Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 219 Police Club

Roque does not engage in black-box operations, because he does not manipulate the election results. Before the election, Roque still has a lot of room for manipulation.

At lunch, the cafeteria of the Johannesburg Police Station is very lively.

The food at the police station is very good, and one of Marvin's apprentices is in charge. Although his skills are not as good as Marvin's, they are much better than those British cooks who are good at dark cooking.

Therefore, whether the police are on duty or not, they are used to eating in the police station restaurant, and sometimes they can even bring their families with them. As long as they don’t drag their families along with a dozen or so people, the cafeteria will not care.

Under normal circumstances, the police eat together in groups of police units. The cafeteria uses long wooden dining tables. Each dining table has 20 seats, which can accommodate a police unit. The sheriffs are used to bragging on the dining table. More than a dozen The subordinates are in charge of cheering, so it is very lively during the meal.

"The election will be held in a few days, please be smart—"

"Should vote or not, I have a bit of a B number in my heart, the house we live in is all owned by Sir Alex—"

"Without the Sir, we are still working hard in Cape Town. Want to get a high salary to marry a wife? Just dream!"

Throughout the restaurant, there are such explicit reminders everywhere.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, whoever dares to vote for outsiders, we will put him in a pig cage!"

"Master Gao, you can vote for whoever you say you want to vote for."

"Wherever Sir Alex points, we will fight."

Flattery abounds throughout the restaurant.

There are also those who are not smart enough to see the situation clearly: "Master Ma, who does Sir Alex want to vote for?"

"Are you stupid? You ate all the fucking beef into the dog's stomach? General Manager Ba is our lord's butler. Who do you vote for President Ba?" Martin's loud voice resounded throughout the restaurant.

"Oh oh oh-"

"Good good-"

"Yes, yes, yes—" This time, no matter whether it is a smart head or a bad head, they all know what to do.

In a corner of the restaurant where no one was paying attention, Yaya and several sheriffs under him looked gloomy.

The noise in front of them does not belong to them. So far, including Yaya, none of the detectives have obtained the right of residence in Bigwig Town. Some of them can afford a house in Bigwig Town, but Bigwig Town The houses are not enough to live in, even the Chinese and whites are queuing up, the Zulus have no chance.

"Captain, will Sir Sir treat us better in the future?" A Zulu sheriff finally couldn't bear it.

"Nonsense, sir, is he treating us badly now? Think about what life we ​​lived under the hands of the British? Think about how the Boers treated us?" Yaya couldn't see any expression because her face was too dark, but The eyes are red.

"My lord has been very kind to us—" The sergeant bowed his head impatiently, as if something had dripped onto the dinner plate in front of him.

Yaya didn't speak, and looked at the beef on the plate in front of her in silence.

Yes, compared with the British and the Boers, Roque is really good to the detectives. He never defaults on the payment of salaries and does not set up a separate restaurant for the detectives when they eat. Where the police and the Boer police can go, the Zulu police can go. It seems that there is no difference between the Zulu police, the Chinese police, and the Boer police.

But Yaya knows that there is a difference.

These differences will not be reflected on the surface, but in many unspoken rules that cannot be stated clearly.

For example, even Yaya cannot obtain the residence right of Bigwig Town.

For example, the Chinese and Boer policemen in Johannesburg have basically married. The women are either Chinese or Boer. Although many Zulu policemen have also married, their wives are all Zulu , no Chinese or Boer would marry a Zulu.

Although in principle, both Chinese and Zulu are people of color.

For another example, when fighting against the Boer guerrillas near Kimberley some time ago, one Chinese policeman was killed and two Chinese policemen were injured. On the side of the detective team, six detectives were killed and three detectives were injured. Although all the bodies were buried Take them back to Johannesburg for burial. All the injured have been admitted to the Bigwig Town Hospital, but the Chinese police officers who were disabled due to injuries can directly retire to work in the Rock Gold Mine. Returning to Zululand with a fairly generous pension.

