Southern Africa's education system is the best in Africa, and Nyasaland's education system is the best in southern Africa.

Interestingly, the University of Nyasaland Elementary School is not in the same city as the University of Nyasaland, but in Little Rock.

Many people know that Arthur and Gavin are studying at the primary school affiliated with the University of Nyasaland, so you can imagine how valuable the admission places at the primary school affiliated to the University of Nyasaland are, everyone wants to make their children have a relationship with the eldest son of the current Viscount of Nyasaland and the future Viscount of Nyasaland, it may not be useful, but if it is useful, then it is a key role.

In this case, Arthur and Gavin's environment in the school can be imagined, Gavin is better, with Phyllis's strict discipline, and now he is still very obedient, Arthur is not good, Ada has to go to the field often because of work, and there is a problem with Arthur's discipline.

For the children's education, Roque still attaches great importance to it, but Roque really does not have time now, on June 1, the East India Far East Fleet finally left the port, trying to blockade the port of Medan, in order to cut off the East India Company's maritime lifeline.

"The East India Company is ready to attack the Far East Fleet as soon as it discovers it, but before that, the Far East Fleet will first have to pass through the Strait of Malacca." Sam, the general manager of Umbrella, now has many capacities, and as general manager of Umbrella, Sam is also a member of the Liberal Party Committee, a member of the Southern African Parliament, and a member of the Southern African Defence Commission.

The reason why he can serve as a member of the Southern African Defense Commission is because of the more than 20,000 mercenaries owned by the Umbrella Company, and once a war breaks out, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company can directly form a division to participate in the war, which is an important part of the defense forces of Southern Africa.

Let's not forget that the standing army in southern Africa has only four divisions, with a total strength of less than 80,000 men.

"What did you say over there in Sin Chew?" Roque didn't expect much from the UK, but if the British government was willing to help, then Roque would certainly like to hear it.

Sin Chew is Singapore, and this place has many names, such as New Kapo, Sin Chew, Sing Dao, and Lion City.

"Sin Chew has blocked the Strait of Malacca and strictly prohibits warships from navigating." Sam laughed, and the true relationship between Britain and Holland was revealed through this move.

Although the Strait of Malacca is Sin Chew on one side and Sumatra Island on the other, if you look at the map, you can see that Sumatra Island on the East Indies side has almost no ports in the Strait of Malacca, and ships passing through the Strait of Malacca have to be supplied through Sin Chew, which in itself reflects the relationship between Britain and the Netherlands.

There are many places in Sumatra that are suitable for expansion into ports, but after so many years, the East Indies have not done this at all, not because the Dutch do not want to collect tolls, in fact, the Dutch are very greedy, but because the other side of the strait is Xingzhou, so the Dutch do not dare.

Like the East Indies, Britain had a fleet in the Far East, and more than one, even the smallest fleet, the total tonnage of the fleet and the number of artillery far exceeded that of the Dutch East India fleet, so as long as the British government was willing to help, the colonial government of the East Indies could only stand by.

Sin Chew's blockade of the Strait of Malacca is simple: to fight piracy.

Roque, too, laughed dumbly, but was not surprised by the result.

In 1824, Britain signed the Anglo-Dutch Treaty with the Netherlands, in which the Netherlands withdrew from Malacca and renounced all interests in Malaya, while the British recognized Dutch interests in the remaining East Indies.

Two years later, the British government united Penang, Malacca, Sin Chew and Labuan to form the Straits Settlements, which were then managed by the East India Company, headquartered in Calcutta.

After the dissolution of the East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under the administration of the Viceroy of India.

In 1867, the administration of the Straits Settlements was transferred from the Viceroy of India to the Colonial Secretary of State in London.

Don't forget, Philip worked in the Colonial Office before coming to Southern Africa.

Therefore, Sin Chew's blockade of the Strait of Malacca is a normal operation, although Philip has nothing to do with the East India Company, but this is the tacit understanding between Philip and Roqueon's son-in-law.

"The Medan troops have occupied Jambi and are attacking Palembang, I heard that Baron Favart has sent staff to the East Indies to prepare to exploit the mineral resources of the East Indies, Mr. Rhodes is also preparing to set up a factory in Medan to develop the aquatic resources of Medan on the spot, Christian has bought 70% of the coffee plantations around Aceh, can Adan Company also take action, and the oil fields in Jambi are still waiting for us to develop." Sam is now also a shareholder of Umbrella Company and Adan Company, although the stake is not large, but it is enough to motivate Sam to work.

