The day before he was canonized, Viscount Herbert John Glaston, who had come to Pretoria on behalf of Edward VII, was required to ask Roque a few questions.

It was supposed to be a routine procedure and didn't have any special significance, but when Roque was questioned, he felt a little unusual.

"Sir Locke, I may be addressing you to Lord Nyasaland tomorrow, but I have a few questions for you before I receive this honor." Viscount Gladstone seemed casual, but there were two officials sitting next to him who had not introduced themselves, which was different from what Henry said.

Henry was similarly questioned in London, when there was only one officer, and not in a closed room.

The two officials who did not introduce themselves were dressed in formal suits with serious expressions, which was very much in line with Roque's impression of the most conservative British.

From the time Roque walked into the room, the two men had been looking Roque up and down with the eyes of the criminal, which made Roque very uncomfortable.

"Okay, Lord Gladstone, I must know everything." Roque looked calm, and although the two men did not introduce themselves, Roque smiled and nodded at them.

One of them responded with a young smile, the other with a serious expression.

"Sir Locke, forgive me for continuing to call you 'Sir 'Sir 'Sir Locke', as we all know, Monsieur Cecil Rhodes made some arrangements for Portuguese East Africa during his lifetime, and tell me what you have done in Portuguese East Africa during the time you have taken over, and what has been the effect." Viscount Gladstone had a good time, and in the original history, he would be made an earl in two years, and then came to the Transvaal, succeeding Ade as the Governor of the Transvaal.

At that time, it was no longer the Governor of the Transvaal, but the Viceroy of the Union of South Africa.

But not necessarily, Roque didn't want Ade to leave the Transvaal, whether it was in terms of ability or closeness, Roque hoped that Ade would stay in the Transvaal and work, so that Ade would continue to suppress the Boers.

The most important thing is that Ade has no children, so he will put more attention on governing the territory, if Ade leaves the Transvaal, it is emotionally considered, I am afraid that Roque can only choose Philippe Matilda, in that case, the power of the Matilda family is too huge.

"Here?" Roque was a little suspicious that many of Cecil Rhodes's actions against Portuguese East Africa were actually shady, and Roque didn't want to say it so bluntly.

What's more, Roque noticed that there was also a stenographer in the room, which meant that everything Roque said would be recorded, which could cause trouble for Roque in the future.

"Don't worry Sir Locke, I'm Chris Ellis, a senior staff member in the War Office, and this is Commissioner Frank Frederick next to me, so you don't have to worry about it at all." The younger man in black finally took the initiative to introduce.

The War Office is subordinate to the Ministry of War and is a very mysterious department, the predecessor of the British Intelligence Agency, and the Intelligence Bureau does not need to be introduced, the famous MI5 and 6 are all subordinate agencies of the Intelligence Bureau.

In other words, the two in front of Roque are the famous 007.

"Well, Mr. Cecil Rhodes-" Roque's brain is running rapidly, and it is definitely not a good thing for the famous 007 to come to the door in the future, although MI5 and 6 will not be established until 1909, but this department has been associated with intelligence, conspiracy, assassination, and even riots since its birth, and now although MI5 and 6 have not yet been established, it is obvious that there are already people in the War Office who are in charge of this work, so Roque has to carefully weigh what can and cannot be said.

Viscount Gladstone didn't give Roque enough time to think, and as soon as Roque's words paused a little, Viscount Gladstone asked, "Yes, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, we care about this part. ”

"Mr. Cecil Rhodes is indeed very concerned about Portuguese East Africa, and for this reason Mr. Cecil Rhodes has sent a lot of intelligence officers to Portuguese East Africa to collect information on Portuguese East Africa and obtain information about Portuguese East Africa, in fact, not only in Portuguese East Africa, but also about Tanganyika and the Congo Free State, Mr. Cecil Rhodes is equally concerned, and we all know that if we want to complete the 'Two Cs', Tanganyika and the Congo Free State are a hurdle that cannot be bypassed." Roque told the truth that if the War Office was concerned about this situation, then the War Office must have the relevant information, and Roque had no need to hide it.

"So, how's the result?" Chris Ellis asked.

"It's not bad, the Yao people of Portuguese East Africa have been rebelling against Portuguese colonization, Mr. Cecil Rhodes noticed this, but before he could act, war broke out, so-" Roque made a very helpless gesture, and Roque would never admit the next part.

"So, what about after you took over Nyasaland?" Chris Ellis pressed in every step.

"Of course, it is to restore the economy of Nyasaland, no matter what time it is, the economy is very important, and with strong economic strength, we have the ability to expand externally, to have the ability to expand our influence, which is what I have always insisted on." Roque will not blow up the black history, no matter who asks, Roque will resolutely refuse to admit it.

"So what role does Nyasaland play in the Yao rebellion now?" Chris Ellis was not in a hurry and slowly went around in circles with Roque.

"Role? I don't understand—" Roque looked confused, as if he had really done nothing: "If I have to say that it works, then I think Nyasaland should be an example of how economic development can contribute to people's lives, and I think it will make the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa yearn for Nyasaland, and thus make Nyasaland attractive to the Yao people - of course, Nyasaland does not need them." ”

After Roque finished speaking, the expression on Viscount Gladstone's face was wonderful, Chris and Frank glanced at each other, and the expressions on their faces were a little helpless.

Although Roque is not a baron yet, he is also a nobleman since the baron, and he is no longer a small role that can be manipulated by others, and the war office may be very deterrent to ordinary people, but for people like Roque, the war office is basically very helpless, they can't lock Roque up for interrogation, and Viscount Gladstone will not allow this kind of thing to happen.

Such was the prerogative of the aristocratic group.

