Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 411 No Way to Refund (Debt Repayment Fourth Change)

I have to admit that many times the choice is really important.

Lawrence Amelia is now facing a difficult choice, whether to stay in line with the Belgian government or to build a good relationship with Nyasaland.

Before Leopold II transferred the Congo Free State to the Belgian government, he leased the Congo Free State to five colonial companies related to Leopold II. The Belgian government was equivalent to getting an empty shell. Lawrence Amelia's Antwerp company is one of them.

If the Congo Free State is still the private property of Leopold II, then Lawrence Amelia would not dare to contact Nyasaland anyway.

It's different now, because of the serious rift between Leopold II and the Belgian government in the Congo Free State, and Lawrence Amelia was able to get both sides, even when the mercenaries clashed with the Northern Rhodesian Division This is already a de facto betrayal for Belgium.

Because of the relationship between the Antwerp Company and King Leopold II, the Antwerp Company owns nearly 70 square kilometers of land in the Belgian Congo, and there are more than 400 million Telara people in the territory, which leads to the situation faced by Lawrence Amelia very complicated.

The Antwerp company is now facing a huge trouble, because of geographical relations, the land owned by the Antwerp company borders on the territory of Nyasaland, and Lala's people are operating on the Antwerp company's site, which makes the operation of the Antwerp company more and more difficult.

The Antwerp company's main business is rubber plantations, supplemented by a part of the mining industry.

This mining industry is due to the discovery of a large number of copper deposits in Nyasaland, so the Antwerp company will conduct exploration.

The result was very surprising. A large amount of copper mines were also found in the chassis of the Antwerp company, but because of the lack of cooperation of the Terralla people, the mining of copper mines by the Antwerp company was not smooth.

"Of the three copper mines that have been discovered, only Dolby has development value. We recruited a thousand workers, and after only one night, there were less than 200 of the thousand workers left. Those People also took away the tools used in mining. The troops we sent tried to stop them, but unidentified troops responded outside the copper mine. Those troops had strong firepower, and our troops suffered heavy casualties. Mine safety." Antwerp Company High Commissioner Reed Brooke had a headache, everyone knew who those unidentified troops were, but no one could do anything about it.

What Lied Brook was sure of was that the troops who responded were definitely not the Rhodesian Northern Division, because those people were all Africans.

But this does not prove that it has nothing to do with Nyasaland. Everyone knows that Lord Nyasaland has a very powerful Yao army in his hands. laughing stock.

Now it seems that Belgium seems to have a tendency to follow in Portugal's footsteps.

"How do you want me to ensure the safety of the copper mine? Do you want to learn to hire mercenaries? Don't be ridiculous, just withdraw the people and don't get entangled with those people." Lawrence Amelia knew that he couldn't afford it, so he simply Don't mess with it.

"How to withdraw? There are a large number of plantations around Dolby, accounting for [-]% of all our plantations. If we give up Dolby, we will have no way to explain to shareholders." Red Brook also wanted to withdraw, but Where can I retreat?

In other words, those Terrara workers could retreat and escape, but Red Brook and Lawrence Amelia had nowhere to retreat, no way to escape.

"It's not a question of whether you can explain it now, Brooke. If the Yao people and the Terrala people collude with each other, have you considered the final result?" Next to aggressive Nyasaland, lies the tragedy of the Congo Free State.

However, the Congo Free State is not self-sufficient and actively provokes Nyasaland.

Lawrence Amelia really wants to ask Leopold II what he thinks, is it not enough to make enough money from rubber tapping, or is it not fun enough to bully the Terrara people, and he has nothing to do to mess with the Nyasaran people what!

By the way, the first two Belgians who practiced marksmanship with the Nyasarans have returned to Europe, but unfortunately something happened to them on the way, both of them fell into the sea, and now there is no news.

When Lawrence Amelia first learned about this, he thought it was the Nyasalan people who were seeking revenge, but finally found out that it was an accident.

What a—what a coincidence!

"Think about it, but this is not something we can change." Red Brook is also helpless. If the first conflict between the Congo Free State and Nyasaland was an accident, then the last conflict caused by mercenaries was an absolute action by the Belgian government. Although the Belgian government has not admitted that those mercenaries were hired by the Belgian government, the compensation to Nyasaland clearly shows the truth of the matter.