Capital is all profit-seeking, and the East Indies are now like a treasure trove that has just been opened, and countless bloodthirsty giant crocodiles have flocked to it.

However, everyone still has a tacit understanding, only do what they do best, and will not easily set foot in other people's own land, the oil field is the part left by others to Roque, and the plantation in the East India, which is a benefit for the mercenaries of the umbrella company.

After the establishment of the East India Company, it had no relationship with the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company, so the East India Company had to extract the oil from the Adan Company, and the East India Company would not interfere, and of course the tax would still have to be paid after the oil was extracted.

In fact, in southern Africa, because of the cross-shareholding between major enterprises, it is difficult to distinguish the shares, such as Henry's Favalt Mining Company, Roque and Xiao Si have shares, Xiao Si's Rhodesia Food Company, Roque and Henry also have capital injection, many enterprises under Roque's name, Henry and Xiao Si also have shares, and the newly established East India Company, and even directly Roque and Henry, Xiao Si jointly established, so now Roque and Henry, Xiao Si is directly a huge community of interests, One wins, one loses, and the other loses this relationship.

"Don't worry, the oil fields in Jambi are our reserves, and the oil in Port Elizabeth can meet the current demand." Roque is not blind, the world's demand for oil is not large now, the current oil exploitation is enough to meet the needs of the world, the oil fields in Jambi are not in a hurry first, and even the oil fields in Borneo will be won in the future, Roque is not ready to develop, oil is this thing, the more reserves, the better.

"Anglo American Petroleum is still not giving up, hoping to join forces with Adan to develop oil on the peninsula." Sam was in a bad mood when he mentioned Anglo America, a company that was so greedy that it had been eyeing the oil in Port Elizabeth.

Anglo American Petroleum is a newly established business, and the shareholders behind it are Standard Oil of the United States and Royal Dutch Shell.

As Port Elizabeth's oil production grows higher, more and more eyes are on the tiny Port Elizabeth, not only Standard Oil and Royal Shell Oil, but also German and French oil companies.

However, it is a pity that the Umbrella Company and Adan Company have completed the layout on the peninsula ahead of schedule, and the entire Najd is the sphere of influence of the Umbrella Company and Adan Company, and the explorers of Standard Oil and Shell Oil can look for oil in Yemen, but they cannot go deep into the peninsula, and many people believe that there are more oil fields on the peninsula, but they cannot obtain the protection of the Umbrella Company, so there is no chance to confirm it at all.

In desperation, Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell jointly established Anglo American Petroleum in an attempt to cooperate with Umbrella Company to jointly develop Peninsula oil.

This request was also rejected by Umbrella and Adan.

In fact, it can't be said to be a refusal, the umbrella company only refuses to provide protection for the exploration personnel of the British American Petroleum Company, and the British American Petroleum Company does not have enough strength to ensure the safety of the exploration personnel, so the issue is in a stalemate.

"This kind of request needs not be heeded, and we do not need the help of Anglo American." Roque is decisive, don't say anything about the balance of interests, it is all a compromise in desperation, will Britain contribute India to share with other countries? Will the United States allow Europe to colonize the Americas?

It's all impossible.

"London wants more oil, but it doesn't want to pay more, and we're now shipping about 100,000 barrels of oil a month to London, and if we increase supply, it will affect our plans." Sam knew Roque's purpose, and Roque certainly wouldn't sell too much oil to Britain until Southern Africa had enough oil reserves.

"100,000 barrels is enough." Roque's support for Britain is also limited, and it is easy to say anything if you have money, and nothing to say if you don't have money.

"London just passed the oil reserve system last month." Sam is quite well-informed, and Roque actually knows this news.

Britain's oil reserve system is still inspired by the strategic reserve warehouse in southern Africa, but unlike the situation in southern Africa, there are oil fields in the UK itself, but in Ireland, although the reserves are not large, but now the demand for oil in the UK is not high, so Britain's sense of urgency is not as strong as that in southern Africa.

It should be noted here that Ireland is not yet independent and is still part of the United Kingdom.

"What does this have to do with us, if London needs more oil, it can go to Port Elizabeth to buy it, Port Elizabeth is not for sale, why must you control the oil fields in your own hands-" Roque is standing and talking without back pain, he now controls Port Elizabeth, of course he is not worried about the lack of oil in southern Africa.

"The oil fields of southern Africa are not the oil fields of London after all." Sam smiled and said that although Southern Africa is still part of the British Commonwealth, it has begun to govern itself after all, and London will not give all the trust in Southern Africa.