No matter what time it is, "power comes out of the barrel of a gun" is an irrefutable truth.

Therefore, Roque set up a militia in Nyasaland to strengthen Nyasaland's strength, on the one hand, to prepare for the export of the Yao, and on the other hand, to guard against threats from Tanganyika and the Congo Free State.

There is another reason that Roque cannot say, and that is the British government.

Roque will never trust the British government 100%, so it is necessary for Roque to cultivate one or several armed forces that are absolutely loyal to him to guard against threats from the British government.

These armed forces, including the Chinese police and gold mine security guards in Johannesburg, the militia in Nyasaland, and the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa, or the Bantu people in the future Congo Free State, if Roque's plan succeeds, then with these overt and covert armed forces, Roque can turn Africa upside down, which has been carved up by European countries.

The militia in Nyasaland is all composed of Chinese, the members of the militia are selected from among the Chinese, the backbone is the police and gold mine security guards in Johannesburg, the militia still adopts a rotational training system, only the best part of the people can become permanent members, Roque's ultimate goal is to let all the Chinese receive a certain degree of military training, so that the Chinese in Nyasaland can stand up like the Chinese in Johannesburg and dare to face any challenge.

It is said that money is a hero, but in fact, if you have a gun in your hand, you don't panic when you encounter something, even if it is a woman or child, as long as you have a gun in your hand, you will have the confidence to fight to the death when you encounter something, which is a sense of security that money cannot bring.

In the environment of Nyasaland, ordinary people can't do it without guns in their hands, after all, it will pose a threat to people, in addition to people, there are wild animals, so within thirty or fifty years, Nyasaland will not ban guns, and in the future-

Not so in the future, when Nyasaland is expected to face threats from all sides, and it will be even more necessary to legally own guns.

So, it's important to give Nyasaland the ability to make weapons.

Roque did not want to at some point in the future, for some reason, Nyasaland lost the support of the British government, and had no ability to make weapons of its own, and ended up in a desperate situation like the Boers.

The hydropower station and the arsenal are just the beginning, and Roque has asked Christian to find a way to find talent in the military industry in Europe, and this matter cannot go to Douglas, it is more appropriate to find Christian.

Compared with the machine, technical personnel are even more scarce, Roque bought the production line and hydroelectric generator, the hydropower station side Westinghouse will send someone to guide the installation, the production line Royal Light Weapons Factory does not care, the price of the machine itself is not expensive, it is similar to selling scrap, so the Royal Light Weapons Factory will not send technicians to Nyasaland.

"It doesn't matter, I'll solve the technical problems, how many people do you want?" Xiao Si has a big deal, and the South African company is strong in this regard, and Xiao Si is a pure British after all, and has more advantages than Roque.

"The more the merrier, skilled workers, technicians, designers, or the old rules, twice the salary." Roque is good at smashing people with money now, and it can't be done if he doesn't smash it, it's no good, who wants to come to a place like Nyasaland where birds don't.

Compared with London and Paris, Johannesburg is a poor country, and Nnyasaland can only be a bird that doesn't.

However, Roque is still confident that as long as he can fool people, Roque can keep people, and Purple Town has now become a model of peaceful living, and Roque is confident that he can replicate countless Purple Towns in Nyasaland.

"Okay, I'll leave that to me." Xiao Si is full of confidence, in this era of Europe, in fact, there are not many concepts of countries and nations.

This is really not a joke, until the Cold War, the flow of technical personnel was actually very free, a simplest example, when the Qing Beiyang Naval Division was destroyed, there were many white officers working in the Beiyang Naval Division and the Beiyang Fleet fought to the end, and finally sank into the sea with the warships, which can very well explain people's attitude towards the country and the nation at this time.

As for the country's restrictions on technical talents, in fact, there are not many, in the field of weapon design, Browning is considered a top talent, the famous M1911, M2, BAR1918, are all from Browning.

Browning was originally an American, initially working with Winchester in the United States to produce weapons.

