A few months ago, Henry sent Rock to Oak Town. At that time, Rock said to Henry: Within two years, Stellenbosch will be turned into paradise.
Henry was dismissive. In Henry's view, Oak Town was a hell at that time. Rock's idea of turning Oak Town into a paradise within two years was almost a fantasy.
Facts have proved that Rock does have the ability to "turn stone into gold". When Rock came to Oak Town, Oak Town was dilapidated and almost abandoned; although the current Oak Town can't be called "paradise",
But compared with ordinary towns, it is already much better. At least in Cape Town, Oak Town is definitely first-rate.
Different from ordinary small towns without planning and design, Oak Town was almost torn down and rebuilt. With Rock's unified planning, the current Oak Town has neat specifications and a unified architectural style. Although the styles of wooden buildings are similar, the details are different.
, the Chinese people’s calculating nature is vividly displayed in Oak Town. The lawns and gardens loved by white people are almost non-existent in Oak Town. The hard-working hostess makes full use of every inch of land and plants all the lawn and garden space originally reserved.
Various vegetables are served.
The ten oak trees that Rock requested were also discounted, and at least half of them were secretly replaced with various fruit trees. The saplings are still small and cannot be seen now. They will definitely be exposed in a few years, but by then the fragrance of the fruit trees will continue all year round.
It’s true that Rock wants to protect the environment, but he won’t overdo it. Oak trees are not necessarily the only ones that can achieve Rock’s purpose.
"Many police officers choose to set up their homes in Oak Town. They own varying numbers of vineyards, at least 50 acres. There are nearly 2,000 acres of vineyards around Oak Town, which can provide thousands of jobs. It won't be long before Oak Town
The scale will become larger and larger. In the spring, I will also organize to reclaim wasteland, plant grapes, plant orchards, plant alfalfa, and plant whatever you want. Just wait and see, the day will come when I can fulfill my promise."
On the way to the refugee camp, Rock introduced Henry.
Speaking of alfalfa, I have to say that the farming technology of the Boers is really very different from that of the Chinese. Although the Boers are "farmers", they are not good at farming or grazing. One acre of pasture
, the Boers can only raise one sheep, and raising one cow requires five acres of pasture; but if they choose to grow alfalfa to raise cattle, one acre of alfalfa can raise ten to fifteen cows, and the efficiency is at least fifty times worse.
All that is needed is hard work.
"The vineyards here are not cheap, are they?" In fact, after Rock came to Oak Town, Henry also came to Oak Town many times, but Henry had never observed Oak Town carefully. Now that he heard Rock's introduction, Henry
Realize the promise of Oak Town.
As for whether what Rock said will come true?
Henry has never doubted this issue since he met Roark.
"It's not expensive either. The previous owners of these vineyards were either exiled abroad or locked up in refugee camps. One acre of vineyard only costs one or two pounds." Rock downplayed that if Henry also wanted to buy a vineyard,
Rock can help.
"It's really not expensive." Henry had no intention of buying a vineyard. Like most British people, Henry looked down on this kind of business. If he wanted to be a farmer, even ordinary British people had more and better choices. For example, in Australia and Canada, there is a lot of unowned land there. New immigrants don't even need to pay to get a farm. They can ride a horse and circle as much land as they can in a day, and it's all their own. Luo Ke is not talking nonsense, as he said again, your arsenic is my honey, everyone has his own ambitions, and you can't force it.
What's more, Rock doesn't want anyone to notice Oak Town. It would be best if the Chinese can buy all the vineyards in Oak Town, so that Oak Town can become an alternative "Chinatown" in Cape Town. In the future, as long as the scale of Oak Town
At a certain level, Oak Town can also organize a parliament and form a government. By then, the Chinese will also have the ability to make their own voices heard.
Coming to the refugee camp is also refreshing.
In the past, the low, shabby, leaky tents with patches everywhere were replaced by tall and spacious military tents. Ten to fifteen people lived in each tent. There was about 30 square meters of open space between the tents for children to play. Of course, now
The children are all studying in tent teachers, and the women are working in vineyards and wineries. There are no idlers wandering around in the refugee camp. The ground is clean, there is no overflowing sewage, no foul-smelling urine, and occasionally there are
Boer women carrying wooden basins hurried past. They were going to the river to wash clothes.
Although a riot just occurred some time ago, there are no traces of the riot now. The isolation area originally located in a corner of the refugee camp has now been demolished. The prisoners who were shot and killed that night have been burned and buried together. Except for those responsible for
No one among the Zulus who dealt with them knew where those prisoners were buried.
Including the women and children in the refugee camp, no one sympathized with the prisoners who tried to "escape". When the gunfire rang out that night, those women and children did not even leave the tent. By daybreak, all traces had been cleaned up.
No one cares about the fate of those prisoners of war. Women should work and children should go to school, as if those prisoners of war never existed.
Seeing that the refugee camp continued to be in order, Henry finally believed that Roark was confident in handling the investigation team's investigation. Henry returned to Cape Town that day to report to the Chief of Police, August Russell, and the Governor-General, Alfred Milner.
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In the evening, the Oak Bar welcomed two special guests, two military observers from France.
"Hello, are you Inspector Locke?" The two military observers had a clear goal.
"Yes, I am, welcome to Oak Town." Rock, as a landlord, gestured to Henry to pour the wine: "I'll buy these two glasses. This is our home-brewed Elsdy, because of the Elsdy River.
It got its name. This wine is very good, comparable to the red wine of Bordeaux. Maybe you don’t know that the first residents of Oak Town were French. They were Hugues from Bordeaux. Because there is an environment similar to Bordeaux, they
Settled here, planted grapes and made wine."
When it comes to Oak Town, Rock talks endlessly. Oak Town has a close relationship with Bordeaux, which will arouse the interest of the two military observers.
They were indeed interested. The two Frenchmen were also experienced in drinking. As soon as the wine entered their throats, their eyes immediately lit up.
“It’s really good, it tastes like Bordeaux red wine.”
“I didn’t expect that Cape has such great wine.”
Well, it is indeed easy for men to build relationships at the wine table.