Kitchina recently got a new job, using a telescope every day to watch the construction progress of the Palace of Justice on the terrace of the Governor's Palace.
If possible, Roque would rather use his estate on the outskirts of Pretoria as his office. Unfortunately, this idea was strongly opposed by the Southern African Congress and died.
The new Palace of Justice is similar in size to the Governor's Palace in Kitchener. Unlike the Governor's Palace, which is made of tons of granite and marble, the Palace of Justice uses more reinforced concrete and other building materials to not only take into account its beauty but also ensure a certain degree of safety.
The underground part alone took four months to complete. It is said that the entire Palace of Justice was hollowed out, tens of meters deep underground, and the space can accommodate hundreds of people working at the same time.
The ground part of the Palace of Justice is also larger than the previous Palace of Justice. The three main buildings are distributed in a zigzag shape. The design of the main building comes from the famous southern African architectural designer Lei Yiming, who is also the designer of the Empire State Building.
Different from the exaggerated Baroque style of the Palace of Justice in Church Square, the new Palace of Justice neither adopts the eclecticism that has become popular in recent years nor adopts traditional British Gothic architecture. Instead, it unexpectedly adopts a combination of Eastern and Western styles, including traditional Chinese style.
The left-right symmetry of the building integrates nature and man, and has the exquisite carvings and religious elements in Western architecture. The impressive main building uses more Eastern palace style, and the white "domed arch" roofs used in the two side buildings are
It is a distinct ancient Roman style.
When Roque returned to Pretoria, the construction of the main building had been completed and the interior decoration was under way.
The materials used in the decoration must be perfect, and the hundreds of artworks used for decoration are all from Roque's private collection over the years. The Secret Service used dozens of trucks to transport these artworks to the Palace of Justice in advance.
It immediately aroused the interest of Kitchener and Ade.
Southern Africa has been experiencing favorable conditions in recent years, and its national strength has been booming. The two old men really have nothing to worry about. They feel more and more comfortable, and their hobbies are becoming more and more extensive.
“What did that boy Locke get?” Kitchina remained as oblivious as ever, and at the same time he was quite curious in his heart.
Roque's love for art is well known, especially Eastern art. During the World War, the Southern African Expeditionary Force almost evacuated the Oriental Art Museum of the Louvre, and the private collection of art was never returned to Southern Africa.
How many.
Some good people estimate that during the entire world war, the Southern African Expeditionary Force, including Rock, brought millions of technological products from Europe back to Southern Africa. Of course, some of them included the technology plundered from Asia by the British, French and German colonists in the previous hundred years.
Works of art also include a large number of works of art created after the European Renaissance.
During this process, Rock was definitely the craziest.
Among other things, Roque was rich. During the World War, a Cézanne oil painting sold for only 100 pounds in Paris, and the statue of Balzac by the sculptor Rodin was only worth 40,000 francs, equivalent to a little more than 1,700 pounds. Roque
With millions of pounds spent on art purchases every year, you can imagine how big Roark's private collection is.
"If you want to know, ask yourself?" Ade is also curious. The largest private museum in Los Angeles belongs to Rock. There are about 20,000 exhibits on display. This is only a small part of Rock's collection.
Due to limited space, some exhibits are only on display for one week each year.
There are too many collections that are eligible for exhibition and can only be displayed in rotation. Some professors from the History Department of Nyasaland University wish they could live in Roque's museum with their bedrolls. Many exhibits cannot be measured by value at all. Standards are priceless treasures.
Kitchina's character is to do whatever he says, and immediately call the person in charge of the on-site construction.
The person in charge is called Nick, who is Christian's nephew. The Palace of Justice is Roque's office. Christian is naturally dedicated to the work and does not dare to slack off at all, so he sends his nephew to supervise the work.
"Marshal, all the artworks used by the Lord to decorate the Palace of Justice are from his own private collection and have nothing to do with the federal government -" Nick was careful. Don't look at Kitchina's pleasant face when facing Roque. Ordinary people in southern Africa
Among them, Kitchina is famous for its ferocity and cruelty.
Think about the crimes against humanity committed by the British Expeditionary Force during the Second Boer War, and you will know how bad the reputation of Kitchener, who was the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force at that time, was.
"Hey, are the decorations provided by the federal government ineligible to enter the Palace of Justice, or is it that Lord Nyasaland uses public funds to maintain his private collections?" Kitchina is indeed very bad, and Rock's integrity has not gone unnoticed by Kitchina.
Qin Na has an ulterior motive here.
“Marshal, that’s not the case——” Nick looked pitiful and almost cried with a grimace on his face.
“You are not a soldier, so you have no right to call me Marshal. You should call me Lord Governor!” Kitchina was full of bad taste and just wanted to scare Nick for fun.
“Yes, Mr. Governor——” Nick didn’t resist, whatever you said was right.
