To Roque's surprise, Ada was not in favor of raising taxes on farms.

In other words, Ada didn't want Roque to push for this policy.

The reason is very simple, it's better to let someone else do it, it's not just Roque who has noticed this problem, Philip must also know the benefits of raising taxes to the federal government, but what Philip doesn't do, Roque doesn't have to do.

"You are simply crazy, the vast majority of farmers in southern Africa are Chinese, I remember that you are the most resolute in defending the interests of the Chinese, why, now you are going to do something to your people?" Ida didn't understand why Roque did this, there were only a few white farmers in Cape, and when it was zoomed in to the whole of southern Africa, Chinese farmers were the main body.

"No, I still resolutely defend the interests of the Chinese, and collecting taxes is not harmful to the farmers, on the contrary, it is to better protect the interests of the farmers." Roque wasn't targeting anyone, just doing the right thing at the right time.

When Roque came to southern Africa, the white population exceeded one million, the Chinese population was less than 1,000, and most of them were still doing hard labor in Johannesburg.

Now that the situation has been completely reversed, and the Chinese have become the majority of southern Africa, playing an increasingly important role, Roque's focus has begun to rise from the Chinese community to the whole of southern Africa.

For the Federal Government of Southern Africa, it is certainly beneficial for the Federal Government to increase taxes on farmers.

"Why?" Ada didn't understand Roque's explanation.

"Why, increasing taxes on farms increases revenue at all levels of the federal government, so that the federal government can provide better services to its citizens." Roque's way of thinking now is very different from what it was twenty years ago and ten years ago.

Ten years ago, when the Federal Government of Southern Africa was just established, Roque was worried that the Federal Government of Southern Africa would be as completely astray as South Africa in another time and space, so at that time, Roque was ready to join forces with Rhodesia and the Transvaal to keep warm and break away from Southern Africa once the Federal Government of Southern Africa got out of control.

At that time, Roque was certainly not the only one with a similar mentality, so the power of the federal government of southern Africa was actually not great, and the power of the state government was even greater than that of the federal government at some times, which was obviously abnormal.

Now the development of southern Africa is quite stable, compared with another time and space, southern Africa has a larger territory, more population, and stronger strength, and Roque also needs a strong and stable federal government for the sake of the Chinese living in southern Africa.

"Are you ready to give up your privileges in Nyasaland?" Ida is still very sensitive.

"No, I just hope the federal government can play a bigger role." Roque is not that great, Nyasaland is Roque's fiefdom and Roque's last hole card, and Roque will definitely not give up.

In Rhodesia, the Rhodes family still enjoys the privileges of organizing local governments, forming an army and police, doing business, setting up banks and joint-stock companies, building roads, and mining land, forests and mineral deposits, but it continues to exist in another form.

"Then you have to think about it." Ada finally understood Roque's purpose.

That's right, Roque is really not making a wedding dress for others, but clearing the way for himself to become prime minister.

Now the prime minister of southern Africa is still Philip, so Roque pushed for an increase in taxes on farmers, and it was not Roque who was scolded.

Oh, looking at it this way, everyone is a pit father, and Roque is a pit father-in-law-

Roque must have thought it through, strictly speaking, he is not actually a pit father-in-law, otherwise Phyllis would not be able to explain it.

The next day, a congressman from Bechuana proposed to Congress that taxes on farms be increased to raise revenues at all levels of government at the federal level.

This proposal is reasonable, because Bechuana, unlike the three central states, has no heavy industry at all, and light industry is very small, and without increasing taxes on farms, the Bechuana government can only rely on federal funding to sustain itself.

This is no joke, last year, Bechuana, with an area of more than 580,000 square kilometres, had a state government revenue of just over R1.5 million, not to mention that compared with the three central states, it is not even as good as Diaz, which has just been annexed by southern Africa.

Dias is also supported by the Port of Walvis Bay, which contributed more than R5 million to the state last year.

Collecting taxes is such a good thing, and federal governments at all levels have long coveted it, and to be honest, Roque has always disagreed, and the federal government has been so stretched for years.

