Just as Arthur and Gavin were preparing to leave for Japan, in Pretoria, the inaugural meeting of the Southern African Union was underway.

With Roque's consent, the pace of the establishment of the Southern African Union (SAU) was sharply accelerated, and representatives of various countries gathered in Pretoria to discuss the establishment of the Southern African Union.

Representing the Kingdom of Mozambique, the Kingdom of Mozambique, who came to Pretoria for the meeting, was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Aldrich.

The Kingdom of Kongo is represented by King Barry.

The Republic of the Congo is represented by President Isaac Pancy.

West Africa is represented by President Anthony Bowman.

Madagascar is represented by Robert, the head of the umbrella company in Madagascar.

This Robert is Austin Pence, who has been executed in southern Africa.

Of the five deputies, three were once Roque's subordinates, and two were supported by Nyasaland to ascend to the post, how much influence do you say Southern Africa has on neighboring countries and regions?

"Are you really going to do it, Madagascar is not even an independent state and is eligible to join the Southern African Union?" Kitchener was full of jealousy in front of Roque, and this kind of thing should be organized by the British Empire.

"Regions – Madagascar is – " Roque plays a language game, and Robert has declared Madagascar independence, but France does not recognize it.

Without recognizing it, there is no way, France is now unable to form an expeditionary force and restore rule over Madagascar.

Even if it recovers, it will probably outweigh the losses, and France has suffered enough setbacks in Madagascar over the years.

"Then you don't even have diplomatic powers, so what qualifications do you have to establish the Southern African Union?" Kitchener turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, remembering that a dozen chapters ago, Kitchener still supported the Southern African Union.

"Hehe, Southern Africa is also a region—" Roque's answer was simply perfunctory, and then before Kitchener got angry, Roque added: "This is Philip's decision, not mine." ”

This explanation is important, Philip was an official from the British Colonial Office, not a native of southern Africa.

Roque wasn't, actually.

Kitchin snorted and didn't speak, and Ade, who had been discharged from the hospital to recover his health, was already a complete southern African.

Kitchener also needs to be transformed.

"After the establishment of the Southern African Union, how big is the total area?" Kitchener suddenly realized the problem.

"More than 990—" Roque didn't know the exact number.

9,914,848 square kilometers to be exact.

This number was not all inherited from the British Empire, of which West and East Africa were Portuguese, Dias and Victoria were German, Madagascar was French, Bechuana was annexed after the establishment of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and the real inheritance from the British Empire, namely the Cape and the Transvaal, Orange, and Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

That's it—

The area of this "just" is 2,480,188.

Hearing this number, Kitchener's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and Ade was relieved.

When Ade came to Southern Africa as governor 20 years ago, the Cape Colony was only 722,000 square kilometres.

In 20 years, the Cape colony expanded 137-fold.

Although the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa, as well as the two Congos, are not yet from Southern Africa, it is only a matter of time, and Ade has confidence in Roque.

"The Governor, Isaac Pansy, President of the Republic of the Congo, has arrived—" Kitchener's secretary reported softly, not avoiding Roque and Ade.

They are all their own people, there is really nothing to avoid, during this time, Kitchener is also a crowd here, the Southern African Union is about to be established, and the representatives of various countries who come to participate in the meeting will definitely come to Kitchener here to say goodbye to the pier.

"Please, I didn't expect my old bones to be remembered—" Kitchener glanced at Ade very proudly, probably mocking Ade for taking tea and cooling.

Ade didn't care, he didn't care about this bit of fame for a long time, and in fact, his influence on the surrounding countries and regions in southern Africa was not comparable to that of Kitchin.

Roque was even more unimpressed, Isaac Pancy passed by Nyasaland before coming to Pretoria, not only reported to Roque, but also chatted with Anton, and the etiquette was very thoughtful.

"Lord Nyasaland, Lord Hellwood, good day—" Isaac Pansy was not surprised that Roque and Ade were here in Kitchina, and they were notoriously good on good terms.

Strangely, Roque has a good relationship with almost all the old guys, which probably has something to do with Chinese traditions.

The Chinese tradition is that there is a treasure in the family, so every time Roque goes to Pretoria, he will go to the homes of Kitchener and Ade, listening to the teachings on the one hand, and contacting the feelings on the other.

Kitchener and Ade also like Roque, not only because of Roque's high position, but they now need Roque more to fulfill their will.

The main thing is that Roque has a good attitude.

The white world is a jungle society, when you are on the stage, everyone admires you, and when you get off the stage, you can see a lot of people, think about the desolation of Ade's return to southern Africa after stepping down as governor, Roque is suddenly closer than his own son.

Roque and Ade both smiled, Isaac Pansy was the president of the Republic of the Congo no matter what, and he still had to give face to give.

