243 Mozambique (3rd Debt Service)

To the anger of Anton and Martin, the War Office knew that new troops were arriving in the Belgian Congo, but did not alert the Northern Rhodesia Division.

Frank did not explain that it was normal for the Belgians to increase troops to the Belgian Congo, and when Frank got the information, he did not know that this mercenary was going to ambush the patrol of the northern Rhodesian division, and it was only a normal rotation, so he did not remind the northern Rhodesian division.

However, after this incident, an intelligence-sharing mechanism should be established between the Northern Rhodesia Division and the War Office, which would be more conducive to cooperation between the two sides.

Roque didn't care about the cooperation between Anton and Frank, and after receiving the telegram, the scum came to Port Edward as fast as he could, and while listening to the teachings, he also brought Roque a boatload of ivory, two lions, two leopards, and two finger monkeys that were about to become extinct.

Finger monkeys are not only the size of fingers, juvenile finger monkeys are indeed about the same as fingers, adult finger monkeys are about the same size as cats, about 50 cm long, 60 cm long tail, and weigh about two kilograms.

The finger monkey got its name because of its peculiar middle and ring fingers, which are as thin as iron wire, but are unusually hard and can be used to pick up food.

In Madagascar, there is a superstition that when the monkey appears in a village, it will bring disaster to the village, so the monkey is almost extinct in Madagascar, and the stock on the African continent is decreasing.

Roque doesn't have much special feelings for finger monkeys, but Phyllis likes these little animals very much, so Roque is going to send a telegram to Liang Dingxin, asking Liang Dingxin to find a way to get a few pandas for Phyllis, compared to pandas, finger monkeys are really not so cute.

The scum was humble when he saw Roque, just like he did when he first met Roque, kneeling down and kissing Roque's shoes.

It seems that the life of the scum during this period is indeed good, compared with the last time we met, the scumbag's body is a little fat, his face is more oily and shiny, and the clothes he wears are wide silk, similar to the kind of robes of the Arabs.

When the scum sat down, Roque inadvertently found that the scum was not wearing underwear, so Roque immediately gave the scum a kick and asked Zach to take a set of military uniforms from the Northern Rhodesia Division over and let the scum change into it.

Probably because of the special significance of this move, the scumbag's eyes were a little red, and he began to change his clothes in front of Roque.

Fortunately, there are no maids around Roque, otherwise this scene is really a bit spicy.

After changing his clothes, the scum was finally able to see it, and Roque was in the mood to speak.

"Are you going to be an earth emperor in this life?" Luo Ke still has some requirements for the Yao people, it doesn't matter if the scum himself is not motivated, it is still a pity if those Yao warriors sink like this.

Yao warriors are actually quite good, although Africans have such and such problems, but now Africans have not been spoiled, although they do not have a strong sense of responsibility, do not work hard enough, but some rough work is still no problem, such as being cannon fodder.

Although Roque now has the Northern Rhodesia Division and the new First Cavalry Division in his hands, cannon fodder is still indispensable, Roque is definitely reluctant to let Chinese soldiers be cannon fodder, and it is unrealistic to let white soldiers be cannon fodder, so Africans are the best choice, compared to the Zulus, Roque still trusts the Yao people more, after all, nominally, the British are the masters of the Zulus, and the scum has always regarded himself as Roque's servant.

"Lord, you have the final say on what I am, and I will do whatever you ask me to do." The attitude of the scum is very correct, even if he has more than a hundred wives and dozens of children, it has not changed this.

"Do you really have more than a hundred wives?" Xiao Si is more curious about these gossips.

"Almostโ€”" The scum smiled heartily, but what he said was very annoying, he estimated that he didn't know how many wives he had, more than ten, and estimated that the scum would be too much to count.

"Then you're amazing!" Xiao Si couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Si's wife is also from a noble background, and she stays in Salisbury most of the time, and Roque and Xiao Si have such a good relationship that they only met Xiao Si's wife at the wedding.

The British are better at this, no matter how many lovers there are, there is only one wife, and they generally do not get divorced, which is the mode of getting along in most British families.

"When I go back, I'm going to set up a country, and it's going to be called Mozambique." Roque gave up communicating with the scumbag, and it would be better to give orders directly.

"Mozambique, okay, we have a port called Mozambique." The scum was right, Roque was what he said, but his focus was a bit peculiar.

