Back in Johannesburg, Roque finally felt the benefits of "being from the baron".

Owen is all kinds of envy and jealousy for Roque, the "slave baron", Henry of the Alsop family hid far away when he saw Roque, Arnold's idiot has been sent back to England by Baron Philip, and Cecil Rhodes Jr. invited Roque to his house again.

"Congratulations, Sir Locke." Cecil Rhodes Jr. offered to raise a glass to Roque.

"Thank you Cecil, I still wish you had just called me Locke." Roque didn't take "Cong Baron" seriously, he didn't even have a fief, there was really nothing to show off.

Relatively speaking, although Cecil Rhodes Jr. does not have a title, he is the king of Rhodesia, and he has exploded Roque in terms of strength.

Regarding Roque's modesty, Cecil Rhodes Jr. smiled and didn't speak, saying that all the nobles of the British Empire are counted, and one is counted as one, and there are really not many people who are qualified to pose in front of Cecil Rhodes Jr., Cecil Rhodes Jr. called Roque "sir", and he didn't have much respect for himself, but just followed the tradition.

In Johannesburg, the Rhodes family was in a detached position, and the investigation team stayed in Johannesburg for half a month, summoning dozens of people involved in the outbreak of the Second Boer War, but never a single member of the Rhodes family, including Frank Rhodes, who directly led the Johannesburg rebellion before the war.

"What are the conclusions of the mission?" Roque was more concerned about the matter, and the investigation team had left Johannesburg for Pretoria, which also meant that the investigation was over, but Roque had not heard of the final conclusions.

"There is no conclusion, no one is to blame for the outbreak of war, and if there is, then Paul Krugel is the most responsible." Cecil Rhodes Jr. had a proud expression, and it was basically impossible to deal with the Rhodes family in Johannesburg.

Paul Kryugel was President of the Transvaal Republic before the war, and after crushing the rebellion in Johannesburg, Wilhelm II sent a telegram of "congratulations" to Paul Kruger, after which there was an ultimatum from the Transvaal Republic to the Cape colonial government.

If you look at it this way, Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s words also make sense, and Paul Krugel is indeed responsible.

"I heard that Baron Mahanles will stay as lieutenant governor." Roque tries to exchange information with Cecil Rhodes Jr.

"yes, so he'll be hell if he can find out." Cecil Rhodes Jr. was confident, this was another political exchange, and if Baron Mahanles wanted to stay, he had to be approved by the Rhodes family.

That's where Cecil Rhodes Jr. comes in.

"You've been buying farms around Johannesburg lately?" Cecil Rhodes Jr. was intrigued by Roque's every move.

Cecil Rhodes Jr. said that Roque and Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s father Cecil Rhodes are the same kind of people, and there is a father like Cecil Rhodes, and Cecil Rhodes Jr. has to live under the aura of Cecil Rhodes, so Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s admiration for his father can be imagined.

Roque has been in Cape for more than a year, like a rocket, from an insignificant Chinese patrol officer, to the British Empire's "from the baron", the gap between this, many people can not narrow in their lifetime, but Roque only took more than a year to do it, from this point of view, Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s praise for Roque is not all polite.

It is said that blue is better than blue, for Cecil Rhodes Jr., although Cecil Rhodes's achievements are out of reach, but Cecil Rhodes Jr. does not want to live in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes for the rest of his life, but Cecil Rhodes Jr. does not know how to surpass his father, so at this time, Roque's every move is a good reference for Cecil Rhodes Jr.

"Yes, I need a lot of farms, not only to house the families of Chinese miners, but also for long-term planning in the future, because the gold mine will always be dug one day, and the farms will never stop." Roque was blunt, De Beers Unified Mining Company and Roque were both bringing in Chinese miners, and Cecil Rhodes Jr. must have known about it.

As for the gold mines, in this era, only Roque can be sure, and the gold in Johannesburg has been dug into the 21st century.

But Cecil Rhodes Jr. certainly didn't know, so that gave Roque the most suitable excuse.

"Do you think about the farms in Rhodesia?" Cecil Rhodes Jr. throws the bait.

"Rhodesia?" Roque really hadn't thought about it.

Rhodesia was the future Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, as well as part of the Bechuana Reserve, a vast area that is now under the jurisdiction of South African companies.

"Yes, Rhodesia, maybe you haven't been to Rhodesia, the land there is more fertile than the land in the Transvaal, and there are also very large copper mines in Northern Rhodesia, and the point is, in Rhodesia, if you want to buy a farm very simply, I can give you the best price." Cecil Rhodes Jr. has confidence, and in Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes Jr. is the king.

