There are diamonds in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and the reserves are very high, ranking among the top in the world.
Rock was not very professional in this area, but Stoudemire was, so Rock sent a telegram to Stoudemire, and Stoudemire arrived in Johannesburg the next day.
Amelia sent over a total of more than 20 diamonds, all of which were raw ore that had not been processed. Almost all of the diamonds were colored diamonds with some color, and they looked very beautiful when piled together.
However, this scene seemed normal to Xiaosi. Xiaosi casually picked up the pink diamond that had been chewed by the big guy all afternoon and looked at it for a few times, then threw it back on the table.
"This is not a good thing. Even if a diamond mine is discovered in the Bechuanaland Protected Area, it cannot be mined now. The diamond market in the world is so big. If more diamonds are mined, the diamonds will become less valuable -" Stoudemire Standard
The businessman's thinking is not in the same dimension as Rock.
This is just right for Rock. What Stoudemire wants is profit, but Rock wants living space.
As for Amelia, what he wants is social status, so give it to him. This is very simple for Roque.
With the addition of Stoudemire, the matter was easily solved. Rock was the matchmaker. Stoudemire and Amelia signed an agreement on the development of diamond mines in the Bechuanaland Protectorate. Then Rock could use the name of the South African company to
, and openly dispatched troops from the Northern Rhodesian Division into the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
In fact, Stoudemire has greater freedom than Roque in this regard. Roque also has to consider London's reaction. The South African company is just a business operation and does not even need to say hello to London. The same goes for the troops heading to the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
In the name of developing mines, the British government has no control over it and doesn't want to.
As the arms race continues to deepen, all the British government's attention is on maintaining its overall advantage over Germany, and it does not care about southern Africa at all.
At the end of April, the prime ministers of the four colonies in Southern Africa held their first joint meeting in Pretoria to formally discuss issues related to whether to establish a federal government in Southern Africa.
This issue reached a consensus on the first day. Almost everyone present at the meeting believed that the establishment of a unified Southern African Federation would be more conducive to the development of southern Africa.
Reaching this consensus is only the first step. There are more issues to discuss next, such as the status of each colony in the Southern African federal government after the establishment of the Southern African federal government, the location of the capital of the Southern African federal government, and the final
What is important is the Constitution of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.
Before that, the laws among the four colonies in southern Africa were very different. Generally speaking, the laws in the Cape were the strictest, the laws in Natal were the loosest, and the laws used in the Transvaal were more economic-oriented, and for minorities
The attitude in Orange is the friendliest to ethnic minorities, the laws in Orange are the most traditional, and the regulations regarding ethnic minorities are harsh.
Two months ago, Orange just announced a regulation requiring Indians in the territory to go to Bloemfontein to register in order to facilitate better management of Bloemfontein.
In fact, this is an excuse. The reason why Bloemfontein wants to register Indians is to repatriate Indians in batches in the future.
There are many Indians in Orange. During the plague, the stretcher team led by Gandhi was deeply involved in controlling the rat infestation in Orange and won a great reputation among ordinary Boers. After that, many Indians naturally stayed in Orange.
Longfontein, and with the stability of public security in Orange, more and more Indians immigrated to Orange.
Unlike the British in the Transvaal, the Boers in Orange are very wary of the minority population. There are now about 300,000 Boers in Orange, and the total number of Indians has increased to three
million, accounting for one-tenth of the total population of Orange, and will continue to increase rapidly in the future. This situation has finally aroused concern from the Orange government.
If Indians are as diligent as Chinese and have no complaints, then maybe the Orange government will tolerate the increase in the Indian population. After all, Indians are now British in principle and enjoy the freedom to settle within the Commonwealth.
right.
It's a pity that the increase in Indians has not brought much change to Orange. Compared with India, the living conditions in Orange are much better. Indians do not need to be more diligent to live in Orange easily.
live on.
Indians are also weird. As long as their lives are getting along, they will not actively think about how to improve their quality of life. They never seem to worry about whether there is overnight food in the granary. Living in the present is the best comment for Indians.
Compared with the Indians, the Boers have a higher heart and a thinner life than paper. They were once the masters of the Cape, even the Transvaal and Orange, but now they no longer have their own country, and their living space is getting increasingly difficult.
The smaller the country is, so many Boers are very dissatisfied with their current life.
However, many Indians are very satisfied with their current life, so the final situation is that they all eat bran-thick vegetables. The Boers eat with sorrow and tears, but the Indians sing and dance with joy after eating.
