For the average person in southern Africa, the company has almost no existence, no factories, no specific business projects, and no permanent office location.

But for a professor at the University of Nyasaland, like Carlos, the Nyasaland company is like a thunderbolt.

Nyasaland is a professional investment company that has only been around for a few years, and this company has played the role of angel investor perfectly, and many professors from the University of Nyasaland have cooperated with Nyasaland.

Universities are the most prone to scientific research results, but it takes a lot of money to monetize scientific research results, and the professors of the University of Nyasaland have the research results, and the companies of Nyasaland have the funds, a match made in heaven!

When he heard that Lincoln was from Nyasaland, Professor Carlos' eyes lit up.

Carlos knew that the Nyasaland company was a business under Roque's name, and that throughout Southern Africa, if anyone could push for federal investment in Southwest Africa, that person could only be Roque.

Many members of the Southern African Parliament have a close relationship with Roque, and needless to say, the Nyasaland parliamentarians are Roque's retainers, because of Roque's relationship with Xiaosi, the Rhodesian parliamentarians are usually the same as the Nyasarand parliamentarians.

For the same reason, the Transvaal is also part of the Roque faction, and the current members of the Roque camp also include Bechuana and Lorenzo Marques, and if Southern Africa annexes South West Africa and Tanganyika, then the MPs of these two states are likely to join the Roque camp in the future.

No, not very likely, almost certainly.

Don't forget that Roque is the Minister of Defense and Minister of War in Southern Africa, while the farmers in Southwest Africa and Tanganyika are mainly military, and Roque's prestige among the military -

Let's put it this way, George V's prestige among the southern African military is not necessarily that of Roquegaard.

The reason why it is "not necessarily" is because it is necessary to save some face for the king.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the parliament does not agree to invest in the governance of the deserts of Southwest Africa, Roque has the ability to invest in the governance of the deserts of Southwest Africa, looking at the large number of enterprises under Roque's name, ordinary people may not know that more than 40% of the tax revenue of the federal government of Southern Africa now comes from enterprises under Roque's name, or enterprises in which Roque has a stake.

"Hello, Mr. Lincoln, it's nice to meet you—" Professor Carlos was enthusiastic after learning Lincoln's identity.

Lincoln invited Carlos to dinner, and Carlos happily accepted Lincoln's invitation.

After all, after a busy day, I still have to eat dinner.

The dinner was not particularly rich, but Lincoln took care of Carlos's tastes and chose light and easily digestible food, which made Carlos very satisfied.

"Professor Carlos, I have read your paper published in Cell, and very few people are willing to give up their privileged life in the laboratory to work in a difficult area for several years, and your experience is admirable—" Lincoln snapped into the air, Cell, formerly the University of Nyasaland's internal journal, which is now publicly available.

Now in southern Africa, "Cell" is a top scientific and technological journal that can be compared with "British Nature", because the qualification of the University of Nyasaland was questioned by the British Education Association, so the University of Nyasaland simply changed the name of the journal to "Cell" for external distribution, this decision was supported by the Nyasaland government, and now "Cell" is funded by the state government and undertaken by the University of Nyasaland, which not only accepts submissions from scientists in southern Africa, but also accepts submissions from scientists in Europe and the United States.

And the remuneration is higher than that of Nature UK.

Don't think that professors engaged in scientific research are saints who do not eat the fireworks of the world, scientific research work requires a lot of financial support, and professors and investors also want to be rewarded.

"I only spend part of my year in South West Africa, most of the time at the University of Nyasaland, and the really great thing is the people who work in South West Africa, they live in very difficult conditions, they are poorly paid, and I do very little work compared to them." Professor Carlos is very humble, he has a teaching assignment at the University of Nyasaland and can only travel to South West Africa during his vacation.

"That's great, too, because all the other professors are going on vacation and you're the only one who keeps working, which is even more valuable." In any case, Lincoln always found an entry point.

Carlos shook his head and smiled bitterly, no matter what, Lincoln's flattery made Carlos feel very useful.

"Professor Carlos, we in Nyasaland are ready to invest in your desert transformation program, this is a long-term job, if you wish, we in Nyasaland can invite you to be a senior advisor to our company, you can enjoy a fixed annual salary of three thousand rand and a forward dividend, but this dividend may be a bit long-" Lincoln finally extended an invitation to Carlos on behalf of Nyasaland, three thousand rand is definitely a high salary in Southern Africa, and the annual salary of the Deputy Minister of Finance is so much.

