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Nyasaland is not yet qualified to pick and choose talents, so as long as anyone is willing to immigrate to Nyasaland, Roque will accept them all.

In the past two years, there have been thousands of Europeans who have come to Nyasaland, and the quality of these people must have been mixed, including some professors at the University of Nyasaland, who are said to have not had a good reputation when they were in their original units.

For what happened before, Roque can not ask anything, but since these people have come to Nyasaland, then they must abide by the relevant regulations of Nyasaland, otherwise Roque will definitely not tolerate it, where to go back and forth, when he should be held legally responsible, don't think that Roque will be extrajudicially gracious.

During Bilov's stay in Nyasaland, friction in the North Sea continued.

In mid-January, the Weisman seized a cross-border fishing vessel in the North Sea, which unfortunately belonged to the Rhodesian Aquatic Company.

The Rhodesia Aquatic Company is the property of Xiao Si, so Xiao Si rushed to Little Rock the next day and expressed the strongest protest to Bilov in person, not only demanding that the Tanganyika Marine Police immediately release the seized fishing boats, but also demanding that the Tanganyika police compensate for the losses caused to the Rhodesia Aquatic Products Company due to the seizure of the fishing boats, and asking the Tanganyika police to guarantee that similar situations would not occur again in the future.

"Do you think Bilov will accede to these requests?" Roque doesn't believe that Xiao Si can make Bilov soften, no matter what, Bilov is also Germany's foreign minister, and his words and deeds represent Germany, if Bilov accepts these requests of Xiao Si, I am afraid that Bilov will not be able to explain after returning to Germany.

"Mr. Bilov probably won't agree, but this doesn't prevent me from making a request, asking for a price to pay back on the spot, how to solve the matter can be discussed slowly, first of all, we must have an attitude to solve the problem." Xiao Si is not in a hurry, his demands are similar to blackmail, and he is already at a loss, but now he bites back, Bilov can let Xiao Si enter the door, which is already a great face for the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes.

In fact, Xiao Si also deserves it, as a qualified capitalist, Xiao Si does not have the sustainable development consciousness of Roque, and the aquaculture company under the Nyasaland Agricultural Development Corporation has regulations on the mesh size of fishing nets, just to prevent destructive fishing.

Xiao Si did not have this awareness, and one of the key products of the Rhodesia Canning Company was canned with whitebait from Lake Niasa, which was small in size but tasted exceptionally delicious, and the canned food made with whitebait was very popular and sold well in Europe.

In order to catch as many whitebait as possible, the Rhodesia Fisheries Company used the legendary netting in Lake Niasa.

Soon, the Nyasaland Marine Police noticed the situation and imposed administrative penalties on Rhodesia Fisheries, which strictly forbade the use of nets with too small meshes for fishing.

As a result, the Rhodesia Fisheries Company shifted its target to the North Sea, where the whitebait also existed, and because of the warning of the Nyasaland Marine Police, the Rhodesia Fisheries Company did not dare to use extinct nets in the waters on the Nyasaland side, so it had to sneak into the waters of Tanganyika to use extinct nets to fish.

So Roque doesn't pity Xiao Si at all, he just deserves it!

The Tanganyika Marine Police had better be more ruthless and punish Xiao Si for going bankrupt -

It is impossible to go bankrupt, and if it really comes to that point, Roque will definitely not sit idly by.

"I suggest you forget it, honestly go to Tanganyika to pay the fine, and then redeem the ship, by the way, are there any Chinese employees on the ship?" Roque suddenly thought of a very serious matter, Rhodesia Aquatic Company has a lot of Chinese employees.

"Tell me, or why do you think I'm coming to you?" Xiao Si looked calm, but he was sure that Roque would not care, so he came to Roque.

Roque hated it so much that he no longer cared about Xiao Si's, and went directly to Bilov, hoping to redeem people through Bilov.

As a result, Bilov also put up a shelf, he spent a lot of money before, and he didn't get what he wanted, and now Bilov will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

"Is there such a thing? Well, I'll investigate the situation first, and you know, sir, I've been in Nyasaland all this time, and I don't know what's going on in Lake Tanganyika, but if it happens, I'm sure the Taranyika Marine Police will deal with it fairly. "Bilov was so triumphant that he almost said that you have today.

"Well, you can investigate slowly, I only have one request, no matter what mistakes the Rhodesia Aquatic Company has made, the crew is innocent, and I ask the Tanganyika police to give them a fair deal and guarantee their safety during their time in Tanganyika, which is very important." Roque emphasized that if something unspeakable really happened, then Roque would definitely take revenge.

