Theoretically, the combat readiness warehouse should be built in the hinterland of southern Africa, that is, the two states of Orange and the Transvaal, but considering the specific situation of Orange and the Transvaal, Roque still had to choose to place the combat readiness warehouse in Rhodesia.

Rhodesia is actually a hinterland, the territory is vast and sparsely populated, most of them are British and Chinese, there is not much noise, there are not many mineral resources underground, and it is next to Nyasaland, which is indeed very suitable for setting up a war warehouse.

Of course, the storage of combat readiness warehouses is not only oil, but also food, medicine, weapons and ammunition, machinery and equipment, and even all kinds of production and daily necessities, all of which belong to the category of strategic reserves.

The most important thing is definitely oil, after all, among all the strategic reserves, only oil is produced by southern Africa, and all of it has to be imported from outside, so once the war breaks out, if southern Africa is blocked, then there are not enough oil reserves, and southern Africa will fall into passivity.

Ade also knew the importance of this issue, so even though Roque's motives were not pure, Ade agreed to Roque's request.

Of course, Ade also has difficulties: "The federal government's fiscal deficit is constantly expanding, so now the federal government can't give you much support, you go to Director Capet and see if Director Capet can get you money from the RAND Bank." ”

Sure, Roque is the boss of the RAND Bank, Ida is the executive director of the RAND Bank, Roque wants to use the money, and of course Ida wants to give as much as he wants.

Although the new tax law has been implemented, the federal government's fiscal situation has not only not improved, but has deteriorated because of the increasing spending of the federal government.

Since the beginning of this year, the federal government has borrowed 14 million rand from the RAND Bank to meet expenses, and the establishment of a war readiness warehouse is a large expense, so it has to continue to borrow money from the RAND Bank.

"It only takes a million rand to set up a war warehouse, and I have reduced my spending as much as possible, and the scale of oil stored is enough to meet federal demand for a year, and if demand increases in the future, the size of the warehouse can continue to expand—" Roque will now also consider for the federal government, and he can save a little.

In Southern Africa, there is a lot of flexibility in terms of cost control.

Compared with the cheap oil, the main cost of building a war warehouse is actually the cost of building materials and labor, building materials in southern Africa can be completely self-sufficient, the construction of war warehouse does not need to import marble from southwest Africa, several states in the north of the federal government, in fact, not only the Rand gold mine, most of the mineral resources are controlled in the hands of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, Roque can purchase building materials from southern Africa, so that more than half of the funds can be saved.

And then there is the labor cost, the construction workers in southern Africa, the white people are definitely the highest, but the number of whites is the least, and more construction workers are the Chinese who are lower paid, but the work efficiency is very high, and the technology is also very good.

In addition to these two groups, there is actually another option, which is Africans who do not have a presence in southern Africa.

Technically, Africans may be a little inferior, but they are better at a low cost and in large numbers, and these two advantages can completely compensate for other shortcomings.

Under the influence of Roque, the number of Africans in the three states of Nyasaland, Rhodesia, and the Transvaal is very small, and the "very little" here refers to the small number of Africans who have settled in these three states, and the number of Africans working in these three states is not small, and there are more than 200,000 Africans working in the mines in the Transvaal.

Roque wanted to keep costs down, and of course he still had to use a large number of Africans, so Christian had already begun to contact Robert in Madagascar in the hope that he would provide more labor to Nyasaland.

This labor is certainly not free, but it is not expensive, and Roque will definitely not come forward in person for this kind of thing, Nyasaland used to get almost free labor, all through the Kingdom of Mozambique and Fort Glory, Christian doesn't care where the scum and wood get people, as long as they send people to Nyasaland, Christian will pay a lump sum.

It is also because of the increasing demand for labor in southern Africa that Africans in several areas around Nyasaland have been unlucky, especially Tanganyika and the Congo Free State.

The scum and wood are really powerful, they don't have any psychological burden for this kind of thing, the reason why the African continent is chaotic, the brutality of the white colonizers is certainly one of the reasons, and the mutual attack between the African natives is also an important reason.

And compared with the white colonizers, the war between the African natives is more brutal and bloody, and the whites will open up to the Africans who laid down their arms in order to get more labor, and the wars between the African aborigines, many times all the men of the defeated tribes will be slaughtered, and now the scum and Mumu have to do just to send the natives who should have been slaughtered to Nyasaland.