"What are you going to do?" Carlos was noncommittal, and the investment of the business must be profitable, and Carlos was not sure how determined the Nyasaland company was.

"We in Nyasaland are going to buy the deserts in South West Africa and the South Cape, and then invest a lot of money in transforming the deserts and migrating to South West Africa and the South West Cape, which should be a federally led plan, but you know, those legislators are not going to agree to put limited money into the desert, because the payback period is too long." The Nyasaland company is ambitious, and the purchase of land must be measured in square kilometers, and it is often at the level of "10,000".

The desert area of southern Southwest Africa and the southwestern Cape is about 500,000 square kilometers.

The area is not entirely desert, but also the Gobi, barren mountains, hilly areas undeveloped, and dry swamps.

Of course, there are abundant mineral deposits underground, but it takes a lot of time and money to find them, and the cost of development is high.

"So why are you Nyasaland companies willing to invest?" Carlos had already made a decision, but it didn't hurt to know more.

"Professor Carlos, you know, my boss is Lord Nyasaland, and if someone else is someone else, he may not be interested in managing the desert, but for our lord, it's not just money that matters, it's a sense of responsibility for Southern Africa." Carlos' face was full of pride, who would not be proud of such a Lord of Nyasaland.

"That's right, it's a sense of responsibility to Southern Africa, we can't just take and not give, the parliament is short-sighted, they can't really recognize the value of the desert area, it's really not just a desert, I've found a diamond mine and a gold mine in South West Africa, if Lord Nyasaland is willing to invest in South West Africa, then I will give the diamond mine and gold mine to Lord Nyasaland for free, We can also grow fast-growing forests and economically valuable fruits in the desert, many of which grow better in the desert area, and we can use it to make wine or produce canned food, and we can also develop fishing in the coastal areas, where there are an astonishing number of fish—" Carlos gushes about the desert, and when Carlos hears about it, it's not a desert at all, but a great treasure trove of countless riches.

For some people, wealth is really everywhere, the desert of southwest Africa, the federal government sells by square kilometers, no one wants a square kilometer of one rand, and it is only a few hundred thousand rand to buy all the desert areas in southern southwest Africa and southwest Cape.

Land ownership in southern Africa is perpetual, and you can buy it and pass it on to your children and grandchildren forever.

"Awesome, Professor Carlos, if we can, we can sign a contract now and then develop the deserts of Southwest Africa." Lincoln opened the briefcase he was carrying, and the contract was already ready.

Professor Carlos did not hesitate, this was a trust in Roque, Carlos didn't even look through the details of the contract, and directly signed his name in the signature column.

"Happy collaboration, Professor Carlos, and you will be proud of your decision today." Lincoln congratulated Carlos, and although there was no spotlight, there was plenty of wine and cigars to celebrate.

Half a month later, a company called "Namib" was quietly born, which means "barren land" in the Nama language.

On the day of its establishment, the company applied to the federal government of southern Africa to purchase desert areas in southern southwest Africa and southwestern Cape.

In this area, the real desert is actually only 50,000 square kilometers, and the remaining land is not unsuitable for development, but not so suitable for development, and needs to be transformed to produce economic value.

For the vast and sparsely populated southern Africa, the so-called "not so" suitable for development is not suitable for development, and the white people's standard of "suitable for development" is simply unbelievably low, as long as the seeds are sown and still need to be managed, basically they are not suitable for development, according to this standard, there is indeed not much land suitable for development.

As Lincoln promised, after the establishment of the Namib Company, it began to recruit immigrants and staff to go to Southwest Africa, but unlike Ida's imagination, there are not many Africans willing to go to Southwest Africa, but many Chinese who have just immigrated to Southern Africa are willing to go to Southwest Africa.

By Chinese standards, there was no land unsuitable for farming, and the former Bechuana Reserve was considered unsuitable for cultivation and could only be used for animal husbandry, but after Chinese immigrants came to Bechuana, Bechuana has now reclaimed 1.2 million hectares of land.

In another time and space, in 2018, Bechuana had reclaimed 268,500 hectares of arable land.

ps:It's the third chapter.,I heard that if there are more tickets, there will be a fourth chapter-even if there is, don't wait.,It must be after 12 o'clock-