It is good to be isolated, and only by being isolated can we show the preciousness of sending charcoal in the snow. "Roque likes to do this kind of thing the most, don't look at the Ottoman Empire is on the verge of death, do a favor at this time, there will be many benefits in the future.

"Be careful not to overdo it, the world probably thinks so." Xiao Si, who has returned to Nyasaland, is a little sour, unlike Roque who causes trouble everywhere, Xiao Si has little motivation now, and he is too lazy to grab territory with the Portuguese, let alone North Africa, which is thousands of miles away.

Portuguese East Africa, founded by the Portuguese, has now been completely dissolved, with most of it being annexed to southern Africa, and the north is now the king of Mozambique.

To the west of Rhodesia, there is also a Portuguese West Africa established by the Portuguese, although Portuguese West Africa has been all Portuguese colonies on the map, but the Portuguese will not fully occupy Portuguese West Africa until 1922, so if Xiao Si has Roque's ambitions, maybe he can also tear off a piece of meat in Portuguese West Africa.

The crux of the matter is that Sir is not as ambitious as Cecil Rhodes and Roque, and it is precisely because of this that Cecil Rhodes handed over Nyasaland to Roque, so that Roque can resist pressure from Tanganyika and German South-West Africa, as well as from the British government.

The reason why Roque is attacking everywhere now is to expand the living space of the Chinese.

Xiao Si has no desire in this regard, the problem of the British is diametrically opposed to the Chinese, the Chinese are too populous and the territory is too small, and the British is too small and the territory is too large, so Xiao Si is just a friendly reminder.

"Why not? The Ottoman Empire is over, and in the future the peninsula will definitely belong to our Commonwealth, do you want to leave the peninsula to those Persians? "Roque knows how much wealth lies beneath the desert of the peninsula, and he won't let it go no matter what.

"Those deserts? If you want sand, you might as well go and grab North Africa with the Italians. Little Skis laughed.

Tripoli and Cyrenaica are the future Libya, needless to say what is under the desert of Libya, Cardazo was the existence of the P5 back then, relying on Libyan oil.

How good is Libyan oil?

Legend has it that it can be used directly after being pumped out, and there is no need for an oil refinery at all, and the quality of oil is better than that of the peninsula.

So if it were possible, Roque would really like to go to Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

can only think about it, now Italy and the Ottoman Empire are fighting for Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and there are Britain and France eyeing each other, and Roque will intervene at this time, and he will be held down by a group of people and beaten by a group of people, and he can't be provoked, and he can't be provoked.

So Roque can only laugh and say nothing, Xiao Si and Roque in southern Africa cooperate more tacitly, what Roque does, Xiao Si does, over the years with Roque to earn a lot of money, Cecil Rhodes died, but the South African company is not only not damaged, but is getting stronger and stronger, but overseas, Xiao Si can't keep up with Roque's rhythm, Adan Company does not have Xiao Si's shares.

"Have you read the telegram from London?" Xiao Si is looking for Roque mainly to probe the wind.

Ernest Oppenheimer is still very energetic, and actually found someone in London who is willing to stand up for him, and the British Colonial Affairs Department sent a telegram to Pretoria yesterday, asking the federal government to explain the actions of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, and asking the federal government to thoroughly investigate whether there are any irregularities in the handling of the Johannesburg Mining Union.

"Look, don't worry, I don't think the prime minister will ask at all." Roque is not afraid, the money for the auction of the gold mine has been distributed, the benefits that should be given to the federal government have been given, and as a beneficiary, the federal government must now take responsibility.

"Do you think it's a good idea for us to countersue Ernest Oppenheimer for smuggling?" Xiao Si is good at biting back, Ernest Oppenheimer didn't wipe his own buttocks clean, and he still has the face to sue, it's amazing.

"Don't, this lid has been lifted, and everyone is not having a good life." Roque is sensible, there is only a little bit of gold smuggled by the Anglo-American mining company, and there is more gold smuggled by the Rock Gold Mine and the gold mine under the name of Xiao Si, but the British government doesn't know, if you really want everyone to tear your face, Roque and Xiao Si are also in trouble.

It was also because of this that Ernest Oppenheimer dared to go to London.

"I'll send someone to London to kill him!" Xiao Si can be ruthless when he should be ruthless, and he must cut the grass to the roots.

"No—" Roque understated, in fact, London is not far from Roque, with Winston and Neville here, it is not difficult for Roque to kill anyone.

Winston's current position is Home Secretary, and although Neville has just been elected as a member of Birmingham City Council, he immediately became the chairman of the Birmingham City Planning Committee.

