Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

It was only on the second day after Winston arrived in southern Africa that he met Roark in the Palace of Justice.

Lord Halifax was very dissatisfied and believed that Roark did not pay the British Prime Minister the attention he deserved. Even if he did not go to the airport to greet him, he would not see anyone for a whole day. This was not an attitude toward an ally.

Winston is not angry, he knows that Rock is an emotional person, and he also knows the status of Ade in Rock's heart.

"My condolences to Locke, you still have many important things to do, and the whole world is waiting for you to save him." Winston came up and gave Locke a set of moral kidnappings. In fact, these words are not too much. For Winston

Simply speaking, politicians should be cold-blooded and ruthless.

"Come on, Winston, I can't save the whole world, not even the people around me." Rock has not yet gotten over the huge pain caused by Ade's death, which will take time.

In fact, Rock already paid enough attention to Winston. If it weren't for Winston, Rock would have planned to continue skipping work today. Rock would not resume work until at least Ade's funeral.

The earth will not stop spinning just because someone is missing, and southern Africa will not fall into chaos because Roque skipped work. After the outbreak of the world war, Roque worked until early in the morning every day, and spent most of his time listening to reports from ministers.

There aren't many things Rock decides to do.

There is no other way, reality always makes people helpless. Rock wants to end the world war within a year, but unfortunately he can only think about it.

"Locke, everyone knows that you are a generous person. Now that your friend needs your help, you will definitely not sit back and do nothing." Winston came to Locke with the main purpose of borrowing money.

In the third year of the world war, the British economy was already on the verge of collapse, and the Germans began to print pounds. Winston was indeed in a difficult situation.

So far, the pound is still one of the most widely used international currencies in the world.

About two months ago, the Bank of England received a bundle of ten pound notes. After expert identification, these pounds were all fake.

It cannot be said that they are fake, because these counterfeit banknotes are so realistic that they can be mistaken for real ones. Only experts can distinguish between genuine and fake banknotes with professional instruments. Ordinary people do not have this ability, and even bank staff cannot identify them.

When you find one cockroach, there may actually be as many as a thousand cockroaches.

Subsequently, more and more counterfeit banknotes were discovered, and a large number of counterfeit British pound banknotes appeared on the market not only in the UK, but also in Europe and West Africa.

The British government pessimistically predicts that counterfeit banknotes circulating in the market may account for one-third of the total pound currency.

This situation is so horrific that the British government dare not announce it for fear of causing public panic.

At this time, "The Times", known as the conscience of Britain, ignored the British government's obstruction and published the news in the newspaper, advising people to spend their money as soon as possible and not to throw it into their hands.

Although the British government urgently denied it, the people fell into huge panic.

As the investigation deepened, intelligence emerged that Germany was printing pounds on a large scale, undermining people's confidence in the pound.

"Winston, the best way to end all this is to end the war as soon as possible." Rock was lukewarm, and the British deserved it.

The cooperation between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom also encountered frequent problems in the process. From the British's previous refusal of the Southern African army to enter North Africa, to the various performances of the British and Indian troops during the Malayan War, Roque's good impression of the British now is not as good as that of the British.

U.S.

Although Americans are only interested in profit, at least they will not hold back.

The British are hypocrites compared to the real villain of the United States. They want to use southern Africa to fight against Germany, but they are also wary of southern Africa. Winston keeps playing the emotional card. It works once, and it works twice. It cannot be effective all the time.

Of course, from Winston's point of view, the British Empire has given enough to southern Africa. From the initial autonomy to the recent "islands for destroyers" plan, Winston believes that southern Africa should be given to the British Empire.

More rewards.

"Locke, we have no way to retreat now. We must completely defeat Germany and at the same time prevent threats from Russia and the United States. This requires us to cooperate more closely." Winston insisted on waiting for Germany and Russia to both suffer losses. Compared with this

, counterfeit money or anything else doesn’t matter.

