Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 663 Martial Spirit

In a capitalist society, everything is based on profit. As long as the price is high enough, Roque can even sell oil fields. Viscount Gladstone did not expect Roque to develop style, nor did the British Empire. Considering the interests of the British Empire, London may still suspect Roque has ulterior motives.

So when Roque mentioned money, Viscount Gladstone immediately said, "Money is not a problem—"

It's really not a problem. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Germans originally thought that Britain was seriously injured after the second Boer War, so they could try to challenge Britain's international status.

Little do they know that Britain did suffer heavy losses due to the Second Boer War, but it has not yet reached the point where its muscles and bones have been injured. Hundreds of years of colonial accumulation are not a joke. But compared with Germany, it is still more than capable, at least there is still room to support southern Africa in forming more troops.

So money is really not a problem for the current British Empire. As long as London remains the center of the global economy, the UK has the strength to continue the game.

Here it is also understandable why the UK attaches so much importance to the gold in Johannesburg, because the UK needs the gold in Johannesburg to maintain the gold content of the pound.

Of course, at this time, Rock also had to make more demands logically, which was in line with Rock's greedy personality: "In order to ensure the safety of the oil field, I need a more stable Port Elizabeth. There are still pirates on the coast of the Persian Gulf, so Umbrella companies need more power."

"There are pirates in the Persian Gulf?" Viscount Gladstone didn't know the actual situation in the Persian Gulf.

Rock nodded silently. If necessary, there would definitely be pirates in the Persian Gulf.

"Then just let it go, you should cooperate with London to jointly develop the oil in Port Elizabeth." Viscount Gladstone didn't realize what kind of bloody storm his short sentence would cause in the Persian Gulf.

"What do I need in London?" Roque said bluntly. If Port Elizabeth is still under British control, then Roque is indeed willing to cooperate with the British government for oil.

Now this premise no longer exists. Rock has bought Port Elizabeth and found oil. Port Elizabeth does not need the protection of the British government now. The mercenaries of the umbrella company on the peninsula are enough to protect the interests of Port Elizabeth.

Therefore, the British government has lost the basis for cooperation with Rock, unless the British government can come up with an oil field comparable to Elizabeth as a whole.

In that case, I am afraid that the British government will not allow Roque to get involved. Everyone is selfish in this regard.

For the British government, it doesn't matter which family controls the peninsula. Now the whole peninsula has no economic value worth paying attention to. Compared with the peninsula, the UK attaches great importance to its interests in Egypt and the Suez Canal.

In the entire peninsula, except for the fertile land in the Mesopotamia, other desert areas were basically ignored by the British government and the Ottoman Empire. Only the umbrella company paid attention.

Nor did Roque pay attention to how Ali Rashid wiped out those nomads. Viscount Gladstone was very upset after visiting Ulysses' church and library.

"Why does Ulysses only have a Catholic church, but not a Protestant church?" Viscount Gladstone is a devout Protestant, and Protestantism is the state religion of England.

"The Catholic Church has donated more than 60 libraries in Nyasaland. For every library donated, they can build a church. That's why there are so many Catholic churches in Nyasaland—" Rock said nicely The implication is that Protestantism is too stingy. If Protestantism is as generous as Catholicism, Rock certainly welcomes it.

In order to increase the number of libraries in Nyasaland, Rock is doing everything possible. Now Nyasaland, as long as it is a slightly larger town, has at least one library, similar to Little Rock, Port Edward, In a big city like Xuanji City, each city has three or five libraries.

In addition to the library donated by the Catholic Church, Rock is also vigorously promoting social donations. The Nyasaland State Library was donated by Rock privately, and then countless people took the initiative to donate money and materials to the Nyasaland State Library. Businessmen in Nyasaland now also know about Rock's hobbies, and will bring back various books from all over the world to enrich the Nyasaland State Library.

Now the Nyasaland State Library has more than 100 million books in its collection. Many people are working for the Nyasaland State Library. Their main job is translation. Every time they translate a book, they can get a book from Niasa Lan State Library was paid ten rand.

After each book is translated, it needs to be corrected. After the correction is completed, it will be delivered to Nyasaland Printing Company for printing, and then sent to all libraries in Nyasaland for archiving. This part of the cost will be borne by Rock himself. of.

Viscount Gladstone could only sigh speechlessly. Protestantism is building the largest church in southern Africa in Cape Town, but it ignores Nyasaland, which is becoming more and more economically developed. This is really inappropriate.

