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In fact, Neville Chamberlain is not the best person to represent Nyasaland products, Ida is.
Nyasaland products are indeed very popular in Europe, Ida has now set up a sales company in France, specializing in selling various products in Nyasaland to France, among which cars and pharmaceuticals are the best, in the last six months, Ida has sold millions of pounds worth of goods to France, making a lot of money.
Compared with Neville Chamberlain, Roque must also be more inclined to Ada, after all, Ada still has to earn money for Arthur to marry a daughter-in-law and earn a dowry for her daughter, which should have been Roque's task.
Compared with automobiles and medicines, the weapons of the Nyasaland Arsenal are also very distinctive, and the British War Department has already contacted the Nyasaland Arsenal, hoping to order general-purpose machine guns and super revolvers from the Nyasaland Arsenal to equip the troops.
This is the advantage of Nyasaland remaining in the Commonwealth, if Nyasaland is not in the Commonwealth, it is estimated that the Ministry of War will not pay for it, the weapon of the super revolver, the technical content is actually not high, it is easy to imitate, if Nyasaland is no longer in the Commonwealth system, the Ministry of War will not spend this unjust money.
With the current size of Nyasaland, even if the British Royal Light Weapons Factory infringes the patent of the Nyasaland Arsenal, I am afraid that the Nyasaland Arsenal will not be able to receive compensation and will not be able to win the lawsuit.
Speaking of lawsuits, the patent dispute between the University of Paris and the University of Nyasaland some time ago has not yet been heard.
The District Court of Paris refused to hear the patent dispute between the University of Paris and the University of Nyasaland on the pretext that the facts had not yet been investigated.
In fact, everyone knows very well that once the lawsuit is opened, the University of Paris is very likely to lose the case, so I am afraid that it is not the intention of the Paris District Court not to hold the trial, but the intention of the University of Paris.
Although Ida is the best option, Roque will certainly not turn down Neville Chamberlain.
Britain and France are still different, as an island country, although Britain is an "empire on which the sun never sets", but it has always been outside the European continent, and the relationship with the European continent is actually not good, even if the current alliance between Britain and France and Russia is also established because of objective interests, not that the relationship between Britain and France is so good.
Therefore, Ida's sales market and Neville Chamberlain's sales market do not conflict, Ida's main market is in the European continent, and Neville Chamberlain's main market is the British Commonwealth, so as to maximize the benefits, Roque only needs to spend all his energy on product improvement, and always maintain a leading position in the market.
There is no problem at all, John Moses Browning has officially responded to Roque's invitation, although John Moses Browning said that he is currently living in Belgium and does not want to work in Nyasaland, but John Moses Browning is willing to cooperate with the Nyasaland Arsenal.
As a sign of his sincerity, John Moses Browning licensed his latest design to the Nyasaland Arsenal for production, which was the future famous M1910 Browning pistol.
In 1914, Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, triggering World War I, when Princip was using an M1910 pistol.
Of course, what Roque would like to get his hands on is the M1911, a semi-automatic pistol with a high reload and fast magazine that will soon become the design standard for future pistols, and the design of pistols will be influenced by the M1911 until the 21st century.
In addition to pistols, Browning is also very talented in the field of heavy weapons, such as the 12.7 mm large-caliber heavy machine gun developed by Browning in 1918 at the request of the US military, which is the future M2HB heavy machine gun, which is still the standard equipment of many countries in the 21st century.
In fact, it seems that the Nyasaland Arsenal is also very talented, with the help of Roque, Nyasaland's whimsical ideas are also endless, not to mention the super revolver and general-purpose machine gun, the engineers of the Nyasaland Arsenal on the basis of the M1900, changed automatic fire to semi-automatic shooting, and at the same time expanded the bullet arrangement in the magazine from a single row to a double row, as a result, the ammunition capacity of the pistol suddenly increased from seven to thirteen rounds, which will also become a benchmark for pistol design in the future.
Otherwise, Browning would not have cooperated with the Nyasaland Arsenal.
Neville Chamberlain also took the initiative to seek cooperation with Nyasaland enterprises because of the strength and potential of a series of enterprises, including the Nyasaland Arsenal.
To put it bluntly, Neville Chamberlain still tasted the sweetness in his previous collaborations, which is why he is so keen now.
Of course, Roque also stressed to Neville Chamberlain that Neville Chamberlain could not sell Nyasaland's products to France, and as for the rest of Europe, Roque did not interfere, and Neville Chamberlain and Ida each had their own ability to sell as much as they could.
