Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1435 Withdrawal by force
During the World War, Britain mobilized 800 million people to fight, of which 120 million were killed and 209 million were injured. By 1922, in addition to the soldiers who died in battle, the number of disabled soldiers who needed to receive pensions exceeded 90.

After experiencing the economic crisis after the world war, the cost of pensions for these disabled soldiers has become the most troublesome problem for governments at all levels in the UK. London hopes that local governments can bear this part of the cost, but the 20 richest local governments do not want to bear it. Part of the cost, they agreed that the country should bear the pensions for disabled soldiers, and the mayor of Liverpool even publicly stated: It is the sacred duty of the country to take care of disabled soldiers, and the country should pay appropriate compensation for these soldiers instead of putting the country’s responsibility Equivalent to giving from a private charity.

In order to better take care of veterans, the British government passed the "Navy and Army Pension Expenditure Bill", and established a Statute Committee, which gave the Statute Committee a grant of 100 million pounds.

Yes, you read that right, when 90 disabled soldiers were in desperate need of help, the British government generously gave 100 million.

According to this standard, the East African colonial government only needs to pay 1400 pounds to make up for the damage caused by the war to 1400 southern African families.

Even Austin could understand why François was laughing.

During the Second Boer War, the Canadian Legion who went to Southern Africa to fight in the war clashed with the Southern African police. A Southern African policeman died in the conflict. For the dead Southern African policeman, the Canadian government paid a full 1500 pounds.

That was £1900 in 1500, when one pound could be directly exchanged for 7.32 grams of gold.

Now that Britain has abolished the gold standard, and southern Africa is no longer a messy southern Africa, how much will the East African colonial government pay for the 1400 dead soldiers?

I'm afraid it may not be enough to sell the entire Lake Victoria.

This is really not an exaggeration. Even if the East African colonial government wants to sell it, someone must be willing to take over it. It is hard to find someone who takes advantage of it.

700 million!
This is Francois' final figure.

"The pension for one of you in southern Africa is 5000?" Marop Jacob couldn't believe it. 5000 pounds is not a small number for ordinary people.

"For you in East Africa, the pension for a person in Southern Africa is 5000, 5000 rand!" Francois refused to budge. The Federal Government of Southern Africa must not have paid so much to the soldiers who died during the World War, but The situation is different now, if the East African colonial government is willing to pay the money, then it will be [-].
"You are shameless blackmail!" Marop Jacob broke out completely, 5000 for one person, why don't you grab it?
grab?
This is much faster than grabbing money.

So Francois just smiled and said nothing, don't give it if it's too expensive.

"And then?" Austin remained silent, as if to see how high Francois could pile up the numbers.

This is just a pension.

"Then there are railways, plantations, farms, fishing grounds, and the cost of our southern African officers and soldiers stationed there to maintain law and order. The total sum is actually not much. Three to five hundred million is probably enough—" Rancois sneered again and again. The [-] million to [-] million is not the Deutsche Mark, which has depreciated tens of thousands of times, but the Southern African rand, which has a strong currency value.

"Ha, this is the biggest joke I've ever heard!" Marop Jacob laughed angrily, three or five hundred million?
God is sorry, the East African colonial government may not even be able to pay 500-[-].

"Then I'm sorry, if you don't pay these costs, then when Southern Africa recovers these costs, when will we discuss this issue." Francois is not in a hurry, recovery is impossible, nothing else , Security costs will add up every year.

"Jacob, if you give East Africa some compensation, are you willing to give up this request?" Austin gave up his previous illusions, so let's be more realistic.

East Africa is now a British colony. In theory, southern Africa returns half of Lake Victoria to East Africa, but in fact it returns it to the British government.

Although Austin has never been to Lake Victoria, he also knows the value that can be generated by tens of thousands of square kilometers of lake area, so it is of course good to get it back.

Of course, it doesn’t matter much if you don’t go back. The British Empire has given up 990 million square kilometers of Canada, 769 million square kilometers of Australia, and 652 million square kilometers of southern Africa (991 above is the Southern African Union). Square kilometer lake area - drizzle.

"Of course I don't want to. Lake Victoria can generate tens of millions of pounds in profits every year, how much can Southern Africa pay?" Marop Jacob looked at Francois when he spoke.

Don't listen to Marop Jacob's harsh words, in fact Marop Jacob is not stupid.

Marop Jacob also knew that it was impossible to get Southern Africa to give up Lake Victoria, so taking advantage of this opportunity to make some points was better than nothing.

