Due to the upside down of the four seasons, the Australian Christmas in midsummer inevitably lacks a bit of the special atmosphere in the northern hemisphere, probably that kind of thing, in the cold winter, night talk around the fire, and warm up the group, people's hearts will also be more warm because of this gathering.

If you squeeze too close in summer, you will get prickly heat.

Simon happened to be the kind of person who doesn't have much feelings for the festival, so it doesn't matter. It took nearly a month to arrive in Australia, and it was actually impossible to leave everything and take a complete vacation. Since he planned to build Australia into a base for the Westeros family, or even some of the most extreme places to hide, there are a lot of things to do.

Even though the Westeros family now has a large enough team to use, Simon still needs to come forward in person for many things.

Therefore, from the end of the month when Simon arrived in Australia, he worked all the time.

First, I came to Melbourne and stayed in the Johnston house to contact my family. At the same time, I had various meetings and social events for more than a week, involving various circles such as politics, economy, culture, and military.

It was a certain cognition that Simon realized very early.

Just as the capitals of many countries are often political, economic and cultural centers, if they can control the politics, economy and culture of a country, it is basically equivalent to controlling the country.

As for military affairs, it should be considered an extension of politics to be precise.

And, frankly, before 1994, Simon was not able to penetrate into the most sensitive military fields.

Of course it's different now.

Not to mention Australia, even in North America, Simon has been continuing to move into the military field and has achieved good results.

Of course, it's still far from Simon's goal.

The ultimate goal Simon wants to achieve is to at least obtain a part of the army, which is apparently affiliated with the national level and is actually controlled by the Westeros system.

For ordinary people, this goal seems out of reach, but it is not difficult in reality.

It is only two things to strip away all the complicated rules of modern society and to control the gun.

The first one is human.

The army is ultimately commanded by people, so as long as you insert your own people in the right position, you can control an army to a large extent.

For example, at some extreme moments, some people issue orders to attack the Westeros family, and the commander of the troops who receive the order happens to be their own. Then, the result will not only not be implemented, but also be able to counterattack.

The second is money.

The truth that will last forever is unchanging when you are a soldier.

Therefore, in modern society, as long as you can hold the money bag of an army, it is also equivalent to controlling the army to a large extent.

For example, the infiltration of the Westeros system into the US military is combined with the first thing. When a certain army commander is a member of the Westeros system, then through the influence of the Westeros system in the American politics, the super money bag of the national service budget should be tilted to the army controlled by its own people as much as possible.

On the contrary, for parties that cannot successfully penetrate, tighten and tighten, or even completely cut off.

It gradually became a result of one's rise and the other's rise.

Moreover, this is still in the context of the normal operation of the United States.

In fact, as long as the United States is still operating normally, the possibility of the first condition of attacking the Westeros family is very low.

However, assuming that under certain extreme circumstances, the collapse of the national order may be a turbulent era in which ambitious people showed their powers after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. The Westeros system, which had mastered huge wealth, did not even need to indirectly control the army through national rules.

Having money and food in hand has carried out sufficient infiltration of the military system in advance, that is to say, there are people who, in this case, turn the national army into private armed forces in a blink of an eye.

This is not even a hypothesis.

Simon has carried out a successful practice in Ukraine. If the Westeros system needs it, the armed forces that can be brought together in Ukraine will definitely not only be the two private troops on the surface, but can mobilize tens of thousands of armed forces in the entire western Ukrainian military region. Because Simon not only controls the "people" of the western Ukrainian military region, but also has more "money" than the Kiev authorities.

As for the legal legitimacy that many people think is very critical, it is easier to manipulate people's hearts. Otherwise, there would not be so many changes in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad for thousands of years, and there would be no such rebellion and rebellion.

Besides, in Australia, because of its small size, operations at all levels are easier.

Otherwise, Australia would not have become a pawn so easily later.

