623 Longevity
Entering the Oak Bar, Sidney Milner, who was still nervous and stiff just a moment ago, immediately relaxed.
Ade didn't know the background of the Oak Bar, and Sidney Milner must have known that the top two bars in the southern African bar industry, Oak Bar and Table Mountain Bar, were inextricably linked to Roque, and it was the relatively closed environment of the bar that kept Ade safe compared to wandering around the street.
The Oak Bar is as lively as ever, with handsome bartenders who are quick and attentive, beautiful bar girls who wear butterflies with ease, and a bunch of pretentious and impure guys on the round benches in front of the bar who are always bragging, and those who come with friends are in the booths, and they are the loyal customers of the bar.
However, the common K2 in the past can not be seen, which fully shows that the security situation in Ziwei City is indeed good.
The British pub culture has a long history, and Ade is obviously no stranger to bars, but he is still surprised by the wide variety of cocktails at Oak Bar.
"When I was younger, I could drink a barrel of beer like this!" Ade does not accept the old, and only then does he smell the smell and is the first in the world.
Roque and Sidney Milner were speechless, and the hero didn't mention the courage of the year, anyway, no one knew how much Ade could drink when he was young.
The bartender in the bar must have known Roque, and he didn't know that the beer overflowed when he saw Roque, Roque knocked on the bar counter very dissatisfied, and the bartender returned to normal, and the manager not far away didn't dare to come over to see the situation here, and then there were a lot of shirtless men in the corner who were kind and kind to everyone and smiled.
Either bare-chested, or only showing arms, sometimes deliberately unbuttoned to expose chest hair or tattoos, all with a criminal face.
Ade didn't notice the change in the bar, taking a sip of beer and casually complimenting it on how good it was.
It's a good thing, the beers at Oak Bar are made from the finest malts, brewed entirely by hand, and have become as much a specialty of Oak Bar as their cocktails.
Ade sat directly on the round stool in front of the bar, Roque sat next to Ade, Sidney Milner originally wanted to sit on the other side of Ade, but was forced back by Ade with his eyes, and the empty round stool was quickly snatched up, and it was actually Frank, who had been promoted to archbishop.
"Paul, bring me a Cape Town—" Frank was still a regular at the bar.
"In public, the archbishop can't be a little more reserved?" Ade knew Frank that religion was still very important in southern Africa.
"It's time for the end of the day, and the prime minister can come to the bar for a drink, and of course the archbishop can—" Frank probably saw Ade and Roque just now, and it was almost not easy to endure it until now.
Ade didn't welcome Frank, and it was difficult to come up with a private interview, so he was sabotaged by Frank.
But looking back, Jerome, the mayor of Ziwei City, and Gao De, the police chief, were both sitting in the booths next to them, and Ade was immediately uninterested.
"Let's go—" Ade pulled the bell on the side of the bar as he was leaving, meaning that everyone had a drink, and everyone had a share, so there was immediately a cheer in the bar.
Although the bell rang by Adra, it was Roque's payment, and Ade was still unsatisfied when he walked out of the bar.
"When I was younger, I went to school in London, and I used to go to pubs a lot, and what I looked forward to most was that someone would ring the bell so I could have another drink for free—" said Ade, who said that what he couldn't do when he was young still can't be done, that he has no money when he has time, and that he has no interest when he has money.
"You could go to school when you were young, but when I was young, you didn't even go to school, so I had to serve God." This is where Frank can talk to Ade about this topic.
"Roque, when you were younger?" Ade doesn't let Roque go.
Roque was speechless, and now Roque is not old.
However, Roque still replied honestly: "I also went to school when I was young, not the kind of private school that is traditional in the Qing Kingdom, but the kind of new school opened by a priest to attract believers, and I learned English in school." ”
Roque received the standard nine-year compulsory education when he was a child, but there is no explanation for this, so Roque can only make it up.
Now Roque's blind editing skills have also increased greatly, and he has also explained how to learn English.
"Locke, then you should thank the priest." Frank takes anyone's word.
"That priest was dead when the Qing Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China—" Roque was angry.
"Damn infidels!" Frank is in a bad mood.
Walking out of the bar, the street in front of the bar was full of all kinds of cars, and Ade was not in a good mood, so he got into the car and went straight back to the hospital.
"Did we mess up—" Sidney Milner was also in a bad mood.
