Just as more and more white people are actively learning Chinese, white people are becoming more and more accepting of traditional Chinese medicine.

There is a fact that has to be admitted, dignitaries and nobles are the vane of the whole society, when the leaders of countries such as Ade and Philip began to receive traditional Chinese medicine treatment, traditional Chinese medicine received more and more attention.

Roque must be happy to hear this, whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, or modern medicine, as long as it is beneficial to southern Africa, Roque will let it develop freely, which kind of medicine can prevail, it depends on the common choice of the whole society, at present, it seems that Chinese medicine has taken the lead.

Negotiations didn't end in a day or two, and Roque only showed up on the first day, taking the train back to Pretoria that evening.

The Umbrella Company's expansion on the peninsula finally provoked a strong revolt from the Persians, and the remnants of the Muscat Sultanate launched a counteroffensive against Muscat on the first day of the new year, and Ahvaz's oil wells and refineries were attacked by unknown militants at the same time, and the two places were separated by 1,300 kilometers and less than three hours apart.

To Roque's relief, Don and Li De performed well, the Umbrella Company's garrison in Muscat withstood the attack of the remnants of the Muscat Sultanate, and completely annihilated the invading enemy within twelve hours, the Umbrella Company had fifteen mercenaries killed in the battle, more than 40 people were injured, and most of the casualties occurred within half an hour of the beginning of the battle, and when the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company stabilized their positions and began to counterattack, the rabble besieging Muscat collapsed.

"Fifteen people were killed, more than forty were wounded, how many enemies did they kill?" Ade cares more about the mercenaries' achievements than losses.

"There are probably more than 6,000 people, and the exact number is not known at this time, but the rebel vehicles took the bodies with them and fled into the nearby mountains, and it is impossible to count them now." Roque understated, statistics are impossible to count accurately, and Roque does not need these achievements to publicize.

"The Muscat people are dying—" Ade's expression was complicated, the former Yariba dynasty across the continent of Asia and Africa has now disappeared, the Sultanate of Zanzibar was wiped out by the British, the Sultanate of Muscat was wiped out by the Sultanate of Najd, and even the name Muscat may disappear in the future, so as not to cause special memories for some groups.

"Nobody cares." Philip, who had worked in the Colonial Office, was also an avid colonial pioneer.

After the successful passage of the budget, the relationship between Ade and Philip has eased a lot.

Roque played a huge role between Ade and Philip, and on weekdays, Ade and Philip rarely see each other unless necessary, but Roque doesn't want to say the same thing twice, so he simply invites Ade and Philip together to report at one time, and some problems are better solved when they are put on the table.

At least there is one more channel of communication, and many problems will ferment misunderstandings because of lack of timely communication.

"When the Sultanate of Najd attacked the Sultanate of Muscat, many people did die." Roque threw all the pots at Ali Rashid, colonial aggression must be evil and shameless, but it is normal for the race to attack each other, and the history of war of the Persians is to slaughter cities for many days at every turn, this kind of thing is common.

"Then end this as quickly as possible and don't happen again." Ade is also ruthless, the shortage of manpower in southern Africa has been greatly alleviated, and there is no need to use Muscat to actually control Muscat, since this must be done once and for all.

"I'm going to transfer the cruiser USS Edward to Port Elizabeth." Roque also wants to show the military strength of southern Africa, with the expansion of the Umbrella Company's sphere of influence, and the Ottomans, the Qajar Dynasty is also inevitable, Port Elizabeth is next to Basra and Ahvaz, both are very important oil producing areas, respectively belong to the Ottoman Empire and the Qajar Dynasty, Roque wants to dominate the peninsula's oil and gas resources, and the next thing to deal with is the Ottoman Empire and the Qajar Dynasty.

Coincidentally, these two countries are on the verge of death, the Ottoman Empire has been hit by the North African War and the Balkan War in a row and is dying, the Qajar dynasty has now been reduced to a common colony of Britain and Russia, the next ten years are very important for Roque, the map of the future world is basically the foundation laid during this decade, how much Southern Africa can gain in this golden decade depends on how determined Roque and Ade, Philip and their determination is.

Again, if Ade and Philip don't approve, then Roque will have to pocket the entire peninsula in another way through the umbrella company, and the process may have more twists and turns, and the price to pay will be greater, but compared to the gains, all the efforts are worth it.

