After the Boer War, Britain shifted from strategic expansion to strategic contraction, and the impact on the army was most direct.

In the past, although the British army was not as valued as the navy, it was still good on the whole, after all, it was the most powerful country in the world, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, the war department saved some money from between the teeth, and the army saved a little frugality, and life could go on.

After the Boer War, the total amount of funding for the Ministry of War was actually decreasing, but the military spending of the Navy was affected by the arms race, but instead of decreasing, it increased, so the army could only cut back on food and clothing, compared with before, Britain's demand for cheap Gurkha mercenaries was obviously rising, so Count Minto asked Roque this question.

In terms of the use of minorities, Roque can be regarded as an expert in the UK, whether it is Chinese or Gurkha, they are minorities in the UK, and Roque has enough say on this issue.

Of course, Roque has no opinion on the Gurkha mercenaries, otherwise it would not be possible to explain Roque's attitude towards the Gurkha mercenaries: "The Gurkha mercenaries can still be trusted, they are brave, loyal, and meticulous in their orders, and my new First Cavalry Division is also considering increasing the size of the Gurkha troops, which will effectively reduce military costs, but the Gurkha may have some problems in terms of integration, and I am also trying in this regard, and it seems that the effect is not bad at present." ”

Roque's attitude towards the Gurkha was very different from that of the British government.

Although the British government recruited Gurkha mercenaries on a large scale, the British government has been very cautious on the issue of naturalization, and many Gurkha mercenaries have served in the British army, but their nationality is still Nepalese and has not become a British citizen.

Although this can effectively reduce costs, in the long run, it is not conducive to the integration of the Gurkhas, so the Gurkha mercenaries in the British army are always mercenaries, not real British troops.

Roque has a more positive attitude towards the Gurkhas, as long as the Gurkha are in the new 1st Cavalry Division, or serve in the umbrella company, Roque can accept the immigrants of the families of those mercenaries, compared to the Indians, Zulus, Roque still prefers the Gurkhas, at least in terms of being soldiers, the Gurkhas are impeccable.

"You mean immigrants?" Of course, Count Minto also knew what Roque had done, and the Nepalese government's original protest was given to Count Minto.

"Immigration is only one aspect, I would like to see the Gurkha soldiers serve southern Africa wholeheartedly, not a simple employment contract, if those Gurkha people are accepted as real southern Africans, then it will definitely be more conducive to the integration of the Gurkha troops, it will effectively increase the sense of belonging of the Gurkhas, and then win the loyalty of the Gurkhas, so that they can work harder." Roque does not hide his love for the Gurkhas, which is in line with Roque's character, everything is based on realistic considerations, not because of the ethnic group.

Roque's mass migration to Johannesburg and Nyasaland must have caught the attention of the British government, and although the British government has not yet put pressure on Roque in this regard, there are still hidden dangers in the long run.

Now Roque is making up for these hidden dangers, compared with the Gurkha mercenaries, the performance of the Chinese soldiers is actually good, if Roque is willing, then Roque can get almost unlimited human resources from the Qing State.

But Roque did not do this, and when he found out that the cost of Gurkha mercenaries was so low, Roque immediately turned his target to the Gurkhas, which fully shows that Roque's purpose is that everything is based on economic interests.

The British government would certainly prefer to see such a Roque.

So Count Minto looked at Roque again, and there was a hint of jealousy mixed with admiration.

It's really envious, Roque is not yet thirty years old, but he is already an imperial baron, a major general of the army, with a territory of 200,000 square kilometers, a population of one million people in the territory, and his strength is even far greater than that of some African countries, Count Minto was still a journalist in Turkey when he was 30 years old, and he has not even officially entered the political arena.

That's how big the gap between people is.

And Roque also has Ida's aura superimposed, bankers are an enviable profession in any era, and the nobles of Roque and Count Minto, on the surface, seem to be high and powerful, but in fact they are cold and self-aware, far less free than Ada, a banker.

"There will be a lot of problems with accepting those Gurkha naturalizations-" It seems that there is also a discussion within the British government on this issue, although the Earl of Minto is the governor-general, but the degree of freedom on this issue is not even as good as that of Roque: "-But it can't be said that what you did is wrong, let's see the effect first, if the effect in southern Africa is better, then we can also consider accepting all those Gurkhas." ”

Relatively speaking, Roque, a colonial aristocracy, still has a high degree of freedom, and Roque is a soldier, and he does not have to pay for raising soldiers, it is all paid by the Transvaal government, so this opposite degree of freedom is greater.

