Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 289 Want a knighthood, find Roque

In any case, a divided Portuguese East Africa is in the best interests of neighboring countries and regions.

The "surrounding countries and regions" here include Cape, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Tanganyika, and Madagascar across the sea.

The Portuguese are also very good at choosing places. The colonies are surrounded by the colonies of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as the freak of Rhodesia and the rising star of Nyasaland.

In Portuguese East Africa after the split, the Yao people are the largest, reaching 35 square kilometers; Nyasaland is next, with an area of ​​20 square kilometers; the Portuguese part is only 15 square kilometers; At least, only 10 square kilometers.

Rock finally got over his addiction to imperialism. When determining the border, he really took a ruler and used a pencil to draw a straight border line on the map.

Stoudemire also came to help, to personally determine the border between Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Seeing Stoudemire's gestures on the map, Rock was very worried. A little bit to the south, or a little bit to the north, is the difference of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.

Fortunately, Stoudemire didn't notice that when Stoudemire drew the line, he directly connected Bella and Chimoio and drew a straight line, which was much southerly than Rock's psychological position. Roughly estimated, Stoudemire's stroke made Ni Asaran's territory is at least 3000 square kilometers more.

Therefore, if you are not a professional, it is really not suitable for you to make blind gestures in fields you are not familiar with, even if it is something that seems simple.

"What are we going to do next? Go to the Yao people to buy the land? How much do we have to pay the Yao people?" Xiao Si has a lot of money, and listening to this tone, even if the Yao people want 800 million, Xiao Si can still give it. .

Thousands of 800 million Stoudemire is indeed affordable. The De Beers Unified Mining Company has an annual profit of 600 to [-] million. In addition to Rhodesia and the companies in which Stoudemire is a shareholder, Rock does not know that Stoudemire is How much money can be earned, the only certainty is that the combined income of the four Cape regional governments may not be as much as Stoudemire alone.

No matter how much money there is, you can't make it casually. This is not prodigal, but inviting disaster.

"I can't buy it. Let's rent it first and then buy it later." Luo Ke knew the truth and would never dare to make wedding clothes for others.

"In the future? What if the Yao people go back on their word in the future?" Xiaosi was very anxious. As far as the virtue of Africans is concerned, almost [-]% of them go back on their words.

"The Yao people don't dare. Let's find a way to squeeze the Ngoni people and recruit people into the Yao people. In case the Yao people repent later, hehe——" Rock smiled sinisterly, and Xiao Si shuddered.

Stoudemire now feels that Rock is a standard Englishman, and he is just a Rhodesian bumpkin.

Rock's style of doing things is really in line with the British "shit-stirring stick" setting. If the Ngoni people and the recruiters are given to the Yao people, then in the future, if the Yao people repent, Rock will support Ngoni People and recruiters, deal with the Yao people like the Portuguese.

So Xiaosi shook his head and smiled wryly. If it was Xiaosi, he really wouldn't be able to play with these old silver coins.

"If we get the ownership of these lands here now, then these lands will become the territory of the British Empire, so we only rent them now, and we will buy them when we can buy them." The method depends on the situation and cannot be generalized.

Rhodesia and Nyasaland are now in this situation. In fact, the territorial area is fixed. Rhodesia is operated by a South African company on a lease basis, and Nyasaland is Rock’s territory. The area of ​​these two places They are fixed and cannot be changed at will.

Therefore, if Rock and Stoudemire now obtain these lands legally, these lands will actually become the territory of the British Empire. It is of course good if the British government does not interfere, but what if the British government wants to interfere?

Don't forget that the 30 square kilometers obtained by Roque and Stoudemire are all high-quality farms near the sea, and there are several natural harbors by the sea. Roque will not test the bottom line of the British government with benefits.

The British government has no bottom line at all.

Therefore, Rock simply did not leave room for the British government to operate.

For this reason, Stoudemire has treated Roque like a god. Of course, what Roque said is what he said, so Rock and Stoudemire went to find the scumbags early the next morning, in front of Ade, the former president, and the general staff Sign a lease contract in the presence of the Governor and the future Prime Minister.

