Chapter 1295 How to better serve the British Empire
In the afternoon of Sastri, Rock felt some vague hostility from Sastri.
Rock was certain that he had never met Sastri before, so Rock didn't know why Sastri behaved like this.
However, Rock didn't want to find out the reason. If Sastri was a member of the British cabinet, then Rock might pay more attention to it. As for the Indian cabinet -
hehe.
"Good evening, gentlemen, thank you for the welcome dinner -" Sastry greeted Viscount Neville Gladstone warmly before realizing that he had made a mistake.
Rock's expression was expressionless, and his look at Sastri was slightly mocking. Anyone who knew Rock well knew that Rock was on the verge of breaking out.
Viscount Glaston smiled and nodded to Sastri, his hand holding the glass motionless.
"Mr. Sastri, good evening." Neville did not attend Sastri's welcome ceremony in the afternoon, and his attitude towards Sastri was quite normal.
"Rock——" Sastri's goal is still Rock.
"You call me Rock?" Rock is not polite. Most of the time Rock doesn't care about these red tapes, but don't think that Rock treats everyone like this.
"Is there anything wrong?" Sastri was pretending to be stupid. Only people he knew well could call him by his name. People he didn't know well had to respect the nobles a little, otherwise they would be suppressed by the entire noble class.
"Haha, are all Indians so rude?" Rock seemed to be shaking his head and smiling bitterly. This map cannon is a bit big.
Sastri's face immediately turned the color of pig liver.
Viscount Glaston was still smiling and nodding, with the same expression. Just now he was showing friendship from a distance, but now he was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.
Gee, this is so British.
"Sorry, who are you?" Only then did Neville realize, oh, it turns out you were here to cause trouble——
To Neville, Rock was not only a colleague who also served the empire, but also a friend, a partner, a white glove, a financial sponsor, and the empire's largest ally overseas. Of course, he had to support Rock at this time.
Sastri——
Who is Sastri?
A qualified politician is so forgetful that he is worse than a water fish with only seven seconds of memory.
"Lord Nyasaland, is this okay?" Sastri Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, only then did he realize that Rock's power in the UK was much greater than he imagined.
Just kidding, he is a serious Marquis of the Empire, Field Marshal, former Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force, Minister of Defense of Southern Africa, and a top rich man with unfathomable wealth.
With so many identities, none of them can be taken lightly by a member of the Indian Privy Council.
Even if Rock is Chinese and Sastry is white, it won't work.
Rock didn't speak, and looked at Sastri condescendingly with the arrogant eyes of a top nobleman, just like a slave owner selecting slaves at the slave market.
I barely opened my mouth to look at my teeth.
Sastry's face turned red and white, and he couldn't say a word. He didn't know that Brad's office was investigating him, and Rock never ignored the inexplicable hostility.
Sastri's hostility towards Rock was indeed not unfounded. In Chapter 624 above, Rock once led the new First Division to garrison in India.
While in India, Rock established relations with the Gurkhas and directly hired Gurkhas into the Umbrella Company, which had a serious impact on the Sastri family's business.
Another reason is a bit deeper. India, like southern Africa, was once a British colony.
Now Southern Africa has become a British Overseas Dominion, and it was killed by all sides during the World War. After the war, it became one of the most profitable countries.
India believed that it had made great contributions to the British Empire during the World War. In order to raise food for the British father, India starved to death in its own country of more than 20 million people during the World War.
As a result, after the World War, Britain failed to fulfill its promise, India continued to suffer from food shortages, and coupled with the untreatable American influenza pandemic, India's actual population decline in recent years is estimated to be around 50 million.
As for why it is an estimate, just as the colonial governments in southern Africa were unable to figure out how many Africans there were in southern Africa, the colonial government in India was also unable to figure out how many Africans there were in India.
In southern Africa, Africans are not counted in statistics.
In India, Dalits are called untouchables, and their status is roughly the same as that of Africans.
"Mr. Sastri, is the situation in India still so bad now?" Viscount Glaston is an experienced man. His words sounded like he was mocking India, but in fact he was trying to save Sastri.
"Ah, no, it's much better. The situation has improved a lot -" Sastri said vehemently. The actual situation in India now may be worse than before.
Don't forget that there is still an economic crisis.
"That's good. I actually want to hire some workers from India to work in Australia. Locke, you know, Australia lost too many people during the world war." Viscount Glaston calmly changed his attention. Now Australia is indeed
awful.
During the World War, Australia, with a population of only 5.5 million, recruited 500,000 Australians to join the expeditionary force, and suffered about 150,000 casualties during the World War.
