Nyasaland can be regarded as a vast and sparsely populated area, but with the increase in the population of Nyasaland, sooner or later, the territory of Nyasaland will be overcrowded, so it is necessary to prepare more living space for Nyasaland now.

The Bechuana Reserve is a good choice, from a geographical point of view, the Bechuana Reserve and Nyasaland do not border each other, and there is Rhodesia in between, so Bechuana has not been in Roque's sight for a long time.

Now that Beamelia has taken the initiative to send it to the door, Roque must want to see it, and if there are dates or not, the Bechuana Protectorate is next to the Transvaal, and then there will be German Southwest Africa, after World War I, German Southwest Africa will also be entrusted by the League of Nations and become part of Southern Africa, so the current Southern Africa is far from reaching his limit.

The future of Southern Africa, which included four colonies in southern Africa, also included three British protectorates in southern Africa, namely Basutoland, Bechuana, and Eswatini.

After the end of the First World War, the territory of southern Africa, together with German South-West Africa and Tanganyika, totaled an astonishing nearly five million square kilometers.

That is, the Boers will die indefinitely, and the Southern African Federation will fall apart.

Now that the Federation of Southern Africa has Roque, Roque will certainly not sit back and watch the Federated Southern Africa repeat the mistakes of the past.

What is the concept of five million square kilometres, as it stands, even if the population of southern Africa increases by a hundredfold, all of them are farmers.

Amelia didn't realize how much potential the Bechuana Reserve had, and now Amelia was bent on joining the Federation of Southern Africa, and if there was a good position in the future federal government, the other Amelia didn't care.

Seeing that Roque was also there, Amelia's face was full of surprise, and he knelt down on one knee to hold Roque's hand and kiss it repeatedly, saying "I wish you good health".

Roque was so surprised, Amelia looked like she was fifty or sixty years old this year, and this kind of etiquette was really unacceptable, so Roque immediately took the initiative to invite Amelia to sit down.

"On the day I arrived in Johannesburg, I went to visit the Lord in Ziwei Town, but unfortunately the Lord went to Nyasaland at that time, and I stayed in Johannesburg during this time in the hope that the Bechuana Protectorate would be protected by the Lord—" Amelia surprised Roque with the information provided, and the Bechuana Protectorate was a British protectorate, and there should be no security problems.

"It's the damned Germans, a serious rebellion broke out in Southwest Africa, some Bantu people crossed the border into the Bechuana Protectorate to escape the war, in order to capture those poor Bantu people, the Germans sent a damn slave catcher to the Bechuana Protectorate, those slave catchers not only captured the Bantu people back to Southwest Africa, but even the Africans in our Bechuana Protectorate were also plundered, so far at least 20 tribes have been completely burned, and the slave catchers have killed all the old people and babies, With only the adults who could work for them, there were less than 3,000 troops in the Bechuana Protectorate, and there was no way to protect the safety of the Bechuana Protectorate—"Amelia could not bear the Germans' behavior.

In terms of attracting immigrants, there was a big gap between the German colonies and the British colonies, and many Germans would rather emigrate to the British overseas colonies than to go to Germany's own colonies, and the Transvaal was a lot of German immigrants.

As a result, Germany's overseas colonies had to resort to other means of obtaining labor.

Plunder was clearly a lucrative idea, and although all countries around the world were ostensibly opposed to slavery, the slave trade was still widespread in Africa, and the Natal prisoners of war in Nyasaland were essentially like slaves.

"3,000 men is indeed a little less—" Roque had already begun to consider under what name he should send troops into the Bechuana Protectorate.

The British Empire at this time was so perverted, and the Bechuana Protectorate, with a total area of 580,000 square kilometers, may seem to London to be an unbearable heavy burden, and it is eager to abandon it as soon as possible.

If this is replaced by Roque, no matter how difficult it is, he must also find a way to firmly control Bechuana's protective land in the palm of his hand.

London, however, was indifferent to the Bechuana Reserve, which, unlike the Transvaal, was important to the British Empire, and the Bechuana Reserve was full of wildlife and undiscovered diamonds.

Even if it is discovered, it is estimated that the British government will not pay much attention to it, the diamond is a scam of the century, and it is not of much value in itself, it is precisely because of the hype of unscrupulous merchants that diamonds have become the object of popularity.

Now Roque and Xiao Si are unscrupulous merchants, and Europeans still like all kinds of gemstones with different colors, but they are not interested in diamonds.

