Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 696 The Protagonist

After the Boer War, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State were annexed by the Cape Colony, and the group of Boers is gradually disappearing.

Regardless of how cruel the methods of the British Expeditionary Force were during the Boer War, after the end of the Boer War, Britain did pay a lot of money to appease the Boers. A loan of £300 was used to help the Boers rebuild their farms.

The money still helped a lot. For people like Phoebe Lasker and Sean Nehemiah, the money was a drop in the bucket, but for ordinary Boers, it was a drop in the bucket.

Before the outbreak of the Boer War, although the Boers were descendants of the Dutch, they had nothing to do with the Netherlands. The country established by the Boers could not get any help from the Netherlands. Even during the Boer War, the countries formed by the Boers were generally affected by international Public opinion is sympathetic. Paul Kruger also received many promises during his stay in Europe, but in the end it was too much noise and little rain. Before Paul Kruger returned to southern Africa, the Boer War was over. Those promises They all turned into bubbles and disappeared with the wind.

The British loan to the Boers was not directly handed over to someone, but to the then Governor of the Cape Colony, Adelaide, who distributed it.

As a result, while Ade used the money to help the Boers rebuild their farms, he also successfully established an English-based public education system in Orange.

"The British have ulterior motives. They implemented a genocidal policy against us during the war. After the war, they wanted to eliminate us Boers culturally and traditionally. The schools in Orange were taught in English, and the newspapers in Orange used English newspapers. The government documents of Orange are all written in English. At the beginning, the British promised that Dutch would also be the official language of Orange, but where is Dutch now? How many newborns born after 1900 can speak Dutch? I My children would, and I never sent mine to an English school!" Phoebe Lasker was triumphant, proud of her stubbornness.

Sean Nehemiah was exchanging glances with other people. The more educated he was, the more he knew the importance of education. If Phoebe Lasker hadn't discovered gold mines on his farm, he would be a Ordinary Boers, so that's why Phoebe Lasker is resisting education.

Of course, there might still be a miracle. Maybe in the future, Phoebe Lasker will find a gold mine on the farm in Orange, so that Phoebe Lasker can continue to be proud.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with using Afrikaans." Sean Nehemiah doesn't live in the past, and it doesn't make any sense to remember the grandeur of the past now.

Afrikaans is a new language that emerged after the Boer War.

At the end of the Boer War, in order to maintain their cultural traditions, the Boers demanded that Dutch be the official language of southern Africa. As a result, this point did not receive any response outside of Orange, and even Orange used Dutch for various reasons. The language environment is becoming less and less.

And so Afrikaans came into being.

It was an organization called the "Christian National Education Association" that initially advocated the promotion of the Afrikaans language. The funds of this organization came from donations from southern Africa and the Netherlands. The purpose was to promote the Dutch language and maintain the cultural independence of the Boers.

Later, an organization called the "African Language Association" appeared in Orange. This organization vigorously promoted the Afrikaans language, and merged with the "Christian National Education Association" the year before, and established the "South African Academy of Languages ​​and Arts, officially establishing the official status of the Afrikaans language in Orange.

It should be noted that Afrikaans is not yet officially recognized by the federal government at this time.

In another time and space, in 1925, Afrikaans was recognized by the federal government and officially became the official language of the federal government.

"Afrikaans is not the language of our Boers either, I know what you're trying to say, we want to unite all white people in southern Africa except Anglo-Americans and fight against British assimilation, but Afrikaans is a mistake We should let those white people learn our Dutch language, those guys were thieves, robbers and tramps before they came to southern Africa, we took them in, they should be grateful—” Phoebe Lasker’s words were a bit too much , Some people at the scene immediately changed their faces.

"Phoebe, you're drunk, let's stop here today—" Sean Nehemiah ended decisively. If it continued, the small group that had been formed with great difficulty would probably fall apart.

"I didn't drink too much, I told the truth!" cried Phoebe Lasker at the top of her voice.

Others had already stood up on their own, shaking hands when they said goodbye to each other, and no one cared about Phoebe Lasker, who had already shown his ugly face.

Seeing this, the bartender who was reading a book behind the bar rushed over to help the staggering Phoebe Lasker, and some took the initiative to go outside to call a car for Phoebe Lasker.

