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385 Cold Palace

Throughout southern Africa, including the Cape, which has been colonized for hundreds of years, farms run by Chinese and farms run by whites are basically two completely different situations.

Farms run by white people, even on the outskirts of Cape Town, no matter how large they are, if you look at them, apart from scattered vineyards, there are more grasslands and woods, showing a completely original ecology, and there are not many human beings.

Traces of civilization and development.

Farms run by Chinese people, even those that have just been taken over, are full of vitality. As long as the weather is fine, there will be people working in the fields anytime and anywhere, either to open up wasteland or to transform vast tracts of woods.

It's like working tirelessly all day long, and eventually every inch of land on the farm will be fully utilized.

In the Chinese concept, people will laugh at leaving land barren. Even if you have a farm with thousands of acres, no piece of land is redundant. Even the fields, the land in front of and behind the house are all needed.

Make full use of it.

A few individual farms were not able to set a sufficient demonstration effect. Countless farms were combined together, that is, within three to five years, the surroundings of Johannesburg were already crisscrossed by streets and chickens and dogs. Such a scene, let alone in southern Africa,

Even in Europe, which is known as the center of the world, it is rare.

Perhaps for other white people, this situation is occasionally shocking. In the long run, as the economic strength of the Chinese in southern Africa becomes stronger and stronger, the social status of the Chinese will also become higher and higher, which may eventually affect the white people's

rule.

For Philip, this problem does not exist. Roque is Philip's family. For the sake of Phyllis and little Gavin, Philip will not impose restrictions on the Chinese.

The Chinese have indeed brought many changes to southern Africa. In the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which Philip has no time to pay attention to, a brand new city is rising from the ground.

The city is located at the junction of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and the Transvaal, probably near the future Gaborone.

Gaborone is still a wasteland. In the future, in order to commemorate the chief of the Tolokwa tribe and the national hero who fought bravely against the South African colonialists, Botswana started building the city in 1964.

Now the name of this city will definitely no longer be called Gaborone. As the main investor in the construction of this city, Stoudemire named the city after him in memory of his father Cecil Rhodes.

It was named after his father, so the city was named Rhodes.

In terms of building cities, Christian now has rich experience. Rock and Stoudemire do not have high requirements for Rhodes. Their main function is to serve as a bridgehead for the development of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and to provide personnel and materials that enter the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

, will all gather in Rhodes, and then go to various places within the Bechuanaland Protectorate in batches.

So the first thing Christian built was a cargo yard, a hotel, and a military camp.

In order to build Rhodes, Christian mobilized nearly five thousand workers. All the required materials were purchased from the Transvaal and Nyasaland. After the main part of the city is completed, there will be construction from Johannesburg to Rhodes in the future.

It is expected that all works on the railways and roads between the two will be completed in two years.

There is no need for Roark to report these matters to Philip. Philip's main focus is now on the future Federation of Southern Africa. Ade has already reserved the position of Prime Minister of the Federation of Southern Africa. There are still a lot of vacancies below. Philip is now more and more ambitious.

It is not willing to be limited to the Transvaal and hopes to have a greater say in the future Southern African Federation.

Of course, this does not mean that Philip will resign from his post in the Transvaal and serve in the federal government of Southern Africa. It will not affect Philip's continued position as Prime Minister of the Transvaal. Philip is now carefully cultivating Owen and hopes that Owen can

To succeed Philip and become the next Prime Minister of the Transvaal, until then, Philip will definitely control this position firmly and will never allow others to get involved.

Owen will serve as the future Prime Minister of the Transvaal, and Roque is of course happy to see it happen, so Roque is also very busy during this period. On this matter, Roque must maintain a high degree of consistency with Philip.

Unknowingly, Rock's influence in southern Africa is also growing. Among the four colonies in southern Africa, except for Orange, which is controlled by the Boers, the remaining three have more or less something to do with Rock.

Needless to say, in the Transvaal, through Stoudemire, Rock can also exert influence on Dr. Starr Jameson. During the counter-insurgency process in Natal, Rock and Isaiah Queller maintained a good relationship.

Friendship: After the end of the Natal Rebellion, Rocco and Isaiah Quiller remained in contact.

The people who came to Pretoria to attend the conference on behalf of Cape and Natal happened to be Dr. Starr Jameson and Isaiah Quiller, so Rock chose the first Sunday in May to attend the meeting in Xiaosi's

A banquet was held in the mansion to entertain Dr. Starr Jameson and Isaiah Queller.

