According to the requirements of the British War Department, in addition to the security of the coastal areas such as El Alamein, Matrouh, and Sairum, the army in southern Africa is also responsible for the vast inland areas, including the oasis of Siwa, which is also under the responsibility of the southern African army.

Although Roque and Paul Cocker had been prepared for the difficulties they would face when they arrived in Egypt, their estimates of the difficulties were grossly inadequate, and on the first night of their arrival in Egypt, more than a dozen of the troops fell ill and were rushed to a hospital ship docked in Alexandria for treatment.

"The troops going to Siwa had to carry more than twice as many supplies, and it was very difficult for the troops to get supplies in Siwa, where there was nothing but water and bandits." Paul Cocker's eyes were bloodshot, and the red was terrifying.

Siwa is an oasis in the interior of Egypt, about 560 kilometers from Cairo, with the ruins of temples and stone tombs left over from the Ptolemaic and Roman eras, and is now a paradise for robbers, and the Egyptian government has lost control of Siwa.

"Ignore the Siwa for now, take your time little by little." Roque was not in a hurry, and took control of the Mediterranean coast first, so that he could be resupplied through the port.

As for the desert in the interior, as long as the bandits of Siwa do not harass Cairo, Roque will not help the Egyptian government recover Siwa.

The so-called bandits were actually the Ottoman troops who were still resisting, they insisted on fighting with the Italian army in Cyrenaica, and would retreat to Siwa to rest if the war situation was unfavorable, so the Italian government protested to the Egyptian government many times, but because the British garrison in Egypt was insufficient, it could not effectively manage Siwa.

For some unspeakable reason, Roque will not take the initiative to attack Siwa, and now Italy has not chosen a camp, if Italy chooses to join the Entente, then Roque will immediately send troops to Siwa.

If Italy still tried to profit from the fishermen, then Roque would have left it alone and not offered to help the Ottoman army.

"The conditions here are so difficult, there are no fresh vegetables and beef, the price of fruit is staggering and small, the camp is surrounded by beggars and homeless people, their hygiene is terrible, I really don't know what the officials here are doing." Paul Coker had only been in Egypt for a day, and he was already missing southern Africa.

When I left southern Africa, I realized how good it is, and compared to the hellish Egypt, southern Africa is really a paradise.

This actually has little to do with whether the products are abundant or not, before the large number of Chinese came to southern Africa, southern Africa was also a barren land in the eyes of many people, and the whole of southern Africa was better around Cape Town, and other regions were similar to Egypt now.

The Chinese have brought great changes to southern Africa, the former barren land has now become a paradise on earth, when Roque first came to Nyasaland ten years ago, he did not even have a hotel, he could only live in a church with Xiao Si, and now Nyasaland has become the most prosperous area in the whole of Africa.

"The officials here are appointed in London, and they work here for a while and then they go to other areas, or they live in rich areas, and they don't care about the lives of the poor, which we describe as ' The people here also have problems, they don't know how to pursue a better life, or the pursuit is useless, many of the newly built cities in Nyasaland are full of fruit trees, so the price of fruit is very cheap, almost everywhere, it is very troublesome here, unless the chief executive pushes it strongly, it also needs a professional and efficient team of officials. "Roque knew what the problem was, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Egypt is now the same as southern Africa during the colonial period, although Egypt is not as rich in natural resources as southern Africa, but in fact, the Nile Delta is also very fertile, if it is used well, plus the Suez Canal bonus, then Egypt is also very promising.

The point is that the Egyptians have no control over their own destiny, they were once oppressed by the Ottoman Empire, and now they are enslaved by the British, Cairo is no less prosperous than Cape Town, but in southern Africa there is Pretoria, Johannesburg, and the more prosperous Little Rock and Port Edward, and Egypt is the only pearl of Cairo.

"It's good that we live in southern Africa, and if it was in Egypt, I think I'd be crazy." Paul Cocker rejoiced that this contrast is the best patriotic education.

"Paul, if we were in Egypt, then I believe that Egypt would be a paradise on earth like southern Africa." Roque was confident.

The key is still people, not natural conditions, fate is fair, when a door is closed, a window will be opened, the key is whether you can find where the window is.

If you are like the beggars and homeless people outside the barracks, lying on the ground to bask in the sun and catch lice, then there will never be hope for life.