"Winston and Neville are not having a good time, our Prime Minister has asked for restrictions on the rights of the House of Lords, once this bill is passed, then the House of Lords will lose its veto power, I don't know what the Prime Minister thinks, throw a rope to the members of the House of Lords, let them tie their hands and feet, how is it possible." Xiao Si is at ease, and this motion actually has nothing to do with Xiao Si and Roque.

The House of Lords in England is made up of nobles who have the right of veto in parliamentary votes, and by virtue of this right, the nobility has always enjoyed a special status in the United Kingdom.

Now this right is under threat, and not so long ago British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith demanded that the veto in the House of Lords be removed.

Roque also didn't know what Herbert Henry Asquith thought, in his last life Roque had heard a joke that it was Turkey in the United Nations that proposed to abolish the veto of the five permanent members, and this proposal was vetoed by the five permanent members.

Turkey was established after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

However, to everyone's surprise, Herbert Henry Asquith's proposal was successful, and probably next year, Parliament will pass this resolution, which also marks the gradual withdrawal of the aristocracy from the center of British power.

"Why is it impossible, haven't you always opposed the aristocracy, and only by canceling the privileges of the nobility can you become a nobleman." Roque is very meaningful, and every year there are rumors that Xiao Si will be knighted, but every year it fails.

Xiao Si was looking forward to it at the beginning, and then every time his hopes would be disappointed, in the past two years, Xiao Si has not paid attention to this convenient news, and Roque rarely mentions it in front of Xiao Si.

In the final analysis, it is still the British government's jealousy of South African companies, the situation of South African companies, if Xiao Si has a knighthood again, then Rhodesia will become Xiao Si's private property, which is more difficult to control than Roque who owns Nyasaland, Roque is Chinese in the final analysis, and his influence outside southern Africa is limited after all.

That's why Roque said that only after the privileges of the nobility were abolished could Xiao Si have the possibility of having a knighthood.

At that time, the aristocracy became a tool to win people's hearts, and whether or not to knight Xiao Si would no longer affect British control of southern Africa.

"Hahahaha, give it to me now and I don't want it!" Xiao Si was ruthless, obviously insincere.

"You go and take it from Portuguese West Africa, and I will definitely give you a big knighthood." Roque instigated that only Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State could still plot around southern Africa, and Tanganyika and German South-West Africa were impossible.

"Hahahaha, it's your job to open up territory for the British Empire." Xiao Si is not fooled, and he has the posture of Huang Shiren oppressing Yang Bailao.

Yang Bailao didn't realize it, and he was absent-minded when chatting with Xiao Si, and he was still dealing with work in his hands.

The outbreak of the Italian-Turkish war sounded the alarm for Roque, the Italian-Turkish war has been advanced, God knows if the world war will be advanced, so Roque must prepare early, and now he will expand the armament war, in order to cope with the possible reinforcement of Europe in the future, Southern Africa will add two new integrated divisions composed of Africans, with a total strength of 30,000 troops, and if London asks Southern Africa to send troops to support in the future, Roque intends to use these two divisions to deal with it.

Although these two divisions are definitely cannon fodder, Roque still wants to make cannon fodder more valuable, so the weapons that should be equipped must be there, and Roque will not discount the training that should be there, and the officers are still drawn from the current four regular divisions, plus some graduates who have performed well in the Nyasaland Army Academy.

"Arm the Africans, are you sure?" Xiao Si knew about Roque's plan, and the Southern African Army was a big customer of the South African company, except for weapons, which were all provided by Xiao Si's South African company.

The whites of this period were generally skeptical of the discipline of Africans, and all countries in the world estimated that the United States used Africans as regular troops, but Africans in the United States also formed independent armies during this period, and only officers were whites.

During the Boer War, the British Expeditionary Force began to try to recruit some Africans as scouts, but these Africans were not armed, and after the war, many of the African scouts who served for the British Expeditionary Force during the war were hired by the Johannesburg Police Department, and there are now many African mercenaries in the umbrella company.

In fact, Africans still perform very well in the army, they fight bravely, are not afraid of sacrifice, and only need very little supplies to live in the field for a long time.

However, Africans have serious deficiencies in discipline, and their attitude is not good enough, and they always like to complete tasks in their own way.

The more serious problem is that whites are colonizers in Africa, and for hundreds of years, countless hatreds have accumulated between whites and Africans, and no one can guarantee that once Africans are armed, then whites will not become targets for Africans, and it is because of this that Xiao Si questioned Roque's decision.

"It doesn't matter, even if you are a fool, I can train him to be a qualified soldier." Roque is not worried, don't care about the so-called discipline, attitude, or anything, it's just cannon fodder, no matter how advanced the cannon fodder, he is also cannon fodder.

(End of chapter)