1078 Versatile
In fact, the British prime minister has greater rights than the president of the United States, and the president of the United States must submit the appointment of cabinet members to the Congress for deliberation and approval, and the British prime minister can appoint them directly, without the consent of the Congress, let alone the consent of the king.
In southern Africa, the power of the prime minister was further enlarged, and the British prime minister could only dissolve the House of Commons, not the House of Lords, and there was only one parliament in southern Africa, which was dissolved when it was said to be dissolved.
After the dinner, it was time for Roque and Winston to spare, and sitting on the large terrace of Eagle Castle, Winston was finally able to open up and talk to each other.
"Actually, I knew it would be like this for a long time, but I didn't know that this day would come so quickly, I thought they would at least wait for the failure of the interference in the new Russian government before making trouble, but I didn't expect them to be so impatient." Winston was a little sad, but he was still unwilling after all.
This day is not too far away, Russia at the end of August is about to enter winter, and the Entente forces must end the war before winter, otherwise what awaits the Entente troops will be a catastrophe.
The Russian units in winter have an unbeatable talent bonus.
"Them?" Roark realized that Winston had so many political enemies.
"A lot of people, Neville, Andrew Bona Law, even the king who never spoke lightly, needed a scapegoat to answer for the decline of the British Empire." Winston knew that for the British Empire, the concerted efforts of the world wars were an illusion of necessity under exceptional circumstances, and that this was the norm now.
The political environment is indeed bad enough.
The night dew is slightly cool, the moon is bright, the stars are sparse, the big bird that has been unknown has swept over the Eagle Fort, the sound of whistles and music can be faintly heard in the distance, and the lights of Los Angeles at the foot of the mountain are bright, and the bright sky overhead is intertwined.
"If you want to be happy, I'll accompany you to hunt tomorrow, what do you want to hunt? Antelope? Gnu? Or a lion. "Roque eats, drinks and plays with him, and fulfills all of Winston's requests.
"And lions in Nyasaland?" Winston was immediately energetic when he mentioned hunting.
"Nyasaland doesn't, but Tanganyika does—" Roque's expression stiffened slightly, Tanganyika had a lion wound a few days ago, and it was only a lake away from Los Angeles.
With the expansion of human beings, there are fewer and fewer wild animals in southern Africa, and there is nowhere to hide large wild animals such as lions and crocodiles.
"Okay, tomorrow we'll go hunting, and we'll eat whatever we hunt at noon." It's been a long time since Winston became Prime Minister that there has been such entertainment.
At night, the Winston family stayed at Eagle Castle.
After a night of silence, Roque and Winston set off early the next morning.
Since it is hunting, it is necessary to have a hunting look, Roque and Winston are both riding clothes, Winston also wants to ride horses, horse racing is very popular in southern Africa, Eagle Castle also raises dozens of precious horse breeds with excellent blood, Roque picked a snow-white sweaty horse, Winston still prefers thoroughbreds, so he picked a pure black one.
One black and one white is really a contrast.
Hunting is a time-honored aristocratic sport that is also popular in Africa.
Roque and Winston definitely don't have to work hard to find prey like ordinary hunters, naturally experienced hunters take the initiative to drive the prey to Roque and Winston, and Roque and Winston only need to aim at the prey and shoot.
Of course, neither of them was on hunting, and Winston and Roark were discussing the future relationship between the British Empire and Southern Africa.
"Although the British Empire is in decline now, but in a short period of time, the position of the British Empire is still unshakable, if southern Africa remains in the Commonwealth, then the Commonwealth and Southern Africa will benefit from it, if southern Africa leaves the Commonwealth, then it will lose the huge market in the Commonwealth, you will not deny this." Winston was sure that Roque wouldn't be stupid.
Just last month, the British government passed the Revised Imperial Preferential Tariff, which further reduces tariffs within the Commonwealth while adjusting tariffs on foreign trade.
The controversy over imperial preferential tariffs has been a long history, and there have been many debates between free-traders and protectionists in Britain, with free-traders advocating a trade system similar to that of the United States, with lower tariffs and greater protection of free trade.
Protectionist traders have suggested raising foreign trade rates to increase the protection of British businesses.
Roque was originally a protectionist trader, but in the past two years, with the rise of southern Africa, the UK's domestic protectionist trade proposition excludes overseas companies from the scope of trade protection, which has made Roque very angry.
Southern Africa is the overseas dominion of the United Kingdom, and once the protection trade rises, the enterprises of southern Africa will also be treated as foreign enterprises, and the southern African goods will have to pay more tariffs if they want to enter the British mainland, which will seriously affect the competitiveness of the goods of southern Africa.
