The environment of the colony is much more cruel than the environment of the homeland, and the big people who can get out of the colony are all insidious and cunning, and they are ruthless.

In London, even if the nobles go too far, they will still have reservations in doing things after all, and they will not have no bottom line, and the colonies will be unscrupulous, and many of the so-called "heroes" of the colonies will be tried in court for those things they do in their own country, and they will be justified in the colonies.

After learning the cause of Henry Alsop's death, William's first suspicion was Roque.

Although William has no evidence that Henry Alsop was killed by him, and even the conclusion given by the police department is that he fell into the water, William intuitively feels that this matter is not so simple, and it is precisely because of this "falling into the water" that William feels frightened from the bottom of his heart, if it is really an accident, it is better to say, if not?

William didn't want to die, no matter how tempting Mrs. Capet was, and no matter how valuable the Rand Bank was, it was still nothing compared to the value of life.

So William immediately stopped harassing Ada.

This is exactly what Roque wants, Roque's time is precious, and he is not in the mood to play their so-called "game" with William and Henry Alsop, even if he wants to play a game, he must follow Roque's rules, if he wants to play the winner takes everything, it is impossible for the loser to quit this game with dignity, Roque wants William and these noble children who grew up in the greenhouse to understand that in Roque's world, losing means losing everything, including life, if there are still people who want to play, then Roque welcomes.

However, Roque did not have time to deal with William, and Ade finally returned to London after his term, and Roque rushed to the Claridge Hotel where Ade was staying as soon as possible.

The Claridge Hotel is the top hotel in London, but this top must not live up to its name in Roque's opinion, although Ade has ended his career as a governor, he still enjoys the treatment level of the governor, and Roque still has to make a reservation to see Ade.

"Lord, the Governor has already explained that you can go up directly when you come." Ade's personal secretary, Sidney Milner, was very enthusiastic about Roque.

Sidney Milner is a nephew of Ade, about the same age as Roque, and was brought up by Ade a long time ago, before Ade stepped down as governor, he wanted to keep Sidney Milner to work in the Transvaal, but Sidney Milner refused.

The saying that people go to tea and cool is also applicable in England, when Ade was the governor, there was a long queue at the door of the official residence at any time, and there was an endless stream of officials and wealthy businessmen who hoped to meet Ade.

Now that Ade has stepped down and returned to London, he will be in the door immediately, which is really embarrassing.

In fact, it is also normal, Ade has been working in the colony since 1889, first in Egypt, and then in the Cape, and Ade has rarely returned to his homeland in the past ten years, so Ade does not have many friends in London, but Ade does not care, but is very satisfied with the current situation, in Ade's words, he is only now beginning to really enjoy his life.

"You're just fifty years old, it's too early to retire and enjoy life—" Roque didn't want to see Ade retire and rack his brains to convince Ade to make a comeback.

"I also want to enjoy life, of course not now, I mean, I can really take charge of my life now, do some of the things I want to do, and then I'm going to sort out my diary and materials over the years, write a book about the nation and the empire, and I want to run for parliament, I tried for this twenty years ago, but unfortunately it didn't work, and now I guess it's okay." Ade still has an arrangement for his life, and he does not retire directly as Roque imagined.

Around 1885, Ade ran for a seat in the House of Commons as a Liberal candidate.

But unfortunately it didn't work, and then Ade served as the private secretary of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Goshen and began his career in the sea.

Now it is very simple for Ade to enter the parliament again, the upper house of the British parliament is the inherent territory of the nobility, and Ade is now a viscount and can directly enter the upper house and become a member of parliament.

However, the parliament may not be as good as Ade's imagination, it is estimated that Ade may not be accustomed to the way the parliament works, as the governor of the colony, Ade can decide almost everything in the colony, but in the parliament, even a small matter has to be voted on collectively, and it may not be possible to solve the problem at one time, so it is estimated that Ade will not accept this way.

"Well, if you write it, Lord, you can give it to me, and I'll help you publish it." Roque is willing to help, Ade has a lot of experience working in colonies, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of dry goods in the books he writes, and he should not be scolded as a big water fish.

"It's just a book, and I still have some savings." Ade doesn't need Roque's help, although Ade is now a tea cooler, but if Ade is willing to publish a book, it is estimated that London's publishers will line up to come to the door.

