In July 1914, the British Navy held a military parade in Spithead Bay, near Portsmouth, and the fleet stretched for 60 kilometers, and the British Navy dispatched 60 battleships alone.

So if Roque is Viscount Gladstone, Roque doesn't look down on the nascent Southern African Navy, which is indeed a bit weak compared to the British Imperial Navy.

None of them are navy, there is no navy in southern Africa now, and even Nyasaland only has a marine police in the North Sea and East Lake, and the marine police in Port Edward do not even have a formation because the cruiser has not yet been launched.

Viscount Douglas is not interested in the strength of the Nyasaland Marine Police, but the potential of the Nyasaland Marine Police, don't look at Nyasaland can only build destroyers now, not even cruisers, but the outbreak of war, every ton of production capacity is precious, even if Nyasaland can only provide destroyers to escort merchant ships, it can help the British Navy win.

Roque will certainly not explain that Nyasaland has actually begun to develop aircraft carriers, and the current destroyers, as well as the future cruisers, are actually for the service of aircraft carrier formations, so the model of the cruiser will be changed again and again.

Aircraft carriers in this era, the technical requirements are not strict, during the world war in another time and space, countries have transformed merchant ships into aircraft carriers, and the result is the same, aircraft carriers are a carrier, and the performance of carrier-based aircraft is the key, so Roque did not see how tall the aircraft carrier is, it has long been this benefit, even if the ability of the Germans is strong, it will take time to reflect on the battlefield, Nyasaland has now taken the lead, as long as they do not make mistakes, it is difficult for the Germans to catch up.

On the shore, the city of Ulysses prepared a brief welcome ceremony, Governor Anton and Ulysses Mayor Jimmy Hodgson waited on the shore, thousands of Ulysses Public School children lined up on the pier to greet them, two English girls presented garlands to Viscount Gladstone, when leaving the docks, mounted mounted police on military horses opened the way at the front, and then mounted police on motorcycles accompanied the convoy, and citizens lined up on both sides of the road to welcome.

As a result, when he arrived at the castle of Glory, where he was staying, Viscount Gladstone was full of emotion.

"I've been to a lot of places and I have to say that Ulysses impressed me the most, thank you Locke, for giving me one of the best memories of my time in Southern Africa."

This should be regarded as a compliment, and finally Roque's company during this time was not in vain, but there is still a problem, after Viscount Gladstone arrived at Fort Glory, he learned that the oil exploration team of the Persian Oil Company was attacked by desert bandits.

Roque must have behaved innocently at this time: "The situation on the coast of the Persian Gulf is still a bit complicated, which is nominally the territory of the Ottoman Empire, but in fact under the de facto control of our British Empire, and now it has been bought by the Umbrella Company, and then transferred to the Adan Company——"

This relationship is really a bit of a twist, and after Roque finished speaking, Viscount Gladstone did not figure out where Port Elizabeth ultimately belonged.

"There are countless tribes on the peninsula, they have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and the hatred between them cannot be resolved, because of the discovery of oil in Port Elizabeth, countless people flock to it, the Ottoman Empire, the governor of Egypt, the local indigenous tribes, and even the American oil companies have come one after another, not only the Persian oil company, but the oil fields of Port Elizabeth have also been attacked by desert bandits, but because the Elizabeth oil fields are protected by more mercenaries, the desert bandits have not succeeded." Roque wasn't lying, it's no secret that the Elizabeth oil fields were indeed attacked by desert bandits, but they didn't cause damage.

"Locke, Port Elizabeth is really getting attention right now, do you know what Romania's annual oil production is?" Viscount Gladstone is also estimated to have been planning for a long time.

"Sorry, I don't know—" Roque really didn't know how much oil Romania produced.

"1.3 million tons!" Viscount Gladstone shook his head and sighed.

1.3 million tons!

That's less than 10 million barrels per year.

When Roque was in Port Edward, he told Viscount Gladstone that Port Elizabeth produced 50,000 barrels of oil per day.

That translates to at least 18 million barrels per year.

This is still the premise that Roque concealed half of the output!

This was Roque's mistake, and Roque never imagined that Romania's oil production would be so low.

Or rather, the oil production of Port Elizabeth is simply too high!

"How much is 1.3 million tons?" Roque is very British at this time, tons, cubic meters, kilograms, barrels, gallons-

It's not easy to figure it out.

"Ten million barrels—" Viscount Gladstone's expression was a little complicated, Viscount Gladstone had not felt it when he knew about the oil production of Port Elizabeth, but now that it was linked to the oil production of Romania, Viscount Gladstone realized what Port Elizabeth really meant to the British Empire.

The Tribal-class destroyers that the British Navy had just commissioned used fuel as fuel, and then the speed of the Tribal-class destroyers increased to 35 knots, so oil was important to the British Empire, and it was becoming more and more important.

"That's not much—" Roque had mixed feelings, even if production was halved, even if production could be controlled without increasing the number of wells, even if there were more oil fields undeveloped, but still more than the entire territory of Romania could produce oil!!

This reality left Roque really speechless, except to say that the oil fields along the coast of the Persian Gulf are too powerful.

"Locke, the key is what you do now, the Umbrella Company is yours, the Adan Company is also yours, Port Elizabeth is now your private property, I know this, and London knows it-" Viscount Gladstone wanted Roque to hand over Port Elizabeth, but it was obviously unrealistic.

Private property is sacrosanct!

This is well known, but it can be changed under special circumstances.

Laws are made by man, otherwise there would not be so many constitutional amendments.

However, Roque's identity is a bit special, purely using administrative means, basically has no effect on Roque, at this time it reflects the importance of Roque's advance layout, if there are no Chinese in southern Africa, if there is no umbrella company, what will London care about Roque?

Don't be funny, if there is no strength, the officials and nobles of London will tear Roque to pieces like hyenas, this is not without precedent, think Cecil Rhodes!

"Lord, the oil in Port Elizabeth is not a threat to the British Empire-" Roque has an obvious attitude, he has something to say, and everyone does business.

It should be noted here that the supply of oil to Europe is now mainly dependent on the Baku oil fields in Russia, as well as oil from Poland and Romania.

Poland is Russia's traditional sphere of influence, and now Romania, the United States and Romania jointly formed the Romei Oil Company, the British and Dutch joint venture Royal Dutch Shell Group, and the German company Styva are divided into two parts, each accounting for 20 percent of Romania's oil production.

At this time, Port Elizabeth sprung up, and if Roque guaranteed oil supplies to Britain, then Romanian oil was a pawn for Britain, and no longer a lifeline.

Of course, Viscount Gladstone was also aware of this fact, so Viscount Gladstone immediately determined Roque's attitude: "Can Port Elizabeth's oil be delivered to the mainland?" ”

This is the most critical question, which was previously explored by Viscount Gladstone in Port Edward, which Roque skipped on the grounds that a strategic reserve warehouse was to be set up in southern Africa, and now it is again in front of Roque.

"Does London give money?" Roque asks one of the most critical questions.

Don't say anything about personal consciousness, don't say anything about national righteousness, when financial interests are related, Roque's statement is the most appropriate, it's easy to say anything if you have money, and don't mention anything if you don't have money.

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