924 Nanshan Township
Now Adan is not only a supplier of oil to the Entente, but also involved in plantations, mines, shipping, etc., in addition to oil fields, from the Mediterranean to Southeast Asia, and then to Australia, with an annual profit of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Because of Roque's trust, Li De is as stable as Mount Tai in the position of general manager of Adan Company, even if he doesn't mention Roque, it is time for Li De to take the initiative to leave this position.
Roque also knows why Li De applied to be transferred back to Southern Africa, in fact, the work problem is only one aspect, no matter how good Port Elizabeth is, it is still a little worse than Southern Africa, Li De's children are now older, and when they reach the age of going to school, Li De wants to send the child back to Nyasaland to go to school, but his wife can't bear to be separated from the child, and Roque can't watch Li De and his family live separately.
Roque agreed to transfer Reed back to southern Africa, but asked Reid to stay in Port Elizabeth for a while until Roque found a suitable successor.
Like Li De, Don also has similar needs, and Roque can't favor one over the other, so next, the management of Adan Company and Umbrella Company may have a big change.
After learning that Roque had come to Port Elizabeth, Ali Rashid rushed to Port Elizabeth to ask for a meeting with Roque, hoping that Southern Africa would send advisers to the Sultanate of Najd to help Ali Rashid build the framework of the Sultanate of Najd.
It must be said that the success of a group within a mature social mechanism is not the same as the creation of a mature social mechanism, and the Persians faced this problem.
In other words, if it were in the British, it was normal for individual Persians to succeed in the general sense, but for the Persians to build a state similar to Britain on their own, the Persians really couldn't do it.
The current Sultanate of Najd mainly relies on the Adan Company and the Umbrella Company to support it, Li De sent some political officials to the Sultanate of Najd, and Tang En used the military personnel of the Umbrella Company as the skeleton to establish the Najd Sudanese Defense Force, and the Sultanate of Najd sent troops to participate in the world war, basically all of which are in this background.
Of course, Ali Rashid did this, and he would certainly have led to the loss of power and made the Sultanate of Najd a vassal state of southern Africa.
However, Ali Rashid had no better choice, and without the help of Adan and Umbrella, the Sultanate of Najd would have been a giant tribe of scattered sand, and there would be no change in the country at all.
Because there is no oil revenue, Ali Rashid doesn't even have the money to buy weapons and ammunition, so Ali Rashid really can't get angry.
Roque agreed to Ali Rashid's request, and the Paris Peace Conference decided to establish a new state in the two river basins, as a first-class mandate, entrusted to southern Africa to administer, and then it would be enough to form two sets of teams at once, and send people directly from southern Africa to manage them, and rotate them every few years, which was not too difficult.
Roque stayed in Port Elizabeth at a time when migration to the Two Rivers Valley was underway.
Most people have the impression that the Middle East is full of deserts and barren land.
In fact, this is not the case at all, there are about 50 million acres of arable land in the two river basins, and if they were allocated 50 acres per household, about 1 million households could be housed.
At this time, the residents were not a family of three, and each family generally had more than five children, so it was roughly estimated that the two river basins could accommodate tens of millions of people.
During the World War, there were about 300,000 Chinese laborers in Europe, after the end of the World War, some Chinese laborers chose to return to the Far East, and some Chinese laborers chose to stay in France, plus some Chinese laborers chose to immigrate to Cyprus, and finally less than half of the Chinese laborers immigrated to the two river basins, and most of their families have not yet come to Port Elizabeth, but the distribution of land has begun.
According to the first-come, first-served principle, the first immigrants to Port Elizabeth were allocated to the periphery of the city, the land that had been developed maturely, and the immigrants who came late had to go to remote areas to start from scratch, although the conditions were a little harder, but with the loans of the RAND Bank and the subsidies of government agencies, as long as they were diligent, they could stabilize their foothold in one or two years.
Although Roque tried every means to ensure that new immigrants could settle down in the two river valleys, no matter how good the policy was, problems would inevitably arise when it was implemented, so Roque wanted to see the implementation of the immigration policy in person and drive to a small town called Nanshan with Li De.
The name determined by the Adan Company in Nanshan Town is no longer available, and now there are less than 20 households in the town.