Of course, it was just a smile, Roque didn't even get up from his chair, and Ade was even more perfunctory, looking at Isaac Pansy's eyes, not even as affectionate as the cat on his knees.

The cat was picked up by Kitchener while fishing one day, and God knows why this guy who likes to fish, but often can't catch it, got a cat's favor.

"Your Excellency, are you well?" Isaac Pansy is quite reserved, don't think that Kitchener is kind to Roque, just like everyone else, Kitchener has a nickname in the army called "Tyrant", and his character can be imagined.

"Thank you, Mr. President, I heard that your Republic of the Congo is demarcating its border with southern Africa. Kitchener bluntly stated that southern Africa is indeed demarcating the border with the Republic of Congo.

Not only the Republic of the Congo, but also southern Africa is demarcating its borders with all neighboring countries and regions, including the Sudanese protectorate.

At present, the territorial division of Africa is basically determined according to the results of the Berlin Conference.

The Berlin Conference was more than 40 years ago, the Second German Reich no longer existed, Portugal and Belgium had lost their colonies in Africa, and the results of the Berlin Conference were clearly no longer suitable for southern Africa.

The Sudan Protectorate was a British colony bordered to the south by Victoria in southern Africa.

During the World War, Southern Africa captured the German Tanganyika, incidentally occupying some of the territories of the Sudanese Protectorate, turning the entire Lake Victoria into an inland lake in Southern Africa.

Now oil has been discovered in southern Sudan -

As a result, the southern African and Sudanese protectorates were triggered to determine the border, and the demands of southern Africa were a bit excessive, directly including the southern part of the Sudanese protectorate into southern Africa, and if it went well, the territory of southern Africa would successfully exceed 10 million square kilometers.

As for the Republic of the Congo, the territory claimed by southern Africa, including the Haut-Katanga mining area, covers a total area of more than 500,000 square kilometres, nearly half the size of the territory of the Republic of the Congo.

"We don't agree in principle to conduct a demarcation—" Isaac Pansy grimaced, and halfway through his words he saw Roque's smiling face.

Alas-

Isaac Pansy sighed, the situation is stronger than people: "-We only hope to get more financial compensation, after all, it is the largest copper mine in the world." ”

Kitchina didn't speak, and looked at Roque with triumphant eyes.

The meaning of this look is mostly that the veteran is out of the horse, a top two.

The smile on Roque's face suddenly turned into a spring breeze, money, it's really not a problem.

Transactions between Southern Africa and the Republic of the Congo are now settled entirely in the rand, which is popular in the Republic of the Congo, and the currency issued by the Republic of the Congo is not recognized in Southern Africa.

The currency issued by the Republic of the Congo is obligatorily pegged to the rand, and the exchange ratio is one to one.

This kind of mandatory provision does not make any sense, the rand is guaranteed by gold, and the currency issued by the Republic of the Congo is not guaranteed by any guarantee, and I really don't know where the confidence of the Republic of the Congo comes from.

"If the Republic of the Congo joins the Southern African Union, will the Southern African Union guarantee the independence of the Republic of the Congo?" What Isaac Pansy is really worried about is this problem.

At the heart of the issue is not that southern Africa is helping the Republic of the Congo defend itself against foreign enemies, but that Southern Africa is the biggest threat to the Republic of the Congo, and what Isaac Pansy wants is the promise of Kitchina.

"Of course, if the Republic of the Congo joins the Southern African Union, then the Southern African Union will definitely guarantee the independence of the Republic of the Congo!" Kitchener's words were eloquent.

Isaac Pansy's face darkened with melancholy.

If Kitchener had been embarrassed, perhaps Isaac Pansy would have looked forward to it a little more.

Now that Kitchener is so crisp, Isaac Pansy is even more uncertain.

The promise of the politician is hehe, signed in black and white, and can be directly torn up once there is a conflict of interests, not to mention that this kind of verbal promise has no effect at all, as long as Southern Africa is willing, it can be reversed at any time.

What's more, Kitchener is now seventy years old, and it is difficult to say how many years he will live, and his promise is basically worthless.

To put it bluntly, Kitchener didn't say it, and the person who really had the final say was pretending to be stupid, as if he didn't see Isaac Pansy's expectant eyes at all.

"That's good, thank you very much—" Isaac Pansy was filled with despair, and felt like he was a little smaller in an instant.

With or without Kitchener's guarantees, Isaac Pansy actually had no other choice.

If you agree to join the Southern African Union, then the Republic of Congo may be annexed by Southern Africa in the future.

But if you don't agree, maybe tomorrow the Republic of the Congo will be wiped out, don't think that southern Africa will not dare.

That's the reality.