1086 Bar that sells eggs
In Britain today, with its army using equipment produced in southern Africa, food produced in southern Africa on the tables of its residents, and cars made in southern Africa running on the streets of London, the position of southern Africa is becoming more and more important to the British Empire, even more so than during the world wars.
During the World War, many British people believed that Southern Africa was a flash in the pan, and that with the end of the World War, Southern African goods would slowly withdraw from British soil.
Unfortunately, after the end of the world war, the products of southern Africa not only did not decrease, but because of the continued economic downturn of the United Kingdom, more and more flocked to the European continent.
In fact, there are still many people in the British who do not think so, they habitually believe that southern Africa is a colony of the British Empire, and the British Empire's claim to southern Africa is a matter of course, and southern Africa has the obligation to give back to the British mainland.
Roque's ongoing cultural export is subconsciously influencing Europeans' understanding of southern Africa, and those who are unwilling to admit the changes in the world and are still immersed in the aura of the old world empire, let them continue to be proud, most of them are sober.
For example, Winston.
It was not only Tower Bridge that surprised Winston, as Roque said, the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the White House in the United States, and the Oriental style buildings are all part of this film and television city.
"Imagine a visitor who has just visited Buckingham Palace in the morning, tasted a meal of oriental food in a Chinese teahouse in the evening, and if he is interested, he even has the opportunity to participate in the filming of a movie, maybe it will appear on the screen, is this more interesting than just visiting the mountains and rivers?" Roque is confident that the most important thing in southern Africa is natural scenery, and man-made attractions can actually be very beautiful.
To put it bluntly, Buckingham Palace and the White House in the United States are also man-made, and now both places are not open, and even if tourists go, they can only see from afar.
But in Southern Africa, if you pay a lot of money, you can experience what it's like to sit in the chair of the President of the United States and stay at Buckingham Palace at night -
Oops, even Winston feels thrilled to think about it.
"You're really—" Winston was going to say that it would be too expensive, but considering that this was Nyasaland, it wasn't that expensive.
All the land in Nyasaland was Roque's territory, and theoretically Roque could levy as much as he wanted.
Building materials are even cheaper, not to mention Nyasaland, the surrounding Kingdom of Mozambique, the Republic of the Congo, and the Kingdom of Congo have countless building materials, and Roque does not have to worry about causing environmental damage, as much as you want, the price will not be high, and the wood that can only grow in hundreds of years can be bought directly at the price of ordinary wood.
Not to mention the labor costs, although there are no African residents in Nyasaland, there are African workers, and those construction workers of African descent are only paid about one-fifth of the wages of Nyasaland workers, which is a big step forward from before the establishment of the federal government.
Before the federal government, African miners in the Rand Mining District were paid only one-tenth of the wages of white miners.
The salaries of workers in southern Africa have now increased about twice as much as they were before the federal government was established, and for African workers who originally had a low starting point, they have increased by four times.
"I don't know now what we've lost." Winston muttered to himself that his "we" was referring to the British Empire.
"Crooked, don't say that, when I bought Nyasaland from Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Nyasaland was nothing." Roque resolutely refused to admit that the current Nyasaland had anything to do with the British government, and when George V gave Nyasaland to Roque as a fief, Roque had already bought Nyasaland from Cecil Rhodes, and George V actually didn't spend a penny, just a favor.
Even if Roque is grateful, he is grateful to Cecil Rhodes, who has nothing to do with the British Empire.
What's more, Cecil Rhodes sold Nyasaland to Roque, and also hoped that Roque could stand in front of the South African company and help Xiao Si resist the increasing pressure from all sides.
"But without the permission of the British Empire, can you, a Chinese, own Nyasaland?" Winston put on a posture of unloading the mill and killing the donkey—
No, people are unloading the mill and killing the donkey to cross the river and demolish the bridge, and now the mill has not been unloaded, and the person has not crossed the bridge, it is unwise to kill the donkey and demolish the bridge.
"Did the British Empire give me Nyasaland White? It was because of my contribution to the British Empire that the British Empire rewarded me with Nyasaland! Roque understands Winston's feelings, but does not accept any kidnapping.
