Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz are indeed very capable, but often the more capable people are, the more serious the consequences, even if Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz have no intention of doing evil, when they consider the problem, their interests will not be completely consistent with the Southern African Federation, which will definitely cause very serious consequences, at least serious internal friction, and at worst disaster to the country and the people.

It's like a coalition government formed by the Boers in another time and space.

"The Boers are the parasites of southern Africa, and Orange still needs a loan from London to maintain basic operations, and the reason why London so happily agrees to the autonomy of southern Africa also has a lot to do with Orange, no matter how you look at it, Orange is like a bottomless pit, and London does not want to be burdened by this heavy burden, so it throws them to the future Southern African Federation." Owen also disliked the Boers, but Owen considered the problem more comprehensively, so Owen would not blindly refuse, and the Boers were not useless.

At least without the efforts of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, London would not have agreed to the autonomy of southern Africa so easily.

"After the establishment of the Southern African Federation, the Orange government no longer needs to bear military spending, and the current government agencies must be streamlined, I heard that there are more than 100 civil servants in a small town in Orange, this is a joke, and the current public servants in Ziwei Town are less than 100 people, since Orange's current finances are not self-sufficient, then find a way to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and if there is no way to make money, then tighten your belt, and it is basically impossible for Orange to borrow from the federal government in the future." Roque was full of confidence and was very sure of what he said.

RAND Bank has a good chance of becoming the central bank of the Federation of Southern Africa in the future.

At that time, all the funds of the Southern African Federation would have to be transferred through the RAND Bank, and if the Orange government wanted to take out a loan, if it did not go to England to find those Jewish financiers, it would have to borrow through the RAND Bank.

In fact, Louis Botha had approached the RAND Bank on behalf of the Orange government, hoping to take out a loan from the RAND Bank to build a road between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, and was willing to use the toll of the road as collateral.

After considering it, the RAND Bank rejected Louis Botha's request.

This mortgage is also a hidden murder, and there is currently an improvised road between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg in addition to the railway.

The road is currently free of charge.

If the new road were to be tolled, and the RAND Bank was responsible for the toll collection, it would have a serious impact on the image of the RAND Bank in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein.

And take 10,000 steps back, because of Johannesburg's restrictions on foreign population, more Johannesburgers are now using the current road, so if the toll is really charged, then the wool is still out of the sheep, which is equivalent to the RAND Bank helping Orange build a road for free, and then the Johannesburgers will pay off the debt.

This kind of business must not be done.

"After the establishment of the federal government, the Boers will not be loans, but financial appropriations, and compared with loans, financial appropriations will not even have to be repaid, and the federal government will have no reason to refuse at that time." Owen thought a lot, the Boers were not so easy to deal with, even London was afraid of the Boers, and would rather have autonomy in southern Africa than get rid of the heavy burden of the Boers, and it would not be easy for the federal government to fight the Boers in the future.

"Hehe, the problem of democracy should be solved with democracy." Roque is not worried, the Boers can toss, and Roque is not easy to mess with.

Roque had already dug a pit for the Boers, and as long as the Boers jumped in, they didn't want to jump out again.

In the future of the federal government, the right to speak is determined by the economic base, and the financial situation of Orange determines that Orange will not contribute much to the federal government, so the right to speak is more concentrated in the Transvaal and Cape areas, and it is not easy for Orange to take advantage of the federal government.

The so-called "democratic way" is actually essentially the violence of the majority against the minority, and now the size of the cake is such that if Orange eats more, the Transvaal and Cape will have to eat less, so there is no need for Roque to come forward, and the Transvaal and Cape will refuse all of Orange's unreasonable demands.

Not to mention that Rhodesia and Nyasaland are eyeing each other, Rhodesia and Nyasaland will be part of the federal government in the future, so the votes of Rhodesia and Nyasaland are also very important, if you add the vote of the Transvaal, then basically the three are united, and they can influence the future federal government.

It is also based on this that Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz will behave in a mixed manner.

To put it bluntly, this is the same as usury, you calculate the interest, others calculate the principal, Orange joins the federal government, it is true that you will get a considerable degree of freedom, and you will get a certain degree of support from the federal government, but it is easy to join the federation, it will be difficult to withdraw from the federation in the future, the problem of democracy must be solved in a democratic way, if most people do not agree with Orange to leave the federal government, then Orange will always accept the control of the federal government.

