So, Sophia's family settled down on the shores of beautiful Lake Victoria.

Compared with war-torn Belgium, Lake Victoria has no wars, no fierce Germans, no harsh taxes, and no troubles, and it is indeed a paradise on earth.

The only regret is that the largest war in history broke out on the Western Front, and Sophia's family prayed for Qinling every day, looking forward to Qinling's safe return.

Qin Ling didn't feel that there was any danger in the war, he had successfully won his 350th victory, and was working towards the goal of 400, as far as the current progress was concerned, at most, in ten days, Qin Ling would be able to complete the task.

If you're lucky, you won't run out of it in a day.

The most powerful machine gunner of the 2nd Cavalry Division is said to have killed no less than 500 German soldiers, and that is the real killing god.

Roque is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the British Expeditionary Force, but is more worried about the American troops, and the American troops are really unlucky, the first time they went to the battlefield, they encountered the largest battle in history, and I hope that the Americans will not be frightened.

"General Cocker was a little unwell, and went to the hospital in the afternoon, but he hasn't come back yet, as if he has a cold." When Angel reported to Roque, she coughed twice unconsciously.

"Do you have a cold too?" Roque is in good health and has never had a cold.

"Who knows, there are a lot of people who have colds lately-" Angel's words made Roque wary, it seems that Henry Wilson, the chief of the general staff, was hospitalized with a cold last month, and now Paul Cocker has also been hospitalized because of a cold, Roque suddenly remembered a problem - the Spanish flu.

Strictly speaking, the Spanish flu did not start in Spain, but the global flu began in a military camp in Kansas, USA, and then exploded around the world with the arrival of American troops in France.

It is estimated that about one billion people worldwide have been infected with the Spanish flu, and don't underestimate this number, there are only 1.7 billion people in the world at this time.

The Spanish flu killed between 20 million and 40 million people worldwide, and some say that the death toll was between 70 million and 100 million, no matter that number is terrifying enough, the world war has only caused less than 10 million deaths so far, and even the smallest number, the number of deaths caused by the Spanish flu is twice that of the world war.

"Have you had a lot of colds lately?" Roque was terrified even though he was used to seeing big scenes, and the Spanish flu in another time and space only broke out in 1918, so Roque didn't think of it for the first time.

However, in another time and space, the United States only entered the war in 1918, so the outbreak of the Spanish flu in 1918 was very positive.

The world war in this time and space was originally advanced by one year, and the United States' entry into the war was advanced by another year on this basis, so calculate the time-

"It's so much, the hospital is full of people with colds, patients have to sleep in the corridors, some people don't get treatment at all, doctors don't have a very good way to deal with it, I know the situation, there have been people who have died from colds-" Angel didn't know the power of the Spanish flu, it was estimated that in Angel's opinion, it was just a cold.

The Spanish flu is called the "Spanish flu" because during the world war, the Allied countries imposed restrictions on the media, and newspapers were not allowed to report unfavorable news in their own countries.

The "Black Death" left too much shadow on European countries, a large-scale "plague", as long as the news came out, was enough to collapse a country in an instant, so only the Spanish media dared to report it.

Spain is still a neutral country, and it has not entered the war, so naturally there is no so-called press control, and there is no pressure.

The idle Spanish media does not care about Britain, France, and Germany, and pays more attention to the epidemic situation in the country, where the "plague" caused by the cold is called the "French flu".

Yes, the Spaniards call the "Spanish flu" the "French flu" because the outbreak in Europe was first started in France.

The French resolutely disagree with this statement, it is clear that the virus brought by the Americans has nothing to do with France.

However, France and the United States are allies, and France is embarrassed to directly blame the Americans, so the neutral country Spain is unlucky, because only the Spanish media in the world are reporting on the influenza, so this cold is called the "Spanish flu".

Look at the white man's naming logic for certain things, the truth is not important, the profit is the root of everything.

Angel didn't know the power of the Spanish flu, and Roque knew it.

The Spanish flu in another time and space, divided into three stages, the first stage of the virus is not very lethal, only a small number of people died, and did not arouse the attention of the world, about the second half of the year, the virus broke out for the second time, this time the number of deaths, the impact on the world is unprecedented.

The third stage began in the winter of 1919, and by the spring of 1920, the virus mysteriously disappeared and never appeared again.