"You were a little cop then, you had a fart contribution-" Winston was angry, he was referring to the time when he first met Roque, at that time Roque was indeed just a little cop, Winston was attending a banquet in Ard's manor, and Roque maintained order outside the manor, and he didn't even have the qualifications to enter the manor.
Henry cried fifteen hundred kilometers away, am I so humble that I am not even qualified to mention my name-
Roque smiled and said nothing, in just twenty years, Roque is now the Marquess of Nyasaland, Minister of Defense of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force during the World War, and commanded all the land forces of the British Empire.
It doesn't make sense to talk about this now, but it will look like Winston has a small belly.
After visiting the majestic Oriental Palace complex, Roque and Winston casually walked into a roadside pub owned by a nearby farmer who sells home-brewed wines and beers and serves a variety of fresh food from the farm.
Winston eats all kinds of salted duck eggs, salted eggs, salted goose eggs, salted quail eggs and can't help but sigh again, which is also a characteristic of southern Africa, and it is estimated that only southern African bars sell all kinds of eggs in the world.
"All the business places here are actually studios in the film and television city, as long as there is a need, pay a fee to the boss, you can carry out all kinds of shooting, the boss will cooperate unconditionally, you look at the appearance of this bar, is it a little familiar?" Roque is at ease, and in Nyasaland, Roque doesn't need to worry about safety.
Winston looked around and saw a lot of photos hanging on the walls of the bar, one of which was a photo of the owner of the bar and the male protagonist of "Tiger's Mouth".
"Oh oh, that's where "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" was filmed?" Winston suddenly had a sense of time travel to confusion, and in a trance, he seemed to see the sneaky appearance of the male partner.
"That's right, we all are!" Roque and the smiling bearded barkeeper laughed in unison, then laughed together.
It was a really joyous scene.
"Sir, can I take a picture with you later?" The bar owner seized the opportunity and rubbed his hands together in a state of confusion.
"Of course, but why don't you ask for a photo with the Prime Minister, this is a rare opportunity-" Roque didn't refuse, and simply pulled Winston with him, giving the bar owner a big favor.
"That's the best, of course, but I don't dare ask the Prime Minister—" The barkeeper's face changed with a distorted smile.
"Come on, come on, come along—" Winston was generous.
So Winston and Roark leaned back on the bar and raised their glasses for the photographer to capture the precious moment.
The poor bar owner was used as a backdrop, but his eyes were still wide and his face was full of surprise, this kind of opportunity was indeed rare, and it could be blown for a lifetime.
If the bar owner had hung this group photo on the wall, no one would have dared to make trouble here.
"How's the income here?" After taking photos, Roque also chatted with the boss casually, which was also a good opportunity to learn about people's livelihood.
"It's good, there are more and more tourists in Star City, there is an endless stream of customers, the things sold in the bar are basically produced by my own farm, I couldn't eat all kinds of eggs before, and now I can't eat all kinds of eggs, and now I have to find other farms to buy them, this is all thanks to you, otherwise our family would have starved to death-" The bar owner's feelings were heartfelt, and his eyes were even a little red.
"Even if you didn't have this bar, your family wouldn't starve to death, would you?" Winston was curious, the bar owner was obviously in good shape, and obviously did not look malnourished.
"Certainly not now, I have a farm in addition to this bar, but before I came to Nyasaland, life was unbearable, it was the Lord who brought me from my homeland to Southern Africa and gave me the life I have now, my parents and siblings are starving to death, they are not blessed, they have not waited for the salvation of the Lord." The bar owner is uneducated, and the word salvation is clearly inappropriate here.
"Your current life is your own creation, and it has nothing to do with others." Roque doesn't want to be a savior, only he is his own savior.
Migration to southern Africa has not stopped, some people come to southern Africa and are able to settle down quickly, while others are stuck in the mud and carried away by the sudden wealth, and then make a mistake and lose the opportunity to stay in southern Africa.
It may also be their only chance to change their fate.
"No, no, no, my lord, our family is eternally grateful to you, and without your protection, we would not have been able to seize this opportunity." The barkeeper's expression was sincere, as if Roque did not accept the barkeeper's gratitude, which was an insult to the barkeeper.
Winston suddenly understood why Nyasaland was growing so fast.
ps: Poor fish head only had a Samoyed by his side last night, and it told me that it also wanted to find a boyfriend, and I said: You think about it-