The largest diamond mine in southern Africa is controlled by Xiao Si, so Roque and Xiao Si now consciously advertise through the Times and the Daily Mail, and those dignitaries who appear in the newspapers will always show off the huge diamond rings on their hands, intentionally or unintentionally.

This kind of advertising method looks a bit clumsy, but the effect is very good, people in this era do not have a full enough understanding of advertising, and lack enough recognition ability for all kinds of advertorials, and they will be affected by advertising unconsciously.

"It's already a lot, Bechuana has no industry, agriculture is extremely backward, and it is not close to the sea or mountains, there are no mineral resources, a few years ago, I tried to organize a government in Bechuana to manage, but I reluctantly found that the tax revenue of Bechuana Protected Area is not enough to maintain the basic operation of the government, so 3,000 people is already the limit, this is because of the London grant, otherwise the Bechuana Reserve can't even afford to support these 3,000 people-" The situation described by Amelia is simply shocking.

With her own lagging behind to this point, and evil neighbors eyeing her side, it's no wonder that Amelia seeks Roque's protection.

This is also the biggest problem that Bechuana Protected Area is currently facing, after the establishment of the Southern African Federation, the British government will definitely give up the Bechuana Reserve, if the federal government does not accept the Bechuana Reserve, then the Bechuana Protected Area will become rootless.

In the current situation of the Bechuana Protectorate, if Britain no longer grants the Bechuana Protectorate the status of a "protectorate", then the Bechuana Protectorate can be expected to be annexed by German South-West Africa in the near future.

Roque certainly can't sit back and watch this happen, 580,000 square kilometers, feeding three or five million people is easy, and he doesn't even have to do anything, picking fruits and hunting every day can live comfortably.

However, even if Roque coveted it again, he would definitely not be able to show it at this time, so Roque's expression was very difficult: "As an imperial baron, I should indeed safeguard the interests of the empire, but Mr. Amelia, you also know that military spending is really overwhelming, so I'm sorry, I don't have the ability or reason to interfere in the Bechuana Protectorate now." ”

Even if it is a "protectorate", it is nominally an independent country, and although the Bechuana Protectorate has no king and no government agency, as long as the British government does not evacuate its troops for a day, Roque cannot cross the thunder pond without permission.

The Bechuana Protectorate was not Roque's fiefdom.

Even in Nyasaland, if Roque wants to build an army, he must do so under the banner of the South African company, otherwise Roque himself has no right to form an army.

"Please, Sir, don't give up the Bechuana Protectorate—" Amelia begged, but Owen's attitude was even more simple and rude.

"Well, Mr. Amelia, since Lord Nyasaland is unwilling, you should not continue to pester." Owen raised his hand and called for someone to come over to see off the guest.

"Your Excellency, please give me a little more time—" Amelia pleaded.

Owen's secretary didn't talk nonsense, raised his hand and called over two security personnel, and carried Amelia away directly.

"Wow, isn't that going too far for you?" Roque never knew that Owen was so grumpy.

"Come on, don't think I don't know what you want to do, I'm here to cooperate with you, or I'll have someone bring Mr. Amelia back?" Owen knows Roque well, and the two work together seamlessly.

Roque laughed, Ming people don't say dark words, to Amelia just want to dry, easy to get, people generally don't cherish much.

Amelia really had nowhere to go, and when Roque came home that night, he found Gavin playing with a large diamond.

Roarke also knows a lot about diamonds now, the diamonds that Gavin uses to tease the big guys are bigger than Gavin's fists, and the little guy has the potential to be a gentleman, and he hasn't realized the value of diamonds yet, and the way to tease the big guy is to throw the diamonds out and let the big guy pick them up.

This diamond is not the kind of white and flawless white, but with a touch of pink, at this time the diamond still has to have a little color, in order to be reluctantly accepted, as for the so-called "pure and flawless" white, are hyped out, before the white diamond is just a stone, not even a gemstone.

Although the diamond itself was very hard, Roque still felt terrified to see Gavin throw the diamond on the grass in the distance so unscrupulously.

"Where did it come from?" Roque asked Phyllis, who was happily taking care of Gavin.

"A gentleman named Amelia sent me in the afternoon, not only this one, but many, this is just the biggest one, I want to ask Mr. Amelia to wait for you to come back, but Mr. Amelia seems to be busy." Phyllis doesn't care about the value of diamonds, as the proprietress of Itno, Phyllis's own jewelry is now enough to fill a room and open a specialty store.

It seems that Mr. Amelia is really good at camping, and knows how to take the lady's route.

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