As far as Rock's identity is concerned, Rock's performance in drinking and sex is simply a saint.
It is undeniable that Roque also has stains, but compared with other British nobles, Roque's stains are not worth mentioning. At least Roque did not abuse the Africans when recruiting them, allowing them to fill their stomachs while also giving them food.
Some of their rewards, even if they were meager, were considered merciful compared to other colonists.
As for Ada——
Hey, who hasn’t ordered some gossip yet? For a count like Roque, a commander-in-chief, and a high-ranking colonial official, no gossip would be worthy of Roark’s titles. Everyone around Roque is counted, except for the lifelong unmarried Ade and
Kitchener, everyone else has this problem to one degree or another.
The same goes for Stoudemire. As far as Rock knows, Stoudemire also has many romantic affairs.
"Why do you want to be the director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Administration? This is not like you." Roque joked that there is no need for a winner in life like Stoudemire to wade into this muddy water.
Sometimes Rock envies Stoudemire's living situation. His family is well-off and powerful. He has a father who has made great contributions to the British Empire. He has hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land under his name. Every year, if he does nothing, he will have more than 100,000 people.
With an income of tens of millions of pounds, if you change it to a person who is not determined, he will probably not live until he is 40.
Compared with those prodigal sons in the UK, Stoudemire has indeed worked very hard. Compared with the South African company when old Cecil Rhodes was alive, the current South African company has developed into an agricultural, industrial, trade, investment and finance company.
The trust-style Big Mac, if old Cecil Rhodes knew it, he should be able to smile.
"You have already served as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force. I can't lag too far behind, otherwise I won't have the shame to educate Gavin in the future." Xiao Si confidently said that as soon as Gavin was born, Xiao Si became Gavin's godfather, and he also
He intends to marry his youngest daughter to Gavin and become an in-law with Rock. This is the rhythm of completely binding him to Rock.
Regarding marriage, Roque does not oppose or take the initiative. Everything depends on the children's own choices. With Roque's current wealth, he does not need marriage to increase his strength. If Gavin really sees eye to eye with Xiao Si's daughter
, Narok also liked to hear and see it.
Compared with Gavin, Arthur is actually more popular. Although Gavin's status is nominally more important than Arthur, there are not many families in southern Africa who are qualified to marry the first heir of the Earl of Nyasaland.
So Arthur becomes a better target.
Unfortunately, as Rock's status has improved, Arthur's status has also increased. Now Arthur is already a Baron of Cyprus before he reaches adulthood. He also has a promising future, and fewer and fewer girls are qualified to become Lady of Cyprus.
"You don't have much face now. What can you teach Gavin? Wine tasting? Hunting? Gambling?" Rock's series of questions left Stoudemire speechless. Gambling here refers to horse racing, one of Stoudemire's favorite sports.
one.
Horse racing has always been a favorite sport of Johannesburg people. During the Boer War, the mine owners in Johannesburg organized horse racing, which shows the enthusiasm of the mine owners for horse racing.
Stoudemire is the largest bookmaker in the horse racing industry in Southern Africa. Four of the top ten horse racing horses in Southern Africa are owned by Stoudemire. Every year, Stoudemire makes more than 10 million rand in profits through horse racing.
"Then what can you teach Gavin? Fighting? Killing? How to be a qualified minister of war? You are not qualified yourself!" Stoudemire retorted, probably the only one who dared to accuse Roque to his face that he was not qualified.
Secretary of War.
Rock raised his eyebrows and said nothing. If Rock said a few more words at this time, it would definitely be the mutual harm mode that he likes to see.
Rock's time is so precious, he doesn't have time to talk nonsense with Stoudemire.
Stoudemire also came to see Rock for something. The "Relief Committee" established by the Allied Powers not only carried out relief and reconstruction of post-war Europe, but also had an important task, which was to participate in the armed intervention against the new Russian government.
On this issue, Rock really doesn't dare to participate. If he dares to participate, it's 404. However, on the two issues of disaster relief and reconstruction, Rock still has a lot of say.
Disaster relief requires a large amount of supplies, especially with the pandemic raging in the United States. The demand for medical supplies has skyrocketed. The Johannesburg Pharmaceutical Company has put into operation two mask factories with a daily output of 100,000 pieces, but it is still unable to meet the needs of the expeditionary force.
In addition to medical supplies, what Europe needs most is food.
At the beginning, Winston advocated opening the Black Sea outlet. One of the important reasons was to obtain the grain produced by the Russian Empire.
After the new Russian government withdrew from the war, it basically stopped grain exports, and the food crisis that had been alleviated in Britain and France broke out again.
