The world's first watch was ordered by Patek Philippe in 1868 for the Countess of Skkovic in Hungary, but the watch did not show a special role at this time, and it is estimated that the Countess of Skowic did not bring it a few times, so the watch was not popular.

The real popularity of watches came into effect during the First World War, when pilots had difficulty getting pocket watches out of their pockets while flying airplanes, which made the military aware of the importance of "hands-free" watches, which inspired the general public's desire for hand-worn watches.

It wasn't until 1911 that Cartier introduced the Santos watch, after which watches became popular.

Speaking of Santos watches, here's an allusion that in 1904, Louis François Cartier, a French businessman who deals in jewelry, was inspired by his friend Aberto Santos Dumont to start his research on watches.

Santos is a pilot.

Roque thought that Ada should know nothing about watches, but after Roque made this suggestion to Ada, Ada frowned and thought for a long time, and then asked the maid to rummage in the jewelry room for a long time, and actually took out a real watch.

"Isn't it? This is also custom-made at Patek Philippe, and the last time you said to keep me away from radium, I never wore it again. Ida said she was still very obedient.

Roque was taken aback, the farther away from the 'radium' thing is better, and the Umbrella Company also has a large number of products made of "radium", which were originally prepared for Henry Alsop, but later did not come in handy, and were piled up in the warehouse of the Umbrella Company.

"Alright, take this watch away, the farther away the better, and it's better to give it to the person you least like." Roque said in passing, and then saw Ada's eyes glint with an evil light.

Luo Ke was suddenly furious, waved his hand to let the maid retreat, and then began to enforce the family law: "Say, what were you thinking just now?" ”

Don't get me wrong, just ask politely, and don't even move your hand.

"Nothing—" Ida smirked like a fox stealing a chicken.

"Absolutely not, if you dare to do it, Ada, our relationship will be over." Roque was resolute, this kind of thing was absolutely forbidden, Roque would not let Phyllis hurt Ida and Arthur, and at the same time, Ada would never be allowed to hurt Phyllis and Gavin.

With Roque's understanding of Ada, if this woman is really ruthless, she can do anything, which can be seen from Ada's desperation to give birth to Arthur, so Roque sometimes loves and hates Ada, of course, hates less often.

"You're really thinking too much, Phyllis can allow me to get close to you now, I'm already very satisfied, so you and Phyllis had better work harder, I still want to have another daughter, but only after Phyllis gets pregnant." Ida leaned lazily into Roque's arms, wondering if this was an agreement between Ada and Phyllis.

It's unlikely, and Phyllis certainly won't discuss this with Ada.

However, Phyllis's attitude towards Ida has changed a lot now, Roark has now returned to Johannesburg, and Phyllis is still staying in Pretoria with Gavin, which in itself is to create another opportunity for Roark and Ada, although Phyllis didn't say it, but Phyllis can't be unaware that Roark will definitely go to Ida.

It is said that during this time, Roque was closely watched by Phyllis, and Ada had been alone in the empty room for a long time.

"I thought you would like your son." Roque was unwittingly led astray by Ida.

"What's so good about a son, I'm going to give birth to a daughter, and then educate her to be the best girl in the world, and punish you dead men!" Ida is idealistic, but the metaphor is not appropriate.

No, this woman is just looking for death, and she can't do it without education.

It wasn't until dinner time that Roque had time to revisit the watch with Ada.

"You don't have to worry about it, leave this problem to me, the two old guys Baida and Philippe, I can do what they can do, or we can also be an Idaloch, or Locke Ida can do it." Ida is very relaxed, this kind of thing is very simple for Ada, just like the lighter business, as long as Roque provides creativity, Ada can thrive.

Ida's lighter business is now more and more prosperous, in order to meet the needs of different classes, Ida will divide lighters into several different brands, to ensure that it completely covers high, medium and low grades, each grade has two or three brands competing with each other, it looks very lively, in fact, they are all a product.

This kind of marketing model, Roque seems to be familiar, Procter & Gamble used to do this, Roque was familiar with those cleaning and care brands in his previous life, as long as they can be named, they are basically Procter & Gamble products, this marketing method left a deep impression on Roque.

In fact, watches are the same, as one of the few decorations for men, various classes also have different needs for watches, Ida really wants to make efforts in this field, what Patek Philippe, what Cartier, in the face of absolute capital strength is not enough, Itno now has a mature sales network, to cover the market is really very simple, Roque is to go other people's way, so that others have no way to go.