Compared with the Chinese in the Transvaal, this situation was simply too sad for Orange officials.
Obviously they are all members of ancient civilizations, and they all came to southern Africa with similar foundations. It is clear that the official immigration conditions of the Transvaal and Orange are similar, but the Chinese in the Transvaal are different from those in Orange.
The Indians under the rule of the country presented two completely different situations, which made the Orange official's attitude towards Indians increasingly disgusted, and eventually led the Orange government to make up its mind to clean up the Indians in the territory.
Just like the attitude of the Boers towards the British.
It is obvious that Indians do not dare to use violent means to resist the unfair decisions of the Orange officials like the real British.
However, Gandhi had gained some social prestige through his efforts during the plague, so Gandhi led the Indians in Orange to strongly oppose the Orange government's decision and criticized the Orange government's treacherous behavior in newspapers.
During the plague, in order to make the stretcher team led by Gandhi willing to work for Orange, Yang Smuts, who was the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs at the time, promised Gandhi that after the plague, the Orange government would give Indians real citizenship.
There will be no discrimination against Indians in terms of treatment.
This regulation by the Orange government is obviously discriminatory.
What made the Orange government very helpless was that many ordinary Boers were also incited by Gandhi and took the initiative to stand up against this regulation of the Orange government.
So the Orange government had to compromise and change the immediate classification to free registration within three months.
In fact, the result is still the same. After the registration is completed, the Orange government will still repatriate the Indians in the country in batches.
However, this was already a great victory for Gandhi and other Indians. They used their own efforts to force the Orange government to change its decision, as if they had won a major battle.
After learning about this incident, Rock was dumbfounded and had a new understanding of this "Mahatma".
While the prime ministers of the four colonies were meeting in Pretoria, Gandhi also came to Pretoria to try to win a better social status for Indians after the establishment of the Southern African Federation.
Rock had some dealings with Gandhi, so Gandhi took the initiative to find Rock, hoping to get Rock's help.
Gandhi's reason was also very strange. The Transvaal could even accept Gurkhas, so it should also accept Indians. Therefore, Gandhi hoped that the Transvaal would agree to accept Indian immigrants and provide Indian immigrants and Chinese with Gurkhas.
The same social status as the Kazakh people.
"I'm sorry, this is not something I can decide. You should go to Lord Matilda on this issue." Roque knew at this time that the prime minister of the Transvaal was Philip, not Roque.
"I also hope to meet Lord Matilda, but it's a pity that Lord Matilda is busy with official duties and has never been able to spare time. If possible, I also hope that you, Lord, can help me meet Lord Matilda.
opportunity." Gandhi's demands are a bit too much, or in other words, Gandhi is still relatively naive now.
In fact, Phillip was not busy at all. He played with little Gavin all afternoon yesterday.
It's a pity that Phyllis was very dissatisfied with the way Philip and little Gavin got along. Philip liked fishing very much, so he took little Gavin to go fishing. When Phyllis found out, she was firm and strictly prohibited Philip from taking little Gavin to fish.
Claiming that if there is a next time, Phyllis will limit the contact between Philip and little Gavin.
Don't tell, Philip is the Prime Minister of the Transvaal, but at home, Philip's family status is really not high. White families and Chinese families get along differently. Chinese families, even if they are a big family, will live together.
, family separation is considered to be a precursor to family decline and is a very unlucky thing.
It is normal for white families to separate their families. When children reach adulthood, even if they have not yet started a family, they will usually move out from home, and their relationship with their parents is also colder than that of Chinese families.
The same is true for Philip's family. Although Henry and Philip both live in Pretoria, Henry will only take Lacey and Paula home to have dinner with Philip on weekends. On the contrary, it is Phyllis who marries
My daughter who goes out often takes Gavin back to her parents' home.
So Philip loved his grandson Gavin very much.
Of course Rock would not tell Gandhi these things, let alone take Gandhi to see Philip. Rock could not make decisions on Philip's behalf.
So Rock refused simply: "Sorry, Lord Matilda doesn't want to see you. You must have done something to make Lord Matilda unhappy, so I can't help it."
"What have I done?" Gandhi asked.
Rock was simply helpless. Gandhi was too naive and did not even understand such an obvious rejection.
Actually, that’s not necessarily true. Maybe Gandhi was pretending to be stupid.
