There is a roll of paper in the belly of "Big Man". Don't get me wrong, it is not pounds or checks. Rock is not that vulgar, and Phyllis is not that superficial.
What did Rock write?
When she first discovered that there was something hidden in Big Guy's belly, Phyllis thought it was a love poem.
When I opened it, I saw that Rock had actually written a page full of jokes.
For example: A man was hit by a carriage in London. He was in the hospital and the doctor said to him that they have good news and bad news. Do you want to hear the good news first or the bad news first?
He said he wanted to hear the bad news first.
The doctor said, we have to amputate both of your thighs.
He asked, what about the good news?
The doctor replied: The good news is, the guy in the next bed wants to buy your new shoes.
To be honest, Rock didn't laugh at all when he saw these jokes, but Phyllis almost died laughing, and even tried to cover her mouth with a pillow for fear of alarming her family.
This is probably the funniest letter Phyllis has ever received in her life.
After laughing, Phyllis felt a little crazy.
The key is this feeling. If Rock says "I miss you" throughout the whole article, then there is a high probability that it will increase Felice's longing and make Felice more painful. So Rock wrote such a letter, and there is no other meaning.
I want Phyllis to be happy.
Phyllis was indeed very happy and decided to read it every day before going to bed.
Rock was also very happy. 1,500 pounds was enough for Spike to do anything. Holly and Connie successfully completed registration with the Ministry of Interior. All parties involved probably did not think about what this incident would do to the Transvaal and even South Africa in the future.
Such impact.
Rock can vaguely feel it, but Rock is not sure. The situation in Transvaal is very complicated, and Rock can only do his best.
Completing the registration means that Holly and Connie become legally married.
Although Hawley has been removed from the Cape Town Police Department, Roque can re-engage Hawley with the Johannesburg Police Department if he wishes.
Rock specifically asked Hawley for his opinion.
"Boss, I will do whatever you ask me to do!" Holly's answer was decisive. It seemed that even if Rock arranged for Holly to go mining, Holly would not hesitate.
Rock will definitely not let Holly go mining, and certainly will not make decisions for Holly: "Don't put your destiny in other people's hands, no matter at any time, no matter how good he is to you, you now have
Wife, if you have an unborn child, you have to be responsible for the family."
Holly was anxious to speak.
Rock stopped him with a gesture: "You have three choices. The first is to go to the Johannesburg Police Station and continue to be a policeman. I can arrange for you to be responsible for internal work without going out to the field. There is no danger; the second is to stay and work in the Luo mine."
, you also know that there is a lack of management personnel in the mines. If you have been a policeman or managed a refugee camp, you are definitely more reliable than those miners who know nothing; third, you can buy a farm near the gold mine and use it as a farm.
Lord, the land nearby is very cheap. If you don’t have the money, I will lend it to you. Don’t worry, being a farmer is also very promising.”
Rock asked Holly to choose. In fact, these options are good, especially the last one.
In the past, Chinese people came to Johannesburg to work in large numbers. However, because the Chinese were inhumanely abused in Johannesburg, they had no good impression of Johannesburg. Therefore, after the contract ended, the vast majority of Chinese returned to the Qing Dynasty, and only a small number of Chinese returned to the Qing Dynasty.
Stay in Johannesburg.
The first thing Rock wanted to change was that period of history. The farms around the Rock gold mine were what Rock prepared for these Chinese miners.
Of course, if we want Chinese miners to stay willingly, it is not enough to create conditions. Rock also needs some demonstration effects. Only when Chinese miners see the benefits of staying in Johannesburg, will they stay willingly.
If Holly chooses the third option, Rock will give Holly the greatest discount. Not only will he sell the land to Holly at a low price, Rock will also help Holly build a house, buy farm equipment, and buy livestock.
Even if Holly doesn't know how to run a farm, Rock will buy the next family business for Holly, so that he can have a sufficient demonstration effect.
Holly's choice was simple: "Head, second."
"The third one is better," Rock reminded Holly.
"First of all, secondly, I don't care about the farmers or the police. If it weren't for you, I might have been sent back to the Qing Dynasty, and Connie and Annie would have been sent to the concentration camp. In my life, I will be
I sold my life to you." Huo Li repaid his kindness.
Rock looked at Holly who looked upright and smiled: "It's not that serious. You can slowly learn management from Buck first. You can also buy the farm if you want. If you are too busy, just hire a few Zulu people to work for you.
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The more Holly repays his kindness, the less Rock will treat him badly. Money is meaningless to Rock. From the first day he came to this era, Rock never cared about money, because Rock knew,
As a time traveler, he will never be short of money in his life. For a time traveler, making money may be the easiest thing.
But loyal confidants are always in short supply.
