The world war was an unprecedented catastrophe for mankind. All participating countries suffered heavy losses. Britain and France, as the victorious countries, were also severely weakened. The binding force on the colonies will be further reduced. Only then will southern Africa have an opportunity.
Before the outbreak of the world war, southern Africa still had to cling to the lap of Britain. It didn't matter if it was a little petty, but it must not be vague on major issues of right and wrong.
Rock can't tell anyone these things, including Henry.
So Henry didn't understand it. In Henry's view, Rock was just raising worms.
Roque is not worried, Congo Free State can play a huge role now, especially in terms of human resources.
"What! You want me to recruit rebels as workers?" Henry couldn't believe it. Rock had risen to the point of luring wolves into the house.
"The rebels also need to eat." Rock didn't care. No one would go to Liangshan if they weren't forced into desperation.
To be honest, Roque has long been coveting the human resources of the Congo Free State, but unfortunately because of the bad relationship between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State, Roque had nothing to do.
There is no need to worry about this problem now. Yaya has a human resources company under his name, which can hire a large number of Congolese Africans to work in southern Africa, and it is also low-cost and hardworking. Not only Henry's steel factory needs it, but Roque also needs a large number of Congolese workers.
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The railway between Bechuanaland and South-West Africa has been progressing slowly due to a lack of workers. The railway has not yet reached South-West Africa. Seeing 1914 getting closer, Rock is also very anxious.
The world war in another time and space broke out in 1914. This time and space is not yet certain. The Italian-Turkish war in this time and space was nearly a year earlier than in another time and space, so there is a high probability that the world war will be earlier.
"Feed them so that they have the energy to rebel?" Henry would rather die than give the Congolese any chance.
"Whatever you want -" Rock doesn't force it. Henry can be picky, but Rock can't.
Unlike Favart, who only has 1,500 square kilometers in Henry's name, Rock's stall is too big. There are more and more Chinese in Bechuanaland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and southern Africa.
The distribution is getting wider and wider, and the requirements for infrastructure are getting higher and higher. Rock also has huge overseas assets, especially the peninsula, which requires more and more workers.
Just a month ago, Umbrella Company mercenaries bypassed Muscat on the peninsula and finally expanded their control to the coast of the Arabian Sea.
The desert bandits headed by Ali Rashid also successfully wiped out Hijaz, and their control area reached the Red Sea coast.
This means that most of the peninsula has become the sphere of influence of the Umbrella Company, leaving only the narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean coast under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire, as well as the Aden protectorate and the Muscat Sultanate at the top of the peninsula.
Originally, the Aden Protectorate and the territory of the Muscat Sultanate were connected together, and these two areas later became Yemen and Oman.
Now, due to the rapid expansion of Umbrella Company, Yemen and Oman are separated by the control area of Umbrella Company, but the current control is not strong enough. If you want to gain a foothold, you need to invest heavily in large-scale infrastructure construction.
At the very least, we need to build a few city-sized permanent strongholds so that we can speak confidently.
What makes people speechless is that the expansion of Umbrella Company and Desert Bandits on the peninsula did not attract the attention of the United Kingdom. Instead, the lawsuit filed by Anglo-American Oil Company against Umbrella Company attracted some attention in London.
The focus of attention is still the oil on the peninsula. In the lawsuit, Anglo-American Petroleum Company determined that there are a large number of oil fields along the Persian Gulf coast. In order to keep this secret, the umbrella company attacked the oil exploration personnel of Anglo-American Petroleum Company.
This reason is untenable, because there is no evidence that mercenaries from the Umbrella Company attacked the exploration personnel of the British American Petroleum Company. The investigation report of the local officials clearly stated that it was the desert bandits from the peninsula who caused the attack, and
It has nothing to do with protecting the company.
The Anglo-American Oil Company is now a stinky kid who can't get candy, using the banner of oil to gain the attention of the British government and trying to get chestnuts out of the fire.
Rock doesn't care about the small moves of Anglo-American Oil Company. This kind of lawsuit often drags on for several years. Even if the London District Court makes a ruling against the umbrella company a few years later, the umbrella company can still appeal, and this drags on for several years.
Maybe the Second World War will break out while waiting for the British Supreme Court trial.
Yaya is still very efficient. His subordinates are all Africans, and it is easy to contact Africans in the Congo Free State.
What Rock never expected was that Yaya directly approached Banda for cooperation and asked Banda to help hire people from the Congo Free State.
They say "hire", but in fact, as long as Banda gives the person to Yaya, Yaya will not ask where the person came from.
