400 military power
To the extent of Roque, Xiao Si and Henry, the cost of trial and error is their biggest advantage.
If an investment is successful, it is good, it does not matter if it is not successful, there is such a thing as land, in southern Africa, where private ownership is practiced, the more the better, the more it is released, the more valuable it is, needless to say more, as long as Roque and Small, Henry buy one-third of the farms in Orange, then Orange will change, and the dominance of the Boers in Orange will be shaken.
As soon as he said it, Roque, Xiao Si and Henry immediately decided to invest 500,000 pounds to establish the Bechuana Agricultural Development Company and begin to buy farms in Orange on a large scale.
As for why the name is Bechuana, not Rhodesia or Nyasaland, in addition to not arousing the vigilance of the Orange government, the Bechuana Agricultural Development Company will of course also develop the Bechuana Reserve, and Roque will certainly not forget the 580,000 square kilometers of Botswana, which is much larger than Orange in terms of area.
In fact, at the moment, it is more cost-effective to develop the Bechuana Reserve than to develop Orange, and Roque remembers that when he was in Cape Town, Rochenay paid £280 to buy a full 12 square kilometres of Bechuana Reserve.
As the governor of Bechuana Prefecture, Amelia, in order to get the protection of Roque and Xiaosi, gave Rod a full 500 square kilometers of land with a stroke of a pen, and the transfer price was only a symbolic 100 pounds.
At the same time as the acquisition of the Orange Farms, Bechuana Agricultural Development Company will also develop farms in Bechuana.
Relatively speaking, the farms in Bechuana are actually better developed, as a highland country, Bechuana's agriculture is greatly limited, pasture is the best choice for Bechuana, the property of Bechuana people is also measured by the number of cattle, the farm area is really not important, because in Bechuana, no one cares about the farm at all, the cheapest is the land.
Roque's development of Bechuana's farm meant a massive influx of Chinese Americans, and in this way, it would definitely change Bechuana's current situation.
In the Transvaal and Nyasaland, people are now more accustomed to captivity, rather than the previous nomadic herding, and nomadic herding is more conducive to the reproduction and expansion of the herd, but also more land-saving, more efficient, under the same conditions, the efficiency of captivity is more than ten times that of nomadism, the influx of Chinese will completely change the status quo of Bechuana, and in time, Bechuana may also become the next Transvaal.
The next day, in the presence of Roque, Smalls and Henry, Chang Andong and Neville Chamberlain signed a series of cooperation agreements to entrust the sale of Nyasaland products in the Commonwealth to Neville Chamberlain.
Neville Chamberlain's promise was to make sales of no less than £10 million a year, and if it was less than that, Neville Chamberlain would automatically lose the right to represent Nyasaland products, and Nyasaland would re-select the agent.
Of course, in order to give Neville Chamberlain enough power, Roque still gave Neville Chamberlain a lot of discounts on the price, an ordinary car on the market that costs 3,000 pounds, Roque gives Neville Chamberlain only 2,500 pounds, and for every car sold, Neville Chamberlain can make a profit of 500 pounds, this price is exactly the same as the price given to Ada, and Roque definitely does not want to see Neville Chamberlain and Ida fight a price war, so that it is Nyasaland who will be damaged in the end.
After the agreement was signed, Anton held a grand celebration dinner for the Neville Chamberlain brothers in the Nyasaland government, accompanied by Roque, Xiao Si and Henry, and Austin Chamberlain finally forgot the unhappiness caused by Tanganyika, and had a good conversation with the happy Anton.
Although Austin Chamberlain is now excluded from the cabinet and does not hold any position, Austin Chamberlain has served as Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications and Chancellor of the Exchequer before, and he has a wealth of political experience, which is exactly what Anton lacks the most.
Anton and Roque are not the same, although their backgrounds are similar, but Roque's body is a soul from another time and space, and his vision is beyond everyone in this era, but Anton is limited by this era, even if Anton has studied hard all these years, and now he is the governor of Nyasara, he is actually a little inadequate.
Fortunately, Roque doesn't care, although Anton is not a qualified governor, but others are even more unqualified, Anton is at least Roque's most trusted person, and he will not betray Roque, which is enough to offset Anton's lack of ability.
Roque didn't care what Anton learned from Austin Chamberlain, and signed a contract to help Neville Chamberlain solve the financial problem.
Neville Chamberlain wanted to take out a loan from the RAND Bank to pay Nyasaland.
In other words, Neville Chamberlain also played with an empty glove white wolf.
The problem is that Neville Chamberlain has no property mortgage in Southern Africa, and he is unwilling to use the dividends from the Favart steel plant as collateral, so this makes Roque a little angry.