Many people don’t understand why the Australian authorities ignore national interests but do people’s interests and bite the bullet and do all kinds of things that harm others and are not good for themselves?

Because the authorities do not need to worry about overall interests, as long as personal interests are satisfied, it is enough.

Similarly, there is Ukraine.

If you want to control Ukraine, you only need to control those people at the upper level of the Ukrainian pyramid. As for the 40 to 50 million at the bottom, who cares?

Well, I still have to care.

After all, the free Ukrainian people can still decide who can climb to the upper level of the pyramid through voting and elections, so that they can gain Western interests on behalf of them and accept Western control at the same time. Although, the ABCD they can choose may be just chess pieces that some people have launched in advance, and in the end, no matter who they are, there is no big difference.

The world is so absurd.

After watching the world with a cold and beautiful appearance, Simon felt that a person has always been a weak and strong world in his bones. In fact, there are only two options: either try to seize more resources and make himself a meat eater, or he can only eat grass.

The others are all false.

If you enlarge it, the country is actually the same, either eating meat or eating grass.

And you have to understand one thing.

A very, very important point is: Where does the meat come from?!

After thinking it through, I felt it was too cruel, I dared not kill or fight for it, and I just wanted to dress up on my own acre of three-point land, hoping that one day I could grow meat in the farmland, but as a result, I could only eat grass.

Then wait for it to be eaten.

After all, only sheep eat grass, while wolves eat sheep.

This is off-topic.

Simon carefully operates Australia, of course, not to let a group of idiots jump out as pawns one day in the future, but to build a neutral place like Switzerland, so that even if the worst nuclear war breaks out in the future, Australia can stay out of the matter as much as possible.

After socializing in Melbourne for more than a week, Simon flew to Western Australia with Anthony and others.

Ninety percent of the proven iron ore on the Australian continent is in Western Australia. In addition, the Westeros family's private forces in Australia are also stationed near Perth, the capital of Western Australia. These require Simon to pay enough attention to this.

The three-day trip to Western Australia quietly made a decision on investment in various fields involving exploration, mining, railways, ports, etc., with a total amount of more than US$3 billion.

It seems that he is spending money indiscriminately, but Simon certainly knows that when these infrastructure projects are completed, it will be until 2000. With China's entry into the WTO and rapid economic growth, the global annual demand for iron ore will also increase significantly. Just one thing is that in 1998, the total global steel production was only 770 million tons. In more than a decade, China's steel production will exceed this number, which naturally means a massive iron ore demand.

In short, in the iron ore field, the Westeros system is currently conducting a counter-cyclical layout.

Moreover, this kind of counter-cycle is not the kind of counter-cycle that South Korea has in the semiconductor industry.

With Simon's accurate prediction of the global steel industry, the current counter-cyclical layout is equivalent to digging a deep moat in advance.

For example, if you invest in infrastructure construction in railways, ports and other areas in Western Australia, who can transport goods on these railways, who can only turnover within the relevant ports, and even the relevant pricing power, is the Westeros system. As for other capitals, they think that these railway ports are unhappy to use, or they think that the price is too high, so there is no problem. If you have the ability, you can build one yourself?

In the Australian territory controlled by the Westeros system, even if you have money and can make you repair it, I will lose!

Even outside Australia, it is easier to take advantage of the situation in advance.

Therefore, this is not like semiconductors. Korean manufacturers defeat other manufacturers through counter-cyclical and price wars, but as long as countries make up their minds to support related industries, Korean manufacturers still cannot achieve long-term monopoly.

Of course, Simon also knew that Australia's iron ore industry could not gain permanent advantages. However, Simon did not expect this. He only needed the Westeros system to cut away the largest piece of cake during the steel industry's long period in the next twenty years.

As for the same sentence, Simon now completely treats the Westeros system as a country, so of course his own interests are first. Without interests, there will be no sufficient wealth resources, so all other layouts will be free of discussion.

