After the signing of the peace agreement, large rubber plantations that originally belonged to the British Rubber Company and the Antwerp Company were successively taken over by the newly established Congolese Rubber Company, the Boma Rubber Company, and the South African Trading Company, which are all subsidiaries of the Congolese Company, and the list of shareholders is very long, in addition to the thunderous Iron Triangle Roque, Henry, and Xiaosi, including Anton, Martin, Ida, Winston, Neville, Owen, Sidney Milner, Christian, Yaya, Isaiah Chamberlain, Lu Taitai, and the Prince of Wales, who is still a minor.

Just look at the list of shareholders of the Congolese company, you can see how large Roque's network of connections is now, this list of shareholders includes the royal family and the aristocracy, the president and the king, the members of the political family entrenched in Britain, the financial oligarchy of the most important in southern Africa, the rising political stars with unlimited futures, and the powerful feudal officials in southern Africa.

Unlike other companies under Roque's name, which were resolutely not listed, the Congo company operated in full accordance with the standards of British companies, and was listed in London shortly after its establishment, and the first 100,000 shares were sold out within two hours, and the stock price quickly soared from the initial 2 pounds to 25 pounds, and within the next week, 1.5 million shares flowed into the market, and these shares were almost all divided among the British aristocracy, which was rare for ordinary shareholders.

"You mean, my one percent of the shares are now worth more than a million pounds?" Sidney Milner was incredulous, considering that none of the Congolese companies had made a profit yet, but the stock market voted with its feet, showing great confidence in the Congolese companies.

Or great faith in Roque.

Roque is the largest shareholder of the Congolese company, holding only 25 percent of the shares, Henry and Xiao Si combined have 25 percent of the shares, and Ida, who has the most shares, is only 3 percent.

"It should be more than just now, yesterday the share price of Congolese companies reached 35 pounds, and now it looks like it will continue to soar." Xiao Si smiled, this money is so easy to make, it's almost like picking it up for nothing.

"How did you do that?" Sidney Milner really didn't understand how Roque and Smalls worked.

"This is the charm of finance, no one deliberately inflated the stock price, it turns out that we don't need to operate, there are more smart people than we think." Roque is also happy, but it has not yet reached the point of forgetfulness, in addition to the Congo company, Roque has a lot of high-quality assets in his hands, not to mention a large number of military enterprises in Nyasaland, just the umbrella and Adan company, any one of them is listed, it can cause a sensational effect similar to that of Congolese companies.

To be sure, £35 is not the limit of the price of Congolese companies, which before the outbreak of the rebellion in the Congolese Free State, which owned only a portion of the rubber business, had reached £35 in shares, and now Congolese companies own almost all the rubber plantations in the Republic of the Congo and the Kingdom of the Congo, and the stock price should have at least tripled to match the value of those rubber plantations.

If it tripled, Congolese companies would also become one of the most valuable companies in the world.

"Awesome! Locke, even if you want to annex the Congo Free State now, there will be countless people to speak for you. Sidney Milner was convinced, it really didn't make sense for such a person not to get rich.

However, Roque has long surpassed the pursuit of wealth now, and in his previous life, Roque would be cynical when he heard about some small goals, now think about it, 100 million is indeed a small goal for some people, Roque doesn't care about the profits of the Congo company, and using the Congo company to pull more and more people onto the big ship of southern Africa is Roque's real purpose.

"No, no, no, at least not yet, we still have to use the Congolese to rebuild the rubber plantations, even if they are annexed, at least after the rubber plantations are rebuilt." Roque will not get into trouble, and the reconstruction of the rubber plantation must be based on the oppression of the Congolese, this pot belongs to the Republic of Congo and the Kingdom of the Congo, so Roque will not rob it.

"We also have a lot of tasks, to dig mines, to rebuild rubber plantations, to build ports, but also to dredge canals, originally I thought we would have to invest tens of millions, but now it seems that there is no need at all, it's amazing, the company has not made money yet, but we have begun to make money." Xiao Si was also under a lot of pressure before, but now the pressure has all turned into motivation.

The basic conditions of the Congo Free State are actually very good, Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State for 20 years, the number of Africans in the Congo Free State has decreased by 15 million, and now the Congo has a huge area of rubber plantations, the most complete railway system in Africa outside southern Africa, and nearly 10 million human resources.

