The dividing line of African countries is indeed very magical, especially in North Africa and South Africa, the border line of many countries is really like measuring with a ruler, those zigzag parts, most rivers, valleys and other naturally formed dividing lines, do not need to be measured with a ruler, so they will be crooked.

For example, the Limpopo River, which is the dividing line between the Transvaal and the Bechuana Reserve, Rhodesia, and Portuguese East Africa, is no longer the dividing line in Portuguese East Africa, and then the boundary line is straight like a ruler.

In this case, it really makes people wonder whether the European colonial powers really used a ruler to measure and carve up Africa at the Berlin Conference.

If Roque didn't explain, Xiao Si probably wouldn't have noticed this problem.

After Luo Ke finished speaking, Xiao Si looked at the map again, and the whole person felt bad: "This, this, this-"

"Don't doubt it, for the suzerain, Africa, is really a game, so, don't think too sacred, country, territory, or something, many things are decided by those in power, just like the two of us are discussing whether it is necessary to form a political party tonight, God knows what kind of impact what we said tonight will have on Rhodesia and the Transvaal ten years from now." Luo Ke tried to say it as easily as possible, if he said it too seriously, it is estimated that Xiao Si may not dare to do so.

"Okay, so let's talk about what party we're going to build." Xiao Si felt very bad, there was no solemn taste at all, as if he was discussing with Roque whether to have a barbecue in the evening.

"Anything goes, Conservatives, Liberals, Democrats, or Progressives — not Progressives." Roque is more casual, if Xiao Si wants, even if it is called "Rhodes Party".

"Then the Liberals, we need free trade and free politics." Xiao Si found a napkin and began to write and scratch on the napkin.

"It's ugly!" Roque stretched out his head to take a look, and actually disliked Xiao Si's bad writing.

"You can do it!" Xiao Si glared, and finally regained a little anger.

"You come, you come-" Roque admits defeat, even if Xiao Si doesn't write well, he can finally write it, if he lets Roque write, many professional terms can't be spelled at all.

"What about the members? How do we develop our Liberal Party? "Xiao Si used to be a registered member of the Progressive Party, and he never participated in the building of the party caucus.

"All the English and Chinese in the Transvaal are our target – the mining federations and agricultural associations are the focus, the workers on the one hand, the farmers on the other." Roque has to grasp it with both hands, and both hands must be hard.

In fact, at this time, Roque has begun to carry private goods, although on the surface it is a mining alliance and an agricultural association, in fact, it represents British and Chinese respectively, as long as the Chinese in Johannesburg can join the Liberal Party, then the Liberal Party must take the initiative to protect the interests of the Chinese and fight for the right to vote for the Chinese, otherwise, the Chinese can choose the People's Party, or the Orange Unionist Party, these two parties will be happy to fight for the right to vote for the Chinese.

In the Transvaal and Orange, the Boers, like the Chinese, are now minorities.

At least nominally.

"Mining Alliance, of course, we still have to count on the Mining Alliance to donate-" Speaking of money, Xiao Si was immediately inspired: "We can promise the Mining Alliance that if we win the election, we will lower the tax rate-"

The development of the team is inseparable from donations, the election is essentially to burn money, nothing can be done without a financier, the richest team in Johannesburg must be the Mining Alliance, Xiao Si himself is the initiator of the Mining Alliance, and will definitely not forget the Mining Alliance.

Moreover, considering the relationship between Xiao Si and the mining alliance, it is not surprising that Xiao Si said what he just said.

"Cecil, don't give this kind of promise, we can provide other help to the mining alliance, but the tax rate must not be reduced, this opening cannot be opened." Roque is very sober, although the tax cut is also beneficial to the Rock gold mine, but the damage to the government must be huge, which is absolutely not feasible.

"Can't cut taxes?" It's a bit of a pity that a lot of gold mines in Johannesburg are owned by Si, so Si very much hopes to have the tax cut.

It's better not to collect taxes!

"Are you short of money?" Roque really can't figure it out, after the death of Cecil Rhodes, all the property of the South African company is Xiao Si's, it is necessary to show such a lack of money?

