601 Look at the excitement
Roque designed the lottery is an instant lottery, limited by the level of technology at this time, although the American Super Lotto is more attractive, but now there is no possibility of realization, can only use the instant lottery method.
In fact, the profitability of instant lottery tickets is also good, five cents a lottery, the highest prize is 10,000 rand, equivalent to a hundred middle-class families a year's income, Roque knows how much money the lottery can make, but Ade does not know, so he is a little hesitant when he knows this number.
"Since it is an overnight rich, it is necessary to really have the possibility of getting rich overnight, so as to attract more people to buy, we have to study the psychology of customers, this is a long-term sales behavior, not to get a vote and leave, the longer the time, the wider the coverage, the more people can be attracted to participate." Roque knows how crazy those who buy lottery tickets are, one hundred and two hundred is not attractive enough, and the prize is as high as possible.
"Locke, have you thought about the impact?" Ade doesn't like this idea of getting rich overnight, and the lottery does have a certain negative effect.
"I've thought about it, we ban spinach in southern Africa, but there is no real ban, there are a lot of underground spinach in various places, and the police can't catch it, since that's the case, let's just sit on the federal government, anyway, we won't lose money." Roque is also very helpless,If you can,Roque is not willing to use the lottery to make money,But what if you don't? Insufficient funds in other departments can be cut back on open source, but not by the Ministry of Defense.
The army has developed to the present, it is already a highly specialized industry, the previous kind of next mobilization order, the idea of temporarily conscripting people to fight is no longer good, the armies of all countries have begun to transform to professionalism, with the continuous upgrading of weapons, soldiers are no longer just a job that can be qualified for a person, it requires long-term and high-intensity professional training, and the temporarily conscripted troops are cannon fodder, and there are so few people in southern Africa, and they really can't afford to consume.
For southern Africa, the navy that has been established and the air force that is about to be established are both high-tech arms, not to mention that the army needs training, whether it is to build warships or aircraft, it also needs a large number of skilled workers, so the factory cannot stop work even if there is no order, and once it stops work, it will be too late to resume work.
So Luo Keming knew the side effects of the lottery, but he still had no choice.
"Okay, let's try first." Ade gave in, the side effects of the lottery will not appear until later, and now the federal government's financial crisis cannot be delayed.
Then try it first, Roque will definitely not let the Ministry of Defense come forward, but leave the job to Christian, and will not try it in Pretoria, but choose Cape Town.
Christian is still very reliable,Set up a professional team responsible for the sale of lottery tickets,Sales work is certainly not overnight,At least a month in advance of publicity,So that it can be a hit.
Roque no matter how Christian operates,This thing is actually not that difficult,The key is credibility,As long as the credibility is guaranteed,The lottery has a strong ability to absorb money。
In retrospect, Roque's focus is still on the Ministry of Defense, which this year has added more than 30 graduates from the Army Academy, plus more than 20 graduates from the University of Nyasaland, and Roque is ready to phase out all the old soldiers left over from the colonial period and replace them with young people.
"Lord, this is too radical." Derek Dodd is a little worried that being younger is a good thing, but if you rush it, good things can turn into bad things.
"I'm talking about gradually." Roque also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, and he didn't say that he would drive people away immediately, and it would take a process for young people to get acquainted with the work, plus the newly established Navy Division, the Ministry of Defense now has seven divisions under its jurisdiction, and there are nearly 300 staff members, and it is impossible to replace them all at once.
"Lord, news has just come that a rebellion has broken out in the Congo Free State—" Before Derek Dodd could speak, Angel came in to report.
The Congo Free State has always been unstable, in addition to Yaya's men, the local Yacoma and Tetera rebellion has become more and more violent, and parts of the border with Nyasaland have long been semi-independent, and the Belgian government is unable to suppress it, and the large companies that contract land can only barely maintain the local plantations by hiring troops from Europe.
Just three days ago, the Tetera people in the eastern Congo Free State rebelled again, and unlike the previous sporadic rebellions, this time the rebellion was so strong that nearly 100,000 Tetera joined the rebels in just three days, because the rebellion broke out in the area bordering the Congo Free State and Nyasaland, and the rebellion has actually affected Nyasaland.
"Send a telegram to the Congo Free State and ask if they can hold the situation, and if not, we can help." Roque is enthusiastic, and this excitement is worth putting together.
"Lord, the Prime Minister's call—" Patton hurried over as well.
Ade was also for the rebellion in the Congo Free State.
