1008 True generosity
What happened in the British Parliament soon spread to southern Africa, and Ade summoned Roque, Henry, and Smalls to ask if the London Evening News report was true.
"Yes—" was Roque's answer.
"It's not!" This is Xiao Si's answer.
Henry did not reply.
Seeing the completely different attitudes of the three people, Ade's expression was wonderful, three points of relief, three points of anger, three points of disappointment, and the last point was helplessness.
Roque, Xiao Si, and Henry were embarrassed, Roque subconsciously covered his face, Xiao Si raised his head to look at the ceiling, and Henry was scratching his head.
"Is it true?" Ade asked.
This time, neither Xiao Si nor Henry spoke, waiting for Roque to answer.
"Yes-" Roque is always very honest when facing Ade, it's not terrible to make mistakes, it's terrible to not admit when he makes mistakes, and honestly admits that Ade not only won't use the topic to play, but will take the initiative to help Roque find a way to cover it up.
Xiao Si and Henry still don't know enough about Ade at this point.
"Al-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd. and the Madagascar company are not located in Southern Africa, and the actions of the two companies do not violate the relevant regulations of the governments of the Republic of Congo and Madagascar." Roque gave Ade a vaccination, and perhaps a similar scandal broke out in the Madagascar company next, so that Ade had a psychological preparation.
"What's going on with the Madagascar company?" Ade really doesn't know about the situation of these multinational companies, but Ade should know how much tax these multinational companies pay to the federal government every year, so whether Ade likes these multinational companies or not, now that these multinational companies have an accident, the federal government has to find a way to help solve it.
If you interpret these taxes paid by companies as protection fees, you can understand Ade's mood now.
"The Madagascar company, like Al-Katanga United Mining Co., Ltd., is registered in Madagascar and is owned by Nyasaland, South Africa and Favalt, and its main business is the exploitation of mineral resources in Madagascar, employing workers who are all Malagasy natives and perhaps Indians." Roque doesn't need to introduce too much detail, he only needs to introduce the company's background, and Ade can understand what is going on.
"Well, it looks like I've found the right person, so gentlemen, tell me, how to deal with this?" Ade threw the newspaper in his hand on the table, his eyes were on Roque, Henry, and Xiao Si's faces to go back and forth, Roque looked calm, Henry was immersed in writing, he didn't know what he was writing, Xiao Si was wandering out of the world, maybe thinking about what to eat at noon.
Roque didn't speak, and kicked Xiao Si lightly under his feet.
Xiao Si finally came to his senses.
Henry pushed the note he had just written towards Xiao Si.
Xiao Si glanced at it and suddenly realized.
Ade didn't speak, ignoring the small movements of several people.
"Don't worry about the bullshit members of Congress, they don't use their bullshit, and I bet they won't be able to get a result in 10 years." Xiao Si is simple and rude, and the efficiency of the British Parliament is indeed similar to what Xiao Si said.
"That's it?" Xiao Si's answer obviously did not satisfy Ade.
"yes, that's it!" Xiao Si is right.
Ade is absolutely down, and he doesn't know how Xiao Si's IQ has developed and grown the South African company, and it is a miracle that it is not closed.
"This is a special thing, I also have some influence in the British media, but this is not a matter of influence, I have also seen this report, and verified with the editorial office of the "Daily Mail", it is strange that the "Daily Mail" did not issue these people press cards, so these people may be fake reporters - "Roque has to come out, fake news or something is the most annoying, and the guys who talk about it should go to hell."
"Now is not the time to pursue this issue, the problem now is that some people in Congress are using this news to try to tighten their grip on southern Africa, and we are now facing this issue." Ade didn't care about Roque's business layout, in fact, the "London Evening News" did not have much impact, and the sales of each issue were about two or three thousand copies, but since the publication of this news, the sales of the "London Evening News" have increased tenfold in a short period of time.
This is very troublesome, if other newspapers want to learn from the London Evening News and target southern Africa, then southern Africa is really unguardable.
"Their attempt is unlikely to succeed, the establishment of the Commonwealth is the general trend, and I know that some people are reluctant to accept this reality, but their feelings are insignificant, and if necessary, the Orange Daily could publish a story advocating the complete independence of Southern Africa, and then our parliament could discuss this possibility, and we could invite Indians to discuss it." Roque uses his own way to govern others, and when it comes to the offensive of public opinion, Roque is not afraid of anyone.
As for the Indian meme, Roque simply threw it out to disgust London.
