Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1067 Repay the money!

Duke Kappler finally chose to give in. If the money is gone, he can make it again. If the family honor is gone, it is really gone. It will be extremely difficult to earn it back. old.

No one knows the final price, but Geoffrey took a full six trucks of wooden boxes from the estate of Duke Kappler, and it was calculated to be about 100 million francs per truck.

Rock is not in the mood to care about these trivial matters. The world war is finally over, and the peace negotiations have officially begun. Leaders of various countries gathered in Paris, and the German government also sent a delegation, but they could not enter the venue, and even the hotel was not arranged. It's a bit unorthodox to put the German delegation in a temporary camp surrounded by barbed wire, just like a prisoner of war camp.

Rock didn't believe it when he knew about it, so when he was heading to Paris, he took a detour to take a look.

It is indeed a temporary camp surrounded by barbed wire, guarded by French soldiers, and no one is allowed to enter or leave except for the vehicles that deliver food every day.

Rock doesn't know how the German delegation endured such humiliating treatment. France and Germany are old enemies. These two countries have been hurting each other. After the Franco-Prussian War, Germany humiliated France to its heart's content. Now it's France's turn to humiliate Germany. The Germans are arrogant, and now the French are going too far.

Before Roque came to Paris, British Prime Minister Winston and Foreign Secretary Edward Gray had already come to Paris ahead of schedule. In order to fully meet the requirements of various countries, the Allied Powers formed a 10-member committee to lead the negotiations. These 10 people were from the United Kingdom and France. , Italy, Japan, and the United States government leaders or diplomats.

Although Russia is also a victorious country in name, there are no Russian members in the 10-member committee because the new Russian government withdrew from the war midway.

Although the 10-member committee took care of all countries as much as possible, Winston was very dissatisfied with the 10-member committee. For the United Kingdom, the 10-member committee had too many members, and the United Kingdom had too few members. Interests.

"The French always like to do some unrealistic things. Perhaps the French believe that the 10-member committee represents fairness and justice. Every country has the right to express their demands freely, but the real world has never been fair. How much did the victory over the Allies contribute? How much did the Italians contribute? But they have as many members as our British Empire, which is a shame to us!" Winston was furious in the temporary residence.

Although they are all temporary residences, Winston's residence is definitely different from the cage where the German delegation lived. Winston lived in a palace during the Bourbon Dynasty.

"I think Southern Africa should also have a seat—" Rock tested Winston's bottom line.

Winston immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and glared at Rock with fierce eyes: "What do you want to do? Southern Africa is not yet a country. Southern Africa is an overseas dominion of the British Empire!"

Rock looked at Winston with disgust. Winston was so excited that he kept approaching Rock's face when he was talking. Rock's face was almost touching Winston's. Rock felt bad.

"You are too sensitive. Even if Southern Africa joins the 10-member committee, it will maintain a united front with the British Empire. The purpose is to safeguard the interests of the British Empire." Rock also fully realized at the end of the World War. The status of the country is becoming more and more important, and the British Empire's desire to control southern Africa is becoming stronger and stronger. It is estimated that it is impossible for southern Africa to become independent.

At least not right now.

But greater autonomy can be sought, such as diplomacy --

"Locke, I know what you're thinking. It's not enough now. Now we have to work together to win more interests for the British Empire." Winston quickly calmed down, not only for southern Africa, but also for Canada. The British government should have already discussed the overseas territories of China, Australia, and New Zealand.

After the outbreak of the World War, in order to win the full support of the overseas dominions, the British government gave many promises to these overseas dominions, including southern Africa, including the diplomatic rights that Roark never forgets.

If Southern Africa has diplomatic rights, then when the Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo are established, Southern Africa can directly recognize the independence of the Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo, which can create a fait accompli, if Belgium, as the suzerain country, disagrees——

That's good, get ready to fight!

"I know, but you have to give some benefits to our overseas dominions." Rock is not in a hurry, not only southern Africa wants to fight for more power, Canada, Australia, New Zealand are the same, and even India is clamoring for independence.

The British government will definitely not let India become independent, otherwise, where can we find so many laborers.

The Chinese are willing to immigrate to southern Africa, but few people are willing to immigrate to the British mainland.

With the end of the world war, a war of grabbing people has begun.

