Everyone has a different shining point, and as an old bureaucrat, it is clear that what Philippe Matilda is best at is arguing with people.

In other words, what Philippe Matilda does best is to play as far as the rules allow.

Why does Roque frequently get deflated in front of Louis Botha?

The fundamental reason is that Roque is faceless most of the time, while Louis Botha is shameless most of the time, in this world, it is always an honest person who wants face to suffer, and only by being shameless can he eat more and occupy more, so Louis Botha likes to deal with young people like Roque who are "not deeply involved in the world", and does not like old bureaucrats like Philippe Matilda.

"Louis Botha was also dizzy, if he only talked about the plague, then maybe the governor would have given Orange a little help, but Louis Botha pointed the finger at the city of Johannesburg, and was sprayed by his father, and the governor did not give Louis Botha a good face, and at least 20,000 people died in Orange during the plague, and there were only a few people in Orange - the governor must have been very angry." Henry gloated on the phone that the Boers had fallen out of bad luck this time, and that even after the plague, it would take a long time for Orange to recover.

At the present time in 1902, population was an important criterion for judging whether officials were competent, and for Britain, it did not matter whether the colonies expanded or not, whether the colonies developed economically, and whether the population of the colonies increased or not.

With enough people, there will be enough consumer demand, enough human resources for the British Empire, and only then can the interests of the British government be guaranteed.

Taking 10,000 steps back, the total population of this world is so much, the British colonies need immigrants, the French colonies also need it, and the colonies of small countries such as Portugal and Belgium need it even more.

As long as the population of the British colonies continued to increase, the colonies of other countries would receive fewer immigrants.

Therefore, Orange killed 20,000 Boers, and Ade was still very distressed.

Although these Boers now seem to be a burden.

"The end result?" Roque doesn't really care about how Philippe Matilda scares about Ade and Louis Botha, Roque only cares about the result.

"The end result, of course, was that the fox won again, and although the father won the quarrel between the governor and Louis Botha, he could not change the facts, Bloemfontein was already a hell, and if no rescue was provided, the Orange government would not be able to control the outflow of Boers, and then the plague would spread with the Boers throughout southern Africa, causing even greater losses, and Louis Botha promised not to pursue the Boers who fled to Johannesburg, at the cost of Johannesburg to help Bloemfontein as much as possible." Henry's voice was thick with unwillingness, and although this result was unreasonable, it was also expected.

In any case, Ade will certainly not let the plague continue, the plague in Johannesburg is almost over, but the plague in Bloemfontein is still raging, hundreds of people are dying in pain every day, the city government of Bloemfontein has lost control of the situation, if Johannesburg does not help Bloemfontein, then Louis Botha is really likely to go to London, and it will be Ade who will be embarrassed by then.

In fact, Johannesburg cannot sit idly by, not to mention the border between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, as long as the epidemic in Bloemfontein is not over, the alarm in Johannesburg cannot be lifted.

After all, the Orange and Johannesburgers are British, and they should have helped each other in the face of crisis, but the Boers had been too bad before, so Johannesburg was unwilling to help.

Now the Boers have suffered enough, the plague has taught the Boers enough lessons, the Boers in the Boer War frontal battlefield plus concentration camps a total of more than 30,000 people, in the plague has died more than 20,000, this lesson is painful enough, if the Boers do not wake up after the plague, then they will be unlucky sooner or later.

"Did you say it helped in any way?" Roque asked at the bottom of the matter, the scope of this "help" was too large, and sending doctors and nurses to Bloemfontein to provide medical help to the Boers was help, and sending some potatoes and corn in the past was also help.

If he could, of course Roque would like to send only some potatoes and corn over, but it is estimated that the Boers are not so easy to deal with, when the plague first broke out, Louis Botha wanted to get medical assistance from Johannesburg, relying only on Bloemfontein's medical resources-

Bloemfontein has no medical resources, and in the whole of Bloemfontein, there were only two private clinics before the outbreak of the plague, you can believe it!

"Food, supplies, and medical care—" Henry said the last thing Roque wanted to hear: "Don't be like this, Locke, the Boers are also British now, we can't make it too difficult for the Governor, back down a little, and the Governor will definitely compensate you." ”

Ziwei Hospital is a private hospital, Roque's willingness to help is love, and it is his duty not to help, and Ade can't force Roque to send doctors to Bloemfontein.

