I have to admit that many times the choice is really important.

Lawrence Amelia now faces a difficult choice between aligning himself with the Belgian government or getting on good terms with Nyasaland.

Before Leopold II transferred the Congo Free State to the Belgian government, he leased the Congo Free State to five colonial companies related to Leopold II, and the Belgian government was an empty shell, one of which was Lawrence Amelia's Antwerp company.

If the Congo Free State was still the private property of Leopold II, then Lawrence Amelia would not have dared to contact Nyasaland anyway.

Now it was different, because of the serious rift between the Congo Free State, Leopold II and the Belgian government, and Lawrence Amelia was able to take advantage of it, and even to inform the mercenaries when they clashed with the northern division of Rhodesia, which was already a de facto betrayal for Belgium.

Because of the relationship between Antwerp and Leopold II, Antwerp owns nearly 700,000 square kilometers of land in Belgian Congo and is home to more than 4 million Teraras, which makes the situation very complicated for Lawrence Amelia.

The Antwerp company is now facing a huge problem, because of the geographical relationship, the land owned by the Antwerp company borders the territory of Nyasaland, and the people of Lara are operating on the territory of the Antwerp company, which makes it more and more difficult for the Antwerp company to operate.

The main business of the company in Antwerp is rubber plantations, which are supplemented by a part of the mining industry.

This mining industry is due to the discovery of large quantities of copper in Nyasaland, which is why the Antwerp company is exploring.

The results were pleasantly surprised, and a large amount of copper was found in the chassis of the Antwerp company, but due to the lack of cooperation of the Terara people, the mining of copper ore by the Antwerp company did not go smoothly.

"Of the three copper mines that have been discovered, only one copper mine in Dolby has development value, we recruited a thousand workers, and after only one night, there were less than two hundred people left among the 1,000 workers, and those people also took away the tools used in mining, and the troops we sent tried to stop it, but there were unknown troops outside the copper mine, and those troops had strong firepower, and our troops suffered heavy casualties, and to resume production, at least the safety of the copper mine must be ensured first." The high commissioner of the Antwerp company, Leed Brooke, had a headache, and everyone knew who the unknown troops were, but no one could do anything.

Led Brooke was certain that the troops that were receiving were definitely not the Northern Rhodesian Division, because those men were all Africans.

But this does not prove that it has nothing to do with Nyasaland, everyone knows that the Lord of Nyasaland has a very strong Yao army in his hands, and the Portuguese were defeated by the Yao army, and eventually became the laughing stock of the whole world.

Now it seems that Belgium is in a good position to follow Portugal's footsteps.

"How do you want me to keep the copper mine safe? Learn to hire mercenaries too—stop being funny, withdraw people, don't get entangled with those people. "Lawrence Amelia knew she couldn't afford to mess with her, so she simply didn't mess with it.

"How to withdraw? There are a lot of plantations around Dolby, 10 percent of all our plantations, and if we give up on Dolby, we can't account for them. "Red Brooke wants to evacuate too, but where can he retreat?

In other words, the Terrara workers could evacuate, they could escape, but Led Brooke and Lawrence Amelia had nowhere to evacuate, no way to escape.

"Now it's not a question of whether you can explain it or not, Brooke, if the Yao and Terrala are colluding with each other, then have you considered the final outcome?" Laurence Amelia's heartbroken stay next to the powerful and aggressive Nyasaland is the tragedy of the Congo Free State.

However, the Congo Free State has not taken the initiative to provoke Nyasaland.

Lawrence Amelia really wanted to ask Leopold II what he thought, whether it was because he didn't make enough money from rubber tapping, or if he wasn't cool enough to bully the Terarans, so why did he have to mess with the Nyasalanders if he had nothing to do!

By the way, the two Belgians who had been practicing marksmanship in Naniasalam had returned to Europe, but unfortunately something happened to them on the way, and both of them fell into the sea, and now there is no news.

When Lawrence Amelia first learned about this, he thought it was the Nyasaland people who were taking revenge, but finally realized that it was actually an accident.

What a coincidental accident!

"I've thought about it, but it's not something we can change." If the first conflict between the Congo Free State and Nyasaland was accidental, then the last conflict caused by mercenaries was the absolute death of the Belgian government, although the Belgian government has not yet admitted that those mercenaries were hired by the Belgian government, but the compensation to Nyasaland clearly shows the truth of the matter.