"Sir Roque, first of all, we have no ill will towards you." Chris's expression was sincere.

Roque glanced at the stenographer, seemingly inadvertently.

Chris pursed his lips vigorously and gestured to the stenographer.

The stenographer got up with a blank face, took the notebook and left the room, not forgetting to turn around and close the door.

"Okay, now can we be more honest?" Chris spread his hands helplessly, and Frank's expression was still gloomy.

"I've always been very honest." Roque did not admit reservations about the War Office.

Chris let out a long sigh, and Viscount Gladstone sat up a little straighter: "Let's talk about those Zulu people among the Yao people." ”

The drama is coming, and Roque cheers up, which is also unadmitted, but Roque can describe it a little more subtly.

"There are indeed Zulu people among the Yao people, we all know that there were many Zulu people who worked for the expeditionary force during the war, and now that the war is over, they return to Zululand, but after the war, they are no longer willing to be ordinary, so they go to Portuguese East Africa to help the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa against the Portuguese, this is their spontaneous behavior, no one should be responsible for this." Roque is not leaky, no matter what, Roque will not admit that these things have anything to do with him.

Even if the Portuguese catch the Zulu and get the Zulu confession, Roque will resolutely not admit it, who will not make the confession, Roque is a police officer or an expert in this area, all the evidence against Roque must be slander, everyone's ass is not clean, no one can say whom, believe it or not, Roque can find a lot of evidence that the Portuguese supported the Boers in the Boer War in minutes?

As for the War Office, to be honest, Roque doesn't trust them either, it doesn't seem to matter now, Roque is a British nobleman, Nyasaland is a British territory, but the future is not necessarily, Roque doesn't want to be turned out a lot of black history in fifty years, so-

Yes, there are Zulu people in Portuguese East Africa, but that has nothing to do with Nyasaland!

"Sir Locke, you have a lot of intelligence potential." Frank finally spoke.

Roque owes his gratitude and doesn't even bother to say anything.

Anyone who is obedient will say that Roque certainly has the potential to engage in intelligence, but if the War Office wants to carry out intelligence work in Nyasaland, or even develop Roque into an intelligence officer in one step, it must show a certain amount of sincerity.

"Minister Chamberlain returned to London and submitted a report to the War Office, which is interested in the structure of the Johannesburg Police Service, can you tell us a little bit about that?" Frank does not mention Nyasaland, but rather the structure of the Johannesburg Police Service, which is another sensitive issue.

"The situation in Johannesburg is a bit special, or rather, the situation in southern Africa as a whole is very special, we don't have enough people in southern Africa, so we have to rely on minorities, whether they are Boers, or Chinese, or Zulus, as long as they are willing to pay allegiance to the king, then we have to accept them, otherwise we can't even dig up the gold of Johannesburg by relying only on the British." Roque is also telling the truth in this regard, which is a very realistic situation, and Joseph Chamberlain also agrees.

"So, Sir Locke, do you think that the mass use of minorities can guarantee stability in southern Africa?" Frank raised a very sharp question, which existed not only in southern Africa, but also in all British colonies in the world.

The British were so few that the British colonies were so large that the British did not have enough manpower to fill the colonies, so they had to rely on the native natives of the colonies.

But the indigenous people are obviously unreliable, and even the British in the colonies are unreliable, such as Canada and Australia, most of the whites in these two regions are actually British, but they still want to break away from the British to seek autonomy, so how to keep the colonies all over the world under the condition of strategic contraction should be the main task of the British government for a long time to come.

"I don't know, I don't think anyone would dare to make any assurances about this, but we can assume that if the Transvaal had only Boers and British, what would the future of the Transvaal be?" Roque can't give any guarantees, and this assumption is thought-provoking enough.

Indeed, after Roque made this hypothesis, Chris and Frank and Viscount Gladstone fell silent.

The answer is obvious: if there were only Boers and British in the Transvaal, then if democratic representation was introduced, the Boers would surely defeat the British and become the rulers of the Transvaal, and indeed of Southern Africa.

By that time, all British efforts to conquer the Boer state would be in vain, and the Cape and Natal, which had belonged to the British, would also be lost.

"So what does your ideal Southern Africa look like?" Frank has a secret murder motive again.

"My ideal of southern Africa is impossible to realize, if I can, I want southern Africa to be free of war, no disputes, all people can coexist peacefully, work for a happy life, this is a utopia, it will never be realized-" Roque first drew a big pie, and then cut the big pie: "-Since the ideal utopia cannot be realized, then we can only accept the reality, the reality is that there is no living space for the Boers in the current Transvaal, so regardless of Orange and Cape, Natal, at least the stability of the Transvaal is guaranteed, of course, there is a premise for this, there must be a suppression of the Boers, or, if not if it cannot be suppressed, there must be sufficient checks and balances on the Boers. ”

Roque has said everything to this point, if Frank is still stubborn, then Roque will be completely dead, just a baron, it doesn't matter if you want to tell the truth or not, as far as the current Nyasaland, even if the British government takes it back, Roque is sure to empty the officials sent by the British government, and then assimilate, or drive away.

Frank didn't rush to a conclusion, and looked at Roark with gloomy eyes for a long time.

Roque looked back without fear, the intelligence chiefs of the early twentieth century were capable of psychological warfare, and the trade dogs of the twenty-first century were not bad.

It took a long time for Frank to smile: "Minister Chamberlain is right, Sir Locke, you are indeed a smart person, now, let's talk about the 'Two Cs' plan." ”

Still talking about the "Two Cs Plan"?

Roque was going crazy, he felt like a repeater.

However, it seems that the "Two Cs Plan" is the work of the War Office, and 007 is not just a conspiracy.