The word "sweeping" describes the work of the mercenaries in Madagascar.

This approach was commonplace in this era, with the British being able to deal with the Boers, who were also white, and the French being unrelenting to the Malagasy people.

"You have to be careful, don't be used as a gunman by the French, if this kind of thing gets out, everyone will still not look good." Xiao Si finally returned to Johannesburg and came to Roque as soon as possible.

The second group of mercenaries sent by Roque to Madagascar was drawn from Port Edward, all of which were Zulu scouts sent by Roque to Portuguese East Africa to help the Yao people, and now that the war is over, these scouts have become the overseers of Port Edward, so Xiao Si knows Roque's actions during this time.

With the lifting of the epidemic in Johannesburg, Johannesburg, which had been deserted during the plague, has regained its prosperity, the town of Ziwei has become a tourist attraction again, and the gold mines have returned to normal.

Compared to before the outbreak of the plague, the overall health situation in Johannesburg has reached a new level, and Roque knows that the plague has improved the hygiene standards of Ziwei Town, and the city of Johannesburg certainly knows about it.

It turns out that under the dual factor of fines and corporal punishment, it is really simple to cultivate people's habits, in Johannesburg there were still people littering, remote alleys and even people defecating in the open air, after the plague these conditions have all disappeared, the city of Johannesburg during the plague vigorously promoted the relationship between disease and sanitation, which is closely related to people's vital interests, no one wants to feel the threat of plague anymore.

"Even if this kind of thing gets out, it's the French and Zulu who did it together, and it has nothing to do with me." Roque is clear, even if Madagascar becomes a hell on earth, it has nothing to do with Roque, and the causes planted by the French will not make Roque bear the consequences.

Even if he bears it, Roque is actually not afraid, everyone's butts are not clean these days, the most black history is Britain and France, relatively speaking, Roque has very few stains, compared with the British government and the French government, it is almost to the level of a "saint", Xiao Si is not worried about Roque, it is better to worry about Cecil Rhodes.

When Cecil Rhodes conquered Rhodesia, he also did everything he could, bribed, deceived, threatened, coerced, and even directly started a war, which was much more bottomless than Roque's.

"Aren't we going to deal with the Germans or the Belgians? Madagascar is not our attack. What Xiao Si didn't understand was why Roque promised the French to help the French, if it was just for mineral resources, it was really unreasonable.

Compared to Johannesburg, Madagascar can be called "barren", and the most worthwhile mineral resource in this era is gold, and other mineral resources are thankless.

At the very least, mining other mineral resources is not as rewarding as gold.

"Who would be afraid of having a lot of money-" Roque couldn't explain, he couldn't tell Xiao Si that Roque liked to be "thankless".

For Xiao Si, except for gold, there is probably no value in other mineral resources, so Xiao Si will give all the copper mines in Northern Rhodesia to Roque with a big stroke of the pen.

But for Roque, gold mining is only a way to accumulate raw capital, and Roque's main purpose is to develop Nyasaland's industry with the accumulation of gold ore, and Madagascar's mineral resources are very important at this time.

Equally important are the human resources of Madagascar.

Remembering that Ranavalona's way of fighting Britain and France was to prohibit the transfer of labor to the French and British-controlled islands of Reunion and Mauritius, respectively, it can be seen that Madagascar is quite rich in human resources.

Roque successively won the estuaries of Nyasaland and the Indian Ocean, and it still required a lot of manpower to build.

After the conflict between the Zulu and Natal governments, it was not easy for Christian to get labor replenishment from Zululand, and the Yao people are now Roque's partners, so Roque needs a new way to obtain cheap labor, and Madagascar is undoubtedly a good choice.

"You know what? In order to retain the Natal government, London gave the Natal government judicial autonomy. "Xiao Si is not entangled in this issue, no matter what, it has nothing to do with Xiao Si.

After the collective resignation of the Natal government, London finally realized the seriousness of the matter, so after urgent consultations, London decided to retract the previous order and give the Natal government the right to execute the 12 Zulu without review.

This seemingly unremarkable decision actually gave the Natal government full judicial autonomy, and from now on, the Natal government will no longer need to be censored by London when anyone sentenced to death.

The four colonies of the Cape are one, and since London has given the Natal government judicial autonomy, then in the same way, the three governments of the Cape, the Transvaal, and Orange should also be given the same judicial autonomy, which will certainly seriously weaken the influence of the British government on the four colonies of the Cape.

