The De Beers Hotel, located in the heart of Johannesburg, took on the role of hosting all dignitaries during the election period.

Just like the De Beers Unified Mining Company, the word "De Beers" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in southern Africa, and in the mining areas of southern Africa such as Kimberley and Johannesburg, the word "De Beers" has stronger credibility than the government.

The security work of the De Beers Hotel is jointly responsible for the Johannesburg Police Department and the new 1st Cavalry Division, although the new 1st Cavalry Division has strong combat effectiveness, but it is not so handy for security work, so it is only responsible for the security of the core area, and the security work on the periphery is all taken care of by the Johannesburg Police Department.

Since July 10, some VIPs have been staying at the De Beers Hotel, and on July 20, an inspection team from London, led by Joseph Chamberlain, arrived in Southern Africa.

Joseph Chamberlain, who had resigned as minister of colonial affairs last year, was now forming a "Tariff Reform Alliance" with his supporters to unleash a massive movement for tariff reform.

This "tariff reform" was doomed to failure, splitting not only the Conservative Party, but also the largest parliamentary split in Britain since the civil war of the 17th century.

Of course, this evil effect has not yet appeared, so Joseph Chamberlain's prestige is still very high, and the promotion of Australian autonomy and the implementation of democratic representative system in southern Africa are the two biggest political achievements of Joseph Chamberlain's tenure, so Joseph Chamberlain will serve as the head of this inspection team and lead the team to Johannesburg.

Like Joseph Chamberlain's last expedition to southern Africa, Neville Chamberlain came to Johannesburg with Joseph Chamberlain.

It has been two and a half years since Neville Chamberlain last came to Johannesburg, and in the past two and a half years, Neville Chamberlain has been paying attention to Johannesburg, and he has also invested in Johannesburg.

"It's unimaginable, it's only been more than two years, Johannesburg has simply changed dramatically, if I hadn't been to Johannesburg two years ago, I would never have believed what was happening in front of me, and even I was doubting my eyes, the City of London should really send someone to see, in terms of urban construction, Lord Matilda is definitely an expert, he should return home to be Prime Minister." When Neville Chamberlain saw Roque, he began to boast that being prime minister was a bit too much, and that it was more than enough to be a governor in other colonies.

Compared to two and a half years ago, Johannesburg has indeed changed a lot.

Two and a half years ago, Johannesburg had just begun to rebuild, the whole city was a big construction site, the road from the railway station to the city hall had not yet been built, and the city government of Johannesburg received Joseph Chamberlain and his party, and even had to borrow Cecil Rhodes's villa, so later Joseph Chamberlain agreed to give more loans to the Transvaal and Orange on top of the compensation.

Now that the reconstruction of Johannesburg has been basically completed, around the main road between the railway station and the city hall, the Johannesburg city government has never stopped building in the past two years, the municipal departments, the headquarters reception of major enterprises, new residential areas, huge parks, and purple trees all over Johannesburg, as Roque expected, Johannesburg is becoming a very livable city, which is in stark contrast to London.

LONDON –

In this era, London is the most famous "fog capital", which is not a compliment, but an outright pejorative term, that is, there is no PM2.5 detection in this year, otherwise London would be the most unlivable city in the world.

"Thank you, Neville, and I will convey to Lord Matilda what you think of him." Roque and Xiao Si came to Neville Chamberlain together, and Neville Chamberlain did not shy away from receiving Roque and Xiao Si in his room, which was probably impossible if they were replaced by someone else.

"Congratulations yet, you are so lucky, Her Excellency Phyllis Matilda is very famous in London, but now she has become Lady Nyasaland, you must not go back to London now, otherwise there will be many heartbroken young men duel with you." Neville Chamberlain laughed and teased Roque, who didn't come when Roque got married, but sent a telegram to Roque.

"It's okay, I've always had a lot of guards around me." Roque is very proud, the nobles can find someone to replace him in the face of a duel, and Roque will not be as stupid as Pushkin.

"Alright, the hype time is over, let's talk about something nice to see—" Xiao Si came to report the account, and the mining company in which Roque and Xiao Si were partners, and Neville Chamberlain also had a stake.

Of course, it's all dry stocks, and Neville Chamberlain didn't invest even a penny.

