A baron is enough to satisfy Roque's ambitions, a higher title is useless for Roque, Ade's title is a viscount, Philip and Henry are both barons, Roque, the Baron of Nyasaland, is neither high nor low, neither attracting firepower, but also ensuring Roque's interests, Roque is now satisfied, so he gives the credit to Frank, and Roque doesn't mind at all.

Frank has mixed feelings, Britain does not pay attention to modesty and forbearance, and Roque took the initiative to send credit out, and the British aristocracy is also unique.

Even Ade was impressed with Roque.

The War Office is building a base in Nyasaland, and Ade is actually not in favor of it.

Although the War Office is not yet a notorious intelligence agency, the War Office is also famous, and Ade is reluctant to have much contact with the War Office.

Roque is willing to share the credit with the War Office, which will definitely help him have a good relationship with the War Office in the future, and even with Ade, the "leader in charge", he is a good leader, and everyone likes such subordinates.

"Locke, how are you going to develop the Zambezi River?" Ade is still very curious about Roque, although Ade has not been to Nyasaland, but through the description of others, Ade knows that Nyasaland is developing very fast.

Even faster than the Transvaal under Ade.

The Transvaal has gold, Nyasaland only has copper mines, the value gap between the two is huge, and the promotion of the local economy cannot be compared.

"There is no complete plan yet, so I will hire explorers to find a suitable place to build a port at the mouth of the Zambezi River, and then build a railway from Nyasaland to the port, and the development of the Zambezi River will probably start along the railway line." Roque really has no plan, and Roque's main task at this stage is to develop Nyasaland, develop the Zambesi River, and so on.

In the future, if you want to develop the Zambezi River, it is not possible to count on new immigrants, and Roque plans to continue to send new immigrants to Nyasaland in the future, and then send the outstanding Chinese in Nyasaland to the Zambezi River Basin for resettlement, so that after more than ten years, there may be no need for Roque's planning, and the Chinese will spontaneously develop the Zambezi River Basin.

The Chinese do not need to emphasize the initiative of the land, as long as the Chinese are given enough living space, the Chinese can create a miracle for Roque, the Chinese in Johannesburg have proved this, the Chinese in Nyasaland are proving that the Chinese in the Zambezi River basin -

That was for later.

"Let the Chinese build the railway?" Ade was not without ridicule, how Xiao Si built the railway to Nyasaland, Ade knew it clearly.

"No, I'll give Christian the task of building the railway, and as for how Christian does it, that's Christian's business." Roque will not let the Chinese to build the railway, Xiao Si in the Transvaal still has some restraint, to Rhodesia and Nyasaland will be unscrupulous, in order to pursue speed, Xiao Si to the Christian, who is responsible for building the railway, gave a death order, as a result, Christian desperately squeezed the workers, built an average of one mile of the railway, to kill 150 Zulus.

The difficulty of building a railway in the Zambezi River basin is not much less difficult than in Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and since Christian already has experience, Roque will give the task to Christian, and as for whether Christian will be scolded in the future, Roque does not care.

Christian himself didn't care.

Ade shook his head and smiled bitterly, probably not approving of Roque's way, but Ade would not speak for the Zulus, who were also means of production these days.

After the conclusion of the negotiations, the chief of the General Staff returned to Germany around Southwest Africa, João Franco returned to Lourenço Marques as fast as possible, and the scum went to Nyasaland to receive the latest batch of arms.

At one point while drinking coffee, the former president finally couldn't help it: "Lord, I have a business, I wonder if you are interested?" ”

After Jean Casimir Perrier stepped down as president, his current position is the chairman of a mining group, which coincides with Roque's identity.

Roque can now barely be regarded as a mining giant, in addition to gold mines, Roque has been involved in steel, copper mines, military production, a proper mining tycoon.

"What business?" Roque was absent-minded, thinking about how to help Austin Pence get away with it.

After a period of investigation, the conflict that took place on the border between the Transvaal and Orange finally entered the trial stage, which was held in private, with no prosecutors, no auditorium, and no jury.

The jury was deeply divided over the crimes of Austin Pence and the others, with Roque and Philip and Henry insisting on the innocence of Austin Pence and others, while Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz insisted on a public trial of Austin Pence and the other three on charges of massacre.

Ade is in the middle and the mud, no one on either side helps, the trial has been held three times, but there is still no unanimous opinion, the day after tomorrow will be held the last trial, if the jury cannot reach an agreement, then the trial of Austin Pence and the other three will be handed over to the justice.

Leaving it to the justices will definitely be unfavorable to Austin Pence and the other three, because the current trial is similar to a military court, and the applicable law is relatively lenient, if it is transferred to an ordinary criminal court, then the characterization of Austin Pence and the other three will be changed, considering that more than 100 people were killed in the conflict and the number of injured people came forward, then the charges against Austin Pence and the other three will be more than 100 murder charges and thousands of attempted murders.

I am afraid that the prosecutor will have to read the indictment for several days.

"Madagascar – Mineral Resources on the Island of Madagascar." Jean-Casimir Perrier finally succeeded in piquing Roque's interest.

"Mineral resources on the island of Madagascar – do they have anything to do with you?" Roque was curious, and then thinking about Jean Casimir Perrier's former president, Roque suddenly realized.

Jean-Casimir Perrière stepped down as president in 1895, and the following year, Madagascar, which had been a French protectorate, became a French colony.

"My company has won the right to exploit Madagascar's mineral resources, but Madagascar is very unstable, the Imelina and Behimizaraka often attack the mines, the mines are not stable, the miners are also unstable, the miners often flee, and sometimes the miners will riot," the former president was indignant, remembering the miners in Madagascar.

