384 Internal friction continues
For most Chinese, asking someone to help is to cause trouble to others, help is love, not to help is duty, and being rejected in person should be stopped.
This is obviously not the case with Indians, they always take it for granted to seek help from others, if something is too difficult for them and difficult to do under normal circumstances, then the solution for Indians is to ask for help from others, it doesn't matter if the person is not willing to help, just change it.
Anyway, the Indians will not take the initiative to find a way to solve the problem.
Although Gandhi was the "Mahatma", he still couldn't get rid of this category, the Boers were unwilling to improve the social status of Indians, Gandhi pinned his hopes on the Transvaal, Philip was unwilling to meet Gandhi, and Gandhi hoped to be introduced by Roque.
In Gandhi's view, the root of all problems lies in the fact that Indians do not have a normal social status, otherwise Indians can live and work in southern Africa like the Chinese.
This is actually lying to yourself.
So Roque's next words are very straightforward: "If you want the Orange government or the Transvaal government to give Indians the same social status as the Chinese, then the Indians must first prove that they are worthy of the Orange government or the Transvaal government to do this for them, what do you think is the advantage of the Indians——"
"Sir, it's not that the Indians don't have an advantage, but because there is no room for them at all, in Orange, even if we work hard, we don't get the same salary as the Boers, and even if we pay a higher price, Bloemfontein won't sell the farm to us Indians, so all the Indians need is an opportunity." Gandhi's eloquence is still there, but unfortunately the starting point is wrong.
Roque smiled and didn't speak, many farmers in the Transvaal are Chinese, if Roque took Gandhi to see Philip and promoted the introduction of Indians in the Transvaal, it would be tantamount to letting the Indians and the Chinese compete for living space, Roque didn't know where Gandhi's confidence came from, thinking that Roque would help him in this kind of thing.
Roque and the Chinese of the Transvaal have worked so diligently to build the Transvaal to the point where it is now, not for the Indians to pick the fruit.
"Lord—" Gandhi still wanted to fight for.
Roque ran out of patience and raised his hand to interrupt: "I'm really sorry, I'm afraid I can't help with this issue-"
After Roque finished speaking, he motioned to Zach to send off the guest, Gandhi still wanted to fight for it, Zach grinned, and Gandhi was immediately taken aback.
The ruthless Lord of Nyasaland at the center of the legend -
Sure enough, it's ruthless!
In the evening, Roque still had dinner with Philip as usual, and Gavin, who was more than two years old, could now eat by himself, but he was not used to the spoon, and often threw the spoon aside and ate it directly with his hands.
Phyllis didn't care at all, and she didn't let the maid feed Gavin, even if Gavin ate rice all over his face, Phyllis insisted that Gavin eat it himself.
Roque didn't think that Phyllis was abusing Gavin, and Phyllis was also trying to cultivate Gavin's self-care ability, so he was more strict with Gavin.
After all, Gavin is the first in line to the throne of the Baron of Nyasaland, so Phyllis will definitely not be pampered by Gavin, but will be stricter, so that Gavin can really lead Nyasaland to move forward in the future.
On the contrary, Philip has a lot of complaints about Phyllis's approach, but Phyllis will never compromise on this issue, so Philip went to the study with Roque to drink tea and smoke after eating as quickly as possible, out of sight and out of mind.
"The negotiations are not going well, neither Cape nor Orange are willing to give up the capital, Dr. Starr Jameson wants the federal government to put the capital in Cape Town, Mr. Louis Botha wants the capital to be Bloemfontein, Viscount Heilwood and I want to put the capital in Pretoria, it's been a whole week, and even the capital has not been decided, everything is terrible, tomorrow I have decided to let Owen go to the meeting instead of me, even if there is a quarrel, Owen is more physical than me." Philip was also exhausted.
Originally, Philip knew that if a federal government was formed in southern Africa, there would be many issues to be coordinated.
However, Philip did not expect that solving the problem would be so troublesome, Philip was still quite enthusiastic about the establishment of the federal government in the past, and now it seems that the establishment of the federal government in the future is not necessarily a good thing.
"Normal, everyone wants to fight for more say in the future federal government—" Roque could understand, but Roque couldn't accept it either.
Internal friction has always been a situation that Roque has tried to avoid, so in Nyasaland and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, Roque has never engaged in democracy, and he has always decided by himself.
