Now that more and more white people in southern Africa are willing to learn Chinese, Paul Lewis really expressed his gratitude to Roque, who sees it as an investment in the future and doesn't pay much attention to it now.

According to the procedure of the Southern African Parliament, the parliament will hold a vote on October 1 to elect a new prime minister, and the prime minister handover ceremony will be held on January 1, 1920, and Ade's term of office will end in about three and a half months from now.

Ade himself is not just talking, he has decided that after stepping down as prime minister, he will go to various places in southern Africa and then go to seclusion somewhere.

Under Southern African regulations, Ade will continue to enjoy the benefits of a prime minister even after he leaves office, including a lifetime pension, security services, a separate medical team, and the federal government will pay for the security personnel and health doctors.

Originally, Roque hoped that Ade would be able to serve as Speaker of the National Assembly after leaving the Prime Minister, but looking at Ade's physical condition, it is estimated that he will not be able to assume the responsibility of Speaker of the National Assembly, so Roque gave up this plan.

If it follows Philip's conception, then after he becomes prime minister, it is better for Owen to be the speaker.

This idea does not show that if Philip is prime minister and Owen is speaker, then southern Africa will really become a father-son pair, so the speaker of parliament will still have to choose someone else.

Roque's recommendation to Philip was Barker, who hoped that Buck would succeed Philip as Speaker of Parliament after Philip became Prime Minister.

Buck is also a veteran in Parliament, after the formation of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, Buck entered the Parliament on behalf of the Transvaal as a member of Parliament, and it has been 12 years now.

In the past 12 years, Buck has worked diligently with Roque to protect the interests of the Transvaal and the Chinese in southern Africa to the greatest extent.

It should be noted here that Buck also has a high prestige in the Liberal Party, although the leader of the Liberal Party is Owen, but the chairman of the Liberal National Committee is Barker, this structure is also set up in imitation of the separation of powers, which limits the expansion of power on either side to the greatest extent.

On the premise that Irving can't serve as one, it is almost logical for Buck to serve as Speaker.

"The only problem is that Buck is Chinese, and it doesn't seem appropriate for him to be the speaker of the National Assembly." Owen is unwilling on this issue, his position is actually very embarrassing, when Ade is prime minister, it is not Owen's turn to be speaker; When Philip was Prime Minister, Owen could not be Speaker; In a few years, if Roque is the prime minister, then Owen will still have to avoid suspicion.

It seems that the only breakthrough may be Owen's direct run for prime minister, but compared to Roque, Owen has no advantage.

"Owen, the fact that the Chinese have become the largest race in southern Africa is that we have to face up to that fact." Roque reminded Owen and also reminded Philip.

Henry forget it, Henry generally does not express his opinion on this kind of thing, and his ability to serve as the Minister of Justice is the limit.

Sure enough, as soon as Roque's words fell, Philip and Owen's expressions were a little complicated, although Roque was also Chinese, but the reality of southern Africa did make both Philip and Owen feel embarrassed.

Roque didn't speak, giving Philip and Owen plenty of time to think.

"I don't think it's anything, the Chinese are now part of southern Africa, we can't ignore the political demands of the Chinese group, without the help of the Chinese, when the federal government is established, we will lose the dominance of the federal government, even if there are no Boers, Africans will sooner or later become our henchmen, look at the current Congo Free State, you must not want to see southern Africa become like the Congo Free State." Henry is a bystander, and if he doesn't express his opinion, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have an opinion.

When the federal government of Southern Africa was established, if there was no continuous migration of Chinese from Roque, the British would definitely lose the dominance of southern Africa, but the number of Boers in southern Africa far exceeded the number of British people.

It is precisely because of the presence of the Chinese in southern Africa that the British have stabilized their dominance over southern Africa, and now they are gradually cleaning up Africans from southern Africa, eliminating the biggest hidden danger in the future.

For Philip and Owen, if there is still a hidden danger in southern Africa now, it is the threat of the Chinese.

With the population of the Chinese, once the Chinese exert their strength, the Boers and the British will not be able to compete with the Chinese.

Of course, Philip and Owen would never say this.

"Yes, Buck is a good candidate." Philip weighed the pros and cons and had to admit that Roque's proposal was the best option, and if someone else was the speaker of Congress, then it would be better than Barker.