After leaving Western Australia and returning to Melbourne briefly, Simon took his family to Tasmania Island across the sea.

Simon's move to gradually take down Tasmanian land has never stopped.

So far, the Westeros system has consumed 46,000 square kilometers of 68,000 square kilometers of land in Tasmania, equivalent to more than 11 million acres, accounting for 67% of the entire Tasmania area.

67%, which is actually a coincidence number.

Because some countries' company laws stipulate that if a company wants to pass certain resolutions, what is required is not 51% of the voting rights or an absolute majority of 67% of the voting rights. Therefore, owning 67% of a company's shares is considered to be completely unshakable to control a company.

Now, Simon has mastered the absolute majority of 67% of Tasmania's land, and to some extent, he has fully owned the island.

Speaking of which, in addition to the huge investment in capital, it is also the result of the continuous penetration of Westeros system in Australia. After all, some land cannot be sold by Simon if he wants to buy it, and it even involves the amendment of relevant land regulations.

All kinds of obstacles to annexing Tasmanian land in recent years have been resolved by the Westeros system one by one.

First of all, the original residents on the land.

The Westeros system gave very generous conditions, relocating most of the residents scattered in the gathering sites of villages, communities and towns in Tasmania. Then, the land of villages and towns, and even the surrounding farms, were accepted by Simon in the process.

Of course, there are also people who are unwilling to relocate.

After all, there is no shortage of nail households in the world.

I have lived here for generations, why should I move away?

The team of the Westeros family will not argue about what the real indigenous people who lived here for generations in Tasmania have long been completely extinct. Compared with the natives of the Australian continent, there is no one left. After all, Australia did not launch a referendum until 1967 to decide whether Australian indigenous people are "human" or "animals". Before that, Australian indigenous people, as "animals", were treated similarly to "animals". If they were killed, they would be killed.

Simon only has land and does not intend to build real estate on these lands, so a few people are unwilling to move, so they keep it.

Then remove all the others.

Sorry, there are too few users and they can’t make ends meet. However, this is a personalized world. I’ll give you a bill and continue if you can pay. If you can’t, then you can only regret it.

Go to a lawsuit?

Over the years, with huge amounts of funds, the governor of Tasmania was the spokesperson for the Westeros family. Most of the Tasmanian state legislatures were also the spokesperson for the Westeros family. Then they penetrated downwards. The entire Tasmanian authorities, from top to bottom, were basically controlled by the Westeros system.

Can I win a lawsuit?

Launch public opinion?

Sorry, the Westeros system has been continuously annexed and integrated over the years, and the Internet, TV, and print media have blossomed in full swing. Its strength is even stronger than the original Local Snake News Corporation, allowing you to make public opinion.

Of course, the Westeros system is still very humane.

A small number of nail households can’t stand the life of primitive people for a period of time. If they want to move out, the conditions are still the same as before.

If the price starts on the ground, then there is no negotiation.

Let's continue to be a primitive person.

After all, it is built as a foundation. Simon's annexation of Tasmania's land cannot be too intense. Not only that, the most important thing that the Westeros system has done in Tasmania in recent years is to win people's hearts.

If you build a completely deserted island without a single person, it is not possible.

The entire Tasmans have a population of about 500,000, which seems to be quite large at first glance. In fact, the population comparison of land with a province of China is only one percent that of China, so it is very easy to operate. With the current strength of the Westeros system, it is completely complete and it is not a problem to raise these 500,000 people in vain without asking for anything.

Of course Simon won't support others in vain.

The Mien fights with Mien.

It's in vain, but it's only a few more people will be asked for.

However, Simon is absolutely generous. In recent years, he has donated a large number of schools, hospitals and other facilities in Tasmania. At the same time, he has tried his best to support local Tasmania enterprises. The overall policy is that the closer you are to the Westeros system, or, to put it bluntly, the more obedient you are, the easier it is to get benefits. On the contrary, of course there is nothing.
Chapter completed!