The deal between Southern Africa and Rwanda immediately attracted the attention of the colonial government of Portuguese West Africa.

Southern Africa was also a habitual offender in this regard, and if it weren't for the support of the Yao people in southern Africa, the Portuguese would not have been defeated in Portuguese East Africa.

The colonial government of Portuguese West Africa and the Portuguese government protested to London and southern Africa at the same time, demanding that southern Africa immediately suspend its trade with Rwanda, otherwise the colonial government of Portuguese West Africa and the Portuguese government would regard this as an act of war.

"What do you mean, are the Portuguese going to war on us?" Roque was surprised, he didn't expect the Portuguese to be so courageous.

In this world, there are really not many countries that dare to declare war on the British Empire, although Portugal did not suffer much loss in the world war, the overall strength is too far from the British Empire, and it is not an equal order of magnitude at all.

"A declaration of war? No, no, no, the Portuguese did not have the courage, this was a diplomatic strategy, and it was difficult for them to even form an expeditionary force. Philip laughed, the world war is a reminder to all countries, don't start a war at will.

For West Africa, there is also a great deal of controversy within Portugal.

From the standpoint of the Portuguese government, it must have wanted to send an expeditionary force to quell the rebellion and maintain the rule of the colonial government in West Africa.

But the risk is too high, and if everything goes well, then it's easy to say, what if you can't defeat the rebels?

Now Europe has fallen into an economic crisis, Portugal is also deeply trapped in it and cannot get out, if the labor expedition loses troops, then Portugal's domestic economy and politics will further deteriorate, this result is unacceptable to the Portuguese government.

In a word, virtue is not worthy, and the sorrow of the small country and the widow is vividly reflected in Portugal.

"Forming an expeditionary force is not an easy task." Roque was not optimistic about Portugal, and when the Congo Free State rebelled, Belgium vowed to form an expeditionary force, but the result was also unsuccessful.

Not everyone is like the British Empire, who will form hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces at every turn and wage war on the other side of the world.

In the current situation in Portuguese West Africa, the expeditionary force is too little to use, and the Portuguese government cannot afford to send too much.

"So regardless of whether the turmoil in West Africa has anything to do with us or not, Portugal will put the blame on us, so that the Portuguese government will have a reason not to send an expeditionary force." Philip is very clear about the situation in Portugal, he is strong inside, strong on the outside, and strong in the middle-

The word is not appropriate, and the Portuguese "outside" is not strong.

"Don't send - then sit back and watch the colonial government in West Africa be overthrown?" Roque could understand the Portuguese government's difficulties, but he could not understand the Portuguese government's decision.

In a general sense, West Africa is now the territory of Portugal, and "colony" is the definition of posterity.

In this way, the problem is very simple, a rebellion broke out in the country, and the government did not want to try to quell the rebellion, but tried to shake the pot for the sake of failure.

"What else can I do?" Philip was curious to change to Roque, what would Roque do.

Roque smiled and didn't speak, if the will is firm, there will always be a way, Portugal has colonized West Africa for hundreds of years, and the accumulated wealth does not know how much, if the Portuguese government really has the determination to break the cauldron, then it is not difficult to form an expeditionary force.

I am afraid that the wealth that Portugal has squandered from the colonies has been squandered, and now there is not much left, so even God will not be able to save Portuguese West Africa.

"What do you think about the spin-off?" Philip did not bother with the choice of the Portuguese, it was a disadvantage to recover Bloemfontein and Cape Town at one time, and this time it was inevitable to spin off a state that was too large.

"Yes, Nyasaland can also be divided into two states, Nyasaland, and Butterworth." Roque doesn't object, he can't always go against Old Tarzan, and he still has to support it when the time is right.

Today's Nyasaland, like Lake Nyasa, has a long and narrow terrain, from the northernmost city of Beihai to the southernmost port of Edward, a straight-line distance of more than 1,900 kilometers, with a total area of 750,000 square kilometers.

The 750,000 square kilometres include the intact Lake Nyassa and the North Sea (Lake Tanganyika), as well as the East Lake (Lake Mweru), plus part of the former Congo Free State.

With such a large area, it is perfectly fine to split it into two states, and Nyasaland now has a total of nine seats in Congress, and after the split, the two states together will get at least 12 seats.

The area of Nyasaland today has expanded several times compared to the original Nyasaland.

However, Roque's fief is still in the area around Lake Niasa, including Port Edward, which is not strictly speaking, Roque's fief, but Roque's private domain.

"Fantastic, what did Cecil say?" Nibbling on a hard bone, Philip was excited.

"It's okay with Cecil's side, I'll do his work." Roque has a big package, Rhodesia was originally divided into Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia, that is, later Zambia and Zimbabwe, Xiao Si and Roque are consistent in this aspect.

