There were many people who made meritorious contributions to the Boer War, and it was normal for the British government to choose Roque in the vast sea of people because it annexed the Transvaal and Orange in one go, and connected the colonies of southern Africa.

After entering the 20th century, the world was still a game between Britain and the Russian Empire, which tried to break through Britain's blockade on the southern edge of the Eurasian continent and find a breakthrough into the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Once the Russian Empire had achieved this, it would threaten the colonial chains that Britain had formed along the southern edge of Eurasia.

At this time, the main battlefields of the game between Britain and the Russian Empire were concentrated in the Balkans and the Middle East, Britain lost one after another on the Crimea, Balkan and Turkish issues, and the Russian Empire hoped to break through from the direction of Iran and directly enter the Indian Ocean, which would pose a direct threat to India's strategic security.

That's why the British government supported Japan in provoking the Russo-Japanese War, and promised the Japanese government that once the Japanese government declared war on the Russian Empire, Britain would provide loans to the Japanese government.

The Joint International Tribunal put pressure on countries around the world to prohibit support for the Russian fleet, and it was also the help of the British government to the Japanese government.

This ban actually had little effect, and the second detachment of the Russian Pacific Fleet had already received supplies from Germany when it passed through German southwest Africa, otherwise the second detachment would not have been able to run to Madagascar.

If this situation continues, then even if the Russian Empire loses the Russo-Japanese War, there is a possibility that an alliance will be formed between Germany and the Russian Empire, which will also be detrimental to the British government.

The reason why the British Empire is called the "-stirring stick" is because of its power.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the British government fulfilled its promise to provide loans to the Japanese government, leaving the Japanese government with a heavy foreign debt.

After the end of the war, Japan, as the victorious power, did not receive the imaginary reparations, and had to tighten its belt to repay the British loan.

Unfortunately, the British loan was not so easy to repay, and the Japanese government did not pay off the foreign debt due to the Russo-Japanese War until the First World War.

The defeat of the Russian Empire in the Russo-Japanese War was supposed to hate the British government, but the Tsar had to rely on British funds in order to maintain his rule, so the Russian Empire had to turn against the German government, sign an alliance treaty with the British, and enter the First World War under British coercion.

So money is really everything in a lot of the time.

Many of Roque's actions coincided with the British government, so the British government tolerated Roque's reckless behavior and sat back and watched the Japanese government and the Russian Empire lose.

Chris spent a week in Johannesburg and finally got all the information he needed and returned to Nyasaland happily.

Roque also received an unofficial commitment from Chris, who, in Chris's words, had never targeted Nyasaland before and never would ever be.

This promise didn't have much effect, but Roque chose to trust Chris, and if something like Port Edward happened in the future, Roque would then drive the War Office base out of Nyasaland.

As for whether there are any agents from the War Office inside Brad or the Umbrella, Roque has asked Sam and Shi Zai to investigate strictly, and Roque will not make a big deal until the final result is obtained.

Of course, if it is confirmed that someone has been bribed by the War Office, or the intelligence organizations of other countries, Roque will certainly not be polite, the two traitors in Port Edward have been publicly executed for breaking into the Port Edward storage area with the intention of sabotage.

Heading into March, things are normal in Johannesburg.

Although Arnold did not leave Johannesburg, he did not dare to have nothing to do without incident, for several months, Arnold did not go to Philip's official residence, nor did he see Gavin Locke, who had just been born, if Arnold has been so honest, then Roque is not unacceptable for Arnold to stay in Johannesburg.

The work of the Parliament has been progressing steadily, and for several months the Parliament has been busy enacting various laws applicable to Johannesburg, and the interests of the Chinese are guaranteed in all laws, and the Johannesburg Parliament has recognized the ownership of property by the Chinese in Johannesburg, and as long as the conditions of the Chinese in Johannesburg meet the requirements, then the Chinese can also have the right to vote, these two points have confirmed that the Chinese will always be invincible in Johannesburg.

The new 1st Cavalry Division continued to expand, and according to Ade's request, Roque sent a part of his troops to Pretoria, and the garrison in Johannesburg was still maintained at the level of about 1,000 men, which was enough to maintain law and order in Johannesburg.

