The Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, established in 1802, mainly trains junior officers and staff officers in the army, and Roque is already a senior officer, which is actually not in line with the positioning of the Sandhurst Royal Military College, so Roque just went to gild and then came back to continue to be his general.

Under normal circumstances, the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy has a total of 28 weeks of classes, divided into two semesters, and Roque does not have to be so troublesome, the short-term training course is for colonial officers, and it is only 12 weeks in total, but it will not start until July, so Roque will definitely not be able to see Ade off in time.

It doesn't matter, Roque should go to the UK mainland before Ade, just in time to make a front stop for Ade.

Knowing that Roque was going to London, Phyllis was not a little sad and happily followed Roque home.

Roque does not need to live on campus for this study, so Phyllis made up her mind to go to London with Roque, and Gavin will also go with her, which makes Roque quite worried, the smog in London is not a joke, a lot of people will die in winter, thousands of deaths every year, Roque is very worried that Gavin will not be able to adapt to life in London.

Phyllis is not worried, the worst smog in London is in winter, and the smog in summer is not serious, Roque's training class will end before the arrival of winter, and before the smog is raging, Roque will go back to Johannesburg with Phyllis and will not be affected.

Well, Roque didn't insist this time, it's rare for Phyllis to be so happy, let's go together, in fact, even in winter, the most affected by the haze are the commoners, and the dignitaries are rarely affected, because at that time they all went to the villas in the country.

Roque's study is substitute learning, and there is no change in the new First Cavalry Division, because of Roque's status as a general, Roque can take a guard to London, so there are many people who follow Roque to London.

Zach must have gone with Anna and Bella, and the servants of the Baron's Court were to follow with one or twenty, plus a platoon of guards, and the total number was about seventy or eighty.

Christian knew that he would also go to London with him, his main job was to spend money, Roque had no property in London, this time he had to stay in London for a few months, and he couldn't stay in a hotel all the time, so Christian had to go to London in advance to prepare, and buying a house was a must.

Roque has other plans, Ade does not have real estate in London, this time back to London, Ade is estimated to live permanently, housing prices in London are relatively expensive, Ade is estimated to not be able to afford any good houses, so Roque wants to give Ade a house worthy of Ade's identity, which can be regarded as his dedication.

Ade is a viscount, the house is too small and too broken, it will be laughed at, so a big house is indispensable, as well as a country manor, and Ade can't stay in London in the winter to fight the haze, it will be too cruel.

On June 1st, Roque boarded the ship from Cape Town, and on June 15th, Roque arrived in London and began his military school life.

It hasn't started yet, and military school life won't be until July, so Roque still has time to take in the sights of London.

In fact, there is nothing to appreciate, Sandhurst Royal Military Academy is not in London, but in Sandhurst, more than forty kilometers west of London, which makes Roque feel a lot more relieved, at least Phyllis and Gavin do not have to be harmed by the haze.

What Roque didn't expect was that in addition to Christian, who had already arrived in London early, there were also Winston and Neville Chamberlain on the dock.

Roque and Winston hadn't seen each other for more than five years, and they had just been separated from Neville Chamberlain for a short time, but during this time, Roque and Winston had been communicating and telegraphing, and the two were not strangers.

To Roque's surprise, he hadn't seen him for five years, but Winston had changed so much that Roque didn't dare to admit it.

In 1899, Winston was still a high-spirited young man, and at that time, Winston's body had not yet been fat, and the amount of hair on the capital was quite lush, even in Roque's eyes, Winston at that time could be called a handsome guy.

In 1905, Winston had a serious body fat, the fat on his face and eye bags were obvious, his hair was losing his hair seriously, and he had a tendency to develop towards the Mediterranean.

"Locke, long time no see." Winston's enthusiasm for Roque remains.

"Ha, Mr. Reporter, I'm glad to see you—" Roque knew that Winston was not doing well, but it was a pity that Roque couldn't help.

After returning to England, Winston made a name for himself as a Conservative member of Parliament with his experience in Johannesburg, when he was only 26 years old.

However, as a Conservative MP, Winston could not align himself with the Conservative Party, and during his tenure as a MP, Winston repeatedly criticized many policies of the Conservative government, criticized the government's mistakes in the Anglo-Boer War, and insisted on opposing the government's military expansion plan.

After successfully blocking the government's expansion proposal from passing the House of Commons, Winston went to the opposite side of the government on the trade issue, openly expressing his opposition to the trade barrier policy of Conservative Party leader Joseph Chamberlain and insisting on upholding the principle of free trade, which made Winston and the Conservative Party completely rupture.

