Based on Cecil Rhodes's merits, even if the British government made Cecil Rhodes a "duke", it would not be too much.

But the British government completely ignored the merits of Cecil Rhodes, a guy like Henry, the British government could be named a baron, a yellow man like Roque, the British government could be made a baron, but for Cecil Rhodes, the British government was stingy and didn't even give a "knight".

In fact, Roque can understand that if Roque is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, or the King of the United Kingdom, Roque will not knight Cecil Rhodes, so that after Cecil Rhodes dies, the British government can unscrupulously divide Rhodesia and nationalize all the rights of Rhodesia.

The reason why Cecil Rhodes is so desperate to see Roque is to find a way to break the game for Rhodesia.

Roque can think of breaking the game through Nyasaland, and Cecil Rhodes can certainly think of it, but Cecil Rhodes is already old, and the road of life is about to come to an end, and he has no energy to find a way out for Rhodesia, even if Cecil Rhodes tells Xiao Si that he can find a way out for Rhodesia through Nyasaland, I am afraid that with Xiao Si's ability, he will not be able to complete this task, so Cecil Rhodes will give Nyasaland to Roque.

Or rather, Cecil Rhodes would rather give Nyasaland to Roque than give Nyasaland to the British government.

This may have been Cecil Rhodes' last rebellion against the British government.

As Cecil Rhodes said, another time and space, on March 26, 1902, Cecil Rhodes died of a heart attack.

In 1904, the British government took back the South African Company's administrative power over Nyasaland.

In 1923, the British government took back administrative power over Southern Rhodesia.

In 1924, the last of Northern Rhodesia was also reclaimed by the British government.

"Locke, do you have any money with you?" Watching Cecil Rhodes being taken to the emergency room by doctors and nurses, Xiao Si asked Roque with teary eyes.

Yes, Xiao Si installed an emergency room for Cecil Rhodes at home, just to rescue Cecil Rhodes.

Roque touched his whole body, not even a penny, so he could only helplessly spread his hands to Xiao Si.

"Why don't you bring any money? Even a penny will do! Xiao Si completely broke down, and tears welled up.

Roque gently hugged Xiao Si's shoulder, and his heart was infinitely sad.

Xiao Si covered his face and cried, God knows how much pressure he has been under during this time.

Cecil Rhodes is as good as the pressure on Sis.

In this day and age, Cecil Rhodes definitely deserves to be listed as one of the best in that group, so, the pressure of Xiao Si-

Well, the pressure is no longer enough to describe.

It took a long time for Xiao Si to slowly stop sobbing.

Roque let go of Si and sat down on the steps of the doorway.

"You owe me a penny." Xiao Si wiped away her tears and tried to squeeze a smile out of Roque.

Roque smiled bitterly and nodded, this favor was too big, so big that Roque felt unbearable.

This so-called "penny", if there is no accident, is the price that Roque gets for Nyasaland.

Nyasaland, which is the future Malawi, Nyasaland covers an area of about 118,000 square kilometers, with Lake Nyasa, the third largest lake in Africa, and 18 million people in Nyasaland in the 21st century.

Hehe, less than 100,000.

And most of them are local natives, and the British estimate that there are only a few hundred, or only a hundred or ten.

If you think about it, you can understand that in 1895, Cecil Rhodes took Rhodesia, and then in 1898, only 180 British people came to Rhodesia, and now it has only been four years, and the entire Rhodesia is estimated to be at most three or five thousand British, and the South African company is understaffed to develop North and South Rhodesia, not to mention Nyasaland, and it is on this basis that the British government asks for the recovery of the administrative power of Nyasaland.

You see, since the South African company is unable to develop Nyasaland, it is better to leave it to the state to develop, and it is a waste to keep it.

Cecil Rhodes certainly doesn't think it's a waste, but Cecil Rhodes doesn't have time to develop Nyasaland.

As for Xiao Si, it would be good if he could keep Rhodesia, and Nyasaland, if it is not given to Roque, then it can only be handed over to the British government.

So Si would rather sell Nyasaland to Roque for "a penny" than hand Nyasaland over to the British government.

What else could Roque do?