Of course, this will also cause some problems, but compared to internal friction, Roque would rather let his subordinates form a dependence on Roque.
At the very least, the officers of Nyasaland and the officers of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division can still do their work, which is better than arguing all day long and not making any progress in their work.
However, the same situation is not suitable for the federal government, whether it is the four major colonies, Nyasaland and Rhodesia, they all have their own interests and want to fight for more voice for themselves, so in this situation, Roque has long been mentally prepared.
"The most ridiculous thing is that there are also people in Basutoland and Eswatini in Pretoria, and Eswatini people actually want Eswatini to restore their independent status, it is really ridiculous, when faced with the threat of the Boers, Eswatini had to ask for protection from London, and now the country of the Boers no longer exists, and Eswatini wants to secede from the federal government, I really don't know what they are thinking." There are so many grooves in Philip's mouth that if he continues to play, he may be able to vomit until tomorrow morning.
Eswatini is also a strange country, at the end of the last century, Eswatini faced the threat of the Transvaal Republic, so it sought the help of the British government, hoping to become a protectorate of the British Empire.
Later, under the coordination of the British government, Eswatini and the Transvaal Republic signed the Treaty of Werenicein, under which the Transvaal Republic recognized the independence of Eswatini.
At this time, Eswatini was no longer threatened to be annexed, so it wanted to repent, and no longer became a British protectorate.
As a result, London did not give Eswatini any chance, unilaterally declared Eswatini a British protectorate, and brought all the Eswatini royal family to live in the British mainland, and Eswatini became a British colony.
Now that the four colonies of southern Africa are working to form a federation of southern Africa, probably Eswatini feels that the opportunity has come again, so they jump out and bring up the old story again.
Unfortunately, Philip and Ade are not philanthropists, so it is probably difficult for Eswatini to become independent.
Roque eats people and does not spit out bones, Eswatini at this time is larger than Eswatini in the twenty-first century, and now the mining areas off the coast of Eswatini have not been discovered, and Roque will definitely not let go of this piece of fat.
"Mr. Amelia of the Bechuana Reserve came to me in Johannesburg some time ago and asked me to help the Bechuana Reserve and maintain its stability." Roque had a selective note, lest Philip be caught off guard by the time.
Philip had a meaningful "oh", and similar to the situation in Basutoland and Eswatini, the Bechuana Reserve was not qualified to send people to this meeting that would decide their future and fate.
"I have learned about the situation of the Bechuana Reserve during this time, in fact, the Bechuana Reserve is still very good, first of all, the area is large enough, and secondly, the population is really small, and it is still very promising to manage it well." Roque had already decided to form a new regiment in the northern Rhodesian division and send it to the Bechuana Protectorate.
In fact, there are risks associated with accepting Bechuan Eswatini a reserves, and United Nations statistics in the 21 st century show that the infection rate of AIDS in these African countries is very high in Bechuana reserves and Eswatini, and the average life expectancy is about 35 years old.
That's what Niyassaland is doing now, and all new Chinese immigrants arriving in Nyasaland get a brief introduction to southern Africa, where Africans are classified as "critically dangerous", not to mention starting a family, and even the contacts on the agenda are not approved by Nyasaland officials.
If in this case, there are still Chinese people who are willing to contact Africans, then Roque really can't help it.
They are all well fed.
"What do you want to do, replace the Bechuanals with Chinese?" Philip saw through Roque's sinister intentions at a glance.
Roque didn't even have the slightest embarrassment on his face, and it was a matter of course: "Most of the country is a high-altitude terrain, the west and southwest are deserts, the average annual precipitation is very small, the east and north are still very good, the precipitation is abundant, the water and grass are lush, very suitable for raising cattle, a lot of beef in the Transvaal comes from the Bechuana Reserve—it's a pity that such good conditions are wasted by the Bechuana people, and there are less than a million cattle in the entire territory of the Bechuana Reserve, and there are not as many elephants as there are in the Bechuana Reserve. If you replace the Bechuanals in Bechuana with Chinese, guess what will happen next? ”
Philip was speechless.
On this issue, Philip also has to admit that the Chinese do have obvious advantages, in the whole of southern Africa, the Chinese may be the most industrious, the most capable, and the most intelligent people, Philip also often goes to the grassroots in Pretoria to understand the situation, knowing the current development of Chinese farms, compared with Africans or Boers, or British, the Chinese are obviously advantageous.
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