Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 236 Heroes Twilight

These Boers who actively or passively had relations with soldiers of the expeditionary force during the war are now housed by the police in a newly built residential area in Johannesburg.

Residential communities at this time, of course, don’t expect big balconies and high lighting. They are actually tube buildings one by one. The kitchen and bathroom are shared. Of course, the living room is not necessary. The room area is quite large, but unfortunately there is no division. So we can only make do with living, not to mention the quality of life.

If there were fewer people, Roque could place them in Ziwei Hospital.

Don't think about it now, Ziwei Hospital can't take care of thousands of people at once. Those Chinese nurses who are learning medical skills are happy, and there will be many opportunities for them to practice in the future.

"The police station should give them appropriate help within their capabilities. Since these people are not accepted by the Boers, they can only rely on us." Philip did not shy away from discussing this issue. The key is that the population of Johannesburg is too small to stay Living a little is a little, these Boer women are not accepted by the Boers, at least they will not pose a threat to the city government.

Roque did not speak, but lowered his head and pretended to take notes. This issue was also discussed between Roque and Louis Botha. Although Louis Botha mourned his misfortune, he was actually angry. In the end, Louis Botha agreed to restrain the guerrillas. Properly protect those boolean women.

"Accommodating them is easy to say, but there will be a lot of troubles in the future. These women don't have husbands, and they probably can't work because they have to take care of their children. So their source of income is still a problem." Marcus Beaufort is very stubborn on this issue , the main reason is that these people cannot generate taxes, it is purely a financial burden.

"We can set up public kindergartens, and at the same time help them find jobs as much as possible. For example, the government departments can use female staff. Sir Locke has made many attempts in this regard in Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School. The effect should still be good." Blake Nelson took Rock as an example, and for Rock's sake, Marcus finally didn't refute this time.

Regarding female employees, it is actually nothing new in this era. As early as the early days of the industrial revolution, factories recruited female workers. In those textile factories, men are actually not as qualified as women.

Not to mention women, even child labor is very common in factories today. They are engaged in the same jobs as adults, but because of their inefficiency, their salaries are far lower than those of adults.

This is the crux of the problem. Women and children are actually working, but the key problem is that they have the same job as adult men, but because of the different efficiency, the salary they get is much lower than that of adult men. This is the western requirement of "equal pay for equal work" ", the key issue is not "equal work", but "equal pay".

This problem does not exist in Ziwei Hospital and Bigwei Public School. Rock is used to equality between men and women in the 21st century, so he will not make mistakes on this issue.

Under the premise of doing the same work in Ziwei Hospital and Bigwig Public School, the salary of female employees is basically the same as that of male employees, so Dr. Kay Mallory came to Ziwei Hospital and stayed willingly .

"Yes, women are actually more competent than men in some jobs that don't require physical strength. They are more careful, more patient, and cherish job opportunities. In Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, under the same conditions, Women are not inferior to men." Rock supports women to work without hesitation on this issue, but this support is conditional. Rock only supports Boer women and British women to work outside the home, Chinese are fine, Chinese It's better to stay on the farm and take care of your husband and children.

In fact, this is a last resort. The impact of dual-career families on childbearing is obvious. The couple are busy with work all day, so they naturally have no energy to have children. Even if they have children, they probably have no time for education. discord problem.

Relatively speaking, most of the Chinese families in Johannesburg are farmers. This job is actually very leisurely. Zulu people can be hired now, and agricultural machinery will be available in the future. Therefore, the Chinese can spend more time enjoying life, and the branches are scattered. Ye naturally became inevitable.

Of course, this enjoyment of life is only temporary at this stage. When the Chinese population base reaches a certain level in the future, the Chinese will definitely have to come out to work, but at that time, the Chinese will probably face another situation.

"Then it's settled like this. Take these Boers and help them find jobs." Philip made a decision. Being a boss is easy, just move your mouth, and Rock and the others are just running errands.