If you are like those who are disabled and strong-willed, even if you are suppressed by fate, you have to fight tenaciously, then your fate may be changed.

It's all about what kind of lifestyle you choose.

"Yes Lord, we all have to thank God—" Paul Cocker did not follow Roque's direction, but it didn't matter, as long as there was faith.

As Roque said, the people in the rich areas really don't see the misery of the slums, and there are activities in Roque in the evening, this time to celebrate the signing of the Peace of Bucharest.

This "Peace of Bucharest" is a contract formed by the second Balkan War that has just ended, yes, the second Balkan War that has just begun has ended, this is actually the third war that broke out in the Balkans in just two years, but the outbreak and end of the last war were too hasty, so it is collectively called the first Balkan War, this is the second.

In the Peace of Bucharest, Bulgaria lost almost all of the lands it had acquired through the First Balkan War, and the Ottoman Empire emerged victorious this time, recovering Eastern Thrace and Adriatic, which Bulgaria had captured through the First Balkan War.

Like the Treaty of London signed after the end of the First Balkan War, the Peace of Bucharest will not bring peace to the Balkans, but will make the contradictions more acute, Bulgaria chose to ally with Germany and Austria-Hungary for revenge, Serbia and Menegro, Romania, and Greece are closer to Britain and France, and the current Balkan Peninsula only needs one Mars to detonate the world.

Strictly speaking, the signing of the Peace of Bucharest had nothing to do with Egypt, but now Egypt is still nominally the territory of the Ottoman Empire, so it is understandable that the Ottoman Empire is a victorious country.

Roque was also invited as Viscount of Nyasaland.

"If I could, I'd rather sleep in a hotel than go to this boring garden party." Roque is also very helpless, time is wasted like this, and he will be scolded and poured into it.

"It's part of aristocratic life, and that's how Nyasaland has so little activity that it lacks aristocratic genes." Ida was also invited, wearing a summer evening dress launched by Itno this year, which is more form-fitting than traditional evening dresses and shows off the curves of women's bodies.

Although Itno's designers are bold enough, the evening gown designed is still not comparable to the 21st century dress, although the evening gown has no sleeves, but the lace white gloves that go to the elbows are not much exposed.

"It takes three generations to cultivate a nobleman, and Nyasaland is only a few years old." Roque doesn't care about any aristocratic genes, and the current British aristocracy is actually a pirate in their ancestors, so there is nothing to brag about.

It's just that Roque's personal will sometimes can't change the consensus of the whole society.

After solving the problem of food and clothing, more and more people in southern Africa are now beginning to pursue a better life, although the aristocratic lifestyle is not worth advocating, but the pursuit of a better life can be encouraged.

The dinner was held on a manor house on the outskirts of Cairo, which had previously belonged to the Ottoman Sultan and was now the official residence of Lord Ronald Stors, the British Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs.

Roque and Ada came a little late, and they were originally going to show up and leave, but this time Roque is not the protagonist and can leave early.

Naturally, no one dared to accuse Roque of being late.

When Roque and Ida arrived at the scene, the banquet had already entered free time, and Roque went to find a random seat next to him and sat down, when he saw a young man smiling next to him.

Roque is polite and smiles, and as long as the other party is not blatantly racist, Roque is usually friendly.

"Good evening, Lord Nyasaland." Young people greet politely.

"Good evening, today's moonshine is really good-" Roque's very old-fashioned opening remarks, in fact, old-fashioned also means the best effect, otherwise it would not have been circulated for so long and had such a wide range of applications.

"Lord Nyasaland, my name is Thomas Edward Lawrence, and I now work for Mr. Howard Carter—" Lawrence offered to introduce himself.

"Oh—Mr. Overseer—" Ida said meaningfully, the Overseer of Ruins, in fact, was a tomb robber.

The overseer of the monuments that Ada refers to is Howard Carter's official position, which is archaeology.

The so-called "archaeology" of Britain in Egypt was mainly to excavate the tomb of the pharaoh, which is the legendary "golden captain".

"Hello, Mr. Lawrence—" Roque offered to reach out, and Thomas Lawrence was simply flattered.

Roque didn't care who was going to dig up the pharaoh's tomb, the young man in front of him was the Lawrence known as "Lawrence of Arabia".

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