"It's a consequence of being in a high position." Roque is not surprised, Frank is purely making fun, Jerome and Gaode can't afford to be responsible, and people like Ade have to be placed high in the Palace of Justice, which sounds a bit disrespectful, but that's the case, don't think about a private interview or something.
Back at the hospital, Ade finally adjusted, and was already very satisfied that he could steal half a day of leisure for Ade, at least Ade saw that the residents of Ziwei City lived and worked in peace and contentment under the rule of the federal government, which was the greatest comfort to Ade who had worked hard all these years.
Then Ade asked to return to Pretoria.
Roque and Sidney Milner, of course, tried their best to dissuade them, and it was rare to be hospitalized due to illness, so they definitely needed to take a good rest.
"When you get to the hospital, don't worry about work, this is actually a serious distrust of other officials, we ministers don't just get paid and don't work, Louis, Henry, Douglas they are also working hard, to give them some opportunities to perform." Roque found another way, no one who can be a minister is a stupid person, there is really no need to do everything, the prime minister does not need to deal with specific work, and it is Ade's task to grasp the general direction of the development of southern Africa.
The work of each department is responsible for the ministers of various departments, specifically the Ministry of Defense, in addition to Roque, there are also Martin and Derek Dodd, if the Ministry of Defense needs Roque to deal with everything, then why should Martin and Derek Dodd, the two deputy ministers, do.
Of course, if you reason in this way, in fact, the deputy minister does not have to be responsible for the specific work, and there are directors of various departments under the Ministry of National Defense, and there are deputy directors under the directors.
It depends on the management level of the leader, of course, everyone doesn't work, as long as there is no problem with the defense and security of southern Africa, everything will be fine, but if there is a problem, it is Roque's responsibility.
"You're almost there, I just gave you too much power, that's why you're looking for so much trouble." Ade didn't listen to Roque's fallacy, none of the ministers in southern Africa were fuel-efficient lamps, and Ade was really not at ease if he didn't stare at it.
Many people often like to say "I am responsible", which is irresponsible in itself.
"So is Southern Africa expanding all the time? Is security guaranteed in Southern Africa? Is Southern Africa internally stable? Roque's series of questions made Ade speechless, it is true that there are a lot of troubles, but every time he finds trouble, he brings tangible benefits to southern Africa, which is much better than Louis Botha, who messes around all day.
It can't be said that Louis Botha is incompetent, but it seems that Louis Botha is just a mess in the Ministry of Agriculture, and he can't do anything, even Douglas, who just took over the Ministry of Education.
"Locke, you also need to have a more comprehensive vision, now that southern Africa is too aggressive, London does not want to see a country in Africa like the United States is to the Americas." Ade is in his heart, and he is indeed cultivating Roque as a successor.
"For London, southern Africa is the end of the world-" Roque doesn't think so, southern Africa is really not big, look at the Americas, the whole of North America is the United States and Canada, Russia's territory covers an area of more than 20 million square kilometers, and the Australian continent is only one country, so southern Africa is really not big.
There were some things that Roque could not say to Ade, and Roque certainly knew that the expansion of southern Africa would cause London to be wary.
But the problem is that southern Africa is still part of Britain and is not completely independent, so even if London is vigilant, it will acquiesce to the expansion of southern Africa, because this also means the expansion of the British Commonwealth.
And this expansion did not require Britain to spend money, the British government spent more than 200 million on the Boer War, and the result was the conquest of two countries established by the Boers, but the British government was also overwhelmed, which objectively led to a change in Britain's colonial policy.
Now that Britain has not spent a penny, Southern Africa has directly annexed most of Portuguese East Africa, and the British government must be happy to see this result.
"You don't feel the pressure from London because the prime minister is carrying it for you." Sidney Milner couldn't help but be fair, and Ade really didn't say anything to Roque.
"So, I need the Prime Minister to carry it for me." It is impossible to say that Roque is not moved, but Roque's expression is different from ordinary people.
This sounds like I want Ade to live a long life.
"Actually, in Ziwei Hospital, it's not that you can't work, as long as you treat the ward as an office, it's not the last century, there are telegraphs and telephones, and communication is so developed, it doesn't mean that it must be in Pretoria." Roque can think about it, so Roque spends most of his time in Nyasaland.
However, Roque also ignored a problem, in the past, Roque spent most of his time in Nyasaland because Roque was the deputy minister, and Hopkins still stayed in Pretoria.