Even though the DPA explicitly stated that democratic representation would be introduced in the Transvaal and Orange at the appropriate time, many Transvaal officials remained convinced that day would never come.

Both Ade and Philip think so, and Henry is skeptical because of Roque's insistence, but Henry and Roque are both police officers and have limited influence in this matter, so it is really hard to say what will happen to the Transvaal in the future.

It should be said that Frank, a priest, has no position in this matter.

But Frank was a German first and then a priest, so Frank must have a position on this issue, and if there is anyone in southern Africa who wants the Transvaal to be autonomous, then it is probably a German except for the Boers.

The Germans absolutely did not want Britain to remain strong, so the autonomy of Britain's colonies was the situation that the Germans wanted to see the most.

"Even if the Transvaal is self-governing, what does it have to do with your Catholicism?" Roque does not deny that autonomy certainly has many benefits, and Roque is not purely British, and he really has no feelings for the British Empire.

It is estimated that it is also because of this reason that Frank dares to say this to Roque, otherwise, even if the relationship between Roque and Frank is good, Frank will not dare to make a big deal about Roque.

The relationship between Frank and Roque is really good, Douglas came to Johannesburg because of Frank, without Frank, Roque would not be able to get involved with those top scholars in Europe, and there would be no current situation in Ziwei Town.

"Of course it does, my lord, and we all want the Transvaal to be stronger, freer, and more independent in deciding the affairs of the Transvaal, rather than needing London's approval for everything." Frank said that in the past, Roque had no choice but to hug the thigh of Britain, and now Roque hopes that the Transvaal can exist in the Commonwealth in a more independent manner, which is actually beneficial to both the Transvaal and the British government.

For the British government, the huge colony is now not a capital but a burden, and the military spending of the Second Boer War has prompted the British government to reflect on whether it is worth maintaining a colony in a remote area at a cost of 220 million pounds, if before the Second Boer War, someone told the British government that the Second Boer War would cost 220 million pounds, and it is estimated that the British government would rather give up the gold of the Transvaal than provoke this war.

In fact, after the war, the attitude of the British government has proved this, otherwise after the war, only a few people such as Ade, Roque, and Henry would not have been knighted.

From the attitude of self-government towards Canada and Australia, it is not difficult to find that the British government has now begun to change its previous policy, gradually abandoning the unimportant colonies, and changing from strategic expansion to strategic contraction, as Joseph Chamberlain made unabashedly clear during his visit to the Transvaal.

For the Transvaal, autonomy from the direct jurisdiction of the British government is also more conducive to the development of the Transvaal.

Not all colonial officials were grateful to the British government, and the mass resignation of Natal officials has proved that the Natal officials' thirst for power is not only in Natal, but also in the Cape, in Orange, and even in the Transvaal, where no one wants to work without constraints, and no one wants to be held on the head and dictated.

"As things stand, London is becoming more and more impatient with the Transvaal and Orange, and the loan applied for by Orange last month was not approved, and I heard that London is also preparing to introduce a population tax in the Transvaal and Orange, what is the difference between this and the war tax, but it is just another way of saying it-" Frank harbored evil intentions and deliberately confused the Transvaal and Orange.

Funds for reconstruction will not be enough at any time.

After the plague, Orange finally began to enter the reconstruction phase, because with the jewel of Johannesburg in front of it, the reconstruction of Orange naturally had a standard.

In order to catch up with Johannesburg, the Orange government tried to unite with the Transvaal government to obtain more loans, but this request was rejected by the Transvaal government, so the Orange government had to apply for a loan alone.

Unfortunately, no bank was willing to lend money to the Orange government without the guarantee of the Transvaal, so the Orange government had no choice but to turn to London for help.

Since the end of the war, London has given more than 20 million aid to Orange and the Transvaal, far more than the £3 million promised in the Peace Agreement.

Don't forget, the Transvaal and Orange are not yet able to generate any taxes, London has to bear the salaries of the Transvaal and Orange officials, and now that the reconstruction of Orange is a bottomless pit, it is indeed as Frank said, London is becoming less and less patient with the Transvaal and Orange.

As for war taxes, London had confirmed in the DPA that no taxes levied for war would be imposed on the Transvaal and Orange.