People have a price, but loyalty is priceless!
"Hire, hire someone?" Holly never expected that he would become a landlord by accident.
"Yes, you don't have to worry about hiring people to do the work for you. Reed, call Christian and ask him to send ten or twenty people over." Rock looked like a shameless slave owner.
There's no way around it. It's so easy for people to become inflated in this environment. Johannesburg is still under martial law, and there's not even any law.
"Head, me." Holly rubbed his hands nervously. Rock could tell at a glance that he was probably short of money.
"You go find Buck. As for your salary, it will be according to the level of the iron hook." Roque was generous. This is like buying a horse bone for a thousand dollars.
I guess Holly didn't know how much the hook was paid, so he wasn't too excited.
Anton didn't speak until Holly left.
"Really, I don't know what kind of bad luck this guy got." Anton was a little jealous. Tie Gou's annual salary was 700 pounds, and Anton knew it.
"Jealous?" Rock said funny.
"I'm so jealous. As an inspector, I only earn 350 pounds a year." Anton was indeed jealous.
"Then come and I'll give you a thousand dollars." Roque was also not stingy with Anton.
Anton just chuckled, one thousand is a lot, but it is not enough to make Anton tempted.
The apparent salary of an inspector is indeed 350 pounds, but there is a lot of gray income. Roque also worked as an inspector, and his monthly gray income is almost 200 pounds, a thousand pounds, which sounds like a lot, but it is not much.
"To be honest, if there weren't so many brothers like us in Cape Town, I would really want to come to Johannesburg." Anton didn't stay in Cape Town just for money. The Chinese police in Cape Town also needed a flag bearer. Rock left and left.
Cape Town, Anton is the flag bearer of Cape Town.
"Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future. We can't give up on Oak Town yet. Let's wait until we have established a foothold in Johannesburg. Then we will talk." Rock has a complete plan. Oak Town is good, but Johannesburg is better.
In Rock's plan, the Chinese in Oak Town will gradually move to Johannesburg.
Although Rock spent a lot of effort in rebuilding Oak Town, Johannesburg has better development prospects in the future than Oak Town.
If Rock's "immigration" plan can be implemented smoothly, then in the future, whether it is a colonial government or an autonomous federation, the Chinese will have a great say in the Transvaal. By then, Rock may not be able to change the entire South African Union.
situation, but at least in the Transvaal, Rock would have enough influence.
"Abandon Oak Town?" Anton did not expect that Rock would actually give up Oak Town.
"You have to give up when it's time to give up." Rock had a choice in his mind. How could he get it if he was willing to give up? "Oak Town is too close to Cape Town, and Cape Town must be the center of British rule, so
If we want to live comfortably, we have to stay away from Cape Town."
Rock doesn't want to go deep into the mountains and old forests, but this is the reality. It was better during the British colonial period. After a while, the Boers will make a comeback. After the establishment of the Union of South Africa, the Boers will become even more violent. Not to mention the Chinese, even the British
Everyone must give in when facing the Boers.
So Rock could only choose the inland area of Johannesburg.
In Johannesburg, the British only paid attention to the gold mines and did not notice who was running the farms here. Rock was going to use all the gold obtained from developing the Rock gold mine to buy farms. The more he bought, the better. In the end,
So that all the farms around Johannesburg can be bought, so that when the Boers return to Johannesburg after the war, they will find that there is no place for them to stand.
Reality will force the Boers to choose to leave Johannesburg.
"We are quite comfortable in Oak Town." Anton was reluctant to let Oak Town get better and better.
"The pressure is not economic, but political. You always know that the better Oak Town is, the more jealous some people will be, and the greater the pressure will be on us." Roque doesn't want to be in the limelight. It's best for all Chinese to be
Make a fortune silently, accumulate strength, and when the strength is sufficient, the Chinese will show off their muscles. By then, neither the British nor the Boers will be able to recover.
"It's true that there have been many British people wandering around Oak Town recently, and some people want to buy the vineyards in Oak Town, and the prices offered are ridiculously low." Anton didn't understand what politics was, but Anton knew that with the arrival of Oak Town,
As the town becomes more and more prosperous, the pressure that Oak Town will face will definitely increase.
"Start preparations when you get back. Send the families of the brothers here first." Before Roque could finish speaking, he knew he was too impatient.
"The Boer guerrillas are still bombing the railway. We'll wait until the war is over. We'll wait until the war is over." Anton suffered a lot this time when he came here. He had to make those old, weak, women and children trek thousands of miles.
I still don’t know what they will experience on the way.
"Stupid, let them take a boat to Durban first, and then take a train from Durban to Johannesburg." Rock has a way. The guerrillas are operating in the Cape. They can't afford to offend them, and they can't hide from them?!.m.
