To be precise, Erich von Falkingham is famous in the future, and not many people know about this era.

From 1896 to 1903, Erich von Falkingham served in the Qing Dynasty, during which time he participated in the Eight-Nation Coalition's war of aggression against China.

In 1903, Erich von Falkingham returned to Germany and served in the German General Staff, as the situation in Tanganyika got out of control, the German General Staff urgently needed an experienced person to stabilize the situation in Tanganyika, so Erich von Falkingham, who had rich overseas work experience, was selected by the German General Staff to serve as the commander-in-chief of the German army in Tanganyika.

Now Erich von Falkingham has not yet arrived in Tanganyika, so the commander-in-chief of the Tanganyika German army is temporarily concurrently served by Governor Leutwein, but Leutwein is not good at military affairs, so the Tanganyika German army has not moved during this time, and it is estimated that it will wait until Erich von Falkingham arrives before launching a new offensive against the Glory Fort rebels.

Perhaps only Roque in the world knows that Erich von Falkingham was actually one of the initiators of the First World War, during the First World War, Erich von Falkingham served as the chief of the German General Staff, and in early 1916, Falkingham forcibly launched the Battle of Verdun, hoping to cause a 2:1 casualty ratio and force France to exhaust its strength.

But at the cost of 250,000 deaths, this strategic goal was not achieved, and Falkingham was dismissed from his post and Hindenburg succeeded him as chief of the General Staff.

Erich von Falkingham was also known as the "Butcher of Verdun" because of the Battle of Verdun.

From this nickname, you can see the way Erich von Falkingham fought, in terms of ruthlessness, Erich von Falkingham surpassed von Trotta.

Although Erich von Falkingham has a great background, but Roque is not too worried, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, the current situation in Tanganyika, even if Wilhelm II is personally conscripted, it is estimated that it will not be able to quell the rebellion in Tanganyika in a short time, Erich von Falkingham's performance in the First World War is not outstanding, and his status as chief of staff is not commensurate, if Roque does not end his assistance to the Tanganyika rebels, it is estimated that Erich von Falkingham has nothing to do.

So when Roque faced Neville Chamberlain and Austin Chamberlain, he was particularly confident.

In the case of Nyasaland in the past, Roque might have sold Neville Chamberlain and Austin Chamberlain a few faces, but now that Nyasaland has been incorporated into Southern Africa, it is no longer a territory directly under the British government, and Roque does not have to care too much about the views of these political families in Britain on Nyasaland.

"Locke, I can convey your terms to Tanganyika through certain channels, but I cannot guarantee that the Germans will accept it." Neville Chamberlain was still very young politically, and Austin Chamberlain's face was already ugly.

"It's okay Neville, whether the Germans accept it or not, I thank you for your efforts on this, speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for a long time, the last time we met was in London, come on, we must have a good drink today." Roque didn't care much about Austin Chamberlain, but Neville Chamberlain once helped Roque, and Roque always remembered it.

It was because of the help of Neville Chamberlain and Winston that Roque's fiefdom would be Nyasaland.

The implementation of the democratic representative system in the Transvaal, as well as the autonomy of southern Africa this time, Neville Chamberlain has been a great help, and he will be rewarded by the grace of a drop of water, and Roque is not an ungrateful person, and he is still grateful to Neville Chamberlain.

At the dinner, Austin Chamberlain was still able to take the initiative to adjust his mood, and the atmosphere of the banquet was not bad.

Roque was accompanied by Xiao Si and Henry, who, along with Neville Chamberlain, also happened to be the four shareholders of Favart's steel works.

Favart Steel Works now earns more than a million pounds a year, which is not too much money for Roque and Xiao Si and Henry, but it is important for the Chamberlain family who is stuck in the trough, Austin Chamberlain is mixed in the political arena, with his own salary, he can't support Austin Chamberlain's expenses at all, and he has to rely on the family's subsidies to maintain his life in London.

Neville Chamberlain's business ability is just like that, if it were not for the help of Joseph Chamberlain and Austin Chamberlain, it is estimated that Neville Chamberlain would not even be able to support himself, and the Favart Iron Works is Neville Chamberlain's most successful investment, and the annual return makes Neville Chamberlain very satisfied.

Speaking of which, Henry was also very busy during this time, as the Minister of Justice of the Federal Government, Henry had been staying in Cape Town some time ago, so after meeting Roque, he poured bitter water on Roque and was very envious of Roque's current life.