It doesn't have to be the bitter fruit, Britain has now begun to shrink strategically, Canada is autonomous, Australia is autonomous, and the four Cape colonies will definitely be autonomous in the future, as long as India is still the crown jewel of the British king, it is estimated that the British government will not be worried.

"You know, that's a good thing, and you know how the previous censorship was." When the colonies had no jurisdiction in the past, the four colonies of Cape sentenced anyone to death, and they needed to be reviewed by London, which should be said to be a good thing, but if you look at the map, you can see how far London is from southern Africa, and this kind of censorship is really nonsense.

Roque is a police officer, and as a violent agency, this regulation has a great impact on Roque and them, so the city of Johannesburg is also urging the Transvaal to apply for the same judicial autonomy.

"I don't know what the members of Congress are thinking, if this continues, sooner or later, the British Empire will fall apart." Xiao Si was heartbroken, and the Congress did this, which in Xiao Si's eyes was self-defeating.

"Think of the Boer War, the cost of maintaining a colony was too high, so it forced Congress to choose a low-cost way." Roque is happy to see it, even if the Transvaal obtains autonomous status, the Transvaal will still remain in the British Commonwealth, there are the same benefits, the rights that originally belonged to the British government belong to the Transvaal government, and Roque does not see anything bad.

For Britain, there is nothing wrong with colonial autonomy.

The cost of maintaining the colony was too high, not to mention the money-burning behavior of the Boer War, to maintain the daily operations of the colony, which in itself required a large cost.

After the independence of the colonies, Britain could still obtain cheap raw means of production from the colonies, or could use the colonies as its own raw material dumping ground, and also saved the operating costs of the colonies, which was a good deal no matter how you look at it.

Xiao Si smiled bitterly and shook his head, obviously not persuaded by Roque, but he couldn't refute Roque's words, the fault was that the territory of Britain was too big and there were too many colonies, so the current London government was also not distressed about selling Ye Tian.

"I almost forgot business, Locke, give me a little of your men, and I'm going to build a railroad from Salisbury to Sorafa." Xiao Si woke up like a dream, some time ago, Xiao Si went to Sorafa, and by the way to Port Edward, Xiao Si found out that the railway from Nyasaland to Port Edward had actually started, which made Xiao Si have a strong sense of urgency.

Rhodesia got Sorafa, and Nyasaland got Port Edward at the same time, before that, Sorafa's degree of development was higher than Port Edward, at least Sorafa had a perfect port, but Port Edward didn't even have a lighthouse.

Xiao Si also thought that Roque was too busy fighting the plague to take care of Port Edward.

After arriving in Port Edward, Xiao Si was surprised to find that at least 2,000 workers were working in Port Edward, and the railway between Port Edward and Nyasaland had also started, which really surprised Xiao Si, this is like an invisible competition, if after a period of time, Roque will be full of flowers for the construction of Port Edward, and Solafa is still in the hands of Xiao Si, then this will be a great blow to Xiao Si's self-confidence.

Xiao Si now admits that there is a huge gap between him and Roque in terms of pioneering, and even Cecil Rhodes is not as good as Roque in this regard, but Xiao Si will not admit this.

Then Xiao Si can surpass Roque only in terms of construction.

In Nyasaland, Xiao Si has seen Roque's ability to "turn stones into gold", but Xiao Si does not think that he is worse than Roque, and now Xiao Si finally has the opportunity to compete with Roque, but Xiao Si did not expect that he would fall behind before he started to act.

"I'm sorry Cecil, I don't have enough manpower on my side right now, and the scum has tried everything to get this guy, and I really don't have any extra manpower for you—that's why I sent the chief to Madagascar." Roque has no one in his hands, although Roque has not stopped immigrating to Nyasaland, but Roque is definitely reluctant to let the Chinese build the railway.

"What then?" Xiao Si had a headache, and now Xiao Si finally felt the anxiety of London, and population was the biggest factor restricting the development of the United Kingdom.

Roque had no choice but to wait, waiting for Robert to send someone from Madagascar.

Or, wait for the scum to be sent from Tanganyika to Sorafa.

Tanganyika is a German colony, and it is not easy for the scum to get people from Tanganyika.