The battle that took place in the rainforest was quickly spread around the world with radio waves.

The strange thing is that no newspaper in the world reported this battle, Belgium can not afford to lose this person understandable, Britain is ambiguous, and other countries are shocked, because in the news that has been reported, the 3,000 mercenaries formed by King Leopold II of Belgium were all annihilated by "unknown forces" in the Congo Free State, and the mercenary leader Ethan Barrett was killed on the spot, and nearly 2,000 mercenaries were captured.

The unknown forces here are actually very directional now, but the British government does not recognize them, the Belgian government does not pursue them, and other countries are busy contacting the "unknown forces", hoping to get their own mercenaries back and find out what is happening in the rainforests of the Congo Free State, so this has become an unsolved case.

The Belgian government really does not pursue it, the Congo Free State is the private property of Leopold II, and has nothing to do with the Belgian government, Leopold II and the Belgian dignitaries made a fortune in the Congo Free State, but the Belgian government did not even drink soup, so it is difficult to determine the Belgian government's attitude towards the Congo Free State.

In another time and space, it was not until 1903 that Leopold II's cruel rule in the Congo Free State was disclosed in the newspapers by two British.

In 1903, the Englishmen Morel and Casment published a series of articles vividly exposing the atrocities of Leopold II in the Congo, which caused shock to the international community.

Humanitarians, or "humanitarians" with ulterior motives, were the first to stand up and lash out at this extremely ugly and covert form of slavery.

A part of the European bourgeoisie also vigorously opposed this system out of its own economic interests, because the products of slavery were so cheap that the bourgeoisie of European countries could not compete with them.

All the countries of the world, including Britain, put pressure on Belgium, and some even demanded that Leopold II surrender the Congo Free State and establish a Congolese state in the Congo Free State.

The Belgian government has an ambiguous attitude towards the Congo Free State, on the one hand, accusing Leopold II of brutality, and on the other hand, because Leopold II's actions have affected the national image of Belgium, some people even demand that Leopold II abdicate and apologize.

In the face of both international and domestic pressure, Leopold II racked his brains to resist stubbornly, on the one hand, Leopold II organized an investigation team to deal with international public opinion, and at the same time introduced a large amount of foreign capital, trying to buy off the capitalists of the relevant countries with profits, and at the same time carried out some reforms in the Congo Free State to try to quell the riots in the Congo Free State one after another.

By comparison, the threat from Nyasaland seems less important, because Nyasaland is not capable of annexing the Congo Free State, and the British government will not allow such a thing to happen.

But if public opinion continues to ferment, it is really difficult to say whether Leopold II will be able to keep the Congo Free State.

On February 3, 1903, Leopold II's personal envoy, Harry Wolfe, arrived in Nyasaland in hopes of making contact with Roque about the conflict in the Congo Free State.

The mediator who threaded the needle was Dennis Wilder, a senior manager at the British Rubber Company, who had a close relationship with Roque.

Roque met with Dennis Weld at his residence.

Roque's official residence in Nyasaland is located on a hill on the outskirts of Little Rock, the terrain of the hill is steep, the scenery is beautiful, it looks like an eagle with wings ready to fly from a distance, so it is called Eagle Mountain, there is a road leading to Little Rock City under the mountain, standing on the hill, you can overlook the entire Little Rock City and Little Rock Port, when the sun is shining, the scenery within a radius of more than ten kilometers is in full view, it is really a rare good place.

The Barony of Nyasaland is Roque's domain, so strictly speaking, Nyasaland is Roque's lair, and the Barony Palace in Johannesburg can only be a separate courtyard, since Roque was named Baron of Nyasaland, this official residence began to be built, and it has not been completely completed until now, but the main building has been completed.

The main building of the Baron's Palace is a three-storey castle-like building, the material uses a lot of new materials such as reinforced concrete, so it can be completed in such a short time, the whole castle has a total of more than 40 rooms, although the scale is not large, but the victory is exquisite in structure, unique shape, so it is also called "Eagle Fort" in Nyasaland.

"A million pounds was last year's condition, now a million pounds is certainly not enough, and I said last year that if the Belgians did not accept the conditions at that time, then the conditions at that time would be null and void." Roque did not give Leopold II a chance to bargain, since this conflict was provoked by Leopold II, then how to end it is up to Roque to have the final say.

