Some things really can't be said too clearly, after the Boer War, southern Africa became a burden to the British Empire, and the British Empire needed the gold mines of Johannesburg, but it did not need the indigenous and Boer people of southern Africa, so London would allow southern Africa to be autonomous.

Now that southern Africa has gradually shown more and more promising industrial strength, London may regret it, but the pride of the British Empire is still there, so London will not go back on its word.

In this case, the oil in Port Elizabeth became the last straw for the camel.

Before the discovery of oil in Port Elizabeth, no one thought that the Middle East Peninsula, which is barren and remote and has endless deserts, seems to have no sustainable development, and there is a huge amount of oil underground.

But it's too late to regret it, Roque is a Pixiu, he can only enter but not out, Britain can want oil, take money to buy it, and don't say anything if you don't have money.

Now all of Roque's energy was devoted to preparing for the First World War, the oil production of Port Elizabeth was getting higher and higher, the integration of southern Africa was Ade's work, the Dutch in the East Indies were not worried, and all Roque's energy was focused on the construction of Nyasaland.

The stronger the Nyasaland Military-Industrial Group, the better, and even if the current military industrial capacity far exceeds the demand in southern Africa, Roque will still build more factories.

The production capacity of Rhodesia Agricultural Company is also expanding, and Xiao Si believes that Roque's judgment that the future market demand must be many times that of the current one.

Henry also insisted that Favart Iron Works can now produce almost all steel, including weapons steel, and Edward Shipyard and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard cooperate in the production of cruisers, all of which are supplied by Favalt Iron and Steel Works, and Roque is not satisfied with this, and asks Favart Iron Works to develop steel products that are stronger, more wear-resistant, and more corrosion-resistant.

Henry didn't know now that Roque was preparing for future aircraft carriers by not letting Edward Shipyard develop dreadnoughts, otherwise with Edward's shipyard capacity, there would be no problem producing dreadnoughts.

From a purely technical point of view, the Edward Shipyard is really not good, at least the 305 mm guns on the dreadnought, Nyasaland cannot be assets.

However, with the help of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, none of these problems were a problem, it was just a mere 305 gun, and Edward Shipyard spent less than five thousand pounds to obtain all the technical information of the 305 gun.

Of course, the process of obtaining technical information cannot be described, and Brad's office is a great contributor.

Cars and motorcycles have also made great strides, with cars and motorcycles produced in Nyasaland selling very well in Europe, with 15,000 cars and more than 50,000 motorcycles produced in Nyasaland last year, more than the entire European production of cars and motorcycles combined.

When European auto companies are still buying cars to send to drivers, stores selling cars and motorcycles in Nyasaland have begun to implement the four-S model, which integrates vehicle sales, spare parts, after-sales service, and information feedback.

After Port Elizabeth began to transport oil to Britain, gas stations operated by Adan began to appear in Britain, and the power of capital was vividly demonstrated at this time, Royal Shell only opened gas stations in large cities with more than 100,000 people, and many cities only had one or two, and some people who bought cars had to pass through most of the cities to refuel.

As soon as the Adan company came up, it was fully rolled out, and there was a grand occasion in London that eight gas stations operated by the Adan company were being built at the same time.

Royal Shell also ridiculed Adan for not knowing how to operate, so many gas stations must lose money, and London simply does not have so many cars that need to be refueled.

As everyone knows, Adan Company doesn't care about this cost at all, nor does it care about the salary of seven or eight employees at a gas station, what Adan Company wants is the future market and occupy a favorable position in advance.

In order to better operate the European market, Nyasaland Automotive Group and Johannesburg-based Holt Motorcycle Factory have set up branches in Walvis Bay, which is closer to Europe than Port Edward, and the vehicles produced can be shipped directly to Europe, without the need to go around a large circle from the Suez Canal.

As a result, transportation between Walvis Bay and southern Africa became a major problem, and although various materials from southern Africa could reach Walvis Bay by sea, Roque still hoped to build a railway from Rhodes City to Walvis Bay.

"The distance between Rhodes City and Walvis Bay is 1,200 kilometers, which is about the same distance from Walvis Bay to Cape Town, and if you want to transport the steel produced by Favart to Walvis Bay, you must first transport it from Favarte to Cape Town by rail, and then load it from Cape Town to Walvis Bay, and then load it from Cape Town to Walvis Bay, it will take more than half a month, and if we build the railway from Rhodes City to Walvis Bay, then the time can be shortened to three days." In order to build the railway, Roque rarely returned to Pretoria to explain to Ade in person.