Party A of the leasing contract is the Yao nationality, and Party B is two newly established companies, one is Nyasaland Agricultural Development Company and the other is Rhodesia Agricultural Development Company. These two companies leased Rugera in Portuguese East Africa The land between the River and the Save River has a total area of ​​about 30 square kilometers, and the annual rent is 30 pounds.

The money was immediately transferred by the Yao people to the Portuguese as compensation from the Yao people to the Portuguese.

Adelaide, the former president, and the chief of staff had no objection to this agreement. It is normal for enterprises to contract land for management in this era. The Portuguese used to do this in Portuguese East Africa. Now it is just a "landlord" from Portugal. The people were replaced by Yao people, and the "tenants" were changed from Mozambique Company and Niassa Company to Niasaland Agricultural Development Company and Rhodesia Agricultural Development Company.

The future prime minister has no objection to this contract. In fact, if there are still some details of the contract that have not been determined, the future prime minister wants to leave the sad place of Johannesburg now.

Carlos I encountered a serious crisis of confidence just by compromising with Britain.

If the content of this agreement is passed back to Portugal, the future prime minister does not know what kind of disturbance will be caused.

Maybe, whether he, the future prime minister, will have the chance to be prime minister.

Of course, this is not what Rock should care about, and Rock will no longer participate in the remaining details of the negotiations. After the lease contract is signed, Rock will leave Jinshan Hotel with Ade.

Ed is still riding a horse.

Luo Kedo had good eyesight, and immediately expressed that he would donate a batch of cars to the Governor's Mansion for use by the Governor's Mansion.

Ade is not a person who cares about cars, he looks at Rock very sharply, and when he returns to the palace where Ade lives, Rock finds that Frank is also there.

Not Father Frank, but Frank of the War Office.

No way, it's too arbitrary for white people to choose names.

The palace where Ade temporarily lives is also the property of the Rhodes family. There is no way, the Rhodes family is too rich. Now, except for the mayor's mansion and the city hall, almost all the high-end houses in Johannesburg are owned by the Rhodes family. industry.

"I just arrived in Johannesburg, and your negotiation is over. It's fast enough." Frank was very regretful. He thought that the negotiation between the Yao people and the Portuguese was like the negotiation between the British and the Boers. It was also protracted, so after Frank knew the news of the negotiation, he arranged the work of Nyasaland before rushing to Johannesburg.

As a result, when Frank arrived in Johannesburg, the negotiation was over, which made Frank regret it.

"The Yao people used war to force the Portuguese to make concessions. While negotiating, the Yao people have been attacking Chigubo, and claimed that after the capture of Chigubo, they will continue to attack Lorenzo Marquez and will not accept the Portuguese's request for negotiation. , the Portuguese couldn’t defend Xigubo, so they had to accept the conditions of the Yao people before Xigubo fell.” Rock did not take the credit for himself, but gave all the credit to the Yao people who were “capable of conquering and fighting”.

"The Portuguese are so weak!" Frank lamented.

"Then why didn't you discover this before?" Ade also hated iron but steel.

The Portuguese are indeed very weak. The whole world knows this, but the War Office doesn't know how to use it. In this way, it should be the War Office's dereliction of duty.

"Lord, we have no reason to trouble the Portuguese. Even if we want to complete the 'Two C Plan', our goal is Tanganyika, or the Congo Free State. Portuguese East Africa is not within the scope of our goal. For us to complete the 'Two C Plan' Plan C' didn't help." Frank firmly refused to admit that there was a mistake in the War Office, and if there was, it was a mistake in decision-making.

Mistakes in decision-making are definitely not the fault of the War Office, because the War Office only has executive power, not decision-making power.

"Come on, it's always the job of your war office to expand the territory for the empire." Ade didn't blame the war office. Before that, everyone knew that the Portuguese were weak, but no one knew that Portugal was so weak.

Or rather, it was so weak!

To say that the Portuguese are weak means that they are weak when facing the British. The Portuguese are not weak when facing the Africans. Otherwise, Portugal would not be able to maintain its 500-year colonial rule in Portuguese East Africa.