Of course, it is a carriage. Cars are produced by the evil Nyasaland, and traditional Boers will never use them.

Sean Nehemiah noticed that the bartender was reading Hidden Powers.

This is a Dutch novel written in 1900 by Louis Coulpes. The story is set in the Dutch East Indies and tells the inevitable decline of the colonial system in the East Indies.

"Great work!" Sean Nehemiah offered to tip the bartender two shillings as he left.

"Thank you!" The bartender thanked in a hurry, and then he was a little embarrassed: "I don't really understand, sorry, I don't know a lot of words—"

This is a normal situation. Before the establishment of the federal government, there was no public education system in southern Africa. Many Boers had never even attended school. People like bartenders who can actively read Dutch novels are rare in this era.

"What's your name?" Sean Nehemiah walked away in a hurry, leaning on the bar counter and casually chatting with the bartender.

"Ludwig Buck." The bartender was chatting, his hands were busy, and he poured a glass of potato vodka for Sean Nehemiah.

Because of the production of potato vodka in Johannesburg, potato vodka is the cheapest drink in the bar except beer, but this does not affect the potato vodka to become the most popular wine, after all, the taste of potato vodka is not bad.

And it's rare for a bartender to take the initiative to treat guests.

So Sean Nehemiah happily took over and chatted a few more words: "The son of the bakery owner, good name, if you have any words you don't know, you can ask me, of course when I am not too busy."

The time of a member of the state assembly is still very valuable, so if Ludwig Barker really asks Sean Nehemiah a word, then it is estimated that the budding friendship between them will disappear in smoke.

"You are all big shots, I'm just a bartender." Ludwig Barker is self-aware.

"Hahahaha, Buck, nice to meet you." Sean Nehemiah laughed and said goodbye to Ludwig Buck.

Seeing Sean Nehemiah disappear at the door, the smile on Ludwig Barker's face gradually turned into a wry smile.

"A little uncomfortable?" Another bartender appeared next to Ludwig Buck silently.

"No, it's just a pity." Ludwig Barker poured out the wine that Sean Nehemiah hadn't finished drinking, rinsed the glass with water, then dried the glass with a clean towel, and put it away On the cup holder beside you.

"Let's take a rest, I'll watch over here." The bartender who just arrived patted Ludwig Buck on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, and Ludwig Buck wanted to immediately put everything into words and make a report upward submit.

Leaving the bar and returning to the lounge upstairs, Ludwig Barker sat down at the desk and began to write the report. At this time, he could not see the clumsiness in communicating with Sean Nehemiah just now. If Sean Nehemiah Hermia must have been surprised to see it, because Ludwig Barker wrote very fluent English, and it was a rare cursive.

When writing his evaluation of Sean Nehemiah, Ludwig Barker hesitated, and still gave a more dangerous evaluation than Phoebe Lasker.

People like Phoebe Lasker are idiots. Without Sean Nehemiah's planning, this small group would not have been able to form at all, so Sean Nehemiah is the leader, and Phoebe Lasker is the leader Sean Nehemiah was the scapegoat pushed to the stage to attract firepower.

About an hour later, as night fell and the bar gradually became lively, Ludwig Buck returned to the bar and began to work.

"Buck, the wine delivery man is here, go and have a look." Besides bartending, Ludwig Buck has other jobs.

The drinker mainly sent potato vodka. After all, this kind of wine is cheap and tastes good. The key is that it has a high alcohol content, so it is very popular in bars.

Ludwig Buck helped the wine delivery man to send the wine into the cellar, and then handed over a thick stack of reports to the wine delivery man.

"If you write a little more, you can write a book—" the wine delivery man joked.

"After I retire, I plan to organize my work over the years and write a book, and then you will be the protagonist." Ludwig Buck laughed loudly.

The wine delivery man immediately showed a horrified face. The profession of an agent is a bit shameful, and it really needs to be written into a book——

It is estimated that it is still very interesting.

"Remember to give me a copy at that time." So the wine delivery person also laughed. Ludwig Barker is only in his 20s, and his retirement will be decades away. I hope someone will remember them by then. human contribution.

Leaving the cellar and returning to the bar, Ludwig Buck had a professional smile on his face again. Reality and dreams do not conflict.

(End of this chapter)