After the meeting, Rock rushed non-stop to Stoudemire's villa in the suburbs of Johannesburg to meet the legendary Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes has been in poor health since he returned to Cape Town from London. In the past few months, Cecil Rhodes has been recuperating in Cape Town and just returned to Johannesburg a few days ago.

Not bad, Cecil Rhodes in another time and space did not see the signing of the "Peace Agreement" at all. When he was dying, what he was thinking about was: They will not change Rhodesia's name——

What Cecil Rhodes didn't expect was that the British government not only changed the name of Rhodesia, but also took Rhodesia back, and then allowed Rhodesia to be independent, which finally caused the people of Rhodesia to live in poverty.

It’s really difficult for the people to live. When the South African company managed Rhodesia, Rhodesia was pretty good. Although Rhodesia (South Rhodesia, North Rhodesia had been taken back by the British government at that time) did not have any decent mineral resources, but Relying on developed agriculture, Rhodesia was once known as "the bakery of Africa".

After the beginning of the Cold War, Rhodesia became the victim of the confrontation between the two major groups. The United States imposed an economic blockade on Rhodesia, and Rhodesia sold agricultural products to Portuguese East Africa. The Portuguese bought farm products from Rhodesia on the Portuguese label, still selling well all over the world.

The deadly threat comes from the bear, who supports the Rhodesian Zulu with weapons and supports the Zulu to resist the "squeeze" of the white people by force.

Because of the blockade by the United States, Rhodesia could not get international support, and could not even buy weapons. As a result, the Zulus succeeded in taking power. In just ten years, Rhodesia was reduced from "African bakery" to a company Food cannot be self-sufficient and needs support from the international community.

By the time Rock crossed, Rhodesia was still one of the poorest regions in the world.

Rock knew all this, but couldn't tell Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes has already had a certain understanding of Rock through Stoudemire's report.

As Stoudemire expected, Cecil Rhodes was very interested in Rock, so as soon as he returned to Johannesburg, he couldn't wait to ask Stoudemire to find Rock.

"Wow, Sir Locke, you are so young beyond my expectation. When I was in your grade, I just started to get involved in the diamond industry in Kimberley, but now you have become a baronet, hahahaha——" Cecil Luo Des smiled a little sadly, Rock can understand that even if Cecil Rhodes is now rich, the London government will not give Cecil Rhodes a knighthood.

It's amazing, right?

In fact, it is normal, without a knighthood, even if Cecil Rhodes is the richest man in the world, he is just a commoner. When the king needs it, he can cut the leeks of the Rhodes family without any scruples.

It would be useless if he was knighted. With a knighthood, Cecil Rhodes would become a privileged class. If the king took action against Cecil Rhodes, he would have to consider the reaction of the entire noble group.

Therefore, the queen can hand over the entire Rhodesia to Cecil Rhodes for management, but she will not give Cecil Rhodes a title, not even a small "slave baron".

From the Baron—

Also noble!

"I'm just lucky." Rock didn't have much pride in front of Cecil Rhodes. This guy is the top elite of this era.

It's a pity that the life of the elite is coming to an end. Rock doesn't know what Cecil Rhodes was like before, but the current Cecil Rhodes is very old. He had a heart attack, and he would gasp violently for a while after speaking a word or two, and his face had an obviously unhealthy flush.

Beside Cecil Rhodes, Stoudemire was looking at him with concern. Not far away was Cecil Rhodes' personal doctor. When Rock came, Stoudemire followed Rock It has been explained that Cecil Rhodes cannot chat with Rock for too long.

"Luck is also a part of strength!" Cecil Rhodes was decisive, although his voice was a bit vague, but the momentum was still there: "20 years ago, when Banato wanted to acquire my De Beers mining company, everyone thought I lost, but in the end it was my De Beers Mining that bought Banato's Kimberley Central Mining and that's how De Beers Consolidated Mining-"

In fact, Cecil Rhodes remembered wrongly, this was not 20 years ago, but 14 years ago.

