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 had not been in Nyasaland during this time,
Asalan, but obviously there is still due attention.
Rock didn't know what kind of benefits Erich von Falkenhayn gave Ada to ask Ada for help. According to Ada's character, it is estimated that Ada would not help in vain.
As for whether it is appropriate for Ada, a Frenchwoman, to help the Germans, that is no longer a question. Ada is now a southern African.
After returning to Nyasaland, Ada took on a new identity: Deputy Minister of Finance of the Southern African Federal Government and concurrently Director of the Financial Department.
In this way, Ada became the leader of Rand Bank, as well as the executive director and general manager of Rand Bank. This is probably the legendary athlete and referee at the same time.
"The federal government has finally decided to issue its own currency. The name of the currency is the rand. The exchange rate with the pound is temporarily one to one. In addition to coins, we will also issue banknotes with a maximum face value of one hundred rand.
The task of issuing currency is the responsibility of the Rand Bank. From now on, the Rand Bank has officially become the central bank of the federal government." Ada is still very proud. For this matter, Ada has been staying in Biller during this time.
Dolia, fortunately Ade gave me face, so Ada's work was not in vain.
Rock was really impressed. Rock had always known that Ada was very powerful, but he didn't expect that Ada's energy was so great.
That's right, when he was in Cape Town, Roque was just the deputy captain in charge of the gate, and Ada was already Ade's guest, so Roque was not surprised at all that Ada could become the deputy minister of finance.
"But as a result, I have to stay in Pretoria most of the time and cannot stay in Nyasaland for a long time." Ada is still regretful. Now Ada is the Deputy Minister of Finance and Roque is
He is also the deputy minister of justice and defense. If Roque and Ada interact too frequently, they will easily be criticized.
Although the relationship between Roque and Ada is not a secret, this kind of thing cannot be mentioned on the table. In fact, both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense are too sensitive, so Roque and Ada must deliberately keep some distance even if they are just pretending.
"It doesn't matter, I don't have to go back to Pretoria very often." Roque would also comfort him. As long as there was a chance, Roque would definitely meet Ada or something to relieve the pain of lovesickness.
Don't get me wrong, it's not the matter between men and women, but the admiration between Rock, Arthur and Jessica.
Jessica is less than one year old now, and she has completely inherited Roque's black hair and black pupils, but her eyebrows are 80% or 90% similar to Ada's. She is so polished that Roque can't put it down.
"You'd better come back often, otherwise I'm afraid Jessica will be very strange to you in the future." Ada is now confident. With Arthur and Jessica by her side, Ada is not afraid that Roque will not return to Pretoria.
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To say that the person Ada felt sorry for the most was probably Phyllis.
Ada and Phyllis actually had a tacit understanding before that before Phyllis became pregnant, Ada was not planning to have a second child.
But things didn't go as planned. When it came time to get pregnant, Ada would definitely not be able to let her go. Therefore, Ada felt very guilty during this period and never dared to see Phyllis.
"How is it possible? Of course I went back to Pretoria to see you -" Rock must know what to say at this time, that is, Rock is in Ulysses now. If this is Little Rock, Ada may also
I don't dare to come to see Roque in a big way.
"What are you going to do with the Fort Glory troops?" Ada was very satisfied with Rock's attitude and finally had the mood to care about Rock's work.
"I plan to set up a demilitarized zone between Nyasaland and Tanganyika to try to avoid friction between Nyasaland and Tanganyika. During this period, Nyasaland should focus its main efforts
Focus on developing the economy." Rock doesn't care about the future of the Fort Glory troops. Even if Southern Africa annexes Tanganyika in the future, the Fort Glory troops will be at best servants of Southern Africa. To put it bluntly, they are just consumables and cannon fodder. Rock doesn't care about the cannon fodder.
fate.
"How long is this period of time?" Ada must first listen to Roark's work arrangements, and then she can cooperate with Roark's work.
"About five years, I guess -" Rock is not sure yet.
It is now 1908, and if no accidents occur, the First World War should have broken out six years later, in 1914.
However, Rock is not sure now. The rebellion in Tanganyika in another time and space was very small and was quickly suppressed by the Tanganyika German army.
In this time and space, Tanganyika has undergone earth-shaking changes due to Nyasaland's support. This will definitely affect the ongoing arms race between Britain and Germany, so Rock is not sure now.
