With a territory of 33.5 million square kilometers and a native population of 40 million, Britain will not understand the Chinese people's desire for land.

For Roque, no amount of territory is too much, Roque did not travel to the era when the Great Voyage had just begun, otherwise the British colonies would never be all over the world, and the Chinese, who have a quarter of the world's population, should occupy the most land in the world.

Now, there are only a few corners left for Roque to choose from.

Fortunately, the British Empire doesn't care about these corners.

The territory of Britain is so large that, as Ade said, there is a huge amount of land for Roque to use his talents, and he can't afford to care about the islands that can't be found on the map.

It's not a huge island like Australia or Madagascar, those islands with an area of tens of square kilometers, or only a few hundred square kilometers, Ade really doesn't think it's valuable.

It is the British of this era that will be so wealthy.

But for Roque, his understanding of the island is obviously different from Ade's.

Roque knew very well that in a few years, the British territory would return to the British Isles, with a total area of only 240,000 square kilometers, and the British would only be able to recall the current empire on which the sun never sets in their dreams.

Of course, Roque prefers islands to the mainland, especially those that are small in size but geographically important, such as Socotra on the border of the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Gulf, or the Chagos Archipelago, which is located in the center of the Indian Ocean and has an unparalleled importance.

The 3,650-square-kilometre main island of Socotra is now part of the Aden Protectorate, which Britain has designated as a naval exclusion zone, and has built a military base and supply base on the island to supply ships traveling between Europe and Asia.

Chagos Archipelago is located in the center of the Indian Ocean, the main island of Diego Garcia covers an area of 27 square kilometers, not to mention the size of this island, but because of the geographical location is very important, it has become the most important military base in the world in the future of the United States, and has high military value.

Of course, the military value here is for the future, and the current Diego Garcia, because it is far away from the continents, does not show any military value, and even because it is far from the shipping lane, the ships between Europe and Asia will not pass through Diego Garcia, but choose to replenish in Ceylon.

So when Roque mentioned Diego Garcia to Ade, Ade was at a loss, and he didn't have any impression of Diego Garcia, and even when Roque talked about the Chagos Islands, Ade only had a vague impression, and he didn't realize how much potential value the Chagos Islands had.

During this period, the Chagos Islands were under the jurisdiction of Mauritius, and the status of Mauritius in the Commonwealth was probably similar to that of Robben Island in southern Africa.

What is Robben Island?

Prisons where lepers and prisoners are exiled, the name of a normal person would be uncomfortable.

"What are you going to do in the Chagos Archipelago? Is there a gold mine there? "Ade also thought that the Chagos Archipelago had a high economic value, otherwise Ade really couldn't figure out why Roque was interested in the Chagos Archipelago.

The Chagos Archipelago is located 3,500 kilometers from Southern Africa, 5,000 kilometers from Port Elizabeth, and the nearest Ceylon is more than 1,500 kilometers away.

"No, I need a supply point, in the past, the voyage of the steamship was not enough, the immigrants from the Qing Dynasty had to go through Ceylon for supply, and now with the advancement of technology, the range of ocean-going ships is increasing, if the supply is carried out in the Chagos Archipelago, then our migrant ships do not need to go through Ceylon, they can cross the Indian Ocean and directly reach Port Edward, and the voyage can be shortened by at least a thousand kilometers." Roque's reasons are good, and now is also the best time to start, and by then it will be too late for the British government to realize the value of the Chagos Archipelago.

Ade also had to ask Philip to determine the specific situation in the Chagos Archipelago now.

After all, Philip had previously worked in the Colonial Office, and knew more about British territory outside of Africa than Ade.

"There are a lot of islands in the Chagos archipelago, but the area is not large, many islands have no fresh water, do not have living conditions, there are not many islands with fresh water, there are not many people on the islands, it is very simple to buy them." Philip's attitude was casual, and a few words decided the future of the Chagos Archipelago.

It is indeed a small area, there are more than 2,000 islands in the entire Chagos Archipelago, with a total area of about 60 square kilometers, and many so-called islands are reefs, but Philip did not realize that these reefs may expand into islands in the future.

Of course, this possibility is a myth for people in this era.

"Then buy, we need more people." Ade is a decision, for the sake of the population, Ade can do whatever it takes.

Of course, Roque only had ecstasy left in his heart, the current range of the aircraft is only a few hundred kilometers, and when the range of the aircraft is further increased in the future, and when the aircraft carrier appears, the Chagos Archipelago will gradually show its military value, and compared with the Chagos Archipelago, the Seychelles Islands, which Britain now attaches more importance to, are nothing.

