In Rock's impression, when it comes to the 19th century, people get the impression of ignorance, lack of materials, spiritual poverty, the law of the jungle, etc.
Having been in this era for so long, Rock deeply felt that it is indeed true that the weak can eat the strong. Ignorance and spiritual poverty may also be possible, but there is really no shortage of materials. Africa, especially South Africa, especially in Cape Town, now
Cape Town is simply not too rich in supplies. The British spent a lot of money to conquer the Boers. New troop ships arrive in Cape Town every day. There are mountains of supplies waiting for transfer at the railway station. The market is filled with goods from all over the world.
Delicious food, the price of beef is incredibly low, because everyone is tired of eating beef, and only caviar from Northern Europe can awaken people's taste buds.
In the governor's manor, there is another scene.
Of course, the governor would not appear in person to receive Roark and Henry, but the manor's butler. Roark didn't know the name of the butler, so he did not introduce himself.
"Try our handmade biscuits and our home-brewed wine. You deserve it." It can be seen that the butler is still a bit arrogant. Although the etiquette is very thoughtful, the words are a bit offensive.
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Roark and Henry could hear the condescension in the butler's words, but neither of them spoke. After politely thanking him, each of them took a glass of wine and drank slowly.
As a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, the steward is the person close to the governor and can represent the governor to a large extent. Roque and Henry are not even qualified to meet the governor, so the steward's presence to entertain them is already a great honor.
Of course, don’t expect much favor. Biscuits and wine were served, but there was not even a superfluous word. Rock thought the butler would proudly introduce how many ingredients were used in the biscuits and how carefully the baking process was.
, but they didn't, and only then did Rock realize that, yes, the butler had no reason to explain, and even if it hadn't been for a momentary thought of some important person, the butler would not have come forward to entertain Rock and Henry.
They just took a break and tasted some snacks. Rock and Henry were not in the mood to stay shamelessly for a meal. After eating cookies and drinking wine, Rock and Henry left politely.
Sure enough, the butler had no intention of seeing off the guests, but the bearded knight sent Roark and Henry out of the manor.
Well, it also means monitoring.
After leaving the manor, neither Rock nor Henry were in high spirits. On the way back to Cape Town, Henry suddenly said something without thinking: "I will live in a manor like that in the future and hire two butlers like this."
, one makes wine every day, and the other bakes cookies every day.”
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Does this mean that if you have money, you have to buy two bowls of soy milk at a time, and drink one bowl and then another?
"Come on, if you want to live in a manor, you don't have to wait until the future. If you want, you can do it now." Rock deliberately changed the topic. It was really easy to buy a manor.
The Cape Colony was a vast area with a sparse population. How sparse was it?
When the Boers ruled the Cape Colony, their farms usually covered more than 5,000 acres. Although the word "Boer" means "farmer", the Boers tarnished the Chinese understanding of the "farmer" industry because
The Boers are not good at farming. They are more accustomed to grazing, and the efficiency is extremely low. With about one acre of pasture, the Boers can only raise one sheep, while raising one cow requires five acres of pasture. Relatively speaking, the Boers' grazing
Even those black people are inferior in technology.
So on many Boer farms, the Boers would hire black people to work. In this way, it can be understood why the black people hated the white people so much after they came to power.
Well, the reason why the Boers implemented the apartheid system was that the Cape was built by white people without the participation of black people. Black people have low intelligence and can only do low-level manual labor and are not qualified to participate in national management. The Boers were the first batch
When humans arrive at the Cape, black people are not natives of the Cape, so black people cannot share in the fruits of national development.
In fact, it is all nonsense. The Boers did establish the concept of the Cape Colony, but the black people are undoubtedly the indigenous people of the Cape, and the construction of the Cape was never completed by the Boers alone. The Boers seized the land from the black people.
Then we delineate farms or develop mines, but the real people working on the front line are black people. Doesn’t this explain the role of black people enough?
What’s more interesting is that not all Boers are rich. Boers are also divided into rich and poor. But even the Boers who are at the bottom of society are considered ten times more noble than black people. This can be proved by their salaries.
Whether they are miners or shepherds hired on farms, the salary of Boers is usually more than ten times that of blacks. This also makes the rich Boers unwilling to hire poor Boers, preferring to use blacks who are cheaper and work more efficiently.
Yes, those poor Boers are extremely inefficient at work, even worse than black people, but they don't know it yet. They are so confident.
As for intelligence, this is a conspiracy of white people, no, it is a conspiracy, because this is how white people promote it. In white people’s propaganda, black people have low intelligence and are born to be enslaved by white people. And because black people have low intelligence, they don’t need to treat them.
Black people need education because the gains outweigh the losses.
That’s too far!
"You know what I mean." Henry didn't think Roark didn't understand, and was a little angry at Roark's perfunctory behavior.
"I do know what you mean, but so what? We work hard. Under normal circumstances, after ten or twenty years, we may be promoted to inspectors, superintendents, or if we are lucky, we can serve as
Chief of Police, have you calculated the difference between this and the Governor? No, that is for you. My situation is a bit special. Even if I work hard, I may not be able to do it in ten or twenty years.
Promoted to Inspector, so my friend, be realistic." Rock knew what Henry meant, but Rock didn't have the ability to help Henry realize it.
"Don't be so discouraged. Skin color is not a problem. I can't guarantee it for others. If I become the police chief, I will definitely let you be the deputy police chief. We will always be good partners." Henry is quite a nice person, at least Roque is.
think.
That being said, this is a feasible approach.
It would be difficult for Rock to climb up because of his skin color, but Henry did not have this problem. As a pure Englishman, as long as Henry's qualifications reached the level of promotion, there would be no obstacles to Henry's promotion.
So, let’s come up with a senior officer development plan.