"Whatever you want to be president or king, if you can't manage the country, I will send someone to help you manage it, you first build the army, and I will send someone to help you train." Roque founded Mozambique directly according to his own will, and as for what kind of freak Mozambique would become in the future, that was not in Roque's consideration.

"Of course it's being a king, and I love being a king." The scum subconsciously chose a way that was more beneficial to himself, and there were more kings in these years, and there were few democracies in the world.

"Very well, then you will be the king, now go out and wash yourself, and smell what you smell? You can't smell it yourself? Roque was really speechless, and changing clothes didn't solve the problem, and the body odor on the scum was heavier than the white body odor that could be called a biological weapon.

Kicking the scum out of the office, Roque opened the window to ventilate before feeling better.

Xiao Si didn't react much, and looked at Roque thoughtfully.

"What's wrong?" Roque asked casually.

"Mozambique, is this what you want your country to be?" Xiao Si now deeply feels the gap with Roque, and in a few words, the fate of a nation with a total population of millions has been decided, and probably the British king does not have such great courage.

This is not an exaggeration, after the implementation of the constitutional monarchy in the United Kingdom, the rights of the king have been greatly affected, and the parliament and the government will join forces to restrict the royal family, and the king cannot do whatever he wants.

Of course, compared with the 21st century, the current British king still has a lot of power, and the British royal family in the 21st century has become a mascot, and the world cares about whether the crown prince has a chance to succeed, and does not care about the power of the royal family at all.

"How is it possible, of course our constitutional monarchy is better." Roque said this is really a shame, but as a British nobleman, Roque should also pay attention to political correctness.

"How much better can a constitutional monarchy be, it's just jumping from one mud pit to another." Xiao Si sighed, anyway, he is not an aristocrat, and it doesn't matter if he is politically correct or not.

However, Xiao Si did not get too entangled, and his attention quickly turned to other aspects: "How are you going to help Mozambique, just like Rhodesia helped Nyasaland?" โ€

When Roque just got Nyasaland, Xiao Si did give Roque a lot of help, and without Xiao Si's help, Roque would not have been able to build Nyasaland to this extent in such a short period of time.

Of course, Xiao Si's help is not gratuitous, now Rhodesia's goods are unimpeded in Nyasaland, and Roque will not reinvest in any industry that Xiao Si is involved in, and Rhodesia has now obtained the outlet to the sea that Cecil Rhodes dreamed of, and this outlet alone is enough to make Xiao Si satisfied.

"I didn't ask you to help train the army-" Roque didn't accept Xiao Si's affection, and the debt owed by Roque had already been repaid: "When the Portuguese just signed an agreement with the Yao clan, I reminded the scum to be vigilant and prepare to attack Tanganyika, you see how this guy did it?" More than a hundred wives, he is not afraid of dying of exhaustion in bed, this guy just owes it to clean up, and he doesn't need a whip to drive him, he will just spin in place. โ€

Roque also hates the slag and does not make steel, but from another angle, this is also a good thing, if the slag is eloquent, then Roque now has to beware of the slag, the current slag is very good, there is not much ideal, there is not much ability, Roque can be very relieved to push the slag to a higher position, do not have to worry about the slag out of control.

Of course, there is another possibility, maybe the scum is acting so badly now, in order to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

However, this possibility is very small, it is not that Roque looks down on the scum, if the scum had scheming, he would not have been able to drive the Portuguese out of Portuguese East Africa with the support of Cecil Rhodes.

"Aren't you worried that the scum will lose control in the future?" Xiao Si still has a consistent colonial mentality.

"It's unlikely, as long as Mozambique can't be self-sufficient, Mozambique will have to rely on us." Roque really wasn't worried about that.

In fact, the positioning of European countries in Africa is very good, Roque is now also Mozambique as a raw material source, after the independence of the Yao people, after the initial chaotic period, began to supply a steady supply of various production materials to Port Edward, most of the stone and wood used by Roque to build Port Edward came from the areas controlled by the Yao people.

Although Roque also knew that after simply processing wood and stone, he would save more freight, but Roque still insisted on not letting the Yao people process it, even if it would be more troublesome and costly, and Roque would not leave any opportunity for the Yao people to upgrade their industries.

The only thing that the Yao people can be self-sufficient now is food, which has nothing to do with the productivity of the Yao people, in this situation in Africa, even if the Yao people don't farm, they can't starve to death, in addition to food, any industrial products that the Yao people need need need to be exchanged from Nyasaland, in this case, the Yao people want to get out of Roque's control, unless there is also a traverser among the Yao people.

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