In capitalist society, everything is about interests, as long as the price given is high enough, Roque can even sell the oil fields, Viscount Gladstone did not expect Roque to carry forward the style, and the British Empire did not carry forward the style.

So when Roque mentioned money, Viscount Gladstone immediately hehehe: "Money is not a problem-"

It was indeed not a problem, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the Germans originally thought that Britain could try to challenge Britain's international standing after the second Boer War.

As everyone knows, Britain did suffer heavy losses because of the Second Boer War, but it has not yet reached the point of breaking its muscles and bones, and the accumulation of colonization for hundreds of years is not a joke, although Britain itself is also making trouble because of the arms race, but compared with Germany, it is still at ease, at least there is still spare strength to support the formation of more armies in southern Africa.

So money is really not a problem for the current British Empire, as long as London is still the center of the global economy, Britain has the strength to continue the game.

It is understandable why the UK attaches so much importance to Johannesburg's gold, because the UK needs Johannesburg's gold to maintain the gold content of the pound.

Of course, Roque has to make more demands at this time, which is in line with Roque's greedy personality: "In order to ensure the safety of the oil field, I need a more stable Port Elizabeth, and there are still pirates on the coast of the Persian Gulf, so the umbrella company needs more rights." ”

"There are pirates in the Persian Gulf?" Viscount Gladstone did not know the real situation in the Persian Gulf.

Roque nodded silently, if necessary, then there would definitely be pirates in the Persian Gulf.

"Then you should work with London to develop the oil in Port Elizabeth." Viscount Gladstone did not realize what kind of bloody storm his short words would set off in the Persian Gulf.

"What do I need in London?" Roque is welcome, if Port Elizabeth is still under British control, then Roque is indeed willing to cooperate with the British government for the sake of oil.

Now this premise no longer exists, Roque has bought Port Elizabeth and found oil, Port Elizabeth now does not need the protection of the British government, and the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company on the peninsula are enough to protect the interests of Port Elizabeth.

So the British government has lost the basis for cooperation with Roque, unless the British government can come up with an oil field comparable to Elizabeth as a whole.

And in that case, I'm afraid the British government won't allow Roque to get involved, everyone is selfish in this regard.

For the British government, it does not matter which family controls the peninsula, and now the peninsula as a whole does not show any economic value worthy of attention, compared to the peninsula, Britain values the interests in Egypt and the Suez Canal.

The entire peninsula, except for the fertile land of the two river basins, the other desert areas were basically ignored by the British government, and also ignored by the Ottoman Empire, and only the Umbrella Company paid attention.

Roque also didn't pay attention to how Ali Rashid exterminated the nomads, and Viscount Gladstone was upset after visiting the church and library in Ulysses.

"Why does Ulysses have only Catholic churches and no Protestant churches?" Viscount Gladstone was a devout Protestant, and Protestantism was the state religion of England.

"The Catholic Church has donated more than sixty libraries in Nyasaland, and for every library donated, they can build a church, which is why there are so many Catholic churches in Nyasaland—" Roque said nicely, implying that Protestantism is too stingy, and if Protestantism is as generous as Catholicism, Roque certainly welcomes it.

In order to increase the number of libraries in Nyasaland, Roque is also doing everything, and now Nyasaland, as long as it is a slightly larger town, has at least one library, like Little Rock, Port Edward, Xuanji City and other big cities, each city has three or five libraries.

In addition to the library donated by the Catholic Church, Roque is also vigorously promoting social donations, the Nyasaland State Library is Roque's private donation, and then countless people have taken the initiative to donate to the Nyasaland State Library, and businessmen in Nyasaland now know Roque's hobby and will bring back a variety of books from all over the world to enrich the Nyasaland State Library.

The Nyasaland State Library now has a collection of over a million books, and many people are working for the Nyasaland State Library, and their main job is translation, and for each book translated, they get paid ten rand from the Nyasaland State Library.

Each book is translated and corrected, and after the correction is completed, it is delivered to the Nyasaland Printing Company for printing and then sent to all libraries in Nyasaland for archiving, at Roque's own expense.

Viscount Gladstone could only sigh speechlessly, the Protestants are building the largest church in the whole of southern Africa in Cape Town, but ignoring the increasingly developed economy of Nyasaland, which is really undeserved.

