The openness of France is really different from that of Our Lady in the general sense.

From the early Renaissance, to the later Revolution, the Paris Commune, the guillotine, and even the establishment of a republic, the idea of democracy and freedom in France has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is not the same as those countries that have been completely kidnapped by the white left.

During the World War, about 150,000 Chinese laborers came to work in France, and after the World War, about 3,000 Chinese laborers stayed and became French citizens.

There is nothing wrong with the fact that France is more open than the United Kingdom and the United States when it comes to skin color, and that it is more accepting of African-Americans and Asians.

Although the construction of Saint-Roque has not yet been completed, there are already nearly 10,000 French and Belgians living in Saint-Roque, most of them are port employees and their families, and the sanctions imposed by the French government on Saint-Roque have not had much impact on the lives of residents of Saint-Roque.

"Southern Africa was built entirely to the standards of a modern city, and now there are hospitals and schools with excellent conditions, doctors and teachers from southern Africa, who have received professional training for a long time, and the city's supporting facilities are gradually improving, markets, shops, libraries, cinemas – you can say that there are Saint-Roques in Paris, and Saint-Roch has them, but Paris does not have them." Renard Capet's home is located on a hillside next to the port, in a beautiful location and within easy reach of the port and airport.

Sitting on the balcony on the second floor of Renard Capet's house, you can directly see the airport not far away, at this time a plane is taking off, and the huge roar of the engine makes Louis Renault frown slightly.

The sound is so loud that it will definitely affect the daily life of Renard Capet's family.

"That's why I live in São Roque, listening to this loud roar, which may seem like noise to others, but for me, it makes me sleep peacefully, and I don't want to live a life with no future in sight." Renard Capet's perspective is different from that of Louis Reynaud, and nothing else is worth mentioning compared to survival.

"Are you going to become a Southern African citizen?" Louis Reynaud's expression was calm, although France won the world war, the wise people have chosen to leave France, and the gentleman does not stand under the walls.

"Why not? If Southern Africa were more protective of my interests, I would certainly be willing to take Southern African citizenship – not yet, but I am a member of the French Parliament. Renard Capet is blunt that although he himself is not a citizen of southern Africa, his children are educated in Nyasaland, and his wife lives in Nyasaland with them.

Reynard Naked Congressman Capet.

"It is because of you people that France is getting worse and worse." Louis Renaud lamented, but didn't know who to blame.

If Renard Capet's alone is doing this, it's Renard Capet's personal problem.

But now that more and more people are leaving France, this is not a problem for Renard Capet alone.

Probably heaven is too far away, Germany is too close.

"Some of our officials have now gone into a misunderstanding, the responsibility for the weakening of France does not lie with southern Africa, but with ourselves, even if there is no southern Africa, there will be the United States, there will be Germany - France, no longer the France of the past." Renard Capet also has mixed feelings, no one wants to abandon his country, especially a powerful person like Renard Capet, whose family business is mainly in France.

"What do you want to do?" Louis Reynaud was wary.

"Whatever I do, I want to make France better, not push France into the abyss." Renard Capet is a pun, and he does have the ability to do that right now.

On May 25, French railway workers were dissatisfied with poor working conditions and low wages, and a nationwide general strike broke out.

Strikes are commonplace in France, but nationwide strikes are rare.

The general strike of railway workers directly led to the paralysis of the railway sector across the country.

The French government and the striking workers urgently negotiated with nothing.

On June 1, Alexander Millerand, who had just been prime minister for less than half a year, announced his resignation.

He was succeeded by George Glaze, who had served as Secretary of the Navy.

George Gray was also powerless to control the situation and was forced to resign after less than a week as prime minister.

This time it was Aristide Briand who came forward to turn the tide.

Aristide Briand is an evergreen in French politics, the founder of the Socialist Party, has served as French Prime Minister 11 times, won the Nobel Peace Prize for reconciliation with Germany, and is famous for his non-war pact and initiative to establish the United States of Europe.

Aristide Briand has a lot of experience in dealing with the workers' strike, and he promised to introduce an eight-hour workday, improve the working conditions of railway workers, increase the salaries and benefits of railway workers, and provide better protection for railway workers.