“Come on, Herbert, don’t forget about business——” Ad was simply speechless. The old man actually had a lot of quirks, and of course it all depended on who he was.
For example, in the recent period, the most favored little guy in the Governor's Mansion has been replaced by Brownie, the "mouse catcher", to Rose, the youngest daughter of Rock.
Just because Kitchina has never been married in her life, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t like children.
Strangely enough, not counting Ada, among the four Roque children, Kitchina was the only one who favored Rose. Ever since Roque brought Rose to the Governor's Mansion again, Rose became
A frequent visitor to the Governor's Palace, Kitchener even prepared a room for Rose next to his room, specifically for Rose to take a nap.
Rock doesn’t have this treatment.
While Roque was away from Pretoria, Kitchener often found reasons to call Philip, hoping that Philip could take Rose to the Government House to play. For this reason, Kitchener almost turned the Government House into a zoo.
After raising more than a dozen horses, I asked who dared to believe it.
Kitchinna, who was born in the cavalry, almost hated ponies. Just because of Rose, Kitchina actually became a fan of ponies. It is outrageous to think about it.
This can be regarded as a second-generation relative.
"Yes, bring the register. I want to see what that boy Locke has done." Kitchina finally remembered the business. Hundreds of handicrafts must be registered, and their maintenance requires dedicated personnel.
Compared with purchasing handicrafts, maintenance is more important. There are strict requirements on temperature and humidity, even to the point where breathing from too many viewers will affect the maintenance of the handicrafts.
Otherwise, museums would have to strictly restrict the flow of people, and they would have to tie up the handicrafts with ropes, or simply cover them with glass covers. It’s really not a pretense.
Nick's eyes averted and he glanced at Ade secretly.
“What’s wrong? It’s inconvenient?” Kitchinna’s voice was gloomy, just like Kuntukutakatikotsuvasilason in “Dalabanba”.
"No, no, no, I'll get it for you right away -" Nick didn't resist, probably feeling that the old guy - ah, no, no matter how shameless the old governor was, he wouldn't go to the extent of openly robbing him.
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That's not right either. How can you say that the old governor is shameless? At most, he is just happy to see him.
The directory was quickly brought over, a thick stack with photos and explanations, as well as comments from experts.
Looking through the list, the first thing that made Kitchener furious.
The first one was originally collected in the Old Summer Palace. After being plundered by the British during the Opium War, it was collected by the British National Museum and became one of the treasures of the British National Museum.
"Pictures of Admonitions of Women" is a silk painting created by Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The original work has been lost, and only a Tang Dynasty copy exists. It originally had 12 sections. Due to its age, only 9 sections are left. They were painted on silk, and six of them are collected in
Nyasalandro City Museum, one section is in the National Museum in Pretoria, and the remaining two sections are in the directory.
"Nick, "Proverbs for Women" is in the collection of the National Museum of the British Empire. Why is it in Locke's private collection?" Kitchener was furious. Before that, Kitchener had only heard that the Southern African Expeditionary Force had almost emptied the Louvre.
Palace, and now it seems that the National Museum of the British Empire has not escaped the murderous hands of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.
Or maybe he didn’t escape Rock’s vicious hands.
"Mr. Governor, I'm only responsible for transportation. I really don't know about the rest." Nick had already called Christian when he went to get the directory. His current task was to hold off Kitchina and prevent him from having an attack.
"Mole! Mole! They are all moles. I fought hard and bloody on the front line, but those moles secretly sold the national treasures of the British Empire in the rear. Damn it, they are all moles who deserve to go to hell! They should.
Hang them all—" Kitchina cursed loudly. This incident seriously exceeded Kitchina's bottom line.
"Herbert, please lower your voice. The "Picture of Proverbs for Women's History" was originally Chinese, and it is normal for it to be given to Roark now -" Ade rarely said something fair. The "Picture of Proverbs for Women's History" displayed in the National Museum of the British Empire,
It is evidence of the invasion of the British and French forces and should be a shame for all British people, not a proud exhibition.
This is the kind of exhibition that charges money.
Is it possible to pay people to see how shameless the British Empire is?
“Locke is the Marquis of Nyasaland of the British Empire. Even if he repays it, he cannot return it to Locke——” Kitchener was speechless for a moment, and it took him a long time to come up with a weak counterattack.
In fact, on this issue, the British Empire really has no confidence.
And "return" is definitely impossible. In the hundreds of years after the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire was tyrannical around the world and committed countless crimes. "Proverbs for Women's History" can be returned to those who were killed by the British Empire.
Can it be resurrected?
That’s why the future British Empire will frequently point its fingers at Chinese issues. It’s really not that the British Empire is nosy, but that it is worried that when the Chinese become stronger, they will return all the suffering that the British Empire imposed on the Chinese to the British Empire.
