Negotiations were under way when the Southern African Expeditionary Force withdrew from France in batches.

After entering October, with the deepening of the negotiations, the contradictions accumulated during the world war gradually began to appear, although the Entente as a whole during the world war against the Allies, but in the Entente camp, different countries made different contributions to the victory over the Allies, which was during the world war, Britain and France made a certain compromise and tolerance for the unity of the Entente, and now it is time for the distribution of interests, and the contradictions are infinitely magnified.

As a leading member of the British Expeditionary Force, the interests of Southern Africa were the first to be recognized.

As Roque had requested, Southwestern Africa and Tanganyika were to be appointed as Class C and Class B mandates, respectively, with Southern Africa under the Allies' mandate.

The situation in the Two Rivers Valley was a little more complicated, although France gave up its territorial claims to the Two Valleys, but did not want to see the British annex the Two Valleys, where Southern Africa and Britain were still one, and the final decision was to establish an independent state in the Two Valleys.

The Sultanate of Najd was hugely profitable, not only recognized by the Entente, but also embraced the Sultanate of Muscat and pushed the border closer to the Jordan River.

The independence of the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo was also confirmed by the Entente powers, with the Kingdom of Belgium relinquishing its suzerainty over the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, and the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo agreeing to contribute approximately £1 million in materiel as compensation to Belgian enterprises in the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

The East Indies issue is a bit complicated, after Japan declared war on Germany, the East Indies also declared war on Germany, and sent troops to occupy the German islands in the Pacific, and by the time Japan noticed this, the East Indies had completed the occupation of those islands, and now Japan claimed ownership of a part of the islands, but the East Indies refused.

The Japanese food is too ugly, those islands have nothing to do with the Japanese, although Japan has an "Anglo-Japanese alliance", but the East Indies also have the support of southern Africa.

After the setback on the issue of the islands, Japan turned to seeking to establish an equality clause in the forthcoming League of Nations that would not allow racial discrimination, hoping that European countries and the United States would treat Japan as equals and not confuse Japan with other Asian countries.

The proposal itself was intended to improve Japan's position, but it touched on the fundamental interests of European countries and the United States.

If such a clause is established, then the suzerainty of European countries in Africa will be challenged, and the United States will not be able to justify itself, and the tragedy of the American Indians and the "Chinese Exclusion Act" that has not yet been abolished will cause controversy because of this provision.

Australia was opposed to the proposal for similar reasons, as indigenous interests were similarly not protected in Australia.

After being rejected by European countries and the United States, the Japanese delegation decided to break with the West, primarily with Great Britain, and through the Russo-Japanese War and the World War, the Japanese felt that they were already full-fledged and saw no need to maintain friendly relations with their former allies until they pursued new goals.

The Japanese are much like the Italians in this regard.

The performance of the Kingdom of Italy during the world war was a disaster, the Italian government's promise of a million Italian troops, did not play a million-level role, twelve consecutive battles of the Isonzo River did not make any progress, but was defeated by a counterattack by the German-Austrian forces, and only with the help of the Mediterranean expeditionary force to save the defeat.

Although it did not perform well in the world war, at the Paris Peace Conference, the Kingdom of Italy still received more land than the British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray had promised to the Kingdom of Italy to bring the Kingdom of Italy into the war, and a piece of land inhabited by hundreds of Germans and Austrians near the Alps was assigned to the Kingdom of Italy, which was not within the scope of Edward Gray's commitment.

Even so, the Italians were not satisfied, and after a harvest that exceeded expectations, the Kingdom of Italy demanded the Croatian Fum, which means Rijeka in Italian, the third largest city in Croatia and the main port, shipbuilding and shipping center, as well as one of the economic and cultural centers.

This request was naturally denied, and the Kingdom of Italy was indignant, and a few days later simply packed up and returned to Rome.

Italy is now in the midst of a stronger state than ever since the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Through the Italian-Turkish War and the World War, although the Kingdom of Italy did not perform well in the world war, as a member of the Entente, Italy searched for the surrounding "neighbors" and found that there was no object that the Kingdom of Italy feared, so the Kingdom of Italy reverted to its old ways and began to distance itself from Britain and France.

