There was direct competition between Standard Oil and Adan, so Randall sat between two Adan employees and felt like he had nowhere to put his hands.

Hank swayed freely, did not refuse the roast duck sent by the chef, did not forget to give a thumbs up, and did not forget to tip when Haya brought champagne.

The champagne was bought by Hank as a thank you for the roast duck.

The price of a bottle of champagne is actually about the same as a roast duck, and Randall will definitely not buy it if he changes it, but Hank doesn't blink, in fact, Randall's salary is higher than Hanke's.

Several of the employees of Adan were all from southern Africa, two Chinese, one named Joe and one named Lee, two Englishmen, one named William and one Tom, and the other Slav named Alexander, who was now drunk and not at all Slavic.

"It's easy to join Adan Company, but the place of work is subject to the company's arrangement, it may be the peninsula, it may be Southern Africa, it may be the East Indies or the Adan Islands." Joe's face was clean, he didn't have a big beard like many white people, and he didn't have freckles or pimples on his face, and he looked healthy.

"Where are the Adan Islands?" Hank hadn't even heard of this place.

"The Adan Islands are an archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the property of the Adan Company, and the name Adan is based on the Adan Islands." Joe is very patient, the Adan Islands are the Chagos Islands, that is, the mysterious Diego Garcia, which is still unknown here, and it is normal for Hank not to know about the Adan Islands, and many British people do not know.

Including Randall.

"Sounds very interesting, your Adan company is really powerful." Hank was sincere, but Randall was not, most of the islands in the world were British, and land was the least valuable to Britain.

Regardless of what Randall thought, Hank's compliment was clearly very useful to Joe and William, and Alexander staggered to his feet and raised his glass and proposed, "For the sake of the Lord, we should have a toast." ”

The atmosphere was really lively, with at least half of the entire restaurant raising their glasses.

A bottle of champagne was quickly consumed, and several people were not satisfied, and William proposed to go to the bar to sit down, and several people responded enthusiastically, except for Randall.

Randall didn't go to the bar and went straight back to his room to rest, not knowing when Hank came back.

For the next few days, Hank went out early and returned late, and they had a hot fight with Joe, and through Joe, Hank bought a cowboy revolver, and then the cowboy became Hank's new favorite, and he couldn't put it down.

"For the gunman, the pistol is life, and he must love it as much as he loves his eyes." Regardless of whether Hank used it or not, he would take the denim apart and scrub it carefully every day, and he would not let go of the chamber, and the seriousness made Randall wonder if he would smooth out the rifling in the chamber.

"0.45 inch caliber, this pistol should be very powerful." Randall also knows something about the pistol, 0.45 inches is converted to 11.43 mm, which is definitely a large caliber in the pistol, and Lee Enfield's caliber is only 0.303.

"Of course, this bullet can kill an elephant." You can tell that Hank really likes cowboys.

"It's a pity that there are no elephants here for you to fight." Randall didn't know why, and didn't seem to like seeing Hank and Joe walking too close.

"It's the same with beating people, look at this kind of bullet, it's not a pointed head or a round head, this kind of bullet will explode when it hits a person, and the flesh and blood are blurred and miserable." Hank has to wipe every bullet, and the biggest advantage of a revolver compared to an automatic pistol is that he is not afraid of jamming.

"Don't you think it's too cruel?" Randall picks bones inside eggs.

"Hehe, Randall, this bullet is produced in India." Hank was taken by surprise, and Randall immediately blushed.

"I'm going to join Adan Corporation, no, to be more precise, I'm going to be an umbrella, I'm going to be a mercenary." Hank is going to give up his job at Standard Oil, much to Randall's surprise.

"You have a contract with the company—" Randall didn't know if Hank had a contract, he had a contract with Standard Oil, and even if he resigned from Standard Oil, he wouldn't be able to join Adan right away, or even work in the oil industry for a while.

"Yes, but the requirements are not strict, if I want to cancel the contract, I may have to compensate for the cost of the Rhodesia hotel during this time, as well as the ferry ticket to the peninsula." Hank is a security officer, and the contract is not very binding.

Compared to Hank, Randall can't break the contract even if he wants to, Randall still owes Standard Oil a thousand pounds of bail, and the money will only be returned to Standard Oil if Randall does not violate the laws of Port Elizabeth within a year.

"Then congratulations, I'm still going to stay in this unfortunate place-" Whether they want to or not, Randall and Hank have had some feelings during the time they have known each other.

