When a child grows up, adults will tell him that if he cannot change the world, then he must learn to adapt to the world.
Most people can't change the world, so they can only learn to adapt.
Rock wanted to give it a try.
Maybe Rock can't change Britain, but in South Africa, Rock still has a chance.
Of course, the prerequisite for change is that the British in South Africa are willing to accept the Chinese and give the Chinese the same voting rights as the Boers. If the Boers want to change the situation, they have to ask the Chinese if they agree.
In other words, ask Rock if he agrees.
Henry is Roque's best friend. The relationship between Henry and Roque is so close. If even Henry does not agree to accept the Chinese, then there is no need to mention the other British.
"Locke, I support you!" Phyllis expressed her attitude.
Henry did not scold as before, but fell into deep thought.
This seems to be a dead end. The Boers have an absolute advantage in South Africa's population proportion. If the x factor does not appear, the British will definitely not have an advantage in the election.
But accepting the Chinese comes with certain risks. The Chinese can support the British, and they can also support the Boers. Regardless of what Roque says now, if the Chinese and the Boers get together, the British in South Africa will be able to do so.
People are trapped to death.
So the key to the question is whether the Chinese are trustworthy.
Thinking of this, Henry looked at Rock. There seemed to be no need to doubt this.
"What are we going to do now?" Henry had already made up his mind.
"Give the miners good treatment so they can afford to buy land around Johannesburg, so they will become farmers, and when the war is over, they will naturally have voting rights. I have bought Krugersdorp."
The surrounding 50,000 acres of land are enough to accommodate thousands of Chinese. If you don't agree, when the next group of miners come to Johannesburg, I will arrange for them to be sent directly to Krugersdorp." Roark did not rely entirely on Henry.
If Henry doesn't agree, Rock will leave Henry and do it himself.
Fifty thousand acres sounds like a lot, but Henry and Phyllis had no reaction to this number. These days, the nobility's attitude towards land is so casual. There are only tens of thousands of acres. There are even nobles in the UK who own millions of acres of land.
That's in the UK.
Not the Transvaal.
"The right to vote!" Henry was completely shocked. If what Rock said can be realized, then in the future, not to mention all the four Cape Colonies, the Transvaal will definitely be the world of Rock and Henry.
A very simple truth, let alone the four colonies, just talk about the Transvaal. If enough Chinese have the right to vote, then the dominance of the British in the Transvaal can be guaranteed.
Henry knew that voting rights could determine the ruling party, so the choice of the Chinese would be very important at that time. The Chinese could support Alfred Milner, or they could also support Philip Matilda.
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That means that Baron Matilda may even become the Prime Minister of the Transvaal in the future!
"Locke, don't be too optimistic. The Governor will not give all Chinese Americans the right to vote." Phyllis was still relatively calm.
"No, he will give it to him. He will not give it to him when the time comes." Rock handed a newspaper to Phyllis. It was the latest "Cape Town Daily News". The headline on the front page was: Jan Smuts
The guerrillas he led annihilated the 17th Changmao Cavalry Regiment.
The 17th Long Mau Cavalry Regiment was a colonial force formed by the British in the Cape. Most of its members were Boers. It is estimated that they did not have a strong will to resist when they were attacked.
Even so, the fact that the guerrillas became an organized force to annihilate the colonies is shocking enough.
There are also reports in the newspapers that guerrillas are wreaking havoc on the railways in the Cape. In the past, the Boers still dreamed of defeating the British, so they only attacked trains and not the railways. Now that the Boers have failed on the frontal battlefield, the guerrillas have begun
Every effort was made, and the railway became the main target of attack by the Boer guerrillas.
One point that needs to be emphasized is that the main scope of activities of the Boer guerrillas is now within the Cape.
The scorched-earth policies of the Expeditionary Force against the Boers were only implemented in the Transvaal and Orange, and could not be implemented in the Cape, because a large part of the current farmers in the Cape are British.
"Locke, can we win the war?" Phyllis was worried.
"Actually, we are negotiating with the Boers now." Henry threw a big melon.
"Negotiation?" Even Rock didn't expect it.
"Yes, negotiations have already begun. Representatives of the Boer guerrillas are staying at the Pioneer Hotel, and the Pretoria Police Station is responsible for security." Henry smiled bitterly, no wonder Henry knew so clearly.
Rock was a little confused. Rock knew that the British and the Boers would sign a peace agreement, but he did not know when the peace negotiations began. It was less than half a year since Roberts announced the end of the war. If this news spreads, it is estimated that other European
The country can laugh out loud.