When the Italian delegation returned to Rome, Roque was in Port Elizabeth, inspecting the oil fields and port facilities in Port Elizabeth.

The area of the current Port Elizabeth is about fifty times larger than when Roque first bought Port Elizabeth.

During the World War, many Ottoman magnates fled to Port Elizabeth, which was unprecedentedly prosperous, and housing prices in the King's and Queens' districts were pushed up to an unaffordable level, and the price of food also increased to a certain extent, but it was more acceptable than that of Constantinople.

After King's and Queens' boroughs were full, Reed opened a new district to accommodate the newcomers to Port Elizabeth, and the new district was called "Nyasaland".

Compared to Roque's last visit to Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth now covers a larger area, has better urban infrastructure, and has more trees, and the trees planted by Umbrella when it first came to Port Elizabeth have begun to flourish after nearly a decade of growth.

The port is also growing in size compared to the city, with dozens of ships coming in and out of Port Elizabeth every day, bringing oil from Port Elizabeth and food and other household items.

Roque also realized the benefits of the colony's single economy at this time, so now Port Elizabeth, oil is still the only economic pillar, after the arrival of new immigrants in Port Elizabeth, after a short rest (isolation) in Port Elizabeth, they will go to the inland areas in batches to disperse, the two river basins are the main destinations, there is also an influx of new immigrants along Damascus and the Jordan River, and even the oases in Najd Sudan, there are new settlers.

Most of these immigrants are family members of Chinese workers.

Throughout the World War, about 300,000 Chinese laborers came to Europe through various means, some of them hired by the French government, and some of them were labor groups organized by major immigration companies in southern Africa.

When the laborers came to Europe, they realized that the world was so big, and that there was so much uncultivated land in the valley of the two rivers, or that it was gradually barren because it was unmanaged.

It is easy to get these lands, as long as they agree to settle down, the immigration company will even bear the immigration costs of the laborers' families, according to the rules of the Adan company, every laborer who agrees to immigrate to the two river basins can get a minimum of 50 acres of land ownership, which is converted to about 300 acres, which is enough to make the laborers go crazy, they were all poor people before they came to Europe, and now they have the opportunity to get such a large fortune in the two river basins, although some insist that this is a trap of the immigration company, But more people are willing to give it a try.

After all, they don't have anything to lose.

"Since the end of the World War, ships have arrived in Port Elizabeth every week, and the newcomers are very enthusiastic about the land, and they are eager to go to the resettlement sites in the quarantine sites, and we are relocating the new immigrants in the form of small towns, about 20 families per town, and at the same time stationing a small team of mercenaries to protect the newcomers from the local indigenous interference." Li De's health has been a little blessed in recent years, when he was in Cape Town, Li De was still Roque's little follower, and now he is now a feudal official in charge of his own affairs.

Although nominally Li De was only the general manager of the Adan Company, in fact, even Ali Rashid, the king of the Sultanate of Najd, had to make an appointment to see Li De.

Of course, since the establishment of the Sultanate of Najd, Li De has regarded Ali Rashid as a real king, and in front of Ali Rashid, there is not much arrogance similar to that of the emperor.

"Are there still local natives in the settlements?" Roque understated.

"There used to be, but now there isn't—" Li De comprehended.

Roque nodded and stopped talking, there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the two river basins.

"Ali wants to annex the Sultanate of Najd into southern Africa, I told him not to rush, at least in a few years, from the beginning of this year, Ali Rashid wanted to count the total population of the Sultanate of Najd, but until now, this work has not been completed, now the Sultanate of Najd is really sparsely populated, sometimes in the desert for half a month can not see a person, we have a survey team disappeared in the desert, a month later to find, the members of the exploration team have become dry corpses." The situation described by Li De is normal in the Sultanate of Najd, and without oil, the Sultanate of Najd is really worthless.

"Now that there is enough oil, the exploration work can be appropriately stopped, we have just conquered the two river basins, and the next task is to digest it slowly, even if it takes ten years, to complete the transformation of the two river basins." Roque is not in a hurry, Port Elizabeth is a good example, ten years sounds like a long time, but in fact, it is not very long, it passes in the blink of an eye.

Li De didn't speak, and he stopped talking a little.

"Say!" Roque simply.

"I want to be transferred back to Southern Africa—" Li De was still very smart.