Hopkins must be a person who is keen on fame and fortune, otherwise he would not have been so angry that Roque would have been hospitalized because of this.

Although Hopkins still has a hard mouth, he is physically honest, and when Roark took the initiative to visit Hopkins the next day, Hopkins showed enthusiasm for Roark.

If you are not enthusiastic, you can't do it, Ade happens to be in Johannesburg, knowing that Roque is going to visit Hopkins, Ade and Roque came together, unless Hopkins really wants to retire completely, Hopkins really doesn't dare to show Roque in front of Ade.

Hopkins' health is indeed fine, and it is inconvenient to entertain guests in the ward, so Hopkins and Aderock go to the living room together, and his suite is indeed luxurious, not much better than the presidential suite of the hotel.

Ade apparently didn't pay attention to these details, or didn't notice at all, that for Ade Hopkins was a mundane treat, and that some hospitals in the UK were more than Purple Hospital in this regard.

Ade's style is still as vigorous as ever, and he came up to talk to Hopkins about work, and there was no extra time to waste.

Hopkins was not ready, so his words were a little messy, which made Ade very dissatisfied: "To become an independent country, you must have a strong armed force, the Southern African Federation still has a lot of troubles, it is necessary to maintain a large number and well-trained army, our military spending must be planned and used in a unified manner, so as to effectively avoid waste and use the money where it is really needed——"

An independent country!

Hopkins is afraid that he is thinking too much, even if southern Africa is autonomous, there is still a long way to go before the degree of "independence", at least in the short term, it is impossible for the Southern African Federation to become independent from the British Commonwealth, and in the long run, the separation of the Southern African Federation from the British Commonwealth will do more harm than good.

The Commonwealth is largely a continuation of the British Empire, and there is no concept of "Commonwealth" yet, until after the First World War, Britain can no longer maintain the previous colonial system, so the British Empire gradually evolved into the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth countries once occupied a quarter of the world's territory, and countries such as Canada and Australia also remained within the Commonwealth after independence and enjoyed the benefits brought by the Commonwealth.

For example, the Central African Federation, which was formed in 1953 by the merger of Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland, was completely disintegrated after only ten years of existence, and eventually became a game game between the two blocs and became the least developed region in the world.

South Africa once withdrew from the British Commonwealth, and then its national strength deteriorated, and in 1994 South Africa voluntarily returned to the Commonwealth, after which although the situation in South Africa still did not improve, there was no international voice to criticize South Africa.

Therefore, even if southern Africa becomes independent in the future, it is very likely that it will remain in the Commonwealth like Canada and Australia, so that southern Africa can continue to share the resources and huge market in the Commonwealth, which is more beneficial to southern Africa.

Hopkins is a pure old soldier who has no clear understanding of politics, so the starting point is wrong, which makes Ade inevitably disappointed.

Of course, at the same time, the disappointment also made Ade more clearly aware of Roque's foresight.

People are more angry than people, sometimes they are angry.

"After the autonomy of southern Africa, the main energy should still be focused on developing the economy and improving people's livelihood, General Hopkins is right, the military expenditure after the autonomy of southern Africa should be used uniformly, which will be more effective to avoid waste, but there is no need for southern Africa to maintain a large number of well-trained troops, that will bring a great burden to the finances, now the four regions of southern Africa, plus Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuana Protectorate and other places The scale of military spending is enough, we do not need to expand the size of the army, On the contrary, it should be downsized, as General Hopkins said, and the money should be used where it is more needed, and it only needs to be maintained at a basic level. Roque spoke more coherently, and although he overturned all of Hopkins's words, it sounded like he was pandering.

Hopkins didn't hear it, so he was pleased.

Of course, Ade could hear the sounds, so he looked at Roque and shook his head with a smile.

This kind of intimate and casual action can actually reflect many things, which Ade and Roque are accustomed to, and it is very unusual in the eyes of Henry and Hopkins.

"In fact, there was a big problem with the previous army system, and with the development of southern Africa, the previous army model is definitely not suitable for the future of southern Africa, and reform is very necessary." Henry was qualified to say this, he was also a former soldier, but unfortunately because some people were kicked out of the army, he went to the Cape Town Police Station.

Someone is now Henry's father-in-law.

