Scarlett's farm has 25,000 acres, about 100 square kilometers.
Compared with the farm, the Boer women on Scarlett's farm are more valuable.
Textile mills may be the industry most suitable for female workers. In Johannesburg, the Transvaal, and even the entire southern Africa, it can be said that only Scarlett's farm currently has enough female workers, so Rock has almost no choice.
A textile factory can be built on Scarlett's farm.
Last month, the textile factory started work, and the factory building is currently under construction. The machines purchased from the UK have also arrived in Cape Town. Through Christian, Rock hired the technicians needed by the textile factory from the UK. They are working on it.
The Boer women at Scarlett's farm will provide training, and it won't take long for the textile factory to start production.
Ade did not expect that Rock was actually looking for new economic growth points for Johannesburg. Calling it an "economic pillar" is a bit too much. At least in the short term, the textile industry cannot replace the mining industry, but in the long run, who knows?
"Compared to gold mines, I think farms are the future of Johannesburg. Around the farms in Johannesburg, Professor Douglas has planned a series of supporting factories such as dairy processing, slaughtering, meat processing, textiles, and even egg feed. The textile factory is just
"Starting, there will be more and more factories in Johannesburg in the future, and the economy will become more and more prosperous, which is something that the mining industry cannot do." Roque once again overstepped his authority, this should be the job of Mayor Philip Matilda.
If it were other people, they might think that Roark was putting the cart before the horse by leaving the gold mine instead of digging, but Ade would definitely not think so.
Ade was a very pragmatic man. He was of German and British descent. He served as the private secretary to the Chancellor of the Finance and the Chief Executive of Egypt. From 1892 to 1897, he served as the chairman of the Local Taxation Committee. Because of his outstanding work, he was awarded the honorary title in 1895.
Knighted.
Jazz is just an honorary title and is not technically a noble. After the Boer War, Adelaide was granted the title of baronet and became a member of the aristocracy.
It can be seen from the above resume that Ade has rich experience. He has both the experience of chief executive and long-term experience in economic work. Therefore, Ade can clearly realize that what Roque is doing now is development.
The correct way of economics, as for the gold mine in Johannesburg, it may create a large number of rich people, but it has no obvious improvement effect on the local economy, while agriculture will make more people profit, and the effect on local taxation will also be more obvious.
, only with money can the government start the construction of public facilities. This is a virtuous circle.
"Do you think that Johannesburg's agriculture will surpass the mining industry in the future?" Ade's mood is undoubtedly joyful. Regardless of whether what Roque said will come true, at least Roque cares more about Johannesburg than most of the idle officials.
"It's just possible, but even if it's only a little bit possible, we have to try hard. After all, too many people care about the gold in Johannesburg." Rock didn't finish his words. It would be treasonous to say it out loud.
In 1821, the pound officially adopted the gold standard, and the pound became the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom. Each pound contains 7.32238 grams of pure gold.
Since then, Britain has controlled the world's finances by using the pound tied to gold.
The importance of gold to the pound is self-evident, so no matter what the future holds, the UK will not relax its control over gold.
Relatively speaking, agriculture is irrelevant. At least London will not care about Transvaal agriculture. Compared with gold mines, agriculture has become the private land of Transvaal.
Although Rock's words were lavish, it was not enough to impress Adelaide. Adelaide acted resolutely and went to Johannesburg with Rock that day to inspect the development of the Johannesburg farm.
Unlike Joseph Chamberlain who was just looking around, Adelaide did not take the train at all, but rode directly to Johannesburg with Rock and Henry. On the way, Rock asked for permission to inform the Johannesburg city government, but Adelaide did not agree.
Leaving Pretoria and getting closer to Johannesburg, the degree of farm development becomes more complete.
There are still large swathes of farms around Pretoria that have no trace of development at all. Even if there are, they are being restored and rebuilt on the basis of the former Boer Farm. The nearby farms all belong to Henry or Xiaos, and they do not have enough manpower.
Unable to carry out corresponding development, the farm had to be allowed to continue to be desolate.
