Now Roque is also slowly appreciating the wisdom of the British colony.

For example, on the peninsula, the former protectorate of Aden and the Sultanate of Muscat were surrounded by loose federations of tribes, which could form a buffer zone against the influence of external powers.

Southern Africa also needed a buffer zone to isolate the influence of the British and French colonies in Africa on southern Africa, but a country of more than two million square kilometers like the Congo Free State was not suitable, and it was better for each country to be tens of thousands of dollars, like the current Kingdom of Mozambique, so that it would be easier for southern Africa to control.

Returning to the issue of arms sales to the Kingdom of the Congo, Barry wants to buy enough weapons and ammunition to arm 500,000 people, this kind of request Roque must not agree, whether there is money or not, if the Kingdom of Congo has 500,000 troops, Roque will not be able to sleep at night.

Roque finally agreed to a plan of 20,000 rifles, 3 million rounds of ammunition, a total price of 10 million rand, and an annual interest rate of 100 percent if he wanted a loan.

Not to mention that Roque is ruthless, this kind of interest is still the kind of donkey rolling, and it will be doubled if it is not paid in a year.

In Roque's opinion, such an interest is simply cannibalistic, but for the Kingdom of Congo, this interest is really not high.

High interest rates represent high risks, and it is uncertain whether a new country like the Kingdom of Congo can survive, and if the country perishes, let alone interest, the capital will be lost.

So for the Kingdom of Congo, interest is not a problem at all, and it is thankful that you can get the money, and Roque is willing to take the risk, and it is estimated that the door will not be allowed to enter if he is replaced by a commercial bank.

Of course, Roque also makes money at both ends, and the price of 20,000 rifles is definitely less than 10 million, so it is a business to do.

Sending Yaya to blackmail Barry, Roque called Christian again and asked about the Republic of Congo and Belgium.

"This incident is indeed an accident, Isaiah Chamberlain did not expect that Pulitzer would shoot Banda directly, now the Congolese Kingdom is preparing to attack, the Belgian government is also stepping up the formation of an expeditionary force, I heard that there are now tens of thousands of people, and the situation in the Republic of Congo is very dangerous." Christian is not optimistic about the prospects of the Republic of Congo.

The key is that there are too few people, the Kingdom of Congo has a population of nearly 10 million, Belgium relies on the whole of Europe behind it, and only the Republic of the Congo is helpless, although the Republic of Congo has the general support of public opinion, but the kind of foreign volunteers during the Boer War are unlikely to reappear.

This also fully proves how hated Britain is, and whether those foreign "volunteers" during the Second Boer War are really "volunteers" is indeed worth proving.

"Tell Isaiah that this is our last batch of aid this year, and the next batch of aid will not be until half a year later." Roque is a two-pronged bet, with both the Republic of Congo and the Kingdom of Congo winning in the end, with both Roque and Southern Africa winning.

Originally, if there was no such thing, the Republic of the Congo and the Kingdom of the Congo would have been able to fight for peace, whether it was a land division or a temporary truce, they would always have a chance to recuperate.

As a result, Pulitzer shot Banda, which directly led to the breakdown of negotiations, and the current situation of the Republic of the Congo is self-inflicted.

Roque can now understand very well how helpless the United States was in 1949, and this is how it was to stick to the wall, and play a good handful of cards, unless southern Africa went into battle in person, otherwise it would be a fatal situation.

As long as there is hope, Roque will not give up.

In fact, it is similar to Roque himself now, the Republic of Congo also has an all-African army, the members of this force are experienced veterans, good at guerrilla warfare and bush warfare, this force is also Roque's greatest hope.

"Isaiah is not short of weapons now, but of people." Christian is also trying his best to continue the life of the Republic of the Congo, and most of the members of the army in the Republic of the Congo are Yaya's subordinates, and they can also be regarded as Christian's subordinates.

"If you have extra manpower, send them over, and the mercenaries don't have to think about it." Roque won't let the Umbrella go to war, at least not yet.

When it is really a last resort, I am afraid that the umbrella will also go to the Republic of the Congo, and the reason for this is that Roque has already thought about it, that is, foreign volunteers who borrow corpses to resurrect their souls.

During the Boer War, more than 2,000 foreign volunteers traveled from all over the world to fight in southern Africa, so it is not uncommon for foreign volunteers to be willing to go to the Republic of Congo.

In fact, when the rebellion broke out in the Congo Free State, there were calls for the borders to be opened and southern Africans to be allowed to freely travel to the Congo Free State to fight.