"There's no shortage—" Xiao Si realized that he might be the richest man in the world.

"Then don't focus on money all day—" Roque said earnestly, accumulating wealth to a certain extent is just a tool.

"Then what else can I do?" Xiao Si suddenly said something amazing.

This time it was Roque's turn to be depressed, when it came to Xiao Si, it was indeed difficult to find a target, whether it was to make money or chase power, Xiao Si seemed to have gone to the extreme at the level of ordinary people, if he wanted to go further, then Xiao Si might only be able to rebel.

"It's a problem, but you'll have to solve it yourself." Roque can't help it, in fact, Roque is also asking for money and power now, but Roque also has to work for the welfare of the Chinese, so Roque is very busy.

Forget about Xiao Si, it is Edward VII's job to work for the welfare of the British, and it has nothing to do with Xiao Si.

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The next day, Olympos in Johannesburg became the headquarters of the Liberal Party.

Another day passed, and Xiao Sile came to Roque.

"Locke, this is yours, the second member of the Liberal Party, how about it, I'm funny!" Xiao Si handed Roque a party membership card that still smelled of ink, and he was estimated to be the first member of the Liberal Party.

On the red party membership card, a golden trident logo is very conspicuous.

"Well, this is the emblem of our Liberal Party, the Trident of the Sea Emperor, which represents the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and your Nyasaland, the red bars under the trident represent the Limpopo River and the Zambezi River, the sharp spikes represent the pioneering spirit of our Liberal Party, and on the whole, this symbol does not look like a crown-" Xiao Si's eyebrows danced, but Roque couldn't help laughing.

What the hell is this-

How does this look like a registered trademark of Maserati!

Wait, Maserati was only established in 1914, and it was decided that it would not infringe on the rights of infringement.

"In the future, red and gold will be the symbol of our Liberal Party, I have asked Aiden to start casting badges, high-level badges are all made of gold, and low-level badges are made of pure copper, anyway, they are all yellow, how big do you want, can you do it for one square meter?" Xiao Si is also very funny, a one-meter-big badge, which is estimated to be the same as Captain America's shield.

"Great, that's it, who is the third party member? If it's still useless, leave it to Henry. Roque can vaguely feel what kind of changes the formation of the Liberal Party will bring to the Transvaal and even South Africa, so there are good things that cannot be forgotten about his own brothers.

"It's definitely useless, I keep the first 1000 numbers, and now we have more than 100 party members, except for the two of us, they are all numbered 1000 and later, and 1001 is Aiden." Xiao Si did not want to form a Liberal Party two days ago, but now he is bursting with the greatest enthusiasm.

In Johannesburg, Aiden is an absolute confidant of Xiao Si, so it is normal to be the No. 1001 party member, and with Xiao Si and Roque's status in Johannesburg, the prospects of the Liberal Party must be bright.

It's really broad, and Roque knows that the prospects for the Liberal Party are good, but he doesn't know how good it is.

Within three days, the Liberal Party had swelled to more than 1,500 members, and almost all of the members who were eligible to attend meetings of the Mining Union had joined the Liberal Party, and they were given numbers of less than 1,000 at the cost of a minimum of £1,000 in party dues.

This party fee is not collected in vain, after collecting the party fee, it is necessary to serve the party members, coordinate the relationship for the party members, and strive for the interests of the party members as much as possible, at this stage, the Liberal Party may not have this ability, but there are not too many smart people, and those who have read the "Peace Agreement" know that the Transvaal may implement a democratic representative system in the future, although this "future" is a little uncertain, but many people are willing to gamble for it.

After all, £1,000 is not a big bet for these gold miners in Johannesburg.

But if you don't get on the bus in time now, the impact could be severe.

As the second member of the Liberal Party, Roque naturally became a member of the Liberal Party committee, and the leader of the Liberal Party was not Roque or Xiao Si, but Owen, who had reached the 100th place in the party membership number, and in order to serve the Liberal Party wholeheartedly, Owen even resigned from the important position of secretary to the mayor.