"I now understand why you have a bunch of deputies, during this time in Cape Town every day of meetings, nominally there are only four regions in southern Africa, but plus Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Basutoland, Eswatini, and the Bechuana Reserve, there are actually more than a dozen different sets of laws, each with different judicial standards, I heard that Bloemfontein is the same, every day the meeting is also quarrelling, until now even the draft of the Constitution has not been formulated, so that our Ministry of Justice has no follow, had to use the previous law to make up the number - "Henry was very angry, and scolded the judiciary for scolding the legislation, if it weren't for Philip as the speaker of the federal government, it is estimated that Henry would resign now."

After the formation of the federal government, the Transvaal Liberal Party unsurprisingly became the largest party in the federal government, and Philip became the president of the federal government, and together with Ade, he formed the administrative center of the federal government in Pretoria.

Now that the federal government is still in its infancy, there are many cases like Roque wearing many hats, and Philip is also the Prime Minister of the Transvaal while serving as Speaker of Parliament -

Now it's not called Prime Minister, it's now called Governor of the Transvaal.

The official name of Nyasaland was also changed to Nyasaland, and the governor was still Anton.

Roque did not respond to Henry's complaints, and smiled at each other, both of them were smart people, the governor of Rhodesia was the general manager of the former South African company, and Xiao Si did not hold any position in the state government.

However, this will not affect Xiao Si's status in Rhodesia, just like Roque is to Nyasaland, everyone knows that Rhodesia is Xiao Si's territory, so Ade didn't ask about the governor of Rhodesia at all, and Xiao Si said that whoever was was who.

"Isn't autonomy in Southern Africa what you've been pursuing?" Austin Chamberlain seemed happy to see such a scene.

"That's right, we've always wanted autonomy in Southern Africa because there are too many self-righteous guys in London." Henry's words were sharp, and once Austen Chamberlain was also in the ranks of self-righteousness.

"Come on, let's talk about something pleasant, Locke, can you now open up the licensing of Nyasaland products?" Neville Chamberlain was all about making money.

When there was no autonomy in southern Africa, Roque had been restricting the export of Nyasaland products in order not to attract ideas, preferring to sell cars to India rather than sell them on a large scale in the United Kingdom.

Now that Southern Africa is self-governing, even if the British government discovers the industrial potential of Nyasaland, it is impossible to nationalize Nyasaland, and Neville Chamberlain's request is timely, even if Neville Chamberlain does not mention it, Roque will find a way to sell Nyasaland's goods to Europe.

No matter how much Roque looks down on Europe, it is necessary to admit that Europe is indeed the center of the world now.

With hundreds of years of colonization of the whole world, European countries have accumulated a lot of wealth, it can be said that the top and bottom are fat, rather than waiting for the world war to completely destroy Europe, and the money is earned by the Americans, it is better for Roque to make a sum of money first, and wait until the world war, anyway, Roque cannot watch the United States empty Europe.

"Okay, what do you want to represent? Open an order for me and I'll give you the best price. Neville Chamberlain still has this little face in front of Roque.

"Medicine, vodka, furs, cars, trucks, general-purpose machine guns, rapid-fire guns, cloth, canned food, food—blah, blah, blah, I want everything related to war." Neville Chamberlain had a good appetite.

The arms race is not just a dreadnought, but an all-round three-dimensional competition, covering everything related to military affairs.

So the price of all the materials related to the war in Europe is rising rapidly, and there is almost no change on the Nyasaland side.

There are indeed many enviable products on the Nyasaland side, such as penicillin and white medicine that were proven in the Russo-Japanese War, as well as military vehicles that have been widely equipped in the Southern African Army, and various weapons produced in the Nyasaland Arsenal.

Others don't know, Neville Chamberlain knows very well, with the influence of the Chamberlain family in British politics, Chamberlain can indeed get orders.

In fact, as early as the Russo-Japanese War, the products of the Nyasaland Arsenal were well received by the warring parties, when Nyasaland did business with the warring sides at the same time, and nearly 10 million pounds of weapons and other military supplies were sold to the Russians and Japanese during the entire war.

The banks of this period were actually similar to loan sharks, and the annual interest rate of loans obtained by Japan and Russia from the RAND Bank was as high as 30 percent, 10 million pounds, and the interest was 3 million a year.

And if you don't pay it back at the expiration date, compound interest will be calculated, which is the real donkey rolling.

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