In southern Africa, between 100 and 80 people are killed by frightening horses every year, which is more than the number of people killed by cars.
When Roque was the Deputy Minister of Justice, he tried to push for legislation to ban large animals such as mules and horses from entering the city, but even the police stations were unable to do so. After all, many cities in southern Africa now have mounted police forces, although more and more people are now doing so.
Mounted police no longer ride horses but ride motorcycles.
Therefore, the city during this period was a wonder. Not only ancient horse-drawn carriages can be seen in the city, but also motorcycles, cars, trucks, and bicycles that have just appeared. However, the popularity of bicycles is not high. There are also trams on the streets.
These trams are part of the urban public transportation system and have been common in many cities since their appearance in 1840.
Public transportation in Southern Africa is very developed. Major cities are connected by railways, roads, and rivers. There are public carriages and trams in the city. Cape Town's subway has begun to be laid, although it is later than London's metropolitan subway.
It took nearly fifty years, but it was the first subway in Africa.
Pretoria is a transportation hub in southern Africa. It has smooth connections to Nyasaland in the north, Cape Town in the south, and Durban in the east. The railway between Pretoria and Walvis Bay is now under construction.
Once completed, Southern Africa will realize the Grand Cross Railway that Adelaide has been dreaming about for ten years.
"——This is the situation in the Congo Free State. The Congolese Party has occupied Leopoldville and Boma, and controls the sea outlet of the Congo Free State. The inland areas are still in a state of melee, and there are as many as a dozen rebel groups in the territory.
It is estimated that at least nearly one million Congolese people died during this period. Some of our companies are in contact with the Congolese party and rebels, trying to fill the void left by the Belgian companies. It is estimated that the chaos in the Congo Free State will continue for some time.
"Ade came to Roque not to ask about Simon Kennan, but to be concerned about the situation in the Congo Free State.
"This is the lesson. The Belgians brought it upon themselves. Leopold II's excessive taxation and the cruelty and cruelty of Belgian enterprises caused this catastrophe in the Congo Free State. There are millions of Africans in our territory. How can we avoid similar situations?
A tragedy is happening in our southern Africa?" Compared with this incident, Simon Kennan is indeed insignificant.
After the war broke out in the Congo Free State, French Equatorial Africa, Southern Africa, Portuguese West Africa, Tanganyika and Southwest Africa all raised their alert levels in order to prevent the violence in the Congo Free State from spreading to their respective territories. Except for Southern Africa,
In addition, other parties also have a tacit understanding not to contact the Congo Free State rebels.
Roque is confident. In the Congo Free State, 30,000 white people rule 10 million Africans. Therefore, as long as the Africans rise up to resist, the white people in the Congo Free State will have no power to fight back.
The total number of Chinese plus whites in southern Africa is about the same as Africans, so even if Africans in southern Africa riot, the army can calmly deal with it with stronger organization and more advanced weapons, just like the previous Natal rebellion
Same.
"There is an essential difference between our companies and Belgian companies. For Belgian companies, Africans are part of the means of production, so they chop off hands, shoot, and even massacre villages at every turn; while for our companies, Africans are cheap labor.
Although it is cheap, you still have to pay, and the implementation of this aspect is still very strict, so the relationship between our companies and Africans is much easier than that of the Congo Free State, and this situation will not happen." In this regard, Roque.
I definitely have a say. Most of the copper miners in Nyasaland and the members of the colonial pioneer group are Africans.
"You have to be careful. The Ministry of National Defense still has troops composed entirely of Africans. These troops are very dangerous." This is the first time that Adelaide has intervened in the work of the Ministry of National Defense. It cannot be regarded as interfering, but only intervening.
"They are not all Africans. The officers are still our own. The soldiers' weapons are not issued with bullets at ordinary times. They are only distributed rationed during training. They are not in the mood to cause trouble. The daily work schedule is very tight, including rest time.
It's not even enough." Roque had a way. Those African soldiers were as tired as dead dogs every day. Not to mention committing trouble, they could fall asleep even after eating.
The work of African soldiers not only includes training, but also physical labor near the station, such as building roads, digging ditches, chopping down trees, etc. They can find something to do if they have nothing to do. It is just like those engineering troops composed of conscripts, and they are all very cheap.
Nearly free labor.
It is precisely because of these engineering troops that Southern Africa has the capital to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction.
This is a useful attempt in southern Africa. Neighboring countries in southern Africa, such as Southwest Africa and the Congo Free State, like the United States, rely on private capital for railway construction. In order to attract private investment, after the railway is completed, the land on both sides of the railway
It will be owned by the railway company. The Congolese Railway Company received more than 1 million hectares of land for the construction of the railway between Matadi and Léopoldville.