"And we have intelligence that the Germans are studying how to imitate the rand. We are dealing with a country, not a small workshop in a basement. This will cause a devastating blow to the credibility of the rand and the pound." Wins.

Don reminded Rock that if no action was taken, Lant would become a victim as well.

Although the rand has risen rapidly, it is mainly circulated between countries and is mostly used in the trade of bulk commodities.

Purely in terms of public acceptance, the pound is still more popular. It will take time for the rand to replace the pound in the hearts of ordinary people.

Nowadays, if countries around the world want to buy oil from the Persian Gulf, they must use rand transactions, and the United Kingdom and the United States are no exception.

In the German plan, not only the pound, but also the rand and the US dollar are imitated.

However, the craftsmanship of rands and US dollars is more complicated than that of pounds sterling, and is more difficult to crack. Not only do the coins use metal wire to prevent counterfeiting, but they are also intaglio printing. The Germans will not be able to make rands and US dollars that can be authentic for a while.

"You don't have to worry about this, Winston. We are working hard to improve Rand's anti-counterfeiting technology. The Germans will not be able to imitate it in a short time." Rock is quite confident about the anti-counterfeiting technology in southern Africa. Germany in another time and space also wants to imitate it.

U.S. dollar. Unfortunately, the war ended before the U.S. dollar was created.

Rock's words made Winston extremely depressed. Anyway, he would rather die as a fellow Taoist than as a poor Taoist.

For Rock, national interests cannot be traded, but Winston cannot go in vain. The assistance that should be given must still be given. Britain is the bridgehead against Germany, and it must ensure that Britain has enough power to contain Germany.

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Then give it. Anyway, this is not the first loan to Britain. The money that Britain owed to southern Africa during the last world war has not yet been repaid. Now it has tripled. I don’t know how many years it will take to pay it off.

Winston was also busy with official duties and only stayed in southern Africa for three days in total, and then detoured to Australia to go to the United States.

In Australia, Winston was once again rejected. The current Australian Prime Minister John Curtin not only refused to take back the mining rights of Australian mines by southern African companies, but also criticized the British government for its slow action and causing too many casualties to the Australian army.

John Curtin, who is of Irish descent and a member of the Labor Party, has served as Australia's Prime Minister and Defense Minister since October last year.

After the outbreak of the World War, Australia mobilized 400,000 troops to participate in the war, which made Winston very dissatisfied, but for Australia, this was the most benevolent and righteous act.

"Australia has fulfilled its due responsibilities to the British Empire. On the contrary, the British Empire failed to ensure Australia's security. If Southern Africa had not taken timely action, the war might have spread to the Australian mainland. If the British Empire could not guarantee Australia's security, then

How to ask Australia to make greater contributions to the British Empire?" John Curtin took a fierce stance. He was a staunch anti-war figure during the First World War.

John Curtin had poor eyesight, so he was not included in the conscription. He did not go to Europe to fight with the Anzac Corps and stayed in Australia. This gave John Curtin the opportunity to participate in anti-war activities.

In another time and space, the British army was defeated in East Asia, and the Eighth Division sent by Australia to fight in Malaya also became a prisoner of the Japanese army.

At that time, Australia had a total of four divisions.

After the Japanese occupied Southeast Asia, John Curtin invited MacArthur to visit Australia and invited the U.S. military to station in Australia, making Australia a base for the U.S. military and recalling the Sixth and Seventh Divisions that were fighting in North Africa.

John Curtin's behavior made the British Empire very dissatisfied. From then on, Australia and the United Kingdom moved further and further apart, hugging the lap of the Americans.

Due to the existence of southern Africa in this time and space, the United States had no chance to get involved in Australia. However, the relationship between Britain and Australia gradually broke down. This was not something that Winston or John Curtin could decide. The root cause was the British strategy after the Second Boer War.

shrink.

Winston did not immediately accuse John Curtin, but turned his attention to the silent Australian Governor-General Alexander Gower Hall Ruthven.

Hall Ruthven smiled helplessly. The Governor-General of Australia is also a mascot in Australia and does not have much actual power.

