Rock and Aiden brought back more than 12,000 Chinese workers from Kimberley. Because the Rhodesian police accidentally took some credit from Rock, Aiden generously allowed Rock to take all the Chinese workers away.
With so many people, it was definitely not possible to place them all in the gold mine. Fortunately, the reservoir construction had already started, and Luo Ke sent all the Chinese workers to the construction site. The wages and placement expenses of the Chinese workers were borne by the newly established Crocodile Bay Company.
The manager of Crocodile Bay was Adrian Nel, a candidate chosen by Rock and Cecil Rhodes Jr.
Prior to this, Adrian Nel served as the senior manager of the South African company. This decision was more beneficial to Cecil Rhodes Jr., but Roque had no better proposal and could only choose Adrian.
There is still a lack of talent. If Roque had ten or eight college students, he would not give up these important positions to others.
Now there is only one Buck under Rock who can be regarded as a talent. Rock needs Buck to take charge of Ziwei Town and Rock Gold Mine, so the importance of Crocodile Bay Company can only be relegated to the back.
However, Roark did not completely let go of Crocodile Bay Company. Although the general manager of Crocodile Bay Company was a subordinate of Cecil Rhodes Jr., the financial director of Crocodile Bay Company was Scarlett appointed by Roark. Regarding this appointment,
Cecil Rhodes Jr. made no objection.
This is a very good start, at least both Rock and Cecil Rhodes Jr. are willing to put themselves in each other's perspective.
More than 10,000 workers were stationed at the construction site at the same time, and the pressure on Crocodile Bay Company was increasing day by day. Caleb Meg was the chief engineer of the reservoir, and George Eugene was the senior consultant of the reservoir. The number of technicians was still insufficient. Caleb and George
There were not enough students, so Douglass continued to send telegrams to England, hoping to hire more college students.
Amid surprises and doubts, construction of Crocodile Bay Reservoir finally started.
In view of the natural conditions of the Crocodile River, Galle Meg designed a reservoir with a capacity of 50 million cubic meters. It will take five years for the reservoir to be filled with water, which also leaves sufficient time for construction.
There is enough time not only to repair the reservoir, but also to build the hydropower station. Douglas has already contacted the American Westinghouse Company. Westinghouse is very willing to sell the electrical equipment that has been used in the Niagara Hydropower Station, and also promised to send technical personnel to come.
Johannesburg guided installation.
Rock actually wanted Nikola Tesla to come, but Nikola Tesla was facing a lawsuit from a big shot due to some patent disputes, so Nikola Tesla couldn't leave.
U.S.
If you can't come, you can't come. Rock doesn't expect that the current Johannesburg can attract this great god. Johannesburg has no conditions for Nikola Tesla to study his black technologies, but Rock still finds a way to communicate with Nikola Tesla.
Tesla got in touch. Although Johannesburg could not attract Nikola Tesla, Roark could move gold to buy Nikola Tesla's research results, regardless of whether Nikola Tesla came or not.
Johannesburg, the end result is the same.
Thanks to the free trade during this period, the United States has no bottom line for technology export. As long as you have money, you can buy anything you want in the United States.
Of course, there were reasons for free trade during this period.
For example, the United States, which calls for "open door" all day long, supports free trade because it wants to seize the global market under the banner of "free trade". Therefore, the United States opposes any form of "trade barriers" and "technical barriers."
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After the United States seizes the global market under the banner of "free trade", the United States will begin to take the initiative to squander the territory. At that time, it will be just a matter of who the United States will sanction. For the sake of interests, the original allies can instantly turn against each other, and the signed agreements can be directly
Tear it up, the most shameless country in the world is the United States.
In fact, shamelessness in the United States is traditional. If you think about the image of Americans in the hearts of the British, you will know why Americans are so virtuous. This country was originally made up of thieves, robbers, homeless people, and shabby people. Once these people get rich,
, one can imagine how ugly his face is.
Rock doesn't think about what the United States will look like in the future. At least the "free trade" advocated by the United States during this period is beneficial to Rock. Johannesburg does not lack money, but what it lacks is vision and down-to-earthness. Rock lacks neither.