Although Roque now spends most of his time in Nyasaland and Johannesburg, he was also one of the first officials to come to the Transvaal and was very familiar with officials from various departments in Pretoria.

With Henry's help, the banquet was a bit big.

At six o'clock in the evening, guests began to arrive in an endless stream at the Rhodes family's glorious estate on the outskirts of Pretoria.

The Umbrella Company was responsible for providing security for the banquet. In order not to arouse the resentment of the guests, the Umbrella Company used all white security guards, and the Gurkha mercenaries with stronger combat capabilities were responsible for peripheral security.

Rock is the host of the banquet, and Xiao Si and Henry are half landlords, so the three of them appeared at the dinner together, and the atmosphere of the banquet immediately became lively.

In fact, everyone can see the potential of Rock, Stoudemire and Henry.

Needless to say, Roque and Henry, one is Baron Nyasaland and the other is Baron Fawalt, and both are members of the Matilda family. In current southern Africa, the Matilda family is undoubtedly the

The top wealthy families, even the Earl of Selborne and Viscount Harewood, must first consider Philip's opinion when considering issues in southern Africa.

The Earl of Selborne was in London during this period and could not come to the banquet, but both Adelaide and Philip appeared at the banquet, which infinitely raised the level of the banquet.

"Isaiah, long time no see." Roque and Isaiah Quailer embraced warmly. Since the Natal rebellion, Roque and Isaiah Quailer had not seen each other for nearly four years.

Four years have not diluted the relationship between the two, and Isaiah Queller still has lingering fears when he thinks of the scene that happened four years ago.

At that time, if Rock had not led the Northern Rhodesian Division to Pietermaritzburg in time, Pietermaritzburg might have been captured by the rebels. As the administrative head of Natal, Isaiah Cuiller even if he was not involved in the rebellion

If he dies, he will also be responsible for the rebellion later on.

Now that Isaiah Cuiller is the Prime Minister of Natal, every time he thinks of the scene four years ago, Isaiah Cueller is full of gratitude to Roque.

At this time, all the gratitude is reflected in a warm hug.

"It's been a long time indeed, Locke. Should I call you Lord Gorkha now, or should I call you Lord Nyasaland?" Isaiah Queller laughed, obviously paying attention to Locke's news.

This "Lord Gorkha" is a title granted to Rock by the King of Nepal. In fact, it should be Viscount Gorkha. However, in the UK, everyone below the duke is a lord, and they are not directly called viscount or baron.

"Just call me Rock. This is southern Africa, not Nepal." Rock doesn't care what name Isaiah Cueller uses. What Rock cares about is Isaiah Cueller's attitude.

Although Natal does not have much presence in southern Africa, it is one of the four colonies in southern Africa. Its status in southern Africa is higher than that of Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland and Swaziland.

Much higher.

Therefore, Isaiah Queller's attitude is still very important. If Isaiah Queller fully supports Transvaal and Philip, then it can be guaranteed that in the future Southern African Federation, Transvaal and Philip can win

to have the greatest say.

So Rock invited Isaiah Queller to the small living room next to the banquet hall without hesitation.

"Of course, Locke, of course I would support the Transvaal and Lord Matilda, otherwise I would never have supported the sick Dr. Starr Jameson, or the disgusting Boers.

." In the small living room, Isaiah Cueller made no secret of it.

Dr. Starr Jameson's performance at the Cape has proven that he is a person not worthy of trust.

He also has no favorable impression of the Boer Isaiah Cuiller. After experiencing the rebellion of the Zulu people in Natal, Isaiah Cuiller has lingering fears about all forms of war. In Isaiah Cuiller's view, the Boers

People are the biggest unstable factor in southern Africa, so they will definitely not support the Boers.

Then the only ones who can support Isaiah Queller are Transvaal and Philip. Although Isaiah Queller and Philip are not familiar with each other, Philip is Roque's father-in-law. Supporting Philip is very consistent with Natal.

At least next time if another rebellion breaks out in Natal, Isaiah Queller can send a telegram to Rock as soon as possible. Instead, he pins his hopes on illusory local reinforcements and no hope.

Enter the fighting colonial servants.

"Thank you Isaiah, I believe that the Southern African Federation will get better and better in the future!"

As soon as Isaiah Cueller finished speaking, Ade and Philip burst into laughter and pushed the door in. Isaiah Cueller suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Your sister, if you had said the wrong thing just now, would you have been thrown into the cold palace from now on?


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