The key is that southern Africa is unwilling to give, not only unwilling to return Lake Victoria to East Africa, but also unwilling to give money.

Just kidding, the colonial government of East Africa does not want to be blackmailed, so is the federal government of Southern Africa being taken advantage of?

"The profits of tens of millions of pounds are only available under the management of our southern African federal government. Since 1890, East Africa has managed half of Lake Victoria for decades. How much profit has it gained from Lake Victoria?" Francois Straightforward.

Before Marop Jacob could speak, Austin's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Speaking of it is another tear, the colonies of the British Empire are all over the world, and the "Empire on which the sun never sets" is invincible across the seven seas——

The Americans bared their molars when they heard this.

The Germans also expressed dissatisfaction.

The key reason why Britain began to shrink strategically after the Second Boer War was that the colonies all over the world did not bring a steady stream of income to the British Empire. Instead, many colonies consumed countless funds every year to maintain colonial rule.

Sorry, the East African colonial government is like this. London has to subsidize millions of pounds to East Africa every year to maintain the rule of the East African colonial government. If Lake Victoria generates tens of millions of pounds a year under the management of the East African colonial government, London will Believe it or not to launch the third Boer War for Lake Victoria.

Of course, even if the East African colonial government takes back Lake Victoria, it is unlikely that Lake Victoria will generate tens of millions of profits every year.

There are still profits, but they will not be handed over to the London government, but will enrich the local white people in East Africa.

Otherwise, Marop Jacob would not be so active in fighting for the interests of the British government.

"This is a problem with our East African protectorate, and you don't need to worry about southern Africa." Marop Jacob thought that victory was in sight.

"Shut up!" Austin was tired of Marop Jacob's big mouth, and Lake Victoria couldn't be brought back with just a few shouts: "Francois, if you retreat to the south bank of Lake Victoria, you must Give East Africa what it deserves."

Austin did not want to delay indefinitely, and neither the British government nor East Africa would gain anything.

There is no formal demarcation treaty between Southern Africa and East Africa, because of Lake Victoria.

Obviously, the patience of southern Africa is disappearing, and the occupation of Lake Victoria is becoming a fait accompli. If this is delayed for more than ten years, southern Africa can really use "since ancient times".

"Your Excellency, it depends on how high your request is—" Francois made an appropriate concession. If the money is not much, then Southern Africa is also willing to use this method to end the dispute.

"Hehe, didn't you just say it just now? If Southern Africa wants to give money, just give it [-] million to [-] million yuan--" Marop Jacob felt good about himself, and treated him in his own way Still very cool.

"Haha, farewell—" Francois responded very simply, and got up to bid Austin a polite farewell, ignoring Marop Jacob.

"What, what is this?" Marop Jacob was furious.

Austin was too lazy to talk, and leaned on the back of the chair and rubbed his forehead with his fingers. What is this?What you see is what you see.

"I will never accept such brutal and violent insults. Even if Southern Africa is powerful, East Africa must take all means to protect its own interests." Marop Jacob said harshly. When Francois was there just now, he could Not so tough.

"What do you want to do?" Austin was taken aback. East Africa is a British colony, and southern Africa is a Commonwealth of Nations. If these two things happen, who will the British Empire help?
Well, that's a serious problem—

"I'm going to send troops to take back Lake Victoria by force." Marop Jacob said sonorously. If the East African colonial government worked hard, they might really be able to organize an army. Of course, it's hard to say how effective it is.

"Are you sure?" Austin looked at Marop Jacob and returned to sarcasm. After a few dishes and drinking like this, taking back Lake Victoria from southern Africa by force, is this what you, an East African commissioner, can say?I am afraid that King George V of England dare not say that now.

"Of course, do southern Africans still dare to start a war?" Marop Jacob said seriously, oh, it turned out that was the idea.

But not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, what if southern Africa dares?

Marop Jacobs probably didn't think about it.

"Calm down Jacob, you can't do this." Austin said bluntly.

"Why do you want to help Southern Africa?" The question raised by Marop Jacob is very strange. Austin is really not helping Southern Africa, but East Africa, otherwise there would be no such dialogue at all.

"You can ask Southern Africa for Lake Victoria, but it must be in a controllable way, otherwise, I will suggest that the Prime Minister change your position—" Austin is still very calm, if Marop Jacob dares to cause trouble, he will The British government can't spare Marop Jacobs without doing anything in southern Africa.

(End of this chapter)