Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1466 Take what you need
The British pound was not a global currency from the very beginning. Before the British pound, the Dutch guilder assumed this responsibility. After the British defeated the Netherlands, the British pound gradually replaced the Dutch guilder. This is a long process, not overnight.

The situation that Britain is facing now is similar to that of the Netherlands, which won the third Anglo-Dutch war. Although it won the war, it is also facing an abyss. As long as it loses a war, the Netherlands will be forever lost.

Rock is really not in a hurry, even though southern Africa is still in the Commonwealth, once the time comes, Rock will not hesitate.

Rock has not forgotten that more than half a century ago, Britain opened the gate of the Qing Dynasty with its powerful ships and bombardments. Although Rock also dislikes the Qing Dynasty, this does not prevent Rock from having a good relationship with Britain at the right time in the future. Do the math.

For a week, southern African bigwigs were discussing the content of the five-year plan.

Economic development is the top priority. In the next five years, Southern Africa will increase investment in research and development in advantageous areas, further widen the gap with other countries, and gradually form technical barriers while maintaining technological leadership; To increase investment in traditional fields, there is still so much uncultivated arable land in southern Africa. In the next five years, southern Africa will continue to increase support for agriculture. This is what Nyasaland Automobile and Nyasa The role of Lan Heavy Industry is very important. Southern Africa has a vast land and sparsely populated. To reclaim more land, it is inseparable from the popularization of agricultural machinery.

At the same time, southern Africa will continue to immigrate. Compared with the old continent of Europe and the United States, the biggest shortcoming of southern Africa is its population. While continuing to immigrate from the Far East, southern Africa must also increase its attractiveness to high-quality talents. In this regard Nyasaland University has been doing a good job, but it is not enough, and we need to make persistent efforts.

In terms of military affairs, southern Africa needs to further consolidate its advantages. During the First World War, new technologies and new weapons emerged in an endless stream, and they have already shown sufficient dominance on the battlefield. Southern Africa has huge advantages in aviation and armor. After the end of the World War, Nigeria The medium-sized tanks launched by Saran Military Industry have replaced the light tanks that showed up during the World War, and successfully formed armored divisions to maintain their advantages in the army.

In terms of the air force, southern Africa also has a great advantage. After the end of the world war, the demand for aircraft in various countries dropped rapidly. Nyasaland Airlines seized the opportunity to produce more civilian aircraft to seize the market. Now a new generation of aero engines has been successfully developed. , the performance of the aircraft has made great progress compared with that during the First World War. What Southern Africa needs to do now is to maintain its advantages, longer range, greater load, and faster speed. Rock's requirements in this regard have never changed. Pass.

Philip also had his own demands. Luis Botha proposed the concept of the State Farm more than ten years ago, but unfortunately it could not be implemented due to the conditions at the time.

During the economic crisis that just passed, southern Africa began to upgrade domestic public facilities, and the federal government increased investment in transportation, transportation, electricity, communications, etc., and achieved good results.

Philip hoped that within five years, the federal government would continue to increase its share in the above-mentioned fields, increase revenue for the federal government, and increase the influence of the federal government over the states.

Rock did not dare to make a promise directly on this issue. The transportation and power supply in southern Africa are mainly controlled by the Big Three, so Rock still needs to ask Stoudemire and Henry for their opinions.

The monopoly in the field of communication is even more serious. Almost all communications in southern Africa are monopolized by Nyasaland and Rhodesia, and Henry is excluded.

"How does it feel to be the governor?" Rock felt a little dazed when he saw Stoudemire, as if the one standing in front of Rock was not Stoudemire, but Cecil Rhodes himself.

It's only been a few months since I've seen him, and Stoudemire's temperament has changed a lot. His eyes have become sharper, and a beard has grown on his face. He is no longer as flamboyant as before, but he feels calm and majestic while sitting there.

Sure enough, it is Juyi Qi and Yangyi Body.

"Not bad, I just now understand why power makes people crazy." Stoudemire smiled. During this period of time, Stoudemire was under a lot of pressure, and it was only when facing Rock that Stoudemire could relax a little.

"Hahahaha, Cecil, congratulations on joining the power club." Henry and Stoudemire are also familiar with each other. Cape Town is the capital of Cape State and the judicial capital of southern Africa. Stoudemire can stabilize Cape so quickly. The situation in the state is inseparable from Henry's cooperation.

"Okay, let's get down to business—" Rock didn't talk nonsense, everyone was very busy, Stoudemire could only stay in Pretoria for a week, and then flew back to Cape Town.

Stoudemire has been able to deal with things calmly when encountering things now, smiling at Henry and not speaking.