In 1897, Browning used the energy of the gas in the chamber of the gun as an energy source for automatic reloading to design an automatic smoothbore gun, but the Winchester Company refused to mass-produce, so Browning went to the National Arsenal of Herstal in Belgium, which was later known as the FN Company, and became the chief gunsmith of the National Arsenal of Herstal.

After that, most of the weapons designed by Browning were produced at the Hestal State Arsenal.

Even top talents like Browning are free to go from the United States to Belgium, and Roque just wants to hire good designers, technicians and skilled workers, basically there is no difficulty at all, as long as the salary is in place, it is easy to say anything.

"Dig people at the same time, don't be limited to the weapons industry, we now only have a primary arsenal, can only produce weapons that have been eliminated, but our ideals can not be limited to the eliminated weapons, all the raw materials needed to produce weapons and bullets, I hope we can all produce our own, so that we will not be controlled by others in the future." Roque has ideals, if you want to go on a full set, you can't buy a production line and be stuck in the neck of raw materials, Roque must control all the production links in his own hands, so as not to be controlled by others.

"All the raw materials? Is this necessary—" Xiao Si disagreed.

It's not troublesome to make bullets, but it's troublesome to master all the processes, don't underestimate a small bullet, the manufacturing process is also very complicated.

There is no shortage of copper in Nyasaland, which produces bullets, and Nyasaland has a quarter of the world's copper, so Nyasaland does not need to be forced to study how to replace copper with steel.

The primer of the bullet is now made of mercury, although lead azide can be produced, but lead azide has not yet obtained a patent for industrial application, so although mercury is unsafe and highly toxic, Roque can only pinch his nose and use mercury.

The bullet is fired with multi-base gunpowder based on nitrocellulose, and the technology in this area is not troublesome, and the Nobel Prize is a money string, as long as you give money, you can buy any technology.

The key is that if you want to have technology, you need more factories and more workers, which is definitely a heavy burden for Nyasaland, which is still short of manpower, and if it is someone else, maybe you will just buy raw materials, but Roque will never do this, it is convenient to buy raw materials, but it is uncomfortable to be subject to people, even if it is backward technology, Roque must master it all, so that the confidence of the future is sufficient.

"Very necessary, Cecil, think about it, if we buy raw materials from Europe, then if a war breaks out in Europe, and the raw materials themselves are not enough, will they still sell us the raw materials?" Roque plans ahead.

"No, no, Locke, there's no need for you to worry, look at the Boer War, although the empire won on the surface, but the gains outweigh the losses, and the price paid is too huge, so there will definitely be no more wars of this scale in the future, that is, the empire is strong and can withstand this kind of attrition, you let the French and Germans try a war of this scale? I'm afraid the whole country will go bankrupt. "Xiao Si has his own judgment about the future.

How to say this judgment, it seems that it cannot be said wrong, because after the Boer War, the British government and opposition learned from the pain, and indeed changed the national strategy, from strategic expansion to strategic contraction.

But other countries will not adjust their own national strategy according to the national strategy of Britain, especially a country where the emperor is a madman, and the situation of other countries cannot be summarized by the situation of Britain, a certain country, coveting the British colonies all over the world, and the strategic contraction of Britain just exposes the weakness of Britain, which will certainly fuel the ambition of a certain mad emperor.

"Cecil, believe me, there's a big war brewing in Europe, it's probably bigger than anyone imagined, and no one can stay out of it, including us, so now we have to be prepared - take a step back and say, even if that doesn't happen, we don't have anything to lose except some money, but once that happens, hehe-" Roque is calm, isn't it money, what Roque cares about the last thing right now is money.

"Well, if you will—but I have to say that these factories have nothing to do with Rhodesia." Xiao Si wants to stay out of the matter, there is no shortage of money, but Xiao Si doesn't want to burn and play.

"Are you sure? Henry would have invested. "Roque is not in a hurry, Xiao Si is a bit forward-looking, and someone needs to push him from behind.

Xiao Si really began to suffer from gains and losses again, his expression was cloudy, and he opened his mouth several times to say cruel words, but he couldn't say it.

"Come on, I promise, I won't lose money, if you participate, you will be grateful for today's decision in the future, if you don't participate, you will definitely regret it later." Roque grabbed Xiao Si's shoulders and didn't let Xiao Si get out of the car.

