Unlike Small, Jan Smoth's popularity in Orange is unmatched, and he can't find a rival, and from the moment he decides to run for governor, the choice for governor of Orange loses suspense.

Jan Smotz is also really smart, he came to Philip in the hope of getting more help from the federal government, which is different from the federal government ten years ago, and has the ability and willingness to help Orange.

Ten years ago, not to mention the level of competition in Orange, the federal government was unable to help the Boers, as the federal government itself was financially strapped and had to rely on aid and loans from London to survive.

Now the economic situation of the federal government has improved greatly, after the world war and the economic crisis after the world war, southern Africa has become one of the most promising regions in the world, and the federal government has finally got rid of the fiscal deficit and entered a period of rapid development.

In contrast, Orange's backwardness is becoming more and more obvious, which makes Jan Smozi sad.

"In addition to the help of the federal government, the development of Orange is also inseparable from the help of large enterprises such as the RAND Bank and the South African Company, and I am ready to apply for a special loan from the RAND Bank for subsidies to farms in Orange, and at the same time to increase the development of mineral resources in Orange, Lord, is there any interest?" Jan Smoltz is now planning for Orange, and Roque's help is of course essential.

One thing Jan Smotz doesn't mention is that Roque and Jr.S.'s Bechuana Agricultural Company owns millions of acres of land in Orange that has been idle and underutilized.

Unlike Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which cover an area of millions of square kilometers, the total area of Orange is only 130,000 square kilometers, and the available land resources are limited.

"Of course, the foundation of Orange is still good, and if the Orange state government can improve the investment climate, there will definitely be people willing to invest in Orange." Roque didn't say anything to death, it's useless to say it now, it depends on Jan Smozi's future actions.

If Jan Smoltz is really moving closer to the federal government after becoming governor, then Roque is really not stingy with his investment in Orange.

It is said that after rounds of leek-cutting and cutting, the extremists in Orange are almost dead, and at this time, a person like Jan Smozi needs to come out and clean up the mess.

On June 11, the first round of gubernatorial elections was held in the state council building in Cape Town.

It wasn't just Xiao Si and Owen who participated in the election, but there were also three other candidates.

These three candidates are all passers-by who accompany them, and they don't even have names, and they were all eliminated in the first round of the election, Xiao Si got 45 of the 125 votes, and Owen got 39 votes, neither of them got more than half of the votes, and the second round of the election will be held.

In the evening, the Progressive Party and the Liberal Party held separate celebrations to congratulate their respective candidates on their victory in the first round of the election and to build momentum for the upcoming second round of the election.

According to the Cape State Council's bylaws, the first round of elections will take place a week later, on June 18.

"Cecil, you have such a good relationship with the Marquis of Nyasaland, if we can get the support of the Cape Chinese, then we will definitely be able to exceed half in the next election." Dr. Starr Jameson serves as an advisor to Xiao Si's team, and he is too old to be Xiao Si's partner.

Xiao Si's partner is the Cape Customs Commissioner Durban Benjamin, Durban Benjamin is also an official left over from the colonial era, just turned 50 years old this year, young and experienced, has a good prestige in the Cape, and Xiao Si just complements each other's advantages.

The strength of the small is the political resources left behind by Cecil Rhodes Sr., as well as the huge power of the Rhodes family in the Cape.

The weakness is also obvious, Xiao Si has been far away from Prussia over the years, painstakingly running Rhodesia, and his influence in the Cape is getting smaller and smaller.

"Doctor, don't be so optimistic, the Chinese are an ethnic group that attaches great importance to the concept of family, and although Mr. Rhodes has a good relationship with the Marquis of Nyasaland, Mr. Matilda and the Marquis of Nyasaland are in-laws, so it would be good for the Chinese in Cape not to vote for Mr. Matilda." Durban Benjamin is pragmatic, Xiao Si's basic market is British, as long as he can get the support of the British, Xiao Si will also win.

It's a pity that most of the people who support Xiao Si are old British who immigrated to the Cape before the outbreak of the Second Boer War.

And most of the new British, who immigrated to Cape after the Second Boer War, supported Owen, which is why Xiao Si and Owen were anxious about the election.

"Don't worry about this, although the Chinese in Cape will not vote for me, they will not vote for Owen either, Rock will remain neutral in this election and will not take sides." Xiao Si only remembered now that Roque had made a statement a long time ago that if there was a large-scale introduction of Chinese Americans in southern Africa, then one day, Chinese Americans might decide the political situation in southern Africa.

