The Dutch had a total area of only 40,000 square kilometers and more than 1.9 million square kilometers of colonies in Southeast Asia, which were collectively known as the Dutch East Indies and were originally under the jurisdiction of the East India Company, which was taken over by the Dutch government after the dissolution of the East India Company.

With the Strait of Malacca, the Dutch have made a lot of money just by collecting toll taxes over the years, and southern Africa has contributed a lot of tax revenue to the Dutch government because of the continuous immigration over the years.

In order to obtain migration in a sustainable and stable manner, migration from southern Africa is not done officially, but in the form of private companies.

Even in order not to attract the attention of the Qing State, Roque set up many companies in one go, and the channels of immigration began to diversify with the control of the Qing State, not only the Qing State, but also the Dutch East Indies, French Indochina, and even British Malaya, as long as there are Chinese willing to immigrate, Nyasaland will be warmly welcomed.

This will definitely cause dissatisfaction in the above three places to a certain extent, but Britain and France have many colonies around the world, so they don't care much about this problem, and for the Dutch is different, the former sea coachman only has the Dutch East Indies as a colony in Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands itself is counting on the Dutch East Indies blood transfusion to maintain, and Nyasaland is now immigrating from the Dutch East Indies, which violates the fundamental interests of the Dutch.

So sooner or later a conflict will happen.

"Calm down, Locke, I will negotiate with the Netherlands about this matter, and I will definitely bring people back as soon as possible." Viscount Gladstone reassured Roque for the first time, how short of people in southern Africa is, how much Roque attaches importance to these situations, Viscount Gladstone is very clear.

"There is only about a day's worth of food and drinking water left on the Ark." Roque reminded Viscount Gladstone to hurry up, retaliation or not retaliation was a matter for later, and the top priority was to let the Dutch let him go as soon as possible.

"I would urge the Dutch to keep the newcomers as safe as possible and try to make sure that no one is harmed." Viscount Gladstone didn't dare to say it to death, whites were brutal in the colonies, Viscount Gladstone knew very well, just look at southern Africa, would anyone care about the life or death of Africans?

No!

Even Roque, a "minority", doesn't care if Africans live or die.

The Chinese in the Dutch East Indies are the same, and the Chinese in southern Africa have the protection of Roque, so they will get their due rights, but in the Dutch East Indies, because of their strong economic power, the Chinese were suppressed by the Dutch colonists and the hatred of the local Javanese.

However, the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies have not yet been able to protect themselves, just like a three-year-old child walking in the downtown with gold bricks in his arms, and anyone can bully him.

"Sir, if the Chinese on the Ark are harmed, I will definitely take revenge." Roque made no secret that although Southern Africa did not have the right to declare war on the Dutch, Roque had a way to make the Dutch regret it.

Although Southern Africa was already autonomous, diplomacy was still controlled by the British, so it did not have the right to declare war on the Netherlands, and even if this happened, it was possible to rely on the good offices of the British to properly resolve it.

Of course, for Roque, many of the laws on the surface are not too binding, and Roque does not even need to use the power of the southern African and British governments, and sending some mercenaries of the umbrella company to the Dutch East Indies is enough to make the Dutch anxious.

There are some things that Roque will certainly not report to Viscount Gladstone, in fact, Roque had already sent a telegram to Jonathan and Don respectively last night, and now there should be mercenaries who have set off from the Adan Islands and Port Elizabeth respectively.

"Locke, calm down, if you want to get supplies, you can go to the Lion City, there is no need to go to Medan at all." Viscount Gladstone also had an opinion about Roque, and the Lion City was Singapore, also in the Strait of Malacca, and was now under British control.

Nyasaland's migrant ships did not stop at British ports, but they were going to Dutch-controlled Medan, and to put it bluntly, they deserved it.

"There are people waiting to get on the ship in Medan-" Roque did not reflect, of course there was a reason to dock in Medan, and if he didn't deal with the Dutch, Roque couldn't find a reason to turn his face with the Dutch.

Viscount Gladstone glared at Roque angrily, not knowing what to say.

Over the years, southern Africa has never stopped immigrating from all over the world, and as a result, white Europeans are reluctant to come to southern Africa, but more and more Chinese are coming to southern Africa from the Far East.

The key problem is that Nyasaland has always refused to take the census on the pretext of inadequacy, so Viscount Gladstone does not know how many Chinese and white people there are now in southern Africa.

But one thing is certain, in southern Africa now, white people are a "minority".

