Chapter 1104 No one else can sleep on the side of the couch
Building a house is indeed difficult if you build it layer by layer, but if you are clever, you can still build a tower or something on the roof. Anyway, the purpose is to compete for the title of "the tallest building"
, it’s not really meant for people to live in.
Although Professor Heslin didn't know how those profiteers in southern Africa would operate, Professor Heslin was cautious as a professor, so Professor Heslin ignored Christian and took Little Gretel back to the room to watch Mrs. Heslin and his wife fight.
Mahjong.
A fierce battle was going on in the room, and the two mothers were concentrating on it. The breakfast served by the waiter on the table was not touched. Professor Heslin's eyes were filled with anger, and his beard jumped a few times, but he finally endured it.
Bear with it, bear with the calm for a while, take a step back and the sea and the sky are brighter. The so-called gentleness, virtue, wife, virtuous son and filial piety are just a cloud. The only role of the old man is to take care of his grandson——
No, not even grandchildren, only granddaughters.
Professor Heslin looked at the excited little Grete and was very worried. Girls should not learn these bad things. Look at Hugo and Otto. Their faces were covered with notes. Most of Hugo's face was covered with paper.
The note even had Emma's name written on it, obviously it was posted for Emma——
It's quite sad to love your wife so much.
Instead of playing mahjong, Erwin sat on the sofa and read the Southern African edition of The Times.
The Times now not only has English and French editions, but also Spanish and German. The Times in southern Africa has Chinese and English versions respectively. This was once strongly opposed by the Boers who demanded that The Times
"Added a Boer version, but was rejected by the editorial board of The Times of Southern Africa.
There is no way, the Boers in southern Africa are not willing to read newspapers. The sales volume of "The Times" in Orange State is the lowest among the 11 states in southern Africa, with less than 1,000 copies per day. "The Times"
The editorial board briefly considered closing the Times bureau in Bloemfontein, but Roque stopped it.
The Times was more than just a newspaper for Rock.
Therefore, no matter how low the sales volume of The Times of Orange is, Rock would rather lose money to keep doing it.
"If I hadn't read the newspaper, I wouldn't have known that the GDP of Southern Africa has surpassed that of Germany and the United Kingdom, and is only separated from the United States by a thin line. Who are these people? I remember that more than ten years ago, Southern Africa was still
A desert." Erwin couldn't believe it and put the newspaper in his hand on the coffee table at hand.
"Are there not enough miracles in this world? The rise of the Americans has not been many years ago. Southern Africa is backed by the huge market of the British Empire and has almost unlimited human resources. As long as the leaders of Southern Africa do not make big mistakes, then Southern Africa will
The rise of Africa is almost inevitable. Now Southern Africa has all the conditions for a superpower. It needs resources, people, and markets. "Professor Heslin knows more about Southern Africa. After all, this is
Erwin had been in a prisoner of war camp for several years and learned a lot about southern Africans, but not enough about southern Africa.
Professor Heslin is right. If we only look at advantages, the United States is not as good as southern Africa.
After all, Southern Africa has a huge market within the Commonwealth, which the United States does not have. The United States has always advocated "free trade" and "open door", and its ultimate goal is to open up the Commonwealth market.
Everyone knows the ambitions of Americans, and Winston and Louis Botha are not fools. The "Commonwealth" that Rock mentioned to Winston before is nominally to safeguard the British Empire's control of overseas colonies and dominions.
The suzerain status is essentially to protect the market within the Commonwealth.
This explains why Britain attaches great importance to India. India's population not only provides the British Empire with nearly unlimited human resources, but is also a nearly unlimited huge market.
After the end of the world war, Southern Africa began to export a large amount of various materials, including grain, to India. Potatoes, which are used as feed in Southern Africa, can be sold at good prices in India, not to mention the industrial products produced in Southern Africa.
The princes and nobles of India were loyal fans of southern African products.
"We also have Tanganyika and Southwest Africa in Africa, why can't we do the same as southern Africa?" Erwin still has this old question. This may be a question that all Germans are struggling with.
If Tanganyika and Southwest Africa can be like Southern Africa, then——
So delicious!
"This problem cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. Generally speaking, it is a comprehensive gap. Although Tanganyika and Southwest Africa also have mining resources, they are not developed to a sufficient extent and do not have a mature industrial system. What's more,
, even if Tanganyika's mineral resources are fully developed, with the British blocking the coastline, Tanganyika's materials will still not be able to feed the mainland, so this is a deadlock with no solution." Professor Heslin knew the problem.
is there, but there is no solution.
