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Chapter 290 Madagascar (160 votes yesterday, are you all devils)

A baron is enough to satisfy Rock's ambitions. A higher title is useless for Rock. Ade's title is a viscount. Philip and Henry are both barons. Rock, the Baron of Nyasaland, is neither high nor low. , not only does not attract firepower, but also guarantees Rock's interests. Rock is satisfied now, so he doesn't mind sharing the credit with Frank.

Frank had mixed feelings. The British don't pay attention to humility and tolerance. Rock is the only one among the British nobles who took the initiative to send credit to others.

Even Ade is impressed by Roque.

Ade actually disapproved of the War Office building a base in Nyasaland.

Although the War Office is not yet a notorious intelligence agency, the War Office is also well-known, and Ade is not willing to have too much contact with the War Office.

Rock is willing to share the credit with the War Office, which will definitely help to build a good relationship with the War Office in the future. Even the "leader in charge" with Ade is a good leader, and everyone likes such subordinates.

"Lock, how do you plan to develop the Zambezi River?" Ade is still very curious about Rock. Although Ade has never been to Nyasaland, he knows that Nyasaland is developing very fast through the description of others.

Even faster than the Transvaal under Adelaide.

There is gold in the Transvaal, and there is only copper in Nyasaland. The value gap between the two is huge, and the promotion effect on the local economy cannot be compared. Ade knew that Rock knew some economics before, but he did not expect to be so " Understand".

"There is no complete plan yet. Next, I will hire prospectors to find a suitable place to build a port at the mouth of the Zambezi River, and then build a railway from Nyasaland to the port. The development will probably start along the railway line." Rock really has no plan, and Rock's main task at this stage is to develop Nyasaland and the Zambezi River.

In order to develop the Zambezi River in the future, it is impossible to count on new immigrants. Rock plans to continue to send new immigrants to Nyasaland in the future, and then send outstanding Chinese from Nyasaland to the Zambezi River Basin for resettlement. In a few years, the Chinese will spontaneously develop the Zambezi River Basin without the need for the Rock plan.

The initiative of the Chinese to the land does not need to be emphasized. As long as the Chinese are given enough living space, the Chinese can create a miracle for Rock. The Chinese in Johannesburg have proved this, and the Chinese in Nyasaland are proving that the Zambezi River The Chinese in the valley——

That is a future matter.

"Should the Chinese build the railway?" Ade ridiculed. Ade knew exactly how Stoudemire built the railway to Nyasaland.

"No, I will hand over the task of repairing the railway to Christian. As for how Christian completes it, that is Christian's business." Rock will not let the Chinese repair the railway. So restrained, he was unscrupulous when he arrived in Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In order to pursue speed, Stoudemire gave a death order to Christian who was in charge of building the railway. As a result, Christian desperately squeezed the workers. On average, 150 people would die when building a mile of railway Zulu people.

The difficulty of building a railway in the Zambezi River Basin is not much lower than that in Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Since Christian already has experience, Rock will entrust the task to Christian. As for whether Christian will Rock doesn't care about being scolded.

Christian himself didn't care.

Ade shook his head and smiled wryly. He probably didn't agree with Rock's way, but Ade would not speak for the Zulus either. Africans are also means of production these days.

After the negotiations, the chief of staff returned to Germany in a detour to Southwest Africa, Joao Franco returned to Lorenzo Marquez as quickly as possible, and Zha Zha went to Nyasaland to receive the latest batch of arms. The former president did not In a hurry to leave, I settled down comfortably in Johannesburg, and went to Rock for coffee every now and then.

While drinking coffee, the former president finally couldn't help it: "My lord, I have a business. I wonder if you are interested?"

After Jean-Casimir Perrier stepped down as president, his current position is the chairman of a mining group, which overlaps with Rock's identity to a certain extent.

Rock can now barely be regarded as a mining giant. In addition to gold mines, Rock has been involved in steel, copper, and military production, and he is a proper mining tycoon.

