The dock was greeted by Hoover and a number of U.S. executives from Nyasaland companies, including Mike Carlisle and Beckland.

Roque greeted them and drove to the Rhodesia Hotel in Manhattan.

The naval conference was held only a month later, and the reason why the British delegation came to the United States ahead of schedule was to communicate with the delegations of various countries in advance and test the bottom line of all parties.

Coincidentally, the Japanese delegation also meant this, so Yuzaburo Kato hoped to have dinner with Roque as soon as he saw him.

Eating is a small thing, drinking is a big thing-

hetui——

Connecting feelings is a big deal.

After ten days of tiring travel, Roque was also exhausted, and just as he was about to sleep at the hotel, there was a knock at the door.

"Sir, the head of the Japanese delegation, Yuzaburo Kato, asks to see him-" Feige used the wrong word, "ask to see" is not enough, it is true that the mood is more urgent, Japan is actually similar to Italy, and they are all worthy of Winston's evaluation: they have a good appetite, but unfortunately their mouths are full of rotten teeth.

As mentioned earlier, Japan was ambitious after the war and put forward the "88th Fleet" plan in an attempt to strengthen its dominance in Asia.

Japan in this time and space, compared with Japan in another time and space, gained a lot less in the world war, and Japan in another time and space almost completely received Germany's colonies in the Pacific region, and those colonies in this time and space were taken over by the East Indies, and the East Indies and Southern Africa have close relations, and if Japan wants to expand, it will face more difficulties than another time and space.

In addition to limiting armaments, the Washington Conference also had another purpose, that is, to solve the problems of the Far East and the Pacific.

In addition to the five countries that participated in the naval conference, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and a total of nine other countries also participated in the Washington Conference, which resulted in the formation of the Nine-Power Pact.

"Please—" Roque perked up, understanding the Japanese urgency.

"Lord Nyasaland, I'm sorry for the presumptuous visit—" Yuzaburo Kato is fluent in Chinese, which is not surprising, and the Chinese language still holds an important place in Japan.

Roque smiled politely, and since he knew that he was still doing this, he must not be much sorry.

"The Yamato nation and the Chinese are separated by a strip of water, friendly from generation to generation, the mountains and rivers are exotic, and the sun and the moon are the same river-" Kato Yuzaburo is indeed deeply influenced by Han culture, and he doesn't talk about business, but it's useless to talk about it.

Roque didn't speak, and the smile on his face faded as he raised his hand to look at his watch.

Yuzaburo Kato immediately understood Roque's feelings.

If you don't talk about it anymore, then Roque will send it off-

"Southern Africa has created an eye-popping economic miracle in recent years, and now there are products from southern Africa everywhere in Japan, and the cars His Majesty is riding in are also made in southern Africa," said Yuzaburo Kato, who still didn't know much about Roque.

"Your Excellency, you have something to say." Roque is really impatient, it depends on the person who is obedient and listening, who is in the mood to listen to your words.

To put it simply, it's human talk!

"Sir, we hope to buy more from Southern Africa." Yuzaburo Kato gradually adapted to Roque's style, that's right, do business just do business, don't talk about what you don't have.

"Your Excellency, you should go to the Ministry of Commerce, not me." Roque doesn't pick up, and doing business depends on who he does with, with the Japanese, sorry, Roque is really not interested.

Japan's domestic resources are poor, and in recent years, the resources cannot meet the domestic consumption, and a large number of resources can only be purchased from outside the country in addition to plundering.

Compared to Japan, Southern Africa is a real tycoon, especially in steel and specialty metals, and Southern Africa has a huge advantage in the world.

Therefore, for a long time, Japan wanted to buy all kinds of raw materials from southern Africa, but southern Africa was very harsh on Japan, not only did it not sell raw materials, but only industrial products, and the prices were very high, and the Japanese government could not afford them.

To put it bluntly, there is a huge difference between Japan's desire for southern Africa to become a supplier of raw materials to Japan, and southern Africa's desire to turn Japan into a dumping ground for its own goods.

"Lord, the whole world is shrouded in the shadow of the economic crisis, and Southern Africa is not immune to it, you have the raw materials, we have the market, and we can work closely together to play a greater role in our respective fields." Yuzaburo Kato knows who is the person who is talking in Southern Africa, the Ministry of Commerce of Southern Africa, which is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Finance of Southern Africa, and the son of the boss of the Ministry of Finance is also the son of Roque.

Oops, this relationship is a bit dirty.

Although the person involved has never publicly admitted it, it is not a secret.

"Minister, we do have raw materials, but we are not short of markets, and your Japanese market is not very big, please forgive me for speaking too directly." Roque was unmoved, Japan's current population is just over 50 million, and the market is really small.