"Brook, if—I mean if, is it possible for us to cooperate with Nyasaland?" Lawrence Amelia lowered his head and played with the Parker gold pen in his hand, which was produced by Nyasaland. Those Chinese always have A lot of whimsical ideas, even a simple pen can be made so beautiful and atmospheric.

There are many companies that produce pens in the world, such as France's Waterman, and the United States' Conkerling, but only Nyasaland can afford to use gold to produce pens.

This gold is not gold-plated, but pure gold. Except for the ink tube which is made of natural rubber, the entire body of the pen is made of gold, which also makes such a pen cost as high as 110 pounds.

Even though the price of Parker gold pens is so high, there are still many people flocking to them. This kind of gold pens are sold together with those high-end jewelry in Eternal. Only in this way can the value of Parker gold pens be proved. Members of the society are all proud of owning a "Parker" gold pen, as if the two Chinese characters on the pen have a special charm.

It's funny to say that four years ago, all the civilized countries in the world just united and launched a war to attack the Qing Dynasty. It was definitely a feast to carve up the Qing Dynasty. Belgium did not have time to participate because of its weak national strength. I heard that Leopold De II is still very sorry.

It has only been four short years now, and Belgium has been beaten to shame by the Chinese in Africa. Although Lord Nyasaland is British in name, that does not change the fact that he is of Chinese descent.

"Cooperate with Nyasaland? No, no, no, Amelia, we can't take risks, His Majesty the King will never allow it." Red Brook objected subconsciously.

"Hehe, Brook, what does the current Belgian Congo have to do with His Majesty the King?" Lawrence Amelia had no choice but to do so if there was any possibility.

"We can't do that. If we cooperate with Nyasaland, we will be ruined." Red Brook muttered to himself.

"If this continues, our reputation will be ruined." Lawrence Amelia was indifferent, as if he was not talking about himself.

Obviously, if this continues, then the Antwerp company will definitely not be able to obtain due profits. At that time, Lawrence Amelia and Red Brook will be unable to report to the shareholders-the largest shareholder of the Antwerp company is Leo. Bode II, who owns 50.00% of the Antwerp company's shares - confession, and was kicked out of the Antwerp company, it is also ruined and more thorough.

The only goal a businessman pursues is profit. Marx said that if a businessman has a [-]% profit, he would dare to commit any crime, even risking hanging his head.

The situation of Lawrence Amelia and Red Brook is similar now, not to mention the [-]% profit, even if it can only maintain the previous profit, Lawrence Amelia dares to cooperate with the devil.

"We all need to calm down and think of other ways, there should be other ways—" Red Brook obviously didn't want to take this step unless it was a last resort.

"Whatever you want, if you figure out a way don't forget to tell me, my door is always open to you." Lawrence Amelia was now tempted to numb himself with alcohol, the strongest potato vodka produced in Johannesburg.

The vodka produced in Johannesburg is also divided into different grades. The strongest vodka is 75 degrees, which is absolutely amazing. The degree of medical alcohol is only 75 degrees. This standard was established by the Johannesburg School of Medicine.

Under normal circumstances, the acceptable degree of Lawrence Amelia is 40 degrees.

But things were different today, and Lawrence Amelia wanted to get drunk and forget all his troubles.

Lawrence Amelia didn't call anyone. Early the next morning, Red Brook, whose eyes were bloodshot, pushed open the door of Lawrence Amelia's office, and what he saw was a mess of glasses and dishes.

"God, how much did you drink!" Red Brook was really worried. There were at least four wine bottles on the ground, which meant that the idiot Lawrence Amelia drank at least two liters.

"I want to drink 75% vodka, but I only found 40% vodka. The Chinese in Johannesburg are really strong. The vodka they produce is stronger than the vodka produced in Russia!" He yelled at Red Brook.

"The vodka in Johannesburg is also produced by the Russians, it has nothing to do with the Chinese—" Red Brook strode up to Lawrence Amelia, reached out and snatched the bottle from Lawrence Amelia's hand, and drank it Take a big gulp: "Tell me, what are you going to do!"

"You agree?" Lawrence Amelia felt as if he was dreaming.

"So what if I don't agree with you? You're right, we have no way out." Red Brook wanted to get drunk now.

(End of this chapter)