"How much is an acre?" Before 1980, Rhodesia was a rich agricultural country, and the largest city in Rhodesia was called Salisbury, which was named after the former British Prime Minister, and the future Salisbury was Harare, which was changed after the local Shuna came to power.

Before 1980, like South Africa, Rhodesia was also a white country, although there were also blacks in Rhodesia, but blacks had no political rights, just vassals of the country, with the oppression of the locals, Rhodesia became a white paradise, all of which ceased to exist after 1980, Zimbabwe's economy collapsed in the 21st century, and even the once proud agriculture needed foreign aid, and Salisbury, once the "garden city", was also rated as the most unlivable city in the world.

"Don't be so stingy, one acre and two acres, it's not qualified to be discussed at this table." Cecil Rhodes Jr. doesn't look down on Roque's petty family, and in "acres", who is cold?

Can't afford to lose this man!

"Well, how much is a square mile?" Roque has patience, and for Roque, it is best to live in "10,000 square miles".

"How much did you buy in Johannesburg?" Cecil Rhodes Jr. needs a reference price.

"About 160 pounds." Rock told the truth that it was easy for Cecil Rhodes Jr. to get this information, and there was no need to drive down the price.

Although the guerrillas are still fighting, and although the peace talks have not yet come to a conclusion, the light of day has emerged since Alfred Milner's participation in the negotiations, so the prices of farms around Johannesburg are rising rapidly, and they are now six times higher than when Roque first bought the farm.

The first time Roque bought a farm, 78.5 square miles cost almost 2,000 pounds, an average of a little more than 25 pounds per square mile, and now Roque buys a farm of the same size, it costs almost 160 pounds, to be exact, the price has increased by 6.4 times.

"I'll give you a 5% discount!" Cecil Rhodes Jr. has a lot of money.

"Five-fold? It's all some poor countryside, and you're embarrassed to ask for a 50% discount? Roque smiled dumbly, the price of farms around Johannesburg has risen because there is a possibility that gold mines have been found on farms around Johannesburg, why is Rhodesia's land so expensive?

"Hahahaha, it's a discount, if you want to buy it." Cecil Rhodes Jr. is also joking, Rhodesia has a total area of 1.25 million square kilometers, and the current population, if you count only white people, is about 50,000 points, and the price of land is incredibly low.

In other words, Luo Yi bought a 12-square-kilometer farm protected by Bechuana, although it only cost 280 pounds, but Luo Yi was still fooled, converted into miles, 12 square kilometers is 4.6 square miles, but Luo Yi spent 280 pounds, with an average price of more than 60 pounds per square mile, which is much more expensive than the price of farms around Johannesburg.

Before the price increase, of course.

The "backcountry" here refers to the land where there are no underground mineral deposits, and does not mean that it is "backcountry" in the true sense.

In other words, in the whole of Africa, except for the desert, there is no "poor countryside" in the real sense, if it is handed over to the Chinese, it will not take many years, and there will be no Jiangnan everywhere.

"Okay, give me 10,000 square miles first." Roque has a big appetite.

"Ten thousand, are you sure?" Cecil Rhodes Jr. was taken aback.

Rhodesia has a total area of 1.25 million square kilometers, which is converted into less than 500,000 square miles in the imperial system, and according to the price offered by Cecil Rhodes Jr., 10,000 square miles cost 160,000 pounds.

"Can you owe it first?" If Roque sold all the gold in the basement of the Rock Gold Mine, it would be easy to make up 160,000 pounds, but Roque didn't dare to sell it-

Selling too much gold to the market at once would cause the price of gold to fall sharply, and Roque would become the enemy of all the mine owners in Johannesburg.

"Ha, no credit!" Cecil Rhodes Jr. refused, what a joke, if he could get credit, the vacant land in Rhodesia would have been covered up a long time ago.

"Okay, a thousand square miles, then?" Luo Ke retreated, it was really impossible to take out 160,000 at one time, and 16,000 could still be taken out.

"Do you really want to buy it?" Cecil Rhodes Jr. didn't expect Roque to really buy it.

"Really buy!" Roque certainly wouldn't let go of such an opportunity.

"Okay! Sold! "Cecil Rhodes Jr., as the first heir to the Rhodes family, Cecil Rhodes Jr. is not short of 16,000 pounds, Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s purpose is to observe and see what tricks Roque can come up with.

There are a lot of people in Johannesburg who have the same goals as Cecil Rhodes Jr., otherwise the prices of farms around Johannesburg would not have risen so quickly.