In addition to the army and police, Johannesburg's local militia has reached more than 5,000 members, and together with the more than 2,000 employees of Umbrella Company, the Johannesburg area can pull up a force of about 10,000 people at any time, a mobilization capacity unparalleled in the whole of southern Africa.

At the beginning of the year, the city government organized a census of farms around Johannesburg, and the final statistics showed that the farms around Johannesburg had an average of 150 acres of land, and the vast majority of farms were less than 100 acres in size, except for a few large farms with a scale of more than 10,000 acres, such as Roque, Barker, Xia Jiu, and Scarlett.

Although small, the property has increased significantly relative to the farms of the Transvaal Republic, with an average of 23.5 cows or beef cattle, 115 merino sheep, 15 pigs, nearly eight horses, more than 200 poultry and an average of 165 fruit trees.

In all the data, the number of fruit trees is surprising, in fact, even the citizens of Johannesburg have not noticed that in the past two years, there have been more and more fruits in the Johannesburg market, the price is getting cheaper and cheaper, and the quality is getting better and better.

The diligence of the Chinese is also reflected in the vegetable market in Johannesburg.

In the past, in Johannesburg, apart from a small amount of onions, potatoes, turnips, and cabbage, few other vegetables appeared in the market.

The arrival of the Chinese has greatly enriched the vegetable varieties of Johannesburg, thanks to the climatic characteristics of Johannesburg, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, carrots, eggplants, peppers have become common vegetables in Johannesburg, various mushrooms and bean products have also greatly enriched the vegetable market in Johannesburg, and the recipes of the citizens have changed dramatically.

Last year, excluding the gold mines in Johannesburg, the Johannesburg City of Johannesburg paid £150,000 a year, and in the first three months of this year, the Johannesburg City of Johannesburg collected more than £50,000 in taxes, and the annual tax revenue is estimated to exceed £200,000.

That's about the same as the tax revenue from the Johannesburg area's gold mines.

Two years ago, Rock promised Philip that Johannesburg's future agricultural income would become another pillar of Johannesburg's economy, and now this goal has been largely achieved.

In the next step, Roque is ready to develop Johannesburg's industry, which in time will be a new economic growth point.

In fact, now Johannesburg's industry is already very large-scale, Johannesburg's production of motorcycles, vodka, all kinds of textiles have begun to export to the Cape, Natal, as well as Europe, Australia, the United States, although limited to the scale of production, now the output is not large, the income generated is not much, but after the implementation of the democratic representative system in Johannesburg, the city government has decided to open an economic development zone in the west of Johannesburg, dedicated to the development of industry.

In order to provide better services, the city government will subsidize the water and electricity consumption of enterprises in the development zone, and has decided to build a thermal power plant in the eastern suburbs of Johannesburg to further solve the problem of power supply in Johannesburg.

In terms of taxation, the municipal government will also reduce or exempt enterprises in the development zone as appropriate, such as textile mills, which are labor-intensive industries with large scale and low profits, which do not need to pay taxes at all.

When Phyllis learned the news, she was still a little nervous, worried that she would be criticized for it.

Roque is not worried, this is a collective decision of the Johannesburg City Council, and it is not forced by Philip or Owen, and the others can't find Phyllis even if they want to make trouble.

"You have to know the meaning of the textile mill, our textile mill is basically not profitable, the farmers in Johannesburg make money, the workers in the factory make money, the merchants who sell the products to Europe make money, but our two investors don't make money, this is very abnormal, I didn't ask the city council to subsidize the textile mill, it's not bad-" Roque was also very proud when he spoke, the current situation of the textile factory is equivalent to doing charity, all for Arthur and Gavin Jid.

Of course, that's just the current stage.

Now Roque has increased its investment in textile mills, striving to add new product lines in textile mills, and when new products appear, textile mills will be able to turn losses into profits, and then it will be the time to really make money.

"Thank you Lock—" Phyllis was tender, completely unaware of Roque's purpose, and thought that Roque was doing all this for her.

"No—" Roque's rare weakness of heart is rare.