Ashkenazi and Patton, like the British Empire and Southern Africa now.

When Ashkenazi first met Patton, he thought that Patton was only a cadet of the Royal Naval Academy, and that he was also a gold-plated cadet from the overseas colonies to the Royal Naval Academy, so there is no need to emphasize the attitude of the British towards the overseas colonies, and in the last century, even ten years ago, only people who could not get along with the British mainland would go to the colonies.

Ten years ago, southern Africa was only a dispensable overseas dominion for the British Empire, and at that time, southern Africa was not as important to the British Empire as Egypt, Egypt had the Suez Canal, and Cape Town had declined.

The power that erupted in southern Africa during the World War made the British Empire face up to the existence of southern Africa for the first time.

At this time, the British Empire discovered that southern Africa, which was originally located at the ends of the earth, had unknowingly possessed such a strong industrial strength and war potential, especially industrial strength, which was so strong that it could support the Entente against the Allies with the power of one place.

Unfortunately, Britain discovered this fact too late, and it is unlikely that it will now want to restrict southern Africa, after the end of the world war, southern Africa and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, these overseas dominions, are all asking for greater autonomy, India also hopes that Britain can fulfill the promises made before, the British Empire won the world war, but the whole country is already shaky, and it is impossible to maintain the previous relationship.

Before the Paris Peace Conference was over, Jan Smuts and Louis Botha, who represented southern Africa at the Paris Peace Conference, once again proposed to Winston the establishment of the British Commonwealth, a proposal that Roque had made before, but the conditions were not yet in place at that time, and the British Empire was still capable of sustaining it.

Now that the British Empire was virtually untenable, the Commonwealth was the most sensible option in the present situation, and George V and Winston had to seriously consider the advice of Jan Smuts and Louis Botha.

The current Ashkenazi, like the current British Empire, finally began to face up to Patton's strength, in fact, when Hannah canceled the lease contract with Ashkenazi, the relationship between Ashkenazi and Patton ceased to exist, but Ashkenazi didn't realize it.

"Can we talk about it now?" Patton is calm, he is completely not decisive when he was the captain of the destroyer, and his self-cultivation kung fu is also good, and he has a bit of Roque's true biography.

"Of course, of course—" Now it was Ashkenazi's turn, and he was now emotionally mixed when he looked at Hannah's watch.

Think about it, how can a person who can afford a watch worth 8,000 pounds be an ordinary person, an annual salary of 100 pounds is the middle class, and 8,000 pounds is the income of an ordinary person for 80 years.

"How are you going to solve this?" Barton let Ashkenazi choose by himself, the fight is obviously unbeatable, the lawsuit can't be fought, and most of the hooligans can't be played, leaving Ashkenazi with not many options.

"I, I'll give you back—" Ashkenazi was smart, but it wasn't enough, he deserved it, and Ashkenazi didn't pay for his mistakes.

"How much are you going to pay?" Patton certainly wouldn't let Ashkenazi go so easily, the wicked still need the wicked to grind.

"All, a total of 34 pounds-" Ashkenazi avoided the serious, if Ashkenazi had said so the day before yesterday, then Hannah would not have been killed, now-

"How much should it be?" Barton asked Hannah if he couldn't say as much as Ashkenazi said.

"£102, plus £1,800 for lawyers." Hannah has a serious face, if she makes a mistake, if she apologizes, then what do you need the police and the court to do.

"Not so much, sir, I really can't afford to pay so much, it's outrageous—" begged Ashkenazi, should not anyone who could afford an eight-thousand-pound watch be merciful and generous to let him go.

"Well, the lawyer's fee can be waived, that's 102 pounds—" Patton didn't rush to kill it, it really cost 1,800 pounds, which was the rhythm of forcing the Ashkenazi family to death: "-1 penny can't be less, now you can say one more word, and we'll see you in court." ”

Ashkenazi's face was pale, his body was shaky, his lips squirmed a few times, and finally he didn't dare to say a word, and left the hotel restaurant in despair.

Back in the room, Hannah asked Barton, "Why did you let him go so easily?" You don't know how hateful his performance yesterday was, he slaughtered us like fat sheep, and this kind of person should give him a punishment that he will never forget. ”

Hannah doesn't quite agree with Patton's way of dealing with it, Westerners don't have to be forgiving and forgiving, and it's the white man's way of thinking to take advantage of your illness to kill you.