"We have 50 acres of land for every newcomer here in the early stage, the land around Nanshan Town is fully developed arable land, the owner of the land fled because of the war, or died in the war, anyway, these lands have no owner, 50 acres is almost 300 acres, if you are diligent, you can break even in a year or two, these new immigrants are very motivated, they have applied for a joint loan from the RAND Bank to buy seeds and cattle, but this decision is not wise, Tractors are more efficient than ploughing cattle, but they won't use tractors. "Ma Zhuang, the mayor of Nanshan Town, is a retired mercenary of the Umbrella Company, which had more than 34,000 mercenaries in the army during the World War, and about 4,500 people died during the World War.
After the end of the World War, some mercenaries took off their uniforms and returned to their umbrellas to continue working as mercenaries, while others who were tired of the war left the army, and many of them served as mayors, magistrates, and tax collectors in small towns like Nanshan Town.
"I won't find someone to teach them how to use it, the oil here is so cheap, obviously it is more cost-effective to use a tractor." Roque was not in a hurry, and it took three or four years for farmers in southern Africa to accept tractors instead of cattle.
Taking 10,000 steps back, it is almost impossible to use all 300 acres of land without using tractors instead of ploughing cattle, and the federal government of southern Africa has sent agricultural experts to give agricultural guidance to new immigrants, and the intensive agricultural method is not suitable for large-scale farms, and if the land is developed and used more effectively, agricultural experts in southern Africa are also studying in depth.
"Sir, it's not a question of whether it's a good deal or not, a tractor costs 150 pounds, and the same amount of money can buy five cows, although a tractor is certainly more efficient than five cows, but it will take them time to accept this." Li De followed hehehe, since Roque agreed to transfer Li De back to Southern Africa, Li De has been in a good mood.
The armored command vehicle walked along the unpaved road, and after bypassing a wooded field, the town of Nanshan was in sight.
"Further north is the Persian Empire, right?" Luo Ke asked casually, the environment of Nanshan Town is still very good, the land is flat, the transportation is convenient, and a small river passes through the town, which can provide enough water for the land on both sides of the river.
Now there were people working in the fields beside the road, and when they noticed the motorcade coming, the people who were working stopped their work and looked at the strange motorcade with suspicious eyes.
They have only just been given these lands, and they do not yet have a real sense of belonging to them.
"Yes, further north is the Persian Empire, last month a horse bandit from the Persian Empire crossed the border to our side to make trouble, but was driven away by our mercenaries, and I have informed Lisa Khan and asked her to restrain the inhabitants of the Persian Empire." Li De's expression was cold, this kind of thing on the border was actually normal, although the Persian Empire did not participate in the world war, but the domestic situation was not good, Lisa Khan's ambitions were getting bigger and bigger, and the dynasty was precarious.
"Warning Lisa Khan that if he can't do it, then we can help him do it." Roque doesn't talk nonsense, and his words are obviously harsher than Lide's.
The world war boosted not only the self-confidence of ordinary people in southern Africa, but also the self-confidence of Roque, the Marquis of Nyasaland.
In the past, maybe Roque would have taken a more secure way to communicate with Lisa Khan, but now even if it is over, under the command of Roque, the British expeditionary force has wiped out hundreds of German troops, and there is only one Persian Empire, and if Roque wants to, he can fight at any time.
In the past, the Persian Empire was retained because the British and Russian empires checked and balanced each other, and neither allowed the other to completely annex the Persian Empire, so there was today's situation.
Now the Russians are too busy to compete with the British government for the Persian Empire, so as long as Roque wants to, the Persian Empire will come to an end.
"Yes Lord, Don is negotiating with Lisa Khan, who wants more weapons, and if Lisa Khan succeeds, Lisa Khan promises to give us all the coast of the Persian Gulf." Li De had already planned, and the current Persian Empire was also at the mercy of others, and there was no room for resistance at all.
The convoy stopped at the entrance of Nanshan Town, and when Roque got out of the car, Zhou Fan, the sheriff and tax officer, greeted him at the entrance of the town.
When he saw Luo Ke, Zhou Fan directly gave Luo Ke a big gift.
Roque motioned for Angel to help Zhou Fan up, who had lost a leg in the World War and then received a hundred acres when the land was allocated.
The other fifty acres are special benefits only for military personnel.
Then Zhou Fan bought 150 acres of land in Nanshan Town out of his own pocket, so that the land under Zhou Fan's name had 1,500 acres.
"Lord, welcome to Nanshan Town—" Zhou Fan was so excited that he was at a loss, Luo Er's Department was the highest-ranking official that Zhou Fan had come into contact with in half his life.
"It should be that we thank you for losing a leg in the world war and still working hard, and we should all learn from you." Luo Ke's words simply made Zhou Fan feel like a spring breeze.