There is a large vegetable field in front of Lao Zhang's house, with an area of about half an acre, which is also standard on Chinese farms in Africa.

Cucumbers and watermelons are the most common, cucumbers can grow as thick as an adult's wrist, although the taste is not very good, but the amount is full, full of moisture, in southern Africa there is nothing to be picky.

The watermelon here is more than 20 catties, and the sugar content is very high, the sweet is greasy, the most important thing is that it is located near the equator, and the temperature is very high all year round, so there are watermelons all year round, and watermelons are also the favorite fruits of Nyasaland.

The yield of tomatoes and cabbage is also very high, onions, ginger and garlic do not need to be planted too much, a little planting can not be eaten, every household here has a vegetable field, so it can not be sent out, let alone worry about someone stealing, all kinds of dried fish and bacon of the old Zhang family are even hung directly in the corridor, the only thing to guard against is the cats at home, so it should be hung a little higher.

The dried fish in the North Sea is now a well-known specialty, perhaps because the fish has spines, so before the Chinese came to the North Sea, the Africans here did not have the habit of eating fish at all, and the fish in the North Sea were a little overflowing, and any one was more than ten catties and dozens of catties, and catching one was enough for a family to eat for a day.

The Chinese are so smart that they can't eat enough fish to make dried fish, and the Rhodesia Canning Company will buy them regularly, which is another lot of income.

As for the smoked meat, this is not a pig-raised pig, but a variety of wild animals, the Beihai Sea Police and the garrison will regularly organize a planned hunt of wild animals, once or twice a year, the wild animals killed will not be wasted, the fur is sold to the merchants, and the worthless meat will go to the farmers involved in the operation.

Every action, each family can get at least a few hundred catties of meat, so much meat if not dealt with in time, the hot weather will spoil in an afternoon, if it is white or African, it is indeed helpless, put in the hands of the Chinese will turn decay into magic.

"It's—" Viscount Gladstone looked at the dozens of jars in the granary, large and small, and didn't know what to say, the largest jar was taller than a person, and the smallest jar was bigger than the oil drums carried in the car.

The jar is filled with pickled duck and goose eggs, which are a favorite of soldiers and police officers in southern Africa, who would rather eat salted duck eggs than luncheon meat, which is also evidence of the extravagance of some who attack the Ministry of Defence.

Don't forget that in Europe, even in the UK, there are still many people who don't have enough to eat.

"In Nyasaland, as long as you are willing to work, you can get the life you dream of, and we are not building a Garden of Eden that everyone aspires to, but we are building a strong country, where lazy people cannot survive." Roque is very satisfied, it is because of countless ordinary families like this that Nyasaland has become what it is now.

"yes, we don't need lazy people." Viscount Gladstone was thoughtful, and then suddenly thought of a very serious question: "How much tax does such a family have to pay every year?" ”

Tax!

Of course, the government of Nyasaland collects taxes, but most of them are commercial taxes, and agricultural taxes are negligible, and families like Lao Zhang only need to pay taxes when they sell agricultural products, and the proportion is very low, about five percent, and other taxes such as poll tax and property tax do not exist in Nyasaland.

"Families who immigrate to Nyasaland do not need to pay taxes for the first five years, and after five years, they will pay taxes according to the regulations of the General Department of Taxation, and they will not lose a cent." Of course, Roque was iron-faced and selfless at this time, and a family like Lao Zhang was almost middle-class in the UK, so he didn't pay a penny of taxes.

It can only show that the work of the State Administration of Taxation is not qualified.

This answer obviously did not satisfy Viscount Gladstone, so Roque continued: "Nyasaland does not have a poll tax and a property tax, and the form of taxation is more subtle than that of other states, such as motorcycles, which have already been taxed when they leave the factory, and then will be taxed again when they are sold on the market, and farmers who buy motorcycles home, and the gasoline used is also taxed, and these taxes are also accumulated, although not as direct as the poll tax, but the way is more hidden, and the income is more stable, It is also more beneficial for the economic development of Nyasaland. ”

Viscount Gladstone's face was finally a little better, and compared to Nyasaland, the level of taxation in other states was higher.

In Natal, the biggest source of tax revenue is the poll tax.

In the Transvaal, the largest revenue for the municipality comes from gold trading in Johannesburg.

In Cape Town, Cape Town's status is declining as more and more ocean-going freighters choose the Suez Canal.

In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Government, the Länder may enact their own laws without violating the Federal Constitution.

The situation in Nyasaland is a bit peculiar, unlike the situation in other states, where Nyasaland agreed to join the federal government on the premise that the federal government recognized Roque's ownership of Nyasaland, so that the Federal Constitution did not bind Nyasaland much.