This was also the case in Southern Africa before. The railway between Nyasaland and Pretoria was invested and built by Rock and Stoudemire. After the railway was completed, the land on both sides of the railway belonged to the South African Company and the Nyasaland Agricultural Company.
Commonly owned.
Although this method can greatly promote railway construction, it also has great hidden dangers. In the past, southern Africa was so vast and sparsely populated that it was possible to implement such a policy, but now it is no longer possible. As more and more land is privately owned, land acquisition is
A very serious problem. India in another time and space is building a high-speed rail in 2016. It was originally planned to start construction in 2018 and complete it in 2022. However, in 2019, the Indian government only acquired 0.9 hectares of the 1,400 hectares of land needed to build the high-speed rail.
That translates to about a little over two acres.
This is in stark contrast to the construction of railways in Africa, which often requires tens of thousands of hectares.
The United States is even more outrageous. When the Pacific Railway was built, the land acquired by the railway company often amounted to tens of thousands of square kilometers, so this was really a hugely profitable deal.
Railways in Southern Africa are being built quickly, mainly because Rock and Stoudemire are the largest landowners in Southern Africa. The railway passes through Nyasaland and Rhodesia, so there is no problem of land acquisition. All the land in Nyasaland is
It belongs to Rock, all the land in Rhodesia belongs to Small, and most of the land in Transvaal and Bechuanaland also belongs to Rock and Small, so the railways in several northern states in southern Africa have developed rapidly.
, the progress in Cape and Natal is a bit slow, the only few railways were built in the last century.
"Rest time must be ensured." Adelaide finally started to eat minced meat, and Sidney Milner, who knew the situation better, was also quite embarrassed.
Roque didn’t even know how to explain it. Probably Ade wanted to build a society where farmers have land and residents have houses. However, in real life, this has not been realized until the 21st century. It was not even a thought at the beginning of the 20th century.
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"At least we didn't abuse them, the food supply was sufficient, the wages were never in arrears, and the punishment for mistakes was more humane -" Rock said in a nice way. Being able to do these can be said to be worthy of the title in any era.
The above is humanized management.
"How do you punish those who make mistakes?" Adezhen is not indifferent to the world. After sitting in the office for a long time, it is inevitable that he will be out of touch with society and not fully aware of the situation at the grassroots level.
"Depending on the degree of the mistake, if it's a minor one, the food supply will be reduced, or it'll be in confinement. If it's a serious one, it'll be handled by a military court. It'll be dealt with as you see fit." Roque said in one sentence, this is the role of the military court.
Ade doesn't know what confinement means, but he still trusts Roque's management skills. There are nearly 200,000 troops in southern Africa, and there has never been a serious incident such as mutiny or riot. This is something Roque is proud of.
From beginning to end, Adelaide never asked about Simon Kennan. This kind of trust made Rock feel complicated, and he simply asked Sidney Milner out for a drink in the evening.
"I have reminded Irving that competition is allowed, but it must be within the scope of the rules. I have also warned Brandt and Fox that the newspaper content must be reviewed in advance, and no obviously directional content is allowed." Rock still made some remedies.
Measures, Brent Butler is the editor-in-chief of the Free Press, and Lauren Fox is the editor-in-chief of the Southern African version of the Times. The two newspapers have similar sales in southern Africa.
"Locke, now I understand why you hate elections." Sidney Milner said drunkenly. He never pretended to be in front of Rock.
Rock had clearly stated his opposition to elections in front of Sidney Milner before. Southern Africa still practiced democratic representative systems, not universal suffrage. If it had universal suffrage, it would really drive people crazy.
Even in a democratic representative system, the proportion of elections is obviously too large. The prime minister is not elected by universal suffrage, but members of parliament are always elected by universal suffrage. In the entire southern Africa, elections are relatively easy in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, and other regions including the Transvaal have relatively easy elections.
It has to be done every two or three years.
"Now that your uncle is the prime minister, of course you will say that." Roque laughed. Even without an election, Ade would not be able to serve as the lifelong prime minister.
"It doesn't matter to you, of course I think so." Sidney Milner also laughed. No matter whether Adelaide is the prime minister or Philip is the prime minister, Roque will be the winner.
Of course, even if Philip is replaced as prime minister, Sidney Milner will not lose. A person like Ade, even if he does not serve as prime minister, is still prominent in southern Africa. Naturally, there are other positions waiting for Ade, and
By then, becoming Prime Minister will not attract so much attention, and the work will not be so hard. As long as Adelaide does not have any health problems, Sidney Milner will be safe and sound.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Ade fell ill that night and was sent to Ziwei Hospital.