That's why there are so many precedents in Europe for carving up at every turn, and when they see a bargain, they will swarm up, and if they can't take advantage of it, they will suffer a loss, and when dealing with white people, we must remember the story of the farmer and the snake.

"Ashkenazi is hateful, but not so hateful that it is a crime, it's not a matter of money or not, think about the impact if we insist that Ashkenazi pay for the lawyer's fees? If other people heard about it, they wouldn't ask why we insisted on the 1,800 pounds, they would simply accept the message that they were willing to accept, and it was not good to get out of the news that two southern Africans were persecuting two old Englishmen in Dartmouth. "Barton is not short of money and is worried about the negative impact on southern Africa.

"Please, we're just two ordinary people, how can we be involved in the national image of southern Africa?" Hannah disagrees with Barton's statement, and her and Barton's influence is obviously not so great.

"Hannah, reality is always more absurd than anything, and if Ashkenazi had done anything more excestic, then we would have held him accountable, but he didn't." Barton patiently explained that he and Hannah had just gotten married, and they were still a Chinese and a white interracial marriage, so there were many things that needed to be run-in, and they needed to increase their understanding of each other in order to live a harmonious life.

"That's because he doesn't have the ability, and if he does, he will definitely go more than us." Hannah still insisted that women with higher education were not so easy to convince.

Persuade!

This is good.

"Don't blame others for something that didn't happen." Barton decided to take it personally, and if something didn't work out once, twice.

The next day, at the Royal Naval Academy, General Cecy Meredith, an instructor in Patton's senior officer command class, called Patton to his office.

"I heard that you and your landlord have some unpleasantness?" General Cecy Meredith's gaze at Patton was a little complicated.

Ashkenazi didn't know Patton's background, and General Ceci Meredith knew it.

Not only did Patton have a father who was a member of parliament in southern Africa, but he also greeted Admiralty Chancellor John Jerico and Royal Navy legend John Fisher when he entered school.

The Royal Naval Academy greets many "relationship students" every year, but Barton is the only one who can make John Jerico and John Fisher greet each other at the same time.

"It's all over, and I have reached a settlement with Mr. Ashkenazi, just a few minor misunderstandings." Patton could only be glad that the matter had been resolved, otherwise Patton would not have been able to give General Cecy Meredith a reasonable explanation.

"That's good, our college is in Dartmouth, and we still have to have a good relationship with the residents of Dartmouth, I know the Ashkenazi you mentioned, that guy is very difficult, old and stubborn." General Cecy Meredith finally breathed a sigh of relief, don't think that the Royal Navy doesn't pay attention to civil-military relations, people also attach importance to it.

Of course, most of this "attention" is superficial, not the kind of "attention" that comes from the heart.

To look at the relationship between the military and the people, or to look at the specific situation in the context of the disaster, during the world war, because the army was treated better, the people in Britain did not complain.

"It's been a few days since you arrived at the Royal Naval College, how do you feel about the Royal Naval College?" General Cécy Meredith was concerned about Patton's feelings about the Royal Naval College.

"I am very grateful to the Royal Naval Academy for taking care of me, I have been working with the Lord before, and I was sent by the Lord to the Mediterranean Fleet during the World War, which has given me some understanding of the Navy, and I also hope that studying at the Royal Naval Academy will improve my ability in this regard." There was a lot of information in Barton's words.

"Oh, Marquis of Nyasaland?" It dawned on Ceci Meredith that Roque was not alone, that the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet during the World War was John Fisher, and John Jerico was John Fisher's right-hand man.

This would explain why John Fisher and John Jerico greeted Barton at the same time, probably thanks to Roque.

"Yes, I was the Lord's secretary at the time." Barton doesn't mind revealing more of his background, and looking at Ashkenazi's condescending performance, you can see that some people are judged by their appearance, some people are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and some people are just tending to be inflammatory, which is part of life.

"Then Colonel Barton, study hard, and I hope you don't waste your time at the Royal Naval Academy." Cecy Meredith, after learning about Barton's background, obviously expects more from Barton, and this is the reality.

Leaving Cecy Meredith's office, Barton suddenly felt that he should buy Hannah a car, and then hire a few more servants in the house, and if you have a car, you must have a driver, if the yard is big, you need servants to mow the lawn and take care of the garden, and when the house is big, you need someone to clean it, all these jobs can't be done by Hannah.

This is also no way, what about being a person, sometimes you have to be high-profile, low-key and high-profile work is not suitable for all scenarios.