Prior to the passage of the new tax law, Nyasaland paid only £700,000 in taxes to the federal government.

This is seriously inconsistent with the economic level of Nyasaland, backward such as Bechuana, after the establishment of the federal government, there are still 500,000 taxes paid to the federal government, Nyasaland's economic volume, absolutely beyond Bechuanaland, a large cut, if according to the level of Bechuanaland, the taxes paid must be at least doubled to match the economic scale of Nyasaland.

One thing is for sure, as the director of the General Department of Taxation, Ida will definitely take care of Nyasaland, so Xiao Si will drag Roque, as long as Nyasaland pays the tax in full, the South African company will not cheat.

"Of course Nyasaland will, and Nyasaland has always supported the work of the federal government." The righteous words that Roque said must be the same thing when they are actually implemented.

"Less, I don't know about you yet, if you want to say that, Rhodesia is also supportive of the work of the federal government." Xiao Si is dismissive, and everyone will say that he is obedient.

"Nyasaland and Rhodesia, which has the largest private entity in Southern Africa, so you know, a lot of people are staring at you, and if Nyasaland and Rhodesia do not pay the tax amount, then the new tax law will not be implemented smoothly-" Ida stressed the importance of Nyasaland and Rhodesia, and of course reassuring: "But you can rest assured that the Directorate General of Taxation will definitely not let you suffer, no matter how much tax Nyasaland and Rhodesia pays, I guarantee that the tax will be used in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, Definitely not going to give it to Orange. ”

Ida knows very well how much Roque and Xiaosi hate the Boers, and the "New Tax Law" also has clear provisions for tax refunds, and Ida wants Nyasaland and Rhodesia to lead by example, as long as Nyasaland and Rhodesia agree to implement the "New Tax Law", then no one in the other states will dare to take the initiative to oppose it.

Hearing Ada's promise, Roque and Xiao Si looked at each other.

From Roque's standpoint, it is true that Ida's work should be supported, but Ida's commitment is also time-sensitive, and now that Ida is the director of the General Administration of Taxes, he can take care of Nyasaland and Rhodesia, what if the director is replaced in the future?

Regardless of the change of director-general, if Nyasaland and Rhodesia agree to implement the new tax law now, there will be no room for reversal in the future.

It seems that Ade is still very good at employing people, and in the whole of southern Africa, it is estimated that Ida can convince Roque and Xiao Si.

"Help—" Ida looked at Roque with expectant eyes.

Roque really rarely saw this expression on Ada's face, so he almost agreed to Ada's request in an impulsive manner.

Fortunately, Xiao Si is quite sane. Spoke before Roque: "Ida, it's not that we don't support your work, every word we say today may affect millions of pounds in taxes in the future, so we have to be cautious, you also know what the tax increase means for export-oriented enterprises like us, we are now shipping canned food to Europe, a can can only earn one or two pennies, even if it only increases taxes by three percent, it also means a significant decline in product profits, and if we maintain profits, That would affect the competitiveness of the product, and then the income of the workers—"

Xiao Si is not complaining, what he said is actually the truth, the products of southern Africa have just opened up sales in Europe, people at this time are still very sensitive to prices, if because of the tax affects the competitiveness of southern African products in Europe, then it is really hard to say whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"For export-oriented enterprises, the "New Tax Law" has a tax rebate policy, and this part of the additional fees will be returned to the enterprise as it is, so it will not have much impact on the enterprise." Ida is also a businessman, of course, she also knows the role of cost on competitiveness, so the "new tax law" will have a tax refund clause, which is essentially to encourage enterprises to sell their products abroad.

If you really have the ability, you can make money from foreigners.

Even countries within the Commonwealth.

Xiao Si didn't seem to know the "New Tax Law" at all, and after listening to Ada's introduction, Xiao Si immediately became interested enough in the "New Tax Law".

"The new tax law is essentially a supplement to the federal government's fiscal deficit, there was no perfect law in southern Africa, the states were working in silos, the tax system was very imperfect, and now the federal government has lost London's financial subsidies, everything has to be self-sufficient for the federal government, if even you don't support the new tax law, then I think the prime minister will be very disappointed." Ida began to play the emotional card again, but this set had an effect on Roque, not on Xiao Si at all.

Unlike Roque's original intention of supporting the autonomy of southern Africa, Xiao Si supports the autonomy of southern Africa, and the biggest purpose is to get rid of London's clamps, so Xiao Si does not care about the financial situation of the federal government, let alone Ade's feelings.