Last year, Winston began to call himself an "independent conservative."

In January, Winston was disqualified from membership by the Conservatives.

A month ago, Winston sat in the opposition seat.

"Welcome to the Center of the World!" Neville was also enthusiastic about Roque, but cold to Winston, and the two did not even make eye contact.

Joseph Chamberlain is Neville Chamberlain's father, and Winston has frequently opposed Joseph Chamberlain in Congress, and Neville will definitely not give Winston a good face.

"Thank you Neville, is it okay Mr. Minister?" Roque and Joseph Chamberlain also knew each other, and although they hadn't dealt with each other much, Roque asked politely.

"Thanks, everything is fine." Neville thanked him politely.

There were a lot of people who followed Roque to the mainland, and the guards did not wear military uniforms, they were all dressed in black suits, and dozens of big men began to be busy unloading after they went ashore, and Phyllis was afraid that the things here would not be used to it, and even the kitchen utensils were transported from Johannesburg, and as a result, there were nearly a hundred boxes with daily necessities and clothes, which were full of six carriages.

The carriages were all prepared by Christian in advance, except for the four long-term rental carriages, the other carriages were short-term rentals, these carriages were not cheap, a carriage was rented for almost a hundred pounds a year, and in Britain in this era, a middle-class family's annual income was so much.

In order to welcome Roque, Winston prepared a welcome dinner for Roque, but three days later, Roque had been floating at sea for half a month, and he had to rest for a few days.

Neville will definitely not attend Winston's dinner, and after greeting Roque, he will take the initiative to leave, Roque will stay in Sandhurst for the past few months, and Neville will have time to communicate with Roque.

What Roque didn't expect was that Winston was actually a graduate of the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, and unlike Roque's "transfer student", Winston was a full student of the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, and had received a full year and a half of education.

So Winston offered to send Roque to Sandhurst.

Sandhurst is a small town, the area is about the same as Ziwei Town, but the urban construction is also different from Ziwei Town, and the urban construction in this era basically has no planning at all, not to mention that Roque is very disappointed, and even Phyllis is very disappointed.

"How can this be, my impression of the native is not like this-" The disappointment in Phyllis's eyes overflowed, her memories of the British mainland were still a few years ago, and now they are probably blurred.

Whether it's in Nyasaland or Johannesburg, almost all towns are new, so the buildings are very new.

Compared to Johannesburg, the only thing that impressed Roque at Sandhurst was the ubiquitous array of ancient trees, many of which were estimated to be more than 100 years old, and the entire town was shrouded in shade, which made Roque envious.

In fact, Johannesburg and Ziwei Town are not bad, because of Roque's insistence, Johannesburg and Ziwei Town are now full of purple trees, and every November is the flowering period of Ziwei trees, and then Johannesburg and Ziwei Town will become a sea of purple flowers, which has a unique charm compared with Sandhurst.

"Compared to Johannesburg, Sandhurst may indeed be a little dilapidated, but this just represents the heritage of Sandhurst, and it is not comparable to the rebuilt city of Johannesburg." Winston is even more proud, and seems to be more conservative than the Conservatives.

"There's nothing to be proud of, maybe Sandhurst was like that a hundred years ago, which means that in a hundred years, Sandhurst hasn't made any progress." Roque despised Winston's complacency, and since Britain became the "empire on which the sun never sets", Britain has begun to become a stumbling block to the progress of the world, just like the current British royal family, which can only react passively to the changes of the times.

"Locke, your attitude is not right, for the current British Empire, it is already very good to maintain the status quo." Winston is indeed not enterprising, Britain is already the world leader, and there is no way to advance.

The house that Christian bought for Roque was not in Sandhurst Township, but a manor outside Sandhurst Township, although Sandhurst was only more than forty kilometers away from London, but it felt like it was already rural, at most urban-rural junction, without the slightest urban atmosphere, which made Roque very satisfied.

"This place used to belong to Earl Hercules, the area of the estate is 650 acres, a total of 150 rooms, the manor has gardens, horse farms, swimming pools, sunrooms and other leisure facilities, Count Hercules originally did not want to sell, I replaced it with a house in the financial city, and Count Hercules agreed to transfer." Christian put a lot of thought into this estate.

The manor may not be counted before, but the house in the City of London is very valuable, no wonder Winston can't help but scold the local tyrant.

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