It's impossible to say that Owen has no complaints in his heart.

Philip's three sons, Henry already has a knighthood, Arnold will definitely have a knighthood in the future, only Owen is not high.

finally Owen finally found a route that suited him, but Arnold didn't help or say anything, but took the initiative to jump out and brush up on his presence everywhere, which was really tiresome for Owen.

Endure?

Bear with me, you ghost!

Arnold probably didn't expect that Owen would be so faceless, people like him would rather me bear the world, not the world, only he can be the first year of junior high school, no one can be fifteen, and the current Owen feels very strange to him.

"Councillor Arnold Matilda, please return to your seat." Owen didn't care about Arnold's mood and didn't give Arnold a chance to continue speaking.

Arnold blushed and returned to his seat in a huff, and then gave several other members of the National Party a desperate look.

Both Bruce Hughes and Adam Stephen pretended not to see it.

At this time, no one dares to jump out and touch Owen and Roque's moldy head, Owen's attitude is obvious, everyone knows why Roque appeared in the council, and jumping out at this time is looking for death, that is, Arnold's head iron, so he dares to jump out and touch it, and the others don't have Arnold's relationship, so forget it.

No one is stupid.

"If there are no speakers, then we shall proceed to the vote now." Owen didn't procrastinate and quickly got to the point.

The result of the vote was gratifying, all 35 parliamentarians, 31 votes in favor and four votes against, the vote result was valid, and Chinese officially became the official language of the Johannesburg region.

The greatest significance of becoming an official term is that the status of Chinese in Johannesburg has been officially recognized, and from now on, all documents issued by the Johannesburg City Council and the city government must be added to the original English version on the basis of a Chinese version, and all the place names in the Johannesburg area must also be indicated in Chinese.

Roque was of course very pleased with the result, and after the vote was over, the agenda of the day's meeting was over, and Roque decided to hold a dinner over the weekend to welcome all the councillors to attend in order to express his gratitude.

This invitation is not forced, and if some people don't want to go, Roque doesn't force it.

Soon it was the weekend, and Anna had been leading Bella and the servants from morning to work, and Roque had no idea, entertaining guests from afar in the study.

The Russo-Japanese War had been going on for almost nine months, the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire were exhausted, the war was more cruel than imagined, the war materials stored by the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire for the war had been depleted, and the visit to Roque was Yamaguchi Sho, the counselor of the Japanese Embassy in the United Kingdom, who came this time not only to buy medicine, but also to buy weapons and ammunition from Nyasaland.

"Lord Nyasaland, it's a pleasure to meet you." Yamaguchi Sho was dressed in a black suit, a waistcoat and bow tie, a tuxedo and a top hat, and he also brought Roque a gift, a saber from the Qing Kingdom.

When Roque saw Yamaguchi Sho, he knew why the Japanese were called "Little Japan".

Roque once thought that the word "Little Japan" was deliberately demeaning to the Japanese, and it was created in order to insult the Japanese, because in Roque's impression, the height of the Japanese is not low.

Yamaguchi Sho "subverted" Roque's impression of the Japanese, Roque visually measured that Yamaguchi Kisho's height was only about one meter four, and the big man was definitely taller than Yamaguchi Kisho.

It will indeed be little Japan!

On the surface, of course, Roque was still polite, and his smile was very cordial while shaking hands: "Welcome, Mr. Yamaguchi, I hope you can have a good time in Ziwei Town." ”

The two of them sat separately, and Yamaguchi Sho was a little embarrassed, he sat on the chair with his heels not touching the ground.

Roque pretended not to see it, and Zach came over to serve tea respectfully, and then stood behind Roque.

It is estimated that Roque was in the heart of Yamaguchi Muxiang, and he suddenly looked up to the mountains.

In this era, most of the time, Orientals are naturally bowed in front of whites, it is normal for yellow people to serve white people, and it is rare for white people to serve yellow people.

Especially for the Japanese, Roque can enjoy the service of white people so comfortably, which seems to be incredible to Yamaguchi Kisho.

Thinking of Roque's identity, Yamaguchi Muxiang was immediately relieved, after all, Roque was a baron of the British Empire, and his status in Britain was still very high, Yamaguchi Muxiang worked in the British embassy all the year round, and he knew the situation in Britain very well.

"Lord Nyasaland, I heard that the Johannesburg Medical School has developed a special medicine for the treatment of trauma, so I came to Johannesburg to learn more about this medicine." Yamaguchi Sho was very respectful to Roque, and there was a deliberate half-bow when he spoke, he didn't think he could feel it, he was so big, it was really funny to make this action on the chair.

Funny is funny, Roque did not mean to despise the Japanese Empire, although Roque was well aware of the wolf ambitions of the Japanese, but Roque also had to admit that the Japanese Empire in this era was still very courageous.

