. As the identity shifts, so does the position.

The origin of the bourgeoisie itself is diverse, and a large part of the capitalists are the descendants of the nobility who have no inheritance rights, or are themselves nobles.

This part of the people has never recognized themselves as capitalists, and has always regarded themselves as the children of the nobility. Many people's goal in life is to get a title of their own.

This is true not only in Austria, but also in the whole of Europe. Even the nouveau riche of the Americas are chasing noble titles.

The social climate affected many people, and Saint-Dels was naturally affected. In terms of making money, there are really few industries that are more profitable than the arms trade.

Murdo reminded: "Mr. St. Ders, we have invested very much.

In order to speed up the schedule, it is necessary to continue to increase investment, which will be very stressful in the future to recover costs. ”

"Money is not a problem, we can pay the bill with arms, and the cost will naturally come down." St. Dels explained

There is no doubt that the huge profits from the arms trade are unquestionable, and perhaps the actual cost of selling 1 million Aegis weapons and equipment to the Ethiopian government may be less than 300,000 Aegis.

Murdo confidently replied: "No problem, at most a month, you can receive good news." ”

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Public relations The Ethiopian government is only one aspect, and if it wants to gain a foothold in the border area, it is also indispensable to the support of the colonial government of Austrian East Africa.

Without the colonial government withstanding British pressure, St. Ders did not think it would be able to keep the benefits it had received from the Ethiopian government.

You can't expect the British to follow international rules, right?

"Your proposal, Mr. St. Ders, is very constructive, but how can you guarantee that the task will be completed?"

The interviewer was Randlar, the secretary general of the Governor of Austrian East Africa, who was also a network of contacts of St. Ders and had access to the highest-ranking government officials.

As for the Governor of East Africa, unless Saint Dels was already a nobleman, he would not personally negotiate these matters.

St. Ders: "Your Excellency, I may not be able to develop the colonial economy, but smuggling is my profession, and it is the most basic survival skill of an arms dealer.

As long as I gained a foothold in the border areas, domestic goods would flow into Ethiopia and Sudan, and the colonial government would be able to get more tax revenues. ”

Do a line, love a line.

In the field of professional technology, St. Ders is definitely the elite of the industry. He has been engaged in arms smuggling business for more than 20 years, and he has never been caught, otherwise he would not be able to sit here and talk.

Secretary-General Randlar: "I have never doubted Your Excellency's professional ability, but the trade in ordinary commodities is different from the arms trade.

I believe that Your Excellency has the ability to ship things over, but how do you sell them? The Anglo-French colonial government was not stupid either, there was an influx of smuggled goods, and it was impossible for them not to investigate. ”

After entering the industrial society, the demand for the market in Austria increased day by day, and the colonial movement was born in this context.

In these years, the colonies of various countries were all reserved land, and foreign goods would be subject to many restrictions if they wanted to enter.

No one wants to be exploited in this way, and smuggling comes into being. The Vienna government also supported the smuggling of national goods by the capitalists into the colonies of other countries.

In any case, as long as the tax that should be paid at home is paid, whether other countries can receive the tax is not within the scope of the Vienna government's consideration.

This is the background of the times, narrowed down to the Austrian East Africa region. If a large amount of Austrian goods flow into the British and French colonies from here, it will also lead to the prosperity of the regional economy and increase the government's fiscal revenue.

The prosperity of the local economy and the increase in fiscal revenues are the achievements of officials. It was on this basis that St. Delles was sure to gain the support of the colonial government.

St. Dels said casually: "It's very simple, just change the label." For example, change the German label to English and French.

I went to the British and French colonies to investigate the field, and their control over the colonies was not tight, so to speak, there were loopholes everywhere.

Many of the colonial police were semi-literate, and once they changed the label, they could not even tell whether it was a domestic product.

In line with the principle that more is better than less, as long as you make a point, these people will pretend that they don't see anything.

If you want to be more secure, then directly copy British and French goods. With our technical strength, we can produce exactly the same commercial products as Britain and France.

It's even harder to find out, and even if they find something wrong with the product, there's a good chance they'll suspect these companies, which I'm aware of are also doing smuggling. ”

Secretary General Randlar nodded with satisfaction: "Very well, Mr. Saint-Ders, you have succeeded in convincing me.

However, I suggest you change your name first, or someone from the church will come to you and things will be in trouble. ”

Despite the great reduction in the power of the Church, their influence in Austria was so great that St. Ders, at least the arms dealer, could not afford to provoke it.

Landlar's reminder shocked Saint-Delres. Looking back now, he realizes how dead he was to take that name.

The church didn't come to the door, I'm afraid it felt that he, an arms dealer, was a clown who couldn't stand on the stage, and he was too lazy to surrender his identity to find trouble.

It's a different story after the whitewashing. The higher the status, the easier it is for the name to bring trouble to itself.

St. Ders immediately replied, "Yes, Your Excellency. I wouldn't have had that name unless I had to.

It won't be long before there will be no arms dealer in this world, only a colonial merchant named Dels. ”

Since you want to wash white, of course, you have to change the vest. Although there is only one word difference between Dels and St. Ders, there are more than five figures in Austria and only one St. Dels.

Dells didn't think that if he changed his name, no one would know about him. For the real big people, it is too easy to find out these information, unless they run to the deep mountains and old forests to live in seclusion, otherwise they can't hide.