Neville Chamberlain also knew the relationship between Roque and Ida, and in Britain, Roque, the Baron of Nyasaland, and the French Countess were also full of scandals, and the British people seemed to be particularly interested in this kind of gossip, and even the "Sun" under the Times News Group joined the hype.
The needs of readers are the duty of editors, and as for whether it has an impact on the boss, the boss is not in London anyway.
The numerous commercial co-operations with Nyasaland somewhat diluted the estrangement between the brothers Roque and Chamberlain due to Tanganyika, and the atmosphere of the banquet became even more enthusiastic, and in the enthusiasm of Smalls and Henry, the Chamberlain brothers got drunk and stayed at Eagle Castle for the night.
Roque and Xiao Si and Henry were not sleepy, and Haoyue was still chatting with great interest, and the topic was of course inseparable from the newly established federal government.
"The Boers are indeed greedy and shameless, do you know how much money Orange applied for to build Bloemfontein? It's £3,500,000, which is insane, we didn't spend £3,500,000 to rebuild Pretoria and Johannesburg combined, and I guess Louis Botha was going to use the money to build Bloemfontein—" Henry couldn't help but complain, and scolded at the mention of the Boers.
Roque and Xiaosi were speechless, Henry did not know much about the cost of rebuilding Pretoria and Johannesburg, perhaps the cost of rebuilding Pretoria was indeed less than 3.5 million, but since the establishment of Johannesburg, the cost has far exceeded 3.5 million.
Of course, not all of this money was paid by the Transvaal Governor's Palace at that time, most of it was raised by the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, so Xiao Si knew so clearly.
As for the reconstruction of Bloemfontein, Roque did not know how much money was needed, but since the end of the Boer War, the British government has given Orange far more than 350 funds, even if the British government also includes the resettlement of the Boers, but it is certain that the rest is more than enough to rebuild Bloemfontein.
But so far, Bloemfontein is still devastated, the city is full of ruins, the ground is uneven, and Roque does not know where the money given by the British government is spent, and it is said that Orange officials have a lot of accounts in the Imperial Bank.
Even the Orange officials were smart and didn't dare to deposit the money in the RAND Bank, otherwise Roque would definitely poke out the data, and a lot of people would be unlucky at that time.
"Jan Smotze's Bichi also said that he wants the population to move freely within the federal government, and this guy just wants the Boers to enter the Transvaal freely, and then settle in the Transvaal, and then influence the votes in the Transvaal, so I'll go to the special - " Henry probably drank a little too much, and his words became more and more excessive.
"That's not a bad thing—" Roque interjected suddenly.
"What do you mean?" Henry was confused, and Xiao Si was also confused.
"The free movement of the population not only means that the Boers can go to the Transvaal, but also that the British and Chinese can go to Orange freely, don't forget that the price of the Transvaal farm is much higher than the price of the Orange farm, and the farms in the Transvaal have been sold out, even if the Boers go to the Transvaal, they can only work on the farm, and it will not affect the current situation in the Transvaal at all, but once the British and Chinese enter Orange, hehe-" Roque ended with a sneer, the meaning of the words was obvious.
In the final analysis, it is the power of capital that can play a key role in the vote, and the role of ordinary individuals in the vote is extremely limited.
There are now many "poor whites" in Orange, who have no skills, have no skills, and have no ability to support themselves, and can only rely on government welfare to survive.
Such people, when and where they go, will not affect the vote, and if they do not even have a tax payment record, they will not even have the right to vote.
"Locke, why don't we organize a group to go to Orange to buy a farm—" Xiao Si suddenly saw a business opportunity.
Most of the farms in Orange are still undeveloped, or developed at a very slow pace, and the farms don't have much additional property, so the prices are very low compared to those in the Transvaal.
But there is a bottom line to this low price, and the low price compared to the farms in the Transvaal does not mean that ordinary people can easily afford it.
Therefore, if you want to buy a farm, you have to have strong capitalists like Roque and Xiao Si to make a decisive move.
"Good idea, let's form a company and start buying farms in Orange right now—" Roque's interest in land will not diminish at any time.
"Hey, hey, what's the call of you two?" Henry found himself excluded and was immediately dissatisfied.
Roque and Xiao Si looked at each other and smiled, of course they would not abandon Henry, the triangle is the most stable structure.