"That's it, Locke, sort out your thoughts, write a report and give it to me, General Hopkins, take good care of your body and return to work as soon as possible, the future work will be very heavy, you must pay attention to ensure your body." Ade is not yet the prime minister of the Federation of Southern Africa, and he will definitely not give any promises, but Ade is also very skillful in his words, depending on how to interpret it.

"I feel like my body has fully recovered and I can be discharged from the hospital now." Hopkins couldn't wait, and only when he had power did he understand the allure of power.

Somewhat different from Roque's prediction, the biggest problem facing the autonomy of the Southern African Federation now comes from the Boers.

It was precisely because of the up-and-down campaigns of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts that southern Africa ushered in the opportunity for autonomy, and the attitude of the Boers was originally very positive, but after Ade returned to southern Africa, the attitude of the Boers quietly changed.

As long as Ade is willing to return to southern Africa, neither Louis Botha nor Jan Smoltz has the ability to compete with Ade, so Louis Botha and Jan Smotz took the initiative to visit Ade in Johannesburg for the sake of Orange's status after the autonomy of Southern Africa, or in order to strive for a higher status after the establishment of the Southern African Federation.

Ade's terms were also good, considering the abilities of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, as well as the current population base of the Boers, it was impossible to completely exclude the Boers from the new government.

But there are some important positions that Ade can't trust to Louis Botha and Jan Smoz.

The army and justice were predetermined by Roque, and compared with Louis Botha and Jan Smozi, Ade obviously trusted Roque more, so Louis Botha and Jan Smotz had no chance to intervene at all.

In the case of at least the separation of powers, Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz will have to control one aspect in order to gain a greater say in the future Southern African Federation.

Compared with the executive and the judiciary, legislation is also very important, perhaps more important, now there are four different sets of laws in the four colonies of southern Africa, for example, in the Transvaal, the Chinese enjoy all the rights, including the right to vote, but in the Cape and Orange, except for whites, no other races have the right to vote, and in Orange non-whites do not even have the right to buy assets, so after the establishment of the Southern African Federation in the future, the legislative work is very important. Botha and Jan Smozi want to go against Roque, and Roque really doesn't have many good ways to do it then.

In fact, it is not impossible, the United States has a "Constitution" at the national level, and at the same time, each state also has its "State Law", the biggest advantage of this is to maintain the autonomy of each state to the greatest extent, of course, it also brings a lot of trouble, and some states' "State Law" is even contrary to some provisions of the "Constitution" in principle.

"If we want to adopt the American model, it is okay, the Federation of Southern Africa has a federal Constitution, and the Cape, the Transvaal, and Orange can also have their own State Laws, but the State Laws must first ensure the unity of the Federation, and cannot contradict the Constitution." Roque takes its essence and removes its dross, the beacon of democracy and the corrupt country are actually the same, the system is not perfect, the key is to look at the people.

"I'm going to put Louis Botha in charge of agriculture and Jan Smoltz in charge of education and health care, what do you think?" Ade is really relying on Roque as his right hand now, and even this kind of thing has to listen to Roque's advice.

"Yes, as long as they stay away from law enforcement agencies, to ensure the unity of the Southern African Federation, the key lies in the control of the army, as long as we control the army of the Southern African Federation, we are not afraid of any challenge from any force." Roque's words are secretly murderous, and the "any force" here can refer to external forces, and of course it can also refer to internal forces.

"Then that's no problem—" Ade finally relaxed.

In Ade's eyes, Roque did voluntarily give up a lot of power for the establishment of the Southern African Federation.

For example, agriculture and education and health care, in these areas, the Transvaal and Nyasaland are far ahead of Orange, Nyasaland is too far away from Orange, not to mention, Johannesburg is bordered by Orange, just across the Orange River, the contrast between the farms on both sides of the river is very stark.

Not to mention the Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei College, both of which were founded by Roque and have now become the calling cards of Johannesburg.

That is to say, Roque wants to grasp the military power, and it is really impossible to take care of so many departments, otherwise Roque is more qualified than Louis Botha and Jan Smozi in the fields of agriculture, education, and medical care.

In fact, Louis Botha and Jan Smuts are also sad enough, both of them were famous Boer generals during the Boer War, but now they are forced to stay away from the army, it is estimated that they are not reconciled, but there is no way to change.

After all, it's a defeated man.