These Boers who actively or passively had relationships with the expeditionary force soldiers during the war are now placed by the police in a newly built residential area in Johannesburg.
Residential communities at this time, of course, don't expect big balconies and high lighting. They are actually just tube buildings. The kitchen and bathroom are shared. Of course, there is no need to think about the living room. The area of the room is quite large, but it is a pity that it is not divided.
So we can only make ends meet, but the quality of life cannot be mentioned.
If the number of people is smaller, then Roque can place them in Ziwei Hospital.
Don't think about it now. Ziwei Hospital can't take care of thousands of people at once. Those young Chinese nurses who are learning medical skills are lucky. They will have many opportunities to practice in the future.
"The police station must provide them with appropriate help within its capabilities. Since these people are not accepted by the Boers, they can only rely on us." Philip did not shy away from discussing this issue. The key is that Johannesburg has too small a population to stay.
The Boer women would not be accepted by the Boers, at least they would not pose a threat to the city government.
Roque didn't speak, lowered his head and pretended to take notes. Roque and Louis Botta also discussed this issue. Although Louis Botta was sad for his misfortune, he was actually angry about it. In the end, Louis Botta also agreed to restrain the guerrillas.
Proper protection for those Boer women.
"It sounds easy to take them in, but there will be a lot of trouble in the future. These women don't have husbands, and they probably can't work because they have to take care of their children, so their source of livelihood is still a problem." Marcus Beaufort is very stubborn on this issue.
, the main reason is that this group of people cannot generate taxes, it is purely a financial burden.
"We can set up public kindergartens and help them find jobs as much as possible. For example, in civil service positions in government departments, female staff can actually be used. Sir Locke has already made many attempts in this regard at Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School.
The effect should be pretty good." Blake Nelson took Roark as an example. For Roark's sake, Marcus finally didn't refute this time.
Regarding female employees, this is actually nothing new in this era. As early as the early days of the Industrial Revolution, factories were recruiting female workers. Men were actually not as qualified as women for jobs in textile factories.
Not to mention women, in today's factories, even child labor is common. They perform the same work as adults, but because their efficiency is not high, their salary is far lower than that of adults.
This is the crux of the problem. Women and children are actually working, but the key problem is that they do the same work as adult men, but because their efficiency is different, their salary is much lower than that of adult men. This is why the West requires "equal pay for equal work"
"The key issue is not "equal work" but "equal pay".
Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School do not have this problem. Roque has become accustomed to gender equality in the 21st century, so he will not make mistakes on this issue.
Under the premise of doing the same job at Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, the salary received by female employees is basically the same as that of male employees. That's why Dr. Kay Mallory came to Ziwei Hospital and stayed willingly.
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"Yes, women are actually more qualified than men in some jobs that do not require physical strength. They are more careful, more tolerant, and cherish job opportunities. In Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, under the same conditions,
Women are no inferior to men." Rock did not hesitate to support women working outside the home on this issue, but this support was conditional. Rock only supported Boer women and British women working outside the home. Forget about the Chinese.
It would be better to stay on the farm and raise children.
In fact, this is a last resort. The impact of a dual-income family on having children is obvious. The couple is busy working all day, so naturally they have no energy to have children. Even if they have children, they probably don’t have time to educate them, and many problems will eventually occur.
The problem of disharmony.
Relatively speaking, most of the Chinese families in Johannesburg are farmers. This job is actually very leisurely. Now you can hire Zulu people. In the future, there will be agricultural machinery, so the Chinese can spend more time enjoying life and spreading their business.
Ye naturally became inevitable.
Of course, this enjoyment of life is only temporary at this stage. When the Chinese population base reaches a certain level in the future, the Chinese will definitely have to go out to work, but by then, the Chinese will probably face a different situation.
"Then it's settled, we'll take in these Boers and help them find jobs." Philip agreed. Being a boss is easy, all you have to do is talk. Rock and the others are just running errands.