"Free trade is unrealistic, the so-called free trade of the Americans, and the free trade we understand are two different things, the Americans are best at double standards, when free trade is more beneficial to American enterprises, Americans will talk about free trade, and when free trade is unfavorable to American enterprises, free trade in the United States will become protective trade." Roque must rebel against the United States, which is also the voice of the vast majority of Britons.
"yes, but unfortunately not everyone understands this." Winston also has a clear understanding of Americans, but unfortunately Winston in another time and space is mostly dormant and cannot have enough influence on Britain.
On this plane, Winston's influence on Britain was much greater.
Don't look at Winston's political enemies, but at the same time, Winston has many friends, and Roque is Winston's best and most important ally.
"It's coming—" There was a faint amount of dust in the distance, and then there was the sound of a large group of animals running, and Roque subconsciously clenched the shotgun in his hand.
"Hahahaha, look at me!" Winston was confident and aimed at a giant wildebeest and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Startled, wildebeest rumbled past the armored vehicle that Roque and Winston were in.
Roque hiccuped with laughter, Winston's face was flushed, he sat in the office all the year round, and he was indeed a hand-born, not to mention that Winston was never a good hunter.
It was not only wildebeest and antelope that rushed at the storm, but also huge elephants and giraffes, as well as rhinoceros that ran like trains.
Instead of hitting the rare animals, Roque raised his gun and aimed it at a huge wildebeest and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The wildebeest falls, Roark triumphant, and Winston looks ugly.
It is understandable that the prime minister can't shoot accurately, and it would be a shame if the defense minister can't hit it well, and Roque is a famous sharpshooter.
Now that they have hit the wildebeest, then Roque and Winston eat the wildebeest at noon.
This process certainly didn't require Roque and Winston to do it, so naturally there were guards who went over to drag the wildebeest away and disembowel it, and then roasted the best meat and sent it to Roque and Winston, who built a pergola under a big tree, and the two of them drank cold wine and ate and talked while roasting meat.
The life of a feudal official is indeed more enjoyable than that of a cabinet minister.
The point is to do what you want, and in Nyasaland and the surrounding area, Roque is the king.
"The recent situation in Nyasaland is not good, after the world war, corporate orders have decreased sharply, arsenals have had to switch to the production of civilian products, the manufacture of cannons has been converted to the production of aluminum pots, the production of bullets has been changed to the production of tin barrels, the R&D department has been forced to cut salaries, civilian enterprises are not having a good time, London has raised tariffs in the hope of increasing revenues, Southern Africa has stimulated exports but has to reduce tariffs, my factories have been laying off workers since last year, and the economic crisis is coming-" Roque's mentality is not bad, the layoffs are all African employees, Employees in Southern Africa have not been affected much.
During the World War, Roque's businesses also used a large number of African-American workers, who were not only poorly paid but also hard-working and capable.
It's impossible to be lazy in Roque's business, and the vicious overseer makes lazy employees understand what a sweatshop is.
Roque does things quite authentically, although he also squeezes African-American employees, but he should be paid a lot of salary, the usual food and living conditions are not bad, and there are doctors who regularly check the health of workers, and there are very few factories that can do this in this era.
"The situation is even worse at home, the workers are unemployed, the shops are closed, the government employees have to take the initiative to cut their salaries, when I was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I still had a salary of 5,000 pounds, and when I became the prime minister, I could only receive 3,000, and the money was taken away by you capitalists, and you still have the face to say that the economy is in crisis." Winston looked disdainful, oblivious to the fact that he was also a capitalist.
Winston has a stake in many of Roque's companies, such as Adan Corporation, which already accounts for the LinkedIn oil market, such as the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group, which received a large number of orders during the World War, and the RAND Bank, which is hidden behind the powerful industry in southern Africa.
To put it mildly, if it weren't for the interests, Winston wouldn't have supported Roque during the World War.
"I didn't take it for nothing, at least the money remained in the Commonwealth and was not taken by the Americans." Roque is justified in the fact that no one can afford to be cheap.
When he returned to Los Angeles in the evening, Clementina Hozier and the children had already gone to the estate that Roque had given to Winston, where Roque had dinner that evening to give Clementina Hozier a chance to express his gratitude.
Before dinner, Winston's eldest daughter, Diana, performed a violin performance for Roque, and then sang "Friendship Lasts Forever" with Winston's second daughter, Randolph, to Roque's and Phyllis's praise.
After all, he is a person who will be an actor in the future, and he is indeed versatile.