The friendship of women is so incredible, before getting on the boat, Phyllis and Ida were not together, less than ten days after they got on the ship, and the two were already inseparable.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Ada's deliberate flattery, don't underestimate the banker's communication skills, it's really not a star and a half that is stronger than Phyllis.

Arthur and Gavin also played a big role, I have to say, blood relationship is a very wonderful thing, since the relationship between Phyllis and Ida improved, Arthur will come to Gavin every day, the brothers sometimes sit together in words that no one understands and babble and talk for an afternoon, Phyllis and Ada are happy and quiet, and they have more and more common languages.

In fact, both of them have received elite education since childhood, and there are still a lot of common hobbies, although Ida is a widow, but she is also a lady from a famous family, in the environment of Cape Town, Ida can live, and there are many advantages that Phyllis admires.

Not to mention Phyllis, if it weren't for Ada's worries and refusal to disclose her relationship with Roque, it is estimated that Phyllis would have no chance at all, and now looking back at the original situation, Ida also admires Phyllis's decisiveness and persistence in love.

On September 20, Roque returned to Johannesburg, the Transvaal has completed the general election, the Liberal Party has won the victory, Philip as the Liberal Party's candidate, became the Prime Minister of the Transvaal, and the mayor of Johannesburg was replaced by Marcus Beaufort, the former tax commissioner who has a good relationship with Roque.

Instead of stopping in Johannesburg, Roque took Phyllis and Gavin directly to Pretoria to meet Philip.

"Locke, it's really yours, have you heard? Harry Alsop is now stripped of his knighthood and has gone mad in prison—"Henry was happy when he saw Roque, and Philip wouldn't have won so easily if it hadn't been for Harry Alsop hurrying back to London.

In Pretoria, Harry Alsop, the deputy governor, still has some weight, before Ade's departure, the National Party's support rating in the polls was on par with the Liberal Party, but because Henry fell into the water, Harry Alsop hurried back to London, and the good situation collapsed in an instant, and the National Party fell apart, and now it no longer exists.

Roque didn't expect the result to be like this, Henry Alsop deserved it, Harry Alsop and the National Party were affected by the pond fish, but Roque didn't take credit for it, and kept a low profile on this issue.

"It's none of my business, it's Harry Alsop who wants to kill me, and I can't just stand there and let him kill me." Roque's won't admit that it has anything to do with him.

As the chief of police, Henry had the authority to park the carriage directly on the platform of the train station, and Roque and his party got into the carriage and went directly to Philip's official residence.

Coincidentally, Philip's official residence is the same castle that Christian had found for Roque in the first place.

Now that the Pretoria Treasury has a new office, the castle has been vacated as Philip's official residence and the Liberal Party's headquarters in Pretoria.

In the carriage, Henry talked about the Transvaal after Ade's resignation, and his disappointment was overflowing: "You may not know that the term of office of the Earl of Selborn has begun for more than a month, but people have been in Cape Town, and they have not come to Pretoria, it is said that they are recuperating in Cape Town, and now Pretoria is in chaos, after Governor Milner left, the work of the Governor's House has come to a standstill, but fortunately, now with the Prime Minister's Office, the work is finally slowly recovering, but it can be clearly seen that people's attitudes are a little negative, There is no longer the enthusiasm of Governor Milner. ”

Ade's prestige in the Transvaal is indeed unmatched, if the Transvaal implements a democratic representative system, then Ade is the most suitable candidate for prime minister, but unfortunately Ade does not want to stay in the Transvaal, so Philip was pushed to the front.

The image brought by Ade's departure is immeasurable, as the founder of the Transvaal, many officials in the Transvaal are now pulled up by Ade, including Roque and Henry, are grateful to Ade, and now the prime minister is replaced by Philip, which will definitely have no impact on Roque and Henry, but not necessarily for others, Philip has to adapt to the new environment, and other officials have to adapt to Philip's way of working.

One thing is for sure, Philip is not a workaholic like Ade.

When Ade was in office, he worked no matter how big or small, he had to do it personally; Philip is more like doing nothing, rarely interfering in the specific work of his officials, which will inevitably lead to the slackness of some officials.

"This is the old man's job, it has nothing to do with us, let's just do our job." Roque is not in a hurry, labor pains are inevitable, but fortunately, Ade's determination has now been loosened, and when South Africa establishes a federation in the future, Ade will have a chance to come back.