"Brooke, if- I mean if, is it possible for us to work with Nyasaland?" Lawrence Amelia lowered his head and played with the Parker Gold pen in his hand, which was produced in Nyasaland, and those Chinese always had a lot of whimsical ideas, even a simple fountain pen could be made so beautifully and magnificently.

There are many companies that produce fountain pens all over the world, such as Vidvan in France and Conkling in the United States, but only Nyasaland has the luxury of producing fountain pens from gold.

This gold is not gold-plated, but pure gold, except for the hose for which the ink is filled with natural rubber, the entire body of the pen is made of gold, which also makes such a pen sell for up to 110 pounds.

Even if the price of the Parker gold pen is so high, there are still many people who rush to it, this kind of gold pen is placed in Itno, and those fine jewelry are sold, and only in this way can the value of the Parker gold pen be proven, and now all the members of the upper class in Europe are proud to have a "Parker" gold pen, just like the two Chinese characters on the pen body have some special charm.

It's funny to say, four years ago, all the civilized countries of the world just united and launched a war against the Qing country, it was definitely a feast to divide the Qing country, Belgium did not have time to participate because of its weak national strength, and it was a pity to hear that Leopold II.

Now, just four years later, Belgium has been beaten by the Chinese in Africa, and although Lord Nyasaland is nominally British, that does not change the fact that he is of Chinese descent.

"Working with Nyasaland? No, no, Amelia, we can't take any chances, His Majesty will never allow it. Leed Brooke knee-jerk objected.

"Hehe, Brooke, what does the current Belgian Congo have to do with His Majesty the King?" Lawrence Amelia can't help it, but if there is any possibility, Lawrence Amelia will not make this decision.

"We can't do that, if we work with Nyasaland, we're going to be ruined." Led Brooke muttered to himself.

"If we continue like this, we will also be ruined." Lawrence Amelia was indifferent, as if he was not talking about himself.

Obviously, if this continued, the Antwerp Company would not be able to make the profits it deserved, and that would be the same disrepute and even more complete for Laurence Amelia and Leed Brooke to be kicked out of the Antwerp Company because they could not account to the shareholders of the Antwerp Company, whose largest shareholder was Leopold II, who owned fifty percent of the shares of the Antwerp Company.

The only goal pursued by a businessman is profit, and Marx said that if a businessman has a profit of 300 percent, he will dare to commit any crime, even risking hanging his head.

Now Lawrence Amelia and Leed Brooke are in a similar situation, not to mention three hundred percent profits, even if they can only maintain the previous profits, Lawrence Amelia dares to cooperate with the devil.

"We all need to calm down and think of other ways, there should be other ways-" Led Brooke was not a last resort, clearly not wanting to take this step.

"Whatever you want, if you think of a way don't forget to tell me, my door is open to you at any time." Lawrence Amelia is now tempted to anesthetize himself with alcohol, the strongest potato vodka produced in Johannesburg.

The vodka produced in Johannesburg is also divided into different grades, the strongest vodka is 75 proof, which is absolutely amazing, and the medical alcohol is only 75 degrees, this standard was established by the Johannesburg Medical School.

In general, the acceptable degree for Lawrence Amelia is 40 degrees.

But today things are different, and Laurence Amelia wants to get drunk and forget all the worries.

Lawrence Amelia didn't call anyone, and the next morning, Leed Brook, whose eyes were bloodshot, pushed open the door of Lawrence Amelia's office, and all he saw was a mess of cups and plates.

"God, how much have you drunk!" Led Brooke was really worried, and there were at least four bottles of wine thrown on the ground, which meant that the idiot Lawrence Amelia had drunk at least two liters.

"I want to drink 75 degrees of vodka, but I only found 40 degrees, the Chinese in Johannesburg are really strong, and the vodka they produce is stronger than the vodka produced in Russia!" Lawrence Amelia hadn't woken up yet, and was yelling at Broken Brook drunkenly.

"The vodka in Johannesburg is also produced by the Russians, and it has nothing to do with the Chinese-" Led Brook strode up to Lawrence Amelia, reached out and snatched the bottle from Lawrence Amelia's hand, and raised his hand to take a big sip: "Tell me, what are you going to do!" ”

"You agree?" Lawrence Amelia felt like a dream.

"What can you do if you don't agree with me, you're right, we have no way back." Led Brooke now wants to get drunk too.