Now is an extraordinary time, if Roque insists on not helping, although Ade can't do anything with Roque, but in Ade's heart, Roque will definitely lose points, so even if Roque is unwilling, Roque will provide assistance to the Boers, not for the Boers, but to help Ade solve the problem.

"I know, don't worry, as long as the Governor asks for it, I will obey orders." Roque does not insist, in fact, many of the doctors in Ziwei Hospital are Boer, they all know the situation in Bloemfontein, although no one has shown obvious inclination so far, but if Roque takes the initiative, then those Boer doctors will also be full of gratitude to Roque.

Philip Matilda returned to Johannesburg from Pretoria overnight, and as soon as Roque arrived at the police station, he was called to the official residence by Philip.

"Don't disobey the orders of the Governor's Palace, the task now is to fight the plague, whatever it is, wait until the plague is over." Philip also looked tired, after all, he was in his fifties, and his body was not as good as that of young people like Roque.

"I know, I'll arrange for someone to go to Bloemfontein when I get back." Roque has already figured out the joints, and it is no good to carry it hard, so it is still necessary to be a little more high-spirited at this time.

"That's good, in a few days there will be a special grant directly to Ziwei Hospital, and the Governor has agreed to put the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory in Johannesburg, do it well, and don't live up to the Governor's trust in you." Philip's eyes on Roque were a little complicated, although Philip had repeatedly raised his evaluation of Roque, but when he saw Ade at the Doge's Mansion yesterday, Philip found that he still underestimated Roque.

Ade really paid attention to Roque, and when he talked to Philip about Ziwei Hospital, Ade even clearly knew how many Boer doctors there were in Ziwei Hospital and how many Chinese doctors he had trained, and even Ade knew that Roque had sent a group of doctors and nurses to Nyasaland not long ago to establish a primary medical system in Nyasaland.

Don't look at Roque is Chinese, but Ade trusts Roque more than other officials in the Transvaal, when Louis Botha complained that Roque would rather idle medical resources and not help Bloemfontein, Ade reprimanded Louis Botha sharply, and told Louis Botha unmistakably that if it weren't for Orange's cocoon, then Bloemfontein would not have fallen to the point where it is today.

Even Ade's appropriation for Ziwei Hospital was originally intended to be allocated to Bloemfontein to fight the plague, and now Ziwei Hospital is willing to send doctors to Bloemfontein, so it is natural for this money to be given to Ziwei Hospital.

What really surprised Philip was the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory.

Everyone knows the value of the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory, and if Philip is the governor, even if Roque is Phyllis's husband, Philip will probably resolutely place the medical school and the medical factory in Pretoria, rather than Johannesburg, as Roque demanded.

Medical schools produce talents, pharmaceutical factories produce profits, there are no medical schools in the whole of Southern Africa, or even the whole of Africa, and as long as the medical schools in Johannesburg start recruiting students, the impact will be immeasurable.

Now, Ade has given all of this to him, and if Philip didn't know about Roque and Ade's situation, then Philip would really doubt the relationship between Roque and Ade.

"I will!" Roque felt a little more comfortable in his heart, Ade is really still experienced, this hand balance play is perfect, Roque still had complaints in his heart just now, and now he is willing.

Back at the police station, Roque calls Bellamy and asks Bellamy to arrange for a doctor to go to Bloemfontein.

Then he called Christian that Christian was still responsible for the construction of the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory.

As for funding -

Funding is not a problem, with Roque's current net worth, even if Roque alone funded the establishment of a medical school and a pharmaceutical factory, it would be no problem.

But Roque can't do that, there is money to be earned together, there are risks to be carried by everyone, Roque has now passed the stage of desperate for the accumulation of original capital, as long as it is steady, in a few years, Roque will establish a community of interests throughout the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland, when the time comes, no one in Africa will dare to despise Roque.

In Johannesburg, there are many well-informed people, but in just one morning, the news that Africa's first medical school and the first pharmaceutical factory will soon be located in Johannesburg has been known, and the phone calls in Roque's office have not stopped for a whole morning, but Roque has not answered any of them.

It was Don who was in charge of answering the phone, and for everyone, Don had only one word: The Lord had a chill last night and is now being treated, please call back later.

Roque's phone call has never been so lively.

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