Although there were clashes between the Royal Canadian Regiment and the Johannesburg Police Department during the Boer War, relations between Roque and Marcos Lloyd were good.

Marcos Lloyd came to India earlier than Roque, and his troops were stationed in Calcutta.

Marcos Lloyd was still very pleasantly surprised by the unexpected reunion with Roque in India, during the Boer War, Marcos Lloyd was already a colonel, and Roque and Marcos Lloyd were only deputy captains of the commando team when they met, not even an inspector, and now Roque and Marcos Lloyd are both major generals in the same ranks, so Marcos Lloyd is very emotional.

"I really didn't expect you, you are now Lord Nyasaland, it seems that I made a mistake in Canada, and I should stay in Southern Africa." Marcos Lloyd was envious of Roque, who was now only knighted, similar to the knights of the past, and Roque had been promoted to the ranks of the nobility.

"I think so, too, if you were in southern Africa, you might be a count by now." Roque joked casually that it was impossible for the earl, and that Ade's great credit was only the viscount.

The banquet was held at the official residence of the Earl of Minto, and in addition to the British officials and soldiers, there were also native kings from India, who had great powers, and were like kings in their own states, and the British government knew about this, but it did not seem to have any intention of restricting the rights of the kings.

There is no limit, India has a population of 250 million, and the British colonized India with the influence of the soil king, so not only did not limit the power of the soil king, but also encircled the soil king.

The local kings of the soil are still full of Indian characteristics in their clothing, the big turban is the most obvious symbol, the British officials are evening dresses, Roque and Marcos Lloyd are military dresses, but because of the different colonies, there are some differences in the markers of the dresses, Marcos Lloyd's dress is embroidered with maple leaves, and Roque's dress is embroidered with a purple tree representing the Transvaal.

Marcos Lloyd couldn't help but laugh out loud after knowing that Roque was based in Dhaka, the capital of East Bengal and Assam and the epicenter of this riot, and Roque had a great responsibility.

"—But don't worry, I guess you'll have to wait a while before you go to Dhaka, and just look at me, I've been in India for more than half a month, and I'm still in Kolkata." Marcos Lloyd looked at Count Minto, who was talking and laughing with Lord Ian Hamilton, and said mockingly, this efficiency is indeed a bit low.

After arriving in India, Roque learned that India had just experienced a shock, and that the former governor George Curzon had irreconciled contradictions with Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the commander of the British forces in India, and that they had both been transferred out of India three months earlier.

This Kitchener was the chief of staff of the expeditionary force during the Boer War, and after the commander-in-chief at that time, Lord Roberts, returned to the British mainland as the commander-in-chief of the British army, Kitchener became the commander of the expeditionary force, and after the war, Kitchener began to serve as the commander of the British forces in India.

Interestingly, after Kitchener was transferred out of India, Kitchener was succeeded as Commander of the British Forces in India by Lord Ian Hamilton, who was Kitchener's Chief of Staff when Kitchener was Commander of the Expeditionary Force.

"Not bad, at least it doesn't seem like Lord Minto and Lord Ian Hamilton are at odds with each other." Roque was a little relieved, a large part of the current chaos in India was caused by the discord between the former governor and the former commander-in-chief, and if Kitchener actively cooperated with George Curzon's partition of Bangladesh, it is estimated that India would not be in chaos as it is now.

"Lord Nyasaland, allow me to introduce—" Lord Beloc came with several large turbans.

Several turbans are the kings of East Bengal and Assam, Roque originally thought that there was only one king of land in a state, but after arriving in India, Roque learned that there are a total of 550 princely states in India, and there are 550 kings of land, this number really shocked Roque a little.

These 550 princely states, belonging to more than 100 different ethnic groups, speak 1,652 languages, of which 33 are spoken by more than one million people, and after India's independence, the constitution stipulates that 18 languages become the official languages of the Indian Union, which is estimated to be unique in the world.

After Lord Belloc's introduction, the leading turban went up directly to hold Marcos Lloyd's hand: "Lord Nyasaland, it's a pleasure to meet you, welcome to Calcutta-"

Lord Belloc pinched his forehead a little speechlessly, Roque had a black line on his face, and Marcos Lloyd was going crazy: "I'm sorry, I'm not Lord Nyasaland, this one next to me is, Mr. Lakshmi, you have already welcomed me, you don't need to come again." ”

It seems that this Mr. Lakshmi has known Marcos Lloyd before, so Marcos Lloyd can hand over Lakshmi's name in one bite.

