After all, Bobby Holt is just a young man who has just started working.
Thanks to Tonilson Holt, Bobby Holt will probably never be short of money in his life. Although he is not as good as big dogs like Rock and Henry, he can not only meet his personal consumption, but also have funds to support himself.
A small hobby, this is also the reason why Bobby Holt and his small group can exist.
It has to be said that Rock still underestimated Bobby Holt and his small team. In this small room, Rock saw at least six simple industrial machine tools. It seemed that Bobby Holt and his team
It was here that two motorcycles were hammered out.
It was indeed quite inspiring. Rock noticed that there were two disassembled engines in the corner.
Bobby Holt noticed Rock's eyes and took the initiative to introduce: "This is an engine bought from Germany. There are still many problems, mainly because it is not stable enough. Our first motorcycle broke down four times in a month.
During that time, Green was mainly responsible for repairing the engine. After improving the engine, our second motorcycle has not broken down even once."
Green's appearance is very simple and honest. He looks like Farhan in "3 Idiots in Bollywood". He looks like a technical geek.
"Can you improve the engine?" Rock was still very surprised. After all, this is an engine, the heart of industry. It seems that such a high-end thing should not be discussed in such a casual tone.
It turns out that improving the engine in Bobby Holt's mouth doesn't seem much harder than frying a steak.
"The structure of the engine is not complicated. Mr. Dailem designed the four-stroke engine thirty years ago. The current gasoline engine was invented by Mr. Dailem twenty years ago. This engine is not complicated and gives
With a little time, we can even make it completely." Bobby Holt was very confident, and Rock suddenly realized that yes, the engine has just entered its initial stage, and it does not have much technical content.
Accompanied by a "rumbling" noise and curses from neighbors, Ted finally drove his motorcycle over.
Not to mention Bobby Holt, even Rock felt embarrassed. This noise was really a bit disturbing.
"Can't we find a way to reduce the noise of the motorcycle?" Rock suggested.
"We are all focused on improving performance," Bobby Holt said with shame, and both Green and Ted were a little embarrassed.
Rock's heart was clear. These guys didn't want to reduce the noise at all. Maybe they thought the noise wasn't loud enough to attract everyone in the town.
A middle-aged boy who is sexy and loves showing off!
In fact, aside from the noise, the motorcycle manufactured by Bobby Holt and his friends is pretty good, except that the seat, which is similar to a bicycle seat, is a bit off-grade. The overall effect is better than the motorcycle Father Frank bought.
"How is the performance of this motorcycle?" Rock wanted to try it, but this was not realistic.
"The top speed can reach 50 miles per hour, and as long as there is oil, you can go to the ends of the world." Ted uses this motorcycle every day, and he has the best say on this issue.
50 miles is about 80 kilometers. This speed is very good. Compared with riding a horse, it has obvious advantages. Rock's Sun and North Wind can reach this speed in a short time, but it can only maintain this speed for three or five minutes at most. It cannot
Lasts for a long time.
Considering the price of motorcycles, Rock immediately became excited: "You are going all out now. How many motorcycles can you produce every month?"
How many vehicles?
Bobby Holt, Green, and Ted all looked embarrassed. They looked at each other. Bobby Holt slowly stretched out two fingers: "The three of us will go all out, every month
Probably only two will be produced."
Two cars, this speed is too slow, Rock is disappointed, but it doesn't matter, Rock exists to solve this problem.
Two motorcycles is not a lot. No wonder Ted proposed large-scale production. The cost of a motorcycle is less than one hundred pounds, and it can be sold for three hundred pounds if resold. Bobby Holt is not short of money. Ted and Green's
The annual salary is about 200 pounds.
Calculated this way, if Ted and Green switch to manufacturing motorcycles, their annual salary will immediately increase tenfold.
"What if we give you more manpower?" As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.
"If there are enough manpower, the speed can indeed be accelerated." Bobby Holt is confident that the three of them are not professional workers. They all have their own jobs during the day and can only use their spare time to build motorcycles. If they are full-time
, the speed can definitely be accelerated.
