Based on Cecil Rhodes’s achievements, it would not be too much for the British government to make Cecil Rhodes a “Duke”.
But the British government completely ignored the contribution of Cecil Rhodes. The British government can make a guy like Henry a baron. The British government can make a yellow man like Roque a baron, but it does not treat Cecil Rhodes.
In Sri Lanka, the British government is so stingy that it doesn't even give him a "knight".
In fact, Roque can understand that if Roque was the British Prime Minister or the British King, Roque would not knight Cecil Rhodes. In this way, after Cecil Rhodes dies, the British government will
Then we can unscrupulously break up Rhodesia and nationalize all the rights in Rhodesia.
The reason why Cecil Rhodes wants to see Roque so urgently is because he is looking for a way to break the situation for Rhodesia.
Roque can think of breaking through Nyasaland, and Cecil Rhodes can certainly think of it too, but Cecil Rhodes is old and his life is about to come to an end, and he no longer has the energy to fight for Roark.
Desia is looking for a way out. Even if Cecil Rhodes tells Stoudemire that he can find a way out for Rhodesia through Nyasaland, I am afraid that Stoudemire will not be able to complete this task with his ability, so Cecil Rhodes
·Only Rhodes will give Nyasaland to Rock.
In other words, Cecil Rhodes would rather give Nyasaland to Rock than hand over Nyasaland to the British government.
This may be Cecil Rhodes's last resistance to the British government.
Just like Cecil Rhodes said, in another time and space, on March 26, 1902, Cecil Rhodes died of heart disease due to ineffective treatment.
In 1904, the British government took back the administrative power of Nyasaland from the South African Company.
In 1923, the British government took back administrative power in Southern Rhodesia.
In 1924, the last Northern Rhodesia was also taken back by the British government.
"Locke, do you have any money with you?" Stoudemire asked Rock with tears in his eyes as he watched Cecil Rhodes being taken to the emergency room by doctors and nurses.
Yes, Stoudemire installed an emergency room for Cecil Rhodes at home just to rescue Cecil Rhodes.
Rock felt all over his body and didn't even have a penny, so he had no choice but to show his hands to Xiaosi.
"Why the hell don't you bring any money? Even a penny will do!" Xiao Si collapsed completely and burst into tears.
Rock gently held Xiaosi's shoulders, feeling infinitely sad.
Xiaosi covered his face and cried loudly. God knows how much pressure he has endured during this time.
How good Cecil Rhodes is, how great the pressure is on Stoudemire.
In this era, Cecil Rhodes is definitely qualified to be listed as one of the best people, so, Stoudemire's pressure——
Well, stress is no longer enough to describe it.
It took a long time before Xiao Si slowly stopped sobbing.
Rock let go of Xiaosi and sat down with Xiaosi on the steps at the door.
"You owe me a penny." Xiaosi wiped away his tears and tried his best to smile at Rock.
Rock smiled bitterly and nodded. This favor was so great that even Rock felt it was unbearable.
This so-called "one penny", if nothing unexpected happens, is the price at which Rock gets Nyasaland.
Nyasaland is the future Malawi. Nyasaland covers an area of approximately 118,000 square kilometers. It contains Lake Nyasa, the third largest lake in Africa. In the 21st century, Nyasaland has 18 million people.
, this era——
Haha, less than 100,000.
And most of them are local indigenous people, and the British are estimated to have only a few hundred, or maybe only a hundred or ten.
If you think about it, you will understand that in 1895, Cecil Rhodes captured Rhodesia, and then in 1898, only 180 British people came to Rhodesia. It has only been four years now, and the number of British people in Rhodesia is estimated to be the highest.
There are only three to five thousand British people. South African companies are short of manpower to develop North and South Rhodesia, let alone Nyasaland. It is based on this that the British government demands to take back the administrative power of Nyasaland.
You see, since South African companies are unable to develop Nyasaland, it should be left to the state to develop it. Keeping it is a waste, isn’t it——
Cecil Rhodes certainly doesn't think it's a waste, but Cecil Rhodes has no time to develop Nyasaland.
As for Stoudemire, it will be good if he can keep Rhodesia. Nyasaland, if it is not given to Roque, it can only be handed over to the British government.
So Stoudemire would rather sell Nyasaland to Rock for "one penny" than hand over Nyasaland to the British government.