If nothing else, let's talk about the ongoing Russo-Japanese War, although the essence of this war is not just, but it is the first time that the Eastern countries have defeated the Western colonial countries in a large-scale war, which is a subversive challenge to the traditional colonial system, and the Russo-Japanese War is also known as the "Zero World War", which shows the significance of the Russo-Japanese War in the history of world wars.

It can also be seen from another angle that Japan is actually very good at speculation, during the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan actually fought to the end and had run out of oil, Li Zhongtang was assassinated during the negotiations in Shimonoseki, and in order to let Li Zhongtang sign the contract as soon as possible, Japan had to reduce the original amount of compensation by 100 million, otherwise the amount of compensation in the Shimonoseki Treaty would not be 200 million taels of silver, but 300 million taels.

The Russo-Japanese War was the same, when the war broke out, Japan was also not ready for war, but with the support of Britain, Japan brazenly provoked the Russo-Japanese War, which was also a gamble on national fortunes.

Roque doesn't care who wins or loses in Japan and Russia, it's not a good thing anyway, and Roque doesn't feel distressed about how many people die.

Roque is concerned about whether he can make money, Japan through the Sino-Japanese War and the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, it is simply lying on the Qing State to suck blood, so that today's situation has arisen.

Now it's Roque's turn to suck blood on Japan, so Roque won't be polite either.

"Mr. Yamaguchi is well-informed enough—" On the surface, Roque's expression was a bit complicated, and he didn't seem to want to reveal too much information.

In fact, it's all acting, and this news was deliberately released by Roque to the Japanese, otherwise the Japanese wouldn't know about it at all.

Of course, when Roque released the news to the Japanese, he also released it to the Russians, and as a result, the Japanese have now come to the door, and the Russians have not reacted.

You don't deserve to win!

"Lord Nyasaland, please be sure to sell the medicine to our Japanese Empire, and we will definitely come up with a price that will satisfy you." Yamaguchi Sho jumped directly out of the chair this time and really bowed ninety degrees.

"Yes, tomorrow I will arrange for you to visit the experiments that are being conducted at the medical school." Roque is free to retract and release, and if he wants the Japanese to take the bait, he must be willing to take the bait.

"Thank you very much, I also heard that Nyasaland can produce Makqin heavy machine guns and 75mm infantry rapid-fire guns, and if we can, we can also buy them with a lot of money." Yamaguchi's requirements are high, Japan is now short of weapons and ammunition, and arms dealers all over the world are sharpening their knives.

"Nope!" Roque refused very simply this time, Makqin can still discuss, don't even think about the 75mm infantry rapid-fire gun, if Roque sells the cannon to the Japanese, the French are estimated to be able to find Roque desperately.

After the Franco-Prussian War, France regarded Germany as its biggest opponent, and the 75mm infantry rapid-fire gun was regarded as a top secret in France, and if it weren't for the special relationship between Britain and France, Roque would not have gotten the 75-mm infantry rapid-fire gun, so this thing Roque didn't want to sell, but couldn't sell it.

"Lord Nyasaland, please!" Yamaguchi Kisho bowed ninety degrees again.

Etiquette is indeed thoughtful, but the request is too much for Roque to agree.

"Mr. Yamaguchi, why focus on 75mm infantry rapid-fire guns, the Nyasaland Arsenal still has a lot of weapons that are more suitable for the Japanese Empire, maybe you can consider it." Roque definitely doesn't sell Miss 75, but the rest is negotiable.

In order to slaughter the Japanese, Roque was also prepared, and the Northern Rhodesia Division and the newly formed First Cavalry Division have now been equipped with general-purpose machine guns, and the eliminated Makqin is just being sold to the Japanese.

The Nyasaland Arsenal also prepared mortars, which were more suitable for the realities of Japan than Miss 75.

Mortars are now no longer necessary to be kept secret, and even if Roque does not sell them, the Russians will invent mortars in the Russo-Japanese War.

The Russo-Japanese War was the first large-scale war that broke out in the world in the twentieth century, and for some reason, Britain did not open the battlefield in the Boer War.

This was mainly because Britain could not afford to lose this man, and the British Expeditionary Force, which was invincible on the battlefield, was beaten to the ground by the Boer coalition forces, and this situation would really damage the majesty of the British Empire if it was seen by the observation missions of various countries.

The Russo-Japanese War did not have so many scruples, and when the war broke out, both Russia and Japan believed that they could easily win, so there were no restrictions on military observation missions in various countries, and many technological innovations brought about by the Industrial Revolution were used on a large scale in the Russo-Japanese War, such as rapid-fire guns, machine guns, and carbines with higher firing accuracy.

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