Why do those in power cherish their words like gold? Because every word they say may have serious consequences, so they can only be careful with their words and actions. Like a certain president on Twitter who posts more than a hundred online complaints every day, that is, words
A typical example of how much you lose.
Rock has always been curious about why Lisa Khan would rather risk conflict with southern Africa to bring up old issues.
This is not rational for Lisa Khan. The power gap between the Persian Empire and southern Africa is obvious. If it is just for profit reasons, it seems unjustifiable. After having a bad relationship with southern Africa, it will not be of any benefit to the Persian Empire.
The industrial foundation of the Persian Empire was extremely poor. It was actually a semi-feudal and semi-colonial agricultural country. Although Britain and Russia divided their spheres of influence in Persia, the Persian Empire's largest trade target was southern Africa.
At present, the two countries with the strongest economic strength in the world are southern Africa and the United States.
The United States is too far away from the Persian Empire, and its trade with the Persian Empire is restricted by the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca respectively. These two areas are British colonies, and ships traveling between them have to pay taxes, so the cheap American
Commodities had no advantage in the Persian Empire.
Relatively speaking, goods from southern Africa can reach Persia directly through Port Edward without incurring any additional taxes, which is a huge advantage over the United States.
If the Persian Empire and Southern Africa were at odds with each other, then Southern Africa would not need to adopt other methods. Simply raising export tariffs on the Persian Empire would make the Persian Empire suffer.
Later, Brad's office sent Rock a transcript of the call.
After Kazmi Hassanzadeh returned to the Persian Empire’s Embassy in Southern Africa, he had a phone call with George Cecil, the British Commissioner to Southern Africa. The conversation lasted one hour and forty minutes.
Perhaps neither Kazimierz Hassanzadeh nor George Cecil knew that the telephone numbers of all embassies and consulates of other countries in southern Africa were monitored by Bullard's office.
At this time, calls were transferred through an operator, and in southern Africa, especially Pretoria, almost all telephone operators were members of Bullard's office.
It is very simple to improve the confidentiality of calls. Just lay a telephone line yourself. This is the so-called confidential line.
But all telecommunications companies in Southern Africa are monopolized by a few large telecommunications companies. The largest ones are Nyasaland Telecom and Rhodesia Telecom. Guess who are the bosses of these two companies?
What’s more, laying a telephone line in Pretoria requires approval from the Pretoria City Council. Guess whether the city government will approve it?
Even if it is approved, this kind of phone line can actually be monitored. Don’t underestimate the technical strength of Brad’s office.
After reading the phone records, Rock didn't say anything and took the phone records to find Philip.
Philip is teaching Rose to ride horses at the manor. Since Roque was elected as the next prime minister, Philip has rarely lived in the Palace of Justice. Most of the time, he will stay at his manor on the outskirts of Pretoria to adapt to retirement life in advance.
In order to better play with children, Philip's manor is like a large zoo. It not only raises pony horses, a specialty of Britain, but also alpacas, reindeer, Falabella and other animals that children love to see.
Falabella is a miniature horse breed produced in Argentina. It is bred from British Shetland ponies. This horse can be the smallest horse in the world. It is generally only fifty to seventy centimeters tall and about the same size.
About the same size as a medium-sized pet dog.
A medium-sized pet dog, which is about the size of a female Samoyed. The reason why I emphasize it is because the male is much larger than the female.
Unlike Judy, who was not in good health when she was a child, Rose has a lively personality, good health, and an extraordinary interest in riding. Rose did not like the pony horses that Philip prepared for the children at all, and she liked Philip's horse.
A horse called "Lightning".
Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in southern Africa. Lightning is a four-year-old Akhal Tekin horse, covered in light gold, and has won many horse racing championships.
Of course, for Rose, who has just entered elementary school, Lightning, who is more than two meters tall, is too tall, so when Rose rides on the horse, Philip has to hold the reins, and there are several horse trainers around to prevent her from riding.
An accident happened.
When she saw Roark, Rose was so excited that she screamed happily. Lightning seemed very uneasy about such careful little steps, and couldn't help but feel a little commotion.
Philip reacted quickly and tightened the reins tightly, and the horse trainer next to him immediately took Rose down.
The little guy didn't have a trace of fear. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he laughed and ran towards Rock with open arms.
Rock's heart simply melted. He threw the folder aside and picked up Rose, spinning around happily.
Philipp was very helpless, the little guy had never been so close to him.
“What is this?” Philip knew that Roque would go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing.
“See for yourself——” Rock didn’t want to explain.
Philip opened the folder and after reading a few lines, his face started to look ugly.