Southern Africa does not produce grains, so it is basically self-sufficient and has no ability to export to Europe.
At this time, the United States became the only option for Britain and France, so the Allies considered appointing Hoover as the director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
"You should go to Henry on this issue, it's useless to go to me." Rock didn't want to cause trouble. As long as it had anything to do with the new Russian government, Rock didn't want to get involved.
Most of the steel and cement in southern Africa are produced in Henry's fiefdom, Fawalt. Fawalt Steel Company and Fawalt Cement Company are now the largest steel companies and cement companies in the UK.
During the World War, although no German troops landed on the British mainland, the British mainland also suffered some losses due to German bombing. Last year, several British cabinet officials went to southern Africa to inspect the wide and flat interstates of the three northern states in southern Africa.
Highways are very enviable. The three northern states refer to Nyasaland, Rhodesia and Transvaal. These three states have better financial conditions, so the three state governments took the lead in building interstate highways connecting the three states. Now
The interstate highway between Los Angeles and Salisbury, Pretoria, and Johannesburg has been put into use. The interstate highway between Los Angeles and Port Edward is under construction in Nyasaland. The Transvaal is also under construction in Johannesburg.
Interstate highway to Whale Bay.
After those cabinet officials returned to London, they proposed to Congress that they hope to upgrade the British mainland roads to high-standard roads similar to the interstate highways in southern Africa. This proposal is being reviewed by Congress. Once passed, Favalte Steel Company
And Fawalt Cement Company can get another big order.
"Who says it's useless? Whether it's relief or reconstruction, it requires a huge amount of funds. It's useless for the Rand Bank?"
With Henry and cement, the funds still need to be resolved by the Rand Bank. Britain and France have exhausted their wealth for the world war. Although they can get compensation from Germany after the war, the Germans have no money now.
Rock didn't speak, holding his chin as he thought about it. In another time and space, it was like after Germany was defeated in the war, he obtained funds from British and American banks, and then gradually rebuilt the entire country from the ruins of the defeat.
Now this business is no longer available to Americans, and Rand Bank now has plenty of money.
"You go back and make a plan, and then give it to Ada for review." Rock doesn't care about the operation of Rand Bank, and believes that Ada will not miss this opportunity. For Rock now, defeating the German army is the top priority.
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While all the demons and gods are plotting to carve up post-war benefits, the entire expeditionary force is actively preparing for a counterattack.
In the plan of the Expeditionary Force Staff Headquarters, the British Expeditionary Force's counterattack would start from Arras, with Vimy Ridge as the center. Rock invested 75 divisions with nearly 1.2 million men to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the German army. This time Rock no longer wanted to
The troops set campaign objectives. After breaking through the German defense line, Rock allowed the troops to advance as far as possible, preferably directly into Germany, causing maximum damage to the German troops and forcing the Germans to the negotiating table as soon as possible.
The scale of this attack was so large that both Winston and Kitchener contacted Rock about whether to cooperate with the Royal Navy to launch a landing attack on the German coast to open up a second battlefield.
This statement is wrong. If a new battlefield is opened, it should be the fourth or fifth battlefield.
After much consideration, Roark still rejected the suggestions of Winston and Kitchener. Compared with directly committing infantry troops to attack, cross-sea landing requires longer preparation time, and what Roark lacks most now is time.
Seeing that summer is coming, Rock hopes to end the war before winter comes.
At the end of May, the British Expeditionary Force had stockpiled nearly 10 million rounds of artillery shells, 12 billion rounds of ammunition, 1.5 million tons of various aerial bombs, 150,000 tons of fuel, and 4.6 million tons of various materials needed for combat in France. Preparations for the counterattack have been
Finish.
On May 27th, Roque and Pétain met in Paris and decided to set the counterattack time for June 1st.
At this time, the British Expeditionary Force has completed its troop mobilization. Rock is still investing in the Southern African Expeditionary Force and the Canadian Corps and the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The British Native Army will serve as the reserve force for the entire campaign.
In order to give full play to the role of the colonial servant army, Rock organized the Indian Army and evenly distributed it among the participating troops to cooperate in the battle. If cannon fodder was needed, the Indian Army could come in handy.
It was also at the end of May that bad news finally came from India. Because of the British government's raids on India, a great famine in India had killed at least 20 million people.
Twenty million!
Rock couldn't believe it when he saw this number. Not all of the 20 million people died of starvation, but a considerable number died of the American flu and natural deaths. The Indian colonial government was a bit lazy and calculated these numbers because
Among the people who died due to famine, this shows that the British government was not embarrassed enough.