"Pactet and Philippe are two people?" Roque had no doubts about Ada's abilities, and his focus immediately drifted away.

Ida does not answer this idiotic question, Patek Philippe in this era is a small workshop, at most a small factory that employs a few more people, but it has not yet left the production model of the family workshop, and it is not the world-famous luxury supplier in the future, compared to Ida, Patek Philippe and Cartier are not worth mentioning.

In the luxury industry, Itno is now the undisputed giant.

On the third day after returning to Johannesburg, Roque went to work in the new 1st Cavalry Division.

The scale of the new 1st Cavalry Division continued to expand, and after the Transvaal fully implemented the democratic representative system, all the former garrisons were transferred to the Cape and Natal, and the defense of the Transvaal was fully taken over by the new 1st Cavalry Division.

In addition to the training battalion, the new 1st Cavalry Division added two new battalions, namely the artillery battalion and the first infantry battalion, the first battalion is now stationed in Pretoria, the battalion commander is the former A company commander Li Fei, the whole battalion is full of 1,450 people, compared with the previous establishment of the heavy machine gun company and artillery company, the artillery is equipped with 60 mm caliber mortars produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal in addition to the 75 miss.

Compared with the first battalion, the establishment of the training battalion has remained unchanged and has not increased, and Roque's positioning of the training battalion was originally to train grassroots officers, and this time Roque returned from London and seconded several instructors from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to General Victor Foster to prepare to form a short-term training course in the new First Cavalry Division to strengthen the quality of officers and men in the new First Cavalry Division.

The first thing Luo Ke did when he went to work was to call Suo Chao over and personally arrange the treatment of those instructors: "You don't have to worry about the accommodation problem, I arranged for them to live in Ziwei Town, everyone has an independent house, and the servants, cooks and drivers are all in place, and you have to arrange orderlies and guards for the instructors to ensure that they have an independent office in the division headquarters, and the standard of the officers' canteen should also be improved. The kitchen has to find the instructors a day in advance to determine the next day's menu, all the ingredients must be absolutely fresh, canned things are not allowed in the instructor's menu, and all the cars are gathered to serve the instructors as much as possible, remember, to make them feel at home in Johannesburg. ”

Roque's requirements are high, and of course his purpose is very strong, and the fundamental purpose of such fanfare is to keep people.

A short-term training course will certainly not satisfy Roque's request, and Roque's real purpose is to keep all these instructors and stay in Johannesburg for a long time, so as to train enough personnel for the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division.

Although Roque and Sandhurst Royal Military Academy have reached an agreement to send people to Sandhurst Royal Military Academy for training.

But this method is risky, don't forget that now the Transvaal and Nyasaland are British territory, and Britain is the suzerainty of the Transvaal and Nyasaland, so sending people to the British mainland is in danger of being brainwashed by the British government.

So it's better to have the training course in Johannesburg, at least here, even if the officers are trained, it won't affect their normal work.

As for whether the officers will be tired?

Sorry, as first-generation ethnic Chinese in southern Africa, the officers are not qualified to ask this question.

"No problem, I promise they won't want to leave when they come." Suo Chao is very confident.

Although Suo Chao has never been to London, Suo Chao also knows that the air in London is not good enough, the food in London is not good enough, the system in London is too rigid, and the social status of military personnel in London is not high-

The most important thing is that these instructors at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, the British government gives them really not very good treatment, even the best instructors have an annual salary of less than 200 pounds a year.

In this way, there is a lot of room for operation in Johannesburg, and if all of what Roque said can be realized, from Sandhurst to Johannesburg, for those instructors, it is simply a step to the sky, I am afraid that when the training course is over, those instructors will cry and shout that they are willing to stay, and they can't get rid of it.

"That's right, but pay attention to the way of learning, what the instructor said is not necessarily all right, civil engineering operations and staff operations, the instructors have absolute authority, but in the way of combat, the instructors may emphasize the role of queuing to shoot, telling the brothers not to get dizzy, what should be learned should not be less, and what cannot be learned should be forgotten after listening to it - can not be forgotten, it can be organized in private, and discuss how to better deal with the tactics of queuing and shooting." Roque is still very insidious, a lot of things, just so inadvertently planted seeds.