However, in order to support Ada's work, Roque is still reasonable in this regard, and the tax that should be handed over to the federal government is a lot, of course, don't expect Roque to carry forward his style, and Roque is not polite when he changes to legal tax avoidance.

Anyway, the General Directorate of Taxation does not check the accounts of the government of the state of Sarnan.

Although Viscount Gladstone is the Governor of Southern Africa, but in the actual affairs of Southern Africa, Viscount Gladstone has no right to speak, but the strength shown by Nyasaland still makes Viscount Gladstone secretly frightened, this is not an inspection arranged in advance, Viscount Gladstone is also improvised, go to ordinary people's homes to see.

It was precisely because he had not prepared in advance that Viscount Gladstone could be sure that what he saw was the real Nyasaland.

It was this reality that surprised Viscount Gladstone even more.

Back on the Viscount, Viscount Gladstone fell silent, and then all the way to Ulysses, Viscount Gladstone was a little sullen.

Ulysses is home to the headquarters of the North Sea Police.

At present, the North Sea Police has four police ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and 12 water police ships with a displacement of more than 300 tons, and the total number of water police officers is nearly 1,000, which is enough to form an overwhelming advantage over the Tanganyika Marine Police.

Unlike the Viscount, the large marine police ships of the North Sea Police are equipped with 75mm guns, which are similar in basic construction to the French "Miss Seventy-Five", but with a longer barrel, a longer range, and of course greater power.

The previous shore inspection was improvised, but when they arrived in Ulysses, the city government was ready to welcome Viscount Gladstone and Roque, and all the police ships that did not go to sea were also dispatched to meet them in a queue next to the port, which surprised Viscount Gladstone even more.

"The Nyasaland shipyards are already capable of producing naval destroyers, aren't they—" Viscount Gladstone clearly had an idea.

"Marine police boat—" Roque's explanation was visibly weak.

"The new destroyer built by the Admiralty has a tonnage of 1,000 tons." Viscount Gladstone still knows the navy very well, and the Admiralty here must also be the British Admiralty, and there is no Admiralty in Southern Africa at all.

Viscount Gladstone was talking about the Tribal-class destroyers that had just been commissioned by the British Navy, which had a tonnage of less than a thousand tons and could run up to 35 knots at a maximum speed, but the endurance and seaworthiness were a bit poor.

Of course, this "a little bad" is in Roque's opinion, in Roque's eyes, the current dreadnoughts and destroyers are "a little bad", so the North Sea Guard equipped with a marine police ship, in the eyes of Viscount Gladstone, is a near-perfect destroyer, at least in terms of appearance.

Except that there are no torpedo launchers.

The biggest feature of warships in this era is the flat bow like a knife cut, and the marine police ship of the North Sea Police, at least the bow has used a straight forward tilt bow, which is more impactful and more speedy in terms of shape.

Of course, Roque will not explain that the biggest effect of the straight forward bow is to increase the deck area, which can carry more weapons, and the waves are not easy to rush up to the deck, and in the event of a hull collision, it will not be damaged below the waterline, and it can also adapt to more sea conditions.

Looking at it this way, it is actually a casual common sense, and it brings a lot of benefits.

"I almost forgot, is the cruiser at the Port Edward shipyard finished?" It was then that Viscount Gladstone remembered the strength of the Port Edward shipyard.

"Not yet, I just laid the keel and found that there was a problem with the design, so now I am revising the design drawing." Roque said half and half left.

It is true that the cruiser stopped work as soon as the keel was laid, but the reason was not because there was a problem with the design drawings, but because of the emergence of new technologies, the previous design standards no longer met the requirements of Roque, so the design drawings were re-modified.

Of course, this reason is in the ears of Viscount Gladstone, and it must be that the Port Edward shipyard is not strong.

"You should look for help from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard." Viscount Gladstone actively helped Roque find a way, the progress of the navy in southern Africa is also the progress of the navy of the British Empire, even if southern Africa cannot build large warships like dreadnoughts, cruisers and destroyers, it will also be a powerful help to the ongoing arms race between Britain and Germany.

A large-scale war requires not only the final word of dreadnoughts, but also escort formations of numerous destroyers and cruisers.

Therefore, the inability of southern Africa to build dreadnoughts is not only not a disadvantage for Viscount Gladstone, but a good thing, so that the British Navy can maintain an advantage over the future Southern African Navy, which is what Viscount Gladstone cares about most.

"I found it, but unfortunately they ignored me." Roque is helpless, the British Navy is definitely the most stubborn group of people in the world.

"Short-sighted!" Viscount Gladstone was simply heartbroken.