Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 586 Nine States

Rock also learned later that the reason why Erich von Falkenhayn had the opportunity to come to Nyasaland this time was all operated by Ada. Although the female banker was not in Nyasaland during this period, Saran, but obviously there is still due attention.

Rock didn't know what kind of benefits Erich von Falkenhayn gave Ada, so that he could ask Ada to help. According to Ada's character, it is estimated that Ada would not help in vain.

As for Ada, a Frenchman, whether it was appropriate to help the Germans is not a question now, Ada is now a southern African.

After returning to Nyasaland, Ada has a new identity, the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and also serves as the Director of the Finance Department.

In this way, Ada became the supervisor of the Rand Bank, and also the executive director and general manager of the Rand Bank. This is probably the legend of being both an athlete and a referee.

"The federal government has finally decided to issue its own currency. The name of the currency is called rand, and the exchange rate with the British pound is temporarily one to one. In addition to coins, we will also issue banknotes with a maximum denomination of one hundred rand. The task of issuing currency is the responsibility of the Rand Bank, and from now on, the Rand Bank will also officially become the central bank of the federal government." Ada is still very proud, for this matter, Ada has been staying in Bühler during this time Tolia, fortunately Ade gave me face, Ada finally did not work in vain.

Rock was impressed. Rock had always known that Ada was very energetic, but he didn't expect that Ada's energy was so great.

That's right, when he was in Cape Town, Rock was only the vice captain in charge of the gatekeeper, and Ada was already Ade's guest, so it was not surprising to Rock that Ada became the deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance.

"But in this way, I have to stay in Pretoria most of the time, and I can't stay in Nyasaland for a long time." Ada is still very regretful. Now Ada is the Deputy Minister of Finance, and Roque is He also served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defense. If Rock and Ada communicated too frequently, it would be easy to be criticized.

Although the relationship between Rock and Ada is not a secret, this kind of matter cannot be brought to the table. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense are too sensitive. Even if Rock and Ada put on a show, they must deliberately keep some distance.

"It doesn't matter, I don't often want to go back to Pretoria." Rock will also comfort, as long as there is a chance, Rock will definitely meet with Ada or something to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

Don't get me wrong, it's not the thing between men and women, but the admiration between Rock and Arthur and Jessica.

Jessica is not yet a year old, and she has completely inherited Roque's black hair and black pupils, but her eyebrows and eyes are eight or nine points similar to Ada's, and Roque can't put it down.

"You'd better come back often, or I'm afraid Jessica will be a stranger to you in the future." Ada is confident now, with Arthur and Jessica by her side, Ada is not afraid that Rock will not return to Pretoria ya.

If you want to say that the person Ida is most sorry for is Phyllis.

Ada and Phyllis actually had a tacit understanding before. Before Phyllis became pregnant, Ada was not going to have a second child.

But God failed, and when it came time to conceive, Ada would definitely not want to, so Ada was very guilty during this time, and she never dared to see Phyllis.

"How is that possible? Of course I went back to Pretoria to see you—" Rock must know what to say at this time, that is, Rock is now in Ulysses. Don't dare to come to see Rock in a big way.

"What are you going to do with the Fort Honor troops?" Ada was very satisfied with Roque's attitude, and finally felt concerned about Roque's work.

"I am going to set up a demilitarized zone between Nyasaland and Tanganyika, and try to avoid friction between Nyasaland and Tanganyika. During this period, Nyasaland will focus on Focus on developing the economy." Rock doesn't care about the future of the Fort Honor troops. Even if Southern Africa annexes Tanganyika in the future, the Fort Honor troops will at most be the servants of Southern Africa. To put it bluntly, they are consumables and cannon fodder. fate.

"How long is this time?" Ada had to listen to Rock's work arrangement first, and then she could cooperate with Rock's work.

"About five years, I guess—" Rock is not sure now.

It is now 1908, and if nothing unexpected happens, the First World War should break out in 1914, six years later.

But Rock is not sure now, the rebellion in Tanganyika in another time and space was very small, and it was quickly suppressed by the Tanganyika German army.

In this time and space, because of Nyasaland's support, Tanganyika has undergone earth-shaking changes, which will definitely affect the ongoing arms race between Britain and Germany, so Rock is not sure now, the first time The world war will not break out as expected in another time and space.

