Roque also learned later that the reason why Erich von Falkingham had the opportunity to come to Nyasaland this time was operated by Ida, and although the female banker was not in Nyasaland during this time, it was obvious that there was still some attention.

Roque didn't know what benefits Erich von Falkingham had given Ida in order to ask Ida to help, and according to Ada's character, it was estimated that Ida would not help in vain.

As for whether Ida is a Frenchman, whether it is appropriate to help the Germans, now this is no longer a question, Ida is now a southern African.

After returning to Nyasaland, Ida took on a new role as Deputy Minister of Finance and Director of Finance of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

In this way, Ida became the head of the RAND Bank, and at the same time the executive director and general manager of the RAND Bank, which is probably the legendary athlete and referee.

"The federal government has finally decided to issue its own currency, the name of the currency is the rand, and the exchange ratio of the pound is temporarily one to one, in addition to coins, we will also issue a maximum face value of one hundred rand banknotes, the task of issuing currency is the responsibility of the RAND Bank, from now on, the RAND Bank has officially become the central bank of the federal government." Ida is still very proud, for this matter, Ida has been staying in Pretoria during this time, fortunately Ade gave face, Ida finally did not work in vain.

Roque was simply impressed, Roque had always known that Ida had a lot of energy, but he didn't expect Ada's energy to be so great.

That's right, when he was in Cape Town, Roque was only the vice-captain in charge of gatekeeping, and Ida was already Ade's guest, so Ida was not surprised at all that he could become the deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance.

"But as a result, I have to stay in Pretoria most of the time, not Nyasaland for a long time." Ida is still very sorry, now Ida is the deputy minister of finance, and Roque is also the deputy minister of justice and defense, which is easy to be criticized if Roque and Ada come and go too often.

Although the relationship between Roque and Ida is not a secret, this kind of thing can't be put on the table, because the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense are too sensitive, and Roque and Ada have to deliberately keep some distance even if they are pretentious.

"It doesn't matter, I don't have to go back to Pretoria very often." Roque will also comfort that as long as there is a chance, Roque will definitely meet Ida or something, to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

Don't get me wrong, it's not the little thing between men and women, it's the affection between Roque and Arthur and Jessica.

Jessica is not yet a year old, and she has completely inherited Roque's black hair and black pupils, but her eyebrows and eyes are eight or nine points similar to Ada's, and the pink carving is simply made Roque love it.

"You'd better come back often, or I'm afraid Jessica will be a stranger to you in the future." Ida is now fearless, with Arthur and Jessica by Ada's side, Ada is not afraid that Roque will not return to Pretoria.

If you want to say that the person Ida is most sorry for, I'm afraid it's Phyllis.

Ida and Phyllis actually had a tacit understanding before, and before Phyllis became pregnant, Ida was not ready to have a second child.

But God doesn't fulfill people's wishes, and when it's really time to get pregnant, Ida definitely can't want to, so Ida is very weak during this time and has never dared to see Phyllis.

"How is it possible, of course I went back to Pretoria to see you-" Roque must have known what to say at this time, that is, now that Roque is in Ulysses, if this is in Little Rock, it is estimated that Ada will not dare to come to see Roque in a big way.

"What are you going to do with the Fort Glory troops?" Ada was very satisfied with Roque's attitude, and finally got in the mood to care about Roque's work.

"I am ready to set up a demilitarized zone between Nyasaland and Tanganyika to try to avoid friction between Nyasaland and Tanganyika, and during this time, Nyasaland will focus on economic development." Roque doesn't care about the future of the Fort Glory troops, even if Southern Africa annexes Tanganyika in the future, the Fort Glory troops are at most servant troops in Southern Africa, to put it bluntly, they are consumables and cannon fodder, and Roque will not care about the fate of cannon fodder.

"How long is that?" Ada has to listen to Roque's work arrangement before she can cooperate with Roque's work.

"Five years or so, I guess—" Roque wasn't sure now.

It's 1908, and if nothing unexpected happens, World War I should have broken out six years later, in 1914.

However, Roque is not sure now that the rebellion in Tanganyika in another time and space was small in scale and was quickly suppressed by the Tanganyika army.

This plane, because of Nyasaland's support, Tanganyika has changed dramatically, which will definitely affect the ongoing arms race between Britain and Germany, so Roque is not sure that World War I will not break out as expected in another time and space.

