The issue of population ratio is very strange. The saying that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes is equally valid when it comes to population. Why did the Transvaal Republic target the British in the first place? It was because after the Rand Gold Mine was discovered, the Transvaal Republic
The British population in the territory was increasing rapidly, and because the Boers had no source of population, their population growth could not keep up with the British. Therefore, the Transvaal Republic imposed policy restrictions on the British, which eventually triggered the Second Boer War.
The current Transvaal also has this trend. The Chinese population is also increasing rapidly, much faster than Adelaide expected. Roque wonders if Adelaide has noticed this problem. I think if Adelaide notices, he should
Rock would not be allowed to be so crazy about sending people to Johannesburg.
What Roque can do now is to make the Chinese look as harmless as possible, so that even if others notice the growing trend of Chinese in Johannesburg, they will not oppose this growth too strongly.
Therefore, even if we get people to the Transvaal, they will not be placed in Pretoria, but sent to a farm outside Johannesburg, or to the Crocodile Bay Reservoir far away from Johannesburg, to delay other people's notice of all this as much as possible
time.
To be honest, Rock doesn't know how long it can be delayed. Of course, Rock hopes that it will be as late as possible.
"My mother built an ancestral hall at home and invited all the ancestors' memorial tablets to Johannesburg. My father and I went to the ancestral hall every day to pray. In fact, the incense in the ancestral tombs was not stopped. My family originally had several acres of land. When we came to Johannesburg, we all
I gave it to the village elders of the same clan, asking them not to forget to worship their ancestors during the holidays. In fact, even if I don't give it to them, the incense in the ancestral graves will not be cut off. After all, they are also their ancestors." Tang En's words made Roque very happy. Fortunately,
There is no such thing as a "living shrine" in Johannesburg.
The Shengci Temple originated in the Western Han Dynasty, but was destroyed by Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Dynasty.
Roque's purpose of helping the Chinese is definitely not to make a living. At the most, it is to open up living space for the Chinese. At the most minor, it is for himself. After all, Johannesburg needs a certain Chinese base to ensure Roque's interests.
As for whether the increase in the number of Chinese will cause qualitative changes, that is a matter for the future, and Roque does not consider this issue now.
"What really gives my father and mother a headache is the weather. In our hometown, it snows all over the sky in winter. It rarely snows in Johannesburg all year round. My father said that this is because God forces us to work and we have no leisure all year round. In fact, it is like this
That's good, the more you work, the more you will gain." Tang En's words almost made Rock laugh out loud. Johannesburg has a savannah climate. Not to mention that it doesn't snow a few times throughout the year. It rarely snows every ten or eight years. Chinese experience on weather
None of them are useful in Johannesburg. One is the southern hemisphere and the other is the northern hemisphere. Strictly speaking, they are completely opposite.
In 2012, Rock saw reports of snow in Johannesburg. The reason why it was so sensational was because the last time it snowed in Johannesburg was in 2007, and the last time it snowed was in 1981.
This turns out to be evidence of global warming, because the frequency of snowfall in Johannesburg has been shortened from 26 years to 5 years.
"You have to have a certain attitude. Your farm has more than 2,000 acres. The work all year round can tire people to death, so that's about it. When you need to hire people, you should take a break. There's endless work to do."
When Rock said this, he actually felt really sorry for the Chinese. According to Rock's understanding of the Chinese, if there were no mandatory requirements, there would really be Chinese people who would be busy all year round without taking a day off.
In the final analysis, the Chinese people's love for land is because there are too many people and too little land. There are 450 million Chinese, guarding 1.8 billion acres of cultivated land. How many talents does each person have on average?
No, there was definitely no 1.8 billion acres at this time. At least the Great Northern Wilderness had not yet been developed, and the land in the northwest could not be calculated. Coupled with serious land annexation, most Chinese would not be able to get an acre of land in their lifetime.
Their own land, so the Chinese in the Qing Dynasty were really pitiful. Even the landowners in the Qing Dynasty did not live as well as the farmers in Johannesburg.
At the very least, farmers in Johannesburg did not have to deal with numerous exorbitant taxes. Article 9 of the Peace Agreement stipulated that any taxes levied to pay for the war would not be imposed on the two newly conquered areas.
This provision also applies to Johannesburg.
