Many people may have forgotten that Xiao Si and Roark were the founders of the Liberal Party, and Owen joined the Liberal Party later, and the number of the party membership card was even behind Henry.

Xiao Si has now quit the Liberal Party and returned to the Progressive Party, and Roque is now indifferent, and the Liberal Party has become Owen's party, which is really a realistic version of the Magpie's Nest.

Roque and Smalls founded the Liberal Party to compete with the People's Party founded by Jan Smuts and Louis Botha, and now that the People's Party has gradually declined, it has almost no presence outside of Orange, and the Liberal Party is the dominant family, but has lived as the most hated person, which cannot but be embarrassing.

"Even if we fail this time, then we can't blame anyone, the Cape people have given us three chances, but we haven't grasped it, Boshoff, you just said that I am a traitor to the Liberal Party, then I ask you, what have you done for the Liberals in the Cape State in the past few years as the chairman of the Cape Liberal Party? Have you deviated from the Marquis and Mr. Rhodes's original intention of founding the Liberal Party? Are you worthy of the voters who voted for you? Chen Yan is also tough, and as there are more and more Chinese in southern Africa, Chinese parliamentarians are becoming more and more emboldened.

"Don't change the subject, we're talking about a second vote." Ferdinand Boshoff's face turned red, Chen Yan was right, in the past ten years, the ruling party in the Cape has always been the Liberal Party, and the federal government and the Cape people have given the Liberal Party a chance, but the Liberal Party has been disappointed.

"Stop! Stop these pointless quarrels, we need to work together now. Owen's face was ugly, he never expected the problems of the Cape Liberal Party to be so serious.

Owen's arrival at Cape was not a whim.

Since Philip succeeded Ade as prime minister, most of the time it has been smooth sailing, and the few setbacks have almost all been related to the Cape.

So Owen's candidacy for governor of Cape is actually at the behest of Philip.

"How do we work together now, even we Liberals don't vote for the Liberal candidates, what are we going to do with other people?" Ferdinand Boshoff grasped this point, Chen Yan's words poked at his sore spot, making him feel embarrassed, and he couldn't do anything about Chen Yan, which was very meaningful.

In other words, 20 years ago, white people did not have such a good temper, and now the Cape, although the advantage of the Chinese is not as great as that of Nyasaland, is also a force to be reckoned with, the key is that it is still very united, if Ferdinand Boshoff is too much, his parliamentary qualification will not be retained.

Chen Yan didn't speak, waiting to see what Owen said.

What else can Owen say, he actually doesn't have the courage of Xiao Si, it is impossible to carry out drastic reforms to the Liberal Party, and Owen certainly knows the problems of the Liberal Party, but there is no solution.

The dinner ended without a hitch, leaving only a piece of chicken feathers, and the next day at Chen Yan's winery in Oak Town, several Chinese lawmakers held a small gathering.

According to the current standards of 1922, Oak Town is actually eligible to be upgraded to Oak City, which has the best education and medical care in the whole Cape, as well as relatively complete urban infrastructure, but it is a pity that the children's dreams here are to go to the University of Nyasaland, not to the Cape of Good Hope University in Cape Town.

Compared to 1902, the only thing that hasn't changed in Oak Town is probably the endless vineyards.

After the establishment of the federal government, Oak Town's wine is famous far and wide, usually, if the origin is not specifically indicated, Cape Town wine refers to Oak Town wine, and now there are about 120 wineries in Oak Town, Chen Yan led the establishment of the Cape Wine Federation, the wine production process of Oak Town is unified and standardized, and craftsmen and winemakers are hired from Europe to continuously improve the wine of Oak Town, and Oak Town can earn millions of rand a year with wine alone.

"We should send a telegram to the Lord, some people in Cape Town are going too far, and the arrival of Mr. Owen will not necessarily change that." In the living room of Chen Yan's house, Wei Bing is grumpy, he is the cousin of Gordon's wife, and he also has a deep background.

This is also no way, these Chinese who first came to southern Africa have more or less something to do with those in Roque's inner circle, otherwise they would not be so bold to leave their homeland and come to southern Africa, after all, it was still the beginning of the twentieth century.

Don't use the thinking of people in the 21st century to set the people of the early 20th century, at that time, even on the southeast coast, going to sea to work is still a life of death, most of them are sold overseas as pigs, the situation is actually similar to the slave trade in Europe and the United States, don't expect those slave owners to guarantee the interests of Chinese workers, it is impossible.

The Chinese began to emigrate to southern Africa on a large scale, in fact, after the establishment of the federal government of southern Africa, when the Chinese who had already emigrated to southern Africa gradually spread the living conditions of the Chinese in southern Africa back to the Far East, and more and more people were willing to fight for their lives in southern Africa.