After the meeting, Rock rushed to Stoudemire's villa on the outskirts of Johannesburg to meet the legendary Cecil Rhodes.
Cecil Rhodes has been in poor health since he returned to Cape Town from London. In the past few months, Cecil Rhodes has been recuperating in Cape Town and just returned to Johannesburg a few days ago.
Not bad. Cecil Rhodes in another time and space did not see the signing of the "Peace Agreement" at all. What he was thinking about when he was dying was: Will they change the name of Rhodesia?
What Cecil Rhodes did not expect was that the British government not only changed the name of Rhodesia, but also took back Rhodesia, and then allowed Rhodesia to become independent. In the end, the people of Rhodesia were in dire straits.
The people were really in dire straits. When the South African Company managed Rhodesia, Rhodesia was pretty good. Although Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia had been taken back by the British government at the time) did not have any decent mineral resources, but
Relying on its developed agriculture, Rhodesia was once known as the "bakery of Africa".
After the start of the Cold War, Rhodesia became a victim of the confrontation between the two major groups. The United States imposed an economic blockade on Rhodesia, and Rhodesia sold agricultural products to Portuguese East Africa. The Portuguese labeled farm products purchased from Rhodesia as Portuguese.
The label is still selling well all over the world.
The fatal threat comes from the bear, which provides weapons to the Zulu people in Rhodesia and supports the Zulu people in resisting the "oppression" of the white people with force.
Due to the US blockade, Rhodesia received no international support and could not even buy weapons. As a result, the Zulu people succeeded in coming to power. In just ten years, Rhodesia was reduced from the "bakery of Africa" to a company.
We cannot be self-sufficient in food and need support from the international community.
By the time Rock traveled through time, Rhodesia was still one of the poorest regions in the world.
Rock knew all this, but couldn't tell Cecil Rhodes.
Cecil Rhodes already has a certain understanding of Rock through Stoudemire's narration.
As Stoudemire expected, Cecil Rhodes was very interested in Rock, so as soon as he returned to Johannesburg, he couldn't wait to ask Stoudemire to find Rock.
"Wow, Sir Locke, you are so young beyond my expectation. When I was in your grade, I just started to get involved in the diamond industry in Kimberley, but now you have become a baronet, hahahaha" Cecil Rhodes
The smile was a little sad. Rock could understand that even though Cecil Rhodes was now extremely wealthy, the London government would not knight Cecil Rhodes.
Amazing, right?
In fact, it is normal. Without a knighthood, even if Cecil Rhodes is the richest man in the world, he is still just a commoner. When the king needs it, he can cut off the Rhodes family's leeks without any scruples.
It won't work if he is knighted. With the title, Cecil Rhodes becomes a privileged class. If the king takes action against Cecil Rhodes again, then he must consider the reaction of the entire aristocratic group.
Therefore, the Queen can leave the entire Rhodesia to Cecil Rhodes to manage, but she will not give Cecil Rhodes a title, not even a small "baronet".
Baronet
Also a noble!
"I'm just lucky." Rock didn't have much pride in front of Cecil Rhodes. This guy was the top elite of this era.
It's a pity that the life of the elite is coming to an end. Rock doesn't know what Cecil Rhodes was like before. Now Cecil Rhodes is old and has serious problems.
He has a heart disease, and when he speaks a sentence or two, he will gasp violently for a while, and his face will have an obviously unhealthy flush.
Right next to Cecil Rhodes, Stoudemire was looking at him with concern. Not far away was Cecil Rhodes' personal doctor. When Rock came, Stoudemire followed Rock.
I have told him that Cecil Rhodes cannot chat with Rock for too long.
"Luck is also a part of strength!" Cecil Rhodes said firmly. Although his voice was a little slurred, his momentum was still there: "Twenty years ago, Barnato wanted to acquire my De Beers Mining Company. Everyone thought that
I lost, but in the end it was my De Beers Mining Company that bought the Kimberley Central Mining Company in Barnato, and that was how De Beers Consolidated Mining Company was born.”