Even if there was, there was nothing Holler Ruthven could do.

What determines Australia's fate is not the Governor-General of Australia, nor the Prime Minister, nor the members of Parliament, but the Southern African consortium that controls the Australian economy.

Southern African companies not only control Australian mines, but also directly or indirectly control Australian agriculture. Southern African rich people are keen to buy farms in Australia. Almost the entire central and western Australia has been bought by southern Africans. The proportion of white people in Australia

It is also getting lower and lower, and Australia is de facto becoming a colony of southern Africa.

"John, without the British Empire, there would be no Australia today." Winston would not give up easily. Australia's mines are the last hope for the British Empire to compete with southern Africa.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this is no longer the 19th century. Australia has always been loyal to the British Empire, but what did we get in the end?" John Curtin dismissed it. If Australia takes back the mining rights, the Labor Party will immediately step down. He

The fate of the Prime Minister will be extremely miserable, and the British Empire will not be able to protect Australia by then.

Australia is really far away from the British Empire.

"We are all loyal to the king. Don't always ask what we can get. We should ask ourselves how much we have contributed to the British Empire. The king is never stingy with his people." Winston was in a irritable mood and was everywhere.

No man-eating ghost has peace of mind.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Prime Minister, the era when the king just used a medal or a trivial title to make people grateful has passed." John Curtin, you're welcome, I don't just take things without giving, that's what my son did.

thing.

In the evening, John Curtin held a welcome dinner for Winston as usual. In addition to members of Congress, there were also big businessmen from southern Africa and consortium agents.

A young man in his thirties stood out among the crowd. He talked with the people around him in proficient English. His smile was like a spring breeze, and his body language expression was just right. He could take care of the emotions of everyone around him, and no one was left out.

a feeling of.

"This young man's name is Gao Wen. He is from Nyasaland and is the general manager of the Pilbara Mining Company." Hall, Ruthven and Winston sat in the most conspicuous position of the banquet hall, but there were not many people around them. Obviously there were not many people.

Care about the mood of the British Prime Minister and the Governor-General of Australia.

This is the embarrassing reality that Hall and Ruthven encountered in Australia. More than a decade ago, the Australian Governor-General was very respected, but now he has been completely reduced to a mascot.

"Shouldn't his last name be Locke?" Winston sneered. Only now did he know how far the influence of southern Africa had expanded.

Winston knew that southern Africa was very powerful, but it was not obvious in London. The British still stubbornly believe that London is the center of the world. By analogy, the British Empire is still the most powerful country in the world.

This impression is like a colorful soap bubble, isolating the real world from the UK. Even if rationing is implemented and French fries become the British national dish, the British still stubbornly believe that people in other parts of the world continue to fry them.

You don't even have to eat any fries.

It’s true that people in southern Africa don’t like French fries very much. It’s not that they don’t eat them, but they think French fries are unhealthy.

"His surname is Gao, his father is Gordon, and his name is Uncle Locke." Ruthven Hall was indifferent. People in the Locke family looked down on Australia and would not come to Australia to work. He still can't understand the family relationship between Chinese people.

Winston frowned. According to British tradition, the number of Rock's descendants was not large, but Rock was surrounded by many people and had already woven a huge network of relationships, making it difficult for outsiders to penetrate into it.

For Gordon, in Winston's impression, he was a taciturn young man, one of Rock's earliest partners, and the most trusted group of people by Rock.

Most of these people have retired now, and their children and nephews have grown into the backbone of southern Africa. Compared with British families, southern Africans are very strict about the education of their children, and the performance of the second or third generation Chinese is indeed

Excellent, at least better than its British counterparts.

In British aristocratic families, many people's requirements for their offspring have dropped to the point where they only need to be normal people and not grow crooked.

"Can you win him over?" Winston said simply and directly. The position of general manager is still very important.

Hall Ruthven was surprised by Winston's imagination. He had never thought of buying off the top management of the Pilbara Company.

(End of chapter)