The rift between Bullard's office and the Military Intelligence Service in London did not affect the relationship between Roque and Kitchener, nor did it affect the relationship between the governments of Southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

This is like two geographically adjacent countries, and there may be a little friction in the border area, but as long as the two governments do not deliberately provoke confrontation, then there will be no war between the two countries, unless one side deliberately intensifies the contradictions, which will lead to a complete rupture of relations.

The relationship between Southern Africa and the British government was certainly not broken, and the British government wanted to continue to encircle southern Africa, so that southern Africa would willingly transfuse blood for the British Empire, and when the British Empire faced war again, southern Africa could fight for the British Empire with all its heart, as it did during the First World War.

What Southern Africa needs is the internal market of the British Empire, which is still a closed loop, and the complete opening of the market in another time and space is also after the Second World War, although the First World War has greatly weakened Britain, Britain is still the most powerful country in the world.

Southern Africa was part of the United Kingdom, and goods could be transported within the British Empire, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the British East Indies, and India.

If Southern Africa were to become completely independent from the United Kingdom, it would lose all of these markets, a consequence that Southern Africa could not afford.

The most important reason for this is that the United States and Russia themselves have a huge market, and the United States now has a strong industrial strength and has the opportunity to replace the British Empire, but during the world war, because of the sudden rise of southern Africa, the United States did not play the same important role as in another time and space, and has lost the opportunity in the competition with southern Africa.

Russia, on the other hand, is still struggling in the quagmire, and its rise is even more far away.

The reason why Kitchener chose Nyasaland as his first stop in southern Africa is also because of the important position of Nyasaland in southern Africa, without the strong industrial strength of Nyasaland, then even if the farms in the Transvaal and Rhodesia are developed, they will only be reduced to the raw material production area of the British Empire, and there will be no current status at all.

"So that's the reality, a complete British Empire is important to all of us, and once the British Empire is torn apart, then we will lose where we are now, and we will lose the glory of the British Empire for hundreds of years." Kitchener hopes that Roque can make the right choice, of course, the "right" here is Kitchener's own opinion.

"Yes, a complete British Empire is important to all of us—" Roque admits that Kitchener is right, but there is a twist below: "-But the establishment of the British Commonwealth is also the trend of the times, and if London is willing to give greater autonomy to the Overseas Dominions, then there is no reason why the Overseas Dominions must secede from the British Empire, just like us in Southern Africa, and now there are people in the Southern African Parliament who have suggested that Southern Africa become directly independent, but more people prefer to see Southern Africa still part of the British Empire, That's exactly what I thought. ”

Roque certainly didn't want to lose the huge market within the British Empire if he could.

When the Boer War broke out, the British government mobilized troops from all over the world to fight in southern Africa, wiped out the two countries established by the Boers, and then wiped them out, which is what is now southern Africa.

If you become independent from the British Empire, you will lose help from within Britain in the face of war in the future, which is dispensable for southern Africa now, but important for other dominions and colonies.

Southern Africa is the dominant power in Africa, and the surrounding countries do not have the strength to compete with southern Africa, so there is almost a threat of war in southern Africa.

Southern Africa itself is becoming stronger and stronger, and the population problem that previously constrained the development of southern Africa has been greatly alleviated, and in time, the population of southern Africa will increase rapidly, and when southern Africa has a population of 100 million like the United States, then southern Africa will never have to worry about the threat of war.

"In that case, why can't the status quo be maintained? If we work together and help each other, we will never be invincible! "Kitchener is now almost 70 years old, and has no other hope than to preserve the last glory of the empire in his lifetime.

"Marshal, a hundred years ago, almost all of the world's landmass, except for a few areas, was a European colony, and now?" Roque didn't explain, leaving Kitchener to think for himself.

Kitchener's idea was good, but it couldn't be realized.

The general trend of the world, divided for a long time, will be divided for a long time, and there are some things that are really impossible to explain.

Kitchener kept his head down and was silent for a long time before he let out a long sigh and stopped discussing the matter with Roque.

