It is not that no one cares about the gold mines that have ceased operation. After all, the gold is in the mines and will not run away on its own. However, due to the outbreak of the war, the mines have no security guards and guards. Therefore, those who take the opportunity to illegally mine gold
There shouldn't be too many people. When Rock and Nelson Holt entered the Leopold gold mine, Martin had already captured a long list of commandos who had arrived earlier.
In the Qing Dynasty, Martin was definitely a cruel official. This guy also had a family background. No matter where those guys who illegally mined gold hid their gold, Martin could easily find it.
Therefore, a small pile of gold was quickly piled up on the ground, including gold sand and large pieces of nugget gold.
There is no doubt that the Leopold Gold Mine is indeed a rich mine.
"Cool, today's harvest is really big!" Nelson Holt whistled very loudly, and the little old man felt very disrespectful.
"Boss, what should we do with these thieves?" Martin ran over and asked for instructions.
It seems that the Leopold Gold Mine is really big. Martin and the others have already caught more than a hundred gold diggers in just a short time. Among them are white people, Zulu people, and even a few gold diggers.
I don’t know if the skin gold digger is Chinese or Southeast Asian.
Now the commandos are still searching, and there are still people hiding in the gold mine, but they cannot escape the pursuit of the commandos, who are accompanied by hounds.
Different from ordinary people's concept of gold diggers, most of these gold diggers are naked, with sallow complexion and thin skin. Their expressions are frightened and their whole bodies are trembling. They don't know what kind of fate they will usher in.
In fact, it’s not unknown. According to Johannesburg’s tradition, if an ownerless gold mine is discovered, then one can apply for mineral ownership and then organize gold mining.
But if it is illegal mining, then sorry, this violates the interests of all mine owners in Johannesburg, so as long as the gold diggers who illegally mine gold are caught, no matter how much they mine, they will be hanged alive.
After being hanged, family members were not allowed to collect the body because they wanted to set an example.
"What do you think?" Rock asked Nelson Holt.
"You are the inspector -" Nelson Holt said it all in one sentence.
"Forget it, they are all poor people." If there were not those few yellow-skinned gold diggers, maybe Roque would follow the tradition. Now, although Roque is not sure whether those few gold diggers are Chinese, Luo Ke
I won't take this risk.
"This is what a gentleman does!" Nelson Holt smiled. It was obvious that Nelson Holt didn't like killing people casually.
Just kidding, don’t think that the colonists like to kill people casually. The British colony is so big that it needs manpower everywhere. Nelson Holt is not a mine owner, and those gold diggers did not infringe on Nelson Holt’s interests. So, Nelson
·Holt doesn't care what Rock does with these gold diggers.
Of course, it would be false to say that he doesn’t care at all. Although how Rock deals with these gold diggers has nothing to do with Nelson Holt, Nelson Holt can use Rock’s way of dealing with these gold diggers to have a strong influence on Rock.
There are more judgments on character.
Even as friends, people want to be friends with magnanimous people, and no one likes tyrants.
Of course, not everyone thinks so. Some people just think that all behaviors that break the rules should be punished.
"Thieves are always thieves. Releasing them will make more people take risks, so they should all be shot." Kevin is such a person.
It cannot be said that this approach is wrong. In troubled times, heavy codes should indeed be used, but the war is over, and we have to resume production and recuperate. Is it necessary to use such cruel methods?
In the final analysis, they are just a group of poor people who are forced by life. Even if they are guilty, the crime will not lead to death. That is to say, those mine owners who care about human life will be so cruel. As government employees, they should consider the problem more comprehensively. "You can't say that. Many of them may have worked in this mine before, but when the war broke out and the mine owners fled, they had no source of income and their lives were unsustainable. If they were given a job, they might not
Will become a thief." Nelson Holt is quite patient. Although Nelson Holt doesn't like Kevin, he still has to say what needs to be said.
Of course, Nelson Holt's words were also meant to be spoken to Rock. If it was just Kevin, Nelson Holt probably wouldn't pay attention to him.
Some of the gold diggers also knew English. As soon as Nelson Holt finished speaking, some gold diggers knelt down and begged for mercy.
"We were indeed miners here before—"
"If possible, we are not willing to be thieves——"
"Please——"
When a person is in a critical moment of life or death, his potential is unlimited. Dignity is not important at this time, but staying alive is important.
What's more, they probably have families to support, and they have to work hard to survive for their families.
"But the fact now is that they have become thieves, so they should be punished." Kevin's heart is as cold as steel, and he is more suitable to be a mine owner.
"Please don't do this——"
"We really have no choice but to——"
"I still have children at home——"
Immediately there was a loud cry, a large group of old men, which was actually quite sad.
Ask yourself, if Rock and the others are forced to this extent, then they are not much different from them. Sometimes life does not give people too many choices, and those who have choices will not be forced to this extent. p>
"You're so disgusting!" Phyllis was trembling with anger and wanted to pull out a gun and shoot Kevin dead.
"Forget it, shooting them all is a way, but it is not the best way. Martin, go find the Mike from yesterday and tell him that I have a group of workers to introduce to him." Rock not only wants to release them, but also to deal with them.
work issues.
"Hypocrisy! How much chance do you think they have of surviving when they get to the mine?" Kevin started to feel a little bit guilty. People, sometimes you have to recognize yourself.
Speaking of the survival rate of miners, it is definitely a tragedy in this era. In 1904, within the first year of the arrival of Chinese workers in Johannesburg, 469 people died and 1,167 were disabled.
The next year, 935 people died and there were cases.
At that time, there were only more than 50,000 Chinese laborers in total. In other words, even if the proportion of death and lifelong disability is not calculated, on average each person got sick once in a year, and the "disease" here was not that simple.
Colds and fevers will only be officially recorded if they require hospitalization.
It can be seen from this that the living environment of miners is extremely harsh.
"At least, they have a chance to survive." Rock is not hypocritical. This is the difference between pessimism and optimism.