The topic was so heavy that even Winston, who was in his early forties, couldn't stand it, let alone Kitchener, who was nearly seventy years old.

The Commonwealth of another time and space was indeed proposed by Jan Smoltz after the First World War, but Britain delayed until 1931, until it was really delayed, and then the Westminster Act was ratified, which determined that all British Dominions were completely independent and sovereign, and the Commonwealth was formally formed.

The Dominion here still excludes India.

The British Empire in this time and space is even more difficult than the other.

The British Empire, in another time and space, although it is also suffering from internal and external troubles, does not have a Dominion similar to Southern Africa within the British Empire, which has the strength to challenge the British suzerainty.

Southern Africa in this time and space is a bit strong, during the world war, has really shown the meaning of competing with the British mainland, at the Paris Peace Conference, southern Africa, as a British dominion, was originally not eligible for independent seats, because of the contribution of southern Africa during the world war, France and the United States agreed to give southern Africa a separate seat.

This decision was unanimously opposed by Winston and Roque, although Roque also wanted southern Africa to participate in the Paris Peace Conference as an independent country, but it was not necessary now, Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson were not clever in this hand, Roque would not turn against Britain now, and southern Africa still needed the help of the British government to fight for interests.

Back to Kitchener's body, after a detailed examination, the doctor confirmed that Kitchener had a heart recurrence, fortunately he was sent to the hospital in time, Kitchener was not in danger of life, but Kitchener was too old after all, and his body could not fully recover and could not continue to work in the future.

After learning about Kitchener's situation, Winston immediately invited Roque to stay on British soil and replace Kitchener as British Minister of War.

Truth be told, when Winston made this suggestion, Roque did have a struggle inside, but reason still prevailed over desire, and Roque refused Winston's invitation and insisted on returning to southern Africa.

No matter how good the British mainland is, it has nothing to do with Roque.

Roque's base is in southern Africa, and Roque understood this a long time ago.

After knowing Roque's decision, although Winston regretted it, he did not force it, and the next day Roque and Winston went to Buckingham Palace to accept the canonization of George V.

There are a lot of people in Buckingham Palace on this day, most of them are soldiers who returned from the French front, after the end of the world war, more than 200 people have accepted the canonization of George V and become the new nobles of the British Empire, Roque This is the fourth batch, a total of 65 people, except for Roque, only six people have obtained barons, and the others are all from barons.

Looking at it this way, the British knighthood is still quite precious, no wonder so many people donate their hard-earned money to the British government, even if they can only get the title of "Justice of the Peace".

As a Marquis, Roque was the first to receive the canonization of George V, and the ceremony was still presided over by the Duke of Bedford, who had not been seen for a long time.

After the ceremony began, Roark came to George V and got down on one knee, and George V placed his saber on Roarke's shoulder.

Normally, the ceremony ends here, and the recipient reaffirms his allegiance to the king, who rejoices with a few words of encouragement.

Probably because he hadn't seen Roque for a long time, George V didn't rush to let Roque take the oath when he put the sword on Roque's shoulder, but asked Roque with a frown: "What did you say to Marshal Kitchener?" It actually caused Marshal Kitchener to have a heart attack recurrence—"

Roque heaven and earth conscience, it is really not Roque who is deliberately angry with Kitchener.

However, because of Winston's experience, Roque didn't tell the truth, and casually found a reason to fool the past.

"Don't leave when the ceremony is over, we can have a good chat at noon." George V didn't bother with this issue, and felt that he was just finding a random topic to talk to Roque to show the emperor's grace.

Roque nodded and didn't speak, there were still dozens of people waiting to be conferred, and Roque didn't waste time.

After the brief investiture ceremony, the others stayed in the ballroom for luncheon, and Roque and George V came to the study on the second floor.

"What do you think of the riots in Russia?" George V got straight to the point, this question Roque has also answered many times in recent days, but this time it was different, because his cousin Nicholas II's family was executed by eyebrows, and George V's attitude towards revenge against the new Russian government was very resolute.

"Your Majesty, this is the internal affair of the Russians, and we have no right to interfere." Roque directly evaded, and now if Roque said that we must intervene, it is estimated that George V will ask Roque next if he would like to be the commander-in-chief of the intervention army.

George V frowned, probably because he didn't expect Roque to refuse this simply, and now Britain really can't find a better general than Roque, otherwise George V wouldn't have looked for Roque.