"The construction of the railway requires the cooperation of Southwest Africa, do you think Southwest Africa will agree?" Ade ridiculed that last year southern Africa had just forced southwest Africa to cede a large area of territory, and now it wants to build a railway, so he doesn't have to think about it, and Ade will not agree to it.

"Building a railway is also good for South West Africa, and South West Africa has no reason to disagree." Roque also knew that there was a difficulty, otherwise Roque would not have come to Ade.

"Innocent!" In Ade's words.

"Don't let South West Africa pay for it, including the railways in South West Africa, which are also funded by the Atlantic Railway, and of course, after the railway is built, the Atlantic Railroad will ask for 50 years to recoup the cost." Roque took the bait, and he had to do a full set of plays.

This 50-year management right is a cover.

If there is no accident, once the world war breaks out, then southern Africa will send troops to southwest Africa, and when the time comes, not to mention the railway, the whole of southwest Africa will be annexed by southern Africa.

But in order to dispel the concerns of the Germans, the benefits that should be demanded must be demanded, otherwise what would the Atlantic Railroad work so hard to repair the railway map?

This Atlantic Railroad company was also a smoke bomb prepared by Roque for the Germans.

The Atlantic Railroad is registered in New York, USA, and its general manager is an engineer named Herbert Clark Hoover, a name that may be unfamiliar to Germans, but it doesn't matter, it won't be long before the name spreads around the world with the world wars.

Herbert Clark Hoover has returned to the United States to teach engineering at Columbia University and Stanford University.

With the profits he made as a "human trafficker" in the Qing Dynasty, Hoover was in and out of high society and was accumulating prestige.

After the outbreak of the World War, Hoover served as chairman of the American Relief Committee in London, helping Americans who were penniless and stranded in Europe to return home, and within a year, the committee helped 120,000 impoverished Americans return to the United States.

After that, Hoover gave relief to Belgium and France, and the work of the American Relief Committee made Hoover a social figure of the year, bringing great honor to Hoover, and Hoover was called a "great humanitarian" after that.

Now Hoover is in Windhoek, and like Roque, he lobbied the colonial government of Southwest Africa for Southwest Africa to agree to the Atlantic Railroad to build the railway.

"If you can get South West Africa to agree, I'm certainly fine here." As long as the federal government doesn't pay for it, Ade can do whatever he wants.

"That's fine, the Germans will not cooperate with us, but they will not refuse the demands of the Americans." Roque was not worried about whether Hoover could convince the governor of Southwest Africa, regardless of his personal character, Hoover was still very capable, otherwise he would not have become the president of the United States.

The period before the world war was the honeymoon period between the United States and Germany, and the United States had now begun to show its great power to influence Europe, and it was torn between the Entente and the Allies.

As for the United States' participation in the war at the end of the World War, it actually had little to do with Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, at that time the whole world knew that the defeat of the Allies was decided, and Germany had already exhausted its treasury and could no longer afford to buy supplies from the United States, so it was no longer profitable for the United States to do business, and when it came time to change its business model, even if Germany did not adopt unlimited submarine warfare, the United States would have to find a reason to participate in the war in person, otherwise it would not be able to catch up with the distribution of spoils after the war.

Even so, after the First World War, Britain still maintained the hegemony of the empire with colonies all over the world, until the colonial system established by Britain and France was completely destroyed by the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, and the empire did not completely decline.

Therefore, Roque's idea of hugging the thigh of Britain is very correct, at least until the end of World War II, southern Africa must resolutely remain in the British Commonwealth, so as to be more conducive to the development of southern Africa.

"Watch out for the Americans!" Ade reminded Roque that as a standard British, Ade has a bit of mixed feelings about the United States, like his eldest son who has run away from home and finally breaks out of the world, and he is relieved but also disappointed.

"I know that the interests of the United States come first, and so do we in southern Africa." Roque doesn't hate Americans, but he doesn't like them either, but when it comes to making money, Southern Africa and the United States share a lot of common language, and the United States always wants to subvert the colonial system dominated by Britain and France, and Southern Africa is actually the same.

After getting Ade, Roque is not in a hurry to return to Nyasaland, it is rare to come to Pretoria once, and he must report to the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice, otherwise Roque, the deputy minister, is really incompetent.

What Roque didn't expect was that the official ministers of both ministries were not in Pretoria, Henry went to Cape Town, and Hopkins was on vacation in Europe.

This minister is much easier than Roque, the deputy minister.