The point is that Portugal is too weak now. Carlos I, the current king of the Kingdom of Portugal, is actually a very talented person. He is good at painting and has studied oceanography. If he is a painter or an oceanographer, he must be very talented There are achievements.

Carlos I is a king, but the current Kingdom of Portugal is still suffering from internal and external troubles. Not long after Carlos I took the throne, the British government drove the fleet directly to the door of the Portuguese in order to force the Portuguese government to abandon the "Pink Map Project".

So Carlos I was persuaded.

However, the Republicans, frustrated royalists, and Masonic leaders in Portugal were not persuaded, so the enthusiasm in Portugal was agitated, which finally led to the Porto Republican uprising in January 1891, mass strikes and riots.

Although the rebellion of the Republican Party in Porto was suppressed, the situation in Portugal has become increasingly serious. Now that Portugal has lost more than half of Portuguese East Africa, João Franco’s worries are very reasonable. If this news is sent back to Portugal, The Kingdom of Portugal is estimated to be huh.

"Lord Nyasaland is expanding the territory for the empire!" Frank calmly transferred the firepower to Rock.

In fact, Ade didn't care about the War Office. He called Rock over mainly for Portuguese East Africa.

"It's not considered to expand the territory yet. We still need an opportunity to turn the leased land into a part of the British Empire." Everyone will say that it is easy to say, and of course Rock must show his loyalty at this time.

Ade nodded. It is good to be able to do this step. If Rhodesia and Nyasaland show too much aggressiveness, then it will be the turn of the Germans and French not to sleep.

"My lord, how will we arrange for the Yao people?" Frank was curious about Rock's next plan, and it seemed that he was preparing to participate deeply.

The War Office came to Nyasaland, in fact, to participate in the subversion of Portuguese East Africa by Nyasaland and Rhodesia.

It's a pity that Roque moved too fast, and the War Office was not ready yet, so Roque split Portuguese East Africa. The current result does not seem to have the slightest credit for the War Office, which makes Frank reconciled.

"Of course it is to establish a country dominated by Yao people." Rock needs a gun that is invincible and has full autonomy.

"Mainly the Yao people?" Frank was a little skeptical, and Ade also looked at Rock suspiciously. In the eyes of Frank and Ade, Rock's decision was not very smart.

"Yes, the Yao people are the main ones. In this case, the Yao people have nothing to do with us. They can decide whether to launch a war against a certain place by themselves. Isn't that good?" Rock knew what Ade and Frank were worried about. , but Rock is not worried that the Yao people will backlash against Nyasaland, the Yao people do not have this ability.

Through the drastic changes in Portuguese East Africa, I am afraid that all colonial countries have raised their vigilance against the aborigines in their colonies. The Yao people in Portuguese East Africa have fully proved that as long as the strategy is right, the tactics are right, and there is sufficient logistical support, the barbarians It can also have a subversive impact on civilized society.

Rock has no worries about this. Even if the Yao people want to subvert Nyasaland, they have no chance. Nyasaland is all Chinese. After the workers from Christian Construction Company were withdrawn, Nyasaland did not even have a single African. How did the Yao people subvert?

To put it bluntly, the Yao people and the Chinese don’t speak the same language, they can’t understand the words, and there are communication problems.

What's more, the Yao people have no military production capacity. As long as Nyasaland gets stuck in the logistics of the Yao people, they can hold the Yao people in their hands, not to mention the Zulus that Rock sent to the territory of the Yao people. The scouts are gone, and their families are all in Zululand in the Cape.

After listening to Rock's explanation, Adelaide and Frank looked at each other, both of them had relief and ambition in their eyes.

This is the glory of expanding the territory, who doesn't want it?

"My lord, if there is any similar action in the future, please be sure to inform the war office, and the war office will do everything possible to cooperate." Frank also needs credit. Rock and Ade are already barons and viscounts, and Frank is not even a jazz. Not to mention, if this time the operation in Portuguese East Africa involved the participation of the War Office, then London should give Frank a jazz.

"Director, this operation was originally carried out under the leadership of the War Office." Luo Kedo knows how to be a man, doesn't he want credit?

OK, I'll give it to you.

(End of this chapter)