This is very interesting, this is how insincere it should be, so that people will directly admit that they are wrong-

No, it's not as simple as admitting mistakes, but there is no memory at all, not even as good as a fish, and the fish still has seven seconds of memory.

Although there was a big fuss, it seems that Lakshmi was not embarrassed, and he was surprised when he saw Roque, as if he had just seen Roque.

"Don't be surprised, I'm Chinese, and it's nice to meet you, Mr. Lakshmi." Roque shook his hand, and he used a lot of force.

As a result, Lakshmi screamed!

This was in the governor's residence, and all the dignitaries present were there, and Lakshmi's scream immediately attracted the attention of others.

Roque is simply too embarrassed, are Indians so arrogant, shouldn't they bear it silently at this time-

It can only be said that although Roque has done a lot of homework, Roque still does not understand the Indians.

So Roque's movements were much gentler next.

After shaking hands with a few turbans, Roque looked at Lord Belloc with a little helplessness, and was deeply worried about the work ahead.

Lord Belloc's face was also ugly, recognizing people is a basic ability to socialize among adults, at least Mr. Lakshmi is not up to standard on this matter.

And Roque keenly noticed that several turbans looked at Roque's eyes a little complicated, and they didn't seem to want to believe that a Chinese would become a British nobleman, and he was still leading the army, and then stationed in their country.

This is not surprising, although the higher the status, the more mature the person is, but that is under the premise of being in a high position by virtue of his own ability, these local kings of India are in a high position by virtue of their bloodline, and some people may never leave India for the rest of their lives, and there are very few people like Gandhi who take the initiative to study in the United Kingdom, so no matter how strange these local kings do, Roque will not be surprised.

Fortunately, after the earth kings and Roque got to know each other, they put more enthusiasm into the food provided at the dinner, and Marcos Lloyd spoke at this time: "Locke, it seems that these earth kings are not very welcome to you. ”

The name was a bit misleading, and Lord Belloc thought Marcos Lloyd was talking to him.

Fortunately, Roque answered in a timely manner: "It's okay, we don't need to be welcomed, we just need to make others feel fearful." ”

The words were so domineering that both Marcos Lloyd and Lord Belloc applauded.

Roque bowed slightly in gracientiality to express his gratitude.

"Many of these earth kings are illiterate, they are born with no worries about food and clothing, and they can be in high positions without any struggle at all, so please forgive their rudeness, in India, this is a fact that we must accept." Lord Belloc is also very helpless, the Indians at the bottom can actually be educated, and these earth kings at the top can be counted, they are more Adou than Adou.

In the colonies, the most common way of education for the British is to add a whip and a wattle, the school is not to think about, the British will never educate the Indians through the school, the only role of India in the Commonwealth is to provide enough cheap labor for the British Empire, the British will not ask for trouble and provide education for the Indians.

These princes of India have the same attitude towards the people at the bottom as the British government, the princely state system is deeply rooted in India, and the princely kings also know that the princely state system will hinder the development of India, but no one cares about this matter, maintain the existing system, the princes of the princely states can get the greatest benefits, and no one wants to change all this.

"I understand my lord, but I'm just worried that we're going to face too much resistance to our work in Dhaka." Of course, Roque will not make any extraneous branches, 250 million Indians, just think about it makes Roque afraid, and what can't be taught is not that everyone has the courage of a certain party.

"Don't worry Lord, we're not sure when we're going to Dhaka—" Lord Belloc agreed with Major General Marcos Lloyd that the inefficiency of the corrupt country was recognized, and that Roque and the officers and men of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division could rest well in Calcutta for a while.

Of course, Roque has no opinion, but the chef of the new 1st Cavalry Division has a very opinion, if according to the standards of the new 1st Cavalry Division, then in India, there is no food for the new 1st Cavalry Division to procure, Kolkata is already the most developed city in India, but in the market in Calcutta, almost all the food does not meet the standards of the new 1st Cavalry Division.

The head chef of the new 1st Cavalry Division is called Ji Yishu, who is Marven's apprentice, and Roque has emphasized the awareness of food safety to Ji Yishu many times before he set off, so after the new 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Calcutta, all the ingredients were purchased by Ji Yishu himself.

What Rang Jiyishu didn't expect was that in the market in Calcutta, there was no way to buy ingredients that met the requirements of the new First Cavalry Division, so Ji Yishu had no choice but to buy a few cows to prepare as food for the new First Cavalry Division.

But the status of cattle in India is very high, so this decision to remember the book has caused trouble for Roque again.