Nowadays, Nyasaland can still be considered a vast land with sparsely populated areas. However, as the population of Nyasaland increases, sooner or later, Nyasaland will be overcrowded, so prepare for Nyasaland now.
More living space is necessary.
The Bechuanaland Protectorate is a good choice. From a geographical point of view, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Nyasaland are not bordering each other. Rhodesia is also separated in the middle, so Bechuanaland has not entered Rock.
sight.
Now that Bechuana has come to her door on her own initiative, Roark must have wanted to see it. Let’s talk about it. The Bechuanaland Protectorate is right next to the Transvaal, and beyond that is German Southwest Africa.
After the war, German Southwest Africa will also be managed by the League of Nations and become part of Southern Africa, so the current Southern Africa is far from reaching its limit.
The future southern Africa will include the four colonies in southern Africa and the three British protectorates in southern Africa, namely Basutoland, Bechuanaland, and Swaziland.
After the end of World War I, the territory of southern Africa included German Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, and the total area reached an astonishing nearly five million square kilometers.
That is to say, the Southern African Federation will fall apart if the Boers seek death indefinitely.
Now that the Southern African Federation has Roque, Roque will definitely not sit back and watch the Southern African Federation repeat the same mistakes.
What is the concept of five million square kilometers? As far as the current situation is concerned, even if the population of southern Africa increases a hundred times, everyone will still be a farmer.
Amelia did not realize how much potential the Bechuanaland Protectorate had. Now Amelia is determined to join the Southern African Federation and get a good position in the future federal government. Amelia does not care about other things. p>
When he saw Roque present, Amelia's face was full of unexpected surprises. He knelt down on one knee, hugged Roque's hand, kissed him repeatedly, and kept saying "I wish you good health".
Roque was so surprised. Amelia seemed to be in her fifties or sixties this year. She really couldn't bear this kind of etiquette, so Roque immediately took over the honors and took the initiative to invite Amelia to sit down.
"On the day I arrived in Johannesburg, I went to Ziwei Town to visit the Lord. Unfortunately, the Lord went to Nyasaland at that time. During this period, I stayed in Johannesburg just in the hope that the Bechuanaland Protectorate could be protected by the Lord -" Ah
The information provided by Milia surprised Rock. The Bechuanaland Protectorate is a British protectorate, so there should be no security problems.
"It's the damn Germans. A serious rebellion broke out in Southwest Africa. Some Bantu people crossed the border and entered the Bechuanaland Protectorate to escape the war. In order to capture those poor Bantu people, the Germans went to the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
The damn slave-catching teams were sent out. Those slave-catching teams not only captured the Bantu people back to Southwest Africa, but also took away the Africans in our Bechuanaland Protectorate. So far, at least 20 tribes have been completely burned.
, the slave catching team killed all the old people and babies, and only took away the adults who could work for them. There were only less than 3,000 troops in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and they were unable to protect the safety of the Bechuanaland Protectorate -
"Amelia also couldn't bear the behavior of the Germans.
In terms of attracting immigrants, there is a big gap between German colonies and British colonies. Many Germans would rather immigrate to British overseas colonies than go to Germany's own colonies. There are many German immigrants in the Transvaal. p>
As a result, Germany's overseas colonies must use other methods to obtain labor.
Foreign plunder is obviously a profit-making idea. Although every country in the world is now opposed to slavery, in fact, slave trading is still widespread in Africa. The Natal prisoners of war in Nyasaland are actually the same as those in Nyasaland.
Almost like a slave.
"3,000 people is indeed a little less -" Rock has begun to consider under what name the army should be dispatched into the Bechuanaland Protective Area.
The British Empire in this era was so perverted. The Bechuanaland Protectorate, with a total area of 580,000 square kilometers, may be an unbearable heavy burden from the perspective of London, and it can't wait to be abandoned.
If it were Rock, no matter how difficult it was, he would still find ways to firmly control the Bechuanaland Protective Area in his own hands.
London was indifferent to the Bechuanaland Reserve. Unlike the Transvaal, whose gold was still very important to the British Empire, the Bechuanaland Reserve was filled with wild animals and undiscovered animals.
Diamond.
Even if it is discovered, it is estimated that the British government will not pay much attention to it. Diamonds are a scam of the century and have little value in themselves. It is precisely because of the hype of unscrupulous merchants that diamonds have become a sought-after object.
Nowadays, Rock and Stoudemire are unscrupulous businessmen. Europeans still like all kinds of colored gemstones, but they have little interest in diamonds.