Roque was not in a hurry, and looked at Viscount Gladstone calmly without saying a word.

When it comes to immigration, everyone has their own talents, and if the federal government can win over tens of millions of white people, then everyone is building a better southern Africa together.

Roque does not resist this at all, whether white or Chinese, as long as the majority ethnic group in southern Africa is not African.

"Prime Minister's telegram—" Viscount Gladstone's secretary delivered the telegram without forgetting to give Roque a polite and reserved smile.

That's what people do.

After reading the telegram, Viscount Gladstone handed it to Roque.

Ade asks Viscount Gladstone to return to Pretoria immediately, and hopes that Viscount Gladstone will persuade Roque to remain calm.

It is estimated that Ade's telegram to Roque has also reached Zach at this time.

"Stay calm and bring people back, if- ah, well, I know you'll be careful." It only then did Viscount Gladstone think that Roque might be the best subversive expert in this era, and he didn't need Viscount Gladstone's reminder and guidance at all.

Compared with Roque, the colonial powers' methods of fighting for colonies in this era are really a bit rough.

For example, the current dispute between Italy and the Ottoman Empire over Tripolitania is on the verge of breaking out, and war is on the verge of breaking out.

Based on Viscount Glaston's understanding of Roque, if Roque is Italian, then Roque will probably not directly conflict with the Ottoman Empire, but will provoke the Tripolitanians to stand directly against the brutal rule of the Ottoman Empire, and then whether it is a volunteer or a mercenary, Roque will have a way to drive out the Ottomans, and then Tripolitania will become a de facto colony in southern Africa.

This kind of operation is much more clever than the Italians going into battle shirtless, and the key is that the Ottomans have no reason to win international support.

Can't even keep their own colonies, can't even beat the natives of the colonies, and still have the face to win international support?

At the end of the last century, in 1890, Italy declared Ethiopia a "protectorate" of Italy, and then sent troops to invade Ethiopia.

As a result, the Ethiopians were very fierce, holding out for six years in the Italian invasion and never giving in, and in turn completely defeating the Italians, and finally Italy was forced to recognize the independence of Ethiopia, and Ethiopia became the only independent country in Africa at present, and the Italians became a joke in Europe.

With this experience, the Italians found the Ottoman Empire, which was known as the "sick man of Europe".

The same is true for the Dutch, and Southern Africa, because it does not have the right to declare war, may not be able to declare war on the Dutch head-on.

But Roque had a way to get revenge on the Dutch, so Viscount Gladstone stopped talking.

Roque is not a forbearant character.

Back at the mansion, Roque saw the telegram that Ade had sent him.

The message is nothing more than to remain calm and restrained, not to make a big fuss because of a migrant ship, southern Africa does not yet have the strength to fight overseas, and so on.

Ade is also right, there is no navy in southern Africa now, and there is no strength to launch overseas operations.

However, this will not be a restriction on Roque, the mercenaries of the umbrella company will go to the Lion City first, and then sneak to Sumatra across the sea in batches through the Lion City, the RAND Bank is responsible for the funds needed by the mercenaries, the Adan company is responsible for organizing logistics support materials for the mercenaries, and the Christian Ocean Shipping Company is responsible for transporting supplies, and there is no need to use the power of the federal government in the whole process, even if the relationship between the Dutch and the British is good, the British will not be able to stand up for the Dutch.

After all, no matter what, the Dutch East Indies are the Dutch East Indies, not the British East Indies, and Southern Africa is the British South Africa, so the British government is estimated to pretend to say a few cool words, but it will definitely not restrict the movement of mercenaries, and even create convenient conditions for mercenaries as much as possible.

Roque will not care what London thinks, the Dutch East Indies is one of the most important natural rubber producing areas in the world, and natural rubber is an important raw material for modern industry, Nyasaland has imported more and more natural rubber from the Dutch East Indies in the past two years, and the Dutch earn hundreds of millions of guilders every year with natural rubber.

Although both Viscount Gladstone and Ade agreed to do their best to mediate, due to the poor speed of information transmission and the slow and bloated colonial efficiency of the Dutch, it was still three days before the Dutch replied to Southern Africa.

Roque's fears did come true, and despite repeated requests from the British captain of the Ark, the Dutch did not provide the Ark with sufficient supplies.

Despite the full rescue of the local Chinese, due to the obstruction of the Dutch authorities, 14 people died on the Ark.

All 14 were minors, including eight infants.

When the news reached southern Africa, the front page of The Times was bolded in bold letters: We want to pay the debt with blood!