It was not only the Persian Empire that coveted Khuzestan, but also the British Empire.
About half a year ago, the British Intelligence Service received news that there was a massive amount of oil stored underground in Khuzestan, which was estimated to be no less than Port Elizabeth.
This really made the British Empire salivate.
Britain and Russia divided the Persian Empire, with the southern half belonging to the British sphere of influence, the northern half belonging to the Russian sphere of influence, and Khuzestan belonging to the southern half of the British.
That’s why the Persian Empire Congress brought up the old matter again after Lisa Khan came to the throne, hoping to redeem Khuzestan from the Adan Company.
It is precisely because of the support of the British Empire that Lisa Khan has the confidence to fight against southern Africa.
“What are you going to do?” Philip asked Roque for his opinion. He was about to leave office and did not want to fall out with London during his term.
"I haven't submitted this call record to the governor yet. No matter what, we have to teach the Persians a lesson." Rock didn't want to fall out with London, but the Persians were punished by death and could not escape life.
“Don’t give it to the Governor, otherwise how can you explain the origin of this call record?” Philip was unsure of Kitchener’s position.
Kitchener's position actually changes at any time. If the opposing parties are London and Pretoria, then Kitchener may still side with London. After all, Kitchener is the governor-general of the British Empire stationed in southern Africa.
If the opposing parties are southern Africa and the Persian Empire, then Kitchener is undoubtedly on the side of southern Africa. This is certain.
Roark shook his head and smiled bitterly. Never underestimate the ability of British intelligence personnel. Southern Africa is still a British overseas autonomous territory. It is not easy for the British to penetrate southern Africa.
“Is Khuzestan really important to southern Africa?” Philip didn’t even know how many resources were hidden underground in Khuzestan.
“It’s very important. There is a huge amount of oil in the underground of Khuzestan, enough for the whole world to use for hundreds of years.” Rock didn’t say how many barrels there were, because he was afraid that Philip wouldn’t have an idea.
The hundreds of years here are for the current world. With the development of industry in the future, the demand for oil will further increase.
“That certainly cannot be given to the Persians. What is the attitude of the Persians now?” Philip immediately put aside the interests of the British Empire. The Adan Company also had shares in the Matilda family.
The Matilda family here does not refer to Philip himself, but to Henry and Owen.
The Matilda family is now a general concept. As the patriarch of the Matilda family, Philip is not as good as Rock Henry in terms of economic strength, even Owen and Phyllis.
Don’t be inconspicuous, Owen is now the largest timber supplier in southern Africa.
The Johannesburg Textile Company under the name of Phyllis occupies a monopoly in the textile industry in southern Africa. Branch factories have even opened in Australia, employing hundreds of thousands of employees.
"The Persians should be just testing, they are not ready to break up with us yet - Lisa Khan, haha -" Rock sneered, which really made Lisa Khan break up with Southern Africa, lending it to Lisa Khan
He didn't even dare to do it.
“Okay, I understand. I will send a telegram to the Prime Minister tomorrow and ask him what he means——” Philip knew in his heart that this was not necessarily what Stanley Baldwin meant.
The current domestic situation in the UK and the Prime Minister's control over the country are actually far from those in southern Africa.
The Prime Minister of Southern Africa has a status similar to that of the head of an independent country.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is responsible to the King of England and must be checked and balanced by the British House of Commons—oh, and the House of Lords cannot be ignored. The current House of Lords has not been reduced to a decoration, and it still has a great influence on the United Kingdom.
"No, don't send a telegram to the Prime Minister. It has not reached this point yet." Roque is not in a hurry. No matter what the reason is for Lisa Khan to ask for Khuzestan from southern Africa, Roque will give it to Lisa Khan.
A lesson learned.
On January 24, 1925, the Spring Festival of the Yichou Year in the traditional lunar calendar, which was the day when Roque entered the Palace of Justice, the battleship "East India" of the Indian Ocean Fleet broke into the Persian port of Khakhbahar and sank three Persian ships.
Fishing boats shelled Khakhbahar and sank the heavy cruiser "Darius" which was being repaired at Khakhbahar.
The heavy cruiser "Darius" was one of the two heavy cruisers purchased by Persia from the United Kingdom. When passing through the Suez Canal, the heavy cruiser "Darius" broke down on the way due to boiler failure and was towed back to Kazakhstan by the Persians using a tugboat.
It was repaired in Hebahar and it has not been repaired yet.
This is good, the "Darius" was directly sunk by the battleship "East India", and the Persians finally did not have to look at the "Darius" parked in the dock with heartache.