, now he has connections and status, so will Johannesburg become a world-famous crime capital in the future?
It's hard to say, Rock is very confident in himself, but he has no confidence in the British, Boers, and Zulus. The British are better, after all, they have the foundation of the old empire, and the Boers and Zulus are both mud.
If you can't stick to the wall, you will fail more than you succeed.
Because work in the reservoir is safer than work in the mines, the average monthly salary of workers repairing the reservoir is three pounds.
This salary was lower than the salary of Chinese workers in Kimberley, and Rock thought some Chinese workers would be dissatisfied.
Unexpectedly, the Chinese workers were very happy. Three pounds a month seemed a bit low, but the work was safe and the logistics were good. There was nothing dissatisfied. After all, three pounds was almost thirty dollars. Compared with the income in the Qing Dynasty, it was still
What’s not to like?
In fact, Rock also wants to give more, but unfortunately Rock does not belong to Crocodile Bay Company alone. Rock is not even the chairman. The chairman of Crocodile Bay Company is Cecil Rhodes Jr., and Rock has not even joined the board of directors.
Replacing Rock on the board of directors is Scarlett.
So Scarlett now needs to run between Crocodile Bay Company and the gold mine. Fortunately, Crocodile Bay Company's office is in Johannesburg, not far from the gold mine.
Even so, in order to ensure Scarlett's safety, Rock arranged a guard for Scarlett. Every day, more than 20 gunmen protected Scarlett's carriage between Johannesburg and the gold mines, with few results.
On the same day, rumors spread in Johannesburg that the relationship between Rock and Scarlett was abnormal.
"That's nonsense! Others don't know, but you don't know? Scarlett used to work in the Matilda Gold Mine. If there was anything between me and Scarlett, I would put Scarlett in the Matilda Gold Mine."
?" Roque scoffed at the rumors. If Owen hadn't asked, Roque wouldn't have explained.
"That's not necessarily the case." Owen said slowly and unhurriedly. His speed and tone were very irritating. The subtext was: You'd better give me an explanation that I can accept, otherwise I might do something.
After receiving the title, the relationship between Roque and Matilda's family entered a new stage.
After the Crocodile Bay Company was established, Roark gave Owen 100,000 pounds of bearer shares.
Then just a few days ago, when Rock went to visit Lord Phillip, he had lunch at Lord Phillip's house, and Phyllis was also there.
Did you see that compared with the title, real money can still be used to attack difficulties? One hundred thousand pounds can do a lot of things even in the 21st century, let alone this era. It is estimated that before, the Matilda family
You can't even raise 100,000 pounds by selling everything.
Otherwise, Irving would not have taken the initiative to ask Rock to drink coffee and bring up those boring rumors.
In fact, Owen didn't care at all whether it was a rumor or not. Growing up in an aristocratic family, Owen was used to this kind of thing. Compared with Scarlett, the one who really cared about Owen was Ada who was far away in Cape Town.
Scarlett is a Boer, but Ada is French, and she has a noble background. Although Ada is a widow, there are not many people in Cape Town who want to take over.
When it comes to widows, some people's first reaction is the so-called cuckolds and takeovers.
But a woman who is no more than 30 years old, has a top-notch figure and looks, is rich in wealth, has an independent personality, is good in the hall, in the kitchen, and has an aristocratic background. Those who are cuckolds and pick-ups at every turn,
He probably doesn't even have the qualifications to be a receiver.
In fact, it’s really not that exaggerated. It’s normal to have an old husband and a young wife, or a young husband and an old wife. We all live our own lives, and there is no need to worry too much about other people’s families.
The most realistic example is that Macron was only 40 years old when he was elected president of France in 2017. At that time, Macron’s wife Brigitte was already 64 years old.
Based on Macron’s identity, background, abilities, age, and even looks, what kind of woman can’t be found?
Some people will definitely talk about the background of Macron’s wife. It’s hard to say whether Brigitte has a background. Let’s just talk about Brigitte herself. Brigitte herself is not beautiful and she is not 54 years old (when she married Macron)
Age) is still fascinating. When she married Macron, she had three children and seven grandchildren.