"The war can no longer continue. Locke, you may have noticed that the railway line between Johannesburg and Cape Town has been interrupted for more than half a month. General Kitchener sent troops to repair the railway, but the repair speed has not been damaged by the guerrillas.
Soon, the war has lasted for two years, more than 150 million pounds of military expenditures have been wasted, hundreds of thousands of troops are trapped in the Cape, and the real end of the war is far away. London cannot allow this situation to continue.
." Henry was helpless. At least half of what Rock said was about to become true.
If possible, the British really wanted to completely eliminate the Boers and end the war as soon as possible.
But now it seems that it is becoming increasingly impossible to achieve this goal. The whole world is looking at Britain, France, Germany, the United States, etc. Many countries have sent military observers to the Cape. The British cannot be too
Too much. Those military observers are now in Cape Town. They have repeatedly requested to go to the Transvaal and Orange, but they have been rejected by the expeditionary force headquarters on the grounds that the war has not yet completely ended.
The current situation in the Transvaal and Orange is either barbed wire, fortresses, execution grounds and concentration camps. If word of this spreads, where will the British Empire lose its face?
Therefore, negotiation is the only way to end the war as soon as possible.
"I'm going to Johannesburg to find my father." Henry no longer hesitated. In what Rock just said, he already had the intention of getting rid of Henry and going it alone. Henry believed in Rock's execution ability. As long as Rock wanted to do it, Rock would definitely be able to do it.
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Then we went back to Johannesburg together, Henry and Phyllis went home together, and Rock went back to the police station by himself. Before he could even sit firmly on the chair, Sam called, and Arnold became restless again.
After learning that Arnold implemented a competition system in the Matilda gold mine, Rock did not go to communicate with Arnold. Instead, he informed Sam that the miners who were punished every day would be transferred from the gold mine, and Rock would make other arrangements.
Therefore, about 200 miners who fell behind in the competition yesterday received orders to be transferred out of the gold mine today.
Arnold is definitely not satisfied with this. He has just found a way to disgust Rock without directly confronting him. He is having so much fun that he will definitely not let Rock transfer people away.
Rock really didn't want to talk to Arnold, but after thinking about it, Rock decided to go and have a look.
Look how arrogant Arnold can be.
In the open space in the camp, nearly two hundred miners have packed their luggage. They were notified until after breakfast today, and they were panicked for a while.
"Don't worry, brothers. Director Locke has found a good place for everyone. I will inform the brothers here on behalf of Director Locke. Next, the brothers will help Director Locke open up wasteland. For every acre of land cleared, the brothers will get one acre.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Buck said at the top of his lungs to appease the miners.
“It’s not like I want to be a long-term worker.”
"Why aren't you paid?"
“If you open an acre of land, you will get an acre of land?”
The miners immediately started talking about it.
"Shut up!" Iron Hook said angrily.
The miners immediately fell silent.
"Follow me, take your own things, and don't talk." Iron hook will not talk nonsense to the miners. It is useless to tell these people the facts and reason. When paying wages, you can pick pounds and waste land at will, and you are a fool.
Know what to pick.
Buck looked at Hook with admiration.
"Hey, Mr. Buck, they are just rough people and ignorant. Don't talk nonsense to them. Just whip them if they don't obey you." Iron Hook's words made people speechless. They whipped them at every turn. What's the difference between them and the British?
The British don't use whips to whip people. Seeing the iron hooks trying to take away the workers, Arnold jumped out immediately.
"No, we can't let him take the workers away!" Arnold was quite smart and didn't go directly to the hook, but to Sam.
"Why?" Sam pretended to be stupid.
"If the workers are gone, who will dig?" Arnold's reason is very good.
"Oh, it doesn't matter. Mr. Christian will send a group of Zulus over tomorrow." Sam said lightly.
"Who is Christian?" Arnold was frantic.
"Mr. Christian is the largest builder in the Transvaal. He has tens of thousands of workers." Sam said seriously.
"No, we don't want those Zulus. These yellow people must not leave." Arnold didn't want the Zulus. Bullying the Zulus would not bring any pleasure to Arnold.
Rock certainly doesn't care about the Zulus.
"Sorry, Mr. Arnold, this is Mr. Locke's order." Sam's tone was humble, but he did not give in at all.
"Does the gold mine belong to the yellow man, or to the Matilda family?" Arnold spoke without hesitation.
"It's not yours anyway." Rock's face was filled with frost, and he wanted to drag Arnold out, then kick Arnold hard on the butt and kick Arnold out of the solar system.
