Roque didn't care about Yamaguchi Sho, and it was already very face-saving to be able to find time to meet Yamaguchi Sho.

Ida calls Roque and says that Arthur has learned to speak.

Roque immediately ran over to watch and found that Arthur would only call "Mommy", and no matter how Roque induced, Arthur just wouldn't call "Daddy".

This makes Roque feel guilty, and in Roque's opinion, Arthur refuses to call him this dad because Roque didn't give him a complete home.

"How is it possible, such a little child has no concept of family at all, and he will call his mother because I teach him every day, and I want him to call his father and just chat with him more." It's still Ida who can think about it, and Roque, a novice father, is really inexperienced.

"Okay, I'll take a little more time." Luo Ke will correct his mistakes, time, there will always be a squeeze.

"Did the Japanese look for you?" Ida actually knows Yamaguchi Sho, it seems that there are really few Japanese in Johannesburg.

In 1994, the South African government once gave the Japanese the status of "honorary white", which is the dream of the Japanese, after the Meiji Restoration, Japan has worked hard to get out of Asia and enter Europe, so in Asia, Japan is equivalent to an Asian traitor.

There were almost no Japanese in Johannesburg at this time, and the mine owners in Johannesburg never thought of hiring labor from Japan, and compared with the Chinese, the Japanese were too small, probably in the eyes of the whites, about the same as pygmies.

The Pygmies are a tribe living in central Africa, with an average height of about 1.2 to 1.4 meters, which is indeed about the same height as the Japanese today.

"He wants to buy medicine and weapons." Roque didn't hide that since Ida asked about Yamaguchi Sho, then Ada and Yamaguchi Sho must have also been in contact.

"What a coincidence, he wants to borrow money from the RAND Bank, in the name of the Japanese government." Ida laughed, the Japanese abacus is also very fine, borrowing money from the RAND Bank, and then buying weapons from Nyasaland, feeling that the Japanese don't want to come out of a big man, and want to play with empty gloves in Johannesburg.

"How is interest calculated?" Roque did not object to Ida lending money to the Japanese, as long as the interest rate was higher.

"Trade secrets!" Ida was proud, and it seemed that this knife was a bit ruthless.

Roque smiled and did not ask, nor was he worried that the Japanese government would default on its debts, it was not 1941, Japan was still very honest in front of the British Empire, including the ongoing Russo-Japanese War, without the support of the British government, Japan would not dare to go to war with Russia at all.

"I heard that the Japanese also went to Owen and wanted to issue bonds in Johannesburg." Mrs. Capet was very well informed, and if the Japanese wanted to issue bonds, they would inevitably ask the RAND Bank for help, and the bank would often buy government bonds, which was a very important investment business.

"The Japanese government is out of money? It shouldn't be—" Roque almost laughed, Japan had lost a bit a lot this time, and the money blackmailed from the Qing State was estimated to have been spent.

Historically, although Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it was also burdened with heavy foreign debts because of the Russo-Japanese War, and it was not until the First World War that Japan turned around and turned from a debtor country to a creditor country.

In another ten years, if southern Africa can complete industrialization, when the world war breaks out, if Europe needs to purchase materials, the first choice will definitely be the United States, and the second choice will be southern Africa.

Through the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition in 1900, Japan received a total of nearly 300 million taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty, and the 230 million yuan of the First Sino-Japanese War was used by Japan to accelerate domestic industrialization, and the 60 million taels of the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China was certainly not enough to pay for the Russo-Japanese War.

Although the Russo-Japanese War has been fought for eight months, the end is far away, and the Russo-Japanese War in another time and space was fought in September 1905, and the Russo-Japanese War in this time and space does not know how long it will last, so the Japanese government will continue to take large amounts of foreign debt, and the hole dug by itself has to be filled with tears.

Although Roque is not a graduate of the Department of History, Roque also knows that in modern history, Japan and Russia are the two major sufferers of the Qing Dynasty, and these disasters were eventually transferred to the Chinese by the Qing government, so Roque really hated.

"It's better if you don't have money—" Ida sneered.

The customer is God, it is said that Ida should not treat his customers with this attitude, but Ida has no good impression of the Japanese government at all, Japan is a joke in the world, everyone knows that the Meiji government relied on countless Japanese women to sell sex to obtain the capital of the Meiji Restoration, this kind of country wants to gain respect in the world?

It's a dream!

Roque and Ada were chatting happily, not noticing that Arthur actually staggered to his feet on the sofa, and by the time Roque and Ada found out, Arthur had already walked several steps on the sofa.

"God, Arthur, you're amazing!" Idaby was happy to earn 100 million pounds.

Roque was speechless in surprise, don't look at Arthur just standing, but Roque has the feeling that my family has just grown up, which is a great relief.