"Three days ago, the first batch of workers sent to the peninsula had boarded the ship in Bukavu. They first went to Port Edward, and then changed ships from Port Edward to the peninsula. This group of workers totaled 3,000, and we had to pay Banda a total of two
million rand, but Banda hopes to exchange it for weapons and ammunition worth 20,000 rand." Christian was cautious, not sure whether Roque would accept such an exchange.
Three thousand workers, according to the Chinese salary level, would cost at least 15,000 rand per month. Even for Africans in southern Africa, the monthly cost would be at least 5,000 rand.
Now the total given to Banda is only 20,000. This is a one-time payment, which is equivalent to Banda selling those workers to Rock as slaves.
Rock was also speechless, thinking that as victims of the slave trade, Africans were firmly opposed to the slave trade.
Now it seems that Africans not only have no objections, but are actually very enthusiastic about participating as long as they have the opportunity, so the faint sense of guilt in Roque's heart immediately disappeared without a trace.
"Yes, but we have to tell Banda according to the sales price in the European market. We will take huge risks by converting money into weapons. If Banda doesn't agree, you can let him try." Rock is not afraid of Banda looking for him.
Others, probably only Nyasaland in the world dares to sell weapons to Banda.
After the Congo Free State rebellion, Leopold II and the Belgian government repeatedly emphasized their firm opposition to any country or force engaging in any form of transactions with Congolese Africans.
Although the "emphasis" of Leopold II and the Belgian government does not make much sense due to the weak national strength, there is a problem that has to be considered for Britain, France and Germany. If Africans have weapons, then the British, French and German colonies in Africa
Can it still remain stable?
That means Rock doesn't care about this issue.
"Banda will definitely agree. He wanted to buy weapons from Nyasaland last month -" Christian and Isaiah Chamberlain cooperated very well. Last month, the Congolese Party wanted to attack Leopoldville and Bo
Horses, so we need to slightly control the supply of Banda and create conditions for Isaiah Chamberlain as much as possible.
"Very good, remember only adult males are required." Rock has high requirements. Neither women nor children are excellent laborers. For Rock, he also needs to control costs.
"I know that all the people I require are adult males between 15 and 25 years old." Christian's work is really in line with Roque's wishes, and he feels relieved to leave the matter to Christian Roque.
Some things go smoothly, and some things are bound to happen unexpectedly. On July 15, the well-known columnist Simon Kennan died in a car accident in Pretoria. Simon Kennan was previously a columnist for The Times.
The column Sidney Milner asked for was for Simon Kennan.
After Rock found out about this, he immediately went to Irving.
"Simon Kennan is dead? He deserves it!" Owen laughed, and then realized why Rock came to him: "You don't think I killed Simon Kennan, do you? I'm not that shameless, Pa.
Elmer would not agree to my doing this."
Palmer is a columnist who cheers for Philip. This kind of thing has always happened in your first year of junior high school and in my fifteenth year. If it is really Irving who murdered Simon Kennan, then Palmer is in great danger.
Don’t think that Ade is a soft persimmon.
Although Alfred Milner is recognized as a gentleman, there is no simple role at the level of colonial governor. If Philip competes with Adelaide in the normal way, Adelaide will welcome it. Even if Philip wins, Adelaide will also
I would like to sincerely congratulate you.
But if Phillip uses those unseemly off-the-table moves, don't blame Adelaide for being ruthless. Adelaide's counterattack will definitely be dripping and fatal.
"Isn't it true?" Rock confirmed that if it was, then it's still too late to think of a solution.
If he doesn't admit it now, but is found out by Ade in the future, Irving will be in big trouble.
"That's not true!" Owen said seriously. This question was no joke: "How did Simon Kennan die?"
"It's hard to say now." Rock couldn't reveal any more information. The autopsy report hasn't been released yet.
Before Roark could go to work the next day, Sidney Milner contacted Roark that night.
"I just got the report from the police station. It must be an accident." Roque is going to report to Ade face to face. This matter should not be handled by Roque. After all, Roque no longer works in the Ministry of Justice, but Henry is also Philip's son.
, so Ade still trusts Rock more.
"How could it be such a coincidence?" Sidney Milner's face was full of disbelief.
"It was such a coincidence that Simon Kennan drank at lunch, encountered a frightened horse on his way home, and was hit and killed by the horse. This was not a deliberately caused accident." Rock's news was very timely.
Otherwise, I really don’t know how to report it to Ade.
"I believe you, but I don't believe that guy Owen." Sidney Milner made no secret of his hostility towards Owen.
Rock was speechless, not knowing whether he should be honored or angry.