Note that at this time, it is not actually a part-time job, but a struggle.

"Don't worry, Boshoff is a waste, if he dares to target us Chinese, the Lord will definitely not let him go." Ma Kai, who is also from Zhili, is full of confidence, and Ma Kai's background is even more terrifying, and he is Martin's cousin.

"You don't need to look for a lord, wait for the next general election, we just elect Boshof, democracy and freedom, just use a democratic way to deal with Boshof." Chen Yan sneered, not wanting to affect the atmosphere of the party because of Boshoff: "Come on, come on, try the wine brewed in Cheng's garden, I think it's good, it can be listed in the first class." ”

A group of vineyard owners gathers, and the main body is of course inseparable from wine.

Cheng's sister-in-law is also a vineyard owner, her husband joined the Southern African Expeditionary Force in the world war, and died heroically during the war in Europe.

If you make a mistake, it is not difficult, the governments at all levels of the Federation of Southern Africa take great care of the military families, and although Cheng's husband died, the life of the family has not been affected, but has been taken care of by the federal and state governments and non-governmental organizations.

"It's really good, the wine in Cheng's sister-in-law's garden has to be first-class if it's not first-class." Wei Bing is a righteous person, and he is also the head of the Military Service Club in Oak Town.

Oaktown's wines have begun to be classified, and the best quality wines can be sold with the Oaktown Gold Mark, followed by the Silver Mark and the Green Mark, all three of which are officially recognized by Oak Town, similar to French brandy, and the price is very different from wines from other regions.

Ordinary wine, the market price is about 0.5 rand, gold wine, the lowest price in the market is 6.5, ordinary people simply can't afford to consume.

Of course, for ordinary people, even ordinary wine is quite expensive, and only the middle class dares to consume it in restaurants, and everyone else does it.

"We choose to abstain, it's still not good after all, we always have to give Mr. Owen some face, or we donate some money to Mr. Owen, it's more or less a meaning-" Ma Kai still knows how to be a man, and Owen is also Roque's eldest brother, and he still has to give face to give.

Mackay's official position was that of the head of the Rifle Society in Oak Town.

"How much is appropriate?" Wei Bing has no bottom in his heart, it is not good to donate less, it hurts to donate more, this degree is not easy to grasp.

"How about fifty thousand?" Mackay gritted his teeth, 50,000 rand was still acceptable for these vineyard owners.

"Fifty thousand—I'm afraid it's a little less—" Although Wei Bing didn't know Owen, the number of fifty thousand, I'm afraid that Owen probably couldn't look at it.

In any case, Owen is also a direct member of the Matilda family, the son of the current Prime Minister of Southern Africa, the younger brother of the Minister of Justice, 50,000 rand, replacing Ferdinand Boshoff is enough, for Owen, it may not be eye-catching.

"If you want to donate, donate 100,000, 50,000 is not a big deal, no matter how Mr. Owen is also the lord's brother-in-law, this bit of face still has to be given." Chen Yan made a decision, don't look at Roque Xiaosi is tens of millions at every turn, for small businessmen like Chen Yan and Ma Kai, 100,000 rand is already a big number.

"That's 100,000, no matter how we say we're also Liberals, we can't always let some people gossip." Wei Bing gritted his teeth and admitted, don't look at the fact that the Liberal Party has far more people in the Cape than the Progressive Party, if you really want to donate, the Liberals are really not as generous as the Progressives, after Owen decided to run, the Liberal Party only raised less than 200,000 campaign funds, and it was Henry who came forward to make up 500,000 for Owen.

"If only the Lord could come to Cape to run for Governor—" Mackay regretted that if Roque was willing to run for Cape Governor, Mackay would be happy even if his family went bankrupt.

"What do you think, the Lord is the one who wants to be the Prime Minister, so don't trouble the Lord and his old man-" Chen Yan laughed, the position of Cape Governor, Roque is afraid that he will not look down on him.

The next day, Chen Yan went to the official residence where Owen lived and handed over the check for 100,000 rand.

Interestingly, Owen came to Cape Town and did not live at the Liberal Party headquarters, but at Roque's home on Mill Street.

The current Mill Street is no longer the famous murderous mansion.

After Roque moved into Mill Street, most of the Chinese police officers in the Cape Town Police Department chose to settle in the vicinity of Mill Street, and now Mill Street is the most secure neighborhood in Cape Town, and land prices have soared, and Rock bought the big house on Mill Street for only a hundred pounds, and now he can't buy it for a thousand pounds.

Although Roque has not returned to Cape Town all these years, the house is still well cared for, and Zach has arranged for someone to clean it and be ready to move in.

Owen expressed great enthusiasm for Chen Yan to get it, and he really needed to talk to Chen Yan about the current situation of the Cape Liberal Party.