Britain in this period was as domineering as the United States in the 21st century, and although the Ottoman Empire gritted its teeth because of Britain's position in the Italian-Turkish War, the Ottoman Empire still had to rely on the British to mediate when seeking peace.

The British government was happy to play such a role, and it happened to be Admiral Winston who presided over the peace talks.

The Ottoman Empire's goal was simple, to end the Italo-Turkish war as quickly as possible, and for this purpose it did not hesitate to give up Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and the Ottoman Empire had only one demand, that is, Italy to return the twelve islands occupied during the Italo-Turkish war, including Rhodes.

Italy was already overwhelmed, and the cost of the war was far beyond the Italian government's ability to bear, and the Italian government would not have lasted long had it not been for a fire in the Ottoman Empire's backyard.

Despite the huge concessions made by the Ottoman Empire, Italy still did not give up, not only demanding that the Ottomans completely withdraw from Tripoli and Cyrenaica, but also refusing to return the Twelve Islands.

The Twelve Islands are not twelve islands, in fact they are twelve larger islands and more than one hundred and fifty smaller islands, and although the total area of the Twelve Islands is not large, the geographical location is very important, and both Italy and the Ottoman Empire have reasons not to give up.

Roque no matter how much Winston tried to mediate the conflict between Italy and the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire was now a wooden ship that went to sea only to find a big hole in the bottom, and although many people tried to save it, everyone could tell that the broken ship was about to sink.

Roque cared about how much inheritance he could get from the Ottoman Empire.

This description may be inappropriate, but it is very apt, in the past, Roque was far away in southern Africa, and his hand could not reach the peninsula, and now most of the peninsula is the sphere of influence of the umbrella company, but only a little bit of the essence is occupied by the Ottoman Empire, and even Britain is out of strategic position to send troops to occupy the protectorate of Aden and support the Muscat Sultanate in the northeast corner of the peninsula.

In other words, the Umbrella Company's sphere of influence is the desert area in the traditional sense, and the Umbrella Company discovered oil in Port Elizabeth, and now the peninsula is gradually attracting attention, but the area of concern is also the Persian Gulf coast, and the vast desert area inland, which is still not given for nothing.

With the declaration of independence of the East Indies, most of the mercenaries stayed in the East Indies to settle down, and only a small number of mercenaries returned to Port Elizabeth.

"10,000 people are not enough, we must continue to increase the number of troops, at least ensure that there are 20,000 people." Roque was not enough, completely ignoring the fact that the entire peninsula, except for the umbrella, the combined strength of the British, Ottoman and other powers was less than 10,000.

It's really less than 10,000, don't think that the situation in the world is similar to that of the Qing State because Luo Ke immigrates at every turn, in fact, although the population of the Qing State is declining, it still accounts for a quarter of the total population of the world, so it is measured in tens of thousands at every turn, and only the Chinese can afford it.

If you calculate it this way, then the Indians can afford to play, but it is a pity that the Indians are not angry, they were conquered by the British early, and they can only live by looking at the face of the British, so the Indians are counted in the total population of the United Kingdom.

"With 20,000 people, we will have to at least triple our expenses—" Sam, who had left the umbrella to work for the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, worried, not that the cost would be doubled if the number of people doubled, but that the cost was rising exponentially, and now the expenses on the peninsula were already a bit of a headache for Sam.

Compared with the professional soldiers in southern Africa, the mercenary cost of the umbrella company is higher, the average annual salary of a professional soldier is almost one hundred and twenty rand, the salary of a mercenary plus overseas subsidies can reach one hundred and fifty rand, not to mention other expenses during the period of stationing abroad, the salary alone, 20,000 mercenaries cost three million, not to mention that this cost is personal, even the colonial governments of Tanganyika in southwest Africa cannot afford it.

Strictly speaking, the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company are subsidiaries of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, and simply looking at the income, the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company are seriously unable to make ends meet, losing two or three hundred thousand yuan every month, and on an annual basis, it is exactly the salary of 20,000 mercenaries.

"Spend what you need." Roque is not talking nonsense, now it seems that the Umbrella Company and Adan Company are indeed losing money, but if you can spend a few million dollars a year in exchange for control of the peninsula, Roque can really wake up with a smile from a dream.

"This year we have to take out a loan from RAND Bank again." Sam lamented that the Nyasaland Agricultural Company was not doing well, definitely not because Sam was incompetent, but because the boss Roque was too capable.