"I don't intend to accuse anyone. Catholicism has played an important role in the process of building Nyasaland. Many people in Nyasaland are now Catholics. It will be difficult for Protestants to catch up, but it is not impossible. Nyasaland still has a chance. More theaters are needed—” Rock calculated wisely, hoping that Protestantism, like Catholicism, would play a role in building a better Nyasaland.

Rock still attaches great importance to culture. Like the Transvaal, Chinese is also stipulated as the third official language by the Nyasaland government. In southern Africa, only the Transvaal and Nyasaland recognize Chinese. Status, even Rhodesia has not yet made any relevant actions.

But it doesn't matter, as the status of Chinese in southern Africa is getting higher and higher, the status of Chinese will become more and more important. All schools in Nyasaland now use Chinese to teach, and more and more Chinese are working in the federal government. The more Chinese has become practically the second most common language in Southern Africa, the less and less importance of Boolean.

For example, in Nyasaland and the Transvaal, the government often cancels the Boer version when issuing announcements. The reason is that there are not many Boers in these two states, and the number of Boers in the Transvaal is less than 1000 people, Nyasaland is even less, probably less than a hundred.

"Hahahaha, you are such a cunning guy." Viscount Gladstone did not dislike Roque's behavior. Southern Africa is not an independent country, and the status of religion in Britain is not too high. Religious control and secular countries are actually very wary of the Vatican.

As long as Rock doesn't reject Protestantism for some reason.

Like the libraries in most cities, the Ulysses Library is built in the center of Ulysses. All citizens can borrow books from the Ulysses Library for free with their ID cards. There is a large scale on the first floor of the library. Huge bookstore, citizens can buy various bestsellers or reference books in the bookstore.

Like other cities in Nyasaland, Chinese classics and literary novels are the best sellers. The awe of Chinese people for culture has penetrated into their bones. Many farmers are happy to buy some books and put them at home even if they don’t understand them. Arty At the same time, of course, it is also to give children a better edification.

In order to pay homage to Viscount Gladstone and Rock, the library also prepared special gifts, two sets of hardcover editions of the Four Books and Five Classics, one in English and one in Chinese.

"These two sets of books are the best-selling books in Nyasaland. Last year, these two sets of books sold a total of [-] sets in Nyasaland. They were rated as the most popular books among readers. On my bookshelf There is also one, but unfortunately I have to admit that I don’t have much time to study it, and I only read less than half of it last year.” Rock was not afraid of Viscount Gladstone’s jokes, talking about the books at home, Rock might Not as much as Phyllis.

Not a possibility, but a certainty. Phyllis often reads bedtime stories to Gavin and Alvin at night. This is one of the few habits of the nobles that Roque appreciates. Many people Roque knows are actually He loved reading, and even a man as busy as Ard would have Sidney Milner read the newspaper every morning at breakfast time.

"It's really good, Locke. The importance you attach to culture has shown me the prospects of Nyasaland. I believe that Nyasaland's prospects will be very bright." Viscount Gladstone sighed sincerely, even the British mainland There is no such strong cultural atmosphere in Nyasaland.

Of course, Rock did not blindly emphasize culture. In the Gurkha gathering area on the outskirts of Ulysses, Viscount Gladstone saw a completely different situation.

The Gurkhas living in Ulysses are all family members of Gurkha officers and soldiers serving in the Nyasaland Army.

In order to relieve the worries of the officers and soldiers, Nyasaland has a lot of special care for the family members of the soldiers. The family members of the Gorkha officers and soldiers living in Ulysses have a waiting period of only three years for naturalization. During these three years, the families of the officers and soldiers You can use various public resources provided by the Nyasaland State Government free of charge, including children's schooling, medical care, working in Nyasaland, or doing business and investment.

In the area where the Gurkhas gather, there are five-meter-high and 20-meter-long conscription billboards, with various exciting slogans written in English, Chinese, and Gurkha languages, encouraging more Gurkhas to enlist in the army .

The Ulysses City Government has also set up shooting ranges next to the Gurkha gathering area, various military clubs, as well as recruitment registration points and checkpoints set up by southern African officials and the Nyasaland state capital, and even Gurkha The primary and secondary schools in the areas where the Kazakhs gather offer extracurricular activities with a strong military flavor.

This is also to cultivate the martial spirit of the Nyasaland people.

(End of this chapter)