"Do you see Locke, Arthur can walk!" Ida wants to share her happiness with the rest of the world.

Children are indeed always ready to surprise.

"Of course, I saw it—" Roque felt his throat tighten a little.

"Come Arthur, come to Mom—" Ida happily couldn't sit still on the couch, kneeling on the carpet and holding out her hands to Arthur.

Roque didn't know if the ten-month-old child could understand the words, but seeing Ida stretch out his hands, Arthur still subconsciously walked towards Ada's side.

He was still laughing loudly.

Then I mixed garlic under my feet, and I squatted on my ass gorgeously.

Unscrupulous parents won't help their children, and the two of them are happily rolling together on the carpet.

So Arthur didn't feel that wrestling was a very humiliating or dangerous thing, maybe it was more suitable for Arthur to sit on the ground, and Arthur immediately forgot that he had just learned to walk, and crawled towards Ida with his hands and feet.

Ada, who was still happy to tell the world just now, immediately looked disgusted, and pressed his foot against Arthur who crawled over, preventing Arthur from getting close.

With a support point, Arthur stood up by Ada's feet, and this time Ada finally reached out his hands again.

"You're a little angel from God!" Ida hugged Arthur and began to kiss.

Arthur is probably used to his mother's capriciousness, and the little guy who has just learned to walk is eager to explore the world, seeing that he can't break free from Ada's arms, and bows his head and bites Ada's hand.

"Oh!" Ada exclaimed, and when she raised her hand, she saw a tooth mark on her hand: "Are you stealing teeth, let me see—"

Isn't this the first time that teething should be discovered?

Roque saw that Ida had completely recovered his body and was better than before, and immediately understood his son's situation.

Arthur is so pitiful, it is estimated that he has not eaten breast milk for a few days since he was born.

However, this does not affect Arthur's healthy growth, there are a lot of maids and nurses on Ada's side, and Arthur's nutrition is still guaranteed.

Treating Arthur, Ida is definitely an extensive breeder, and at this time, he broke Arthur's mouth with his hand to see that it was rare, Arthur was very reluctant, and finally began to cry.

The unscrupulous mother didn't pity her son, and happily showed it to Roque.

It's really teeth, or two, both of them just nodding their heads.

So in celebration of Arthur's ability to call his mother and walk, and his teething, Roque stayed with Ida all day.

Looking back and seeing Phyllis, Roque felt very "negative" in his heart.

As a result, Phyllis didn't even ask where Roque had been all day, her mind was full of textile mills, and she didn't know where Phyllis had heard that Japan's textile industry was developing very well, so Phyllis hoped that Roque could hire some textile women from Japan to come to Johannesburg.

"It's just nonsense, if you need textile workers, you really don't have to go to Japan, spinning and weaving is simply instinctive for Chinese women-" Luo Ke also realized this problem, there are so many excellent female workers in Suzhou and Hangzhou, it is indeed possible to immigrate some of them.

"You mean that Chinese housewives can spin and weave cloth, and I won't be able to do that, so I'm not qualified, right?" Phyllis immediately changed her face.

The temper of a pregnant woman is indeed elusive, and just now she was smiling like a flower to welcome Roque home, and she immediately turned her face at this moment.

"Of course not, your task is to be responsible for being beautiful as a flower, and my task is to be responsible for earning money to support the family-" Roque reacted quickly, but unfortunately the sentence did not rhyme much in English.

Phyllis immediately changed her face again, hugged Roque's neck and kissed Roque on the face very loudly.

Ada and Arthur had just finished kissing a few hours ago, and to be honest, if this kind of thing were put on someone else, Roque would definitely scold the scumbag.

But put it on yourself -

Well, that's fragrant.

"I mean seriously, you don't need to go to Japan to hire female workers, hire them from the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas of the Qing Dynasty, the silk you use is produced in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas of the Qing Dynasty, and the Japanese textile industry can only produce road goods, and the real boutique products still have to be purchased from the Qing Dynasty." Roque explained seriously that he is still very reliable when he is not scum.

"Then you go and hire, I found out that Qingguo is really a big treasure, and there are surprises at any time." Phyllis is still very coaxing.

"It's not that the Qing Kingdom has surprises, it's the Chinese who can surprise you at any time." Roque corrected Phyllis's mistakes, those "surprises" of the Qing Kingdom actually have little to do with the Qing Kingdom, if it weren't for the Qing Kingdom, the Chinese would have more surprises to the world.

When Roque sent a telegram to Liang Dingxin, he thought that it would not be easy to hire high-ranking female workers from the Qing Dynasty.

As a result, the impact of industrialization on traditional handicrafts was beyond Roque's imagination, and it was really not too simple to hire female workers at this time.