What else can Rock do?
Roark will definitely eat the fat meat that is brought to his lips. Since the Baron does not have a fiefdom, then I will buy a piece of land myself. If the British government does not agree, then well, please first let the big people in the UK who own a large amount of land
The nobles spit out the land they owned.
If the Prime Minister dares to do this, he will probably be sprayed to death by twenty dukes.
So the Prime Minister won’t.
What's more, the prime minister at this time was Robert Gascoigne Cecil, who himself was the third Marquess of Salisbury and the last nobleman to serve as prime minister.
In a few months, the Marquess of Salisbury will retire due to illness and hand over his position to his nephew Arthur Balfour.
Did you see: Let!!!
What about the promised democratic elections?
"If my father was healthy, they would never dare to do this, but as you can see, my father is old and he can no longer protect me, so Locke, I'm sorry, this is the trouble I'm causing for you."
Si is full of apologies to Rock.
"Don't be like this, Cecil, you have done a good job. If this is troublesome, please give me more." Roque took care of everything, your arsenic and my honey.
"Okay!" Xiaosi laughed, with tears on his face.
The next day, Rock knew how good Xiaosi's "Okay" was. According to the land transfer agreement sent by Xiaosi, the area of Nyasaland was a full 200,000 square kilometers, which was larger than the original
113,000 square kilometers has almost doubled.
Moreover, Xiaosi only transferred the land to Rock, not the people on the land.
Therefore, Xiaosi will take the initiative to take away all the people in Nyasaland and hand over a clean Nyasaland to Roque.
Of course, the "people" here specifically refer to white people, that is, the pioneers of the South African company. Xiaosi doesn't care about the remaining Zulu people, and Rock can do whatever he wants.
Roque took this land transfer agreement and sat in the office of the police station for a whole morning.
Li De brought lunch to Rock's office.
"Li De, tell me, if a pie falls from the sky and a wolf wants to snatch it from you, what would you do?" Rock felt a little dazed.
"Needless to say, beat the wolf to death!" Li De said with a fierce face.
Rock nodded repeatedly, deeply convinced.
This meal was very delicious and filled his stomach. Roque felt that he had been reborn. Henry only had 1,500 square kilometers of fiefdom, and he was fussy in front of Roque. Roque now has 200,000 square kilometers, and he really wanted to go.
Show off to Henry.
Henry was still on his honeymoon in Pretoria, and he didn't know how long he would spend on his honeymoon. Rock didn't bother Henry, and went out on the North Wind to go straight to Ziwei Town to find Douglas.
"Professor, I bought Nyasaland." Rock went straight to the point.
"Nyaasaland?" Douglas was very surprised, seemingly unaware of the entanglement of interests behind this.
"Yes, Nyasaland has a total of 200,000 square kilometers. I want to set up an agricultural company in Nyasaland. What should I do?" Roque will not build a small farm of three to five hundred acres in Nyasaland.
Two hundred thousand square kilometers is enough for Rock to flex his muscles and establish a super agricultural company.
"What else can you do? You treat Nyasaland as a big farm. It's just that the area of this farm is a bit ridiculous, but it is essentially the same. The farms around Ziwei Town are also operated in this way. You
We just need to hire more people for our farm." Douglas did not consider other issues, only how to run the farm. Sure enough, simple people are happier.
"Population is not a problem. Next, a steady stream of people will arrive in the Transvaal. Now just send those people to Nyasaland." Roque is not worried about not having enough people. If it is not possible, Roque will
Take out all the gold in the basement and you’re still worried that no one will be there?
Just get as much as you want!
"That's no problem. Hire some technicians to guide them in breeding, hire some professional managers to allocate materials, and finally hire some security guards to protect them. It's very simple." Douglas didn't know why the always wise and powerful Rock was here.
I am confused on this issue.
"Hahahaha, I thought it was too complicated. Thank you Professor." Luo Ke was enlightened. Let's talk about this matter. If it were replaced by someone else, it would probably be very difficult, but if it were replaced by Luo Ke, there would be no problem at all.
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It can't be said that there are no problems at all. Roque still needs help from the Governor's Mansion, so he went back to find Ade.
"Build a railway to Rhodesia, why?" Adelaide was not used to Rock's working method of a hammer here and a stick here. Wouldn't it be better to develop the Transvaal honestly? Isn't it to dig for gold?