While Roque and Owen were chatting, Owen's secretary crept in and whispered in Owen's ear, "Sir, Mr. Amelia has arrived—"

Owen nodded, did not let Amelia come in directly, but politely asked Roque's opinion: "Mr. Amelia is a Bechuaner, he has been in Johannesburg during this time, and I hope that Bechuana can also have a corresponding position in the future federal government." ”

Roque had almost never heard such a name, and after hearing Owen's introduction, Roque knew who this Mr. Amelia was.

This is actually a legend, about twenty years ago, Amelia was just an ordinary British immigrant from Bechuana, because Amelia feared that Bechuana would be annexed by the then Transvaal Republic, so she sought the protection of the British government.

The British government took advantage of the situation to establish the Bechuana Protectorate, which turned the Bechuana Protectorate into a British colony.

The Bechuana Reserve is the future Botswana, a giant pristine park with an area of 580,000 square kilometres.

The emphasis on "primitive" is due to the fact that the Bechuana Reserve has almost no presence in southern Africa, and Roque even had to look at a map to find out exactly where the Bechuana Reserve is.

The area is indeed large, larger than the current Nyasaland.

Unfortunately, however, the British government does not know enough about the specific situation of the Bechuana Reserve, and even uses the term "estimate" in the official internal British documents regarding the exact number of people in the Bechuana Reserve.

It is estimated that the Bechuana Reserve, which now covers an area of 580,000 square kilometres, has a total population of less than 100,000.

The entire Bechuana Reserve, let alone a city, does not even have a decent town, which is why the Bechuana Reserve has such no sense of existence.

Monsieur Amelia was one of the lucky ones who seized the opportunity, and not to mention whether the Transvaal Republic had intended to annex the Bechuana Protectorate twenty years earlier, Amelia had added 580,000 square kilometres of colonies to the British Empire with a well-founded fear.

London gave Amelia a handsome reward of 100,000 acres of farms in the Bechuana Reserve, near the Transvaal border, and appointed Amelia as head of the Bechuana Reserve.

With the establishment of Southern Africa, the Bechuana Reserve will certainly become part of Southern Africa as well.

However, given the current conditions of the Bechuana Reserve, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Bechuana Reserve to obtain the corresponding status in the future federal government.

In these years, it doesn't matter whether the land area is large or not, whether there are people in the territory is more important, not to mention other wild animals in the Bechuana Reserve, the number of elephants alone is estimated to be more than people, so Amelia came to Johannesburg early to ask Owen for help in order to consider the future Bechuana Reserve.

In the same way that he asked for help from London, it seems that Amelia has indeed tasted the sweetness.

"How about Lord Nyasaland, would you be interested in meeting this Mr. Legend?" Owen's words were teasing, and he obviously didn't pay much attention to Amelia, if Roque didn't want to see it, it is estimated that Amelia would have to wait.

Wait for when Roque leaves, wait for Owen to be free, and then Amelia is estimated to have a chance to meet Owen.

"Yes—" The Bechuana Reserve is dispensable to Owen, but it is still important to Roque.

People in this era, no matter how far-sighted they are, will not realize the importance of living space after the population explosion.

The problem that officials in this era are worried about is not how to develop the economy or how to improve people's livelihood, but to do everything possible to increase the population, first solve the problem of whether there are people, and then solve the problem of economic development.

In fact, it is the same for Roque, although there are hundreds of millions of Chinese in the Qing Kingdom, but the number of people who can come to Southern Africa is still limited, and Roque has also tried every means to immigrate from the Qing Kingdom, and it has been tossing for five or six years now, and the total Chinese population in Southern Africa has not exceeded the million mark.

It's almost over, when Roque was in Nyasaland, the official statistics of Nyasaland showed that the total population of Nyasaland has now reached 550,000, which is more than the total population of the Transvaal.

As of 1907, the total number of Chinese in the whole of southern Africa was about 900,000, except for 550,000 in Nyasaland, most of the rest were concentrated in the Transvaal, and there are now Chinese in Rhodesia, but the number of Chinese is not large, only about less than 100,000.

This "only" is actually basically the same as the number of whites in Rhodesia, so Roque's immigration has now seen results, and the reason why Roque is so confident has a lot to do with more and more Chinese.

Quantitative change will cause qualitative change.

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