Xiao Si snorted angrily and didn't speak, this is the default meaning.

In the evening, Lala, who was training Yao people in Portuguese East Africa, came to see Roque.

Roque was barbecuing with Xiao Si, and Roque did it himself, and the fish and chicken wings he could, were not much worse than those baked by the chef.

"The Yao people still have some strength, they have almost 10,000 soldiers, most of them have not received systematic military training, the scum is taking some experienced Yao soldiers and the Portuguese to fight guerrillas, I am training a large army of the Yao people in Manianba, weapons and ammunition are still not enough, if there are enough weapons and ammunition now, within three months, I will be sure to drive the Portuguese out of East Africa." Lala squatted next to Roque and fanned the fan, mainly to fan away all the cigarettes.

"Locke, give me another chicken wing." Xiao Si pretended to be dead on the recliner, a beautiful woman on the left fanned a fan, a beautiful woman on the right peeled fruit, and a beautiful woman massaged behind her.

Rotten rich second generation, go die!

Roque sprinkled a handful of salt on the wings.

Lala's expression was obviously surprised, blinking her cunning eyes and not daring to speak, fanning the wind wholeheartedly.

"What about the Portuguese troops?" Roque thought a lot, Portuguese East Africa was one of the few remaining colonies of Portugal, and the Portuguese government would certainly not give it up easily.

"Then fight guerrillas with the Portuguese, how the Boers dealt with the expeditionary force in the first place, we will deal with the Portuguese - the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I advance!" Lala's last few words were spoken in Chinese, and there was a bit of Shandong's dialect, and Roque shook his hand when he heard it, and put salt again.

Speaking of guerrilla warfare, it is impossible for anyone in this era to be more proficient than Roque, the sixteen-character motto of "the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I advance" is an unchanging truth in any era.

If you want to say African names, it is absolutely a tragedy, Lala's name is so complicated to pronounce it that it is estimated that no one can spell it out smoothly, and the Johannesburg Police Department has no way to register it, so it can only take two syllables as the name.

Lala they don't care, the attitude is very casual, when they serve in the expeditionary force, Lala they don't have a name at all, the expeditionary force uses code names to represent them, and no one feels insulted.

Again, there are no human rights in this era, even white people have no awareness of human rights, not to mention Africans.

"The forces of the Portuguese are in several strongholds, you also play a strong wall clearing, withdraw all the Yao people near the stronghold, so that the Portuguese can not get any supplies, if the Portuguese dare to leave the stronghold, you will attack along the way, hurt their ten fingers, it is better to cut off one of their fingers, as long as they continue to destroy the living force of the Portuguese, the Portuguese will not last long." Roque is not in a hurry, the Portuguese are a very good training object, take the Portuguese to train the Yao people, and Roque can use the Yao people to deal with the Germans.

Is it difficult?

It is really not high, and the Yao people, who are guided by guerrilla theory, are absolutely invincible in Africa.

"We are already doing this, in the recent period, we have evacuated all the tribesmen near Tete to the territory of Rhodesia, within a hundred square kilometers around Tete, there is not a single tribe now, the Portuguese are afraid to come out of Tete, as long as they go out of the city, they will be sniped by our precision marksmen, we cut their telegraph lines, cut the road, and even the oryx around Tete have been wiped out, and the Portuguese are very miserable-" Lala was excited, there has never been only Africans who have been slaves to the whites, Africans have never been so proud.

"Hehe-" Roque smiled happily, and could imagine how badly the Yao people could toss the Portuguese under the guidance of the idea of the countryside surrounding the city.

"You're having a good time, but the Portuguese are looking for trouble with me, saying that I've run away all the people around Tete—" Xiao Si couldn't wait for the chicken wings, so he had to come and get them himself.

Roque smiled but didn't say anything.

Lala glared and puffed out her cheeks, looking horrified.

Xiao Si didn't realize it, and stuffed a seemingly roasted chicken wing into his mouth.

"Phew! What the hell are you—" Xiao Si's angry voice literally echoed throughout the camp.