Theoretically, the combat readiness warehouse should be built in the hinterland of southern Africa, that is, the two states of Orange and Transvaal. However, considering the specific conditions of Orange and Transvaal, Rock can only choose to put the war readiness warehouse
The warehouse is placed in Rhodesia.
Rhodesia is actually a hinterland, with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. Most of them are British and Chinese. There is not much noise, and there are not many mineral resources underground. It is also located next to Nyasaland, which is used to set up war preparation warehouses.
It is indeed very suitable.
Of course, combat readiness warehouses store not only oil, food, medicine, weapons and ammunition, machinery and equipment, but also various production and living materials, all of which fall under the category of strategic reserves.
The most important thing is definitely oil. After all, among all the strategic reserves, only oil cannot be produced in Southern Africa. All of it must be imported from outside. Therefore, once a war breaks out and Southern Africa is blocked, there will not be enough oil reserves.
Southern Africa will be completely passive.
Ade also knew the importance of this issue, so even though Roque's motives were impure, Ade still agreed to Roque's request.
Of course Ade also has difficulties: "The federal government's fiscal deficit is constantly expanding, so now the federal government can't give you much support. You go to Director Cappe and see if Director Cappe can get it for you from Rand Bank."
Money."
Sure, Roark is the boss of Rand Bank, and Ada is the executive director of Rand Bank. If Roark wants money, of course Ada will give him as much as he wants.
Although the new tax law has been implemented, because the federal government's expenditures are increasing, the federal government's financial situation has not improved, but has continued to deteriorate.
Since the beginning of this year, the federal government has borrowed 14 million rand from the Rand Bank to meet expenses. Setting up a war readiness warehouse is a huge expense, so it will have to continue borrowing money from the Rand Bank.
"It only costs one million rand to set up a combat readiness warehouse. I have tried to reduce expenses as much as possible. The scale of oil storage is enough to meet federal needs for one year. If demand increases in the future, the scale of the warehouse can continue to be expanded -" Roque
Now I will also consider it for the federal government, so I can save some money.
In southern Africa, cost control is actually very flexible.
Compared with cheap oil, the main cost of building a war readiness warehouse is actually construction materials and labor costs. Southern Africa is completely self-sufficient in building materials. There is no need to import marble from Southwest Africa to build a war readiness warehouse. Several states in the northern part of the federal government
In fact, not only the Rand Gold Mine, but most of the mineral resources are controlled by the Johannesburg Mining Alliance. Rock can completely purchase building materials from southern Africa, thus saving more than half of the money.
Then another one is labor cost. Among construction workers in southern Africa, white people definitely have the highest salary, but the number of white people is the smallest. More construction workers are Chinese who have lower wages, but are very efficient and have good skills.
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In addition to these two groups, there is actually another option, which is Africans who have no sense of presence in southern Africa.
Technically, the Africans may be a little behind, but their advantages are low cost and large quantities. These two advantages can completely make up for other shortcomings.
Affected by Rock, the number of Africans in the three states of Nyasaland, Rhodesia and Transvaal is very small. The "very few" here refers to the small number of Africans who have settled in these three states.
There are not many Africans working in these three states. More than 200,000 Africans work in the mines in the Transvaal.
If Rock wants to keep costs down, of course he still needs to use a large number of Africans. For this reason, Christian has begun to contact Robert in Madagascar, hoping that Robert can provide more labor to Nyasaland.
This labor force is definitely not free, but it is not much expensive. Roque will definitely not come forward in person for this kind of thing. Nyasaland used to receive nearly free labor force through the Kingdom of Mozambique and the Fort of Glory. Christian was the
No matter where Zhazha and Mumu get the people, as long as they are sent to Nyasaland, Christian will pay them a lump sum.
It is also because of the increasing demand for labor in southern Africa that Africans in several areas around Nyasaland are unlucky, especially Tanganyika and Congo Free State.
Zhazha and Mumu are indeed awesome. They have no psychological burden for this kind of thing. The brutality of the white colonists is certainly one of the reasons why the African continent is in chaos, and the mutual attacks among the indigenous Africans are also an important reason.<
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Moreover, compared with the white colonists, the wars between the indigenous Africans were more brutal and bloody. In order to obtain more labor, the white people would spare the Africans who laid down their weapons. The wars between the indigenous Africans were often defeated.
All the men in the tribe will be slaughtered. What Zhazha and Mumu have to do now is just to send the indigenous people who should have been slaughtered to Nyasaland.