"Thanks, you may not know, the umbrella company will allocate housing to every employee, and you can also buy land around Port Elizabeth, as long as you are willing to pay ten pounds, you can buy a wife like Haya, and then you can form a family, my ideal is to have a farm, a group of horses and a few dogs, and when nothing else, I can ride a horse and lead the dog to hunt, you know, I am a good hunter." Hank is full of hope for the future, not everyone likes to wander around the world, and there is always a need to settle down when the waves are enough.

The peninsula is a nice place to be.

At least that's what Hank seems.

"Ten pounds—" Randall felt a great blow to his soul, although Haya was Persian, he was also white, and his age was probably not yet fifteen.

Thinking of Haya smiling in a maid's outfit, Randall felt a burning heart.

Just because of the desire for family, and for no other reason.

"Yes, ten pounds, magical, if you want, you can also buy one and keep it in Port Elizabeth, it will not affect you to start a family in England, England seems to admit this situation, but even if you don't admit it, it doesn't matter, the Persians don't ask for fame." Hank knew very well and seemed to have done his homework.

Two days later, Hank resigned from Standard Oil and disappeared from Randall's life.

There are many similar situations, and during the Ahvaz riots, many oil company engineers were stranded in Port Elizabeth, and both Umbrella and Adan benefited a lot, taking advantage of the opportunity to dig up a lot of corners.

During this time, the Balkan Peninsula finally saw the dawn of peace, and although the Ottoman Empire was unwilling, it had no ability to go back on its word in the short term, and could only honestly accept the "blackmail" of the Balkan Alliance.

At the end of April, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan League signed the Treaty of London in London, in which the Ottoman Empire was forced to give up all the lands west of the line from Enez to Midina on the Caspian Sea, and Crete was ceded to Greece; Albania's independence was subject to the supervision of Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The question of the islands in the Aegean Sea was dealt with by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, and Russia.

After this war, the Ottoman Empire lost most of its territory in Europe and lost its right to speak in European affairs, completely reducing from a huge empire to a regional state.

However, this was not the most miserable moment for the Ottoman Empire, the most miserable moment was far from coming, there was no winner in this war, and the Balkan League, as the victorious side, was full of contradictions because of the uneven distribution of spoils, and Bulgaria believed that they paid the most price in the war, so they hoped to get the whole of Macedonia, which seriously clashed with Serbia's demands.

Serbia wanted access to the Adriatic Sea, but this demand was not met, so Serbia demanded that Bulgaria cede part of Macedonia as compensation.

Greece, on the other hand, claimed possession of southern Macedonia and Western Thrace.

The contradictions between the three countries over the Macedonian kingdom were irreconcilable, so almost as soon as the Treaty of London was signed, Serbia and Greece secretly formed an alliance to prepare for war against Bulgaria, and Romania joined the alliance.

On the Bulgarian side, Germany and Austria-Hungary, considering the security of the Balkans, tried their best to oppose the involvement of Britain and Russia, and in order to win over Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary promised to give Bulgaria a loan and guarantee the territorial integrity of Bulgaria.

Also rearmament was the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire, the Ottoman Empire was unwilling to lose its European territory and was ready for revenge.

The rebellion in the Persian Empire intensified, and Reza Khan's power grew, and he was now the commander of the Guards.

"Don, these are extraordinary times, the whole empire is working hard for revenge, and it's time for Ahvaz to restore calm." Reza Khan approached Don and asked him to reduce his support for the Báb.

Without the help of the Umbrella Company's mercenaries, the unarmed Bábis would not have been a match for Reza Khan's forces.

The Guards led by Reza Khan was composed of the legendary Cossack cavalry, and in the face of an army armed with modern weapons, the Cossack cavalry was indeed not an opponent, but in the face of the troops composed of the Bábs, the Cossack cavalry was simply invincible, and the number was the only factor restricting the Cossack cavalry, and Reza Khan's troops had only one division, and they were indeed exhausted in the face of nearly 300,000 Bábs.

The point is that the current Bábis have the help of mercenaries from the Umbrella Company, so the combat effectiveness of the Bábis is not bad, and if the help of the Umbrella Company is not cut off, then Reza Khan will have to go through a lot of trouble even if he wants to quell the rebellion.

Now for Reza Khan, what is most needed now is military merit, and the Báb are Reza Khan's medal.