The Earl of Minto is a politician, he is a governor who is high and powerful on the surface, but in fact, he has to be more restrained by the London government, after all, India is too important to the British government, that is, Roque has a Chinese background, and he can completely not rely on Indians to develop his own territory, and other British colonies have a large number of Indians, so it can be said that without India, Britain cannot effectively rule the colonies around the world.

Of course, it now seems that the British global colonial system is actually collapsing, Canada and Australia have become independent, and now Southern Africa and New Zealand are seeking autonomy, and India certainly wants to fight for it, but it has been directly rejected by the British government, which fully shows that Britain attaches great importance to India.

When leaving the Doge's Palace, Ida did not have the slightest taboo and left directly with Arthur in Roque's car.

Arthur was still a child after all, and he was a little drowsy less than halfway through the dinner, Ida ignored her gorgeous evening dress, and spread out the skirt of the evening dress on the back seat without any image, giving Arthur a larger space so that Arthur could lie more comfortably, and then he could take care of Roque.

"These officials and princes of India are very rich, and the most consulted me just now is the storage fee of the safe, most of them are anonymous, almost all of them are designated to be sent to the United States, and I don't know how much gray income they have to deal with, I am now thinking about whether to create a shipwreck, and then I can rightfully swallow these safes." Ida is unscrupulous, and Roque is really a little witch.

Roque's eyelids were beating wildly when he heard it, and his heartbeat was also very violent, I have to say that Ada's suggestion was very tempting, and Roque couldn't help but be moved.

However, Roque was still able to refrain from it, and it was obvious that the bank's reputation was more important than those who did not know the total number of safes: "Don't do this, just charge them a custodian fee." ”

Ida laughed wildly, even if she tried to show as viciousness as possible, but in Roque's opinion, it was still very delicious: "Of course I won't let them succeed easily, a safe for a thousand pounds, this is only a year's storage fee, it is better to go unclaimed for fifty years, then you can treat it as an ownerless, but it is estimated that it will be cheaper Arthur then, well, the fate of the little guy is really good-"

Fate can't be explained, the phrase "man will win the day" sounds a bit arrogant, in fact, the road is out of their own, with "the underworld is destined to be" of course can also be explained, but different people, the attitude towards fate is also completely different, and the final result will definitely be different.

A very simple fact, Indians are the best example, many Indians believe in reincarnation, so it doesn't matter if you are not born in this life and become a low caste, just work hard to have a good birth in the next life, and it doesn't matter if you struggle in this life or not.

The Chinese obviously do not believe in fate in this regard, "the dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the son of the mouse will make holes" This kind of thing is made up by the ruling class to fool the people, it is difficult to achieve class leapfrogging, but it is not completely impossible, many Chinese believe in this sentence, so they stay in the Qing country at the mercy of fate, and some people just don't believe in fate, and come to southern Africa for an illusory propaganda, and become a winner in life.

Therefore, many times the choices people make are to determine their future fate, so "man will conquer the sky" is really not all arrogance, for some people, fate is really not invincible.

"So, RAND Bank is going to expand its business to the United States?" Roque was still very surprised by the development of the RAND Bank, obviously Roque just wanted to make a bank to facilitate the washing of the excess gold from the Rogue gold mine into pounds, and now it seems that the RAND Bank is clearly another gold mine.

Billoc gold is much more promising.

"Don't worry, as long as you don't go to the United States, I won't go to the United States to inspect work-" Ada's eyes fluttered, and Roque suddenly felt that the air in the carriage was a little hot.

The car used by Roque is definitely different from the average Tiger military car.

The biggest difference is that the car used by Roque is obviously longer than the average Tiger military car, and the front and rear rows can be separated, and the hidden steel plate is raised, and the front and rear rows are two independent spaces, and Roque doesn't have to worry about these boudoir private words being listened to.

In fact, Zack is the only one in the front row, and the driver and secretary are all shoulder-to-shoulder, even if Zack hears it, it's nothing, and people who don't even have a tongue don't need to worry.

"The United States still has the Chinese Exclusion Act, hum, when Hoover comes to power, he must repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act-" Roque inadvertently leaked the secret of heaven, and Ida was very surprised.

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