For the smog in London, Xiao Si and Owen have long been accustomed to it.

It is impossible to kill people in the smog, and those who died died because of other reasons, not because of the smog, so naturally there is no need to control the smog.

If the problem cannot be solved, the problem does not exist, which is the same as directly addressing the person who raised the problem.

In fact, not to mention thousands of deaths in London every year, tens of thousands of deaths have nothing to do with Roque.

So Roque got off the boat and went straight to the suburban estate, without any stops in the city.

Fortunately, the American flu that has been raging around the world for several years has finally disappeared, and this disease came strangely, and it disappeared strangely, no wonder many people later thought that the virus would disappear automatically, and most of the root causes were here.

Of course, it may also be a shirk of responsibility.

As the Marquess of Nyasaland, Roque also had estates on the outskirts of London.

During the World War, Roque took the opportunity to acquire a lot of assets at a low price, and the manor was formerly owned by a merchant, and when Roque bought the manor, the name of the estate was changed to Rock Manor.

Locke Manor covers an area of nearly 450 acres, and the castle in the center has more than six hundred rooms, and a team of professional mercenaries from the Umbrella Company is permanently stationed here and is responsible for the security of the entire estate.

On the evening of Roque's arrival in London, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin visited.

"Locke, the government's finances are already overwhelmed, and there may be some problems with the agreement we have reached before, and the interest paid in the future may be reduced from £55 million to £42 million a year." When the Chancellor of the Exchequer visits, he must be for money.

Britain's borrowings and arrears from southern Africa during the World War add up to more than £4 billion, or $55 million a year in interest.

Southern Africa's defense budget last year was exactly 55 million.

"Minister, you should go to Mrs. Capet about this, it's useless to look for me." Roque does not pick up the stubble, and the repayment agreement negotiated between the governments of Southern Africa and the United Kingdom is complicated, and it is not that less can be less.

"Why is it useless, you just won 500,000 tons of total tonnage of capital ships for the navy, and the navy immediately proposed to build Nelson-class battleships, and the reduced 13 million were taken away by the navy to build ships." Stanley Baldwin was in business in his early years, and his son was elected to parliament following in his father's footsteps, and since then he has entered politics.

During the World War, Stanley Baldwin served as Private Secretary to Congress to Andrew Boehner Law and later as Financial Secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury.

During his tenure as Treasury Secretary and Financial Secretary, Stanley Baldwin worked to encourage wealthy people to voluntarily donate money to the country so that Britain would be able to pay its war debts after the war.

After Andrew Bonner Law became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Stanley Baldwin was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer to negotiate repayments with Southern Africa.

While Roque was in Washington for a meeting in Washington, Andrew Boehner Law's health deteriorated, and he was diagnosed with throat cancer, and his voice was so weak that he could barely be heard.

Now that Andrew Bonner Law has decided to resign as Prime Minister, there are two possible candidates to take over the post of Prime Minister, one of whom is Andrew Bona Law, and the other is Curzon, who has just become British Foreign Minister.

Yes, it was the same Curzon who had a very unpleasant quarrel with Kitchener, who was the commander-in-chief of the Indian army during his tenure as Governor-General of India.

If you count it this way, Roque, as a descendant of Kitchina, also has a grudge against Curzon.

Therefore, Roque also naturally has a position on the selection of prime minister.

"What about the data on the Nelson-class battleships?" Roque really didn't know the specific data of the Nelson-class battleships.

The total tonnage of Britain's capital ships now exceeds the 525,000 tons stipulated in the "Washington Naval Treaty," and the Nelson-class battleships to be built by the Royal Navy must have a tonnage of more than 30,000 tons, and there is more than one capital.

"Standard displacement of 36,000 tons, full load displacement of 43,140 tons, 45,000 horsepower, three triple 16-inch guns - the Royal Navy will build two." Stanley Baldwin is like a treasure, the data is indeed powerful, as long as the funds are in place, no matter how powerful it is, the Royal Shipyard can make it.

The "Washington Naval Treaty" stipulates that from the date of the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the standard displacement of the newly built capital ships of various countries cannot exceed 35,000 tons in principle, and the data of Nelson-class battleships obviously exceeds the standard.

Of course, this is not a problem, no one cares about these details, the Washington Naval Treaty also stipulates that the standard displacement of new auxiliary ships of various countries shall not exceed 10,000 tons, and the caliber of the main gun shall not exceed 8 inches.

Then there was a lot of strange battleships of about 9,500 tons and 6-inch guns.

These warships were originally designed to carry 8-inch or 9-inch guns, and after the expiration of the Washington Naval Treaty, they were reequipped.

