Cecil Rhodes's posthumous story is simply outrageous and extremely inconsistent with his own identity.

In addition to Roque, there were three barons, Ade, Philip, and Henry, of which Ade participated as an envoy of King Edward VII, Cecil Rhodes worked hard for the British Empire all his life, and the king finally gave Cecil Rhodes due courtesy when Cecil Rhodes died.

After the funeral, Roque and Small, in the presence of the three barons Ade, Philip, and Henry, signed the transfer agreement for Nyasaland.

"Penny, you're lucky." Henry's expression was complicated, even if Nyasaland was a poor country, 200,000 square kilometers was big enough.

Nyasaland is not a poor country, because of the guilt of Roque, Xiao Si generously determined the range of Nyasaland to be 200,000 square kilometers, so as to include a part of the land that originally belonged to Northern Rhodesia, this part of the land, which happened to include the Zangang copper belt that originally belonged to Northern Rhodesia, and the copper reserves on this copper belt accounted for a quarter of the world's total reserves.

In addition to copper ore, Nyasaland also has a reserve of 11,600 tons of high-quality uranium, the third largest freshwater lake in Africa, and the Shire River that directly connects to the Indian Ocean, which means that if Roque immigrates in the future, he does not need to transit through Durban or Cape Town, and the migrant ships can pass through the Shire River to Nyasaland.

"You only see the price cheap, but you don't think about the price you have to pay for this penny." Roque was not overjoyed, and had not yet recovered from the shadow of Cecil Rhodes' death.

The death of Cecil Rhodes did bring a huge shadow to Roque.

Comparing the life trajectories of Cecil Rhodes and Roque, we will find that they have very similar backgrounds and experiences, both came to the Cape destitutely, both carried out primitive accumulation of mineral resources, and both were outright colonialists.

The biggest difference between Roque and Cecil Rhodes is that Roque joined the Cape colonial system from the beginning and became a part of the colonial government, even if he owned gold mines and a large number of farms, Roque did not want to leave the colonial government alone.

Cecil Rhodes joined the colonial system only after his success, won the parliamentary elections in the Cape Colony through the Progressive Party, and then successfully formed a government as prime minister, at this time, Cecil Rhodes already had strong economic and political power, so the British government would not really trust Cecil Rhodes.

Even so, Cecil Rhodes still relied on mercenaries and pounds to turn Rhodesia into British territory, and even before his death, Cecil Rhodes also established the "Rhodes Scholarship" to provide American students with the opportunity to study at Oxford University, and the future President Clinton became a student at Oxford University by virtue of this scholarship.

Cecil Rhodes established the Rhodes Scholarship for the purpose of cultivating a pro-British faction among American students and ultimately creating conditions for the British Empire to "recover" the United States.

What about this purpose?

Roque asked himself, he didn't have such courage.

From the perspective of "colonialism", Cecil Rhodes is undoubtedly a giant, and after such a tragic end for such a "giant", what will be the future of Roque?

Truth be told, Roque doesn't know either.

"Don't worry, Nyasaland is in your name and the Rhodes family is not the same thing, if the Ministry of Colonial Affairs wants to take back Nyasaland, you can go to the House of Lords to complain, and the people of the Ministry of Colonial Affairs will not be able to eat and walk around." Henry didn't take this seriously, the British House of Lords is the back garden of the aristocracy, and in principle, every nobleman has the right to enter the House of Lords and become a member of the parliament, so the House of Lords will definitely safeguard the interests of the nobility.

Even if Roque is just an insignificant subordinate baron.

"Don't think so simply, that shoemaker's son won't give up." Philip was not so optimistic, and the "shoemaker's son" referred to the colonial minister Neville Chamberlain.

This Chamberlain was not the famous "appeasementist" Chamberlain in the future, but the father of that Chamberlain - Joseph Chamberlain.

Joseph Chamberlain was the most striking political star of late Victorian England and the most controversial figure.

Joseph Chamberlain was born in the Liberal Party, but he single-handedly destroyed the Liberal Party.

His call for help in Parliament caused the largest parliamentary split in England since the Civil War in the 17th century.

