Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1089

In 1917, Britain had already lost its status as the "world's factory". The main industrial indicators were surpassed by the United States and Germany one after another. Only in the shipbuilding industry did it maintain its leading position.

At the end of the World War, Britain still accounted for 60.00% of the world's shipbuilding. [-]. Ships sailing in the world's oceans were still dominated by British ships.

After the outbreak of the World War, Britain imposed a blockade on Germany. German ships would be seized as long as they entered British ports.

Without the intervention of Southern Africa, the number of American merchant ships should have surpassed that of British merchant ships. However, the United States in this time and space is different from the United States in another time and space. During the World War, it did not receive too many orders from the Allied Powers, so in terms of the total number of merchant ships , the UK is still number one in the world.

What I have to mention here is Japan. During the World War, Japan not only was not affected by the war, but made a lot of war fortune through trade with Europe. Japan’s ocean transportation has also made great progress. Pull out the port and pass by.

Rock's main target is these Japanese merchant ships.

No way, Rock, as the Marquess of the British Empire, should be more gentle with his own people. If he charges too much toll, it will cause dissatisfaction among the British domestic ship owners, and he will be embarrassed to attack France. After all, during the World War, Britain and France once They have fought side by side, so they can only collect money from Japanese merchant ships. Otherwise, it will be a long way to drive the Somaliland rebels out of Somaliland.

Yes, it is to drive out of Somaliland, not to eliminate it.

If you want to wipe out the Somaliland rebels, unless Roque has the courage of Kitchener and persuades the British government to mobilize more than 20 troops, it can be done. If there are too few troops, it will be impossible to block the Somaliland border. In that case, the rebels will pass the border Flee to Italian Somalia.

Rock's purpose is to drive the rebels out of Somaliland, and Rock doesn't care where the rebels will go.

With Roque's order, the 1917 version of "Somali Pirates" was freshly released. At noon on the day the order was issued, the destroyer "Alligator" as the captain of Patton intercepted a Japanese cargo ship in the outer port of Berbera.

The merchant ship called "Tosa Maru" was loaded with silk, tea, porcelain, silk, and pig hair. The destination was Southampton. The captain was an Englishman named Terry.

Seeing the sailors with rifles on their backs boarding the "Tosa Maru", Terry greeted the sailors enthusiastically. He still didn't know the purpose of the sailors boarding the ship, and thought it was just a temporary inspection, so when he knew that he had to pay , Terry was surprised.

"Big brother, figure it out, you don't have the right to collect taxes here, 'Tosa Maru' just passes by you, and has no plans to stop in Berbera." Too much for Terry to call the shots.

"Then you can dock in Berbera, and you can add some coal and water—oh, your ship burns oil, so you can also add some oil—" Second Lieutenant Benjamin, who led the team on board, was of French descent. It was also the first time he dared to do such a thing, so he was really unskilled in business and not thick-skinned enough.

"We don't need to refuel, we will stop at Port Said, we don't need to stop at Berbera—" Terry hoped that Benjamin would hold his hands high, and when he spoke, he slipped a roll of pounds.

Although Terry is from the UK, he still understands the principle of avoiding disasters if he loses money. There are a lot of ocean voyages these days. This is in Berbera, and if you change it to another place——

There are so many accidents on long-distance ships every year, are they really natural disasters?

Hard to say.

Benjamin really didn't collect dirty money, so he started counting in front of Terry.

Terry's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"This money is too little, not enough!" Benjamin started on the road gradually, and he wanted to buy an honest officer with just fifty pounds.

"Less, 1500 pounds is really too much. This cargo can't earn so much. We have to pay taxes when we go to Southampton—" Terry begged with a bitter face. If you can't make money, you have to lose money.

"The goods on your ship did not match the waybill, so your ship was detained." Benjamin acted ruthlessly, first detained the ship before talking, and slowly talked about the future.

"Whatever, but I want to remind you that this ship is from the Croydon Trading Company, so you should think about it carefully." Terry didn't care, he was a sailor, and he could unblock it if he could, and he was not responsible if it couldn't.

Benjamin didn't know the background of the Croydon Trading Company, but Terry should look very powerful given his confidence.

No matter how powerful Benjamin was, he was just a second lieutenant who carried out orders, and he was supported by a tall man when the sky fell, so it had nothing to do with Benjamin.

So "Tosa Maru" became the first merchant ship seized by Berbera.

A day later, the number of seized merchant ships increased to five.

To Roque's surprise, the next day, Roque's old friend Colonel McMahon rushed to Berbera. The Croydon Trading Company does have a background. The big boss behind the scenes is the Duke of Belfast, and it is said that there are Royal stake.

