Language is the best reflection of a nation's social influence, English is popular all over the world, and Britain's strength is inextricably linked, and Spanish was once widespread, but now it is gradually decreasing with the sinking of the Armada.

The same is true of Chinese, when the Chinese have no right to speak, no one cares about Chinese, and now the influence of the Chinese in southern Africa is gradually expanding, although Chinese is not yet the official language of southern Africa, but many white people have begun to take the initiative to learn Chinese, especially in Nyasaland, it is difficult to move an inch without Chinese.

This was especially evident in Louis Botha's subsequent trip, where even white people used Chinese to communicate with other people, even if some white people were not proficient in Chinese, and sometimes even between white people.

This situation made Louis Botha secretly frightened, it was not terrible to lose to the British, although the country established by the Boers was annexed, but the Boers still maintained their cultural independence and were not assimilated by the British.

Now the situation is a bit dangerous, at least in Louis Botha's opinion, the white people in Nyasaland are gradually being assimilated by the Chinese, seeing Xiao Si's triumphant appearance when speaking Chinese, Louis Botha can't help but complain, Xiao Si doesn't seem to care about this at all, but enjoys it.

"Worried? Why worry? Louis, don't say you don't understand, without Roque's help, it is uncertain whether the South African company would still exist now, and Rhodesia would disappear sooner or later, either by being annexed by southern Africa or overthrown by Africans, and at that time will tradition still matter? "Xiao Si really doesn't care, the stubborn and stubborn people will be eliminated by the world sooner or later, and the Boers are now on the verge of being eliminated.

"Why can't we develop together-" Louis Botha was not stubborn, but really unwilling.

"There is no one who does not let you Orange develop, and Orange and Nyasaland have equal opportunities-" Roque knew what Louis Botha wanted to say, and raised his hand to prevent Louis Botha from interjecting: "Don't dwell on the damn gold mine, when the war was just over, Orange had compensation and aid from London, and it was evenly distributed to each Orange man about a hundred pounds, unfortunately you did not use this money to develop the economy, but because the money came too easily, you became more and more dependent on London's aid, A large part of the reason why London has so readily agreed to the autonomy of southern Africa is because the money needed to aid you Boers is getting more and more and more and seems to be endless. ”

Roque said this a little harshly, and Louis Botha's face was ugly, and he was stunned for a while, put down his knife and fork and left the table directly.

Seeing Louis Botha leave in despair, Xiao Si did not stay: "It's too ruthless-"

"I don't think so." Roque also felt ruthless, but he didn't say no, if it was replaced by Jan Shi Mozi, Roqueli would ignore it, and Louis Botha would still be able to save it.

It is estimated that Louis Botha did not sleep well at night, and stayed in the hotel to rest the next day because of physical discomfort, without any activities arranged, and breakfast and lunch were delivered directly to the room.

In the middle of the afternoon, Luis Botha went out, this time without guards, only Carlos.

"Let's just take a walk and see the real Little Rock." Louis Botha is still very thoughtful, and he brought Carlos with him because Carlos is Chinese, and it is indeed inconvenient to go out if he doesn't know Chinese in Little Rock.

"Okay—" Carlos was responsible, and he was visibly carrying a gun bulging under his armpits.

"Put it back in, don't make trouble." Louis Botha disagreed.

"No, Nyasaland doesn't ban guns, Minister, I'm from Nyasaland." Carlos insisted, and Louis Botha remembered that Carlos had graduated from the University of Nyasaland.

As soon as they reached the hotel lobby, Louis Botha and Carlos had not yet breathed the air of freedom, and the lobby manager immediately came over.

"Minister, would you like to call a taxi for you—"

It was not surprising to Louis Botha that in Nyasaland it was basically impossible to completely break free from Roque's control.

"No, let's go for a walk, we won't go too far-" Carlos was not surprised, Minister Louis Botha, in case of an accident in Little Rock, Naniasalan would not look good from top to bottom.

Walk out of the hotel gate and you'll find Cecil Rhodes Square just across the street.

"There used to be a statue of Mr. Cecil Rhodes here, and I heard that some time ago it was hit by a drunk car by an officer of the Ministry of Defence, which led to the introduction of the strictest traffic law in the world." Carlos still knows Little Rock very well, and he probably came a lot when he was in school.

Little Rock does have a lot of cars, the streets are wide, and the sanitation is very good, which fully reflects the management level of the government of Nyasaland and the city of Little Rock, and Louis Botha felt that people from the government of Orange and the city of Bloemfontein should also come to visit and study.