It's normal, and Rock wouldn't point out that when communicating with someone like Cecil Rhodes, you should cherish every word and every word he said, instead of wasting time on unnecessary arguments.

"War is an opportunity for everyone, but why can't others seize it, but you can seize it? Opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared." Cecil Rhodes looked at Rock full of envy , It is estimated that he also remembered his own eventful years.

Unfortunately, the era of Cecil Rhodes has passed.

"What do you think of Rhodesia?" Cecil Rhodes knew that he didn't have much time, so he quickly changed the topic to Rhodesia.

"It's very dangerous. Rhodesia is like the Transvaal before. The territory on all sides is surrounded by the Cape, so facing the attack of the empire, the Transvaal is powerless to parry—" Roque's words made Cecil Rhodes Si nodded frequently, and at this moment Cecil Rhodes looked at Rock's eyes full of appreciation: "The current Rhodesia is like the Transvaal before, with the French in the north and the Portuguese in the east. To the west are the Germans, so it looks like a lot of flowers, but it is actually full of dangers."

If it were someone else, Rock would never say that, but it's okay to say that in front of Cecil Rhodes. Rock believes that Cecil Rhodes must understand what Rock means, and he wants to Otherwise, when Cecil Rhodes died, he would not have cared whether people would change the name "Rhodecia."

Who are the people here?

What Cecil Rhodes was worried about was the British government, but Cecil Rhodes did not dare to speak out directly.

"Correct! So how to break this situation?" Cecil Rhodes looked excited, Stoudemire was worried, and the doctor next to him wanted to intervene.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I don't have much time—" Cecil Rhodes refused to let the doctor come over, and gave Stoudemire a deep look.

Stoudemire's eyes were a little red, he sucked his nose hard and nodded.

"Lock, how do you think we should break this situation?" Cecil Rhodes turned around and continued to look at Rock expectantly.

"Niasaland, the key to breaking the situation is the Portuguese. Rhodesia needs an outlet to the sea. Lake Niassa is less than 200 kilometers away from the Indian Ocean. Through Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia can have an outlet to the sea. Rhodesia is not afraid of any danger when it is out of the sea." Rock has studied Rhodesia's map in detail during this period, and knows Rhodesia's situation by heart.

In fact, the original Transvaal Republic was forced to death by the expeditionary force because there was no outlet to the sea.

If the Transvaal Republic has an outlet to the sea, then the Transvaal Republic will receive a steady stream of international aid, so that it will not fall to the point where it runs out of ammunition and food, and can only rely on the materials captured by the expeditionary force. , and fought hard with the expeditionary force.

Of course, the expeditionary force also knew this, so in the later period of the war, the expeditionary force replaced all the rifles with Lee Enfield, just to prevent the Boer guerrillas from getting supplies.

The caliber of the Lee Enfield was .0.303 inches, and the Martini Henry used by the Boer Guerrillas was .0.402 inches. Their bullets were not universal.

"That's right! That's it—" Cecil Rhodes looked at Rock with great comfort, and when he turned around, Cecil Rhodes patted Stoudemire on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Remember, if you can't make up your mind about something in the future, come to Locke. You are right. Locke is a smart man, as smart as me!"

This praise is a bit too much, and Rock feels a little flattered.

"Lock, you may not know that London wants to take back the management rights of Nyasaland—hehe, I'm not dead yet, those people can't wait—" Cecil Rhodes panted violently, The chest rose and fell violently.

"Father, stop talking, I swear to the death that I will not let them get what they want!" Xiaosi swore with red eyes.

"You can't, you can't deal with those old guys, Locke, give Nyasaland to Locke, let Locke deal with those old guys—" Cecil Rhodes coughed violently, and the doctor and a large group of nurses ran over immediately .

It's really a hero's twilight.

(End of this chapter)