The Seychelles were once part of Mauritius, but six years ago, the British separated the islands from Mauritius and became an independent colony.

As for the Chagos Archipelago, Britain really realized the value of the Chagos Archipelago until the fifties of the twentieth century, when Mauritius became independent in 1965, and the British bought the Chagos Archipelago for 3 million pounds as a condition for allowing Mauritius independence.

Compared with 1965, when its control over the colonies was greatly reduced, Britain still demanded from the colonies in this era, and Roque wanted to get the Chagos Archipelago without the consent of the Mauritian colonial government, and only spent 1,000 pounds to buy the entire Chagos Archipelago.

A thousand pounds is a lot, and the Umbrella Company only paid 10,000 pounds to buy Port Elizabeth.

If, according to Philip's wishes, there is no need to give a thousand pounds, say hello to the Mauritian government, and the umbrella company can set up a supply base in the Chagos Archipelago at any time.

Roque is also to avoid future troubles, so he will resolutely give money.

If the money is given, if there is any controversy in the future, Roque, or Roque's descendants, do not have to be afraid of any disputes.

There are not many people in the Chagos archipelago now, more than 2,000 islands combined, the population is less than 500, because it is far from the mainland, the indigenous people on the islands have not received any education, so naturally there is no ability to resist, the umbrella company sent everyone to the Seychelles to settle down, further confirming the evaluation of "ultra-conservative", but also exempting possible disputes in the future.

The next construction of the supply base is still handed over to Jonathan.

The supply base must be centered on Diego Garcia Island, according to the custom of southern Africa, after buying the Chagos Islands, the name of the Chagos Islands became Adan Islands, this name is the name of the port of Aden during the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West during the time, when the ruler of the port of Aden accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty emperor and became one of the many vassal states of the Ming Empire, and then stopped going to the West, Adan lost contact with the Ming Empire.

Although the Adan archipelago is not large, its geographical location is very important, and sooner or later, the name Adan will become widely known.

Since the name of the Chagos Islands has changed to Adan Islands, it is natural for Diego Garcia to change the name to Zheng He Island.

With a land area of only 27 square kilometers, Zhenghe Island is full of coral atolls, and the central lagoon covers an area of 124 square kilometers, making it the most important natural harbor in the center of the Indian Ocean.

In the future, it will be the most important US military base in the Indian Ocean, and there are more than 3,000 US military officers and soldiers living on the island, and there are no permanent residents.

In this era, Zhenghe Island was not easy to supply because it was far away from the mainland, and the materials should be as self-sufficient as possible, but fortunately, there were rich fishery resources around the Adan Islands, and there was enough space to be used on several larger islands, as long as it was reasonably developed, self-sufficiency was no problem.

The umbrella company is too experienced in this regard, the timber needed to build a house is ready-made, a boat pulls over, and hundreds of workers go with the ship, and soon they can build all the houses that the mercenaries and their families need, and the materials needed to build the port are not troublesome, southern Africa can produce its own steel and cement, and the tonnage of ships in this era is not large, and it is very simple to build a port, and the future cannot meet the demand, just continue to expand.

More important than the port is high-quality thermal coal and oil, which is the meaning of the supply base.

"The scale of the umbrella company is too big now, and the umbrella company will be spun off, and I am ready to set up a separate Adan company on the basis of the umbrella company, which will be responsible for all the assets of the umbrella company overseas, and the umbrella company will only be responsible for actions in the future, and the asset management will all be handed over to the Adan company, and the management of Port Elizabeth will also belong to the Adan company-" Roque thought about it for a long time before deciding to let Li De be the general manager of the Adan company.

After Roque left the Johannesburg Police Service, Leed became the Deputy Commissioner of the Johannesburg Police Service and became Roque's face in the Johannesburg Police Service.

Now the old brothers around Roque, Anton and Martin have all risen to high positions, and even Buck, who came to Roque's side later, has become a member of the Federal Government and Roque's spokesman in Parliament, and only Li De remains in the Johannesburg Police Department.

In fact, Li De has also improved, last year Harry Spencer finally got tired of life in southern Africa, transferred back to the United Kingdom, as the chief of the London Police, Li De naturally corrected and became the chief of the Johannesburg Police Department.

Although it was successfully corrected, compared with Anton and Martin, Li De still lagged behind a lot.

"What will happen to the Johannesburg Police Department after I'm gone?" Li De is Roque's most loyal younger brother, and he has no complaints about Roque's arrangement, and Li De will go wherever Roque asks Li De to go.

Anyway, Li De believes that Roque will not treat him badly.