At the end of the meeting, Rock and Henry exchanged tacit smiles and packed up their things.
As soon as they walked out of the conference room, Sidney Milner stopped Locke and Henry: "Minister Locke, Minister Matilda, Prime Minister, please come over."
The Prime Minister summoned him and he had to go. Roque asked his newly recruited secretary Fitch to wait for him in the car. Fitch was a recommended student who just graduated from Nyasaland Army Academy this year. A recommended candidate refers to a person with front-line combat experience because of his outstanding performance.
Outstanding talents who are recommended to study at Nyasaland Army Academy.
Rock's previous secretaries, Angel and Barton, have been decentralized. One went to the Army and the other went to the Navy. So after returning to southern Africa, the Ministry of National Defense recommended several suitable secretary candidates for Rock's children. Rock started from the reserve staff.
Fitch was chosen among them.
Fitch's father also worked with Roque in the Cape Town Police Department. Roque trusts those old brothers more in terms of emotion and reason.
In the Prime Minister's Office, Ade frowned. Roque's proposal today surprised Ade. Before the outbreak of the world war, Roque had never been so violent.
"Actually, I originally asked the Glory Castle troops to be relocated to the Republic of Congo and the Kingdom of Congo, but Henry reminded me that it is more in our interests to relocate the Glory Castle troops to West Africa." Roque said frankly that in the face of those ministers, Roque
Ke still has reservations, but there is no need to face Adelaide.
"The Portuguese - we were allies during the World War." Ad reminded Roque that Portugal was indeed a member of the Allied Powers during the World War. Roque even had two Portuguese divisions under his command at that time, but the morale of these two divisions was low.
The equipment is old and the training conditions are poor. It has no real effect and has always been a symbolic existence.
In a great power game like the World War, there is indeed no room for Portugal to intervene. The two divisions sent by Portugal had an attitude. During the World War, these two divisions did not participate in even a single battle, and their performance was not as good as that of the Indian Army.
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"Lord, allies like Portugal are not worthy of trust." Roque doesn't care about Portugal. This means that the Allies won the World War. If the Allies won the World War, Portugal would immediately turn to the Allies, just like Italy.
Same.
Italy is the real country that can't do anything well and stands first in the team.
"Then we can't blatantly infringe on Portugal's rights. We still have to have the proper attitude." Ad reminded Roque not to look so ugly. Southern Africa already has Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, with a territory of more than 5.5 million square meters.
Kilometers, which made Ade feel surprised and worried at the same time, for fear that the blooming flowers in front of him was just a good dream.
"Don't worry, I know, I won't leave anyone with any excuses." Roque was very confident. Ade probably thought that Roque would rob as clearly as the British and French, so Roque's methods would not be so rough.
Is it that spring is not good, or that peace is not good, and we must blatantly rob it.
Roque has a hundred ways to legally and legally turn West Africa into a part of southern Africa, and the Portuguese will have to knock out their teeth and swallow it, just like the Belgians who lost the Congo Free State.
Ade still trusted Rock, waved Rock and Henry away, lowered his head and started working on the documents.
After leaving the house, Henry was indignant: "So, why do you want me to stay? You didn't say a word to me from beginning to end."
Henry was really unhappy. When Roque was no longer in southern Africa, Henry was a frequent visitor to the Prime Minister's Office and the most popular person in front of Ade.
After Roque returned to southern Africa, Henry was immediately thrown into the cold palace. He was clearly kept but didn't say a word. This was Roque, and Henry didn't take it to heart.
"That means you've done a pretty good job, and there's nothing for the Prime Minister to complain about. Believe it or not, if my answer just now doesn't satisfy the Prime Minister, we both will be scolded together." Roque walked briskly, and would go home to accompany Feili later.
Si and Philip had dinner together, and Roark was now eager to return home.
"Then it means that the praise is yours alone, and the scolding belongs to both of us." Henry was even more unhappy. He was so serious in front of Rock. In fact, he had no objection to Ade. Both Henry and Rock
It was Ade who promoted him personally.
"Ha, that's right -" Roque couldn't help laughing. Only in southern Africa could Roque feel the long-lost relaxation. When he was in France, Roque often couldn't sleep at night.
In southern Africa, even if Roque did something wrong, he would always have the backing of Ade and Philip.
It was different in France, especially after Roque became the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, countless pairs of eyes were staring at Roque, waiting for Roque to make a mistake. At that time, Roque seemed to be doing it with ease, but in fact he was really trembling as if he were facing an abyss.
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When they got home, Phyllis had already prepared dinner with Lacey and Carina. This was a regular dinner party every week. Although Philip had a chef at home, Phyllis would also do it herself with Lacey and Carina.
