As the Minister of the Admiralty, Winston will not say whether there is a rebate for the order to the Royal Navy Shipyard, there must be a transfer of benefits, and some things cannot be said too thoroughly, otherwise it will hurt feelings.

Southern Africa wants to win British orders, some unspoken rules must be observed, Viscount Gladstone has now received nearly a million pounds from the arms purchase contract in southern Africa, Winston is so deliberate to take away the technical information of the aircraft carrier, to say that there is no entanglement of interests behind it, Roque must not believe it.

At this time, the political wisdom is reflected, the relationship between Winston and Roque is so good, and the relationship between the southern African and British governments is this kind of relationship, it is definitely not right to hide it, but it is impossible to hide it, but it is impossible to do it with Roque, the technical content of aircraft carriers is indeed not high, and the armor is not as good as even cruisers, let alone battleships, but the most valuable thing about aircraft carriers is the combat concept, which is incomparable to cruisers and battleships.

Back at the hotel in the evening, Winston is furious and blames Roark for not saving enough face for Winston during the day.

At this time, there were only two people, Roque and Winston, so Roque was more presumptuous and went straight to the core of the problem.

"Twenty percent, if the Admiralty orders aircraft carriers from Edward Shipyard, you have one percent profit." The high-profile words are all scene words, and Roque directly smashed them with money.

"The cost of an aircraft carrier is up to 300,000 yuan-" Winston is demanding, Winston doesn't understand how much an aircraft carrier costs, but Winston's retinue Li has someone who understands.

"Twenty percent!" Roque doesn't talk nonsense.

"Locke, even if I am the Secretary of the Admiralty, I don't have the final say on the arms purchase contract." Winston is still in the driver's seat.

"Twenty-five!" Roark drew the line before Winston stepped up, and any more would have been a guarantee of Edward's shipyard profits.

"Deal!" Winston finally relented, the British Royal Navy Shipyard built forty-five warships in the whole of last year, and it was not much difficulty to add one or two aircraft carriers.

Winston did order two, not because Roque gave enough kickbacks, that was at most an objective factor, and the main reason was the specific needs of the British Navy.

Winston didn't just want to buy ships, he wanted to hire skilled pilots from Nyasaland, and Roque didn't have any obstacles either.

It should be noted that there are now more than 50 flying clubs in Nyasaland, and the skilled pilots must have been picked out in advance by the newly established Southern African Air Force, and the remaining pilots are still technically deficient, some of them have even flown only gliders.

Winston doesn't know the specific situation, even if he understands the estimate, he doesn't care, anyway, he doesn't let Winston pay for the aircraft carrier himself, and the power of the Secretary of the Navy is indeed greatly limited by Congress, but Winston is like a fish in water.

While Roque and Winston were bargaining, six thousand kilometers away in the Persian Gulf, a new round of conflict broke out between the Umbrella Company and the Muscat Sultanate.

Heading into August, the Sultanate of Muscat still pinned its hopes on the British government, hoping that the British government would moderate the expansion of the umbrella company.

In this way, the British government is embarrassed, the Sultanate of Muscat is a British protectorate, and southern Africa is also part of the British Empire, and it is really difficult to say who is right and who is wrong.

"There is nothing to say, from the moment the Sultanate of Muscat decided to cooperate with the Anglo-American oil companies, they were our enemies." Donn was resolute and insisted on launching an attack on Muscat, and it was best to completely annex the Muscat Sultanate, which would be in the interests of the Umbrella Company.

The current peninsula, in addition to the territory of the Ottoman Empire, is the only few forces left in the Umbrella Company and the Muscat Sultanate and the Aden Protectorate, the Umbrella Company is a British enterprise, the Muscat Sultanate is a British protectorate, and the Aden Protectorate was also established with the support of the British, so Don is demanding, and the goal now is to annex the Muscat Sultanate and the Aden Protectorate, and then it will cross the Persian Gulf and infiltrate the hinterland of the Ottoman Empire.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Ottoman Empire is at the end of its rope, and at this time, it can't be saved by sending charcoal in the snow, so it will simply fall into the ground, forget about the Balkan Peninsula, and leave it to the Balkan Union to toss slowly, the Persian Gulf coast has been regarded by Donn as a self-reserved place in southern Africa, if it weren't for Roque's repeated orders, the umbrella company has begun to infiltrate the Nile Delta.

The Nile Delta is Egypt, because of the Suez Canal, Britain has a direct presence in Egypt, but this does not limit the expansion of the umbrella company.

Just last month, a unit of the Umbrella Company successfully reached the shores of the Mediterranean, and although it was voluntarily abandoned under pressure after three days, it also fully illustrates the strong position of the Umbrella Company on the peninsula.

"Don, I know you want to make a difference, but you can't yet." Li De is more sensible, the nominal territory of the umbrella company is the small area around Port Elizabeth, and the southern shore of the Persian Gulf was gradually controlled later, but it has not been confirmed by the British government, and the name is not justified.

"The Ottomans have already lost the Italo-Turkish war, and now is our best chance." Donn emphasized that now the Ottoman Empire is a big fat piece of meat, and everyone wants to go up and take a bite.

"Not yet, we need more patience." Li De also knows that the umbrella company has this ability, but now it still has to be restrained, and it can't be achieved overnight.

Nominally, the umbrella company and the Adan company are not affiliated with each other.

In fact, the Umbrella Company's operations require strong support from the Adan Company, including the elusive desert bandits on the peninsula, and it is actually the Adan Company that provides logistical support.

Otherwise, the desert bandits on the peninsula may not be able to hold out for even a week, this is the sorrow of the single economy of the colony, the more advanced the weapons and equipment, the more dependent on logistics, Roque wanted to set up an arsenal, and he had to buy machines from the British Royal Light Weapons Company under the banner of subverting Portuguese East Africa, the nomads on the peninsula were worthless, and no one attacked inland in the Ottoman Empire and the British wolves before, and it is the same now.

"Okay, okay, Li De, have you ever heard that sentence, it's useless to be a scholar." The relationship between Don and Li De is actually very good, but if there is a problem in the direction of attack, there must be someone who has to take the initiative to cooperate.

"Less nonsense, the Lord is not for us to annex the entire peninsula, but for us to gradually establish dominance." Li De also has a headache, Nyasaland is really on the rise under the leadership of Roque, which has led to the gradual emergence of superiority among officers in southern Africa, which is difficult for Li De to accept.

However, Luo Ke doesn't mind, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated from the history of barnyard officials two thousand years ago, and it must be valuable now, but following the rules is not in line with the development of the times.

Of course, Roque is still relatively authoritative to Don, so Don will target Muscat, regardless of what happens in the future, and then take the territory first.