Isn't it fair?

It is already fair, because the pension is very generous, which is very different from when I worked under the Boers and the British before. At that time, let alone being disabled due to injury, even if I died in battle, there was no pension.

but--

But Yaya feels very bad, like in this noisy cafeteria, Mingming Yaya’s table is only separated from Martin’s table next to him, but Yaya feels that there is still a gap between them. An invisible wall separated an abyss.

"Hey, Yaya, are you finished eating? Let's go play football together." Martin had already finished his meal, and he didn't forget to greet Yaya when he got up.

"It's over, I'll come right away." Yaya suddenly felt that it was nothing. Bigwig Town is very good, but Yaya is really unwilling to let Yaya go to live in Bigwig Town.

So far, there is not even a single Zulu in Bigwig Town. Yaya doesn’t like being treated like an orangutan. If possible, Yaya hopes that Rock can fight for Yaya and the others in Johannesburg for a purely Zulu A community of people, Zulus, or happier with Zulus.

Eleven Chinese policemen and eleven Zulu policemen are fighting on the court in the police station. This is a tradition in the police station. Chinese policemen, Zulu policemen, and Boer policemen all have their own teams. Every day, there is no The police officers on duty will play football on the playground, which is also the happiest time of Yaya's day.

Football is a team sport, and to kick the ball into the opponent's goal requires the close cooperation of eleven players.

In 1862, the world's first football club was established in Nottinghamshire, England. Since the 1900nd Olympic Games in 2, football has been listed as an official event of the Olympic Games.

With the British colonization of the Transvaal, football came to Johannesburg from England and became popular with the police.

Rock did not limit the police's love for football. Although sports can better show the advantages of Zulu people, well-disciplined Chinese policemen and Boer policemen have more advantages when playing football. Zulu policemen play football. Basically just a few blind kicks, with little teamwork, often the result of a 30-minute game is [-]-[-], or [-]-[-], and sometimes even a disparity of more than [-]-[-].

The requirements for coordination among policemen of different ethnicities are very important.

For example, Chinese policemen are best at using violence to control violence. Almost all Chinese policemen have excellent shooting results. If they are in the expeditionary force, almost all of them can be regarded as accurate shooters, so Chinese policemen What he is best at when performing tasks is long-distance suppression, using precise shooting to defeat all enemies.

The Boer police are relatively close. Perhaps because of the failure in the frontal battlefield, the Boer police are more or less lacking in confidence. They will be restrained and not decisive enough when performing tasks, and sometimes even fail due to hesitation.

The Boer police also have advantages. They are best at small-scale cooperation between three or five people. For example, when searching the residence of a suspect or checking a carriage on the road, the Boer police perform best.

The Zulu policemen are much more unrestrained. They are basically not good at anything. They can't shoot accurately, and they can't cooperate well. Sometimes they even get hot because of excessive adrenaline secretion.

The advantages of the Zulu police are that they are hard-working, not afraid of sacrifice, brave and fearless, and have strong individual combat effectiveness. For Zulu policemen, death is the final relief.

Rock knows that in a short period of time, until the quality of Chinese policemen improves to a certain level, at least there are no language communication problems in general, the Johannesburg police department cannot do without Zulus and Boers, so Rock is also trying to find A way for Chinese, Boer, and Zulu to work together better.

Football is just one aspect of it.

Yaya and the others were not very lucky today. They were kicked [-]-[-] by the white team composed of Boer policemen.

Then the yellow team composed of Chinese policemen kicked the white team [-]-[-].

In the final match between the black team composed of Zulu policemen and the yellow team, although Yaya scored the only goal for the black team, the black team still lost with a disparity of one to eight.

After the game, the members of the three teams went to the bathroom to take a shower. The bathroom is also public, there is no race restriction, and hot water is provided 24 hours a day, which is one of the benefits of the police station.