As the oil and gas resources of the peninsula become more and more important, Ade and Philip are now more determined to the peninsula, but for Roque's radicalism, Ade and Philip look at each other, and both have worries in their eyes.

"Port Elizabeth is not a territory of southern Africa after all—" Ade feared international pressure.

"Port Elizabeth can dock large warships?" Philip's concern was military presence, and the Edward was indeed dwarfed by the dreadnoughts of the maritime powers, but the Edward was already the most powerful warship in southern Africa, and it was also a cutting-edge warship for the aging and decaying Ottoman Navy and the Qajar Navy.

The Ottoman navy was disappointing in the Italian-Turkish War, and the Italian navy, which had just been established for a short time, was weak enough in the eyes of Britain, France and Germany, but the Ottoman navy was still almost unrelenting in the war, except for the resupply of Tripoli through the Suez Canal.

The Italian navy invaded and occupied the Twelve Islands in the late stage of the Italist-Turkish War and approached Constantinople, and the Ottoman navy did not dare to go out of the port to meet the battle.

As for the navy of the Qajar dynasty -

Roque doesn't know if the Qajar Dynasty still has a navy, maybe there is, but he has never seen it in the Persian Gulf, and even if there is, it is estimated that it is a few wooden sail warships of the grandfather class, which are not at the same level as a cutting-edge warship like the cruiser Edward.

"I'm going to build a new military port next to Port Elizabeth." Roque's ambition is big, before Royal Shell and Standard Oil wanted to build a port on the coast of the Persian Gulf, but they have not yet put it into action, Roque is now grabbing the land, whether to repair it or not, first occupy all the suitable places to build a port.

"Then it's in the territory of the Ottoman Empire—" Ade was familiar with the topography of the peninsula, and next to Port Elizabeth was the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which was now Ottoman territory.

"No, in Persia." Roque is ambitious, and the estuary of the two river basins is Persia, and Roque wants to take the pot away and leave no soup.

"That is, you are now going to provoke both the Ottoman Empire and Persia at the same time." Ade was speechless, he wasn't actually a dove, but he didn't approve of Roque reaching out so unscrupulously.

"Look at the Ottoman Empire's performance in the North African War and the Balkan War, they deserved it." Philip is also a radical hawk, before the Italian-Turkish War, the Allies and the Entente still wanted to win over the Ottoman Empire, but now they are afraid to avoid it, and the Ottoman Empire's performance in these two wars is really unbearable.

"It's not time to divide up the Ottoman Empire, you can send a few destroyers over, not the cruiser Edward." Ade has reservations, as the most powerful warship in southern Africa now, the cruiser Edward cannot be easily dispatched.

"Mr. Minister, telegram from Port Elizabeth." Barton hurried in his military uniform.

A Bab revolt broke out in Persia, Ahvaz was besieged by the Bábs, two oil derricks of Royal Shell were destroyed, a convoy of Standard Oil was attacked, the armed men escorting the convoy suffered heavy casualties, and more than twenty cars were burned.

Religious contradictions in Persia are prominent, and since the middle of the last century, the Bábí have staged several uprisings, which have been forcefully suppressed by the Persian government.

As major oil companies gathered in Ahvaz to extract oil, the conflict between the oil workers and the locals became more and more acute, and the Báb took the opportunity to stage another uprising in an attempt to expel Ahvaz's oil company.

The umbrella and Adan Company are Roque's enterprises, and Ade and Philip don't speak, and see what Roque does.

"I have ordered the demolition of Ahvaz's oil wells and the evacuation of personnel to Port Elizabeth." Roque's response caught Ade and Philip off guard.

"Ahvaz's oil reserves are still very rich—" Philip disagreed, and at this time, dismantling the oil wells and withdrawing personnel was tantamount to giving up profits to other oil companies.

Ade obviously didn't approve either, but he didn't rush to make a statement, waiting to hear Roque's explanation.

"The anti-British sentiment in the Persian Kingdom is serious, although the Persian Gulf coast is our sphere of influence, but we have not received due benefits from the Persian Gulf coast, now Ahvaz has discovered oil, almost the world's oil companies are flocking here, we should take this opportunity to reshuffle the cards, the power of the major oil companies with the help of the power of the cultists to drive away from Ahvaz, and then we can calmly develop Ahvaz's oil." Roque's words satisfied Ade but also a little worried, if you look at it this way, maybe this uprising of the Bábists was created by Roque.

In this regard, Roque and his umbrella company can also be regarded as habitual offenders.