"Very good, our current state has a large area of more than 1 million square kilometers, and a small area of only 50,000 or 60,000, and the gap is really too big." Philip was relieved that this thing was done, and Philip also had the qualifications to go down in history.

Fifty or sixty thousand refers to Eswatini.

Eswatini is the smallest state in southern Africa, and the area of Eswatini in another time and space is even smaller, only more than 10,000 and less than 20,000, and southern Africa has not forcibly taken away the land of Eswatini in this time and space, so the area of Eswatini is still relatively large.

When Eswatini was not yet independent, metal mines were discovered in the coastal areas, so southern Africa forcibly forced Eswatini to cede the coastal areas, resulting in Eswatini's land area of only 17,363 square kilometers.

The same tragedy is Basutolan, another time and space, Basutolan was also found in the territory, so it was forcibly occupied by southern Africa, resulting in the area of Basutolan only a little more than 30,000.

Oh, and Basutolan was already called Lesotho at that time.

"Will Orange and Cape agree?" Roke reminds Philip not to be proud, there are still two hardest bones waiting for Philip to gnaw.

"The opinion of Orange and Cape is not important!" Philip laughed, and Roque suddenly remembered that the minority obeys the majority—

Heck, democracy is good, the banner of the minority obeying the majority is raised, the opinions of Orange and Cape really don't matter, whether Orange and Cape are against it or not, as long as two-thirds of the MPs agree, then Orange and Cape's opinions are meaningless.

Most of the time, the true essence of democracy is violence by the majority against the minority.

"Then I wish you all the best—" Roque stood up to take his leave, and Roque also wanted to refer to the opinions of Kitchener and Ade about the reaction of the Portuguese government.

After Ade retired, he completely relaxed himself and spent all day traveling with Kitchener, which was simply enjoyable.

Roque arrives at Ade's manor, and Ade's butler tells Roque that Ade has gone to the Doge's Mansion to find Kitchina.

Roque arrives at the Doge's Palace, and the Governor's Palace guard tells Roque Ade that he and Kitchener have gone fishing in the Appis River.

The Apis River is a tributary of the Limpopo River, also known as the Crocodile River, in which crocodiles are still commonly found.

Roque was completely speechless, he could only say that the two old men were really interested, it was impossible to find them, the Apis River ran through Pretoria, and God knew that the two old men were squatting in that corner.

So Roque simply waited at the Governor's Mansion for Kitchener and Ade.

It didn't take long for Kitchina and Ade to return to the Governor's Palace.

"Wow, Locke, you're a rarity—" Kitchener was enthusiastic when he met Roque.

Ade calmed down a little, nodding and smiling was actually more kind.

"How about I see what you get?" Roque would love to see how the Imperial Governor and Imperial Prime Minister were doing with their fishing skills.

"Hahahaha-" Kitchina smiled, the tin bucket in his hand was full, wow, the Imperial Governor is amazing.

"Hehe, he just got someone to buy it-" The Imperial Prime Minister didn't give face, and Roque almost laughed.

Kitchener immediately looked at Roque with angry eyes.

Roque is not afraid, who is the retired little old man to scare, Roque was not afraid when he was the Minister of War, and he is even less afraid now-

"What are you doing?" Kitchin nose and eyes, the Governor's Palace guards didn't dare to let Roque wait for a long time, so they secretly went to find Kitchin and Ade, so Kitchin Na found someone to buy fish-

Okay, it's finally back.

Roque told the matter again, Ade's expression was slightly helpless, and Kitchener showed no mercy: "Locke, you can't blame the Portuguese, you are a repeat offender in this regard." ”

Roque was speechless, who is Lao Tzu for, not to open up territory for the British Empire!

"In East Africa before, you cheated the Portuguese once, and now you are doing it again, I'm really curious, did the Portuguese offend you?" Kitchener couldn't figure out why Roque always went after the Portuguese.

"Hehe, no, the Portuguese offended the Africans, the weak eat the strong, the survival of the fittest, when the Portuguese soldiers were strong, they could forcibly occupy East Africa and West Africa, and now the Portuguese are weakened and can't keep their colonies deserved, in our words, this is called the return of the Heavenly Dao Wheel should not be happy-" Roque almost composed a poem, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is a good reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up, who has the heavens spared-

"Hahahaha, that's right, Locke, that's why I like you, you have perfectly inherited the British Empire's way of thinking and code of conduct, and you should be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom." The more Kitchener looked at Roque, the more pleasing it became, and Roque suddenly had the feeling that his mother-in-law was looking at her son-in-law.

Ahh

Single dog!

ps: The first few chapters were stuffed with dog food, and I don't feel bad - don't be angry, because I'm also a single dog -