Children are the hope for the future, and everyone in southern Africa knows this.
The immigrants in Rock have always been mainly young people, with a particularly high proportion of teenagers and children. In addition to those families who came to southern Africa with their families, Nyasaland's immigrant companies would also take the initiative to pass various measures in the Qing Dynasty.
The method is to find those children who have no one to look after and send them to Nyasaland. They will receive better care and get a good education in Nyasaland. When they grow up, they will naturally have a higher recognition of Nyasaland.
, more loyal.
The Times of Southern Africa is a branch of The Times of London. As the largest circulation newspaper in the UK and southern Africa, The Times has huge influence in both the UK and southern Africa. Although The Times
" is a private enterprise, but The Times is usually considered to be the spokesperson of government agencies, so the Times' report immediately aroused a strong response. Countless people took the initiative to take to the streets to petition the government, demanding that the government immediately issue a petition to the Dutch government.
The East Indies launched a war and made the Dutch pay with blood.
"The Prime Minister and the Governor have been busy coordinating these days, asking the Netherlands to release the ship as soon as possible. Now the Dutch have replenished the Ark with food and enough drinking water, and at the same time sent doctors to the Ark to check the health of the crew and passengers. The Ark
The detention was not an order from the Governor-General of East India, but a private act of Medan officials. Now the Governor-General of East India is investigating and will definitely give us a satisfactory explanation." Ad and Viscount Glaston did not have time to come to Nepal.
Asalan, it was Sidney Milner who went to Asalan to comfort Roark.
Rock was much more casual when facing Sidney Milner. He couldn't say many things directly to Viscount Glaston, and even to Adelaide. He had no taboos about Sidney Milner.
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Therefore, Rock made no secret of his disgust towards the Dutch: "Investigation! Haha, if the investigation lasts for three to five years, and then comes a conclusion that makes no sense, and then says I'm sorry, will it be considered complete?"
"Then what do you say? People can't be resurrected from the dead -" Sidney Milner's Chinese proficiency is also steadily improving.
As the status of the Chinese is getting higher and higher, officials in southern Africa, except for those stubborn ones, who want to advance in their official careers, are taking the initiative to learn Chinese.
The situation is becoming increasingly clear. Roque is Adelaide's "appointed" successor. He is also a member of the Matilda family and a viscount canonized by the British Empire. Although Adelaide and Philip are still in good health, they will soon
As he grows older, he will retire from politics sooner or later. At that time, the person most likely to succeed Ade as prime minister is Roque.
So even though Chinese is not the official language of Southern Africa yet, smart people all know that if you want to continue to be involved in the political arena of Southern Africa in the future, Chinese is a language that must be learned.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to learn, there are many people who are willing to learn.
Sidney Milner was very willing to learn.
When Adelaide was the commissioner of South Africa, Sidney Milner was just a passer-by to southern Africa. With the experience of living in London and returning to southern Africa again, both Adelaide and Sidney Milner were
Sidney Milner has treated southern Africa as his home and managed it with great care. He knew how much Adelaide valued Roark, so Chinese was not a problem at all for Sidney Milner.
"Do you think so too?" Rock looked at Sidney Milner with contempt in his eyes.
"Don't look at me like that. I am the First Secretary of the federal government. No matter what I say or do, I must consider the interests of the federal government." Sidney Milner was not angry. He was also doing business as usual. As for what happened to Rock?
If you do it, Sidney Milner won't care or worry about it.
On a larger scale, no matter how drastic measures Roque adopts, he is safeguarding the interests of Southern Africa. If this matter is left lightly, more ships in Southern Africa will be detained in the future, not just immigrant ships.
, merchant ships, fishing boats, oil tankers, and even warships no longer have a deterrent effect.
To put it mildly, the Governor of the Dutch East India may not have been perfunctory in southern Africa, but he did not pay enough attention to this matter, and did not have enough understanding of the subsequent events caused by this matter, or he did not understand Roque well enough. If it were replaced by this matter
Try it in Tanganyika or Southwest Africa——
Impossible. This kind of thing would never happen in Tanganyika and Southwest Africa. Even though the Germans are heavily armed in Europe, in Tanganyika and Southwest Africa, the Germans are very honest. In southern Africa, the Germans are very honest.
Ships traveling to and from Europe often pass through Walvis Bay, an enclave surrounded by southwest Africa. As a result, this kind of accident has never happened.
That is to say, the Dutch East Indies are too far away from southern Africa, and the Chinese are too low-key in the Dutch East Indies, so the Dutch think that the Chinese are easy to bully.
"Then you guys just keep arguing slowly -" Rock glanced down at the calendar on the table and looked at his watch absently: "-The mercenaries from the Umbrella Company should have arrived in the Lion City now."