"What business?" Rock was absent-minded, thinking about how to get Austin Burns off the hook.

After a period of investigation, the conflict that occurred on the border between the Transvaal and Orange has finally entered the trial stage. This trial is a closed trial, with no public prosecutor, no auditorium, and no jury. As Baron , and Adelaide, Philip, Henry, and the representatives of the Boers, Louis Botha and Jan Smother, formed the jury.

Regarding the crimes committed by Austin Burns and the other three, the jury was deeply divided. Rock, Philip, and Henry insisted that Austin Burns and the other three were not guilty, while Louis Botha and Yang Smother insisted that the massacre should be used as an excuse. A public trial was held against Austin Pence and three others.

Ade is in the middle of the mud, neither side will help. The trial has been conducted three times, but still no consensus has been reached. The final trial will be held the day after tomorrow. If the jury cannot reach a consensus, then the three people including Austin Pence The trial will be handed over to the judge.

If it is handed over to the judge, it will definitely be unfavorable to Austin Pence and the other three, because the current trial is similar to a military court, and the applicable laws are relatively loose. The characterization of people will change. Considering that more than 100 people were killed in the conflict and the number of injured people has increased, then there will be more than 100 murder charges against Austin Pence and other three people, and thousands of murder charges. Attempted murder.

I am afraid that the public prosecutor will have to read the indictment for several days.

"Madagascar—the mineral resources on the island of Madagascar." Jean Casimir Perrier finally managed to arouse Rock's interest.

"Mineral resources on the island of Madagascar—does it have something to do with you?" Rock was curious, and then thinking about Jean Casimir Perrier's former president status, Rock suddenly realized.

Jean Casimir Perrier stepped down as president in 1895, and the following year, Madagascar, which was originally a French protectorate, became a French colony.

"My company has won the right to develop mineral resources in Madagascar, but Madagascar is very unstable. Immelinas and Behimizaraka often attack the mines. The mines cannot produce stably, and the miners are also unstable. Some miners escaped, and sometimes the miners even rioted—” The former president was filled with righteous indignation, thinking of the miners in Madagascar, he wanted to curse.

Rock was also speechless, what a harsh condition it must be for the miners to escape!

Moreover, since the miners want to leave the mine by "running away", most of the time, the way the mine gets those miners is not normal. Under normal circumstances, miners can resign if they don't want to do it, and there is no need for such extremes as "running away" The way.

However, there is no need for Roque to remind the former president that the mines in Madagascar and the mines in Johannesburg are different, and they cannot be generalized.

"So, what can I do for you?" Roque didn't know the purpose of the former president, and it would not be to let Roque subvert the French colonial rule in Madagascar.

Rock thought too much. The former president didn't mean that at all. The former president wanted to cooperate with Rock: "My lord, I noticed in the past few days that you have many Zulus under your command. How did you do it?"

Seeing that Roque didn't understand what he meant, the former president continued to add: "I mean, how did you let those Zulu people work with peace of mind? It doesn't matter if you don't want to talk about it. We can cooperate to jointly develop the minerals in Madagascar. Resources, I am responsible for finding mines and obtaining the qualifications for mine development, your task, Lord, is to supervise the work of the Immelinas and Behemizaraka people, and we will work together."

Rock understood now that the former president wanted to use the human resources in Rock's hands, or in other words, the former president wanted to use Rock's influence among the Zulus to hire a team of mercenaries from Rock.

"What benefits can I get?" Rock will not scatter eagles when he sees rabbits, and Rock will definitely not do anything that is not beneficial.

"[-]% of the final profit." The former president asked cautiously.

"Hahahaha, Your Excellency President, I wish you a pleasant night." Rock wanted to say goodbye, and sent the beggar [-]% of the profit!

"Wait my lord, how much do you want?" The ex-president didn't want a good night, but only mercenaries under Rock's command.

