Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1297 There are pits everywhere

Hoover and some Nyasaland executives in the United States were also greeted at the pier, including Mike Carlyle and Baekeland.

Rock greeted them, and then drove to the Rhodesia Hotel in Manhattan.

The naval meeting was held a month later. The reason why the British delegation came to the United States in advance was to communicate with delegations from various countries in advance and test the bottom line of all parties.

Coincidentally, the Japanese delegation also meant the same thing, so Yusaburo Kato hoped to have dinner with Rock as soon as he saw Rock.

Eating is a small thing, drinking is a big thing——

hetui——

Connecting emotionally is a big deal.

After traveling for ten consecutive days, Rock was exhausted physically and mentally. He was just about to go to sleep when he came to the hotel when there was a knock on the door.

"My lord, the head of the Japanese delegation, Yusaburo Kato, asks for an audience—" Fitch used the wrong word, "seeking" is not enough, it is true that the mood is more urgent. Japan is actually similar to Italy, and they are both worthy of Winston's evaluation: Long He has a good appetite, but his mouth is full of rotten teeth.

As mentioned earlier, Japan was ambitious after the war and proposed the "[-]th Fleet" plan in an attempt to strengthen its dominance in Asia.

Compared with Japan in another time and space, Japan in this time and space has gained much less in the World War. Japan in another time and space has almost completely received Germany’s colonies in the Pacific region. In this time and space, those colonies were taken over by East India. However, East India and Southern Africa are closely related. If Japan wants to expand, it will face more difficulties than in another time and space.

In addition to limiting armaments, the Washington Conference also had another purpose, which was to solve the problems of the Far East and the Pacific Ocean.

In addition to the five countries participating in the Naval Conference, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and a total of nine other countries also participated in the Washington Conference, and finally formed the "Nine Powers Pact".

"Please——" Rock cheered up and could understand the urgency of the Japanese.

"Lord Nyasaran, I'm sorry for such a presumptuous visit—" Kato Yusaburo is fluent in Chinese, which is not surprising, as Chinese still plays an important role in Japan.

Rock smiled politely. Since he knew he was taking the liberty to do so, he must not be too sorry.

"The Yamato people and the Chinese are separated by a narrow strip of water, and they have been friendly for generations. The mountains and rivers are in different lands, and the sun and the moon are in the same river—" Kato Yusaburo is indeed deeply influenced by Han culture.

Rock didn't speak, and while the smile on his face gradually disappeared, he raised his hand and looked at his watch.

Kato Yusaburo immediately understood Rock's mood.

No matter how much nonsense you talk about, then Rock is about to see off the guests——

"Southern Africa has created a jaw-dropping economic miracle in recent years, and now products from southern Africa can be seen everywhere in Japan, and the car His Majesty rides in is also made in southern Africa—" Kato Yusaburo still doesn't know Rock well enough.

"Minister, please speak directly." Rock was really impatient, and it depends on the person to listen to what you say. Who the hell is in the mood to listen to what you say.

To put it simply, it is to speak human words!

"My lord, we hope to buy more goods from southern Africa." Yusaburo Kato gradually adapted to Roque's style.

"Your Excellency, Minister, you should go to the Ministry of Commerce, not me." Rock didn't pick up on it. Doing business depends on who you do business with. With the Japanese, I'm sorry, Rock is really not interested.

Japan's domestic resources are poor, and it has been militarizing in recent years, and the resources cannot meet domestic consumption. Apart from plundering, a large amount of resources can only be purchased from outside.

Compared with Japan, southern Africa is a real local tyrant, especially in terms of steel and special metals, southern Africa has a huge advantage in the world.

So a long time ago, Japan hoped to buy all kinds of raw materials needed domestically from southern Africa. However, southern Africa is very strict with Japan. Not only does it not sell raw materials but only industrial products, and the price is so high that the Japanese government cannot afford it.

To put it bluntly, Japan hopes that southern Africa can become Japan's raw material supplier, while southern Africa hopes to turn Japan into its own commodity dumping place. There is a huge difference between the two.

"Lord, the whole world is shrouded in the shadow of the economic crisis, and southern Africa is also affected. You have raw materials, and we have markets. We can cooperate closely and play a greater role in our respective fields." Kato Yusaburo knows the southern Who is the speaker in Africa, the Ministry of Commerce of Southern Africa is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Finance of Southern Africa, and the son of the boss of the Ministry of Finance is also Rock's son.

Oops, the relationship is a bit dirty.

Although the parties have never publicly admitted, but this is no secret.

"Minister, we do have raw materials, but we don't lack a market, and your Japanese market is not big, please forgive me for being too straightforward." Rock was unmoved, and Japan's current population is only a little over 5000 million. , The market is really not big.

What's more, Japan most wants to buy rare metals from southern Africa, such as manganese, chromium, copper, and platinum group metals.