"Owen, why don't you try your hand at Governor of the Transvaal, it's a challenging position." Roque found something to do for Owen, the former governor of the Transvaal was concurrently held by Philip, and now that Phyllis is going to be the prime minister, the governorship will be vacant, if Owen is interested, Roque and Philip work together, and it is easy to send Owen to the governor's position.

"Hehe, I'd rather go to Nyasaland as governor if I could." Owen is also a picky eater, and if he goes to Nyasaland, where will Anton go.

"Come on, the governor of Nyasaland has a busy job, are you sure you can do it?" Roque is welcome, Owen is also a master and a low eye, Anton is conscientious in office, working more than ten hours a day, Owen will definitely not be able to stand it, if he becomes a governor, he will probably be the same as Roque.

"The position of governor is good, you can try it." Philip is also hoping that Owen can try to make the Transvaal's potential to be in the top three in southern Africa, which is still very challenging.

"Alright then, I'll try." Owen decided to take on the burden, and the reporter of Le Figaro asked the wrong question, and this was an insider deal.

After getting Philip and Owen done, Roark has to go back to Buck and get Buck ready.

As Roque's earliest companion, Buck was also wealthy, living on an estate on the outskirts of Pretoria.

Like Roque, Buck also likes to have dogs, and has a dozen on the estate, and when Roque was in Pretoria, he would sometimes live in Buck's house.

"To be the Speaker? I'm afraid Philip and Owen won't agree. Buck was a bit of a surprise, but it also made sense.

The Chinese population in southern Africa has far exceeded the white population, but the proportion of Chinese members of parliament in southern Africa is far less than that of white people, accounting for only about 10 percent of parliamentarians.

On the one hand, this is of course because the Chinese have not yet fully exerted their strength, and on the other hand, it also proves that the status of the Chinese has not been paid enough attention.

Under normal circumstances, not to mention that the proportion of Chinese-American congressmen in the Congress greatly exceeds that of white congressmen, it should at least be on par with white congressmen, so that the interests of ethnic Chinese can be fully guaranteed.

"They did disagree at first, but they also had to face reality." Roque also did not want to see the Matilda family in southern Africa, although in general, Roque was also a member of the Matilda family.

The current situation in southern Africa is partly due to the inevitable nature of history.

Roque hopes that in the near future, there will be three to five large families with relatively balanced power in southern Africa, so that they can better check and balance each other and be more conducive to the stability of southern Africa.

Now it seems that the Matilda family will not weaken in the foreseeable time, and when Arthur and Gavin's generation grow up, the Locke family should also have the strength of the Matilda family, and Roque also pins his hopes on the Rhodes family, Xiao Si's current performance is actually very good, and when Roque becomes prime minister, if Xiao Si is willing, Roque will also pull Xiao Si into the federal government.

Roque, Xiao Si, plus Henry and Owen, if nothing else, in Southern Africa twenty years later, it should be these people who will rule together.

Buck and Anton are both officials of Roque's family, and Philip also has his own staff group, Roque believes that Rhodesia and South Africa must also have Xiao Si's helpers, and by that time, Southern Africa should be stronger than it is now.

More aggressive.

"If they agree, then I'm fine." Buck is full of confidence, the power of the speaker is very large, in some respects even greater than the prime minister, Buck has been in politics for more than ten years, has accumulated a wealth of experience, what he lacks is trust and power, and there is no problem in terms of ability.

"That's good, then we have to increase the number of immigrants, strive to reach one million people a year, increase the development of Dias and Victoria, and start next year we will increase investment in infrastructure, railways, roads, airports, urban construction - time is not waiting!" Roque felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, in the past, with Ade and Philip in front of him, Roque had almost no pressure, and now Ade took a back seat, Philip was alone, and Roque's good days were coming to an end.

"The work is inexhaustible, it has to be done one by one." Buck also has a heavy burden on his shoulders, after the end of the world war, the global economy did not return to normal, but continued to slump, and now the economic crisis has begun to break out to a certain extent, and southern Africa will inevitably be affected.

In fact, it is not the responsibility of the Speaker of Parliament to lead Southern Africa forward, but the responsibility of the Prime Minister.

However, Buck is not responsible to the British government, but to the Chinese in southern Africa, so he is also worried about the burden.

Roque smiled, it's not good to be ambitious, or that sentence, this is a worse era, Southern Africa is facing many difficulties, and other countries, including the United States, the world is becoming more and more economically connected, no one is immune to the economic crisis.