In a word, in the final analysis, it is not how big the gap between Tanganyika and southern Africa is, but the gap between Germany's overall strength and the Allied Powers.
On the surface, Germany also had the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire as allies during the World War. In fact, both the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire played extremely limited roles. The Austro-Hungarian Empire even needed Germany's help to withstand the Russians.
Crazy attack.
As for the Ottoman Empire, it had almost no positive effect on Germany. Instead, because of Rock's outstanding performance as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Rock was eventually promoted to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force. From then on, Germany was at a disadvantage on the Western Front. In the end,
causing an irreversible defeat.
"Otto is planning to immigrate to southern Africa and has no plans to return to Germany -" Erwin looked at Otto happily playing mahjong with a mixture of relief and reluctance.
"He might be happier if he leaves the place in Germany that made him sad. If he gets away from his previous environment, he might be happier." Professor Heslin can understand Otto's choice. In just a few years, the country will be ruined and the family will be destroyed. Most people cannot bear this kind of blow.
Before boarding the ship, Otto entrusted his friends in Munich to deal with the house left by the Melks, and gave all the books collected by Mr. Melks to old friends such as Professor Heslin.
Erwin stopped talking and looked at Otto with envy in his eyes.
Professor Heslin hesitated to speak, and said some words of encouragement to Erwin, but he couldn't say anything.
While Professor Heslin was having a heart-to-heart talk with Erwin, Rock was attending the Southern African Federal Government Ministerial Conference.
"——Southwest Africa and Tanganyika will definitely be handed over to us in the form of mandated territories. This has been confirmed in writing by Paris. The development of Southwest Africa and Tanganyika is also accelerating. Since our occupation
After Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, about 1.5 million people immigrated to these two areas. About 80% of Tanganyika's high-quality farms have been sold, and the transformation of the desert areas of Southwest Africa is also in progress.
One of the main problems now is Fort Glory. In order to cause trouble for the Germans, we gave a certain degree of support to the troops of Fort Glory. Now that the world war is over and Tanganyika has become our territory, the problem of Fort Glory has become more and more obvious.
We now have two plans, one is to move the Glory Castle troops into the Kingdom of Congo or the Congo Free State, and the other is to wipe out all the Glory Castle troops to eliminate future troubles." Rock is ruthless, and in order to permanently annex Tanganyika,
Rock doesn't care if it leaves a personal stain.
Speaking of personal stains, if you really count them carefully, none of the leaders of European countries have a clean butt, especially the two old colonial countries, Britain and France. The blood debt left behind in the process of conquering the world is simply too numerous to list.
When Nyasaland supported Fort Glory, it was just to cause trouble for the Germans. Now this foundation has disappeared, and the Fort Glory troops have completed their historical mission. During the World War, the Fort Glory troops sent approximately 120,000 people to Europe.
More than 80,000 of them died in the battle, and the remaining troops still remain in Europe.
Therefore, it is easy to eliminate the Glory Castle troops, especially since the 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division have returned to southern Africa.
The 1st Cavalry Division is currently stationed in Tanganyika, and the Northern Rhodesian Division is stationed in Nyasaland, one in the south and one in the north, forming a diagonal relationship with Fort Glory.
"If it is eliminated, will it cause problems for the Glory Castle troops in Europe?" Ade is worried about whether the Glory Castle troops in Europe will rebel after knowing that their home base has been raided.
"Maybe, maybe not -" Rock said vaguely. Even if the troops of Fort Glory rebelled, they would have no chance to return to southern Africa and would not have any impact on southern Africa.
"That won't work. We need to deal with this problem more securely. The stability of Tanganyika cannot be affected by the issue of Fort Glory." Ade is also worried that if the troops of Fort Glory are wiped out, it will cause instability in Tanganyika.
"Actually, we have another way to deal with it -" Henry suggested actively. In the past few years when Rock was away from southern Africa, Henry had become more mature and his voice within the federal government was rising steadily: "-Why don't we give Glory
The Fort troops are rushing to West Africa to see if they can cause some trouble for the Portuguese. Locke, what do you mean by that sentence - sleeping soundly on a bed - "
"How can we allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the bed?" Luo Ke first said it in Chinese, and then explained it again in English.
The ministers who attended the meeting immediately started talking to each other, and the meeting room was as chaotic as a vegetable market.
Ade stared at Rock helplessly, and Rock stared back without fear.
This is not my idea, why are you staring at me?!!!
After Henry came up with the idea, he shut up and leaned back in his chair, feeling content. Anyway, no matter how he dealt with the Fort Glory troops, it had nothing to do with Henry.
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