"Your Majesty, think of Napoleon, we can't win-" Roque refused for a reason, the winter in Russia is a problem that all the enemies of Russia have to consider, it is already September, even if preparations start now, it is impossible to launch an offensive this year, it must wait until the spring of next year is in full bloom, and the war must be controlled before the end of winter.

What's more, the world war on the European side has just ended, and the soldiers who have fought fiercely in France for four years are still celebrating the end of the war, out of the sea of suffering, and now let them take up arms again and start a war that also seems impossible to end in a short time, and I am afraid that the most loyal soldiers will rebel.

"This is our last chance, and if we don't win now, we will never win." George V also knew that Britain was now in an unprecedented period of weakness, but the new Russian government was not strong, and now that Russia was mired in a civil war, if an intervention force could be sent as soon as possible, then there might be a real chance of defeating Russia.

This time it was Roque's turn to be silent, Roque really didn't know the self-confidence of George V, even what Napoleon and Mustache didn't do, George V probably couldn't do it, compared with Napoleon and Mustache, George V didn't have any advantage in personal ability.

Napoleon will not say it, there has been such a demon in Europe for thousands of years, and the mustache is not comparable to George V, who can pull up a powerful Wehrmacht on the ruined German soil, and the personal ability of the mustache should not be underestimated.

At least the charisma is top-notch.

"What would you do if you were the commander-in-chief of the Intervention Force?" George V didn't give up, it is estimated that he was complaining frantically in his heart, and he had just promoted Roque to the Marquis of Nyasaland, but Roque didn't say anything at all, and he was simply not a son of man.

"Your Majesty, I will do nothing-" Roque told the truth, the Marquis was actually not very attractive to Roque, and Ade had sent a telegram to George V before, hoping that George V would stop awarding medals to southern Africans.

What Roque has always needed is a noble status, as long as he can be among the aristocratic class, then Roque will get great convenience when doing things, from this point of view, there is not much difference between a baron and a marquis, and Roque originally did not expect the marquis status to bring greater benefits to Roque.

In other words, the more you get from George V now, the greater the price that Roarke will pay when he wants to get rid of the British government in the future.

As the king of England, George V also has the pride of a king, and since Roque has a clear attitude, George V no longer insists on it, but discusses some lighter topics with Roque.

A week later, Roque finally boarded the Star, a passenger liner returning to southern Africa.

After returning to Southern Africa this time, Roque didn't know when he would have the opportunity to come out next time, so Roque was not going to go straight back to Walvis Bay from London, but was going to make a detour to Port Elizabeth, go around the two river valleys, and then return to Southern Africa via Port Edward.

Escorting the passenger liner Star, two southern African destroyers, one of which was captained by Patton, who had joined the Southern African Navy.

After leaving the Mediterranean Fleet, Patton did not return to Roque, but went to the Southern African Navy, where he began his naval career as a gunner.

Don't think that it is the same as Li, the children of high-ranking officials like Patton have to start from the bottom when they get to the Navy, and the hierarchy is everywhere, when Patton went to the Navy, the rank was already lieutenant colonel, and he had the experience of "serving" in the Mediterranean Fleet, and it was more than enough to serve as a gunner.

After the fleet left London, Patton boarded the passenger liner Star by dinghy.

"How does it feel to be in the Navy? And how is it different from the Mediterranean Fleet? Roque has great hopes for Patton, the current Southern African Navy is still very weak, but in the future, the Southern African Navy will definitely have aircraft carriers, and Roque hopes that by then Patton will be qualified to serve as the captain of an aircraft carrier.

Patton is now the captain of the destroyer "Crocodile", here "crocodile", referring to the Limpopo River near Johannesburg, not a crocodile, and the destroyer in southern Africa is named after the river.

"Our warships are newer and stronger, and our soldiers are more energetic and enthusiastic - the British Navy is indeed very strong, but how to say it, the British Navy lacks the discipline and enterprising spirit that an army should have, like an old man who is dying, and he is dying of old age." Patton did not have a high opinion of the British Navy, and it was the first time that Roark had heard someone say this about the British Navy when he came to this world.

"Why do you say that?" Roque was interested, hoping that Barton was not arrogant.

"The officer class of the British Navy has degenerated, and they are not qualified military men at all—" Patton looked dismissive.

Roque suddenly realized, and then he knew why Patton did not have a high opinion of the British Navy, but this issue could not be discussed, and it was really a bit dirty.

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