The world war was an unprecedented human catastrophe, with heavy losses among all the countries involved in the war, and Britain and France as the victorious powers were also greatly damaged, and the binding force on the colonies would be further reduced, and then it would be the opportunity for southern Africa.

Before the outbreak of the world war, southern Africa still had to honestly hug Britain's thighs, and it didn't matter if it was a little cautious, and there must be no ambiguity on major issues of right and wrong.

Roque couldn't say anything about it, including Henry.

So Henry didn't understand it, in Henry's opinion, Roque was raising Gu.

Roque is not worried, the Congo Free State can now make a huge difference, especially when it comes to human resources.

"What! You asked me to recruit rebels as workers? "Henry couldn't believe that Roque had risen to the point of luring the wolf into the house.

"The rebels also have to eat." Luo Ke didn't care, if he wasn't cornered, no one would go to Liangshan.

To be honest, Roque has long coveted the human resources of the Congo Free State, but unfortunately because of the bad relationship between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State before, Roque has nothing to do.

Now there is no need to worry about this problem, Yaya has a human resources company under its name, which can hire a large number of Congolese Africans to work in southern Africa, and it is also cheap and hard-working, not only Henry's steel mill needs, but also a large number of Congolese workers are also needed on Roque's side.

The railway between Bechuana and Southwest Africa has not yet been built in Southwest Africa because of the lack of workers, and Roque is also anxious to see that 1914 is getting closer and closer.

Another space-time world war broke out in 1914, this time and space are not necessarily, the Italian-Turkish war in this time and space is nearly a year earlier than another time and space, so there is a high probability that the world war will be advanced.

"Feed them so they have the energy to rebel?" Henri would rather die and give the Congolese no chance.

"Whatever you want—" Roque didn't force it, Henry could pick and choose, Roque couldn't.

Unlike Favalt, which is only 1,500 square kilometers under Henry's name, Roque's stall is too large, and there are more and more Chinese in Bechuana, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and southern Africa, and the requirements for infrastructure construction are getting higher and higher.

Just a month ago, Umbrella Company mercenaries bypassed Muscat on the peninsula and finally extended their control to the shores of the Arabian Sea.

The desert bandits, led by Ali Rashid, also succeeded in destroying the Hejaz, and their control reached the Red Sea coast.

This meant that most of the peninsula had become the Umbrella Company's sphere of influence, leaving only the narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean coast under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire, and the Protectorate of Aden and the Sultanate of Muscat at the tip of the peninsula.

Originally, the protectorate of Aden was connected to the territory of the Sultanate of Muscat, which later became Yemen and Oman.

Now, due to the rapid expansion of the Umbrella Company, Yemen and Oman are separated by the control of the Umbrella Company, but the control is not strong enough now, and if it wants to gain a foothold, it will need to invest heavily in large-scale infrastructure.

At the very least, it is necessary to build a few permanent strongholds on the scale of cities, so that we can speak with confidence.

What makes people speechless is that the expansion of the Umbrella Company and the desert bandits on the peninsula did not attract the attention of the British, but it was the lawsuit filed by the British American Petroleum Company against the Umbrella Company, which attracted some attention in London.

The focus is still on the oil of the peninsula, and in order to keep the secret, the Umbrella Company will attack the oil explorers of the Anglo American Petroleum Company in order to maintain the secrecy of the Anglo American Petroleum Company's large number of oil fields along the coast of the Persian Gulf.

This argument is untenable, as there is no evidence that the Umbrella mercenaries attacked the Anglo American Petroleum (BP) prospectors, and the local officials' investigation report makes it clear that desert robbers on the peninsula were responsible for the attack, and that it had nothing to do with the company.

Anglo-American oil companies are now stinky children who can't get candy, trying to win the attention of the British government under the banner of oil, trying to get the fire.

Regardless of the small actions of the Anglo-American Petroleum Company, this kind of lawsuit often drags on for several years, even if the London District Court makes a ruling against the Umbrella Company after a few years, the Umbrella Company can still appeal, and this delay will be for several years, maybe by the time the British Supreme Court hears the case, World War II has broken out.

Yaya's efficiency is still very high, his subordinates are all Africans, and it is easy to contact the Africans in the Congo Free State.

What Roque never expected was that Yaya directly approached Banda to cooperate and asked Banda to help hire people from the Congo Free State.

Saying that it is "hire", in fact, as long as Banda hands over the person to Yaya, Yaya will not ask how the person came from.