Entering Johannesburg, the situation has improved significantly. A lot of land along the way has been reclaimed, and a large number of trees have been planted along the road. Although it doesn't seem to be large-scale now, in at most two or three years, it will be covered with green trees and shade the sky, not far from the road.
On the farm, there were several adult Chinese people who were drinking water and resting. The horses drafting the fields were also unharnessed and resting under the shade of the trees. Next to them, two children led two or three South African mastiffs that swung their tails and yelled.
, looks very lively.
Ade rode over. It was obvious that the Chinese were a little alert. The two younger Chinese had already put their hands on the holsters on their waists.
After the incident at Lister Farm, Chinese people are now accustomed to carrying weapons with them even when they are farming.
Several South African Mastiffs reacted even more strongly, barking wildly from a distance and rushing in this direction, but were stopped by two children.
"The weather is nice today, how are you?" Ad took the initiative to say hello to several Chinese people. Several Chinese people were a little wide-eyed. Roque gestured desperately behind Ad, but these Chinese people didn't seem to understand.
Rhodes means.
"Hello, sir," a child replied stutteringly, using English. Although he was not very proficient, his accent was very authentic, a standard London accent, which is rare in the entire Transvaal.
"You know English? It's really good. Where did you learn it?" Ade became very interested.
"Ziwei Public School, I am a student of Ziwei Public School. Today is Sunday. Sorry sir, my English is not good enough." The child calmed down and his English became much fluent now.
"What are you studying in school?" Ade doesn't have much experience in dealing with children, and his words are still a bit condescending. This is normal. Ade has no children, so he doesn't know how to communicate with children.
"Poetry, mathematics, science, music, and sports." The children knew all the treasures. This was not arranged in advance, because Adelaide came to Johannesburg on an impromptu trip, which was more conducive to Adelaide obtaining first-hand information.
"Sports, it's great, can you ride a horse?" Ade was in high spirits and didn't pay attention to Roark and several frightened Chinese.
Rock made a calm gesture to several Chinese people, and they slowly calmed down, with smiles on their honest faces.
"A little bit more familiar. The school used to have no money and couldn't afford equestrian lessons. Later, the principal said that London gave us a grant, so we had the money to offer equestrian lessons. However, I have only taken two lessons and have never actually ridden a horse." No.
The children who have lost the sense of strangeness are still very talkative, and their words contain gratitude for London, which is very useful to Ade.
"Are they your elders?" Ade will not spend too much time with children. His time is still very precious. It is rare to get out of it, so he must understand as much as possible.
"Yes, these are my father and uncle, and this is my grandfather." The child took the initiative to introduce to Ade.
The child's father and grandfather were terrified.
"I want to take a look at your farm, is that okay?" Ade was still very polite.
Who dares to say no to the governor's request? Roque immediately asked the owner of the farm to lead the way.
Rock now became a translator: "The farmer's name is Chamberlain. He came to Johannesburg last year and bought a 150-acre farm from Rock Gold Mine at the end of the year. Now the farm has expanded to 500 acres. Chamberlain
At the beginning of the year, he brought his family to Johannesburg from the Qing Dynasty. He has a large family with more than 80 people in the family, most of whom are under the age of 40. The grandfather of the child you just saw is actually only 45 years old. The Qing Dynasty advocated early marriage.
Many people get married and have children at a young age, and some even become grandfathers in their thirties."
"Is that why the Qing Dynasty has so many people?" Ade sighed. Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the population of Britain is too small.
The size of the population has a lot to do with the advanced level of society. In the current UK, teenagers may still be in school or already working in factories, and have no time to get married and have children.
Relatively speaking, the Qing Dynasty was much simpler. Because the economy was underdeveloped, people had no jobs and no opportunities to study, so they often got married and had children in their teens. The population increased really fast.
"Part of the reason, but not entirely because of this." Rock led the way to the farm located in the center of the farm. The farm has more than 80 people, plus stables, sheep pens, fodder houses, granaries, etc. The scale is actually not small.
The closer you are to the farm, the better the crops will grow. This year's drought is very serious. Ade has long ordered governments at all levels to prepare for the drought. Unexpectedly, from what Ade has seen, the impact of the drought on the farm seems to be
Not serious.