Not far from the Rhodesia Hotel, Louis Botha noticed that a white man in neat clothes who clearly did not look like a janitor was cleaning.

Many of the cleaning staff in Nyasaland are Africans, as Louis Botha knows, these Africans are not Nyasaland, they are just employees of various levels of government in Nyasaland, they work in Nyasaland, they cannot buy assets in Nyasaland, and even their families are not in Nyasaland, but in their hometowns.

"It is estimated that he violated the law, but the crime is not serious, so to complete social services within a certain period of time, this guy is really miserable, but he deserves it, if it is the first time he makes a mistake, then paying money should be able to replace social services-" Carlos didn't need Louis Botha to ask, he took the initiative to explain in detail, and when he passed by, he teased: "Hey, man, what did you do wrong?" ”

The guy who was flushed and lowered his head immediately looked up at Carlos with a vicious look.

Carlos is not afraid, he happily looks at the "cleaner", there is a patrol not far away, if the "cleaner" dares to do it, Carlos can perform unlimited defense.

"Don't bother me, stay away from me!" The cleaner didn't do anything, muttered and continued to work.

Carlos grimaced at Louis Botha.

Louis Botha's mood was inexplicably better.

A few steps further on, there are many people queuing on the side of the road, and it is a newly opened ice cream parlor doing a promotion.

"Five cents, it's still a bit expensive—" Louis Botha was surprised again, Bloemfontein also had an ice cream parlor, and an ice cream cost only two cents.

"Our ice cream is the best, using honey, milk and pearl powder, the raw materials are the freshest, this is the secret recipe of ice cream from the Qing Dynasty, don't doubt it, ice cream was invented by the Chinese, 700 years ago." The salesperson who solicits customers at the entrance of the store is very enthusiastic.

"Really?" Louis Botha now believes in the 5,000-year-old history of Chinese civilization.

"Of course, you'll know if you taste it, and for only five cents, you can enjoy the secret recipe of the Qing court, where only kings and queens can enjoy the food made with this secret recipe—" The salesman worked very hard, and most of them boasted.

"I'm sorry—" Louis Botha lost interest and refused, and the salesperson didn't dwell on it, continuing to sell to the next lead.

After walking a distance, Louis Botha sighed: "Is it difficult to say the secret recipe of the palace, it is true that the people of Nyasaland are rich, otherwise they would not be sold for such an expensive price." ”

"I'm ashamed, I didn't even know that ice cream was invented by Chinese." Carlos didn't show shame on his face, he was very proud.

Louis Botha didn't pick up, and further on was the Nyasaland State Library.

The cultural atmosphere here is obviously very strong, in front of the state library is a step up to more than 50 meters wide, the steps are about 20 steps, there are many people sitting on it are reading, there are people of all ages, many people are still taking notes while reading, and pedestrians who pass by subconsciously slow down.

"Actually, there is a reading room in the library, but it is difficult to grab the place in the reading room, so many people look here." Carlos's palpitating look speaks volumes about the scarcity of the library's location.

"Then why not expand? Nyasaland is not out of money. "Louis Botha has a lot of grudges, and two or three sentences can always get money.

"It's been expanding, and at first the reading room could only accommodate one or two hundred people, then it expanded to more than six hundred, and then to more than a thousand." Carlos was also helpless, the speed of expansion really couldn't keep up with the growing spiritual needs of the people.

Louis Botha had nothing to say, and as the governor of Orange, Louis Botha really had no experience of such happy troubles.

Next to the State Library is the State Museum, and when Luis Botha and Carlos passed by, many children were entering the museum in an orderly manner under the guidance of their teachers, who looked like they were students from some elementary school.

"All museums in Nyasaland are open to students free of charge, and the state museum often holds special exhibitions that are of interest to children, and there are professional docents for children, and today is a — wow, Mogau art exhibition — "If it weren't for Louis Botha, Carlos would have liked to see it."

In 1900, the Qing Dynasty Shaanxi Right Political Secretary discovered the world's shocking Tibetan scripture cave, soon after, Britain, France, Japan, Russia and other countries explorers came one after another, the identity of these explorers is not fixed, they are sometimes explorers, sometimes travelers, sometimes colonists, sometimes simply robbers, and then the cultural relics of the cave are scattered overseas.

All along, Roque has been working hard to collect cultural relics flowing from the Qing Dynasty, and I don't know how many have been collected over the years, but this exhibition is another display of results.

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