It's just a merchant ship, and it's not worth Colonel McMahon's coming to Rock to intercede. The key is that this kind of behavior is relatively bad. Those who can enter the ocean trade industry have a background behind them. Today Rock dared to detain "Tosa Maru" ", Rock will dare to detain the "Queen Elizabeth" tomorrow, what will happen if it goes on like this.

"What if I don't seize it? The Prime Minister asked me to quell the rebellion in Somaliland, but I don't give soldiers or money. How can I do it?" Rock and McMahon didn't discuss whether it was right to seize the "Tosa Maru". It's not true, but Rock has a good reason.

"That can't directly arrest the merchant ship, it will affect our canal business—" McMahon didn't say anything on the scene, and pointed to the core of the problem.

The core of the problem is that McMahon is also a stakeholder. The seizure of the Japanese freighter in Berbera will affect the business of the Suez Canal. The Egyptian colonial government can rely on the collection of tolls in the Suez Canal to live, Berbera The location of the ship is also very embarrassing. As long as the ship passes through the Suez Canal, it must pass through Berbera.

"It doesn't matter, Japanese ships don't go through the Suez Canal, they can go around Africa—" Rock is not in a hurry, as long as Japanese ships don't go through the Suez Canal, they have to go around southern Africa. Cape Town, Walvis Bay—

That scene is simply not too beautiful.

"Lock, don't be like this. I understand that you are in trouble, but you can't use this method to solve the problem." McMahon is broken. As long as the Japanese ships go around Africa, they can't escape Rock's hands, but that way In the future, there will be no such thing as the Egyptian colonial government.

"Then what method do you want to solve it?" The old god Rock is here, anyway, the boat is in my hands, and no one can drive away without peeling off the skin.

"You can fight for more grants—" McMahon said nonsense. If he could get money, would Rock still use such low-handed means?

In a world war, the British government has already lost all their wealth. The second Boer War 17 years ago was enough to make the British government feel bad. As a result, the loss caused by the world war to the British government was a hundred times that of the second Boer War. Above, guess how the British royal relatives are feeling now!

Rock can now understand why Neville will implement the infamous "appeasement policy" in another 20 years. It's not that Neville doesn't want to be tough. Having lost the backbone of Britain, Winston is now living on a tight neck, asking for money or dying.

"Stop talking nonsense, you can take away the goods from the Croydon Trading Company, you can find the ship yourself, and you have to pay the tax you have to pay—" Rock didn't mean to kill them all, and he was a human being who stayed in the front line so that we could meet in the future.

"Where's the ship?" McMahon was surprised. The Croydon Trading Company's goods didn't run to Berbera by themselves. They could take the goods away, but the ship wouldn't let them go. What kind of operation is this?

"There is no boat, I have already sold the boat—" Rock killed the chicken to get the eggs, the goods belonged to the Grand Duke, but the boat was not the Grand Duke's.

In fact, the shipping company that "Tosa Maru" belongs to is also controlled by several Japanese nobles, but Rock doesn't know those Japanese nobles, and he has no interest in inquiring about them. After "Tosa Maru" landed, all the crew members were arrested Asked to disembark and was accommodated in a hotel owned by the Port Authority.

Fees are at your own expense.

"I just—" McMahon finally collapsed, the Duke's goods could be taken away, and the ship was sold directly.

"What are you in a hurry for? No matter who I sell the boat to, as long as it passes through the Suez Canal, you can still collect money?" Rock didn't understand why McMahon was angry. It seemed that McMahon had no Japanese ancestry.

Right!

McMahon immediately calmed down. As long as the big bosses in the country don't get angry and the income of the Egyptian colonial government doesn't decrease, Rock doesn't care about McMahon even if he wants to go to heaven, and he will help with the ladder.

"Who did you sell it to? Do you want me to help you find the way?" McMahon really started to climb the ladder.

"No, there are a lot of ocean-going trading companies in southern Africa waiting in line." Rock doesn't need McMahon's help to "sell the stolen goods". A new ship worth 15000 pounds can be driven away for 8000 pounds after depreciation. Is it fragrant?

"How much did it sell?" McMahon gossiped.

"It has nothing to do with you." Rock was vigilant, and no one could take the money away from Rock.

The man McMahon didn’t want to share money, he came to Roque not only to coordinate, but also to deepen his relationship with Roque. Although the Nejd Sultanate has been recognized as an independent country by the Allied Powers, everyone knows this "independence" what's going on.

Therefore, if McMahon wants to live comfortably in the position of Egyptian commissioner, he must have a good relationship with Rock.

(End of this chapter)