Samson's interrogation was very difficult, Samson was born in the military after all, and he was also killed by a mountain of corpses and blood, and ordinary torture methods could not be used on Samson, so the interrogators could only endure hard, hoping to pry Samson's mouth open one day earlier.

Samson confessed to his crimes, admitting that he organized the attack on the train and had Laurent Buckle summarily executed at the scene.

But beyond that, Samson declined to give any other questions, such as whether the attack was behind the attack and the current location of the officials who were robbed.

In fact, the interrogation has been carried out to this extent enough, and Roque does not have to drag Jan Smotz and Louis Botha into the water through Samson, Jan Smotha will not say it first, Louis Botha is still conducive to the internal stability of Southern Africa, at least Louis Botha is willing to communicate with Roque.

At the beginning of December, the revised "New Tax Law" was finally voted on and passed by the National Assembly, but in fact, the current "New Tax Law" has already been drafted three times, and the members of Congress forced the Legislative Council to delete all provisions on private property, and then the "New Tax Law" was reluctantly passed.

According to the provisions of the new tax law, private property is still sacrosanct, that is, the federal government has no right to levy any tax on private property, but on the contrary, the proportion of the circulation tax on commodity transactions is expanding, the previous tax ratio is about 5 percent, after the implementation of the new tax law, the proportion of the circulation tax on commodity transactions has been increased to 8 percent, and the excess 3 percent must be handed over to the federal government.

The implementation of the "new tax law" has had the greatest impact on Nyasaland, which previously sold goods to the outside world without paying any taxes, but now all taxes are paid in accordance with the regulations of the federal government, for which the federal government has reorganized the tax department, and Aida has become the new director of the General Department of Taxation.

This was the result of a compromise between the parties, and Ida, a Frenchman, was easier for Bloemfontein to accept than the British, while Nyasaland and Rhodesia and the Transvaal would not accept a Boer as the new head of the General Tax Administration, and Ida was still nominally a Cape, so the Cape had no problem with this arrangement.

As for the other states, their opinion does not matter.

The first thing Ida did after taking office was to find Roque to ask for someone, and in order to ensure tax revenue, the General Administration of Taxation also had to set up its own law enforcement department.

"There is no need, if the State Administration of Taxation needs to enforce it, it can apply for the cooperation of the Ministry of Justice, and there is no need to set up its own law enforcement department." It's not that Roque doesn't give up power, but there is really no one to give Ada.

Ada's requirements for talents are completely different from Roque's, Roque is still more accustomed to cultivating himself slowly, and Ada is a take-it-it-or-leave-it, so Roque will establish the University of Nyasaland, and Ada has a strong headhunting company in Europe.

"You said it simply, the biggest trouble for the General Tax Administration now is the Johannesburg Mining Union, can the Ministry of Justice cooperate in this regard?" Of course, Ida has her own reasons, and in other ways, the General Administration of Taxation can indeed apply for the cooperation of the Ministry of Justice, but for the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, not to mention the Ministry of Justice, it is not easy for the Ministry of Defense to come forward.

In Southern Africa, the Johannesburg Mining Alliance is definitely outside the law, and several gold mines have been discovered in Johannesburg in recent years, and now the number of gold mines in Johannesburg has exceeded 40.

Forty gold mines, behind which there are hundreds of dignitaries from southern Africa and the United Kingdom, and even France and the United States have investments in Johannesburg, so the situation of the mining alliance is complicated, and it is a standard hot potato for the federal government.

When London agreed to the autonomy of southern Africa, Johannesburg's gold was the only sphere of influence that London wanted to keep, and London needed Johannesburg's gold to stabilize London's position as a global financial center, so it was impossible to hand over all of Johannesburg's gold mines to southern Africa.

So even though Philip has become the governor of the Transvaal, the head of the Johannesburg tax department is appointed directly from London.

It is now the only department in Southern Africa that requires a London appointee.

After the autonomy of southern Africa, nominally Britain is still sending governors to southern Africa, but the post of commissioner of South Africa has been abolished, and the rights of the governor are not as good as before, and the symbolic meaning is more, and there is basically no say in the current southern Africa, so that the current position of governor general of southern Africa is not cared for, and the current governor, Lord Granston, has been in office for more than a year, and has not even come to southern Africa, but has been staying in London, seeking to serve in other colonies.

After the implementation of the new tax law, the Federal Directorate-General for Revenue will also start taxing the gold mines in Johannesburg, and it is ironic that the Legislative Council and Parliament are highly aligned in this regard, and it seems that everyone wants to divest the British government of the last vestiges of influence in southern Africa.