In fact, it doesn't matter much, Owen can be the mayor's secretary, because Owen is the mayor's son, and Owen's resignation as secretary can't change the blood relationship between Owen and Philip, so it really doesn't matter.

"Our Liberal Party now has 1,750 members, and the office is currently in Olympuspo, if you are not satisfied, we can also build a new headquarters, our Liberal Party has nothing else, but there is a lot of money, and the voluntary donations of party members have now exceeded 100,000 pounds, and the funds of the Progressive Party, the People's Party and the United Party are not as much as us." Xiao Si mentioned that the funds were full of pride, but there was really nothing that the Liberal Party could do now.

It is indeed worth being proud of, for political parties, funding is indispensable, all elections are burning money, and it has not yet reached the TV debate, but propaganda is also essential, the newly born Liberal Party now has its own party newspaper, the name of the party newspaper is "Southern Africa", from this name, you can see the ambition of the Liberal Party.

"I can work at Olympuspo, what's not to like?" Owen is very satisfied, Olinspo, as the headquarters of De Beers Unified Mining Company in Johannesburg, is the grandest and most luxurious building in the whole of Johannesburg, taller than the mayor's official residence and the city government, what else can not be satisfied with?

"The task for both of us has been accomplished, and from now on, the Liberal Party will be handed over to you." Roque still has a lot of trust in Owen, and with Owen and Philip's relationship, at least in Johannesburg, the Liberal Party will have peace of mind in the future.

From Jan Smuts's words, Roque can easily draw a conclusion: in the near future, regardless of whether the Orange Unionist Party will come to Johannesburg or not, the People's Party will definitely come to Johannesburg, so the biggest task of the Liberal Party now is to grab land and pull people.

In the understanding of Xiao Si and Owen, as long as the elite in Johannesburg joins the Liberal Party, it doesn't matter how the People's Party tosses in the future, it will not be able to make money in Johannesburg.

The so-called elite refers to officials at all levels in Johannesburg and those who can get close to the city government, as for the farmers and miners, they are not in this group of the elite, and it doesn't matter whether they join the party or not, in principle, who votes for is the key.

In Roque's view, such an organizational structure is undoubtedly too loose, it was originally quite serious, and it was like a joke, ordinary people do not have a clear party membership, so when it comes to the election, in order to win the support rate, the party must compete for the voters to make promises, regardless of whether it can be done in the future, first get the votes and then talk about it, this will actually lead to very serious consequences, and even to put it mildly, many social problems in the West after the 21st century are caused by this situation.

This is not the case in the Liberal Party, and Roque knows the dangers of a multi-party system, so Roque will leave some room for the People's Party or the Orange Unionist Party to survive to ensure the interests of the Chinese.

The reason is very simple, in Roque's plan, other people in Johannesburg do not say that all Chinese must join the Liberal Party, so that the Chinese will become the hardcore voters of the Liberal Party, and the Liberal Party will give priority to the interests of the Chinese no matter what decision it makes, so the future status of the Chinese in Johannesburg is also worry-free.

In order to achieve this goal, Roque will not let the Liberal Party dominate the Transvaal, there must be competition to show the importance of Chinese votes, so Roque will not restrict the development of the People's Party in Johannesburg, and even Roque will provide certain convenience to the People's Party in order to ensure that the People's Party also has a certain influence, so that the People's Party is qualified to compete with the Liberal Party.

As for whether this competition will affect the development of Johannesburg, this question is not considered by Roque now, if there is no Chinese in Johannesburg, Roque will not care what the future of Johannesburg will be.

"Don't worry, I will definitely lead the Liberal Party to grow and develop." Owen swears that he doesn't realize just yet, and what a complicated situation he will face.

Roque did not attend the public trial in Bloemfontein, and the signing of the Peace Accord at the beginning of the year meant that the dust had settled on the Boer War, and now it was time to reward him for his merits, and on the day of the public trial, Roque accepted the canonization of Ade on behalf of Edward VII in Pretoria and officially became a baron.

Roque's money to Winston was not spent in vain, Roque's fief was in Nyasaland, and now, Sir Roque was Lord Nyasaland.