African Nationhood

Chapter 225 Double C Plan Passed
  After some explanations, the future Prime Minister finally had a preliminary impression of Tesla's high-frequency generator and understood the working principle of the motor.

Rotor, stator, excitation system, circuit control system, these concepts may not be fully understood in Tesla's mind, but Shi Jintang made it clear to the future Prime Minister in advance.

These exquisite contents made the future prime minister full of admiration for Tesla, whom he had never met before, and an idea immediately came to his mind.

"What do you think would happen if Mr. Tesla went to the Royal Academy to give a report?"

Shi Jintang feels that this suggestion is a bit too early. After all, Tesla still needs some time to settle.

“I don’t agree with your proposal because Mr. Tesla is still in the critical stage and many of his ideas have yet to be perfected.

So the report should wait until later, when he produces results, then not only the public but also scientists in the field will believe him.

If the report is made at this time, it won’t be clear whether everyone believes it or not, for fear that he will suffer a wave of attacks first. "

After listening to Shi Jintang's words, the future Prime Minister nodded, "Your consideration is right, I am too impatient. Does Mr. Tesla still accept investment? After listening to your explanation, I am also full of enthusiasm for this new generator. gained interest and confidence.”

This news is a major benefit for Shi Jintang. With this scholar-prime minister joining the Tesla Laboratory, the current war in the future will definitely be particularly exciting.

"Okay, as the sole investor I would like to find someone to share the risk."

The Marquess of Salisbury didn't pay attention to Shi Jintang's joke, "I'll invest 1 pounds, okay?"

This aristocratic scholar is still very honest. It is feasible for him to directly buy shares. Since he has really given money, he cannot treat the prime minister badly in terms of shares.

“I previously invested 10 pounds in this laboratory, accounting for 80% of the shares, and Tesla holds 20%.

If you join now, you can give you 8% of the shares, while I will hold 72% of the shares and Tesla’s shareholding will remain unchanged. "

The Marquis of Salisbury had no objection to this. He nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's do it this way. I'll write you a bank draft later."

After talking about Tesla, there was nothing else to do next. He came here just to get familiar with him.

So Shi Jintang took the sugar and milk sent by the old maid and mixed a cup of fragrant coffee. After chatting some gossip with the future prime minister, he said goodbye and left.

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The Marquess of Salisbury was confident that he would soon take office to form a government, and he himself had begun to prepare his own policy agenda.

Even if Shi Jintang does not come to visit him, he will be ready to consider implementing the "Double C Plan" that Shi Jintang once submitted.

The Marquess of Salisbury himself has always upheld the creed of keeping the British Empire great.

He was an imperialist who believed that the progress of backward races must go through the stage of European rule, especially the British, and that this stage must be maintained by force. His mission was to expand and defend the British Empire.

The "Double C Plan" is really well done. It is not only highly executed, but also highly operable.

At present, the British Empire also has the strength to realize the "Double C Plan", once it can penetrate the north and south of the African continent.

It would be a huge achievement for the British Empire, which needs this honor.

This plan is feasible, but the British Empire must also step up its action.

It is necessary to continue to take the initiative in Central Africa near the Great Lakes before the Germans react.

A compromise can be reached with the Germans through negotiations in the future, and then the "Double C Plan" will have a realistic basis for implementation.

As for the two regions of Kenya and Uganda, it will be a key goal of this government.

This "Double C Plan" will be a good start for this government.    …

In July 1886, Downing Street welcomed new cabinet members. When they took office, they announced their future work plans.

Among them, related to the South China Company is that the British Empire government will cooperate with the South China Company to develop the inland areas of southern Africa.

This includes the construction of two long-distance railways, with a total mileage of more than 2 kilometers.

At the same time, the British government will launch a business support plan with a total value of up to 1000 million pounds for the Cape Colony and the South China Company, with the purpose of promoting economic development in the inland areas of southern Africa.

At the same time, we will increase the integrated development of local mineral resources to improve the economic income level of local indigenous people.

At the same time, the British government promises to increase its support for nationals immigrating to southern Africa. Each national willing to immigrate to southern Africa will receive cash subsidies and in-kind rewards.

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The British government's stimulus plan was issued to Shi Jintang in mid-July. The specific measures are as follows:

The British government provided free assistance to the South China Company to build a railway from Lusa Town (today's Lusaka, the capital of Zambia) to Lubun Town (today's Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), which was called the "Shuanglu Line".

The British government built a highway from Cape Town across the Orange River, passing through Harare, the capital of Botswana (now Gaborone, the capital of Botswana), Bulawayo, the Kingdom of Matabeleland, and Jianye City (now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe). ), and then across the Zambezi River to the town of Lusa (now Lusaka, the capital of Zambia).

This long line is referred to as the "Kailu Line".

The route planned by the British government coincided with the Nanhua Company's own railway construction plan.

This requires re-communication between South China Company, the railway company and the British government.

Change the bidding entity and re-draw the commercial contract.

In this way, the amount of money Nanhua Company can save is huge.

In addition, the British government also plans to build steel plants and copper smelting plants in the two kingdoms, with an annual output of about 50 tons.

Such a large investment requires Nanhua Company to provide land and mineral resources as shares, and the shareholding ratio will not be too high. It is initially estimated to be around 30%.

As for the construction of the railway, it required the provision of permanent property rights of fifteen kilometers of land along the route, to which Shi Jintang readily agreed.

However, Shi Jintang strongly requested that these railway projects must use indentured labor provided by the Labor Department under the Nanhua Company, and the British government naturally agreed.

In addition, the British government also requested Nanhua Company to try its best to assist British immigrants to settle, relax restrictions on land, and allow British immigrants to freely buy and sell land and provide labor. Shi Jintang also readily agreed.

The governments of the Cape Colony and the Natal Colony also took the opportunity to make demands to the South China Company.

It is hoped that the South China Company can relax its restrictions on the people of the two colonies and allow the people of the two colonies to freely enter and leave the South China Company's colonies.

Shi Jintang sternly refused such requests and ignored the protests of the governors of the two colonies.

There are a large number of Indian Asans in the Cape Colony who want to enter the territory of the Nanhua Company to speculate in troubled waters.

It is impossible for Shi Jintang to agree to such a request. He will only grant the British and "Chinese" the privilege of entering the jurisdiction, but not other ethnic groups.

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