"Then hire people to do the work and hire people to manage. You are only responsible for technology and supervision." Rock pointed out the way. It doesn't matter if you don't have time. You can spend money to hire other people's time. This is the advantage of capitalists.
The motorcycle industry is still very promising. Vigorous development of the motorcycle industry will not only solve Johannesburg's traffic problems, but also force the city government to solve road problems.
There is currently only one dirt road between Johannesburg and Pretoria, which is barely usable under normal circumstances, but becomes muddy during the rainy season.
For example, now, only railways can travel between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and the roads are no longer usable.
If an asphalt or cement road can be laid between Johannesburg and Pretoria, the connection between Johannesburg and Pretoria will be greatly strengthened.
"Hire man" Bobby Holt seems to have discovered a new world. With the dividends from the Matilda gold mine, Bobby Holt is not short of money. Even Bobby Holt doesn't know what to do with it.
Spend the money.
"Yes, hire people to do it. Johannesburg has everything, steel, natural rubber, and manpower. Except for the lack of oil, the materials needed to build motorcycles can be purchased locally in Johannesburg. You can hire people to do it. If the engine cannot
If you want to produce something yourself, buy it from Europe first. If you can produce it yourself, do it yourself. Don’t worry about sales. If you make it, no one will buy it.” Roque strongly supports it, and the police department also has great demand for motorcycles, not to mention Johannesburg.
As long as motorcycles are built in the surrounding farms, there will be a market.
"Okay, we'll hire someone right away." Bobby Holt made up his mind.
"Humph, don't think so well. If you want to expand production, you can't be in Ziwei Town. There have been many complaints against you during this period. Bobby, you are the deputy mayor, there is no way you don't know about it." Buck
Throwing cold water on it is not like wearing small shoes.
"Then let's go to Johannesburg." Bobby Holt didn't dare to resist. He doesn't want to stay here, he has his own place to stay.
"Go to Johannesburg? You want to produce motorcycles, but it will increase taxes. Do you want to send the taxes to Johannesburg? Are you still the deputy mayor of Ziwei Town?" Buck sneered at him. He is a rip-off guy. No.
I can’t remember the training.
This is the horror of grassroots officials. If you offend them, it will literally cost your life every minute.
"Come on Buck, give them a piece of land outside the town and let them do whatever they want, but be careful not to pollute the environment." Luo Keti requested that it was impossible to go to Johannesburg and could only stay in Ziwei Town.
Motorcycles need to be produced and the environment needs to be protected. Compared with the environment, Rock would rather not have a factory. Anyway, the meat will rot in the pot.
"Haha, okay now, let's talk about the land transfer fee." Buck went in a big circle, but the purpose was still money. This mayor is indeed qualified.
No matter how much Buck asked Bobby Holt for the land transfer fee, Rock settled the matter. Rock was in a happy mood and returned to the clubhouse for a dreamless night.
It can no longer be called a guild hall. After the Agricultural Association moved, the guild hall became the residence of Baron Nyasaland. The address is No. 001, Ziwei Town.
Early the next morning, Rock got up early and went to Johannesburg. When he passed Ziwei Girls' School, Phyllis was leading her students to do morning exercises.
There are now more than 700 students in the girls' school. They wear neat school uniforms and do morning exercises neatly on the hardened playground. Most of the children are wearing rain boots made of natural rubber. In fact, synthetic rubber is already available at this time.
However, due to technical limitations, the performance of products made of synthetic rubber is not ideal, and the price is higher than that of natural rubber.
Rock waved to Phyllis from a distance, and Phyllis responded happily.
His response was not big, but he was still noticed by Principal Sophia.
Fortunately, Principal Sophia was still very sensible and did not criticize Phyllis as harshly as Rock imagined. Instead, she turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.
So Rock went to work very relieved.
Throughout the morning, Rock was busy with various trivial matters. Only then did Rock realize the hard work of Joe Russell. No wonder Joe Russell stayed in Bloemfontein and did not come back. He probably meant to be lazy.
