Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 238

Cecil Rhodes' funeral is simply outrageous, and it is extremely inconsistent with his own identity.

In addition to Roque, there were three Barons Adelaide, Philip, and Henry who attended the funeral. Adelaide participated as a special envoy of King Edward VII, and Cecil Rhodes worked hard for the British Empire all his life. When Cecil Rhodes died, Cecil Rhodes was given the courtesy he deserved.

After the funeral, Roque and Stoudemire signed the transfer agreement on Nyasaland under the witness of the three barons Ade, Philip, and Henry.

"One penny, you're lucky enough." Henry's expression was complicated, even if Nyasaland was a backcountry, 20 square kilometers would be big enough.

Nyasaland is not a backcountry. Because of Roque's guilt, when Stoudemire determined the scope of Nyasaland, he generously determined the scope of Nyasaland as 20 square kilometers. In this way, it included Part of the land that originally belonged to Northern Rhodesia, this part of the land happens to include the Zan-Gon copper belt that originally belonged to Northern Rhodesia. The copper reserves on this copper belt account for a quarter of the world's total reserves .

In addition to the copper mine, there is also a high-quality uranium mine with a reserve of 11600 tons in Nyasaland, the third largest freshwater lake in Africa, and the Shire River that leads directly to the Indian Ocean. If you want to immigrate again, you don’t need to transit through Durban or Cape Town. The immigrant boat can go directly to Nyasaland through the Shire River.

"You only see that the price is cheap, but you don't think about the price behind this penny." Rock was not very happy, and he hadn't come out of the shadow of Cecil Rhodes' death.

The death of Cecil Rhodes really cast a huge shadow on Rock.

Comparing the life trajectories of Cecil Rhodes and Rock, you will find that they have very similar backgrounds and experiences. They both came to the Cape with nothing to do, and they both made primitive accumulation through mineral resources, and they were both outright colonialists. .

The biggest difference between Roque and Cecil Rhodes is that Roque joined the Cape Colonial System from the very beginning and became part of the colonial government. Even though he owned gold mines and a large number of farms, Roque did not think about breaking away from the colonial government to go it alone. .

Cecil Rhodes did not join the colonial system until he became famous. Through the Progressive Party, he won the parliamentary election in the Cape Colony, and then served as prime minister and successfully formed a cabinet. At this time, Cecil Rhodes already had a strong Economic and political strength, so the British government will not really trust Cecil Rhodes.

Even so, Cecil Rhodes still relied on mercenaries and pounds to turn Rhodesia into a British territory. Even before his death, Cecil Rhodes also established the "Rhodes Scholarship", It specially provides opportunities for American students to study abroad at Oxford University. The future US President Clinton became a student of Oxford University through this scholarship.

Cecil Rhodes established the "Rhodes Scholarship" for the purpose of cultivating Anglophiles among American students and ultimately creating conditions for the British Empire to "recover" the United States.

How about this purpose?

Rock asked himself, he didn't even have such courage.

From the perspective of "colonialism", Cecil Rhodes is undoubtedly a giant. If such a "giant" ended up in such a tragic end, what will Rock's future be like?

To be honest, Rock didn't know either.

"Don't worry, Nyasaland in your name is different from being in the Rhodes family's name. If the Colonial Affairs Department wants to take Nyasaland back, you can go to the upper house to sue, and the people in the Colonial Affairs Department will not be satisfied. Walk around." Henry didn't take it seriously, the British House of Lords is the back garden of the nobility, and in principle, every nobleman has the right to enter the House of Lords as a member, so the House of Lords will definitely safeguard the interests of the nobility.

Even if, Roque is just an insignificant slave baron.

"Don't think so simply, the shoemaker's son will never give up." Philip was not very optimistic. "Shoemaker's son" refers to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.

This Chamberlain is not the famous "appeasementist" Chamberlain in the future, but that Chamberlain's father-Joseph Chamberlain.

Joseph Chamberlain was the most prominent political star and the most controversial figure in late Victorian England.

Joseph Chamberlain was born in the Liberal Party, but he destroyed the Liberal Party single-handedly.