"Three days ago, the first batch of workers sent to the peninsula had boarded the ship in Bukavu, they went to Port Edward and then changed ships from Port Edward to the peninsula, this group of workers is 3,000 in total, and we have to pay Banda a total of 20,000 rand, but Banda wants to exchange it for weapons and ammunition worth 20,000 rand." Christian was cautious, not knowing if Roque would accept such a quid pro quo.

Three thousand workers, according to the salary level of the Chinese, will cost at least 15,000 rand a month, and even for Africans in southern Africa, the cost will be at least 5,000 per month.

Now it only costs 20,000 yuan to Banda, which is a one-time payment, which is equivalent to Banda selling those workers to Roque's slaves.

Roque was also speechless, thinking that as a victim of the slave trade, Africans were resolutely opposed to the slave trade.

Now it seems that Africans not only do not object, but they are still very keen to participate as long as they have the opportunity to participate, so the faint sense of guilt in Roque's heart disappeared without a trace.

"Yes, but according to the sales price in the European market, tell Banda that we are taking a huge risk by exchanging money for weapons, and if Banda does not agree, you can let him try." Roque is not afraid of Banda looking for others, and the whole world is estimated to be the only one in Nyasaland who dares to sell weapons to Banda.

After the rebellion in the Congo Free State, Leopold II and the Belgian government repeatedly stressed that they firmly opposed any form of trade between any country or force and Congolese Africans.

Although the "emphasis" of Leopold II and the Belgian government did not make much sense because of the weakness of the country, there was a question for Britain, France and Germany that had to be considered: if Africans had weapons, would the British, French and German colonies in Africa still be stable.

It's just that Roque doesn't care about this problem.

"Banda will definitely agree, he wanted to buy weapons from us in Nyasaland last month-" Christian and Isaiah Chamberlain have worked well together, and last month the Congolese party was going to attack Leopoldville and Boma, so it was necessary to control the supply to Banda a little bit and create conditions for Isaiah Chamberlain as much as possible.

"Very well, remember as long as adult males." Roque is demanding, women and children are not excellent laborers, and it is also necessary for Roque to control costs.

"I know that all I'm asking for are adult males between 15 and 25." Christian does things really like Roque's heart, and it is very reassuring to leave things to Christian Roque.

Some things go well, some things are sure to be unexpected, and on July 15, Simon Kennan, a well-known columnist who was previously a columnist for The Times, was killed in a car accident in Pretoria.

When Roque found out about this, he went to Owen as soon as he could.

"Simon Kennan is dead? Deserve! Owen laughed, and then realized why Roque had come to him: "You don't think I killed Simon Kenan, do you?" I'm not that shameless, and Palmer won't agree to me doing that. ”

Palmer is a columnist who is shouting for Philip, this kind of thing has always been your first year of junior high and my fifteenth, if it is really Owen who murdered Simon Kennan, then Palmer is in great danger, don't think that Ade is a soft persimmon.

Although Alfred Milner was a recognized gentleman, there was no easy role at the rank of colonial governor, and if Philip competed with Ade in the normal way, Ade would welcome him, and even if Philip won, Ade would congratulate him from the bottom of his heart.

But if Philip uses those off-the-board moves that can't be put on the table, then don't blame Ade for being ruthless, and Ade's counterattack will definitely be dripping and deadly.

"Really, not?" Roque was sure that if it was, it was too late to figure it out.

If he doesn't admit it now, but is found out by Ade in the future, then Owen will be in big trouble.

"Not really!" Owen is serious, and the question can't be joked: "How did Simon Kennan die?" ”

"It's okay to say now." Roque couldn't reveal anything more, and the autopsy report hasn't come out yet.

Without waiting for Roque to go to work the next day, Sidney Milner contacted Roque that night.

"I just got a report from the police department, it should have been an accident." Roque is going to report to Ade in person, this matter should not be handled by Roque, after all, Roque is no longer in the Ministry of Justice, but Henry is also Philip's son, so Ade still trusts Roque more.

"Could it be such a coincidence?" Sidney Milner's face was full of disbelief.

"It's really such a coincidence, Simon Kennan drank at lunch, met a startled horse on the way home, and was hit by a horse and died, this is not a deliberate accident." Roque's news is very timely, otherwise I really don't know how to report it to Ade.

"I trust you, but I don't trust Owen." Sidney Milner has made no secret of his hostility towards Owen.

Roque was speechless, not knowing whether to be honored or angry.

(End of chapter)