Even if it breaks out as scheduled, Rock is not sure about the intensity of the world war. If the world war is not enough destructive to Europe, then it will still be very unfavorable to southern Africa.

"Five years, well, then we'd better make a five-year plan now, and strive to raise the national strength of Nyasaland, and even the entire southern Africa, to a new level within five years, so that no matter what we face in the future The situation can be more calm." Ada didn't ask what the basis for five years was, Rock arranged it like this, and Ada just carried it out like this.

"That's a good suggestion." Rock suddenly realized the importance of the five-year plan. If nothing unexpected happens, the Liberal Party should be in power in southern Africa for a long time. In this way, southern Africa is also qualified to formulate a five-year plan.

This kind of time-limited planning is actually not suitable for two-party systems such as the United States and the United Kingdom, or multi-party systems. The root cause is the frequent changes in politics, resulting in no continuity of policies.

The so-called one emperor and one courtier, Britain is better now. The formation of the civil service system can finally guarantee the basic operation of the government. If the political party and fat sharing system is implemented as before, let alone an arms race, I am afraid that the government will be able to maintain it normally. There must be a question mark.

In the current situation like the UK, facing the challenge of Germany, it can still barely achieve the same hatred. If there is no external pressure, I am afraid that the UK will fall into constant internal friction, and eventually it will be beyond redemption.

In fact, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom are also dismantling each other. After the Conservative Party came to power the year before last, they began to dig through the old accounts of the Liberal Party to investigate whether the government led by the Liberal Party had committed malfeasance during the Boer War. There are only 44 Boers, and as many as 45 regular troops need to be mobilized.

However, this is probably a bad account. During the Boer War, the British Prime Minister at that time was the Marquess of Salisbury. Now the Marquess of Salisbury has passed away. In addition, the British government system was not perfect at that time, so a lot of information is now available. It is no longer possible to find it, and it is not easy for the Conservative Party to find trouble with the Liberal Party.

However, the Conservative Party may not have noticed that while the Liberal Party was justifying its ruling behavior during the Boer War, it was also looking for mistakes in the Conservative Party’s governance, such as the ongoing arms race. This will not be used as an excuse to attack the Conservative Party.

Compared with the bad debts during the Boer War, the arms race is probably also unclear. Among other things, the arms race has just begun. The price of steel in the UK has risen by 30.00%. Henry is happy from ear to ear every day. Is there no benefit transfer in it?

It's hard to say, it's hard to say.

"The federal government was established on November 15 last year, and it has been less than a year, so there is no government work report for reference. However, we can refer to the work report of the Transvaal state government. What do you think of the five-year plan? How should it be formulated to double the GNP?" Ada was in high spirits, but bankers were still very sensitive to numbers.

Rock doesn't know how to explain it. Although the GNP of the Transvaal looks high, the Transvaal government is very poor. The real rich is the Johannesburg Mining Union, which is different from the Transvaal government. .

The GNP of the Transvaal cannot be reflected in the government work report.

Both the Rock Gold Mine and the Matilda Gold Mine are members of the Johannesburg Mining Union. According to the regulations of the Mining Union, the Rock Gold Mine produces only a few tons of gold each year.

But in fact, the output of gold mines is obviously out of control. At the very least, it is impossible to mine as much as the production stipulated by the Mining Alliance, otherwise, Rock would not want to set up a bank to launder money.

Rock's original intention for establishing the Rand Bank was indeed for money laundering.

At that time, Nyasaland had just become Rock's territory. Rock wanted to build Nyasaland, continue to invest in Johannesburg, and immigrate in large numbers from the Qing Dynasty. Each of these required massive financial support. Without Rand The operation of the bank, it can be said that there is no Nyasaland now.

Not to mention, there are still a large number of farms in the Transvaal. The wealth owned by those farms has not been counted in the gross national product at all, so the work report of the Transvaal government is not very authentic. Southern Africa If a five-year plan is to be formulated, it is estimated that financial organizations such as the Rand Bank will be required to conduct more statistics.

"You may not believe it. Among the nine states in southern Africa, Nyasaland has the highest GDP. If this result is announced, I believe it will slap a lot of people in the face." Ada chuckled, this information Only Ada knew, not even Ade.

The nine states in southern Africa are Cape, Orange, Transvaal, Natal, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Bechuanaland, Basutoland, and Swaziland. states, Nyasaland is actually the youngest.

(End of this chapter)