The fat meat delivered to his mouth, Roque must eat it, since there is no fief from the baron, then I will buy a piece of land by myself, if the British government does not agree, then good, please let the big nobles who occupy a lot of land in Britain spit out the land they occupy.

If the prime minister dares to do this, it is estimated that he will be sprayed alive by the joint efforts of twenty dukes.

So the Prime Minister won't.

What's more, the Prime Minister at this time was Robert Gascoyne Cecil, who was himself the third Marquess of Salisbury and the last nobleman to serve as Prime Minister.

In a few months, the Marquis of Salisbury would retire due to illness, giving up his position to his nephew, Arthur Balfour.

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What about the promised democratic elections?

"If my father was healthy, they would never dare do that, but as you can see, my father is old and he can't protect me anymore, so Locke, I'm sorry, this is the trouble I gave you." Xiao Si was apologetic to Roque.

"Don't do that, Cecil, you've done a good job, if it's a nuisance, please give me more." Roque has a big bag, your arsenic, my honey.

"Okay!" Little Si laughed with tears on his face.

The next day, Roque knew how good Xiao Si's "yes" was, and in the land transfer agreement sent by Xiao Si, the area of Nyasaland was 200,000 square kilometers, almost double the original 113,000 square kilometers.

Moreover, Xiao Si only transferred the land to Roque, and did not include the people on the land.

Therefore, Xiao Si will take the initiative to take away all the people in Nyasaland and hand over a clean Nyasaland to Roque.

Of course, the "people" here refer specifically to the white people, that is, the pioneers of the South African company, and the rest of the Zulu people don't care, whatever Roque tosses.

With the land transfer agreement in hand, Roque sat in the police station's office for a full morning.

Lunch was delivered to Roque by Li De to the office.

"Li De, you said, if a pie falls from the sky and a wolf wants to rob you, what will you do?" Roque felt a little dazed.

"Needless to say, beat the wolf to death!" Li De had a fierce face.

Roque nodded repeatedly, deeply convinced.

This meal was very fragrant, filling his stomach, Roque felt that he had been reborn, Henry only had a fiefdom of 1,500 square kilometers, and he was embarrassed in front of Roque, Roque now has 200,000 square kilometers, and he really wants to go to Henry to show off.

Henry was still on his honeymoon in Pretoria, and he didn't know how long his honeymoon would last, so Roque didn't go to make trouble for Henry, and went out to ride the north wind and go straight to Purple Town to find Douglas.

"Professor, I bought Nyasaland." Roark gets straight to the point.

"Nyasaland?" Douglas was surprised, and didn't seem to realize the entanglement of interests behind this.

"Yes, Nyasaland, 200,000 square kilometers, I'm going to set up an agricultural company in Nyasaland, what should I do?" Roque will not have a small farm of three to five hundred acres in Nyasaland, and 200,000 square kilometers will be enough for Roque to show his strength and set up a super agricultural company.

"What else can you do, you think of Nyasaland as a big farm, it's just that the area of this farm is a bit outrageous, but in essence, it's the same, the farms around Ziwei Town are also run like this, and your farm needs to hire more people." Douglas didn't think about other issues, only how to run the farm, and sure enough, simple people were happier.

"Population is not an issue, and then there will be a steady stream of people arriving in the Transvaal, and now it's just a matter of sending them all to Nyasaland." Roque is not worried about the lack of people, but it really can't be done, Roque took out all the gold in the basement, and he is afraid that there will be no one?

It's just as much as you want!

"Then it's no problem, hire some technicians to guide them in breeding, then hire some professional managers to allocate materials, and finally hire some security guards to protect them, it's very simple." Douglas didn't know why Roque, who had always been wise and martial, was confused on this issue.

"Hahahaha, it's that I'm too complicated, thank you, professor." Roque Daigo empowerment, this matter, if it is operated by other people, it is estimated that it will be difficult, but if it is replaced by Roque, then there is no problem at all.

It can't be said that there is no problem at all, Roque still needs the help of the Governor's Palace, so he goes back to Ade.