"Fifty percent of the final profit." Rock Lion opened his mouth.

"My Lord Impossible, I don't own the company alone. If you take [-]%, how will the others divide it?" The former president stated the facts and made sense.

"Without my cooperation, you won't get anything. As you said just now, you don't even have workers, and you don't have the ability to extract ore from the mine at all-let me guess, you should have no profit for a long time Now, if you still can’t produce normally, I’m afraid your company will go bankrupt.” Rock doubted Perrier’s business ability. Although the political environment in France has been bad for a long time, such an incompetent president is rare.

I have been a politician all my life, but I can't even be a president. I left the president and switched to business. Can I become a successful businessman?

If Rock believed it, he would have seen a ghost.

"It's nonsense, our business is very healthy." Perier's denial of righteous words is like answering a reporter's question about whether the government is united.

The more Perrier is like this, the more Rock doubts the health of Perrier's business. Seeing Perrier's firm attitude, Rock retreats.

"Fine, I believe it. Your business is very healthy, so you don't need me to join." Rock is indeed interested in Madagascar, but it's not necessarily how strong the interest is.

Rock is interested in Madagascar because in the 21st century, there are many overseas Chinese in Madagascar, with a total number of about 5.

But that is the statistics of the 21st century. Whether there are Chinese on Madagascar and how many are still unknown, so Rock is not very interested in Madagascar.

What's more, Madagascar is a colony of France. France is not a small country like Portugal that can be rounded and flattened by others. France is still very powerful now, so Rock doesn't want to provoke France, let alone help France build a colony.

"Wait, my lord, don't be like this, how about giving me a little time, let me discuss with other shareholders, and then give you an answer?" Perrier has already seen how Rock negotiates, so Perrier is familiar with Those little tricks didn't work for Rock.

Through the negotiations between the Yao people and the Portuguese, Perrier clearly knew that Rock was very good at using off-court factors to force his opponents to surrender.

This kind of pressing negotiation does not give the other party any breathing room at all. It is impossible to delay time, because delaying time will only benefit Rock.

The same is true for Perrier. If Rock does not join, then there is no loss to Rock, but Perrier's company can't afford to wait. In fact, Rock's guess is right. If Perrier has other methods, Then Perrier, a Frenchman, would not cooperate with a "Britishman" like Roque.

"Okay——" Roque didn't care about the result. He just dealt with the Portuguese. If he continued to torment the French, Roque would become the public enemy of the colonial countries, and the British government couldn't keep Roque.

Entering October, the continuous rainy weather finally cleared up. Although it is the rainy season, it still rains every now and then, but the amount of rainfall has been greatly reduced compared with the previous period. The impact on Johannesburg and the farms around Johannesburg is gradually fading.

The entire Transvaal and Orange, during the heavy rain some time ago, should have benefited only from the Alligator Bay Reservoir.

Originally, Rock planned to use two rainy seasons to complete the storage of the reservoir. Unexpectedly, in less than two months, the task of storing water in the reservoir has been basically completed. A week ago, under the guidance of engineers from Westinghouse, the Alligator Bay Reservoir Finally tried generating electricity.

The results are exciting. The reservoir only used two generator sets to light up [-] electric lights. After adjustments by engineers from Westinghouse, three days ago, the Crocodile Bay Reservoir began to stably supply electricity to Bigwig Town, and Bigwig Town, too. It became the first city in Transvaal and even the whole of Africa to use electric street lighting.

The current Bigwig Town is actually eligible to be upgraded to Bigwig City, but Rock disagrees, so Bigwig Town is still "Bigwig Town".

After the electricity was turned on, the night in Bigwig Town has become a special scene. People from Johannesburg, Pretoria, and even Cape Town have come to Bigwig Town to enjoy the night view of Bigwig Town.

The reputation of Ziwei Town also spread throughout southern Africa.

(End of this chapter)