The whole of southern Africa, including the Cape, which had been colonized for hundreds of years, was essentially a very different situation for Chinese-run farms and white-run farms.

White farms, even on the outskirts of Cape Town, no matter how large they are, look at the past, except for scattered vineyards, more grasslands and woods, showing a completely primitive ecology, and there is not much trace of human civilization.

As long as the weather is fine, there are people working in the fields anytime and anywhere on the Chinese farm, either to open up the wasteland or to transform the forest, the Chinese are like tireless to work all day long, and will eventually make full use of every inch of land on the farm.

In the Chinese concept, it is ridiculed to let the land go barren, even if there are thousands of acres of farms, no land is superfluous, even in the fields, the little land in front of the house and behind the house must be fully utilized.

A small number of individual farms have not been able to have a sufficient demonstration effect, and countless farms are combined together, that is, three or five years of hard work, and Johannesburg is already surrounded by chickens and dogs, not to mention in southern Africa, even in Europe, which is known as the center of the world.

Perhaps for other white people, this situation is occasionally shocking, and in the long run, as the economic power of the Chinese in southern Africa grows, the social status of the Chinese will also increase, which may eventually affect white domination.

For Philip, this problem does not exist, Roque is Philip's family, and for the sake of Phyllis and little Gavin, Philip will not restrict the Chinese.

It is true that the Chinese have brought a lot of change to southern Africa, and in the Bechuana Reserve, which Philip has no time to pay attention to, a new city is emerging.

The city was located at the junction of the Bechuana Reserve and the Transvaal, presumably near the future Gaborone.

Gaborone is still a wasteland and will be built in 1964 in memory of Gaborone, the chief of the Trokwa tribe and a national hero who fought valiantly against the South African colonialists.

Now the name of the city will definitely not be called Gaborone anymore, as the main investor in the construction of the city, Xiao Si named the city after his father Cecil Rhodes, so the name of the city is Rhodes.

In terms of building the city, Christian now has a wealth of experience, and Roque and Xiaosi do not have high requirements for Rhodes, and the main function is to serve as a bridgehead for the development of the Bechuana Reserve, and the personnel and materials entering the Bechuana Reserve will be assembled in Rhodes, and then go to various places in the Bechuana Reserve in batches.

So the first thing Christian built was a freight yard, a hotel, and a barracks.

Christian mobilized nearly 5,000 workers to build Rhodes, all the supplies needed were procured from the Transvaal and Nyasaland, and the main body of the city was completed according to the construction of the railway and road from Johannesburg to Rhodes, all of which are expected to be completed in two years.

There is no need for Roque to report these things to Philip, Philip's main energy is now in the future Southern African Federation, Ade has booked the position of Prime Minister of the Southern African Federation, and there are still a lot of vacancies below, Philip is now more and more ambitious, unwilling to be limited to the Transvaal, and also hopes to have a greater say in the future Southern African Federation.

Of course, this does not mean that Philip will resign from his post in the Transvaal, serving in the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and it will not affect Philip to continue to serve as Prime Minister of the Transvaal.

Owen served as the future Prime Minister of the Transvaal, and Roque was of course happy to see it, so Roque was also very busy during this time, and Roque had to maintain a high degree of consistency with Philip in this matter.

Unconsciously, Roque's influence in southern Africa is also increasing, among the four colonies in southern Africa, except for Orange, which is controlled by the Boers, the remaining three are more or less related to Roque, not to mention the Transvaal, through Xiao Si, Roque can also exert influence on Dr. Starr Jameson, in the process of counterinsurgency in Natal, Roque and Isaiah Quyler maintained a good friendship, after the Natal rebellion, Roque and Isaiah Quyler still have contact.

It happened to be Dr. Starr Jameson and Isaiah Queller who had come to Pretoria on behalf of Cape and Natal, so Roque chose to host Dr. Starr Jameson and Isaiah Quyler for a banquet in the mansion of Xiao Si on the first Sunday of May.

Although Roque is now in Nyasaland and Johannesburg most of the time, Roque is also the first official to come to the Transvaal, and he is very familiar with the officials of various departments in Pretoria, plus Henry's help, so the scale of the banquet is a bit large.