Roque didn't talk to Kitchener either, and led Kitchener around Los Angeles to see what kind of life southern Africans were living, so that Kitchener could communicate with southern Africans and understand what southern Africans were thinking.

If he had chosen to go to Johannesburg and talk to the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, he would have a better understanding of why Southern Africa needed more autonomy.

Most of the gold produced in Johannesburg is still destined for the United Kingdom, ensuring that the pound remains the world's currency.

Britain took gold from southern Africa, but returned paper pounds to southern Africa, and during the world war, in order to ensure the stability of the pound sterling, Britain abolished the fixed exchange ratio between the pound and gold, causing the value of the pound to continue to decline.

After the end of the World War, Britain was trying to re-establish the exchange ratio between gold and the British pound, and it was only then that the British government realized that the British pound was gradually losing its status as a global currency, and it was the US dollar and the rand issued by southern Africa that were challenging the pound.

The relationship between gold and currency was difficult for Roque to explain to Kitchin, so Roque led Kitchin to see what Kitchin could understand.

The first stop Roque took to Kitchener was a farm outside Los Angeles.

Nyasaland and farms are not quite the same as farms in other states in southern Africa, where farms are privately owned and are the private property of the farmer.

This is not the case with farms in Nyasaland, which is a fief of Roque, so the land in Nyasaland is strictly owned by Roque, not by the farmer, which is the biggest difference between Nyasaland and other states.

Private ownership of land sounds great, but for the government, the consequences of private ownership of land are severe.

The simplest reason is that there are many railways in southern Africa that are monorails, which are not convenient to use and have great limitations.

Southern Africa is trying to make all railways in the territory a two-track railway, so that the railways can play a greater role and facilitate communication between regions.

At this time, there is a problem, the construction of the railway requires land acquisition, if the land is privately owned, then the government will have to pay a greater price for the land, and Nyasaland is the most smoothly carried out in all the states of southern Africa.

Of course, the Nyasarland government does not expropriate land for free, and will also give economic subsidies to farmers normally, which eliminates the possibility of farmers opening their mouths, and cannot expect everyone to be highly conscious.

Although the farms are not privately owned, the farmers in Nyasaland are still very serious about the management of the farms, and generally speaking, the farms in Nyasaland are doing well, especially in the vicinity of big cities such as Los Angeles and Port Edward, which are now quite large and well-developed.

Roque acted as an interpreter for Kitchener when he visited the farm, and most of the farmers in Nyasaland were Chinese, many of whom had not yet learned to speak English.

"Why don't you let them learn English?" Kitchener was not very happy with the situation.

"A lot of them are too old to learn a new language, but we're serious about educating their next generation, and learning one more language isn't a bad thing anyway." Roque explained in detail that public education in southern Africa is well developed, but it has not yet reached the point where education is accessible to all.

Kitchener nodded, and walked with Roque into a farm on the outskirts of Los Angeles, which was chosen by Kitchener himself, and there was no possibility that Roque had prepared in advance.

The area of the farm was not very large, one or two hundred acres, the farmer's house was built on the side of the road, and the black sign hanging on the white fence had the number of the farm and the name of the head of the household written in white paint, and when Roque and Kitchener approached the fence, five or six hounds galloped out of the farm, barking at Roch and Kitchener.

"Looks like we're not welcome—" Kitchener smiled, who also liked the hound's loyal animal.

Roque laughed as the farmer noticed Roque and Kitchina and quickly called the hounds to the corridor and tied them up.

Roque and Kitchener do not play micro-service private visits, a large group of more than a dozen cars, the momentum is still quite huge, the farmer's surname is Zhang, after seeing Roque clearly, the farmer owner is sincerely frightened, and immediately opened the fence gate to invite Roque in.

"Can we go in?" Kitchina is still pretending, there is a saying in England that my broken house, the wind can enter, the rain can enter, but the king cannot enter.

In fact, it's all nonsense, if the king is so reasonable, then he is not the king.