Even if it broke out as scheduled, Roque was not sure about the intensity of the world war, and if the world war was not enough to destruct Europe, then it would still be very bad for southern Africa.

"Five years, well, then we had better make a five-year plan now, and strive to make Nyasaland, and even the whole of southern Africa, leap to a new level of national strength within five years, so that no matter what kind of situation we face in the future, we can be more calm." Ida didn't ask what the basis for five years was, Roque arranged it like this, and Ida just carried it out like this.

"That's a good idea." Roque suddenly realized the importance of the five-year plan, and if there were no accidents, the Liberal Party should be in power for a long time in southern Africa, so that southern Africa would be eligible to develop a five-year plan.

This kind of time-limited planning is actually not suitable for two-party or multi-party countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, and the root cause is the frequent political changes, resulting in no policy continuity.

The formation of the civilian system can finally ensure the basic operation of the government, and if the political party fat distribution system is still implemented as before, then not to mention the arms race, whether the government can be maintained normally, I am afraid that there will be a question mark.

In a situation like the present situation of Britain, faced with the challenge of Germany, it is still barely able to achieve the same hatred of the enemy, and if there is really no external pressure, I am afraid that Britain will fall into constant internal friction and eventually never recover.

After the Conservative Party came to power the year before last, it began to dig over the old accounts of the Liberal Party and investigate whether the Liberal Party-dominated government had any dereliction of duty during the Boer War, otherwise it would be completely impossible to explain why it was necessary to mobilize as many as 450,000 regular troops to deal with the Boers with a total population of only 440,000.

However, this is probably also a bad debt, during the Boer War, the British Prime Minister at that time was the Marquess of Salisbury, and now the Marquess of Salisbury has died, and the British government system at that time was still very imperfect, so a lot of information is now impossible to find, and it is not easy for the Conservative Party to find trouble with the Liberals.

However, the Conservatives may not have noticed that while the Liberals were justifying their governing behavior during the Boer War, they were also looking for mistakes in the Conservatives' administration, such as the ongoing arms race, and it is difficult to say whether the Liberals would use this as an excuse to attack the Conservatives after the Conservatives stepped down.

Compared with the bad debts during the Boer War, the arms race may also be unclear, not to mention anything else, the arms race has just begun, the price of steel in Britain has risen by 30 percent, and Henry is happy every day.

It's hard to say, it's hard to say.

"The federal government was established on November 15 last year, and it has been less than a year now, so there is no government work report for reference, but we can refer to the work report of the Transvaal state government, how do you think the five-year plan should be formulated, doubling the national product?" Ida was in high spirits, and bankers were still sensitive to numbers.

Roque didn't know how to explain it, although the Transvaal GDP seems to be very high, but the Transvaal government is very poor, and the real rich is the Johannesburg Mining Union, which is different from the Transvaal government.

The Transvaal's GDP is also not reflected in the government work report.

Both the Rock and Matilda mines are members of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, and according to the Mining Alliance, the mines produce only a few tonnes of gold per year.

But in fact, the output of gold mines is obviously uncontrolled, at least it is impossible to mine as much as the mining alliance stipulates, or Roque would not have to set up a bank to launder money.

Roque's original intention in establishing the RAND Bank was indeed to launder money.

At that time, Nyasaland had just become the territory of Roque, and Roque wanted to build Nyasaland, continue to invest in Johannesburg, and immigrate a large number of people from the Qing Dynasty, each of which required a large amount of financial support, and without the operation of the RAND Bank, it can be said that there would be no Nyasaland now.

Not to mention, there are still a large number of farms in the Transvaal, and the wealth owned by those farms has not been counted in the gross national product at all, so the work report of the Transvaal government is not very authentic, and if Southern Africa is to formulate a five-year plan, it is estimated that more statistics will be needed by financial organizations such as the RAND Bank.

"You may not believe it, there are now nine states in southern Africa, and Nyasaland's GDP is actually the highest, and if this result is announced, I believe it will slap many people in the face." Ida chuckled, this information was also known only to Ada, not even Ade.

Of the nine states in southern Africa, namely Cape, Orange, Transvaal, Natal, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Bechuana, Basutoland, and Eswatini, Nyasaland is actually the youngest.

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