He called the wind and rain in Parliament, but caused Britain's biggest parliamentary split since the Civil War in the 17th century.

He was in the heyday of free trade, but he was called the only "chauvinist" in the cabinet by liberal leader John Bright.

The future British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (son of Joseph Chamberlain) and Winston Churchill were both deeply influenced by Joseph Chamberlain.

During his tenure as Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain sought to change the weak ties between the colonies of the British Empire, trying to turn the British Empire into an "enterprise" jointly managed by the United Kingdom and the dominions, and everyone shared the power to manage the empire.

In order to implement this plan, Joseph Chamberlain tried to establish an imperial parliament to give the Dominion an equal status with the United Kingdom. Joseph Chamberlain even supported and helped Australia to form a federation to improve the political status of the colony.

After the signing of the "Peace Agreement", the famous Boer general Jan Smother went to England to seek support, and by the way invited Joseph Chamberlain to the Transvaal and Orange to inspect the resettlement of the Boers after the war.

The field trip should be only part of the purpose of Joseph Chamberlain's trip. Joseph Chamberlain will definitely pay attention to Nyasaland when he comes to Cape this time. This is what Philip is worried about.

"Can the Colonial Secretary nationalize Nyasaland?" Henry did not believe that Joseph Chamberlain dared to risk the disgrace of the world.

The thing is, how dare Joseph Chamberlain!

So Philip looked at Henry with a sneer.

Henry retreated immediately. The old baron had accumulated power for a long time, and Henry, the young baron, couldn't bear it.

"Don't worry about the railway issue. Lord Farwater has built the railway to Farwater, and it can be extended northward to Salisbury. When your father is dying, he hopes that I can help you as much as I can. I can help you." I will help you if you are busy, and you must cheer up as soon as possible, inherit your father's behest, and run the South African company well." Ade and Stoudemire were also communicating, looking at Stoudemire with complicated eyes.

As the commissioner of South Africa, managing the four colonies in South Africa and the Bechuanaland Protectorate, as well as Rhodesia, is Adelaide's job. However, because of Rhodesia's special status, Rhodesia is not under Adelaide's management.

This does not mean that Adelaide does not care about Rhodesia. In fact, when Cecil Rhodes was alive, Adelaide had always hoped that the British government would take Rhodesia into national ownership. After Des passed away, Ade's view of Rhodesia changed. The British government treated Cecil Rhodes so unfairly that even Ade, an insider, couldn't see it.

"Thank you, I will." Stoudemire matured almost overnight, and he should not hire a maintenance team for a car now.

After the Fawalt Cement Plant project was established, Henry began to build the railway from Pretoria to Fawalt. The people who built the railway were all Zulus. So far, hundreds of lives have been paid for this railway, Ade There was also a lot of pressure for this.

This railway was jointly built by Henry and Rock, which means that Henry and Rock have complete ownership of the railway. If Rhodesia wants to transport materials by railway in the future, it must have a good relationship with Henry and Rock.

"What are your plans for Rhodesia?" Ade still wanted to see if Stoudemire had the ability to keep the family business.

"Southern Rhodesia is dominated by agriculture because of the lack of resources, and northern Rhodesia is rich in mineral resources. I am going to jointly develop it with the Johannesburg Mining Alliance. As for Nyasaland, it is now the industry of Lord Locke." Little Stoudemire does have a plan. The elites of this era are not only Roque, there must be think tanks around Stoudemire.

"Do it well." Ade has reservations. Even the best plan requires strong execution. It is because of Rock's strong execution that he can climb so fast.

After the funeral, Ade returned to Transvaal with Philip and Henry. Rock could not go back yet, and he wanted to go to Nyasaland with Stoudemire.

It is about 500 kilometers north from Salisbury to the territory of Nyasaland. On the way, it will pass through a section of Portuguese East Africa. This is a short cut by Rock and Stoudemire. To Nyasaland, but that would take a lot of detour, Rock and Stoudemire didn't want to waste time.

When he was in Cape Town, Rock once felt that the land in Cape Town was fertile enough, full of high-yield vineyards, and the wines produced were well-known.