The largest diamond mine in southern Africa is controlled by Stoudemire, so Rock and Stoudemire now consciously advertise through The Times and the Daily Mail. Those dignitaries who appear in newspapers will always
Intentionally or unintentionally showing off the huge diamond ring on her hand.
This kind of advertising method seems a bit clumsy, but the effect is very good. People in this era do not have a sufficient understanding of advertising, and they lack sufficient ability to identify various soft articles, so they will be affected by advertisements unknowingly.
influence.
"It's already quite a lot. Bechuanaland has no industry, agriculture is extremely backward, and it is not close to the sea or mountains. It has no mineral resources. A few years ago, I tried to organize a government in Bechuanaland for management, but I was helpless to find that Bechuanaland
The tax revenue from the protected area is not even enough to maintain the basic operation of the government, so 3,000 people is already the limit. This is because of the allocation from London, otherwise the Bechuanaland protected area cannot even support these 3,000 people-" Amelia described
The situation is simply shocking.
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She has fallen behind to this point, and there are evil neighbors watching her. No wonder Amelia seeks Roque's protection.
This is also the biggest problem currently facing the Bechuanaland Protected Area. After the establishment of the Southern African Federation, the British government will definitely give up the Bechuanaland Protected Area. If the federal government does not accept the Bechuanaland Protected Area, then the Bechuanaland Protected Area will
Become a rootless tree.
Regarding the current situation of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, if the United Kingdom no longer grants the Bechuanaland Protectorate the status of a "protectorate", it is foreseeable that the Bechuanaland Protectorate will be annexed by German Southwest Africa in the near future. p>
Roque definitely can't sit back and watch this happen. With 580,000 square kilometers, it can easily support three to five million people. You don't even have to do anything. You can live a very comfortable life by picking fruits and hunting every day.
However, even if Roark is salivating, he certainly cannot show it at this time, so Roark's expression is very difficult: "As an imperial baron, I should indeed safeguard the interests of the empire, but you also know, Mr. Amelia,
Military expenditures are really overwhelming, so I'm sorry, but I don't have the ability or reason to interfere in the Bechuanaland Protected Area."
Even if it is a "protectorate", it is an independent country in name. Although the Bechuanaland Protectorate has no king and no government agencies, as long as the British government does not withdraw its troops for a day, Roque cannot cross the border without permission.
The Bechuanaland Protectorate is not Rock's fiefdom.
Even in Nyasaland, if Roque wants to establish an army, it must be under the banner of the South African Company, otherwise Roque himself has no right to form an army.
"Lord, please don't give up the Bechuanaland Protectorate -" Amelia still wanted to beg, but Owen's attitude was more simple and rude.
"Okay Mr. Amelia, since Lord Nyasaland is unwilling, you shouldn't continue to pester." Owen raised his hand and asked someone to come over to see the guest off.
"Your Excellency, Speaker, please give me a little more time -" Amelia begged.
Irving's secretary didn't talk nonsense, raised his hand and called two security personnel over, and carried Amelia away directly.
"Wow, are you going too far?" Luo Ke never knew that Owen could have such a bad temper.
"Come on, don't think that I don't know what you want to do. I am here to cooperate with you, otherwise I will ask someone to invite Mr. Amelia back?" Owen knows Roque well, and the two of them work together perfectly.
Roque laughed loudly. Mingren didn't tell secrets, he just wanted to hang out with Amelia. Under normal circumstances, people don't cherish things that are easily obtained.
Amelia really had no choice but to go home. That night when Rock came home, he saw Gavin playing with the big man with a huge diamond.
Rock also knows a lot about diamonds now. The diamond that Gavin used to tease the big guy is bigger than Gavin's fist. The little guy has the potential to be a playboy, and he hasn't realized the value of diamonds yet. The way to tease the big guy is
Throw the diamond out and let the big guy pick it up.
This diamond is not that pure and flawless white, but has a touch of pink. At this time, diamonds still need to have some color before they can be reluctantly accepted by people. As for the so-called "pure and flawless" whites later, they were all hyped.
In the past, white diamonds were just stones, not even gems.
Although the diamond itself is very hard, Rock still felt frightened when he saw Gavin throwing the diamond on the grass in the distance so unscrupulously.
"Where did it come from?" Rock asked Phyllis who was happily taking care of Gavin next to him.
"A gentleman named Amelia sent it in the afternoon. It's not just this one, there are many more. This is just the biggest one. I want to ask Mr. Amelia to wait for you when you come back, but Mr. Amelia looks very busy.
." Phyllis doesn't care about the value of diamonds. As the proprietress of Itno, Phyllis's own jewelry now fills a room, which is enough to open a specialty store.
It seems that Mr. Amelia is really good at maneuvering and knows how to take the wife route.