"Actually, the impact of the drought on the farm is quite serious. However, since last year, the Johannesburg city government has begun to dig water wells and build water conservancy projects. The impact of the drought on the farm has been minimized. In response to the drought, the Agricultural Association has guided the farm to plant potatoes, corn, etc.
The harvest of drought-tolerant crops this year is still very good." Roque knows how to speak for the city government. After all, Roque is also an official of the Johannesburg city government. Everyone will prosper and suffer.
The harvest was indeed good, and a lot of potatoes were planted on Chamberlain's farm. After harvesting, two granaries were filled.
"Don't worry if you have too many potatoes. You can eat them as food or vegetables. If you can't finish them all, you can feed them to pigs and cows. This situation was unthinkable before. Now we have five horses and dozens of sheep at home.
, and there are three fat pigs with cubs. They won’t be ready this year. They will be put out for the New Year next year. Then I will send a fan to the doll’s school.” Chamberlain was full of gratitude to Rock and could only express it in the simplest way.
My own gratitude.
The "New Year" here probably refers to Christmas, which is not celebrated in Johannesburg. If you want to celebrate the New Year, you must at least wait until the Chinese get the right to vote. Before that, Rock will try to downplay the presence of the Chinese, such as "Spring Festival"
Celebrating similar festivals is still slow, Roque does not want the white people in Johannesburg to feel the cultural invasion of the Chinese.
Speaking of "cultural invasion", this is actually a very mysterious thing. Compared with the traditional Chinese cultural connotation, Western white culture is undoubtedly empty and boring. Most Chinese festivals are related to ancestor worship, while most Western festivals are
It has something to do with religion. Compared with religion, ancestors are obviously more commemorative. Therefore, Rock is not worried about how much the Chinese in Johannesburg will be affected by white culture. Just like the Chinese in Ziwei Town, the Chinese in Ziwei Town are now
Sometimes they go to church to participate in religious activities, but the daily behavior of Chinese people is not much affected by religion.
Ade inspected the pig pen and sheep pen located in the center of the farm. Although it seems to be small in size now, in time, it will be more than enough to support a farm.
Rock encourages farms to raise poultry, whether pigs, chickens, ducks or geese, which can provide the farm with richer nutrition and more income. In order to encourage farms to raise poultry, the Agricultural Association has begun large-scale breeding since its establishment.
Low prices provide farms with breeding poultry, and it won't be long before Johannesburg becomes self-sufficient in poultry eggs.
"Nowadays, there are so many eggs and duck eggs that we can't finish them all. God, I have never thought that one day eggs can be freely eaten. I never dreamed of such a day. Duck eggs and goose eggs are not willing to eat them. They are pickled.
Just sell it to the Agricultural Association. Lao Li next door sold more than 200 salted duck eggs to the Agricultural Association and got back a calf. It's crazy." Chamberlain led Ade and Rock to see his salted duck eggs. The quantity was indeed
Quite a few, there are dozens of jars lined up in the corner of the granary, filled with duck and goose eggs.
In fact, salted duck eggs have always been far away from the Chinese. When salt and iron are sold exclusively, the price of salted duck eggs can make people doubt their lives.
The UK also levied a salt tax before, but that was a long time ago. In the Cape, salt is a very common daily necessities, and the price is not much more expensive than wheat, so salted duck eggs came into being and are very popular.
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In the UK today, because most people are attracted to factories and there is a shortage of people engaged in agriculture, the prices of industrial-related products are falling, while the prices of agricultural products related to agriculture are rising. Salted duck eggs are a purely handmade
The produced agricultural products are very popular in Johannesburg and are sold in the Oak Bar and Russell Cafe. Each salted duck egg sells for two shillings, and demand exceeds supply.
Dinner was eaten at Chamberlain's farm. The Johannesburg city government finally knew that Adelaide was coming to inspect, and Philip Matilda arrived at Chamberlain's farm before dinner.
In order to receive Adelaide and Philippe Matilda, Chamberlain killed a sheep, cooked a jar of salted duck eggs, and served it with beef stew, potatoes and home-brewed wine on the farm. It couldn't be more sumptuous, and neither did the British middle class.