"Hmph, what do you mean? Borrowing from RAND Bank without collateral? You go and ask the Imperial Bank to see if the Imperial Bank will lend it to you. Roque was also speechless, he knew the price for Neville Chamberlain, and at least he should add one percent to the price for Ida.
"Yes Locke, if the Chamberlain family wants to take out a loan from the Imperial Bank, they really don't need any mortgage." Neville Chamberlain's eyes widened and he looked sincere.
Roque saw a hint of pride in Neville Chamberlain's eyes.
Neville Chamberlain did not lie on this issue, in British political circles, the Chamberlain family is still very prestigious, so the Chamberlain family wants to go to the Imperial Bank for a loan, and it is estimated that there is really no need for a mortgage.
However, the credibility of the Chamberlain family, the estimated value is also very limited, maybe Neville Chamberlain went to the Imperial Bank to borrow 10,000 pounds really does not need a mortgage, but what about 100,000 million?
In other words, the Imperial Bank is estimated to not be able to get it out for a while.
And Neville Chamberlain wanted to borrow from the RAND Bank for a million dollars, and to be honest, the RAND Bank couldn't get it for a while.
"Neville, you can act as an agent for other goods for the time being, and Itno should put it away first." Roque didn't expect Neville Chamberlain's appetite to be so big.
It has to be said that the Chamberlain family is also very large, a Lord's car worth 10,000 pounds, Neville Chamberlain ordered four, and all of them require a family crest inlaid with gold and diamonds, such a badge is worth 5,000 pounds.
At the same time, Neville Chamberlain asked for the exclusive authorization of the Itno store, and the transfer fee for the four Itno stores in London alone was as high as 400,000 pounds, and there are now fifteen such stores in Britain, and Neville Chamberlain took out the loan because of these stores.
"What, reluctantly? Locke, don't forget that the contract we signed is all goods in Nyasaland, all! Neville Chamberlain emphasized that Neville Chamberlain and Roque have a good relationship, and they look ugly when calculating economic accounts.
"Sorry Neville, Itno is not a business in Nyasaland, but in Johannesburg." Roque is still principled, you want what you give you, and you can't worry about what you don't give it.
What's more, Itno is the pocket money that Roark prepared for Phyllis and Ada, and Roark himself doesn't even ask about Iteno's business situation, and Neville Chamberlain really thinks a little too much.
"Itno isn't yours?" Neville Chamberlain was clearly unconvinced.
"Where is the boss—" Roque gestured, and not far away, Phyllis and Austin Chamberlain's wife, Ivy Chamberlain, were discussing how to take care of the children.
Austin Chamberlain and Ivy Chamberlain got married last year, and their child was born just a few months ago, and now Ivy Chamberlain is pregnant again.
"Use your wife as a shield, Locke, you're really shameless." Neville Chamberlain still doesn't believe it,
"Don't talk nonsense, if you don't want to be an agent, you still have a chance to regret it." Roque doesn't force it, Neville Chamberlain doesn't want to do it, some people want to do it.
Before Neville Chamberlain could reply, Zach crept over and handed Roque a note that a Boer named Nikla Van Lensburg wanted to see Roque, who was downstairs now.
This Nikola vanensberg is not an ordinary person, among the Boers, Nikola vanensberg is a famous "prophet", during the Boer War, Nikola vanensberg once relied on his "hallucinations" to discover several British positions and help the Boer coalition win the victory, so Nikola vanlensberg has a high prestige among the Boers.
Roque was not interested in such a prophet, he himself was obviously a "prophet", and most of the so-called "hallucinations" were also false, so Roque shook his head slightly, not wanting to see Nikola Van Lensberg at all.
Zach quietly walked away, but it still caught Neville Chamberlain's idea.
"A Boer prophet, I don't know why I want to see me." Roque explained casually.
"Then see him, and hear what he has to say." Neville Chamberlain was curious.
"Hehe, if I see all kinds of people, I don't have to do anything else this day." Roque will not see any cats and dogs casually, and after a while Roque will set up the third and fourth divisions, and there are many people who want to see Roque during this time, especially the Boers.
During the Boer War, many famous Boer generals are now actually in a state of idleness, except for Herzog and DeWitt, who have died unexpectedly, former Transvaal President Schalke Biegel, former deputy commander of the Boer Coalition Army, and famous generals in the Boer Coalition Army, Dralai and Kemp, all wanted to meet Roque, and Roque ignored them all and refused.
You don't have to think about it to know what these people want to do, and Roque will definitely not let the Boers take military power.
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