125,000 is a big deal, and Roque immediately became vigilant, Saeed's investment is so high, so he hopes to get more.

The second lot is a manuscript by Monet, which was sold for R15,000 last year at an auction organised by the Nyasaran government.

This manuscript was provided by Roque, who gained a lot in Paris during the World War, not to mention Monet's manuscripts, Monet's finished works are many, including more than a dozen famous "Water Lilies".

"Water Lilies" is not a single work, but a series, a total of 251 works, all of which have water lilies as the core element, but there are multiple categories, of which 102 works are collected in museums around the world, such as the Saint-Etienne Metropolitan Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Musée de l'Orangerie.

When he saw the manuscript appear, Xiao Ston gritted his teeth a little, the manuscript that had been auctioned before was bought by Xiao Si, and Xiao Si had a similar obsession with Roque in this regard.

"How many do you have?" It is also unclear how rich Roque's family is, and legend has it in Paris that Roque looted at least 250,000 works of art from Europe during his tenure as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force.

The word "plunder" vividly expresses the feelings of Parisians for Roque, not the kind of outright hatred, but the kind of love and hate, after all, Roque led the LinkedIn expeditionary force to save Paris.

"What? Do you want? Another day, we can communicate, you can exchange a few oriental ink paintings, you can't understand it anyway. "Roque has not stopped collecting these works of art now, Europe is in the midst of a period of reconstruction, many old nobles or descendants of old nobles have to take out the art that their ancestors have stolen from the East from the East to sell in the basement of the ancient castle, and at least 5,000 works of art flow from Europe into southern Africa every month, most of which are sent to Nyasaland.

"It's like you can read an oil painting." Xiao Si was angry, he really couldn't appreciate the charm and artistic conception of oriental ink painting.

Roque seems to be smiling, although Monet is also an impressionist painter, but unlike Van Gogh's post-impressionism, the "Water Lilies" series can still be appreciated.

While Roque and Xiao Si were discussing the value of Eastern and Western artworks, bidding had already begun on the field.

The starting price for Monet's manuscript was five thousand rand, and the price soared to twenty thousand.

"Twenty thousand for the first time, twenty thousand for the second time, twenty thousand for the third time - deal!" The auctioneer made the final decision, and the bidder was Shinichi Ono, the Japanese consul in Los Angeles.

Roark politely applauded that southern Africa was now a British dominion, and it was not possible to establish diplomatic relations with Japan at the ambassadorial level alone, and Japan had consulates in almost every state in southern Africa.

Japan is now at a critical stage of trying to break away from Asia and join Europe, but this is only wishful thinking on the part of the Japanese, and European countries are not willing to accept Japan as a member of the civilized world; although Japan won the Russo-Japanese War and was also the victor in the world war, it did not play a decisive role in raising Japan's international status.

It is for this reason that Japan's relations with Europe are not good, and southern Africa should also bear some responsibility.

After the end of the World War, Japan wanted to get all of Germany's colonies in Asia, but because of the support of southern Africa, all of Germany's islands in the Pacific were acquired by the East Indies, and Japan was very unhappy.

However, Japan does not seem to be jealous of southern Africa.

On the contrary, because the status of the Chinese in southern Africa is getting higher and higher, Japan is making overtures to southern Africa and ordering various agricultural and industrial products from southern Africa.

Southern Africa does not refuse orders from Japan, and even if Southern Africa does not sell goods to Japan, Japan can actually get these things from the United States.

In 1937, 54.4 percent of Japan's imports of strategic materials came from the United States, including 92.9 percent of copper, 91.2 percent of automobiles and parts, 60.5 percent of oil, 59.7 percent of scrap steel, and 48.5 percent of various machinery and engines.

Ono Shinichi did not hand over Monet's manuscript as Said did, but he still greeted Roque from afar.

Roque is not angry, it is not easy for the Japanese to make some money, and there are still millions of Japanese women all over the world who earn foreign exchange for Japan, and there are many in southern Africa.

Roque is also pleased with the fact that it will reduce crime in southern Africa, at least if it reduces the crime rate in southern Africa.

As the auction progressed, Xiao Si and Christian, Anton, Tom DuPont, and Abu were all rewarded, with Tom Dupont buying a custom-made watch from Itno for R50,000 and Abu being surprised by a fragment of Heraclitus's book for R10,000.

Phyllis also gained, the check that Roque prepared for Phyllis was bought by Phyllis, a photo taken by Amy Buckle, a photojournalist for the Times, at that time to shoot Judy's donation for the British Expeditionary Force, this photo was once published by the Times, this time the auction is the original photo.

