The police system is an important part of the Ministry of Justice. The Director of the Police Department is the former Cape Town Police Chief August Russell. After Henry became the Minister of Justice, the Chief of the Pretoria Police Department was
Replaced by former Bloemfontein Police Chief Joe Russell.
After Li De went to work for Adam Company, Gaude succeeded Li De and became the chief of the Johannesburg Police Department.
The handover between Li De and Jonathan went smoothly. After the establishment of Adan Company, the only overseas assets of the umbrella company were the base camp of Mayotte, and all other overseas assets belonged to Adan Company.
Only then did Li De realize how powerful the umbrella company in southern Africa had become.
Not only Port Elizabeth and the Addane Islands, the Umbrella Company has training bases in Nepal and France, and immigration transfer stations in Luzon and the Dutch East Indies. The Umbrella Company's business has even expanded to the Americas. As of November 1909, the Umbrella Company
The number of registered mercenaries has reached 39,000, and they can be organized into two integrated divisions at any time. The Umbrella Company even has a fleet of more than 20 ships.
No wonder Rock wants to spin off Umbrella.
No wonder Jonathan quickly gave up the management rights of overseas assets.
Compared with the Addane Islands, the British government attaches more importance to Socotra and does not agree to sell Socotra to the Umbrella Company. Even if the Umbrella Company raises the price to 10,000 pounds, the British government still does not agree. p>
In fact, at this stage, Socotra’s location is more important than the Addam Islands.
The Adan Islands are almost unknown because they are far away from the mainland and inaccessible.
Socotra Island is located at the exit of the Gulf of Aden and guards the Suez Canal, a major transportation channel. The British government has set Socotra Island as a military restricted area. Even if Adelaide and Philip came forward, they did not get the consent of the British government. p>
Although Southern Africa is still a Commonwealth country in name, after all, Southern Africa has become autonomous. The British government's position on this point is still very tough. Even if Roque pays more money, the British government will not sell Socotra Island. p>
Roque is not in a hurry if he can't buy Socotra. For southern Africa, Socotra is actually dispensable. Its future value is far behind that of Port Elizabeth and the Addane Islands.
It will take at least twenty years for the value to be reflected. The importance of Port Elizabeth has begun to appear with the discovery of oil, so Li De went to Port Elizabeth shortly after taking office.
The headquarters of Adan Company is also in Port Elizabeth.
The current area of Port Elizabeth is no longer the original 18,000 square kilometers. After signing an agreement with the Ottoman Empire, the area of Port Elizabeth has expanded to 37,000 square kilometers. Pilots sent by the Ottoman Empire are trained in Port Elizabeth.
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Today's Port Elizabeth is no longer the small fishing village it once was. According to convention, the port is still divided into port area and living area. Considering oil transportation, the planned port can dock 10,000-ton giant ships. The construction of the port is still in progress.
, it was not expected to be fully completed until 1912.
Today's Port Elizabeth is all the property of Adan Company. In order to protect Port Elizabeth, Umbrella Company has stationed nearly 5,000 mercenaries in Port Elizabeth. The person in charge of the mercenaries is Tang En, who also worked for Rock. p>
When Li De was working beside Roark, Tang En served as Roark's bodyguard. The two had a very good relationship. Now Li De has become the person in charge of Port Elizabeth, and Tang En manages 5,000 mercenaries and is responsible for operations. When the two of them work together, it is still possible.
Very tacit understanding.
"The mercenaries in Port Elizabeth are divided into five regiments. Two regiments are stationed in Port Elizabeth, one regiment is stationed in the oil fields, and one regiment is stationed in New Cape of Good Hope. Where do you guess the last regiment is?" Encountering an old friend in a foreign land, Tang En
I'm in a very good mood.
The new Cape of Good Hope is Ras Al Khaimah. According to the new agreement signed between Nyasaland and the Ottoman Empire, Ras Al Khaimah is now owned by the Adan Company.
"I didn't know, this is your job." Li De has clear powers and responsibilities, and he will never interfere in matters that should not be interfered with.
"Najd——" Tang En laughed.
"Why go to Najd?" Tang En's answer surprised Li De. According to the agreement between Nyasaland and the Ottoman Empire, Najd is now the territory of the Ottoman Empire.
"Let's see if there is any advantage we can take advantage of - are we mercenaries? If there is no business, we must find a way to create business -" Tang En is not embarrassed. Najd is not an independent country now. There are many tribes.
As the melee continues, it is normal for the umbrella company to take a hand.
History is sometimes very absurd. After some countries were established, they would dress up their history in various ways to prove the legitimacy of their regime. During the Warring States Period in Japan, the total military strength of a country only had fifty people. What was this?