This is also the reason why Roque tried his best to pull people on the car, building a port is definitely not as fast as directly robbing the port of the Portuguese, next to the Kingdom of Congo is Cabinda, next to the Republic of the Congo is Soyo, before Leopold II did not dare to make a move on the Portuguese, now Isaiah Chamberlain and Lu Taitai are fearless, although the Portuguese are increasing their troops, but the Portuguese mobilization capacity is also limited, once the cost of defending Cabinda and Soyo exceeds the benefits brought by Cabinda and Soyo, then the Portuguese will waver.

Now it seems that the importance of Cabinda and Soyo is decreasing, for Portugal, Cabinda and Soyo are not the core territories that must be defended, such as Cabinda, the main income used to come from the customs clearance fees of products from the Congo Free State, and now the Kingdom of Congo and Portugal are gradually escalating because of the friction between Cabinda, and the products will definitely not be sent to Europe through Cabinda, in this case, the determination of the Portuguese to defend Cabinda is also declining.

The crux of the problem is that even if you pay a huge price, you may not be able to keep it, Portuguese East Africa is a lesson from the past, in order to suppress the rebellion of the Yao people, Portugal not only mobilized the Portuguese in Portuguese East Africa, but also sent an expeditionary force from the country, but the rebellion not only did not quell, but intensified, and eventually led to Portugal losing control of Portuguese East Africa, and the consequences of Portuguese West Africa were the same as those of Portuguese East Africa, and then the Portuguese were sad.

The Portuguese are now seeking negotiations with the Kingdom of Congo through southern Africa, and Roque and Small, Sidney Milner are now on their way to the Rhodesia Hotel.

The Portuguese man who was waiting at the Rhodesia Hotel was Bianca Carolina, a Portuguese businessman who had been doing business in Cape Town and had now become a citizen of Southern Africa, and this Portuguese choice was also very interesting, and even if it could not be negotiated, it would not affect the reputation and image of Portugal.

"How are we going to talk to him?" Sidney Milner sat on the sofa in a comfortable mood, and the compartment of the armored command vehicle was really comfortable and spacious.

"What to talk about, the Portuguese want to be beautiful." Xiao Si was unhappy, the Portuguese's request was very excessive, and they hoped to exchange Cabinda and Soyo for Caronda, which was occupied by Rhodesia, and then the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo would compensate Rhodesia respectively, so that the Portuguese could leave the field with dignity, although the benefits were lost, but they could be compensated in Karonda.

Caronda is a salient of Portuguese West Africa, surrounded on three sides by Rhodesia, except for the part connected to Portuguese West Africa.

Portugal has a land area of less than 100,000 square kilometers, Portuguese West Africa has an area of more than 1.24 million square kilometers, and Portuguese East Africa has an area of about 800,000 square kilometers.

With so many colonies, Portugal alone could not control the population alone, so Portugal also had to use the natives of the colonies in order to complete the actual occupation of the colonies.

In another time, Portuguese West Africa was assigned to Portugal after the Berlin Conference, but it was not until 1922 that the Portuguese army completed de facto control of Portuguese West Africa.

Because of the independence of Portuguese East Africa, Portugal's control of Portuguese West Africa was accelerated, and as a result, encouraged by Nyasaland, Rhodesia, which vigorously expanded its colonies, still occupied Kalonda first, and the Portuguese repeatedly negotiated with the federal government of Southern Africa and the government of Rhodesia, but did not get a response.

The area of Kalonda is about 50,000 square kilometers, it is an inland area, high mountains and dense forests, rich in timber, although the value can not be compared with the natural harbor of Cabinda and Soyo, but it is better than nothing, after the loss of Portuguese East Africa, Portugal is not willing to lose even a small colony.

Although the Portuguese wishful thinking is good, but Xiao Si is not stupid, the reason why the Portuguese are willing to talk is also forced to helpless, the current Republic of the Congo, the Kingdom of Congo and the former Congo Free State are different, the huge human resources of the Kingdom of Congo will make Portugal continue to bleed, until the Portuguese can not afford it.

The Republic of the Congo, which has the backing of southern Africa, is even more destructive, and if the situation gets out of control, the Republic of the Congo may incite Africans in Portuguese West Africa to rebel, and at that time, let alone Cabinda and Soyo, it will be a question of whether it can keep the whole of Portuguese West Africa.

Portugal has now lost Portuguese East Africa, and if it loses Portuguese West Africa again, then Portugal will be completely reduced to a third-rate country in Europe.

The dehaired phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and then Portugal will not even be as good as the Balkan countries that have just broken away from the Ottoman Empire, and the Balkan countries can at least work hard from scratch, while Portugal is relying on the squeezing of the colony to live a generally rich life, and the national strength is not bad.