The world war will not break out as scheduled 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 destructive enough to Europe, then it will still be very detrimental to southern Africa.
"Five years, okay, then we'd better make a five-year plan now, and strive to bring the national strength of Nyasaland, and even 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 even ask what the basis for the five years was. Rock arranged it this way, and Ada just executed it.
"This is a good suggestion." Roque suddenly realized the importance of five-year plans. If there are no accidents, the Liberal Party should be in power in southern Africa for a long time. In this way, southern Africa will also be qualified to formulate five-year plans.
This kind of time-limited planning is actually not suitable for two-party or multi-party countries like the United States and the United Kingdom. The root cause is the frequent changes in politics, resulting in no continuity in policies.
As the saying goes, one emperor and one minister, Britain is doing better now. The formation of the civil service system can finally ensure the basic operation of the government. If the political party distribution system is still implemented as before, then let alone the arms race, whether the government can maintain normal operation is doubtful.
There is always a question mark.
In the current situation of the UK, facing the challenge from Germany, it is still barely able to share the same hatred with the enemy. If there were no external pressure, I am afraid that the UK would fall into constant internal strife and eventually be doomed.
In fact, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party in the UK are also trying to undermine each other. After the Conservative Party came to power the year before last, they began to look into the Liberal Party's old accounts and investigate whether the government led by the Liberal Party had committed malfeasance during the Boer War. Otherwise, it would be completely unexplainable why it dealt with the general population.
There were only 440,000 Boers, and as many as 450,000 regular troops had to be mobilized.
But this is probably a bad debt. During the Boer War, the British Prime Minister at the time was the Marquess of Salisbury. Now the Marquis of Salisbury has passed away. In addition, the British government system at that time was still very imperfect, so a lot of information is now
It is no longer possible to find them, and it is not easy for the Conservative Party to cause trouble for the Liberal Party.
However, the Conservative Party may not have noticed that while the Liberal Party was defending its governance during the Boer War, it was also looking for mistakes in the Conservative Party's governance, such as the ongoing arms race. It is difficult to say what will happen to the Liberal Party after the Conservative Party steps down.
We will not use this as an excuse to attack the Conservative Party.
Compared with the bad debts during the Boer War, the arms race is probably equally unclear. Among other things, the arms race has just begun. The price of steel in the UK has increased by 30%. Henry is happy every day.
Mouth, isn't there any benefit transfer here?
It's hard to say, it's hard to say.
"The federal government was established on November 15 last year. It has been less than a year, so there is no government work report for reference yet. However, we can refer to the work report of the Transvaal State Government. What do you think of the five-year plan?
How should we formulate the plan to double the gross national product?" Ada was very interested. Bankers are still very sensitive to numbers.
Rock didn't know how to explain it. Although the Transvaal's gross national product seemed to be very high, the Transvaal government was very poor. The really rich one was the Johannesburg Mining Union, which was completely different from the Transvaal government.
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Transvaal's GNP cannot be reflected in the government work report.
Both the Lock Gold Mine and the Matilda Gold Mine are members of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance. If the regulations of the Mining Alliance are followed, the Lock Gold Mine produces only a few tons of gold every year.
But in fact, the output of gold mines is obviously uncontrollable. At the very least, it is impossible for Rock Gold Mine to mine as much as the output stipulated by the Mining Alliance, otherwise Rock would not have set up a bank to launder money.
Rock's original intention in establishing the Rand Bank was indeed to launder money.
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,
It can be said that the operation of the bank would not be the same as Nyasaland today.
Not to mention, there are a large number of farms in the Transvaal, and the wealth owned by those farms has not been included in the gross national product at all, so the work report of the Transvaal State Government does not have much authenticity. Southern Africa
If a five-year plan is to be formulated, it is estimated that financial organizations such as Rand Bank will need to conduct more data statistics.
"You may not believe it, but among the nine states in Southern Africa, Nyasaland actually has the highest GDP. If this result is announced, I believe it will slap many people in the face." Ada chuckled at this information.
Only Ada knows, not even Ade.
The nine states in southern Africa are Cape, Orange, Transvaal, Natal, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Bechuanaland, Basutoland, and Swaziland.
Of the states, Nyasaland is actually the youngest.
