550 Chinese police officers, the oldest is no more than 25 years old and the youngest is no less than 20 years old. Before arriving in Cape Town, they received at least three months of basic training in the Qing Dynasty. This training included basic formation formations.
Language, shooting, fighting, assassination, riding, etc. If it weren't for the war that just broke out in the Qing Dynasty, the Cape Town Police Department would not have been able to bring them to Cape so easily.
After all, for the Huayongs, the Qing Dynasty was their mother country, and Britain was the main force behind the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China. The British did not dare to use the Huayongs to fight against the Qing Dynasty easily before they were sure of the attitude of the Huayongs toward the Qing Dynasty.
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Relatively speaking, there is no problem in sending Chinese policemen to Cape Town to serve as police officers. Rock and the Chinese policemen who arrived in Cape Town earlier have used their own abilities to prove that Chinese policemen are worthy of trust. Compared with those Indian policemen,
Generally speaking, the Chinese police are very good, even compared with the British police.
Well, this judgment adds a lot of subjectivity. In fact, the performance of the Chinese police is much better than that of the British police in Cape Town, but it is not easy for the British to accept this.
All in all, in the Cape Town Police Department, as the status of Chinese police officers becomes more and more important, the Cape Town Police Department will hire more Chinese police officers in the future.
In the police dormitory, Roque received a warm welcome from the new police officers. Unlike the previous batch of newcomers who were all ordinary Huayong, six of this batch of policemen had previously served as corporals in the Huayong camp and came to the police dormitory.
After Cape Town, the six corporals started all over again, but because of Rock's existence, it would be easier for them to get promoted.
When leaving the police dormitory, Rock took away a former Huayong camp translator named Feng Fu. Feng Fu used to work at the Qing Customs and spoke English and simple French. Rock wanted to bring Feng Fu back to Oak Town and give him
Chinese children in Oak Town become teachers.
Speaking of which, the IQs of Chinese people are indeed very high. There are more and more Chinese children in Oak Town. According to Anton and Li De, children can already start working when they are half old. But Rock disagrees. In Rock
It seems that no matter what kind of job those Chinese children will do in the future, they must learn as much knowledge as possible. At the very least, they must pass the language and be able to communicate directly with the Boers and the British. This will be more conducive to the integration of the Chinese into the Cape. Due to the lack of Chinese teachers in Oak Town, Rock had to arrange for the children to study with teachers in the refugee camp. Rock originally did not expect the children to learn much knowledge and become familiar with those with red eyebrows and green eyes over a period of time.
White children, don’t feel inferior, don’t shrink, as long as they can communicate as equals.
The reality is better than Rock imagined. Over a period of time, the Chinese children have not only become familiar with their white teachers and white classmates, but their English and Dutch skills have also improved by leaps and bounds. They can now compete with their classmates.
Communication, although the communication is not smooth enough, is already very different from before. Many children can even teach their parents to learn English and Dutch after returning home from school. This is a surprising start.
"I have prepared classrooms and dormitories for you. Don't be stressed. Do your best to teach those children mainly English, but don't forget Chinese. At least let them be able to read, write, and understand some
The Four Books and Five Classics and related teaching aids have been prepared. You can stay here with peace of mind. I will pay you a monthly salary of ten pounds, and you can also bring your family to Cape Town." On the way back to Oak Town, Luo
Ke gave Feng Fu careful instructions.
"Master Luo, do you want to teach writing?" Feng Fu was happy and worried when he heard that he was offered a salary of ten pounds. He still didn't quite understand Luo Ke's positioning for the children.
Make a text!
Luo Ke thought for a long time before he understood what Feng Fu was talking about.
"No, no, no, if you don't learn Wen, these children will not return to the Qing Dynasty to take the imperial examination in the future. Your main task is to teach the children English so that they can communicate with foreigners without any barriers. You don't have to worry about the rest." Rock doesn't understand.
Asking the children to learn eight-part essay, I was about to die in Daqing. Taking part in the imperial examination at this time is almost the same as joining KMT in 1949.
Regarding the Four Books and Five Classics, no matter what, they are part of the traditional Chinese culture. If possible, Roque hopes that these overseas Chinese will have a deeper understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics as much as possible, and at least familiarize themselves with one of them, whether it is
Whether it is "The Analects of Confucius" or "Spring and Autumn", you must be familiar with it to the extent that you can easily grasp the allusions and passages in it, so that you can be worthy of your Chinese identity.
After returning to Oak Town, Feng Fu realized how much Rock had spent on these children.
Right next to the church, in the prime location of Oak Square, a two-story wooden building covering a large area has risen.
The first floor of the wooden building is a spacious and bright classroom. The classroom covers an area of nearly a hundred square meters. Glass and curtains are used on all the windows. There is a layer of window screens outside the windows. The classroom is not only paved with wooden floors, but also all the desks.
The corners are all oval, so students don’t have to worry about bumps or bruises in the classroom. There is also a chair and a coffee table placed in the corner of the small podium for Feng Fu to rest during breaks.
The second floor of the wooden building is a library that also functions as a reading room. There are several rows of long tables and chairs in the center of the library, which is enough for thirty or forty people to use at the same time. There is a circle of bookshelves placed against the wall.
The books are not full yet, only a few hundred or ten, and some green plants and decorative ornaments are randomly placed in the remaining space.
Feng Fu stepped forward and pulled out a book, which was the classic British picture book "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
"There are very few books now. It is very difficult to buy Chinese books here in Cape Town. However, I have asked someone to go back to the Qing Dynasty to buy them. I believe that one day, the bookshelves here will be full." Roque is confident.
Take your time, Rock still has time.
"Don't worry, Mr. Luo, Feng will do his best to live up to Mr. Luo's high expectations." Feng Fu didn't know why, but he suddenly felt the urge to take his family to Oak Town.
Oak Town is really beautiful now.
There was a light snowfall just a few days ago, and the snow on the ground has not yet melted. The sky and the earth are pure white. Standing in front of the window, there is a faint fragrance of wine wafting, and in the distance there are children laughing and reading.
At the sound of the sound, a policeman wearing a standard woolen coat passed by the window on horseback. Several wild rabbits still dripping blood were hung on the saddle. Two hounds followed the horse, shaking their heads and wagging their tails. They looked at the rabbits and salivated. There were people on the street.
Two patrolmen came over and greeted the knight warmly. The knight who had just returned from hunting invited the two patrolmen to his home for a drink in the evening and asked them to try the freshly brewed ice wine and fresh wild rabbit——
Within a few words, two hounds sneaked up and licked the freshly dropped blood on the ground, causing the knight and patrolman to laugh and curse.