A picture is certainly not worth 10,000 rand, the price is more symbolic, and after Phyllis bids, no one shouts at all, and the auctioneer announces that Phyllis has won the competition to the delight of everyone.

Thanks to the generosity of Said and Tom DuPont, the auction raised a total of R450,000, a figure that surprised Phyllis, who would normally be able to raise R100,000 for a charity dinner organised by Phyllis.

Although the charity dinner was over, Roque's work was not over, and the day after the charity dinner, Saeed took the initiative to visit Roque at Eagle Castle.

For the sake of Said's spending a lot of money last night, Roque still gave him face and received Said in the office.

Said wears a military uniform in the Ottoman style, with intricate patterns embroidered with gold thread on the arms of the uniform, but it feels like these patterns do not represent any special meaning, but are purely for the sake of building value.

Relatively speaking, Roque wears a very simple shirt, full of military style, iron gray half-sleeved shirt, and cargo pants of the same color, Roque still retains the habit of more than ten years, his hair is very short, and he does not use any hairspray and wax.

"Lord Nyasaland, I need your help." Unsurprisingly, Saeed came for help.

Roque doesn't even owe a smile now, don't think that if you pay for a diamond and then give it to Judy, Roque will agree to all of Said's requests, and the role of diamonds can only give Saeed a chance to meet Roque, and then it depends on whether Said can interest Roque in half an hour.

"Lord Nyasaland, I hope you can help me restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire-" As soon as Said spoke, Roque wanted to refuse outright.

The Ottoman Empire has now been divided, southern Africa occupies two river basins, Asia Minor Peninsula has been divided by Britain, France, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire, the territory of the Balkan Peninsula has become independent, the "strait area" on both sides of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus has become a demilitarized zone, and the Entente has the right of military action in this area.

In order to control the Black Sea outlets, the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia formed a "Straits Management Committee" to be responsible for shipping, lighthouse management, and navigation in the region.

Even Southern Africa has a company stationed in the Bosphorus.

The current Ottoman Empire has actually been divided by the Entente, but some of the generals led by Kimar did not accept the fate of the Ottoman Empire, and they formed a rebel army with the old army without a master to resist the Entente's colonial rule in Asia Minor.

Forget about the two river basins, the rebel army led by Kimar did not dare to enter the two river valleys at all.

"Said, why do you think I will help you, you know, I led the Mediterranean expeditionary force to conquer the Ottoman Empire in the first place, you should hate me." Roque really can't understand Said's brain circuit, and he doesn't know who gave Said the courage to make Said so whimsical.

"No Lord, you are wrong, we Ottomans do not hate you, we hate London and Paris, we even hate Constantinople, we hate Enver Pasha, but we do not hate you, you are a good military man, in the face of military orders, you have no choice, on the contrary, of all the Entente garrisons on the territory of the Ottoman Empire, the armies of Southern Africa performed the best, and we had many people under the protection of that company of yours in the Bosphorus, and it was the performance of this company, Let me believe that you have the power to help me. "Said didn't really rush to take the medicine, but it was well thought out.

Roque thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't remember what was going on with the company that Saeed was talking about.

This is normal, there are so many troops in southern Africa, such a large territory, it is impossible for Roque to cover everything.

"During this time in Nyasaland, I only learned how much change you have brought to Nyasaland, Lord, maybe you don't know, Lord, I have been to Nyasaland before, twenty years ago, when I was traveling around the world, Nyasaland was still a British colony—" Said is the real royal family, look at the experience of people, twenty years ago traveled around the world.

Twenty years ago, Roque was still serving in the Huayong Battalion.

"Said, I'm sorry, I can't do that, I'm the Marquess of Nyasaland of the British Empire, you'd better leave the Eagle Castle until I order your arrest." Roque didn't say anything to death, leaving Eagle Fort does not mean leaving Nyasaland.

"Sir, won't you listen to my terms?" Saeed fought for it as hard as he could.

Roque didn't speak, and quietly looked at Said, waiting for Said to make an offer.

"Dardanelles seafood and the Bosphorus Strait are now the areas under the jurisdiction of the 'Straits Management Committee', and if you can help me restore my country, I am willing to give you the Black Sea estuary." Said spared no expense.

ps: I'm sorry, there was something temporary yesterday afternoon, I didn't have time to update, see if I can make up for it today-