"What about the gross tonnage?" Roarke did not yet know the plans of the British Navy.

"525,000 tons is too little, in this case, we need to dismantle at least 20 battleships to control the total tonnage of capital ships within 525,000 tons - after the two Nelson-class battleships are built, at least four battleships will be demolished to make room for the Nelson-class battleships." Stanley Baldwin also has a big head, and he desperately built dreadnoughts during the arms race, and now he wants to dismantle them all, which is all taxpayers' hard-earned money.

Many of the battleships that Britain was about to dismantle had only been in service for a few years.

For example, the battleship "Agincourt", which was about to be dismantled, was only built in 1914, which was the battleship with the most main turrets in history, with a full load displacement of 30,860 tons, and originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire, but was confiscated by the British government after the outbreak of the world war.

These powerful battleships, which have only been in service for a few years, are about to be demolished because of the "Washington Naval Treaty", which is really a loser.

According to the requirements of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the battleship "Agincourt" and 20 other battleships are about to face the fate of being dismantled, and the 1,120 members of the Royal Navy on the ship are at risk of losing their jobs, and those who perform well have the opportunity to stay in the Royal Navy and continue to serve on other warships, and those who perform poorly will definitely be decommissioned.

However, this is a good thing for southern Africa, which is about to get four Normandy-class battleships, but the southern African navy is seriously short of talent.

"Even after the dismantling of 20 battleships, the Royal Navy still retains 22 battleships, of which 21 are ex-Jutland and one is post-Jutland, which is also a huge burden for the British government." Stanley Baldwin's words seemed to mean something.

Roque did not speak, and carefully analyzed Stanley Baldwin's attitude.

22 battleships, a real burden for the British government.

Listening to Stanley Baldwin, it seems that he wants to deploy some of the battleships to southern Africa, so that southern Africa will be responsible for the related costs, and the financial pressure on the British government will be reduced accordingly.

Needless to say, during the World War, the British government withdrew all garrisons and fleets from southern Africa and went to France to fight in the war.

It is easy for these forces and fleets to leave southern Africa, and it is impossible to come back, which already has its own navy and does not need the Royal Navy to assist in defense.

Of course, if the British government wanted to send battleships to southern Africa, then Roque would laugh at it, although Roque did not want to build battleships, but the battleships that Britain equipped with were still very fragrant.

In other words, compared with the battleships equipped by the British, the "Normandy" class battleships that Roque got from France are simply scum.

However, the battleships of the "Normandy" class after the overhaul were quite good, and before the overhaul, the "Normandy" was a battleship.

After the overhaul, "Normandy" has become a standard battle cruiser, and with different roles, the value is naturally different.

Measured by the infantry class, the battleship is the heavy armored cavalry, it doesn't matter whether the speed is fast or not, the core is the blood thickness and high defense.

The battle cruiser is a ranger, and it is indeed worse to fight the rangers head-on, but it is much easier to use it for sneak attacks and interference to break the heavy cavalry.

The key is to run fast, the firepower is also lively, if you can't fight, you can run, and the battleship can't catch up.

"The 'Normandy' bought by the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa are not worth mentioning compared with the battleships of our Royal Navy, with weak firepower and low protection, poor slow speed, and serious lack of endurance, and the battleships we are about to dismantle are more than one grade stronger than 'Normandy'." Stanley Baldwin is proud that the Navy is indeed a traditional advantage of Britain.

It dawned on Rock that Stanley Baldwin was not here to show off his superiority or to pay back, but to sell the battleships that the British Royal Navy was about to tear down.

Those powerful battleships, after dismantling and selling scrap iron, it is estimated that they will not be able to sell for a few dollars.

If it can be sold in its entirety, the price will definitely be very different.

The British government probably found inspiration in the purchase of "Normandy" class battleships by the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa, and since the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa can buy battleships, the Kingdom of the Congo and the Republic of Congo will certainly be able to buy them as well.

In this case, the Sultanate of Najd may also need powerful battleships to protect its national interests.

Isn't that needed in the East Indies?

The East Indies also faced the threat of the Japanese navy.

However, this is unlikely, buying a hull is not the same thing as buying a battleship in service directly.

The price is very different, let's not talk about it, buy a hull, what it will be transformed into, at least three or two years to see.

Buy battleships directly, then the threat is real.

Not to mention the United States, the increasingly powerful US Navy probably doesn't care about these former Jutland-type battleships.

Japan is different, if the East Indies buy the battleships that the British want to dismantle, then the Japanese are probably going crazy.