Roque was also speechless, what a terrible condition it must have been for the miners to escape!

Moreover, since the miners want to leave the mine in the way of "escape", then most of the way, the way the mine gets those miners is not normal, under normal circumstances, the miners can resign if they don't want to do it, and there is no need for the extreme way of "escape".

However, there is no need for Roque to remind the former president that the mines in Madagascar are different from those in Johannesburg, and they cannot be generalized.

"So, what can I do for you?" Roque didn't know the former president's purpose, and it was not for Roque to overthrow French colonial rule in Madagascar.

Roque thought too much, the former president didn't mean that at all, the former president wanted to cooperate with Roque: "Lord, I've noticed these days that there are a lot of Zulus under your men, how did you do that?" ”

Seeing that Roque didn't understand what he meant, the former president continued: "I mean, how do you make those Zulu people feel at ease - if you don't want to say it, it doesn't matter, we can work together to develop the mineral resources of Madagascar, I am responsible for finding the mine, getting the mine development qualifications, my lord, your task is to supervise the work of the Imelina and Behimizaraka, we work together." ”

Roque now understood that the former president wanted to use Roque's human resources, or rather, the former president wanted to use Roque's influence among the Zulus to hire a team of mercenaries from Roque.

"What benefits do I get?" Roque doesn't scatter eagles if he doesn't see rabbits, and Roque definitely doesn't do anything that is not beneficial.

"One percent of the final profit." The former president offered cautiously.

"Hahahaha, Your Excellency President, have a nice night." Roque wants to say goodbye, make a profit, and send it to Hanako!

"Wait, Lord, how much do you want?" The former president doesn't want a pleasant night, only Roque's mercenaries.

"Fifty percent of the final profit." Roque the lion opened his mouth.

"Impossible Lord, the company is not mine, if you take fifty percent, how can the others divide it?" The former president reasoned with the facts.

"Without my cooperation, you won't get anything, as you just said, you don't even have workers, you can't get the ore out of the mine - let me guess, you should have no profit for a long time, if you can't produce normally, I'm afraid your business will go out of business." Roque is very suspicious of Perrier's business ability, this guy has been a politician all his life, but he can't even handle the party relations well, and he was finally ousted, although the political environment in France has been bad for a long time, but such an incompetent president is also rare.

After being a politician all his life, he can't even be a president, and he only changed careers to do business after leaving the president, can he become a successful businessman?

Roque would be a hell if he believed it.

"It's nonsense, our business is very healthy." Perrier's rhetorical denial is like answering a reporter's question about whether there is unity within the government.

The more Perrier is like this, the more Roque doubts the health of Perrier's business, and seeing Perrier's resolute attitude, Roque retreats as advance.

"I'm right, I believe it, your business is very healthy, so you don't need me to join." Roque is interested in Madagascar, but not necessarily in terms of how much he is interested.

Roque is interested in Madagascar because in the 21st century, there are many Chinese diasporas in Madagascar, with a total number of about 50,000.

However, that was the statistics of the 21st century, and it is still unknown whether there are Chinese on the island of Madagascar and how many Chinese there are, so Roque is not very interested in Madagascar.

What's more, Madagascar is a colony of France, France is not a small country like Portugal, and France is still very powerful, so Roque doesn't want to provoke France, let alone help France build a colony.

"Wait, Lord, don't do this, how about giving me a moment and letting me discuss it with the other shareholders before giving you an answer?" Perrière had already seen how Roque negotiated, so the little tricks that Perrière knew were useless to Roque.

Through the negotiations between the Yao and the Portuguese, Perrier knew that Roque was very good at using off-the-court factors to force his opponent to surrender.

This kind of step-by-step negotiation does not give the other party any respite at all, and it is impossible to delay time, because delaying time will only be more beneficial to Roque.

The same is true for Perrière, if Roque does not join, then there is no loss to Roque, but Perrier's business cannot afford to wait, in fact, Roque guessed correctly, if Perrier has other ways, then Perrier, a Frenchman, will not cooperate with Roque, a "British".

"Yes-" Roque didn't care about the result, he had just messed with the Portuguese, and if he continued to toss the French, then Roque would become a public enemy of the colonial powers, and the British government would not be able to keep Roque.

In October, the continuous rainy weather finally cleared, although it was the rainy season, it still rained every three or five days, but the rainfall has been greatly reduced compared with some time ago, and the impact on Johannesburg and the farms around Johannesburg is gradually fading.

The whole of the Transvaal and Orange, during the rainstorms some time ago, should have benefited only from the Crocodile Bay Reservoir.

Originally, Roque was also going to use two rainy seasons to complete the storage of water in the reservoir, but he did not expect that in less than two months, the storage task of the reservoir has been basically completed, and a week ago, under the guidance of Westinghouse engineers, the crocodile Bay Reservoir power station finally tried to generate electricity.

The results were encouraging, the reservoir used only two generator sets, 3,000 electric lights, and after Westinghouse engineers adjusted, three days ago, the crocodile Bay reservoir began to supply a steady supply of electricity to the town of Ziwei, which became the first city in the Transvaal and the whole of Africa to use electric street lighting.

The current Ziwei Town is actually eligible to be upgraded to Ziwei City, but Luo Ke disagrees, so Ziwei Town is still "Ziwei Town".

After the electricity was turned on, the night of Ziwei Town has become a special scenery, and Johannesburgers, as well as Pretorians, and even Cape Town people have come to Ziwei Town to enjoy the night view of Ziwei Town.

The fame of Ziwei Town also spread throughout Southern Africa.

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