The journey from Port Elizabeth to the Lion City is about 4,000 nautical miles and takes only six days on a diesel-powered fast merchant ship.
"What are you going to do?" Sidney Milner was not surprised at all.
In other words, if Roark didn't make any move, Sidney Milner would be surprised.
Rock nodded at the newspaper in hand and said nothing. The editor of The Times has been a little lazy these days. The front page has not been changed at all. Except for the sentence "We must pay with blood", the rest of the blanks are blacked out.
"Tell me, how many people did the Umbrella Company dispatch?" Sidney Milner was very curious. If there are no accidents, it is likely that Rock and Sidney Milner will be partnered in southern Africa in the future, so Sidney Milner
Na needs to fully understand Rock's way of doing things so that he can cooperate better.
"Two regiments——" Rock said lightly.
The establishment of the Umbrella Company is different from that of the regular army. A regiment of the regular army in Southern Africa may have more than 2,000 men, while a regiment of the Umbrella Company may have more than 1,000 men.
"Haha, the Dutch are going to be in trouble -" Sidney Milner laughed, his tone full of pity for the Dutch.
Based on Sidney Milner's understanding of the Umbrella Company, two regiments of Umbrella Company mercenaries could confront a division of colonial servants head-on.
These have to be the so-called elite troops. Those roving soldiers used to scare the colonial natives are probably useless no matter how much they come.
As for the troops formed by the Dutch government in the Dutch East Indies, although Sidney Milner did not know the specific situation, they were mostly stragglers. Two regiments of Umbrella Company mercenaries were enough to disrupt the Dutch East Indies.
The world is turned upside down.
"How far are you prepared to go?" Sidney Milner didn't know what goal Rock wanted to achieve before he stopped. Judging from Rock's posture, he estimated that Rock had a big plan.
At the beginning, Roque supported the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa to resist the Portuguese, and sent no more than 500 troops to Portuguese East Africa.
During the Gloryburg rebellion, Rock sent more than 2,000 troops to Tanganyika. As a result, the Gloryburg rebels defeated the regular troops who came for reinforcements from Germany.
The mercenaries are so good when facing the German army that has just ascended to the throne of "the world's number one army", but how will they perform when facing the declining Dutch army?
Or the colonial servant army formed by the Dutch.
So Sidney Milner is really looking forward to it. If Rock's model can succeed in the Dutch East Indies, it means that this model can be copied. In the future, colonial governments around southern Africa will probably be wary.
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"It depends on how fully the Dutch understand their mistakes. Has the Lord made my request to the Dutch?" Roque has no specific goal at all. The extent to which he can achieve it depends on the development of the current situation. If so,
Possibly, Roque wouldn't mind letting the Dutchman pack up and go home.
As for the ownership of the Dutch East Indies after the Dutch left, it depends on the East Indians' own choice.
"How can the Dutch agree to your request now?" Sidney Milner was speechless. Rock's request was too harsh and it was impossible for the Dutch to agree.
Viscount Glaston had asked Roark about his request before.
Roque said at the time that the Governor of the Dutch East Indies must punish the relevant responsible persons, compensate the Nyasaland Ocean Shipping Company to which the Ark belongs, and at the same time give up the management rights of the Medan port to Nyasaland Ocean Shipping Company.
The transportation company manages the Port of Medan.
Not to mention the Dutch, even Viscount Glaston thought this request was excessive.
"I know the Dutch don't agree, but it doesn't matter. After a while, the Dutch will understand how merciful I am now." Rock didn't think it was too much. It seemed like Rock was speaking loudly, but in fact Rock wanted to
Put forward a condition that the Dutch cannot accept, and then Roark can follow up.
When the Dutch fully realize the seriousness of the matter and want to give up the Port of Medan for reconciliation, Roque will definitely have more demands by then. In the end, Roque's goal is to drive the Dutch back to Europe.
Compared with Germany and France, the Dutch are relatively easy to bully.
"You are merciful - if you are merciful, then I am a saint." Sidney Milner spoke without hesitation, and then he realized that this was blasphemy against God.
While Sidney Milner and Rock were discussing how miserable the Dutch would be in the future, the mercenaries departing from Port Elizabeth were slowly passing through the Port of Medan aboard the fast merchant ship "Nile Crocodile" of the Christian Ocean Shipping Company.
The Ark was still docked in Medan Port, and crew members were cleaning the deck. When they saw the Umbrella Company logo painted on the side of the Nile Crocodile slowly passing by outside the port, some crew members burst into tears.
All sailors in Southern Africa know that the Umbrella Company is really the protection umbrella for Southern Africans overseas. As long as there are Umbrella Company mercenaries, Southern Africans will not be bullied.