"I couldn't rest. My father wished he could live in the stable and go to plow the fields at dawn. He was so tired that his hands were covered with blood blisters and refused to rest. My mother kicked everyone out to work and had sex with her two sisters-in-law.
My grandma is now sixty years old and can’t do physical work, so she carries a bench to pull weeds in the vegetable field for a whole day. My sister-in-law has just finished her confinement, so she goes to work in the fields with her baby on her back.
My grandma said that in my hometown, the whole family only had two acres of vegetable land, and they couldn't work even if they wanted to." Tang En's eyes turned red unconsciously. For many Chinese, letting them rest was more difficult than killing them.
Make them feel uncomfortable.
It is indeed very hard, but it is precisely because of this hard work that the Chinese can gain a foothold in Johannesburg and build their own farms prosperously through self-reliance while the Boers are waiting for food. Every time the city government meets, Minister of the Interior Black
Nelson would sigh at the diligence of the Chinese. Adelaide may not know how many Chinese there are in Transvaal, but the officials in Johannesburg certainly know.
So why don't officials in Johannesburg report to Ade?
Officials will not hate a group like the Chinese, no matter which country they are from. Those who really hate the Chinese are groups with similar social status to the Chinese, because the existence of the Chinese will form the most direct competition with them. If
If you can't compete, then you have a reason to hate it.
In Johannesburg, the people who hate the Chinese the most are the Boers, because they will feel ashamed in front of the hard-working Chinese.
The simple reality is that if there are no Chinese in Johannesburg, then Johannesburg will have to rely on the Boers to develop the farms around Johannesburg, so that the Boers can make more demands and receive more benefits.
Because of the presence of the Chinese, the farms that originally belonged to the Boers were gone, and the opportunities that originally belonged to the Boers were gone. The more diligent the Chinese were, the more they reflected the laziness of the Boers. The more prosperous the Chinese farms were, the more they reflected the laziness of the Boers.
The Boer farms are in depression, so it’s crazy that the Boers can like the Chinese.
"Buy more horses." What else can Rock say? He can only feel proud to be in this group.
"I have bought a lot. My family now has more than ten horses, more than twenty cows, more than four hundred sheep, a dozen pigs and countless chickens. I can collect two to three hundred eggs every day. In the past, I
My mother was reluctant to eat the eggs and wanted to sell them for money. As a result, there were more and more eggs. Before the association was established, she couldn't sell them or eat them all. The children at home ate the eggs until they vomited, and they were beaten when they vomited.
The most shameful thing for elders is to waste food. If you dare to waste food, you will definitely be beaten. Now my father no longer plows the land, and there is not enough to cultivate. My father leads the brothers to plant trees at home. According to my father's wishes, we will first surround them.
It will probably take several years to plant one circle on the farm." Tang En almost laughed to tears. Compared with the past, life now is really a paradise.
2,000 acres is almost eight square kilometers. Even if it is a square piece of land, the circumference is 12 kilometers. If one tree is planted per meter, it will be 12,000 trees.
What's more, according to Chinese habits, it's probably impossible to plant one tree per meter. You have to plant a dozen or twenty trees sideways to be considered interesting. If you think about it this way
Don't forget it, Tang En's father's idea probably won't be completed within three to five years, even if he plants a hundred trees a day
If a hundred trees are planted a day, a dozen or two hundred thousand trees can really be completed in three or five years!
What does it feel like to have hundreds of thousands of trees at home?
You can make a fortune just by selling trees!
Roque no longer has to worry about whether the Chinese can stand up. If they can't make a fortune, that's really unreasonable.
Phyllis, dressed in riding attire, once again surprised Rock a little.
In the past, Phyllis gave Rock the feeling of being lively and cute, but now she is heroic. In this era, there are not many women who can give Rock such a feeling.
"Let's go, where are we going?" Phyllis was in high spirits. As long as she was with Roark, she didn't care about the destination at all.
"Where do you want to go?" Rock asked Phyllis for her opinion. As long as he was with Phyllis, Rock didn't care about the destination.
"Shall we go hunting?" Phyllis's hobbies were definitely different from those of ordinary girls. Only then did Rock notice that Phyllis had a shotgun next to her saddle.
"Okay!" Rock didn't bring a shotgun, but that doesn't matter. Rock and Dunn both carry Lee Enfields. This is the standard equipment of the Johannesburg Police Department. All police officers must carry a pistol when they go out, regardless of whether they carry a pistol or not.