Satisfied with Aristide Briand's promise, the railway workers gradually returned to work and the French railway system gradually returned to normal.

Everything seems to be calm again, but it also brings a new problem: the demands of the railway workers have only been met temporarily, and this time they have tasted the sweetness, and they will have more in the future.

Moreover, workers in other industries will inevitably be moved to see that the railway workers have obtained what they want through the strike, and the French government will face an even greater crisis at that time.

At a time when rail transport in France was paralyzed by a strike by railway workers, southern Africa was also consolidating its rail system.

Philip had a new idea, he wanted to consolidate all the railway companies in southern Africa and create a national railway company, which would be operated by the federal government.

"Your Excellency our Prime Minister wants to nationalize all the country's railways this time, Locke, what do you say?" After Xiao Si learned the news, he immediately discussed with Roque.

The railways in southern Africa can basically be divided into three parts, one part was built during the colonial period, and most of these railways are located in the Cape territory, and three different enterprises operate jointly.

After the Second Boer War, the Cape colonial government nationalized the Transvaal and Orange railways and put them under the responsibility of the colonial government, but due to poor management, these parts were in a state of serious losses for a long time.

The last part, and the largest part, were privately built railways before and after the establishment of the federal government, including those in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, which belonged to the Nyasaland Company and the South African Company respectively.

In other words, this part of the railroad is the property of Roque and Xiaosi.

"Unified operations are not a bad thing." Roque had doubts, Philip's original intentions must be good, as for whether the result was good or not, it is difficult to say now.

"It's really a good thing, if the federal government lets us run the railways in southern Africa, I can guarantee that the federal government can get the profits it wants, and the interests of the shareholders will not be harmed, but leave it to the federal government to operate it uniformly, IMHO, Locke, I don't think the federal government has the ability to do this." Small's extreme distrust of the federal government is not selfish, and the state of the Transvaal and Orange railroads is the most direct proof of this.

Railways within Orange are second to none in terms of size and profitability alone, and the Transvaal is arguably second to none of any state in Southern Africa.

It's a pity that the Transvaal Railway has never been profitable since the establishment of the federal government for more than ten years, and the high cost is the main reason.

After all, government agencies are different from commercial organizations, which are for profit, and if they can do the work of one person, they will never hire two.

There are too many restrictions on government agencies, and the railways in Nyasaland and Rhodesia can employ Africans, while the railways in the Transvaal can only employ southern Africans, which in itself raises operating costs, and with a bloated management structure, huge maintenance and upgrade costs, and prices that have not changed for more than a decade, even if the Transvaal has the busiest railway line in southern Africa, it is difficult to make a profit.

"The nationalization of railways cannot be viewed simply from an economic point of view." In his heart, Roque must have hoped to establish a national railway company, and he would not hesitate to suffer some losses to his own interests.

Unlike Xiao Si, Roque does not think about problems from the immediate front, but looks farther.

The strategic importance of railways does not need to be emphasized, although southern Africa is surrounded by the sea on three sides, has a dense water network and has great advantages in shipping, the importance of railways cannot be ignored.

Philip is now in his sixties, and he will not be in the prime minister's position for many years, at most he will be in office, and Philip will take a back seat, and it will be logical for Roque to take the throne at that time.

In other words, even if Philip doesn't nationalize the railroads now, Roque will do it when he becomes prime minister.

"Locke, you're the future Prime Minister of Southern Africa, I'm not-" Xiao Si also has a good reason, people don't kill the heavens for themselves-

That's not how this sentence is used, and once again, brothers don't need to whip corpses.

"What do you want?" Roque will still fully consider Xiao Si's opinion.

"It's okay to set up a unified railway company, but it can't be run by the federal government, which will make all of us lose all of our money-" Xiao Si has his own ideas, and he is not messing around: "After the establishment of a unified railway company, the railway company can take out a part of the profits every year and hand it over to the federal government, and the federal government can also send people to supervise the operation of the railway company, but it can only be supervision, and the federal government cannot interfere, which is our final bottom line." ”

"You guys?" Roque keen.

"Yes, we, me, and you, and Hamilton and Vincent of Cape—" Xiao Si finally did not forget Roque.

Roque also just remembered that the railway in the Cape also has a stake in Xiao Si.