When Roque came to Ade's office, the Belgian ambassador to Southern Africa, Joseph Quiller, was also there, and when he saw Roque, Joseph Quiller had a bitter face and hatred, and his eyes were simply red.
Roque nodded to Joseph Queller as a greeting and sat directly beside Ade.
"Locke, did you know that there was a rebellion in the Congo Free State?" Ade was in a happy mood at this time, although the federal government of southern Africa was a little poorer, but there were not so many bad things.
The annual funding for the Ministry of Defense is indeed not in vain.
"Just knew." Roque really just knew.
"Lord Nyasaland, how could you have just knew—" Joseph Quiller gritted his teeth, looking at Roque as if he were looking at his father's killer.
"What do you want to say? Did I orchestrate the riots in the Congo Free State? Please think about it with your head, if I planned it, the rebels should have hit the West Coast. "You're welcome Roque, these people are persecuted paranoia.
Joseph Quiller was speechless, Roque is a notoriously habitual offender for subversion, and the effect is also notoriously effective, even the Germans were torn off a piece of meat by Roque, if Roque really wants to attack the Congo Free State, then the Belgians really can't bear it.
Don't think that the mercenaries of those big companies are as tough as the mercenaries of the umbrella company, in fact, they are all ruffians and hooligans, and it is okay to bully Africans, but in the face of organized rebels, mercenaries are also blind.
Ade smiled and said nothing, and sat and watched Joseph Quiller eat deflated, how can Roque be so easy to provoke, talk well, maybe Roque can still help-
No way, even if Joseph Quiller knelt down and kowtowed, Roque would not help.
If you have the ability to maintain order, you can do it, and if you don't have the ability to keep it, you deserve it, and there is Portugal before and then the Netherlands, and the world in 1910 is no longer the world in 1909.
"Lord Hellwood, we in Belgium have always maintained friendly relations with the British Empire, and the Congo Free State has been friendly with southern Africa—" Joseph Quiller stopped turning to Roque and cried to Ade, hoping that southern Africa would lend a helping hand.
At least don't add fuel to the fire.
"Ahem-" Roque really felt an itchy throat, not deliberately ruining the atmosphere.
Joseph Quiller didn't think so, and simply glared angrily.
"I'm sorry, my throat is a little itchy, I'm allergic to pollen—" Roque wasn't embarrassed, on his own turf, Roque could do whatever he wanted.
Pretoria, like Johannesburg, the whole city is full of crape myrtle trees, and the flowers are indeed beautiful in full bloom every year, but they are not very friendly to people with pollen allergies.
"Then I still have to go to Ziwei Hospital to have a look." Ade is serious, the former minister of the Ministry of Defense has just been discharged from the hospital, and the current minister must not have any problems with his health.
"Oh, it's okay, I can hold on." Roque is also serious with Adra, as for Joseph Queller's mood.
Who cares!
"Lord-" Joseph Quiller is already on the verge of breaking out, even if Belgium is weak, Joseph Quiller is also an envoy of a country, and Roque and Ade's performance is indeed not very respectful.
"I'm sorry Joseph, you go on." Ade masado poses for listening.
Joseph Quiller didn't know how to proceed.
The most realistic option would be to ask for the help of Southern Africa to maintain order in the Congolese Free State.
But if you can't say this, your own country's colonies are full of rebellions, and you can't suppress them, but you have to beg for help from other countries, and it's a weasel-like country, then it's really a thief.
"Mr. Quiller, if I were you, I would go back and rearm the army now, if I can suppress those rebels, of course, it is good, if not, then it is better to give up directly, so as not to shed blood in vain." Roque was still talking on the side, this dumb man was determined to lose Belgium, and there was nowhere to shout grievances.
"We will never give up, even if Belgium fights to the last man, we will not give up even an inch of our territory." Joseph Quiller was very tough.
Roque didn't talk nonsense, and gave a thumbs up to Joseph Queller, hoping that Joseph Quyler would do what he said.
Such cruel words actually have no meaning, Belgium is not like Switzerland, in the face of war can really do all the people are soldiers, before Leopold II domestic and foreign difficulties, the Belgian government took the opportunity to snatch the management of the Congo Free State from Leopold II, now the Belgian government has finally tasted the bitter fruit, no diamond, don't do porcelain work.
Although Nominally Leopold II handed over the administration of the Congo Free State, before the transfer of management, Leopold II contracted almost the entire Congo Free State to a few large enterprises, and the Belgian government received nothing but a pitiful tax revenue.
It is also strange that the royal family and government of a country can intrigue to such an extent.