And they can get paid, so the industry has been run as a business by scum and wood.

The brutal oppression of the white colonists, coupled with the frenzied plundering of the scum and wood, has sent fewer and fewer people in recent times, so Christian has to turn his attention to Madagascar.

Compared with the African continent where the war continues, Madagascar, which hangs outside the African continent, is relatively stable, after the death of Queen Lanavalona, Madagascar gradually became a French colony, but the Malagasy people did not give in, they have been fighting, so the French power can only exist in the coastal areas of Madagascar, and the French are also powerless in the central mountain range of Madagascar.

Robert is the makeover Austin Pence.

There are now more than 3,000 mercenaries under Robert's command, some of whom belong to the Umbrella Company, while others are employees of Casimir Perrière.

With the help of mercenaries, Jean-Casimir Perrière's mining company grew rapidly in recent years, becoming the largest in Madagascar, and the Perrière family profited from it.

However, the current Perrière family has nothing to do with Jean Casimir Perrier, who died in France in March of the previous year, when Roque was busy dealing with a dispute with Tanganyika and did not travel to France to attend Jean Casimir Perrier's funeral.

After the death of Jean-Casimir Perrière, his younger brother Elvis Casimir Perrière became chairman of the Périère company, and Robert's work began to be restricted.

The alliance with Roque was a decision made by Jean Casimir Perrière, who at that time Casimir Perrière's company was struggling in Madagascar and saw that it was unsustainable, so Jean Casimir Perrier preferred to give Roque some shares and ask Roque to send mercenaries to Madagascar to support.

Compared to then, Casimir Perrière's company is getting bigger and stronger, and Elvis's thinking is beginning to change.

It seems that even without the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company, the interests of Casimir Perrière Company would not be affected.

"We now have our own security department, the number of mercenaries has exceeded two thousand, it can be said that it is fully capable of protecting the interests of Casimir Perrière, so the umbrella company is no longer necessary for us, if the contract with the umbrella company is terminated, we can save three and a half million francs a year, which is enough for us to triple the current security department." Now the general manager of Casimir Perrière's company is Elvis' eldest son, Oliver.

"Is that so?" Instead of deciding right away, Elvis asked Robert for his opinion.

"It seems to be, but it's not like that, our own security department, the vast majority of the members are Malagasy, we can't give them all the trust we have, 3.5 million francs sounds like a lot, in fact it's only 140,000 pounds, if you can exchange 140,000 pounds for the protection of the umbrella company, I think the deal is worth it." Robert certainly disagreed, and as deputy general manager of Casimir Perrier, Robert knew the specifics of the company better than Oliver.

Oliver only became the general manager of the Perrière company after the death of Jean Casimir Perrière, whose former general manager, Ray Gus, was transferred to the central highlands of Madagascar to develop a new mine, and then Ray Gus simply resigned.

The Central Highlands of Madagascar are still a forbidden area for the French, and the French only exist in the coastal areas, so letting Ray Gus go to the Central Highlands to open up mines is tantamount to letting Ray Gus die.

"That's it? Our entire company made a profit of only 140,000 pounds last year! "If he could, Oliver would also want to get rid of Robert, so that Casimir Perrière's company would belong entirely to the Perrier family.

In the agreement between Roque and Jean Casimir Perrière, Roque owns half of Casimir Perrière's shares, and Robert is Roque's spokesperson for Casimir Perrier, so as long as the company's shares do not change, Robert's position is as stable as Mount Tai.

"If it weren't for the investment mistakes, we would have made more than £140,000 in profit last year," Robert hit the nail on the head.

In previous years, at Oliver's insistence, Casimir Perrière's company had invested in a large number of farms in Lorenço Marques.

As a result, the civil war broke out in Lorenço Marques last year, and Oliver's investment suffered heavy losses, but at this time Oliver made the wrong decision to sell a large number of assets in Lorenço Marques, so Casimir Perrier's company's profit was only 140,000.

"Are you accusing me?" Oliver's face is red, and he can be the general manager, not because of how capable he is, but because he has a father who is the chairman.

This kind of person is just like the nouveau riche who gets rich quickly, and the most taboo thing is the questioning of others.

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