He was at the height of free trade, but was called the only "chauvinist" in his cabinet by the leader of liberalism, John Bright.

The future British Prime Ministers, Neville Chamberlain (son of Joseph Chamberlain) and Winston Churchill, were both heavily influenced by Joseph Chamberlain.

During his tenure as colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain sought to change the weak ties between the colonies of the British Empire, and tried to turn the British Empire into a "business" jointly managed by Britain and the Dominions, with everyone sharing the power to govern the Empire.

In order to implement this plan, Joseph Chamberlain tried to establish an imperial parliament to give the Dominion equal status with the British, and Joseph Chamberlain even supported and helped Australia to form a federation to improve the political status of the colonies.

After the signing of the Peace Accords, the famous Boer general Jan Smoltz went to Britain to solicit support, and invited Joseph Chamberlain to the Transvaal and Orange to inspect the post-war Boer settlement.

The field trip should have been only part of the purpose of Joseph Chamberlain's trip, and Joseph Chamberlain's visit to the Cape this time would certainly have focused on Nyasaland, and Philip was worried about this issue.

"Can the colonial minister nationalize Nyasaland?" Henry did not believe that Joseph Chamberlain dared to risk the world's condemnation.

The question is, how dare Joseph Chamberlain!

So Philip sneered at Henry.

Henry was immediately defeated, it was really the old baron who had accumulated power for a long time, and Henry, the little baron, could not bear it.

"Don't worry about the railway, Lord Falvat has built the railway to the territory of Falvat, and it can be extended to Salisbury if it continues north, and when your father was dying, he hoped that I could help you as much as I could, and I would definitely help if I could, and you should also cheer up as soon as possible, inherit your father's legacy, and run the South African company well." Ade and Xiao Si were also communicating, and the gaze towards Xiao Si was a little complicated.

As the Commissioner of South Africa, he administers the four colonies of South Africa and the Bechuana Protectorate, and Rhodesia is Ade's job, but because of Rhodesia's special status, Rhodesia is not under Ade's administration.

This does not mean that Ade does not care about Rhodesia, in fact, when Cecil Rhodes was alive, Ade always hoped that the British government would nationalize Rhodesia, but after Cecil Rhodes's death, Ade's opinion of Rhodesia changed, and the British government treated Cecil Rhodes too unfairly to even Ade, an insider, could not look past it.

"Thank you, I will." Xiao Si matured almost overnight, and he probably wouldn't hire a maintenance team for a car now.

After the establishment of the Favart cement plant, Henry began to build the railway from Pretoria to Favart, which was built by Zulu people, and has paid hundreds of lives for this railway, and Ade has also suffered a lot of pressure for this.

This railway was built by a joint venture between Henry and Roque, which means that Henry and Roque have complete ownership of the railway, and if Rhodesia wants to transport materials by rail in the future, it must also have a good relationship with Henry and Roque.

"What are your plans for Rhodesia?" Ade still wants to see if Xiao Si has the ability to keep this family business.

"Southern Rhodesia is dominated by agriculture because of its lack of resources, and Northern Rhodesia is rich in mineral resources, and I am ready to develop it together with the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, and as for Nyasaland, it is now Sir Locke's industry." Xiao Si does have a plan, the elite of this era is not only Roque, Xiao Si must also have a think tank around him.

"Go ahead and do it." Ade has reservations, no matter how good a plan is, it also needs strong execution, and Roque can climb so fast because of his strong execution.

After the funeral, Ade returned to the Transvaal with Philip and Henry, and Roque could not go back yet, he was going to Nyasaland with Small.

About 500 kilometers north from Salisbury to Nyasaland, the road has to pass through a section of Portuguese East Africa, which is a shortcut for Roque and Xiao Si, in fact, it can only be reached from Rhodesia, but then it will be much farther to detour, and Roque and Xiao Si don't want to waste time.

When he was in Cape Town, Roque felt that Cape Town was fertile enough that it was full of prolific vineyards and was famous for its wines.