Lee Enfield, Lee Enfield is much better than a shotgun.
It turned out that I was hunting, more than ten kilometers away from Ziwei Town, and I didn't find a single prey.
Instead, we met a group of gold mine security guards returning from patrol. I don’t know how far they had run. Several of the horses had antelopes hunched over them.
Rock still remembered that Phyllis said that the eland's tongue was the most delicious.
So all the eland tongues became Phyllis's "trophies". After the patrol leader knew that Phyllis liked to eat eland tongues, he said on the spot that the patrol team would take care of all the eland tongues in the future.
After all, many patrol team members' children attend Ziwei Public School.
Only the eland's tongue was not enough, so Tang En asked the patrol for another eland, and then Rock and the others started to have a picnic.
In fact, it is barbecue. When he left Ziwei Town, Zach brought enough cooking utensils and seasonings. During this time, Zach asked Marvin for cooking skills every day. Now his cooking skills are very good, and he is almost better than his master in barbecue.
Yu Lan and Felice's two maids worked together, and both Roque and Felice were very satisfied.
"The barbecue is still delicious. Principal Sophia is good at everything, but the management is too strict. Dennis is very worried every day. Many of the dishes he cooks are dark dishes in the eyes of Principal Sophia. You can't eat this, you can't eat that. If
Let Principal Sophia decide on the menu. It is estimated that the school will serve salad and steak every day, which will make Dennis so angry that he will resign." Phyllis and Roque were together, and the topic couldn't be separated from the girls' school.
Dennis is Chinese, a junior of Marvin, and just came to Johannesburg last year.
Dennis is not named Deng. The reason why he is called this name is because in Greek, "Dennis" is the god of wine, so Dennis uses this name.
Like many Chinese in Johannesburg, Marvin and his two apprentices both own farms near Johannesburg. They also opened a "City Garden Restaurant" in Johannesburg, which not only provides Western meals, but also traditional Eastern dishes.
After the restaurant opened, business was so good that it became the best restaurant in Johannesburg in a short period of time. Now the "City Garden Restaurant" is a designated restaurant of the Johannesburg city government and municipal units. Marvin has therefore become a leader in the catering industry in Johannesburg.
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As early as in Cape Town, Marvin contacted his brothers who were still in the Qing Dynasty, so since last year, more and more outstanding chefs from the Qing Dynasty have come to Johannesburg to promote traditional Chinese cuisine in Johannesburg.
It was against this background that Dennis came to Johannesburg.
"Strict management is a good thing. The reason why many people achieve nothing is because they lack education and don't understand the rules. In this era, sometimes not following the rules often works well, and it can even be considered unruly. But in the long run, it is better to abide by the rules and accept more
People with more education are more likely to succeed." Roque now talks about everything from a high position. The more he interacts with people like Louis Botta and Ade, the more Roque understands the meaning of planning before taking action.
To put it bluntly, if you want to live well, Rock himself will become a sly and cunning old man. Those upright and upright boys will eventually be tricked to death by the sly and cunning old man.
"Ha!" Phyllis disagreed with Roque's words, and her objection was clearly expressed.
"Don't feed the big guy too much meat. A good dog will be fed into a pig right before your eyes." Phyllis fed the unfinished eland's tongue to the big guy, and Rock couldn't help but remind her.
Phyllis does know how to eat. The tongue of the eland is a famous delicacy. If Phyllis can't finish it, she can feed it to the policemen who are roasting the leg of lamb. It's enough for the big man to chew the bones.
The police don't eat the tongue of the eland. Compared with the roasted leg of lamb, the meat is really too little. Buck's skill in roasting the leg of lamb is very good. Not only does he apply the seasoning evenly, but he also controls the heat just right.
The meat was tender and juicy on the inside, and the oil was coming out. After it was baked, it was cut off with a razor blade and put on a porcelain plate from the Qing Dynasty. The maid sent it to the police. The carriage also brought wine and beer. The police were very happy to eat.
Rock was also very happy. The delicious barbecue and ice-cold wine were a perfect match. He had his cute girlfriend beside him and his loyal and reliable brother behind him. At this moment, Rock finally put all those bad things behind him.
He was not happy for long. The day after he returned to Johannesburg, Rock received a telegram that Ada was coming.