Even if it's a dry stock, it's worth it, Roque and Xiao Si are not stupid, and they are willing to give Neville Chamberlain shares, not because Neville Chamberlain is capable, but because Neville Chamberlain has a father who is the Minister of Colonial Affairs, and an older brother who also holds an important position, Neville Chamberlain is also engaged in the metal smelting industry, and if it were not for Neville Chamberlain, Roque would not have been able to get weapons steel so quickly.

Neville Chamberlain's greatest contribution was to provide enough talent for the Favart steel plant, which is not something that can be done with money, Roque and Xiaosi are rich, but when it comes to talent introduction, Southern Africa has an irreparable disadvantage.

"The mineral resources company has entered a profitable period since the end of last year, and it has been a total of nine months now, and the company has made a profit of 370,000 pounds, which is supposed to be a dividend at the end of the year, but this time the situation is special, so Locke and I unanimously decided to take out the dividends you deserve in advance, and give you a whole number, a total of 40,000 pounds." Xiao Si took out a check from the RAND Bank, which could also be withdrawn in London.

Although Ida's daily life revolves around Arthur, but what should be done is not less done, now the RAND Bank has entered Europe, in London, Paris, Berlin and many other big cities to set up branches, although on the surface the number of branches is not much, but the development prospects are huge, there have been European bankers have noticed the trend of RAND Bank expansion, hoping to invest in the RAND Bank.

All of these investments were rejected by Ida, and so far, the shareholders of the RAND Bank are still only Roque, Xiao Si, Henry, and Ida, and if others want to invest, they must all agree to the four people, and if someone wants to reduce their shareholdings, the other shareholders have the right of first refusal, so if there is no accident, the number of shareholders of the RAND Bank will not increase.

"Thank you-" Neville Chamberlain was overjoyed, no one has any enmity with money, let alone such a large sum of money, during Joseph Chamberlain's tenure as Minister of Colonial Affairs, his annual salary was only 5,000 pounds, it can be said that Joseph Chamberlain has not earned as much money as Neville Chamberlain in these nine months as Minister of Colonial Affairs.

Money is not everything, but in the vast majority of the time, money is a full reflection of personal value and social status, Joseph Chamberlain has now resigned as Minister of Colonial Affairs, and in the future, the Chamberlain family will maintain its influence, Neville Chamberlain's brother alone can't do it, so Neville Chamberlain is also ready to enter politics.

This money came at the right time.

Neville Chamberlain has been running a metal company for many years, and his net worth is about the same as this figure.

"Our goal now is autonomy, and if the Transvaal becomes self-governing, then the profitability of the mineral resources companies will rise even further, and the officials in London are too conservative, they should allow the Transvaal autonomy now, so we can expand aggressively." Smalls did not shy away from being in front of Neville Chamberlain.

"It's good to get this far—" Neville Chamberlain didn't say much.

Little Smith may not know, but Roque certainly knows, that Johannesburg can have a democratic representative system, and Neville Chamberlain and Winston played a big role.

It was precisely because Joseph Chamberlain and his supporters formed the "Tariff Reform Alliance" and set off a huge movement for tariff reform that Congress did not focus more on southern Africa, but was busy fighting for its own interests in Congress, which allowed southern Africa to take advantage of the loophole.

Otherwise, Johannesburg will have to wait for a while to implement a democratic representative system, and I am afraid that the efficiency of the British Parliament, even if it is a completely good thing, will be discussed in the first half of the year and ten months before a definite answer can be given.

"Either way, it's a good start, and we want to be qualified to join the 'Customs Reform Union' and put forward our Transvaal opinion on this issue, rather than letting the gentlemen of London sit in their offices and point fingers, and to be honest, it's hard for me to accept that our hard-earned money is easily taken by those gentlemen, and at least we should be qualified to decide how much they want to take, not as much as they want, and we have to give as much as they want." Roque doesn't talk about democratic representation, to be honest, Neville Chamberlain probably doesn't care about the Transvaal's democratic representative system, that's Joseph Chamberlain's merit, and it has nothing to do with Neville Chamberlain.

In contrast to Joseph Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain cared about money and taxes.

"That's right, we should decide for ourselves how we spend our money!" In this regard, Xiao Si is too resonant.

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