This attitude is obvious. Philip is the Prime Minister of Southern Africa, Henry's father, and Rock's father-in-law, so Stoudemire must first listen to what Rock and Henry have to say, and then decide what to do.

Looking at it this way, Rock still likes the outspoken Stoudemire before.

"Don't look at me, I have no objection. In the field of public facilities, Fawalt's share is extremely limited. It mainly depends on the two of you, so you two decide, and I will cooperate unconditionally." Henry seemed to have no idea, but in fact he also decided to retreat Enter.

Don't listen to what Henry said so politely. The proportion of public facilities in southern Africa is similar to that of Nyasaland and Rhodesia.

Then Stoudemire looked at Rock again.

"My opinion is that it can be opened appropriately. Just like the current airport construction, the federal governments at all levels can own part of the shares, but they cannot involve specific operations." Rock has a bottom line. It's not that officials at all levels of the federal government can't, but There are some things where the federal government is too restrictive.

"Then how much is it open?" Stoudemire leaned back on the back of the chair, tapped his fingers on the table, obviously weighing.

"No more than 5.00%." Rock gave Philip enough face, and didn't use [-]%, [-]% and the like to fool people.

"Then how to determine the price of this part?" Henry was not polite, his brother settled the accounts clearly, and the father and father should also settle the accounts clearly.

What's more, Philip is not the prime minister for life.

"Considering the price we paid in the process of building these facilities, the price may be a little higher." Roque is ruthless. The federal government can take a stake, and the premium is certain.

"Then it doesn't matter, I agree." Stoudemire said decisively, the person who became the governor is indeed different.

If it was the former Stoudemire, I'm afraid it would not be so easy to agree.

Now that he is the governor, Stoudemire should be able to understand the mood of the officials in charge.

The position of governor seems to be high and high, but in fact he is very aggrieved.

This is especially the case in southern Africa. When several giants join forces to control almost all industries, whether it is the prime minister or the governor, it actually depends on the faces of the giants. Sometimes the federal government’s administrative orders may not necessarily have giants It's easy to say something casually.

To put it bluntly, officials in southern Africa are all spokespersons for interests launched by vested interest groups. Otherwise, Stoudemire would not have gained a foothold in Cape State so quickly. He is both a referee and an athlete.

"Okay, then it's decided. Let's sell a part of the shares to the federal government. Let's talk about the price slowly." Rock quickly cut the mess, and the public utilities in southern Africa will eventually return to normal.

Now in southern Africa, when public utilities are monopolized by several large companies, the consequences are still very serious. For example, the railway fare in Orange State is significantly higher than other states, not to mention electricity and communications. In Nyasaland, it only costs more than a dozen rands to install a telephone. In Bloemfontein, it costs at least 150 rands to install a telephone. In remote areas, even if you want to install it, you can’t even install it, and there are no lines.

The same is true for electricity. In 1922, it was hard to imagine that there were still cities in southern Africa without electricity, and the electricity price was not balanced. Taking Orange State as an example, the electricity price was at least twice as high as other states.

Otherwise, why has the economic development of Orange State almost stagnated in recent years?

The sale of part of the shares is just the beginning. Rock's ultimate goal is to hand over all the public domains to the federal government. The reason why Stoudemire and Henry agreed so happily is also because in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, the public facilities are not only If you earn money, you will lose money. For example, the highways in Nyasaland and Rhodesia are free, and the price of railway transportation has not risen for ten consecutive years. Not only have the prices of electricity and communications not increased, On the contrary, it is constantly declining. These situations have strongly promoted the economic development of Nyasaland and Rhodesia.

For this result, Philip was quite satisfied. For this reason, Philip generously awarded Rock, Henry, and Stoudemire each with a Southern African Medal of Justice.

This "justice" is not the justice of moral evaluation, but represents the Palace of Justice, which is the highest honor in southern Africa just like the Congress Medal.

Rock has lost the freshness of medals now. During the World War, Rock held the medals softly, and now he can't hang them on his clothes. An extra medal of justice is just icing on the cake.

Stoudemire still pays more attention to it. He gets relatively few medals. Roque has won three Victoria Crosses and the Order of the Garter combined, and Stoudemire has none.

Well now, after getting the Medal of Justice, Stoudemire finally had a heavyweight medal as an embellishment on his clothes, which was more meaningful to Stoudemire than making money.

When receiving the medal, seeing the happy smiles on the faces of Stoudemire and Philip, Rock deeply understood the depth of the British routine.

This is the same as the British Empire's knighthood routines in the past few years. Since they can't get real benefits, they can simply give some vanity of little practical value.

It can't be said that there is no practical value, let's take what we need.

(End of this chapter)