It was only then that Bilov realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately sent a telegram to Tanganyika.

It was too late, and on the night the fishing boat of the Rhodesian Fisheries Company was seized, the captain and all twelve sailors were taken to Tanganyika.

The captain was of English descent, and out of twelve sailors, eight were Chinese.

It has only been two days now, and in those two days, the British captain and other white crew members are fine, but one Chinese sailor has died of illness.

The problem is serious.

The so-called "death due to illness" must be an excuse, under the influence of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the attitude of ordinary Germans towards the Chinese is not friendly, it is obvious that those Chinese sailors were treated inhumanely in Tanganyika, that is, Roque intervened in time enough, if this is delayed for a few more days, it is difficult to say whether there are Chinese sailors who can return to Nyasaland alive.

This time, even if Xiao Si doesn't toss, Roque will not let go of this matter easily.

"I'm sorry Lord, we didn't expect that the matter would be so serious, and we don't want to see this happen, Governor Leutwein is very angry, and has ordered a thorough investigation into this matter, and will definitely punish the person concerned strictly, and will give a reasonable compensation to the family of the sailor who unfortunately died." Bilov didn't expect that things would evolve to such a point, originally Bilov wanted to use this to blackmail Roque, but he didn't expect this incident, Bilov and Tanganyika were completely at a disadvantage.

It should be emphasized that the Chinese in Nyasaland are now all British nationals, so it is likely that a British citizen was abused to death by the German police in this case.

So this is no longer a simple friction, but a diplomatic incident that has the potential to seriously affect the relationship between the two countries.

Because the consequences of this incident may be beyond the control of Roque and Bilov, Bilov can only hope that Roque can now take into account the overall situation, considering the relationship between Britain and Germany, and not make a big deal about it.

Roque will not be concerned about these problems, for Roque, the worse the relationship between Britain and Germany, the better, it is better to start the First World War tomorrow, so that Roque can profit from it.

Therefore, Roque's attitude was extremely tough: "As a baron of Nyasaland, I must be responsible for all the people in the barony of Nyasaland, Mr. Bilov, I must remind you once again that the seriousness of this matter may be beyond your imagination, and if the outcome of the Governor of Leutwein does not satisfy me, then the relations between Nyasaland and Tanganyika will deteriorate in general, and I can assure you that the result must be something that neither you nor I want to see." ”

Roque threatened Bilov without scruples, this is not Roque bragging, compared with the overall strength of Germany, Nyasaland is indeed very weak, but Nyasaland has to face Tanganyika, so that the pressure on Nyasaland will be much less, and all the pressure will be on Tanganyika's side.

This is also the principle of reciprocity of forces, although the German mainland can provide support to Tanganyika, the British mainland will certainly not sit idly by, not to mention that as far as the Germans' "existence fleet" is concerned, it is really difficult to say whether it has the ability to sail the fleet to Nyasaland, and the Germans really want to send a fleet over with great fanfare, and it is estimated that they will not even be able to cross the English Channel.

"Give me a moment, Lord Nyasaland, of course I know that you are serious and responsible for the Barony of Nyasaland, and I ask you to trust the justice of Governor Leutwein, and in any case I will give you a perfect result." Billov, though sincere, did not resonate with Roque, and no matter what Governor Leutwein did now, it was impossible for the dead to come back to life.

Leutwein, who previously served as Governor General of German South-West Africa, was transferred to Tanganyika last year as Governor of Tanganyika.

Roque and Leutwein did not deal with each other during his tenure as governor of German South-West Africa, and Roque still remembers that when Father Frank's church was built, Governor Roque and Leutwein also sent people to congratulate him, and Roque and Leutwein had no conflict of interest at that time, so Roque and Leutwein did not deal with each other directly.

In the future, Roque will definitely have the opportunity to deal with Leutwein, the German colonial governor is also changed every five years, sometimes he will be re-elected twice, Tanganyika and Nyasaland border, there are many entanglements of interests between the two places, this time the incident is a wake-up call for both Roque and Leutwein, if you don't pay attention in the future, there will be more and more similar problems, and sooner or later one day Nyasaland and Tanganyika will be forced to meet each other.

In fact, Roque has already begun to prepare for revenge now, the Nyasaland Marine Police have almost been out in the North Sea in the past few days, looking for the Weissman everywhere, if there is a marine police ship encountering the Weissman again this time, then it is probably impossible for the Weissman to pass easily.

It is estimated that Leutvein also knew that these days were dangerous, so the Weissmann did not leave the port during this time, and stopped at the berth in Usombula every day, just like the fleet on the German mainland, and it became a standard decoration.