So it's understandable why someone thinks that as soon as the weather gets warmer, the virus mysteriously disappears.

Now it seems that it should be the first stage of the virus, although the impact of this stage is not big enough, but Roque cannot be taken lightly, and about a billion pairs of masks immediately appeared on the material purchase list of the expeditionary force.

"Why do you have to buy so many masks? It's summer. Paul Coker, who was wearing a mask, was puzzled, he had been diagnosed with a cold, but his condition was not serious and he did not need to report to the hospital every day.

According to Paul Coker's understanding of Roque, unless it is in Paris or London in winter, Roque will not wear a mask, nor will he require the staff around him to wear masks.

Even including Roque.

"Do you know about this influenza reported by the Spanish media?" Roque took precautions, and if he didn't buy a mask now, he wouldn't be able to buy it when he wanted.

Of course, Roque has also sent a telegram to Anton that it is necessary to set up more medical supply factories in Nyasaland, especially masks, which are dual-use products, to increase productivity.

As for how much Anton can comprehend, this is not a concern for Roque, anyway, there is also the Johannesburg Textile Company.

"I don't know—" Paul Cocker replied honestly, not everyone was in the mood to pay attention to what news was reported every day in a neutral country's newspapers, and Roque had never read a Spanish newspaper and couldn't read it, but that didn't stop Roque from pretending to be that.

"This time the influenza is dangerous, and we have to raise our attention, even more so than the ongoing war." In Paul Coker's view, Roque's words were absolutely putting the cart before the horse, millions of German troops were launching an all-out offensive on a front more than two hundred miles long, and Roque, as the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, was worried about an influenza -

If this news spreads, it may be another scandal from the British Expeditionary Force, and Paul Cocker can imagine the headline in the newspapers: Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force who does not do his job!

"Paul, do you want to make money?" Roque looked abusive, and now Roque can be sure that what is the most in-demand material in Europe in the second half of the year?

Not food, not arms, but masks.

History is always strikingly similar!

"Of course, not everyone has an endless amount of money to spend like you-" Paul Cocker half-heartedly complained, in fact, don't think that Paul Coker and other high-ranking officers have no extra money, as far as Roque knows, the 2nd Cavalry Division has secretly emptied a private museum in Brussels.

Of course, this kind of bad behavior would certainly not have been committed by the 2nd Cavalry Division, only the evil Germans would be so hateful.

Moreover, this kind of organized "emptying" cannot be done by one or two people.

"Then buy some masks and keep them in stock, don't say I didn't remind you, it's a good opportunity to make money." Just like Paul Cocker said, Roque has an endless amount of money to spend now, so Roque doesn't care about these two dates.

If you stock up on masks now, you can sell them in the second half of the year when the price of masks rises.

Then by next spring, the virus will disappear temporarily, and when the price of masks falls, you can take the opportunity to make another wave and wait until next winter to sell.

This time and again, it is really easy to earn three or five times, don't think about it more than ten times, and the federal government of southern Africa will not allow such large-scale hoarding and reselling.

Whatever you do, you must know how to do it in moderation.

"Really?" Paul Cocker was still a little suspicious, this poor guy had never done business in his life, and if Xiao Si was here, he would never ask if it was true, but immediately took action.

Roque smiled and didn't speak, and Paul Cocker immediately realized.

Roque also has a nickname in Southern Africa is the God of Wealth, and there is nothing that does not make money by following Roque in business, look at Henry and Christian.

Xiao Si is not counted, even without Roque, Xiao Si is still the richest man in southern Africa.

Looking back, Roque did not forget to remind his officers and soldiers, especially the expeditionary force to neighboring southern Africa with the US military position, to be careful when contacting the US army.

Roque did not forget to send a telegram to remind Ade that from now on, southern Africa should implement stricter health policies, because of the outbreak of the world war in the past two years, southern Africa has relaxed some regulations in the implementation of some regulations, and it doesn't matter if other aspects are relaxed, health requirements must not be relaxed, taking this opportunity, the federal government should further strengthen the health awareness of southern Africans, especially those new immigrants who have just come to southern Africa, it is not easy to correct the bad habits they have been developing.

(Sorry, I tossed half the night yesterday, and I ate at noon to make up for my sleep, but I accidentally overslept -)

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