It is very interesting to note that the overseas colonies and dominions that are making a lot of noise now, such as southern Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, are only asking for higher autonomy and do not demand a complete separation from the British Empire, but on the contrary, some people in India are more emotional, not only demanding complete independence from the British Empire, but also demanding that the British Empire compensate India for the losses caused to India by colonizing India over the years.
It is clear that this demand angered the rulers of the British Empire, and after the end of the World War, Britain once considered giving India appropriate freedom, but now this has been completely abandoned by the British, and India will probably end up honestly serving the British Empire.
Roque's status in Ade's heart is indeed high, and Ade actually seriously considered the possibility of Roque's suggestion, and then slowly shook his head: "No, we can't do this, now we can't exacerbate the contradictions, a unified Commonwealth is more beneficial to all of us." ”
"It's not a matter of exacerbating the conflict, if you want me to say, let's just kill the person who made this proposal, so that it will definitely be solved once and for all." Xiao Si is lawless, he is really not joking, many people deal with problems so simply and rudely, since they can't solve the problem, then solve the person who raised the problem.
Ade didn't care about Xiao Si at all, probably in his heart he had already labeled Xiao Si as not enough to succeed and more than to lose.
"It's not good to get rid of him directly, it's better to check this MP and see if there are any stains on him, and get him out of Congress—" Henry was also inclined to deal with the person who raised the problem, and his method was finally a little better than Xiao Si's.
Ade didn't care about Henry, if it weren't for Philip and Roque, Henry wouldn't be the Minister of Justice at all, and in terms of Henry's ability, being the chief of police in Pretoria would be considered a promotion.
Sidney Milner knocked on the door and came in, walked over to Ade and whispered in his ear.
"Let him in—" Ade didn't shy away.
Then Kitchener was brought in by Sidney Milner.
Roque, along with Henry and Xiao Si, all stood up to greet each other.
Sidney Milner brought a chair to Kitchener and placed it next to Ade.
Kitchener also came for the London Evening News report, which is now continuing to ferment, not only in Congress, but also by the Belgians, who have taken the Katanga United Mining Company in a half-concealed way.
The Belgians are very conflicted, during the world war, because of the British expeditionary force, Albert I retained his throne, and now that the threat of war is gone, the Belgians are reminded of the lost Congo Free State -
The tangle of the Belgians can be felt by Roque thousands of miles away.
"Now that's the problem, there are people in Parliament who don't want to see the Dominion have more autonomy, and the Dominion doesn't want to be held back by London, and I have a question, if Southern Africa was the same as it was ten years ago, and it needed tens of millions of pounds a year in local subsidies to ensure domination of Southern Africa, would London be willing to pay that money now." Roque pointed to the point, and what he said was completely different from when Kitchener was not there just now.
This is really not a threat, don't look at the federal government of southern Africa is in a good financial position right now, but if Britain is willing to continue to pay for southern Africa, then southern Africa will burst into a huge fiscal deficit in minutes.
Not to mention, after the end of the world war, in order to save money, the Ministry of Defense reduced more than 80% of the army, many of whom were excellent officers or technicians, and if he could, Roque really didn't want to see these people leave the army.
Before the World War, London subsidized a special military expenditure of 500 pounds a year in southern Africa, for which the Ministry of Defense used to fight with the federal government, and now five million is certainly not enough, and fifty million is about the same.
The problem is that the current Britain does not want to give 50 million, 500,000.
"Locke, you're really embarrassed, southern Africa is now the largest creditor of the British Empire, the British Empire has to pay off its debts with one percent of its annual income, and I don't know how many years it will take to repay, are you embarrassed to let the British Empire pay for subsidies?" As soon as Kitchener came up, he was beaten by Roque, and he felt a little confused.
"It's not about debt, and our money in southern Africa isn't blowing in the wind!" Roque argues with reason, there is something to say, but it is not okay to repay the debt.
"We've all allowed London to go into debt for a great extent, so what are we going to do?" The British government now owes more than £120 million to South African companies.
Henry didn't speak, watching Roque and Xiao Si charge, the British local enterprises owe a lot of money to Favalt, but the British government does not owe Favart money.
"Damn capitalists, vampires!" Kitchina has nothing to say, the British government can't do this kind of thing if he doesn't pay his debts, and the British Empire still has to face after all.
However, after such a stir, Kitchener's original intention of coming to Ade was also completely deviated, and I am afraid that Kitchener has now forgotten why he came to Ade.