"Why was the railway to Rhodesia built?" Ade is very unaccustomed to Roque's way of working with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, isn't it good to develop the Transvaal honestly? Is it not happy to dig for gold, or is it not cool enough to be a police chief?

"Business needs-" Roque will not say that he wants to build a railway, Cecil Rhodes can use Roque to fight against the British government, Roque can also use South African companies to develop Nyasaland, everyone takes what they need, and digs the corners of the British Empire together: "The South African company wants to build a railway to Rhodesia, and all the costs will be borne by the South African company, Cecil Rhodes is worried that your side will not agree, so I hope I can help him unblock the joints." ”

Roque spoke casually, not even hiding that there was some kind of deal between him and Cecil Rhodes.

There is no way to avoid this kind of thing, and now Ade doesn't know that Roque bought Nyasaland, but sooner or later he will know, and now he doesn't know it, and Ade will be even more angry when the time comes.

"What good did Cecil Rhodes give you?" There was a clear mockery on Ade's lips.

The Cecil Rhodes that Roque and Ade are talking about are all referring to Xiao Si, and as for the old Cecil Rhodes, whether it is Roque or Ade, if you want to mention it, you have to bring a gentleman.

"Nyasaland, Xiao Si will sell Nyasaland to me." Roque told the truth.

"Nyasaland? Stupidity! "Ade is suddenly discolored, this is a qualified politician, and Douglas can only be a professor.

"Mr. Cecil Rhodes is dying—" Roque was in a gloomy mood, no matter what others said about Cecil Rhodes, Roque would only be grateful to him.

It is indeed grateful, although Cecil Rhodes sold Nyasaland to Roque, with the intention of using Roque to fight against the British government, but—

But after all, that's 200,000 square kilometers of land, Roque was born and died for the British government, and what did the British government give Roque?

A nominal "from the baron" only.

And what did Roque do for Cecil Rhodes?

Except for cooperating with Xiao Si to fool the investigation team, Roque has done almost nothing!

But Cecil Rhodes gave Nyasaland to Roque when there was only one side.

If the British government was so generous to Roque, Roque would have worked for the British government with all his heart, but the British government did not, so no matter what other people said about Cecil Rhodes and how they scolded Cecil Rhodes, Roque would not scold, only be grateful.

"Cecil Rhodes is dying?" Ade's expression is complicated, and his mood is even more complicated.

Ade knows Cecil Rhodes better than Roque.

It was precisely because Cecil Rhodes took the initiative to provoke the war with the Boers that Ade was able to come to the Cape to serve as the Commissioner of South Africa and the Governor of the Cape Colony, and from this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that Cecil Rhodes was a nobleman of Adel.

As for the British government's injustice against Cecil Rhodes, Ade must have known.

However, as a baron of the British Empire, Ade will definitely not stand in the shoes of Cecil Rhodes and speak for Cecil Rhodes.

But that didn't stop Ade from being shocked when he learned that Cecil Rhodes was dying.

To Britain, Cecil Rhodes is credited, others don't know, Ade certainly knows.

"Yes, he is very sick, the doctor's conclusion, three months at most." Roque had a heavy heart, and after the death of Cecil Rhodes, Roque had to face pressure from the British government.

"Fa-" Ade burst into foul mouths for some reason.

On the same day, Ade traveled to Johannesburg with Roque to visit Cecil Rhodes in person.

Roque did not know what Cecil Rhodes and Ade were talking about, but that evening, Roque received a notice from the Governor's Palace, which agreed to build a railway between Pretoria and Salisbury.

The name Salisbury comes from the current British Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury.

Early the next morning, the bad news came from Xiao Si that Cecil Rhodes had died at home last night due to ineffective medical treatment.

Roque immediately went to Xiao Si's house and worked with Xiao Si to handle the aftermath for Cecil Rhodes.

"No need to do anything, no need to make a big fuss, no need to issue an obituary, no need to inform London, bury him on a hillside near Salisbury—" Xiao Si lost his soul, and from then on, no one sheltered him, no one told him about his life, no one cared about how he was doing, and there was no figure to rely on.

It's part of growing up, and Roque wants Smalls to pick himself up and really take on his share of responsibility.

An era is over.