This situation, at present, Roque will not tell Henry, although Henry is also grateful for Ade's promotion, but on this issue, Henry's attitude is not clear, if Ade comes back, the most affected may be Philip, what Henry will do at that time, Roque is not sure yet.

"The old man is very demanding, less than a month after arriving in Pretoria, he has already been to the police station twice, once I was not there, and the result was waiting for me in my office, but fortunately Mars was clever and called me in time." Henry is still scared when he thinks about it now, and he probably didn't do anything good at the time.

Mars was Henry's captain of the guard, just like Donn at Roque's side.

Interestingly, Mars was not a serious policeman, but a friend of Henry's youth, unlike Henry, Mars was not born in an aristocratic family, and he did not become famous when he grew up.

Henry was still very interesting, arranged Mars by his side, and set up a home for Mars in the city of Pretoria, so Mars was very loyal to Henry.

Roque's mouth opened, and he didn't know how to complain about Henry's behavior, to say that Henry is now the chief of police and the baron of the empire, but he is doing things more and more out of tune, which is even more excessive than before.

Thinking about it this way, Philip came to Pretoria to work, and he could keep an eye on Henry.

Sure enough, when he saw Phyllis and Gavin, Philip was relieved, and when he saw Henry and Roque, Philip changed his face instantly.

Roque was very depressed, and he didn't know where he offended the new prime minister.

"Harry—" Henry lip--spoke exaggeratedly behind Philip.

Roque immediately found out, presumably Philip also believed that Roque deliberately took Harry Alsop away so that Philip could win.

Actually, it's not, this little old man is a bit tsundere now.

Sitting down on the couch in the living room, Philip held Gavin in his arms and enjoyed all sorts of family fun.

Phyllis was busy directing Bella, bringing out the gifts she had brought back from London and distributing them to everyone.

Luo Ke didn't treat himself as an outsider, and found a box of tea leaves printed with Chinese characters in the tea cabinet in the living room, ready to make tea for everyone.

Only Henry sat on the sofa scratching his ears and cheeks, almost like sitting on pins and needles.

"Is the work of the police department very leisurely?" Philip looked at Henry in all kinds of unpleasant ways, and he picked the bones in the eggs when he had nothing to do.

"It's okay—" Henry didn't know how to answer, as if he was too busy to be busy, let alone idle.

"Dad, here's the pipe I brought you, supposedly used by Napoleon." Fortunately, Phyllis also took out a wooden pipe and happily showed it to Philip.

Philip took the pipe, glanced at it, and threw it on the table in front of him.

"It's just unlearned, how can something from the Stuart dynasty be French!" The old man is old-eyed, and there is a coat of arms on his pipe, and those who know heraldry can see the origin at a glance.

Heraldry is also a science, European countries are also inherited for thousands of years, there are many nobles in each kingdom, each nobleman has a unique badge, some nobles have more titles, that is, the badge is set inside the badge, to be fully recognized, it takes a lot of hard work.

Philip has obviously worked hard, Phyllis forget it, this thing is useless to learn, it is better to learn to cook.

"Even if it's not, you can't throw it away for me, this is what I gave you!" The little padded jacket is very angry, this attitude is very wrong, and it must be resolutely criticized.

Philip couldn't laugh or cry, and immediately picked up his pipe, and was still busy admitting his mistake: "Yes, yes, it's me, but you should learn something about it, as Lady Nyasaland, Locke is busy with work, and this work is your responsibility-"

Roque watched it with relish, Henry almost wanted to cry without tears, and this double standard was too obvious-

No, if you want to get angry with Roque's son when you go back, Gavin will forget it, Phyllis will definitely not agree, Roque still has a son-

Henry is a bit of a psychopath.

"It's all Christian's fault, I originally wanted to buy you an up-to-date pocket watch, but Christian said that this pipe was used by Napoleon, and it is estimated that he was deceived, Locke, I think you have to decide about this problem, Christian's stupid guy doesn't know how many times he has been deceived." Phyllis was full of words, but they were indeed prepared, and immediately brought out a pocket watch for Philip.

Now Philip is really relieved, the girl is a little stupid, but stupid people are stupid.

Roque really didn't expect that there were all kinds of scams in the Western antique market, but fortunately, the pipes of the Stuart dynasty were also good, and they could barely be regarded as cultural relics, and Christian could not be blamed for it.

Christian didn't study heraldry, he was a South African Boer who hadn't even been out of Cape Town before he met Roque, and he knew heraldry.

However, seeing that Philip likes pocket watches so much, Roque has a way to make money, and of course the watch is more advanced than the pocket watch, which is what men like.