After arriving in Johannesburg, Rock discovered that the land in Johannesburg is more fertile than Cape Town. Johannesburg not only has gold underground, but also has vast pastures on the ground. That is to say, the Boers and Zulus are not good at farming. If the Boers and Zulus have With the agricultural talent of the Chinese, Johannesburg can be happy and prosperous even without relying on gold mines.

Now that Rock came to Rhodesia again, Rock was surprised to find that the fertile land of Cape Town and Johannesburg was only relative to the Qing Dynasty, and the land of Rhodesia was truly fertile. Known as the "African bakery", the vegetation here is lush, the climate is humid, and fat and strong wild animals can be seen everywhere. The original ecology of the Zulu people is due to this rich land. They really don't need to work hard. , Just pick some wild fruits and go hunting or something, and you can live a very nourishing life.

What Rock is concerned about is not how fertile the land here is, but that the journey from Salisbury to Nyasaland has to pass through Portuguese East Africa.

In Rhodesia, there are barely any roads to go. When entering Portuguese East Africa, there are almost no roads to speak of. Thanks to the guidance of the guide, Rock, Stoudemire and his party did not get lost. They have seen how developed Portuguese East Africa is. Low, Rock's heart began to itch again.

"Oh, how many people does Portugal have? How many colonies did they occupy? A country with a lot of boogers is not afraid of being held alive." Stoudemire dismissed Portugal.

Portugal's territory in Europe is only 9.2 square kilometers, but this country with a population of less than 300 million people has established a huge Portuguese empire. At its peak, its territory reached an astonishing 1040 million square kilometers, which is 113 of its native territory. times.

Because of the small population, Portugal has a serious shortage of troops. This has caused the Portuguese colonial network to exist in the form of strongholds except for a few key locations, and it is impossible to control the inland and establish direct colonial rule.

The same is true in Portuguese East Africa. In Portuguese East Africa, the only Portuguese people are mostly concentrated in a few strongholds such as Lorenzo Marques, Mozambique Island, and Sofala. In addition, most of them are not even counted as cities, but can only be regarded as trade transfer stations. Portuguese East Africa outside the trade transfer stations belongs to Portugal in name, but in fact they all belong to the local Ngoni and Shona people in Portuguese East Africa. people, and the Yao people in the north.

This is the standard way of occupying the latrine and not doing anything.

There is a reason for Stoudemire's disdain for Portugal. On the way to Nyasaland, Rock and Stoudemire met many local Yao people. Rock accidentally discovered that these Yao people saw the flag of the South African company. , They all showed great respect for the South African company. Not only were Roque and the others not attacked, but many Yao people took the initiative to send fruit and food to Roque and the others. This made Roque seem to realize something.

"Hehe, in fact, my father also hoped to obtain an outlet to the sea through Portuguese East Africa." Stoudemire had a faint smile on his face, full of nostalgia for Cecil Rhodes.

Since Portugal began to colonize Portuguese East Africa, the Yao people have not stopped resisting the Portuguese. Until now, the Yao people are still resisting the Portuguese colonial rule.

Considering the respect of the Yao people for the South African company, Rock suddenly realized that Cecil Rhodes was indeed talented in colonization. Without the support behind the South African company, it is estimated that the Yao people might not be able to persist until now.

It is actually very easy for industrial civilization to conquer primitive tribes. No matter how many Yao people there are, they cannot withstand the heavy machine guns of the Maxim.

But if the Yao people have the support of South African companies behind them, then the situation is quite different.

After losing Brazil, the strength of the Portuguese Empire gradually weakened. Originally, the Portuguese did not run rampant around the world with strong force, but occupied many colonies with the spice trade.

Purely from the perspective of force, the Portuguese are definitely not as good as the British, so the Yao people who are backed by the South African company can fight against the Portuguese until now.

In another time and space, the resistance of the Yao people was suppressed by the Portuguese in 1912, ten years after the death of Cecil Rhodes.

This time and space is hard to say, Cecil Rhodes gave Nyasaland to Rock, and it seems necessary for Rock to inherit Cecil Rhodes' behest.

Well, it is indeed necessary.

(End of this chapter)