Duke Kapler finally chose to give in, the money is gone, you can earn it again, if the family honor is gone, it is really gone, and it is difficult to earn it back, at least the little duke can't count on it, and the old duke is already old.

The final price is unknown, but Geoffrey took six truckloads of wooden crates from Duke Capler's estate, which by the calculations amounted to about a million francs per cart.

Roque was in no mood to care about these little things, the world war was finally over, the peace talks officially began, the leaders of various countries gathered in Paris, the German government also sent a delegation, but they could not enter the venue, not even a hotel was arranged, the French were a little inauthentic, and placed the German delegation in a makeshift camp surrounded by barbed wire, like a prisoner of war camp.

Roque didn't believe it when he found out about it, so when he was on his way to Paris, he took a detour to take a look.

It was indeed a makeshift camp fenced with barbed wire, guarded by French soldiers, and no one was allowed to enter or leave except for the vehicles that delivered food every day.

Such humiliating treatment, Roque does not know how the German delegation endured, France and Germany are old enemies, these two countries have been hurting each other, after the Franco-Prussian War, Germany humiliated France to the fullest, and now it is France's turn to humiliate Germany, before the Germans were arrogant, and now the French are more excessive.

Prior to Roque's arrival in Paris, British Prime Minister Winston and Foreign Secretary Edward Grey had arrived in Paris ahead of schedule, and in order to fully meet the demands of the countries, the Allies formed a committee of 10 people to lead the negotiations, including government leaders and diplomats from Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

Although Russia was nominally the victorious power, there were no Russian members in the 10-member council because the new Russian government withdrew from the war in the middle of the war.

Although the Committee of 10 was as accommodating as possible to each country, Winston was very unhappy with the Committee of 10, which had too many members for Britain and too few members for Britain to fully guarantee the interests of the United Kingdom.

"The French always like to do something unrealistic, maybe the French think that the 10-member committee represents fairness and justice, and every country has the right to freely express its demands, but the real world has never been fair, how much did the Japanese contribute to the victory over the Allies? And how much did the Italians contribute? But they have as many members as we in the British Empire, and this is a humiliation to us! "Winston was furious in his makeshift accommodation.

Although they were temporary residences, Winston's residence was certainly different from the cage in which the German delegation lived, and Winston lived in a palace during the Bourbon period.

"I think Southern Africa deserves a seat as well—" Roque tested Winston's bottom line.

Winston immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and glared at Roque with fierce eyes: "What do you want to do?" Southern Africa is not yet a country, Southern Africa is an overseas dominion of the British Empire! ”

Roque looked at Winston with very disgusted eyes, Winston was so excited that he kept approaching Roque's face when he spoke, and Roque's face was almost attached to Winston's face, which made Roque feel very bad.

"You are too sensitive, even if Southern Africa participates in the Committee of 10, it will maintain a united front with the British Empire, and the purpose is to protect the interests of the British Empire." It was only at the end of the world war that Roque fully realized that as the status of southern Africa became more and more important, and the British Empire's desire to control southern Africa became stronger, it was impossible for southern Africa to become independent.

At least not now.

But greater autonomy can be sought, such as diplomacy -

"Locke, I know what you're thinking, it's not right now, now we have to unite with the outside world and strive for as many interests as possible for the British Empire." Winston quickly calmed down, not only for southern Africa, but also for the overseas territories of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, which the British government should have discussed a long time ago.

After the outbreak of the World War, in order to enlist the full support of the overseas Dominions, the British government gave many promises to these overseas Dominions, including Southern Africa, including the diplomatic rights that Roque was obsessed with.

If Southern Africa had diplomatic rights, then at the time of the establishment of the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, Southern Africa could directly recognize the independence of the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, thus creating a fait accompli, if Belgium, as the suzerain, did not agree -

That's good, get ready for battle!

"I know, but you're going to have to do some good for us overseas Dominions." Roque is not in a hurry, not only southern Africa wants to fight for more power, Canada is the same as Australia, New Zealand, and even India is clamoring for independence.

The British government will definitely not let India become independent, otherwise where would it go to find so many laborers?

The Chinese are willing to emigrate to southern Africa, but few are willing to immigrate to the British mainland.

With the end of the world war, a war for people has begun.

