In another time and space, the colonial system of European countries in Africa gradually collapsed during the Cold War.

After the collapse of the colonial system, Africa did not become a paradise for Africans as Africans imagined, but became a Pandora's box that breeds violence, crime, viruses, and poverty.

This time, Africans have no more reason to complain, no one to provide them with weapons anymore, Africa's mineral resources are still controlled by powerful white capitalists, and ordinary Africans are still unable to share in the dividends of national development.

When white people rule Africa, whether it is hypocrisy or the need to maintain stability, when distributing national wealth, they will more or less take into account the interests of Africans.

After those African warlords came to power, they did not think about development at all, did not have a clear plan for the future, only cared about their own food and intestines, and did not care about the life or death of ordinary Africans, so this time the Africans who had no excuse could only choose to leave Africa, and would rather go to European countries to be refugees than stay in the big quagmire of Africa.

Roque's intervention started this process in advance, and Portuguese East Africa was just Roque's experiment, and Roque was looking for another possibility, a possibility that could make Africa's transition smooth.

Xiao Si definitely didn't know Roque's ideals, but from the transformation of the Yao people, Xiao Si realized the destructiveness of Africans once they released their nature, so after listening to Roque's explanation, Xiao Si was a little glazed-eyed, as if he saw the future of Rhodesia through Portuguese East Africa.

"No wonder you're expelling Africans—" Xiao Si muttered to himself.

"Or what do you think? There are so many Africans, it's endless, you don't need to pay them a salary, you don't need to think about their future, you just give them a stutter, let them do anything, and if there are no hidden dangers like this, I won't expel Africans. "Roque has advantages that Xiao Si does not have, and 450 million Chinese are Roque's strong backing.

"What to do? So what to do? Xiao Si was worried, and then he remembered what Cecil Rhodes had said when he was alive, when Cecil Rhodes patted Xiao Si on the shoulder and said: Remember, if you can't make up your mind about something in the future, come to Locke.

"Don't worry, there should be no problem in ten years, but after ten or twenty years, no one can guarantee it, so what you have to do now is to try to attract immigrants from outside Africa, and gradually expel the Zulu people from Rhodesia, so that there will be no hidden dangers." Roque is really not in a hurry, just like Roque dealt with the Portuguese, Xiao Si will eventually be forced by reality to make the right choice.

What is the so-called "right choice"?

The right choice is that if you can't attract white people to Rhodesia, then find a way to attract Chinese people to Rhodesia.

Indians forget it, most of the Indians who are willing to come to Africa are low castes, there are few and far between, and the low castes of India -

To put it mildly, India's low-caste complexion is not much better than that of Africans.

Relatively speaking, the Chinese are still good, at least in Johannesburg, the offspring born of a Chinese and Boer family are not much different from the offspring born of a white family.

Black people are different, black chromosomes are too strong, whether they are white or Chinese, after forming a family with black people, the vast majority of children born are black, and it will take at least four or five generations of dilution before the things in the genes will gradually fade.

"No, no, Rhodesia needs immigration as well." Xiao Si finally understood the importance of the problem.

"Come on—" Roque gave Xiao Si enough encouragement, even if Xiao Si was indifferent, if the situation in Rhodesia really collapsed like Portuguese East Africa, Roque would not sit idly by.

In fact, it is very simple to prevent this kind of thing, not to mention anything else, the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa are definitely the vanguard of Africa's resistance to colonial rule, so if Africans in other regions want to learn from the experience of the Yao people in resisting colonial aggression, they need the guidance of the Yao people.

With Roque's current relationship with the Yao people, it is not too easy to mix sand among Africans, and the fortresses are often breached from within, so it is too difficult to rebel in areas that Roque does not allow, with the strong strength in his hands, and the "loyal servants" Yao people, Roque can easily suppress any resistance.

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Upon Joseph Chamberlain's return to London, the Transvaal and Orange were soon secured with a loan of £30 million, secured by the revenues of the Transvaal and Orange railways, which were to be supplemented by budget revenues from the Transvaal and Orange if they were insufficient to repay the loans.

This clause was strongly opposed by the Johannesburg City Government, because it was obvious that the agrarian Orange region could not have much revenue in a short period of time, so the nominal repayment was supplemented by the revenues of the Transvaal and Orange, but in fact the loan would have to be repaid entirely by the Transvaal if the railway revenue could not be repaid.

In other words, it is up to Johannesburg to pay it back.

The reason is very simple, there are gold mines in Johannesburg -

Therefore, the requirements of the Johannesburg City Government are that the local loans be applied for independently from the Imperial Bank, and do not rely on the collective names of the Transvaal and Orange.

If the two places can apply collectively, in that case, Johannesburg will pay back as much as it gets, and Johannesburg will not be responsible for the part of Pretoria and Orange.

Johannesburg's proposal was also strongly opposed by Pretoria and Orange.

Especially Orange.

The Orange government knew very well that for a long time, the Orange government had to rely on loans and financial allocations to sustain itself, and had no ability to repay the loans, so the Orange government relied on Johannesburg, the "big financier", and Johannesburg did not want to get rid of Orange.

It was at this time that Louis Botha and Jan Smuts discovered that it seemed quite good to be ruled by the British.

In the former Transvaal Republic, if there was such a natural and man-made disaster in 1902, it would have to grit its teeth and endure hardship.

Now, if you don't have any money, you can go to the Imperial Bank for a loan-

You don't need to pay it back!

As the governor of the Transvaal and Orange, Ade has no position on this issue, whether it is the Transvaal or Orange, it is Ade's jurisdiction, and Ade's bowl of water must be level.