Germany has now become a defeated country and is being slaughtered on the chopping block. Those talents in Germany have long made Roark salivate, and southern Africa has already begun to act. Those high-end talents who have settled in southern Africa are giving old friends to the students in Germany. Write a letter, hoping that they can visit and travel to southern Africa, and the federal government of southern Africa will reimburse all expenses.

What France robbed were Chinese laborers from the Far East, and it was after gaining more understanding of Chinese laborers that the French government realized how useful Chinese laborers were.

At least better than North Africans and West Africans.

The British government owns India's human resources, so the British government does not participate in the robbing operation. However, India is now clamoring for independence, and the British government still needs to appease India. After the outbreak of the world war, in order to recruit more Indians, the British government It was promised to give Indians more power.

Of course, that was just a promise after the outbreak of the World War. The prime minister at that time was Asquith, but the current prime minister is Winston.

"What more do you want? Look at France now, look at England now, full of ruined villages, burned forests, poison-gassed lands, while your southern Africa was destroyed during the world wars. War fortune, I only found out a few days ago that before the outbreak of the world war, your Southern African federal government still owed the British Empire 5000 million pounds. As a result, the Ministry of Finance calculated a few days ago, and now the British Empire owes you 13.5 million pounds in southern Africa. [-] million, not to mention Southwest Africa, Tanganyika, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, together with us and the Germans, they are all working for you in southern Africa. Not only do you not pay wages, but You want us to pay you back! Can you still be more shameless?" Winston was furious, and now he realizes it later.

Rock smiled embarrassedly. He looked pure at first glance, and immediately changed the topic: "What about Canada, Australia, and New Zealand?"

Southern Africa did make a lot of war money through the World War, but Canada, Australia, and New Zealand did not benefit, and the Canadian Legion and the Anzac Army also made great sacrifices for the British Empire during the World War. The British government may not reward Southern Africa , but if Canada and Australia and New Zealand are not rewarded—

I'm afraid Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are going to rebel!

"The British Empire has rewards for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, of course, but this has nothing to do with you in southern Africa. You have already got what you want." Winston did not let go. As far as the current financial situation of the British government is concerned, It would be nice for the British government not to continue to borrow money from the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

Speaking of borrowing money, Rock really wanted to talk to Winston.

The money owed by the British government to the Federal Government of Southern Africa has interest, and part of it is owed to the Rand Bank, and the Rand Bank is known for its cruelty, so when will the money be repaid, Rock can have a good time with Winston have a chat.

Of course, before that, Rock had something to clarify with Winston first: "Your Excellency, there is one thing that must be stated that Southern Africa did benefit a lot during the World War, but the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and The profits earned by Southern African companies are not given away by the Allied Powers. They are the hard-earned money earned by us Southern Africans and the Federal Government of Southern Africa. So does this have anything to do with what we are discussing? Canada And Australia and New Zealand did contribute to the British Empire during the World Wars, but our contribution in southern Africa was even greater. Not only did we have 100 million people killed in battle, but also 200 million people were injured. We tried our best to meet the local needs In terms of material needs, I would rather starve myself than ensure the supply to the expeditionary force, my daughter even donated her own piggy bank, you can’t just wipe out all these contributions with a single sentence!”

Winston knows that he must do his best to fight for the interests of the British Empire, and Roque certainly knows it, although this is actually not Roque's job.

Rock's position in the Federal Government of Southern Africa is the Minister of Defense and Minister of War. Now it should be the Minister of Foreign Affairs to talk to Winston, but Southern Africa has no diplomatic autonomy, so there is not even a Ministry of Foreign Affairs——

"No one has annihilated the contribution of southern Africa. As the Earl of Nyasaland of the British Empire, the British Empire has given you a lot, so you should know how to be grateful. You should be grateful for what you have now, instead of being greedy and asking for more!" Wen Wen Ston's inscrutable, insatiable greed——

This accusation is a bit harsh.

Rock was calm at first, but after hearing what Winston said, Rock also got angry.

Nima said that I am greedy, right?

It is said that we in southern Africa should know how to be grateful, right?

Said we've got what we wanted—

Wait, this one isn't there yet.

So Rock is very straightforward: "Repay the money!"

(End of this chapter)