Let’s look at Macron’s situation. He is a person who can be president. Needless to say, how capable he is. How would such a person become a successor for the so-called “twenty years less struggle”?
Sorry, for some elites in this world, what ordinary people get after twenty years of hard work may only be harvested in a few months.
So, be open-minded, there are ways to live with money, there are ways to live without money, there are still many wonderful things in this world waiting for us to discover.
Adrian Nel, manager of Crocodile Bay, recently discovered a wonderful creature.
Yes, the beauty Adrian Nell discovered is Scarlett.
Because of Rock's repeated requests, Scarlett has completely changed her appearance now compared to before.
In the past, Scarlett was unkempt, disheveled and casually dressed. For a while, Rock even suspected that Scarlett never took off her clothes when she went to bed at night, and then she didn't even change her clothes when she got up in the morning, just wearing wrinkled clothes.
, I didn’t even wash my face and went to work looking sloppy.
Scarlett will not be like this now. After Rock was knighted, he has the ability to protect Scarlett. Scarlett going to work at Crocodile Bay Company also represents Rock's image. If it is like before.
Not to mention Rock, Scarlett herself couldn't bear to continue living like that, so during this period of time, Scarlett made herself very beautiful and went to work radiantly every day, as proud as a big white goose.
"I heard that Adrian Nel is pursuing Scarlett." Old Owen was there, seemingly casually, but actually observing Rock's expression.
"Haha, it's impossible. Even if Adrian Nell is in a coma, Scarlett will not accompany him crazy." Rock didn't take it to heart at all. Office romance is not fun.
It is an obvious fact that Adrian Nel is Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s representative at Crocodile Bay Company, and Scarlett is Rock's representative at Crocodile Bay Company, so Cecil Rhodes Jr.
And will Roark allow Adrian Nel and Scarlett to play office romance?
It's funny, a general manager and a financial director, if they work together, they can easily sideline Rock and Cecil Rhodes Jr., so don't even think about it.
"You know Scarlett very well." Owen was still making weird things.
Rock was not angry and glared at Owen fiercely, but Owen immediately restrained himself.
You have to be moderate when joking, just say a few words to mean what you mean, it's too much to hold on to it and not let it go.
What's more, Irving has no evidence yet, and the matter of making false claims should not have been brought to the table in the first place.
"The peace agreement is about to be signed." Owen's information is very well-informed.
"I know." Rock was a little confused. Historically, the peace negotiations were not signed until May 1902. It was only October 1901, which seemed a bit early.
"I have to say, you are really a lucky guy, you know? The day after you wiped out that guerrilla group, the Boers accepted Lord Alfred's conditions, and you beat them painfully," Owen said to
Rock raised his glass.
Understood!
In the original history, the expeditionary force had never been organized to eliminate the Boer guerrillas, so the Boer guerrillas had the confidence to bargain with the British.
This time and space is different. Rock has already eliminated several Boer guerrillas, and almost killed Louis Botha. His big victory in Kimberley some time ago even made the guerrillas around Kimberley disappear.
In this time and space, the living environment of the guerrillas is much worse than that of the guerrillas in another time and space.
This means that the Expeditionary Force Headquarters cannot afford to lose face. Otherwise, if Rock is transferred to the Expeditionary Forces Headquarters to specifically deal with the guerrillas, the guerrillas may suffer what kind of losses.
"This is not luck. You only saw me destroying the guerrillas, but you didn't see how hard I worked before destroying the guerrillas." Rock finally had a chance to pretend. There are people luckier than you.
Work harder, what else is there to say?
"After the peace agreement is signed, there will probably be a wave of knighthoods." Owen was envious.
If last time, London could ignore Roark's achievements and only give Roark a "baron" to deal with it, then this time, London has no excuse to suppress Roark.
After all, since Lord Roberts declared the war over, the only few victories the expeditionary force had against the Boer guerrillas were basically caused by Rock.
Although Roque is not a member of the Expeditionary Force, he is a baronet of the British Empire. From this perspective, even if the Expeditionary Force does not promote Roque, the royal family should actually take the initiative to promote Roque.
It's hard to say, we have to continue to provide funds for Winston's activities.