At present, only southern Africa can provide a large amount of these resources in the world. For example, platinum group metals, whose reserves in southern Africa account for 95.5% of the world's reserves. Except for southern Africa, Japan can't afford to buy them in other countries.

Not only rare metals, Japan lacks all kinds of metals. Before, Japan wanted to buy steel directly from the United States, but the Americans also asked for too high a price, and Japan could not afford it. In the end, they had to buy scrapped ships from the United States to be dismantled for recycling.

Southern Africa charges more here.

Rock is not short of money, and he doesn't value the profit of doing business with the Japanese. To put it bluntly, the stronger Japan's national power, the greater the ambition of the Japanese government, and the greater the harm it will cause to the Chinese.

"Lord, the Great Japanese Empire is the most staunch ally of the British Empire in Asia—" Kato Yusaburo also has a temper. The Anglo-Japanese alliance has a long history. Long before the Russo-Japanese War, Japan signed an alliance with Britain to jointly contain Russia. The expansion of the empire.

The "British-Japanese Alliance Treaty" was signed three times in total, in 1902, 1905, and 1911. The three signings were all to contain the Russian Empire.

Now that the Russian Empire no longer exists, the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance has lost its meaning.

One of the purposes of the United States convening the Washington Conference was to dismantle the Anglo-Japanese alliance.

Therefore, this alliance is really not binding on Roque, not to mention that the Russian Empire no longer exists, even if it exists, Roque has never treated the Japanese as an ally.

"Allies belong to allies, and business is business. Of course I am willing to cooperate with Japan, but the commercial behavior of southern African companies is not bound by the rules of the alliance." Rock rejects all moral kidnapping, and brothers must settle accounts clearly. What are allies? ?

Allies are used to take the blame.

Difficulties are shared, but blessings may not be shared.

Yusaburo Kato finally recognized Roque's true colors. Yusaburo Kato had never seen such a reckless person.

However, Yusaburo Kato has nothing to do, you say it's irritating or not.

"My lord, Southern Africa also has appeals in the Naval Conference—" Kato Yusaburo finally found the right entry point. It is useless to hold Roque with a big hat, and only real interests can make Roque give in.

Roque encouraged Kato Yusaburo to continue with a smile and eyes.

Kato Yusaburo endured it: "——If Southern Africa can open up its exports, then our Empire of Japan will support Southern Africa to participate as an independent country during the Navy Conference and get treatment that matches the strength of Southern Africa."

To be honest, if Roque didn't know the nature of the little devil, then Roque would almost agree.

It seems that Kato Yusaburo's offer is good, but it is actually full of evil intentions.

If southern Africa participated in the Washington Naval Conference as an independent country, what was the Commonwealth of Nations?

If it is only for the tonnage of the navy, the huge market in the Commonwealth will be lost——

Kato Yusaburo probably thought that Roque was a fool, so he proposed such a condition.

"Minister, Southern Africa is a country of the Commonwealth of Nations, and it is impossible to participate in the Naval Conference in the name of an independent country." Rock was not fooled. The United States wanted to dismantle the Anglo-Japanese alliance at the meeting, so it didn't want to dismantle the Commonwealth of Nations.

For the United States, Canada, Australia, and India are nothing to worry about, and even the British Empire is sunset.

Only southern Africa, like the rising sun shining brightly in the east, has the strength to compete with the United States in all aspects, so staying in the Commonwealth of Southern Africa is a huge threat to the United States and Japan. If southern Africa can be completely independent, The threat is correspondingly much smaller.

"Even so, my lord, Southern Africa also has demands in terms of navy—" Kato Yusaburo gave the next best thing. If Roque is not fooled, it would be good to stimulate Roque's ambition appropriately.

Based on Kato Yusaburo's understanding of Roque, it is impossible for Roque to be without desires.

"Of course, but the Southern African Navy is also part of the British Empire Navy." Rock smiled. Everyone knows that Southern Africa has ambitions, but ambition is not a bad thing.

To put it bluntly, the UK's current treasury is empty, and it is unable to maintain its naval supremacy worldwide.

And southern Africa is booming, and there is an urgent need for the navy, so there is no need for Rock to fight for it, and Britain will take the initiative to support the southern African navy.

This was already very obvious during the World War, otherwise the cooperation between Edward Dockyard and the Royal Navy Dockyard would not have been so smooth.

Sure enough, a little later, Balfour convened a meeting of representatives from various countries, the main purpose of which was how to win more interests for the British Empire.

Look, there are many sensible people in the British government. If this was changed to 20 years ago, would it still be worth fighting for?

It didn't have to be 20 years ago, but before the outbreak of the World War, Britain also had the confidence to shout "If you dare to build one, I will build two".

(End of this chapter)