Roque will not meet the Belgians, will not give the Belgians a chance to sit down, no matter what it is, Roque will let Dennis Wild pass it on.

Didn't the Belgians say "unknown forces", then unknown forces, Roque didn't see the Belgians, and everyone looked a little better.

"Sir, a million pounds is not a small amount even today." Dennis Wild smiled bitterly, Roque made a condition to Frank at the beginning, and Frank only thought that Roque was intimidating the Belgians, and did not convey it at all, but he didn't expect Roque to be serious.

"Of course, it's not a small amount, and the reason why so much is needed is mainly to punish the Belgians, to tell the Belgians that the majesty of the British Empire cannot be offended, and I am also defending the dignity of the British Empire." Roque is sanctimonious, obedient and everyone can say it, but the face that can be said without changing color is ability.

For some people in society, it really doesn't matter what the face is, and the benefits of getting it are serious.

"Sir, change to other conditions, this condition will not be accepted by the Belgians." Dennis Wild is accustomed to it, he is a businessman, and he also talks about people when he sees people, and he talks nonsense when he sees people, if Dennis Wild is Roque, maybe Dennis Wilde will ask for more ruthlessness.

"It's okay if you don't accept it, I told Frank before that the Belgians don't accept it, and I'll find a way to make them accept it." Roque is not in a hurry, now the Belgians are in a hurry.

With Roque's understanding of Leopold II, who regarded money as his life, the miserly Leopold II would certainly not accept such a condition.

But it doesn't matter, after defeating the mercenaries, the Northern Rhodesian Division is starting from Ulysses and going deep along the Lukuga River to the Congo Free State, burning Belgian plantations along the way, demolishing Belgian strongholds, and expelling Belgian colonists, and has now penetrated more than 150 kilometers into the territory of the Congo Free State.

Once Lara had conquered Lubumbashi, Roque would order Lara to lead his troops to Ulysses to fill the void left by the expulsion of the Belgians, which would sooner or later cause Leopold II a pain.

"Sir, there are also technicians of the British and Belian Rubber Company on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, and if the war continues, the interests of the British and Belgian Rubber Company will also be damaged-" Dennis Wild reminded seemingly unintentionally that the British Rubber Company is fifty percent of the shares of Leopold II, and the other half of the shares are British, and Roque does not know who it is, but the one who is qualified to partner with Leopold II in business must be a certain big man with a prominent position, or some big man with a prominent position, so Roque should be careful, Once Roque offended the interests of the British aristocracy, then Roque was also in trouble.

Roque heard what Dennis Weld meant, and looked at Dennis Weld with a smile.

Dennis Weld was a little disheartened by Roque and subconsciously lowered his head, but soon Dennis Weld realized that something was wrong and regained the courage to look at Roque.

"Well, then with the current truce along the Line of Actual Control, I can use those damages as a transfer fee for the transfer of land without asking for compensation from the Belgians—" Roque seemed to concede, and offered terms that were also unacceptable to Dennis Wilde.

As the war progressed, the Nyasaland forces were advancing in the Congo Free State and had taken control of large swathes along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, as well as about 100,000 square kilometres around Lubumbashi in the southern Congo salient of the Congo Free State.

If 1 million pounds were exchanged for the land, then the business would still be very cost-effective for Roque.

To be honest, Dennis Weld did not yet know how much territory of the Congo Free State was now controlled in Nyasaland.

Roque must have a map here, Don took the map, Dennis Wild lay on the map and studied it for a long time, then raised his head and his expression was even more bitter: "Lubumbashi, it should still be under Belgian control-"

It seems to be, but according to Roque's meaning, Lubumbashi, of course, is also within the scope of occupation.

In fact, it was really not too difficult, Roque raised his hand and called Don over: "Send a telegram to Lala and ask him to take down Lubumbashi, from now on - I will give him 24 hours!" ”

"No, no, no, sir, I didn't mean that—" Dennis Wilde was shocked, Lubumbashi is an important town in the southern Congo Free State, and there are about 2,000 Belgians in the city, if Denis Wilder's words cause heavy Belgian casualties, then Dennis Weld is really at a loss.

"It's okay Dennis, it's all caused by unknown forces, and it has nothing to do with us - besides, Dennis, I have to remind you that you are British, so you have a position." Roque was a little dissatisfied with Dennis Wilder, who was also British, and Dennis Wilder's ass seemed to be sitting crookedly.

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