When Roque said this, he was referring to the crucial role of the Chinese vote in a stalemate between the British and the Boers in southern Africa.

Unexpectedly, time has passed, and now the Boers have declined and become more and more marginalized, and the British have been torn internally, which everyone did not expect.

"It's best that way, we should enlist the support of other ethnic groups besides the British, and the Cape should be the Cape of the Cape, not the Cape of the outsiders." Dr. Starr Jameson said this badly, the old colonialists had to change their mindset.

When Xiao Si heard Dr. Starr Jameson's words, he was still able to keep his composure, but Durban Benjamin's face was not very good.

By Dr. Starr Jameson's standards, Durban Benjamin was also an outsider, and he came to southern Africa after the Second Boer War, not a native of the Cape.

But Dr. Starr Jameson probably didn't expect that by this standard, the whites of southern Africa were outsiders, even the Boers, and the real Cape had disappeared.

"Doctor, if the Cape wants to really integrate into the federal government, then it has to really open its arms, and the other states of the federal government have changed with each passing day over the years, but the Cape has not moved forward, and we should learn a lesson." Xiao Si is outspoken, and this is the real reason for the chaos within the Progressive Party, and Xiao Si will not allow this to continue to happen.

After the change of committee, the decadence of the Progressive Party was swept away and replaced by unity and high morale, but the current situation is unstable, and if the Progressive Party cannot win the election, then what awaits the Progressive Party is probably a harsher reality.

"Hehe, yes Cecil, you're right, the old brain needs to be changed." Dr. Starr Jameson reacted quickly and immediately realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said.

When the Progressive Party was meeting at the party headquarters, Owen was also boosting morale at the Liberal Party's Cape headquarters five kilometers away.

Compared to the Progressive Party's side, the atmosphere on the Liberal Party's side was slightly lower, after all, in the first vote, Irving received fewer votes than Smalls, which cast a shadow over Irving's election.

This is also no way, most of the Chinese in Cape are members of the Liberal Party.

In this election, several Chinese members of the state legislature abstained from voting, and as a result, these Chinese American members were strongly criticized by Liberal lawmakers after the vote.

"As a Liberal MP, you don't vote for a Liberal candidate, it's a shameful betrayal." Ferdinand Boshoff, a member of parliament from Kimberley, was fierce, and he knew that it was inconvenient for Owen to speak, so he was the first to attack.

"At the moment of the great enemy, we should work together, this is too undeserved-"

"It doesn't matter, we still have a chance, we don't fall too far behind."

"Chen, vote on the 18th, you must vote for Mr. Matilda, we can't lose this battle."

Other lawmakers were talking, focusing on a few Chinese-American lawmakers with ugly faces.

"Gentlemen, calm down, they also have a last resort—" One lawmaker tried to ease the atmosphere.

"What's the problem? Could it be that they took the benefits of the rich second generation? "Ferdinand Boshoff is aggressive, the Liberal Party has won the previous elections in Cape State, and Edmund Law, who has just resigned, is also a Liberal, if the Liberal Party loses this election because of the abstention of several Chinese American parliamentarians, then these Chinese American parliamentarians will be pointed out by thousands of people.

"Boshoff, pay attention to your words, Chan is not an enemy." Owen is also in a bad mood, although Roque does not help the two, but at this point, Owen does not want to lose.

"Gentlemen, we all need time to calm down, since the second election after the formation of the federal government, our Liberal Party has won three elections in a row, and the result? The result is that our Cape and the federal government are drifting further and further apart, and the Progressive Party has problems with the Progressive Party, and we have big problems with the Liberal Party itself, which we must pay attention to. Chen Yan is a wine merchant from Oak Town, he is Anton's brother-in-law, and he is not afraid of Ferdinand Boshoff's accusations, nor is he worried that if he does not vote for Owen, he will invite the Matilda family to retaliate.

Just like Chen Yan said, the Progressive Party has problems with the Progressive Party, and the Liberal Party itself is full of contradictions.

After returning to the Progressive Party, Xiao Si carried out drastic reforms of the Progressive Party.

The Liberal Party under Irving's leadership has lost the sharpness and efficiency of the Liberal Party.

The current Liberal Party is gradually becoming another progressive party, and finally becoming what it hates the most.