The whites in southern Africa are all European immigrants, many of them are Belgians, and the whites in the Congo Free State suffered heavy losses in the rebellion, and indeed some people feel the same and are willing to go to the Congo Free State to fight.

Such behaviour is not tolerated in southern Africa, which has closed the border with the Congo Free State as soon as the rebellion in the Congo Free State has broken out, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

Of course, with the strength of southern Africa, it is impossible to completely seal the border, so it is normal for someone to cross the border into the Congo Free State, even if the Belgian government finds Roque at that time.

As for whether the Belgian government believes it or not, then Roque doesn't care.

"Those Belgians are all poor ghosts, poor and stingy, an experienced mercenary fifty pounds a month is too expensive, and when selling land, the lion opens his mouth, and an acre actually costs five pounds, why don't you rob it!" Christian has a big opinion, Isaiah Chamberlain was a profiteer when he was the general manager of the Haut-Katanga Mining Complex, and now he is not much better.

Five pounds per acre, more than 1,200 per square kilometer, which is indeed a sky-high price in Africa, and plantations in the native Belgian countryside cannot be sold so expensive.

However, Christian is not much better, the annual salary of the elite mercenaries of the umbrella company plus overseas allowances is only more than 100, and the mercenaries under Christian are all Africans, and the monthly salary is three or five pounds, but Christian asked Isaiah Chamberlain for fifty, and it is estimated that Isaiah Chamberlain is also scolding Christian for being a profiteer.

"Five pounds an acre? One square kilometer! "Roque's heart is dark, when the colonial government of Cape Town sold Bechuaner's farm to Roy, it seems that it was 280 pounds and 3,000 acres, which translates to almost 12 square kilometers, and one square kilometer is more than 20 acres.

The farm sold to Roy by the colonial government of Cape Town is located in Bechuana, 850 kilometers away from Cape Town in a straight line, and it is definitely a place where birds don't poop, which is why it is sold so cheaply.

Now, with the gradual influx of Chinese, the price of farms in Bechuana has soared, and an acre is now indeed about five pounds.

"Yes, it must be one square kilometer, and I'll go to Isaiah Chamberlain at this price." Christian was very happy, and under the influence of Roque, Christian was now one of the few large landowners in Africa, not only in southern Africa, but also in South West Africa and Tanganyika, and even in the distant East Indies.

Five pounds per square kilometer is indeed too cheap, and more than 10 million can buy the entire Congo Free State.

However, this price is not impossible, and the current situation in the Republic of the Congo, as long as you want to get assistance from Christian, then you have to compromise appropriately.

It is impossible to sell the entire Congo Free State to Christian, but it is possible to sell a part of it, and in the past, several large companies in the Congo Free State, each of which had millions of acres of plantations, was not impossible to sell one or two million acres to Christian.

The key is that the area controlled by the Republic of the Congo is only a few hundred square kilometers at the mouth of the sea, and the vast inland areas are all controlled by the Kingdom of the Congo.

Such fools are not common.

Roque no matter how Christian blackmailed Isaiah Chamberlain, the Congo Free State has changed dramatically, Roque wants to eat meat, and his subordinates have to drink some soup, otherwise it will cause trouble.

At the beginning of December, the Kingdom of the Congo, which had just received weapons from Nyasaland, could not wait to launch an attack on the Republic of the Congo.

Roque is indeed very helpless, many rebels in the Congo Free State are still at the level of broadswords and shuttles, they have not even touched the flintlock pistol, and now they have the most advanced magazine rifles, and they don't even have time to train and launch a direct attack, probably trying to find the Republic of the Congo to fight bayonets.

Barry mobilized nearly 200,000 men to attack Leopoldville and Boma in two directions, but they didn't even see the walls of Leopoldville and Boma, and the 200,000 troops lost more than 180,000 in a week, and more than 4,000 rifles they had just gotten lost.

Barry was smart enough not to hand out all the rifles, otherwise he would have lost as many as he could.

The organizational ability of the African troops is indeed very speechless, this gang of little blacks who have almost no formal military training is all on the battlefield with enthusiasm, and when the wind is smooth, the momentum is like a bamboo, and the momentum is like a rainbow, once the war situation is in a stalemate, someone will start to be deserters, once the war situation is unfavorable, even if there is a law enforcement team behind him, it is useless, and he should run or run.

When escaping, the rifle becomes a drag on the speed, so it is normal to throw the rifle away.

It is indeed very difficult for such a unit to win a battle.