"These bastards, they're just a bunch of vampires, trying to make Johannesburg pay for all the Boers, it's impossible!" Philippe Matilda was so angry that he almost lost his mind and yelled at the mayor's residence.

Roque and Marcus Beaufort and Blake Nelson were relatively silent, Orange was now clearly going to touch porcelain, Johannesburg had nowhere to hide, and Ard and Mud, who could have presided over justice, were the scene of a large car accident.

It seems that it is indeed unfair to Johannesburg, a loan of 3,000 pounds, according to the proportion, Johannesburg can only get 4.5 million of it, about only 15%, but when it comes to repayment, Johannesburg is estimated to bear more than 60%, and anyone who sees this plan will scold his mother.

But this plan is relatively fair, after all, the Transvaal and Orange combined, the essence is around Johannesburg, the British government started the war for Johannesburg's gold, and the Johannesburg city government also has the most income, so it is normal to take less and give more.

However, the Johannesburg City Council will never admit the second point.

Roque is not good at speaking on this issue, the farms in the suburbs of Johannesburg are all Chinese, and this loan is not compensation for the war, but relief money for the Transvaal and Orange, that is to say, the Chinese who bought the farm after the war will also be the beneficiaries of this loan, so no matter what Roque says now, it seems that he has taken advantage of it and sold it.

"Marcus, how much do we earn now?" This time, Philip named Treasury Secretary Louis Barnard.

"The fiscal revenue in the first half of the year is almost 1.4 million pounds, this part of the income includes the tax revenue from the gold mine and the income from the sale of land, excluding the income from the sale of land, it is about 820,000 pounds, in general, the fiscal revenue and fiscal expenditure are basically balanced, that is, we don't actually need loans." Louis Barnard pushed his glasses with a shrewd face.

The so-called "income from the sale of land" is the farms around Johannesburg, and this part of the income is a one-time income, so it cannot be counted as regular income.

820,000 pounds, not much, not much, certainly less than a big city like Cape Town, but compared with Pretoria and Bloemfontein (formerly the capital of the Orange Free State), this income is very good, and Pretoria, like Bloemfontein, will probably have to rely on loans and financial allocations for a long time to come.

"It's not up to us to decide whether we need it or not." Philippe Matilda was so angry that his chest was stuffy, this is the most disgusting part, in order to make Johannesburg pay back the money, now Johannesburg can't do without this money.

"Then we're going to find a way to get more loans, and compared to Orange, at least our farms in Johannesburg can be seen and touched, and they really need subsidies, what does Orange have?" They say that there is a farm of 200,000 Boers, and now there is not even a shadow to be seen, and God knows who will give the money to Orange. "Markus Beaufort, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, is as impatient as ever.

After the camp was dismantled, most of the Boers went to Orange, some to the Cape and Natal, some to German South-West Africa and Portuguese East Africa, and even to Rhodesia.

According to the Orange government, there were 200,000 Boers in need of relief in Orange, the markets were depressed after the expeditionary force was withdrawn, prices were skyrocketing, the weather was extremely dry, large tracts of pasture withered, and there were severe fires in the western Orange region, and the Boers could not rebuild their farms on their own without outside support.

The situation in Orange is so bad, and the situation in Johannesburg is not much better.

But the same drought does not seem to be an insurmountable difficulty to the Chinese in Johannesburg.

Large tracts of pasture withered, right?

It doesn't matter, just reclaim those withered pastures and turn them into arable land, whether you grow alfalfa or potatoes and corn in the coming year, you can produce more value.

It's dry and doesn't rain, right?

It doesn't matter, if it doesn't rain, there will be no water in the river, and if there is no water, it is just to repair water conservancy, dig a ditch or something, and give food to the construction site, and if you eat the construction site, you will save your own own, and the Chinese are very shrewd on this issue.

This is a different mentality, the result is completely different, the same weather is dry, the Chinese are trying to save themselves, but the Boers are waiting for rescue.

It seemed that the worse Boers would have benefited more, but a year later, the land cleared by the Chinese would have a good harvest due to adequate irrigation, and the Boers would continue to wait for help because their farms were still not self-sufficient.

"200,000 Boers in Orange, 200 acres each, Orange — is there such a big place?" Roque was a little curious, 200,000 by 200,400,000 acres, about 160,000 square kilometers.

Orange covers an area of 180,000 square kilometers, but this does not mean that Orange has 180,000 square kilometers of land to be allocated, and these 180,000 square kilometers have mountains, hills, forests, swamps, and rivers.

"There's a fart!" Marcus Beaufort scoffed.

Roque and Philip Matilda and Louis Barnard all had ugly expressions, and Marcus didn't notice it.

Yes, there are not enough farms in Orange, so it is possible that the Boers of Orange will return to Johannesburg.

Although after the conquest of Orange by the British government, the Boers of Orange could theoretically go to the Cape freely, but the Cape was the stronghold of the British, so it is more likely that the Boers of Orange would return to Johannesburg.

"Locke, stop the Boers and can't get them back to Johannesburg." Philippe Matilda gritted his teeth.

"Okay, I understand." Roque's expression was serious, the question was not a joke, if the Boers in Orange returned, then the first to be affected were the Chinese farms around Johannesburg.

Roque could not sit idly by and watch this happen.

Back at the police station, Roque summoned Joe Russell, Leed, and Yaya to prepare for the police to keep the Boers out of Johannesburg.

"Boss, something has happened, a farmer in Kronstad has been murdered—" Martin hurriedly reported.

The situation seems to be more dire than Roque had predicted.