At 6 p.m., the Rhodes family's Shining Estate on the outskirts of Pretoria began in droves.

The Umbrella Company, which provided security for the banquet, used all-white security guards in order not to offend the guests, and the more combat-ready Gurkha mercenaries were responsible for perimeter security.

Roque was the host of the banquet, and Xiao Si and Henry were half landlords, so they appeared at the dinner together, and the atmosphere of the banquet immediately became warm.

Anyone can really see the potential of Roque, Xiao Si and Henry.

Needless to say, Roque and Henry, one is Baron Nyasaland and the other is Baron Favart, both of whom are members of the Matilda family, in the current southern Africa, the Matilda family is undoubtedly the top wealthy family, even if it is the Earl of Selborn and Viscount Hellwood, when considering the issue of southern Africa, Philip's opinion must be considered first.

The Earl of Selborne was in London during this time, and it was impossible for him to come to the banquet, but both Ade and Philip appeared at the banquet, which raised the level of the banquet infinitely.

"Isaiah, long time no see—" Roque and Isaiah Quyler hugged warmly, Roque and Isaiah Quyler hadn't seen each other for nearly four years since the Natal rebellion.

Four years have not diluted the relationship between the two, and Isaiah Quiler still has lingering palpitations when she remembers the scene that happened four years ago.

At that time, if Roque had not led the northern division of Rhodesia to Pietermaritzburg in time, perhaps Pietermaritzburg had already been conquered by the rebels, and as the head of the administration of Natal, Isaiah Quyler would have been responsible for the rebellion later, even if he was not killed in the rebellion.

Now that Isaiah Quyler is the Prime Minister of Natal, Isaiah Quyler is grateful to Roque whenever he thinks of that scene four years ago.

At this time, all gratitude is reflected in a warm hug.

"It's been a long time, Locke, should I call you Lord Golkha or Lord Nyasaland now—" Isaiah Quiller laughed, apparently keeping an eye on Roque's news.

This "Lord Golkha" is a title granted to Roke by the king of Nepal, in fact, it should be a Gorkha Viscount, but in the United Kingdom, the dukes and below are all lords, and they are not directly called viscounts, or barons.

"Just call me Locke, this is Southern Africa, not Nepal-" Roque didn't care what Isaiah Quyler used, Roque cared about Isaiah Quyler's attitude.

Although Natal does not have much presence in southern Africa, Natal is one of the four colonies in southern Africa, and its status in southern Africa is much higher than that of the Bechuana Reserve, Basutoland and Eswatini.

Therefore, Isaiah Queller's attitude is still very important, if Isaiah Quyler fully supports the Transvaal and Philip, then it can be guaranteed that in the future Southern African Federation, the Transvaal and Philip can get the greatest say.

So Roque didn't shy away from inviting Isaiah Quiller to the small living room next to the banquet hall.

"Of course, Locke, of course I would support the Transvaal and Lord Matilda, or else I would not have been able to support the sick Dr. Starr Jameson, or the obnoxious Boers." In the small living room, Isaiah Quiller did not hide it.

Dr. Starr Jameson's performance at Cape has proven that he is an untrustworthy person.

Having experienced the rebellion of the Natal Zulus, Isaiah Quyler has a lingering fear of all forms of warfare, and in the eyes of Isaiah Quiller, the Boers are the biggest destabilizing factor in southern Africa, so he will definitely not support the Boers.

Then only the Transvaal and Philip can be supported by Isaiah Quyler, although Isaiah Quyler and Philip are not familiar with each other, but Philip is Roque's father-in-law, and it is very in Natal's interests to support Philip, at least next time if Natal rebels break out again, Isaiah Quiller can send a telegram to Roque as soon as possible, but like a headless fly, he pins his hopes on the ethereal local reinforcements and the ineffective colonial servant army.

"Thank you Isaiah, I believe that the Southern African Federation will get better and better in the future!"

As soon as Isaiah Queller's words fell, Ade and Philip laughed and pushed the door in, and Isaiah Quyler immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Your sister, if you say the wrong thing just now, will you be beaten into the cold palace from now on!