Roque's various basic investments in Nyasaland and overseas are basically the kind with slow results, long return cycles and low returns, if it is according to Xiao Si's kind of business ideas, Adan Company's hard-working oil from Port Elizabeth will be sent all the way to Nyasaland and the price will be increased by three or five times, Roque will not, Adan Company's profits from selling oil in southern Africa are very low, basically not profitable, and it can barely subsidize the deficit in southern Africa by selling oil in Europe.

In fact, Xiao Si has also made progress, under the influence of Roque, Rhodesia is also carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction, and now the economy is getting better and better.

"Not necessarily." Roque is confident that with the end of the Italo-Turkish war, and the time for the year-end inventory, the various goods sold in Nyasaland have withstood the test and have been well received in both Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

The new customers were still Ottomans, but not the Ottoman government, but the Balkan Union of Slavic peoples in the Balkans.

This Balkan alliance was formed against the Ottoman Empire, and the reason why the Ottoman Empire preferred to abandon Tripoli and Cyrenaica to end the Italian-Turkish war was because of the Balkan Alliance.

The North African provinces are just a disease of scabies for the Ottoman Empire, and the Balkan Alliance is a big problem for the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire's efforts to protect the North African provinces are mainly because of face, and if something goes wrong in the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire will be finished.

Tripoli and Cyrenaica are the future Libya, and the Ottoman Empire did not know that there was oil in Libya, otherwise the Ottoman Empire would have fought desperately.

The Balkan Alliance mainly buys Nyasaland planes, and the Balkan Alliance does not need conventional weapons, so you can see how many people the Ottoman Empire has here, and there are many forces in the Balkan Alliance, and each force has one or several countries behind it, otherwise Roque can also take the opportunity to peddle some rifles and machine guns or something.

"Sell it for 10,000 this time?" Sam had already sharpened his knife and waited for the Balkan Union to come to his door.

"Or else?" Rokning would not lower the price, don't think that those small countries in the Balkans have no money, in fact, people are also very rich, after all, the Balkans were also part of the Ottoman Empire before.

Roque prepared not only airplanes for the Balkan Union, but also armored vehicles that had never been sold before.

During the Italo-Turkish War, Italy and the Ottoman Empire also tried to buy armored vehicles from southern Africa, a request that Roque certainly did not refuse, but was halted by the British government just as the contract was about to be negotiated.

Italy did not join the Entente or the Allies, and the Italians probably wanted to sell at a high price, and Italy joined that side when the price was high, but the performance of the Italian army during the Italian-Turkish War was shocking, and France, which originally wanted to win over Italy, retreated.

In terms of the performance of the Italian army in the Italian-Turkish war, it is not necessarily a good thing to draw Italy into the Entente, and it is estimated that Italy will play a greater role in the Central Powers.

For this reason, the British government suspended the arms sales contract between Nyasaland and Italy, and if Italy really joined the Central Powers, then all kinds of arms that Nyasaland sold to Italy now would become weapons for Italy to attack the Entente in the future.

There is no concern about the Ottoman Empire, this time even if the British stops, Roque must resolutely support the just war of the people of all ethnic groups in the Balkans against the corrupt rule of the Ottoman Empire, the greater the damage caused by the Balkan Alliance to the Ottoman Empire, the better, it is best to let the Ottoman Empire directly GG, so that Roque can fish in troubled waters and get the greatest benefits.

For Roque, the desert areas inside the peninsula and the coast of the Persian Gulf are already in the bag, and the protectorate of Aden and the Sultanate of Muscat on the Arabian coast are honestly not much interest to Roque, and what makes Roque obsessed with the Mediterranean coast, that is, the Middle Eastern province of the Ottoman Empire.

There is not much oil underground in the Mediterranean coast, but the geographical location is very important, and in the 21st century, Syria has become a pot of porridge, and all sides are fighting for the sake of Syria's underground oil pipelines.

Now Syria was part of the Ottoman Empire, and during the First World War, Britain and France took a fancy to Syria at the same time, and the final result of the bargain was given to France.

Now Roque wants to rob the French of candy, and as soon as the world war breaks out, Roque will immediately tear up the agreement with the Ottoman Empire and send mercenaries from the Umbrella Company to attack the Ottoman Middle East provinces.

As for the name, it really doesn't matter, that is, the matter of changing clothes, the umbrella company already has a lot of veterans from southern Africa, and it is not against the same at all.