In fact, Cecil Rhodes remembered it wrong. This was not 20 years ago, but 14 years ago.
Normally, Rock would not point out that when communicating with people like Cecil Rhodes, you should cherish every word and every word he said instead of wasting time on meaningless arguments.
"War is an opportunity for everyone, but why can't you seize it when others can't? Opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared." Cecil Rhodes looked at Roque with eyes full of envy.
, probably also reminded me of my own prosperous years.
Unfortunately, the era of Cecil Rhodes has passed.
"What do you think of Rhodesia?" Cecil Rhodes knew he didn't have much time, so he quickly changed the topic to Rhodesia.
"It is very dangerous. Rhodesia is like the Transvaal before it. The territory is surrounded by the Cape. Therefore, in the face of the empire's attack, the Transvaal is unable to parry." Roark's words made Cecil Rhodes repeat.
Nodding, Cecil Rhodes looked at Roark with admiration again: "Rhodesia now is like the Transvaal before, with the French in the north, the Portuguese in the east, and the Portuguese in the west.
We are German, so it looks like everything is blooming, but in fact it is full of crises."
If it had been anyone else, Rock would never have said that, but it was okay to say it in front of Cecil Rhodes. Rock believed that Cecil Rhodes would understand what Rock meant.
Otherwise, when Cecil Rhodes died, he would not have cared whether people would change the name "Rhodesia".
Who are the people here?
Cecil Rhodes was worried about the British government, but he did not dare to point it out directly.
"Correct! So how to break this situation?" Cecil Rhodes looked excited, Stoudemire was worried, and the doctor next to him wanted to intervene.
"I'm fine, don't worry, I don't have much time." Cecil Rhodes refused to let the doctor come over and gave Stoudemire a meaningful look.
Xiaosi's eyes were a little red, and he sniffed hard and nodded.
"Locke, how do you think this situation should be broken?" Cecil Rhodes turned back and continued to look at Rock expectantly.
"Nyasaland, the key to breaking the situation lies with the Portuguese. Rhodesia needs an outlet to the sea. Lake Nyasa is less than 200 kilometers away from the Indian Ocean. Through Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia can have an outlet to the sea.
Once it reaches the sea, Rhodesia is not afraid of any danger." Rock had studied the map of Rhodesia in detail during this period and knew the situation in Rhodesia well.
In fact, the original Transvaal Republic was forced to death by the expeditionary force because it had no outlet to the sea.
If the Transvaal Republic had an outlet to the sea, then the Transvaal Republic would receive a steady stream of international assistance, and would not be in a situation where it would run out of ammunition and food, and would have to fight to support the war, and could only rely on the seizure of materials from the expeditionary force.
, fought hard with the expeditionary force.
Of course the Expeditionary Force also knew this, so in the later stages of the war, the Expeditionary Force replaced all rifles with Lee Enfields in order to prevent the Boer guerrillas from receiving supplies.
The caliber of the Lee Enfield is 00 inches, and the Martini Henry used by the Boer guerrillas is 0402 inches. Their bullets are not universal.
"That's right! That's it." Cecil Rhodes looked at Rock with a look of comfort. Looking back, Cecil Rhodes patted Stoudemire on the shoulder and laughed: "Remember
Come on, if you are unsure about something in the future, come to Locke. You are right, Locke is a smart man, as smart as me!"
This compliment was a bit excessive, and Rock felt a little flattered.
"Locke, you may not know that London wants to take back the management of Nyasaland. Haha, I haven't died yet, and those people are already impatient." Cecil Rhodes gasped violently, his chest heaving very much.
sharp.
"Father, stop talking, I will never let them get what they want!" Xiao Si swore with red eyes.
"You can't, you can't deal with those old guys, Locke, give Nyasaland to Locke, and let Locke deal with those old guys." Cecil Rhodes coughed violently, and the doctor and a large group of nurses immediately ran over.