However, it is not easy to tax the gold mines in Johannesburg, although the mine owners no longer have their own army, but the mine owners, and the real gold owners behind the mine owners, still have a strong influence, so Ida wants the Directorate General of Taxation to have its own law enforcement department, and not rely on the support of the Ministry of Justice for everything.

In other words, Roque himself is a member of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, and the chairman of the Mining Alliance is Xiao Si, so Ida does not think that Roque will sincerely support the General Administration of Taxation on this issue.

"Of course, as long as it is the needs of the State Administration of Taxation, no matter who is involved, any organization, the Ministry of Justice will go all out." Roque was righteous.

Ida is also too worried, the current Rock Gold Mine is no longer so important to Roque.

The greatest significance of the Roque gold mine to Roque is that it completed the primitive accumulation of capital for Roque, through which Roque not only grabbed a lot of wealth, but also found a reason to migrate to southern Africa in large numbers.

Now that these prerequisites no longer exist, Roque's industry in Nyasaland has far exceeded the profits of the Roque gold mine, which is still limited in production, and Roque no longer needs to emigrate from the Qing in the name of recruiting miners, and Nyasaland is not subject to any restrictions in this regard.

So Roque is not joking, if the State Administration of Taxation needs it, Roque will really support Ada wholeheartedly.

"Really?" It's not that Ida doesn't trust Roque, it's the nature of capitalists that doesn't trust.

"Really-" Roque was decisive, seeing that Ada's expression was still hesitating, he immediately increased: "I swear in the name of Arthur and Jessica!" ”

This reason is really good, Ida immediately stopped dwelling on this issue, but he still didn't forgive: "Ha, then you have to get Arthur and Jessica's consent first." ”

Really, this kind of ethical relationship between white families, Roque is really not used to it, everything has to be discussed, and Chinese families are much simpler and simpler, disobedient, just beat.

This is to say that it is enjoyable, Roque is at home, and he does not dare to move the family law against Gavin and Alvin at every turn, Phyllis is very tough in this regard, and even does not let Rocco interfere in education.

Of course, Phyllis promised that she would not neglect Gavin and Alvin's Chinese education, which was the premise for Roque to let go.

After dealing with Ada, Roque went back to do Xiao Si's work.

Just knew that Ida was the director of the Federal Government's State Administration of Taxation, Xiao Si was still relatively optimistic, after all, the relationship between Xiao Si and Luo Ke was here, Ida didn't look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha, and more or less gave Xiao Si some care.

However, the development of things obviously caught Xiao Si off guard, the richest person in southern Africa is not Roque, but the South African company that owns the entire Rhodesia, although after the establishment of the federal government, most of the privileges of South African companies in Rhodesia have been canceled, but through the Rhodesian state government, Xiao Si still maintains a strong influence in Rhodesia, so Ida slashed Xiao Si with the first knife, hoping that Xiao Si will lead by example and support the work of the General Administration of Taxation.

"Impossible! It's just wishful thinking, I have a lot of taxes to pay, and I will never pay what I shouldn't, South African companies are now in a difficult situation, losing money every month, and there is really no extra ability to support the General Administration of Taxation. Xiao Si directly refused Ada's request in front of Roque.

On the surface, South African companies, as well as Roque's businesses in Nyasaland, must be good citizens who abide by the law and pay taxes, and there is no tax evasion.

In fact, it cannot be said that businessmen are simply innate to resist taxes, and no one wants to pay their hard-earned money to the tax office, although they will not evade taxes, but legal tax avoidance is inevitable, and sometimes some unconventional means are inevitably used, not only in southern Africa, but also in the whole world.

However, these so-called legal tax avoidance behaviors can be hidden from others, but they must not be hidden from Ida.

Ida is also a businessman herself, and she is also the executive director of the RAND Bank, and many of Roque and Xiaosi's transactions are carried out through the RAND Bank, so Ida has a clear understanding of this aspect of the situation.

Ida does not ask Xiao Si to pay taxes in full, but just make up the part that should be paid, as for Xiao Si's legal tax avoidance behavior, Ida will also turn a blind eye and just don't see it.

I can't help it when I see it, and Roque does the same!

"Cecil, calm down—" Roque took the initiative to ease the atmosphere, after all, everyone is good friends, and we can't make a fuss about this incident.

Xiao Si looked at the smiling Ida, and then looked at the helpless Roque, and suddenly smiled freely: "Okay, no problem, of course I will support the work of the General Directorate of Taxation, so let's do it, if the enterprises in Nyasaland can pay taxes in full, then of course the South African companies can do it." ”

This was said ruthlessly, and Roque immediately changed his face, and he wanted to die far away, don't pull me.

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