"Thank you for your hard work, my dear -" Seeing Roark coming back, Phyllis took the initiative to welcome him, gave him a sweet kiss and helped Roark take off his coat.
"For you, my beautiful lady——" Roque took out a blooming rose from behind like a magic trick.
The smile on Phyllis's face was immediately more beautiful than the roses.
Lacey looked at Henry expectantly.
Henry looked at Roark with dull eyes.
Rock ignored the couple and went to the living room with Phyllis affectionately arm in arm.
"Shameless bitch, just picked in the neighbor's garden -" Henry accused someone of moral turpitude.
"So you came back empty-handed -" Lacey gritted her teeth. Women don't care where the flowers come from. What women care about is whether there are flowers.
"No, I brought a sincere heart." Henry was disgusted.
Lacey was disgusted with her face, curled her lips and turned around to leave.
Philip and Owen were chatting in the living room. The men of Matilda's family were still very happy. It was the tradition of Matilda's family that the male should take charge of the outside and the girl should lead the house.
"Locke, have you heard that the Allies finally went to war against the Russian Empire?" Owen made a fuss.
Rock felt heavy, and finally reached this point.
Fortunately, Roque has returned to southern Africa. No matter how lively the fight is in Europe, it has nothing to do with Roque.
"The commander-in-chief of the Allied Powers is Ian Hamilton. I remember when you were the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Ian Hamilton was your chief of staff. How is this person? Can he defeat the Russians?" Owen still thinks Europe is not enough.
It's chaotic, but from the perspective of southern Africa, Owen's reaction is correct.
"Ian is a nice guy, and he does have the ability, but launching a war against Russia now -" Rock shook his head and smiled bitterly. It was November, the middle of winter, and Russia with the weather bonus was almost impossible to defeat.
"Le Figaro published the news of the death of the Tsar's family in the Russian Empire, and His Majesty had to fight." Philippe, who frowned, explained.
That's right, it turns out it was the French who were causing trouble.
Although the news about the death of Nicholas II's family has been widely circulated, it has never been confirmed.
The editor of "Le Figaro" is also very powerful. He not only published the death news of Nicholas II and his family, but also published the basement where Nicholas II and his family were executed, and the details of Nicholas II and his family.
Cemetery photos.
When the rumors were not confirmed, George V could still pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Now the rumors have finally been confirmed, both public and private, George V will launch a war with Russia.
"Public" refers to the £750 million foreign debt the Russian Empire owed to Britain.
"Private" must be due to the relationship between George V and Nicholas II.
Rock picked up the newspaper on the coffee table, and sure enough, the front page headline was "Nicholas II and his family died in a basement in Ekaterinaburg."
The editor of "Le Figaro" gave full play to French romance and gossip, and described the death of Nicholas II's family just like the street literature of a third-rate tabloid. The whole article was filled with a lot of absurd and unconfirmed news.
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Rock glanced at it casually and put down the newspaper. The news of the death was indeed true, and the details could not withstand scrutiny.
"Will our troops still in Europe participate in this war?" Philip was worried. The world war had just ended, and a new war broke out. As expected, there would be no peace for a moment.
"It should be, but it doesn't matter. Europe is too far away from us, so this war will not affect us." Roque took the green tea sent by Phyllis and exchanged words with Phyllis in front of Philip.
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Phillip's eyebrows were twitching, Owen lowered his head and flipped through the newspaper, pretending not to know anything.
Henry, who had just come over, didn't know what was going on. After sitting down, he glared at Roark angrily.
Luo Ke smiled and drank tea. He was stunned for a moment when he saw the appearance of the teacup. He raised the teacup and looked at the bottom of the cup——
Sure enough, there was a blue mark on the bottom of the tea cup.
"Phyllis, put this tea set away and change it for me a cup." Rock couldn't bear to waste it. This cup set is not worth much now, and it won't be worth much in a few decades.
"What's wrong?" Phyllis didn't know why. During the World War, various handicrafts in southern Africa proliferated. This set of teacups was sent by Christian. Phyllis thought it was good, so she sent it to Philip. She really didn't
Realize how valuable this set of cups is.
In other words, if Phyllis really knew the actual value of this set of cups, she would not have given it to Philip.
Phillip looked at him coldly and didn't say a word.
After finally getting through the meal, the previous dining table could not accommodate so many people now, so we simply had one table for adults and one for children.
Men must drink some wine. Phyllis, Lacey, and Irena can actually drink some, but everyone should drink in moderation and only taste it lightly.
After the meal, as usual, the women gossiped in the living room, while the men went to the study to smoke, drink tea and chat. The topic started with the upcoming war.
ps: Today’s fourth update is completed. I have to go out later if I have something to do. If I come back late, the midnight update will be postponed to around 12 o’clock tomorrow——