Roque is different, Ade has the grace of knowing Roque, if it weren't for Ade's support, Roque might still be an ordinary patrol officer in Cape Town, and he would never get a chance to get ahead.

Now that Roque is considered to have achieved fame, it is time to repay Ade, so even though Ida has not yet given a promise that it is truly beneficial to Nyasaland and Rhodesia, Roque still took the initiative to choose to support Ade and the federal government: "My dear, I also hope you can understand that Cecil and I are not not not supporting the federal government, but are responsible for South African companies and employees in Nyasaland, Cecil has just heard what you said, cost control is still very important for export-oriented enterprises, and an increase in tax revenue of three percent does not seem to be much." , but it can have a big impact, so Cecil and I have to be cautious on this issue. ”

"Of course—I understand—" Ida was visibly sensitive to Roque's name, and Lezizi probably didn't even hear what Roque had just said.

"It's good if you understand, to be honest, I'm still going to ask for federal support, you also know that there are excellent fishery resources near Cape Town, but we can't use them, I was going to invest in a seafood processing plant in Cape Town, but the Cape state government rejected it for various reasons-" Xiao Si also has a request, if Ade is willing to help, then all the problems will be solved.

"Hehe, Cape officials, it's really short-sighted-" Ida had also lived in Cape Town after all, so she knew the situation in Cape Town very well: "Don't worry, I will tell Mr. Milner and ask Mr. Milner to help coordinate-"

The "Milner" Ida is talking about is not Ade, but Sidney Milner.

In fact, this kind of matter is not troublesome, and it is estimated that it can be solved by sending a telegram from Sidney Milner, the first secretary of the Federation, and there is no need to ask Ade to speak.

"That's fine, as long as I can get the consent of the Cape State, you can let me pay as much tax as I want." Xiao Si also knows that the implementation of the "New Tax Law" is inevitable, and it is a point to get some benefits.

Roque and Ada looked at each other and smiled, whether Nyasaland paid 700,000 or 1 million a year, Roque really didn't care.

Now the RAND Bank has begun printing Southern Africa's own currency, the rand.

In a few more years, the rand will be officially listed, replacing the British pound as the legal tender in southern Africa.

Of course, the British pound as the common currency of the British Commonwealth will not be abolished, and the future of southern Africa is probably a situation where the rand and the British pound coexist.

This is enough, as long as Southern Africa is still in the Commonwealth, the pound will not disappear from Southern Africa, but in a few years it will be the First World War, when the pound will continue to depreciate, and Southern Africa is far away from Europe and will not be affected by the war, as long as the federal government does not take the initiative to die, the rand will remain strong, and the market will make the most correct choice at that time.

At the beginning of December, a rebellion broke out again in Portuguese East Africa, which had been almost completely forgotten by Roque.

This time it had nothing to do with Roque, it was not the Africans who broke out in the rebellion, but the whites of Portuguese East Africa.

In this way, it seems more appropriate to describe it as "infighting".

The reason for this is simple: because Portugal's national power is weakening, the Portuguese government has increased its exploitation of the colonies to maintain the current situation.

Compared with Portuguese West Africa, although there is only a little enemy left around Lorenço Marques in Portuguese East Africa, because of the early development time, the population of Portuguese East Africa far exceeds the population of Portuguese West Africa.

At this time, the local government's exploitation of the colonies was very cruel, and the most common method used by the British to exploit southern Africa at that time was the poll tax.

The same is true of Portugal, because the economy in Portugal is deteriorating, so the Portuguese government has increased the poll tax on Lorenço Marques, requiring each Lorenço Marquez to pay 150 escudos to support the financial situation of Portugal itself.

One hundred and fifty escudos, which is equivalent to ten pounds, is a lot of money for ordinary Lorenço Marques, so this decision of the Portuguese government immediately caused turmoil in Lorenço Marques, and some whites took the initiative to stand up against the levy of a poll tax, and some even shouted that Portuguese East Africa should establish an autonomous government similar to that of southern Africa, so as to be more conducive to the future of Lorenço Marques.

As the suzerainty of Portuguese East Africa, the Portuguese government will certainly not sit idly by, so at the end of November, the Lorenço Marquez police arrested 12 "Labour Party members", and this decision officially caused the two groups in Portuguese East Africa to fight each other.

The two groups were the Royalists and the Labour Party, and the Royalists were willing to cooperate with the Portuguese government in collecting taxes, knowing full well that Lourenço Marques would not become a colony in southern Africa only if Portugal was thriving.

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