"Martin, do you want to go to the police club for a drink later?" Yaya invited Martin.

Since there are miners clubs, of course there are also police clubs. In fact, it is just a sign. It does not mean that the miners club is only restricted to miners, and the police club is only restricted to police officers. Relatively speaking, the police in Johannesburg still prefer the police club because The owner of the police club is Joe Russell, the deputy police chief. Police officers can enjoy discounts when they go to the club to play.

"Yaya, you'd better save some money, don't throw all your hard-earned money into the kiln." Martin was not polite. The Chinese policemen would go to the Oak Bar for a drink after get off work at most, and never go to the police club. Kind of gold cave.

The Oak Bar in Johannesburg, like the Oak Bar in Bigwig Town, is Rock's property, but Rock does not directly manage it, but Ida sends people to manage it. Now the Oak Bar is also operating as a company, and Ada is preparing to Package and sell Elsdee wine.

"Hahahaha, Martin, we Zulus are different from you Chinese, we have to enjoy ourselves in time—" Yaya's seemingly hearty laughter contained bitterness.

Sometimes I have to admit that Zulu people really can't blame others for being unpopular.

Take the Johannesburg Police Department as an example, because the police officers have different divisions of labor and receive different salaries, but generally speaking, the gap is not too big, the Zulu police with the lowest average salary, and the British police with the highest average salary In comparison, the gap is only five pounds a month.

Of course, the gap here is only a gap on the surface. In fact, the Zulu police often have to go out to work and have the opportunity to earn extra money, while the British police mostly do administrative work and rarely have the opportunity to go to the field. Therefore, the comprehensive calculation In fact, the income of Zulu police officers is often higher than that of British police officers.

Unexpectedly, although the salary of Zulu police officers is not low, few Zulu police officers can save much money.

Payday for the Johannesburg Police Service is the [-]th of every month.

After the salary is paid, the Chinese policeman will take all the salary home and give it to his wife.

Boer policemen would leave some private money first, and then take most of their salary home to their wives.

After receiving their salary, the British police will go to the bar to have a drink first, and then hand in as much as they have left.

Zulu cops are the worst. Most Zulu cops go to the police club after getting their salary and give all the money to the police club.

Basically, the salary is paid on the 15th, and around NO.[-], the Zulu policemen can spend all their salaries, and then come back to work honestly.

sad?

It's quite sad.

Poor?

Not worthy of pity!

This is why Zulu policemen are not liked by people. They often feel untrustworthy. They have no plans for their own lives, no requirements for themselves, and no pursuit of the future, but they are very strict with others. , To be lenient with self-discipline and strict with others is the label of the Zulu police.

A very strange situation, in Johannesburg, when the Chinese need help, they will turn to the Chinese police for help.

When Boers need help, they will turn to Boer policemen for help.

And when the Zulu miners in Johannesburg, or the Zulu farmers around Johannesburg need help, they often don't go to the Zulu police who are also Zulus, but to go to the Zulu police who never give them a good look Chinese police or Boer police, this fully proves that the Zulu police are unreliable, even they themselves do not trust each other.

"Listen to my Yaya, take the money home and give it to your wife, the women in the police club won't give birth to you, and when your money runs out, I won't lend you the money." Martin actually He is very rich. He has a vineyard in Oak Town, a farm next to Bigwig Town, and houses in Oak Town, Bigwig Town, and Johannesburg. Compared with Yaya, Martin is out-and-out money people.

Regarding borrowing money, the Zulu policemen also have a criminal record. When they borrow money, they always describe themselves as miserable. Once they get the money, they will immediately spend a lot of money, and the next time they get paid, they will not pay it back immediately. Money, and the salary will continue to be borrowed when the salary is exhausted.

Of course, those Zulu policemen who borrowed money and refused to repay them were dealt with severely by the Chinese police and the Boer police. Since then, this kind of incident has been much less.

(End of this chapter)