The country is not as big as the two villages fighting.
The same is true here in Port Elizabeth. The population of the Abbasid empire once reached 50 million. However, after a long evolution, the powerful Abbasid dynasty was wiped out and the peninsula was fragmented, leaving only small tribes of one or two thousand people.
Some tribes, with just a few hundred people, dare to claim to be a country, which is really incomprehensible to Tang En and Li De.
For Roque, no amount of territory is too much, so Port Elizabeth cannot meet Roque's requirements at all. If possible, Roque hopes that the entire peninsula can become an enclave of Southern Africa in the future, so that Southern Africa can have
Have the confidence to have enough say in the future.
"Be careful, don't cause trouble." Li De reminded kindly. During this period, as Li De gradually deepened his understanding of the Umbrella Company, Li De finally understood what the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company were.
Relatively speaking, the Chinese mercenaries and Gurkha mercenaries in the Umbrella Company are better off. Those white mercenaries are, to put it bluntly, a "scum concentration camp" without exaggeration.
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In Europe, umbrella companies remain restrained.
Outside of Europe, umbrella companies display standard colonial thinking.
In the previous agreement signed between Nyasaland and the Ottoman Empire, Ras Al Khaimah became the territory of Port Elizabeth. At one time, Ras Al Khaimah was the trading center on the south coast of the Gulf, and its fleets sailed to Mumbai, India and major trading ports in East Africa.
The history of this city can be traced back to 7,000 years ago, which is indeed a long history.
But all this has not become a reason for Umbrella Company to look at Ras Al Khaimah differently.
For the Umbrella Company, the only value of Ras Al Khaimah is to provide protection for the oil channel in Port Elizabeth. Therefore, after the Umbrella Company took over Ras Al Khaimah, the name of Ras Al Khaimah was changed to the New Cape of Good Hope with strong southern African characteristics.
All the indigenous people living in Ras Al Khaimah were cleared away, and the entire city was transformed by the Umbrella Company according to its own will. All the various historical relics in the city were demolished, and the entire city was transformed into a war fortress with a strong military flavor.<
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This short paragraph hides many unstated facts. Among the indigenous people who have lived in the New Cape of Good Hope for generations, there must be some people who are unwilling to give up their homeland.
In the Umbrella Company's report, Li De did not see the Umbrella Company's treatment of these indigenous people, but according to traditional colonial thinking, most of these people have suffered misfortunes.
There are many such examples. The most recent example is the Herero people in German Southwest Africa. When the Herero people began to rebel five years ago, the order given by the German Army in Southwest Africa was: Once a Herero person is discovered, regardless of his
Unarmed, kill him.
So the Herero people, who once had a population of perhaps millions, no longer exist.
At least it no longer exists in German South-West Africa.
This is the usual method used by colonists to rule colonies.
Relatively speaking, the umbrella company is quite humane. At least when the umbrella company encounters a problem, it will not raise the butcher's knife as soon as it comes up.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. We accepted employment from the local indigenous people in Najd. Do you know what they asked us to do? Kill everyone we see!" Tang En sneered. During this period, the tribes that were wiped out by the mercenaries were unknown.
How many? Tang En would not ask how many, let alone make relevant statistics.
"What do they use to pay? Pounds?" Li De was curious about the desert people's ability to pay.
"Gold, or land, or population, many mercenaries have settled in Port Elizabeth, even if many of them have families in southern Africa -" Tang En's face showed no expression, he probably did this kind of thing
If there are too many, you will have nightmares when you sleep at night.
No one is perfect, and mercenaries cannot be held to moral standards. Although monogamy is practiced in southern Africa, this rule cannot be implemented smoothly in many areas of southern Africa, let alone mercenaries overseas.
Soldier.
Many mercenaries are not even from Southern Africa, and they cannot be restrained by Southern African laws.
"No matter what, this is a good thing for us in Port Elizabeth." Li De does not have high moral standards. Saints cannot survive in this era. Even the professors at Nyasaland University will not treat this.
Make irresponsible remarks.
"The population of Port Elizabeth has now exceeded 5,000. According to regulations, schools and hospitals should be established now. But you also know that our umbrella company does not have these resources. Most of the children from the families of Gurkha mercenaries will still be employed when they grow up.
"Bing, our Chinese children can't grow up and lick blood from the sword. We want them to enjoy the same education as in southern Africa." Tang En still attaches great importance to education, not only for the next generation, but also for Tang En himself.
Now he is a student at Nyasaland Army Academy.
You can't do it without learning. This is Roque's requirement. Army officers must undergo formal training. From now on, all work in Southern Africa will slowly get on track. If you don't know a lot of Chinese characters like before, you won't even have the chance to join the army. p>