Now, with Roque's push, Parliament has set a new record for the passage of major bills since the establishment of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

In just three days, from the proposal to the improvement to the vote, the newspaper editors did not have time to interpret the new tax law in detail, and the new tax law had already begun to be implemented.

This is also the fastest response at all levels of government since the establishment of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, almost as soon as Congress passed the new tax law, and the states have supplemented the new tax law according to their own conditions.

The same is true of Nyasaland, of course, where state tax laws are being enacted in line with the federal government's new tax laws.

It's just that unlike some states that can't wait, the Nyasarstate government has given farmers a buffer time, and the new tax law will not come into effect until January 1 next year, which is still more than half a year.

Even so, the announcement of the new tax law has had some repercussions in Nyasaland.

The vast majority of farmers understand the new tax law, in the traditional Chinese concept, farming and paying for grain is a matter of course, there has never been a saying that the land in Nyasaland is privately owned by Roque, and the farmers nominally have the ownership of the land, but the root of this right comes from Roque.

However, there are also some farmers who are reluctant to accept the provisions of the new tax law.

After the implementation of the new tax law, farms will be taxed according to the size of the farm, although the current tax is relatively low, but with the virtue of the federal government at all levels, God knows whether the tax will increase to a point where the farmers cannot afford it in the future.

The day after the new tax law was announced, a group of farmers gathered in the town's only bar in the town of Silver Hill near Ulysses to discuss the details of the new tax law.

"According to the provisions of the new tax law, a farm with an area of 100 acres will be subject to an additional land tax of about ten rand per year in addition to the transaction tax on the sale of agricultural products, which is very unreasonable, some farms are doing well, some farms are not doing well, even if they are well-run, there is no guarantee of a stable income every year, does this mean that even if it is a loss, the land tax is essential?" Maxwell, from the United Kingdom, has a great opinion on the new tax law, and since the new tax law was announced, Maxwell has made a bold statement that if the tax officer dares to collect taxes on Maxwell's farm, Maxwell will let the dog go.

It's okay, it's just a dog, and I didn't use a gun.

"Maxwell, you have to understand the root cause of the federal government's land tax, how big is your farm? 250 acres, right, but how many have you developed? Less than 50 acres, so nearly 200 acres of land are idle, which is why the federal government imposes a land tax – "Tax Collector Sukai graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy, fought in the World War, and has a high prestige in the town.

"That's my land, I can do whatever I want, no one cares-" Maxwell was poked in the sore spot, he didn't want to let the land sit idle, but he couldn't blame anyone else.

Farmers in southern Africa, who own hundreds of acres of land, are rarely fully exploited by a single farmer, even with agricultural machinery.

As a result, almost all farms have to hire African-American workers to meet the need to make the most of the land.

Pinapin Maxwell was a petty man, not only with African-American workers, but also with a human resources company with a large number of workers, as a result of which the human resources company no longer provided workers to Maxwell's farm, which led to a large amount of land on Maxwell's farm.

"Maxwell, all the land in Nyasaland belongs to the Lord, not you—" Mayor Song Boss was the earliest resident of Silver Mountain Town, and was also extremely prestigious.

"The Constitution of the Federal Government clearly states: Private property is sacrosanct, how is it that in Nyasaland, the farm I bought with my own money is not mine?" Maxwell moved out of the Constitution, and it did say that in the Constitution, and the first article was.

"Maxwell, the land of Nyasaland is the Lord's private property, you are only renting, if you are not satisfied with this, I think the Lord can always return the 'rent' you paid—" Chen Sheng, dressed in overalls and wearing a pistol at his waist, looked abusive, his name a little loud.

"It's against the Constitution, how can we allow this to happen?" Maxwell tried to win over more supporters.

"Maxwell, be quiet, it's only ten rand a year, it's not much for you—" Boss Song is a farmer in southern Africa, and any farmer in southern Africa can earn three or five hundred rand a year.

"It's not a matter of much—" Maxwell still resisted.

"What's the problem with that? Even if you're in the UK, don't you have to pay taxes on your property? "Sukai has been to Europe and knows what it's like in Europe.

This is a fact, the so-called "sanctity of private property" depends on how you understand it, and if you are serious, you will lose.