The information of this era is very closed, and the way many people understand the world is the autobiographies of various celebrities, even Cecil Rhodes can publish books, and the books written by Ade should be more people willing to read.

Cecil Rhodes wrote an autobiography, the author of the signature is Cecil Rhodes himself, although Roque has not read it, but Roque estimates that eighty percent should be ghostwritten by the gunman, Cecil Rhodes has lived in the conspiracy of colonial expansion all his life, and has no time to write a biography, what he does is much more meaningful than writing a biography.

"Sir, soon you will find that in London your little savings are not worth mentioning, and go away, and I will take you somewhere." Roque didn't want to see Ade living in a hotel, and Ade had been a colonial governor for so long, and it was too unseemly to live in a hotel.

London is a gold hole, living in a hotel is not cheap, the cost is higher than renting a house, Roque must not bear to watch Ade rent a house, it can be said that without Ade, there would be no current Roque, Roque is willing to provide Ade with a more stable and rich life.

Although Ard didn't know what to do, he went with Roque to King's Road in Chelsea.

When he saw the house, which had been renovated and had the coat of arms of Viscount Hellwood painted on the door, Ade's expression was obviously a little complicated.

The house that Roque chose for Ade is undoubtedly a mansion, worthy of Ade's status as a viscount, such a mansion is worth a lot of money in London, Ade knows that Roque is rich, but it is one thing to be rich, and it is another thing to be willing to share his wealth.

"Don't refuse, Sir, you can't stay in the hotel all the time, Sidney, you have a new job now, and you may have to hire some suitable servants later." Roque tried to keep his tone as relaxed as he could.

Sidney Milner was also obviously shocked by Roque's generosity, after Ade stepped down as governor, he dismissed almost all the servants around him, only one old butler and two servants returned to London with Ade, such a large house, only two servants are definitely not enough, cleaning can exhaust them.

There is a special intermediary company in London, it is easy to find a servant, a maid, under the premise of food and accommodation, only needs thirty or forty pounds a year, this money can still be spent by Ade, although Ade stepped down as governor, but Ade still enjoys the treatment of the governor, the annual salary is about 5,000 pounds.

It seems that this money is a lot, but in fact, there is not much left in London for a year, similar to the house that Roque gave to Ade, the annual rent is about 1,500 pounds, ordinary nobles can't afford to rent it, and it is mostly used as embassies and consulates of various countries in London, plus people eat horses, and the burden of the viscount is also very heavy.

Roque has considered the problem thoughtfully, the carriage is ready for Ade, the house has been renovated, the furniture is brand new, and Ade can move in directly.

"Thank you Locke, I believe it now, you have indeed made a lot of money in recent years." Ade didn't refuse, and casually joked about Roque.

Like knowledge, money is a thing that is only "hated less" when it is used, and Ade is busy with work in the Transvaal and is not in the mood to accumulate wealth at all.

He doesn't have to do this, he doesn't even have a child, even if he collects money, who can he leave it to in the future, in the end, it will be cheap to the British government, or some church charity.

Sitting in the spacious and bright living room, Ade had to admit that it felt good to be rich.

"The study is upstairs, and I have prepared some special gifts for you, I hope you will like it." Roque also had an unexpected surprise.

Ade's expression was a little unhappy, probably because he was worried that Roque would send something out of place.

Obviously, Ade was overthinking, and Roque actually sent a study full of all kinds of books, which made Ade ecstatic.

It doesn't matter how much money you have, the key is that this intention is rare, books in these years are not as ubiquitous as in the 21st century, many books are published in very small quantities, sometimes you can't buy them, Ade has collected only a few hundred books over the years, and the scale in front of him cannot be compared.

There are at least thousands of books in the study room, which is enough for a library.

"Thank you Locke, this gift of yours is the best gift in the world." Ade is finally satisfied, and Roque's current performance is not in vain for Ade to promote and take care of Roque.

"It's certainly not the best, and I hope that the best gift is when you return to the Transvaal in the future to see a new, more developed, more affluent, better Transvaal." Roque hasn't given up yet, and I'm sure Ade will be worried too.

The Transvaal and Orange were established by Ade, not to mention Orange, the Transvaal is Ade's brainchild, and Roque believes that even if Ade does not return to Southern Africa in this life, he should have a special affection for the Transvaal.

"Locke, give me some time, I need time to sort out my life." Ade finally relented, although he hadn't agreed directly, but it was enough to this extent.