In fact, he wasn't too busy. After all, Roark just made decisions most of the time, and Li De handled the specific work. Roark got off work early and went to Owen for coffee.
Owen has been very happy recently. The Liberal Party is booming and the number of regular party members has exceeded 5,000. Most of them are farmers around Johannesburg and officials of the Johannesburg city government.
If nothing else, these two groups will be the future base of the Liberal Party.
"Next month, our Liberal Party will open a branch in Pretoria. What do you think, do you want to attend the opening ceremony of the branch?" Owen seemed to be joking and invited Roque.
"No, you go to Henry and ask Henry to help you find someone to calm things down." Rock didn't want to be in the limelight. Pretoria was Henry's territory, and Rock just kept an eye on his own three-thirds of the land.
"The subsidy to farmers has been distributed. On average, each farmer has received 60 pounds. The subsidy is distributed in kind, 60 pounds, which is about ten cows or one hundred sheep." Owen showed off his wealth.
energy, a subsidy that Owen fought for for farmers around Johannesburg.
According to the prices at this time, ten cows or one hundred sheep are definitely not worth one hundred pounds, but no one cares about these. After all, the subsidies are free and are not loans that need to be repaid, so farmers around Johannesburg
They were all very happy.
I have only seen officials asking for money, and this is the first time I have seen someone take the initiative to give money.
So Chinese people are really easy to satisfy.
"That's right, a political party should seek benefits for its members. As long as this continues, when the democratic representative system begins, these people will be our die-hard vote bank." Roque was very proud. Louis from another time and space
Botha and Young Smooth were so talented that they joined forces to monopolize the position of Prime Minister for thirty years after the establishment of the Union of South Africa.
Don't think about this time and space. Without the support of the Transvaal, the influence of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts has plummeted compared to another time and space. The People's Party is estimated to still win the election in Orange, but in
In the Transvaal, the People's Party had no chance.
Without the support of the Transvaal, Orange would have little chance of establishing the Union of South Africa.
The best parts of the four regions in South Africa are in the Cape and Transvaal. In another time and space, the Boers controlled the Transvaal and Orange, and were strong enough to compete with the Cape. In this time and space, the Boers were finished.
, as long as they have the Transvaal and the Cape, the British and Chinese can suppress the Boers.
"When it comes to the democratic representative system, I think we still have to be careful. There will probably be twists and turns in the voting rights of the Chinese people." Irving was prepared for the rainy day. Referring to Cape and Natal, it is true that no people of color have the right to vote.
precedent.
However, this does not prevent the Chinese in the Transvaal from getting the right to vote. Cape and Natal do not pay attention to people of color because the number of people of color in Cape and Natal is not as large as that of the Chinese in the Transvaal.
size, if the people of color in Cape and Natal can also own a large number of farms and form their own political parties, then the white people in Cape and Natal will also value the rights of people of color.
Therefore, racial discrimination is ultimately a matter of economic strength. Thousands of years before the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese still discriminated against everyone except Chinese. At that time, all foreigners were considered "barbarians" by the Chinese.
"It doesn't matter. When the time comes, who agrees and who doesn't, just tell me." Rock said lightly, but Owen could hear a chill in Rock's words.
The so-called best enemy is a dead enemy. Rock doesn't have much time to waste on enemies now. James Herzog and De Wit are the best examples. Louis Botha and Jan Smuts
If they dare to go against Rock in the future, their end will be miserable.
"Locke, don't be so violent. We have to get used to using rules to kill them." Owen disapproved of Rock's use of physical means to eliminate opponents. If Rock developed such a habit, Owen would shudder.
A very simple reasoning, if Rock is used to physically destroying his opponents, then if Owen becomes Rock's enemy one day, Owen will be ruthlessly eradicated by Rock.
Relatively speaking, Irving still prefers to solve problems within the scope of the rules. This may be a little more troublesome and the results are slower, but within the scope of the rules, everyone is safe.