Germany is now a defeated country, put on the chopping block for slaughter, those talents in Germany have long been coveted by Roque, southern Africa has begun to act, those high-end talents who have settled in southern Africa are writing letters to their protégés in Germany, hoping that they can visit and travel to southern Africa, and the federal government of southern Africa will reimburse all expenses.

France grabbed Chinese laborers from the Far East, and it was only after learning more about Chinese laborers that the French government realized how good Chinese laborers were.

At least it's better than North Africans and West Africans.

The British government has India's human resources, so the British government does not participate in the robbery, but India is now clamoring for independence, and the British government still has to appease India, after all, after the outbreak of the world war, in order to recruit more Indians, the British government has promised to give Indians more power.

Of course, that was only a promise made after the outbreak of the world war, and the prime minister at that time was Asquith, and the current prime minister is Winston.

"What more benefits do you want? Look at France now, look at Britain now, there are destroyed villages, burned forests, and land polluted by poison gas, and your southern Africa made a lot of war money during the world war, and I only learned a few days ago that before the outbreak of the world war, your federal government of southern Africa still owed 150 million pounds to the British Empire, and as a result, the Ministry of Finance calculated a few days ago that it is now the British Empire that owes you 1.35 billion in southern Africa, not to mention South West Africa, Tanganyika, the Two Rivers Valley, and Cyprus, We fought to the death with the Germans, all for your work in southern Africa, and not only did you not pay us a salary, but you also asked us to pay for it! Can you still be more shameless? Winston was furious, and only now did he realize it.

Roque smiled embarrassedly, how pure he looked, and immediately pulled the topic away: "What about Canada, Australia, and New Zealand?" ”

Southern Africa did make a lot of war money through the world war, but Canada and Australia and New Zealand did not profit, and the Canadian Corps and the Anzac also paid great sacrifices for the British Empire during the world war, and the British government could not reward southern Africa, but if it did not reward Canada, Australia and New Zealand -

I'm afraid that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are going to rebel!

"Of course, the British Empire has rewards for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but it has nothing to do with you in southern Africa, you have already got what you want." Winston did not let up, and in terms of the current financial situation of the British government, it would be good for the British government not to ask the federal government of Southern Africa to continue to borrow money.

Speaking of borrowing money, Roque was eager to talk to Winston.

The money owed by the British government to the federal government of southern Africa has interest, and part of it is owed to the RAND Bank, which is known for its ruthlessness, so when the money will be repaid, Roque can have a good chat with Winston.

Of course, before that, Roque had something to make clear to Winston: "Your Excellency, one thing must be made clear that Southern Africa did make a lot of profits during the world war, but the profits obtained by the Federal Government of Southern Africa and the enterprises of Southern Africa were not given away by the Entente Group for nothing, they were all the hard-earned money of us Southern Africans and the Federal Government of Southern Africa, so does this have anything to do with what we are discussing?" It is true that Canada and Australia and New Zealand contributed to the British Empire during the world wars, but our contribution in southern Africa was even greater, not only did we have a million killed in the war, but two million were wounded at the same time, and we did everything we could to meet the material needs of our homeland, and we would rather go hungry ourselves than ensure the supply of the expeditionary force, and my daughter even donated her own piggy bank, you can't wipe out all these contributions with a single word! ”

Winston knew that he had to do everything in his power to fight for the interests of the British Empire, and Roque certainly knew it, although it wasn't actually Roque's job.

Roque's positions in the Federal Government of Southern Africa are Secretary of Defense and Minister of War, and now it was supposed to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs to talk to Winston, but Southern Africa has no diplomatic autonomy, so there is not even a Foreign Office-

"No one has lost the contribution of southern Africa, as the Earl of Nyasaland of the British Empire, the British Empire has given you a lot, so you have to know to be grateful, you should be grateful for what you are getting now, not insatiable and ask for more!" Winston is insatiable and insatiable—

This accusation is a bit harsh.

Roque was originally calm, but hearing Winston say this, Roque was also anxious.

Nima said I'm insatiable, right?

Let's say that we in southern Africa should know how to be grateful!

Saying we've got what we want --

Wait, this one isn't there yet.

So Roque was very simply: "Pay back!" ”