After arriving in Johannesburg, Roque found that the land in Johannesburg was more fertile than that of Cape Town, and Johannesburg not only had gold underground, but also vast pastures on the ground, that is, the Boers and Zulus were not good at farming, and if the Boers and Zulus had the agricultural talent of the Chinese, then Johannesburg could be prosperous even if it did not rely on gold mines.

Now that Roque has arrived in Rhodesia again, Roque was surprised to find that the fertile land of Cape Town and Johannesburg is only relative to the Qing Kingdom, and the land of Rhodesia is really fertile, no wonder Rhodesia will be known as "Africa's bakery" in the future, where the vegetation is lush, the climate is humid, and fat and strong wild animals can be seen everywhere, and the Zulu people live so untouched thanks to this rich land, they really don't need to work hard, just pick some wild fruits and hunt or something to live a very moist life.

Roque's concern was not so much how fertile the land was, but the passage from Salisbury to Nyasaland through Portuguese East Africa.

In Rhodesia, there are barely roads to walk, and when you enter Portuguese East Africa, there are almost no roads to speak of, all relying on the guidance of guides, Roque and Xiao Si and their party did not get lost, seeing that the development of Portuguese East Africa is so low, Roque's heart began to itch again.

"Heh, how many people are there in Portugal? And how many colonies did they occupy? Countries with big boogers are not afraid of being strung to death. "Smalls is dismissive of Portugal.

Portugal has only 92,000 square kilometers of territory in Europe, but this country with a population of less than 3 million people has built a vast Portuguese empire, which at its peak reached a staggering 10.4 million square kilometers, 113 times the size of its own territory.

Because of the small population, Portugal had a serious shortage of troops, which led to the fact that the Portuguese colonial network existed in the form of strongholds except for a few key locations, and was simply unable to control the interior and establish direct colonial rule.

The same is true of Portuguese East Africa, in Portuguese East Africa, the only bit of Portuguese, most of them are concentrated in a few strongholds such as Lorenço Marques, Mozambique Island, Sofala, etc., these strongholds are not even cities except for Lorenço Marques, they can only be regarded as trade transit stations, and Portuguese East Africa outside the trade transit stations nominally belong to Portugal, but in fact belong to the local Ngoni people, Shona people, and Yao people in the north of Portuguese East Africa.

This is the standard occupation of the pit and does not pull that.

There is a reason for Xiao Si's disdain for Portugal, on the way to Nyasaland, Roque and Xiao Si met a lot of local Yao people, Roque unexpectedly found that these Yao people saw the flag of the South African company, they all showed great respect for the South African company, Roque They not only did not be attacked, but many Yao people took the initiative to send fruit and food to Roque, which made Roque seem to realize something.

"Hehe, in fact, my father also hoped to get an outlet to the sea through Portuguese East Africa." Xiao Si had a faint smile on his face, full of nostalgia for Cecil Rhodes.

Since Portugal began to colonize Portuguese East Africa, the Yao people's resistance to the Portuguese has not stopped, and until now, the Yao people are still resisting the Portuguese colonial rule.

Considering the Yao people's respect for the South African company, Roque suddenly realized that Cecil Rhodes was indeed gifted in colonization, and without the support of the South African company, it is estimated that the Yao people may not have been able to hold on until now.

The conquest of primitive tribes by industrial civilization is actually very easy, and no matter how many Yao people there are, they can't withstand the strafing of Makqin's heavy machine guns.

But if the Yao people have the backing of South African companies behind them, then the situation is very different.

After the loss of Brazil, the power of the Portuguese Empire gradually weakened, and the Portuguese did not rely on their strong military force to run amok in the world, but to occupy many colonies through the spice trade.

Purely from the perspective of force, the Portuguese are definitely inferior to the British, so the Yao people, who have the support of the South African company, can fight against the Portuguese until now.

In another time, in 1912, the Yao rebellion was suppressed by the Portuguese, ten years after the death of Cecil Rhodes.

It's hard to say about this plane, Cecil Rhodes gave Nyasaland to Roque, and it seems that Roque also needs to carry on Cecil Rhodes's legacy.

Well, it is indeed necessary.