And you can still get paid, so this industry has been treated as a business by Zhazha and Mumu.
Due to the cruel oppression of the white colonists, coupled with the crazy plundering of Zhazha and Mumu, in recent times, Zhazha and Mumu have sent fewer and fewer people, so Christian has to turn his attention to Madagascar. p>
Compared with the African continent, which is constantly at war, Madagascar, which is isolated outside the African continent, is relatively stable. After the death of Queen Ranavalona, Madagascar gradually became a French colony, but the Malagasy people did not give in. They have been fighting.
Therefore, the French power can only exist in the coastal areas of Madagascar. The French are also unable to control the central mountain range of Madagascar.
Robert is a reinvented Austin Burns.
Robert now has more than 3,000 mercenaries. Some of these mercenaries belong to the Umbrella Company, while others are employees of Casimir Perrier.
With the help of mercenaries, Jean Casimir Perrier's mining company has developed rapidly in recent years and has become the largest enterprise in Madagascar. As a result, the Perrier family has made a lot of profits.
However, the current Perrier family has nothing to do with Jean Casimir Perrier. In March of the previous year, Jean Casimir Perrier passed away in France. At that time, Roque was busy dealing with the dispute with Tanganyika.
Did not go to France to attend the funeral of Jean Casimir Perrier.
After the death of Jean Casimir Perrier, his brother Elvis Casimir Perrier became the chairman of the Perrier Company, and Robert's work began to be restricted.
Joining forces with Roque was a decision made by Jean Casimir Perrier. At that time, Casimir Perrier's company was struggling in Madagascar, and it was seen that it had reached an unsustainable level, so Jean Casimir
·Perrier would rather give Roque some shares, but also ask Roque to send mercenaries to Madagascar for support.
Compared with then, Casimir Perrier's company is getting stronger now, and Elvis's thinking has begun to change.
It seems that even without the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company, the interests of Casimir Perrier Company will not be affected.
"We now have our own security department, and the number of mercenaries has exceeded two thousand. It can be said that we are fully able to protect the interests of Casimir Perrier Company, so the Umbrella Company is no longer necessary for us. If it is lifted
With the contract with Umbrella, we can save 3.5 million francs per year, which is enough to triple the current security department.” The current general manager of Casimir Perrier is Elvis’ boss.
Son Oliver.
"Is that so?" Elvis did not decide immediately, but asked Robert for his opinion.
"It seems so, but the actual situation is not like this. Most of the members of our own security department are Malagasy. We cannot give them full trust. 3.5 million francs sounds like a lot, but in fact it is only 140,000 pounds."
, If you can exchange 140,000 pounds for the protection of the umbrella company, I think this deal is worth it." Robert definitely disagrees. As the deputy general manager of Casimir Perrier, Robert knows the details of the company better than Oliver.
situation.
Olivier became the general manager of the Perrier Company after the death of Jean Casimir Perrier. The previous general manager, Ray Guess, was transferred to the central highlands of Madagascar to develop new mines, and then Ray Guess
Resign directly.
The Central Highlands of Madagascar is still a restricted area for the French. The French power only exists in the coastal areas. Letting Ray Gus go to the Central Highlands to develop mines is tantamount to asking Ray Gus to die.
"That's it? Our entire company's profit last year was only 140,000 pounds!" If possible, Oliver also wants to get rid of Robert, so that Casimir Perrier Company will completely belong to the Perrier family.
In the agreement between Roque and Jean Casimir Perrier Company, Roque holds half of the shares of Casimir Perrier Company, and Robert is Roque's spokesperson in Casimir Perrier Company, so
As long as the company's shares do not change, Robert's status will be as stable as Mount Tai.
"If it weren't for investment mistakes, our profit last year would have been more than 140,000 pounds -" Robert hit the nail on the head.
In the past few years, at Oliver's insistence, Casimir Perrier Company invested in a large number of farms in Lorenzo Marquez.
As a result, the civil war broke out in Lorenzo Marquez last year, and Oliver suffered heavy losses on his investment. But at this time, Oliver made the wrong decision to sell a large number of assets in Lorenzo Marquez, so the profits of Casimir Perrier's company
There are only 140,000.
"Are you blaming me?" Oliver blushed. He was able to serve as general manager not because he was very capable, but because he had a father who was the chairman of the board.
This kind of people are just like the nouveau riche who suddenly became rich. What they hate most is other people’s doubts.