What's more, what Japan wants to buy most from southern Africa are rare metals such as manganese, chromium, copper, and platinum group metals.

At present, only southern Africa can provide a large number of these resources in the world, such as platinum group metals, which accounts for 95.5% of the world's reserves.

Not only rare metals, Japan is short of any metals, before Japan wanted to buy steel directly from the United States, but the Americans also asked for too high a price, Japan could not afford it, and finally had to buy scrapped ships from the United States to be dismantled for waste use.

Southern Africa is more expensive in this regard.

Roque is not short of money, nor does he value the little profit of doing business with the Japanese, to put it mildly, the stronger Japan's national strength, the greater the ambition of the Japanese government, and the greater the harm caused to the Chinese.

"Lord, the Japanese Empire is the most staunch ally of the British Empire in Asia-" Yuzaburo Kato also has a temper, and the Anglo-Japanese alliance has a long history, long before the Russo-Japanese War, Japan and Britain concluded an alliance to jointly contain the expansion of the Russian Empire.

The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance was signed three times, in 1902, 1905, and 1911, all to contain the Russian Empire.

Now the Russian Empire no longer exists, and the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance has lost its meaning.

One of the purposes of the Washington Conference was to dismantle the Anglo-Japanese alliance.

So this alliance is really not binding on Roque, not to mention that the Russian Empire no longer exists, and even if it exists, Roque has never treated the Japanese as allies.

"Allies are allies, business is business, and of course I am willing to cooperate with Japan, but the business practices of southern African enterprises are not subject to the rules of the alliance." Roque rejects all moral kidnapping, his brothers have to settle accounts, what are allies?

Allies are used to take the blame.

There are difficulties together, and blessings may not be shared.

Yuzaburo Kato finally recognized Roque's true face, such a person who doesn't eat oil and salt, Yuzaburo Kato has really never seen it.

It's just that Yuzaburo Kato still has nothing to do, you say that you are angry or not.

"Lord, Southern Africa also has a demand at the naval conference-" Yuzaburo Kato finally found the right entry point, it is useless to buckle Roque with a big hat, and real benefits can make Roque give in.

With a smile and a look in his eyes, Roch encouraged Yuzaburo Kato to continue.

Yuzaburo Kato endured: "-If southern Africa can be liberalized for exports, then our Imperial Japanese Empire will support southern Africa to participate as an independent country during the naval conference and receive treatment commensurate with the strength of southern Africa." ”

To be honest, if it weren't for Roque knowing the little devil's temperament, then Roque would almost have agreed.

It seems that the conditions offered by Kato Yuzaburo are good, right, but in fact, they are also harboring evil intentions.

If Southern Africa participates in the Washington Naval Conference as an independent state, then what is the Commonwealth?

If only for the tonnage of the Navy, a huge market within the Commonwealth is lost -

Yuzaburo Kato is afraid that he thinks Roque is a fool, so he will put forward such a condition.

"Your Excellency, Southern Africa is a Commonwealth country, and it is impossible to participate in the Naval Conference in the name of an independent state." Roque was not fooled, the United States held a meeting to tear down the Anglo-Japanese alliance, but not the Commonwealth.

For the United States, Canada, Australia, India, and even the British Empire are sunset.

Only southern Africa, like the rising sun in the east, has the strength to compete with the United States in all aspects, so the fact that southern Africa remains in the Commonwealth is a huge threat to the United States and Japan, and if southern Africa can become completely independent, then the threat will be correspondingly smaller.

"Even so, my lord, Southern Africa has a claim in terms of the navy—" Yuzaburo Kato retreated, Roque was not fooled, so it would be better to stimulate Roque's ambitions appropriately.

With Yuzaburo Kato's understanding of Roque, it is impossible for Roque to have no desires.

"Of course, but the Southern African Navy is also part of the British Empire's Navy." Roque smiled, everyone knows that there is ambition in southern Africa, but ambition is not a bad thing.

To put it mildly, Britain is now empty of its treasury and is unable to maintain its naval supremacy in the world.

Southern Africa is thriving, and there is an urgent need for the navy, so there is no need for Roque to fight for it, and Britain will take the initiative to support the southern African navy.

This was already evident during the World War, otherwise the cooperation between Edward Shipyard and the Royal Navy Shipyard would not have been so smooth.

Sure enough, a little later, Balfour convened a meeting of delegates from various countries, the main purpose of which was how to get more benefits for the British Empire.

Look, there is no shortage of people in the British government who understand, if this is replaced by 20 years ago, still need to fight?

It didn't take 20 years ago, before the outbreak of the world war, Britain also had the confidence to shout the phrase "If you dare to build one, I will build two".