"I don't mean to blame anyone, Catholicism played an important role in the construction of Nyasaland, and many people in Nyasaland are now Catholics, and it will be difficult for Protestants to catch up, but it is not without opportunities, and Nyasaland needs more theaters—" Roque made a good calculation, hoping that Protestantism, like Catholicism, would play a role in building a better Nyasaland.

Like the Transvaal, Chinese is the third official language of the Nyassaland government, and in Southern Africa, only the Transvaal and Nyasaland recognize the status of the Chinese language, and even Rhodesia has not yet taken action.

But it doesn't matter, as the status of the Chinese in Southern Africa grows, so does the importance of the Chinese language, all schools in Nyasaland now use Chinese as the medium of instruction, and more and more Chinese are working in the federal government, and Chinese has actually become the second most common language in Southern Africa, so that Boer is becoming less and less important.

For example, in Nyasaland and the Transvaal, many times the government has canceled the Boer version when issuing proclamations, on the grounds that there are not many Boers in these two states, and there are less than 1,000 Boers in the Transvaal, and even fewer in Nyasaland, estimated to be less than a hundred.

"Hahahaha, you're such a cunning guy." Viscount Gladstone is not disgusted by Roque's performance, southern Africa is not a **** country, and the status of religion in Britain is not too high, since Europe got rid of religious control, secular countries are actually very wary of the Vatican.

As long as Roque doesn't reject Protestantism for some reason.

Like most city libraries, the Ulysses Library is built in the center of Ulysses, and all citizens can borrow books from the Ulysses Library free of charge with their ID cards, and there is a large bookstore on the first floor of the library, where citizens can buy all kinds of bestsellers or reference books.

Like other cities in Nyasaland, Chinese classics and literature are the best-sellers, and the Chinese people's reverence for culture has penetrated into their bones, and many farmers are happy to buy some books to put at home even if they can't read them.

As a tribute to Viscount Gladstone and Roque, the library also prepared a special gift, two hardcover editions of the Four Books and the Five Classics, one in English and one in Chinese.

"These two sets of books are the best-selling books in Nyasaland, last year, these two sets of books sold a total of 30,000 copies in Nyasaland, and they were rated as the most popular books among readers, and I also have a set on the shelf, but unfortunately I have to admit that I don't have much time to study, and last year, I only read less than half of them." Roque is not afraid of Viscount Gladstone's jokes, and when it comes to the books at home, Roque may not read as much as Phyllis.

Not a possibility, but a certainty, Phyllis often had to read bedtime stories to Gavin and Alvin at night, which was one of the few habits of the aristocracy that Roque appreciated, and many of Roque's acquaintances actually liked to read, even a busy person like Ade, who would let Sidney Milner read the newspaper every day at breakfast time.

"It's really good, Locke, the importance you attach to culture gives me a glimpse of the future of Nyasaland, and I believe that the future of Nyasaland will be bright." Viscount Gladstone sincerely lamented that even Britain itself does not have such a strong cultural atmosphere as Nyasaland.

Of course, Roque did not blindly emphasize culture, and in the Gurkha enclave on the outskirts of Ulysses, Viscount Gladstone saw a completely different situation.

The Gurkha people living in Ulysses are all family members of Gurkha officers and soldiers who served in the Nyasaland Army.

In order to relieve the worries of the officers and soldiers, Nyasaland has a lot of special care for the families of military personnel, and the waiting period for the families of Gurkha officers and soldiers living in Ulysses is only three years, during which the families of these officers and soldiers can use various public resources provided by the Nyasaland government free of charge, including children's schooling, medical care, and work in Nyasaland, or business investment.

In the Gurkha settlement, there are five-meter-high, twenty-meter-long recruitment billboards with various exciting slogans written in English, Chinese and Gurkha to encourage more Gurkha people to join the army.

The municipality of Ulysses has also set up a shooting range next to the Gurkha settlement, various clubs of a military nature, as well as recruitment registration points and checkpoints set up by the Southern African government and the Nyasarand governorate, and even primary and secondary schools in the Gurkha concentration area have a military extracurricular curriculum.

This is also to cultivate the martial spirit of the people of Nyasaland.