The British government did exactly that, and the Zulu people of Natal had become increasingly strained with the Natal government because of the war tax.

Now the British government wants to introduce population taxes in the Transvaal and Orange, which is actually a war tax in disguise, which everyone knows well.

"For London, Orange is now a huge financial burden, London is now avoided, although the situation in the Transvaal is slightly better, but if taxes are levied in the Transvaal, it will be a disaster for us in the Transvaal, so why not be autonomous? If we are autonomous, we don't need to pay taxes to London, and we don't need to accept London's supervision, and those officials and lords who sit in offices thousands of miles away will not understand how complicated our situation here is, let alone put themselves in our shoes, think about it, if the Transvaal is autonomous, then how beautiful the prospects of the Transvaal are-" Frank's words are indeed very incendiary, although Roque knows that the Transvaal will be autonomous in two years, but he still can't help but imagine.

Autonomy is indeed good, simply put, it is to spend its own money, take care of its own affairs, to stay within the British Commonwealth, the Transvaal may have to sacrifice some diplomatic rights, for example, if Britain and other countries have a war, then if the British government asks, the Transvaal will also send troops to participate in the war, the Canadian army and Australian troops in the second Boer War came to southern Africa for this reason, but in addition, the rights of the Dominion are not much different from independent countries.

The most important thing is to stay in the Commonwealth, which means that the countries of the Commonwealth all over the world have opened their markets to the Transvaal, which is important for the future Transvaal and Nyasaland.

With Roque's plan, the Transvaal and Nyasaland will have quite strong industrial capacity in the future, and the southern African market will not consume much industrial products at all, and the future development of the Transvaal and Nyasaland industries will still rely on the huge Commonwealth countries.

Don't say anything else, just talk about India, this market is enough for Roque's eyes, India is not yet self-sufficient in food, catch up with the disaster year, how many people will starve to death at every turn, that is, Roque does not want to be in the limelight, otherwise the Transvaal will be able to export potatoes to India now.

When it comes to exports, this point is really cautious, in the future, Britain will allow the autonomy of southern Africa, because the four colonies in southern Africa not only can not provide Britain with enough raw material markets and product dumping grounds, but the British government is under heavy financial pressure in order to maintain colonial rule, if the Transvaal and Nyasaland now show some potential, it is really difficult to say whether the British government will allow the Transvaal and Nyasaland to be autonomous in two years.

It's okay if it's allowed, but if it's not, then Roqueke will lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.

"Got Frank, no matter what the future holds, it's the future, it's useless to talk about it now-" Roque can't let Frank continue to play, this guy doesn't look like a priest at all, but like a lobbyist, Frank doesn't say it, Roque is not in a hurry, now for a while, Roque can't wait for the Transvaal and Nyasaland to govern tomorrow.

"Then let's not talk about the future, just the present, Lord, if you have a wedding in my church, I will cover all the cost of the wedding-" Frank was satisfied, looking at Roque's expression, Frank had achieved his goal.

"Hehe, you think I'm short of money?" Roque smiled dumbly, Frank has the support of Catholicism and German Southwest Africa behind him, and he is indeed wealthy, but Roque is not poor, there are hundreds of tons of gold piled up in the underground vault of the Roque Gold Mine, and Roque is really not short of money.

"Sir, it's not a matter of money, if you have a wedding in my church, I can bring in the Catholic archbishop of Africa to officiate for you and the lady of Nyasaland." Frank throws out a real temptation that may not be important to Roque, but it is important to believers.

"Hahahaha, Frank, are you crazy, Phyllis is a Protestant, Catholic archbishop, and she is not attractive to Phyllis." Roark laughed, Frank slapped the horse's leg this time.

Roque can now confirm that what Frank said just now must have been taught, otherwise Frank would not have the language ability at all.

Now Frank's level is in line with Roque's impression of Frank.

"Don't forget, Sir, that more than half of the inhabitants of Purple Town are Catholics." Frank finally gets angry.

"Half? Do you believe that tomorrow I will say a word, and your believers will not even have a tenth left? Roque was triumphant, the so-called half of the believers, at least more than half of them were Chinese who were not firm in their beliefs, so Frank's threats were useless to Roque.