Are you happy, or is it not enough to be the police chief?
"Business needs -" Roque would not say that he wanted to build the railway. Cecil Rhodes could use Roque to fight against the British government, and Roque could also use the South African company to develop Nyasaland. Everyone would get what they needed and work together.
Digging into the British Empire: "The South African Company wants to build a railway to Rhodesia. All costs will be borne by the South African Company. Cecil Rhodes is worried that you will not agree, so I hope I can help."
He clears the joints."
Rock spoke very casually, not even avoiding the fact that there was some kind of transaction between him and Cecil Rhodes.
There is no way to avoid this kind of thing. Now Ade doesn’t know that Roque bought Nyasaland, but he will know it sooner or later. If he doesn’t say it now, Ade will be even more angry when the time comes.
"What benefits has Cecil Rhodes given you?" Ade's mouth was filled with obvious sarcasm.
The Cecil Rhodes mentioned by Rock and Adelaide is referring to Stoudemire. As for old Cecil Rhodes, whether it is Rock or Adelaide, if you want to mention it, you must mention it with someone
Mr.
"Nyaasaland, Xiaosi will sell Nyasalan to me." Rock told the truth.
"Nyaasaland? Stupid!" Ade suddenly changed his color. This is a qualified politician. The world will be known in one fell swoop. Douglas can only be a professor.
"Mr. Cecil Rhodes is dying -" Rock felt gloomy. No matter how others commented on Cecil Rhodes, Rock would only be grateful to him.
I am indeed grateful. Although Cecil Rhodes sold Nyasaland to Rock with the intention of using Rock to fight against the British government, but——
But after all, it is 200,000 square kilometers of land. Rock has worked hard for the British government. What did the British government give Rock?
Just a "baron" in name only.
What else did Rock do for Cecil Rhodes?
Apart from cooperating with Xiao Si to fool the investigation team, Rock has done almost nothing!
But Cecil Rhodes gave Nyasaland to Rock despite only having a one-time relationship.
If the British government was so generous to Roark, Roark would serve the British government wholeheartedly, but the British government did not. Therefore, no matter how other people evaluate Cecil Rhodes or scold Cecil Rhodes, Roark
Kedu will not scold, only be grateful.
"Is Cecil Rhodes dying?" Ade's expression was complicated and his mood was even more complicated.
Compared to Rock, Ade knows Cecil Rhodes better.
It was precisely because Cecil Rhodes took the initiative to provoke a war with the Boers that Adé was able to come to the Cape to serve as Commissioner of South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony. From this perspective, Cecil Rhodes
It would be no exaggeration to say that Des is a noble person of Ade.
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Regarding the unfair treatment of Cecil Rhodes by the British government, Ade must be aware of it.
However, as a baron of the British Empire, Adelaide would definitely not stand in Cecil Rhodes's position and speak for Cecil Rhodes.
But this did not prevent Ade from being shocked when he learned that Cecil Rhodes was not going to die soon.
Cecil Rhodes made a great contribution to Britain. Others don’t know it, but Adelaide definitely knows it.
"Yes, he is very ill. The doctor's conclusion is that it will be three months at most." Rock felt heavy. After the death of Cecil Rhodes, Rock would face pressure from the British government.
"Fa——" Ade cursed for some reason.
On the same day, Ade and Rock went to Johannesburg to visit Cecil Rhodes in person.
Rock didn't know what Cecil Rhodes and Ad were talking about. That night, Rock received a notice from the Governor's Palace, which agreed to build a railway between Pretoria and Salisbury.
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The name Salisbury comes from the current British Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury.
Early the next morning, Stoudemire received the bad news that Cecil Rhodes passed away at home last night after treatment failed due to illness.
Rock immediately went to Stoudemire's house and worked with Stoudemire to arrange the funeral arrangements for Cecil Rhodes.
"No need to do anything, no need to make a fuss, no need to issue an obituary, no need to notify London, just bury him on a hillside near Salisbury -" Stoudemire was so lost that no one would protect him from the wind.
Zheyu, no one will tell him anything anymore, no one will care about his well-being, and there will no longer be that figure to rely on.
This is part of growing up. Rock hopes that Stoudemire can cheer up and truly take on the responsibilities he should bear.