The number of 150,000 is nothing compared to Southern Africa. However, most of the Southern African Expeditionary Force are Africans, and the Australian and New Zealand coalition forces are all white. Therefore, Australia is the true son of the British Empire and deserves to be severely rewarded by the British Empire.
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In another time and space, Australia gained part of Germany's colonies in the Pacific after the war. In this time and space, all of Germany's colonies in the Pacific were occupied by East India, and Australia basically gained nothing.
"Yes, the contribution of the Anzac Corps is worth remembering by all of us." Roque was unambiguous on this issue. During the World War, Roque was the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force. In fact, Roque was also responsible for the losses of the Anzac Corps.
Should bear some responsibility.
Of course, Roque's responsibility was covered up under the victory over Germany, and no one dared to pursue it. If we really wanted to pursue it, the responsibility of the king and the prime minister seemed to be greater.
Although the war was not started by the king and prime minister.
"We are planning to erect a monument at the Anzac Harbor and will send you an invitation letter when the time comes." Viscount Glaston pretended not to see Sastri leave silently, which was a bit harsh in the face.
"Is there something wrong with this man?" Neville is not polite. A member of the Indian cabinet has no qualifications to compare with him, a member of the British Empire cabinet.
Nothing compared to Rock.
"It's not that there's anything wrong with him, it's that Locke and Southern Africa performed so well - to be honest, I'm a little jealous." Viscount Glaston laughed, and Locke recognized this flattery.
"Lord, naval meeting, does Australia have any ideas?" Rock tested Viscount Glaston's bottom line. Within the British Commonwealth, southern Africa also needs allies.
"No, I went to Washington just to make up the numbers. To be honest, if Billy hadn't been busy with work, I wouldn't have been willing to go to Washington -" Viscount Glaston really had no idea. Even if he had, Australia's national strength wouldn't be able to support Glasson.
Viscount Ton's ambition.
The "Billy" Viscount Glaston is talking about is the current Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes. This man is also a legendary figure. From the establishment of the Australian federal government in 1901, Billy Hughes served as a member of the Australian Parliament until 1951.
After his death, he served as a member of Parliament for a total of 51 years. This record is estimated to be unbeatable by anyone.
"You can fight for it. After all, Australia also has interests that need to be safeguarded -" Rock fanned the flames, saying that Australia has no strength, but Southern Africa does. It is obvious that the advantages are complementary.
Ah, bah, obviously greedy.
"How do you say that?" Viscount Glaston smiled half-heartedly.
"Hey, hey, hey, you two are discussing this kind of thing in front of me. You don't take me as a cabinet minister seriously." Neville felt very uncomfortable. On this issue, Neville and these two
The colonial officials had no common language.
"Hahaha, cabinet minister——" Luo Kekai mocked.
"The Postmaster General is also a Cabinet Minister -" Neville said invincibly.
"Just take care of your postman." Viscount Glaston played the flute.
What is that prop called?
forget.
The next morning, the British delegation set off from Portsmouth to the United States to attend the Washington Naval Conference. Neither the King nor the Prime Minister came to see them off, probably because they did not expect much from the Naval Conference.
Only then did Rock learn that Australia also had a navy, but its warships were a bit incompetent. Not to mention their age, they couldn't even get a battleship, which was as "miserable" as southern Africa.
The journey to the United States was not lonely either. The Royal Navy and the navies of various colonial dominions also conducted joint exercises. At this time, the gap emerged. The Southern African Navy could completely keep up with the rhythm of the Royal Navy, and there was no problem at all in cooperation.
The Australian Navy and the Canadian Navy are a bit miserable. Not only can they not keep up with the rhythm, but they will be held back from time to time.
However, compared with the Indian Navy, Australia and Canada performed quite well. India's "Dreadnought" battleship went down shortly after leaving Portsmouth and had to be towed back to Portsmouth for repairs.
During the exercises of the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy, Rock did not interfere at all and handed over the command to Patton. In order not to affect Patton's command, Rock even stayed on the supply ship "Hercules".
I have to say that in terms of pure riding experience, the supply ship is much better than the heavy cruiser. Even the room where Patton lives in the "Johannesburg" heavy cruiser is less than 20 square meters, which is not as big as Rock's in "Hercules".
The balcony of the living room on board is large.
So Viscount Glaston also boarded the supply ship "Hercules" the next day.
Roark and Viscount Glaston finally had space to hide, and enough time to plot to undercut the British Empire——
Ah, this is the wrong word. How could the exchange between two nobles be poking fun at the British Empire? It should be: discussing how to better serve the British Empire.