In 1900, Britain was at the peak of its national power. During this period, it was no surprise that anything Britain did. To put it bluntly, during this period, the world's wealth was at the mercy of Britain, and the British government did not care at all.
The expeditionary force headquarters does not care about these hundreds of thousands of military horses.
For the Second Boer War, the British government paid a total of 220 million pounds. Was so much money used to deal with the Boers?
Don't be ridiculous, I dare not say that most of them, at least a considerable part, were wasted by the rich and wealthy expeditionary force headquarters.
Just like the lighter that Ada sells so hard, the order she has received from the Expeditionary Force Command is already over 100,000 pounds. This is just a small lighter. What about other military supplies?
As far as Rock knows, all the beef consumed by the expeditionary force is Angus beef shipped thousands of miles from Scotland. The expeditionary force headquarters does not purchase local beef from the Cape at all.
Don’t forget that there are more than 400,000 people in the Cape Expeditionary Force. How much supplies do so many people consume every day?
How much of it is unnecessary expenses?
It is impossible to count at all.
In Johannesburg itself, there is also a so-called "black market" that has spontaneously formed.
In the black market, you can buy almost all military supplies, ranging from heavy machine guns and artillery to cans of flour. There is a complete chain of interests behind this. Rock knows it, but Rock has no right to manage it. Even the governor has no right to manage it.
I can’t control it.
Rock didn't have to worry about it. There was a black market that was very convenient. Martin only spent two pounds to find a set of sterling silver tableware on the black market.
"Why do you need this thing? It's of great use. From now on, we will make our home in Oak Town. I will take this thing back to my wife later. This thing is made of silver. Only the emperor can afford it in our Qing Dynasty.
Do you know what silver is used for? It can detect poison. I will use this thing for meals in the future. This can be a family heirloom." Martin was very happy, scrubbing in the yard of the police station with a brush.
It's not possible without brushing. The tableware is a little dirty and black. I don't know what it is. The water after brushing the tableware is a little light red. Martin looked at the water and his face gradually became ugly.
No need to ask, this was stolen from the Boers by British soldiers, and the light red color is blood stains.
"You can pull me down, and you are still defending poison. Do you think you are the emperor? Who poisoned you? You are not worth a bag of poison money." Gao De laughed mercilessly.
"I can't say for sure. Maybe my sister-in-law put something inappropriate in the cooking -" Gordon's mouth was also broken.
"Shut the hell up!" Martin was furious and threw the silver plate at Gordon.
"Thank you for the reward, uncle—" Gordon picked up the silver plate from the ground and ran away.
Is Roubaozi going to beat a dog?!
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Roque was not in the mood to take care of the black market. Alfred Milner gave Roque the task of chasing down the guerrillas. Roque was about to make some achievements. This not only related to Alfred Milner's face, but also to Roque.
Involving the conflict of interests between the provisional government and the expeditionary force headquarters.
Ordinarily, since General Roberts has declared the war over, the Transvaal should end military control and begin the reconstruction phase.
However, there are still guerrilla activities in the Transvaal, and the war is far from over, so martial law continues and the provisional government is dispensable. This makes Alfred Milner very dissatisfied.<
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Like the Pretoria Police Department, the police force in the Johannesburg Police Department is now divided into three parts.
The largest and most powerful commando team is composed of Chinese police officers.
The smaller patrol police force is composed of Boer policemen.
Finally, there are the retired Zulu scouts. In order to maximize their role, Rock established a detective team specifically to track down the whereabouts of the Boer guerrillas.
The role of the detective team is very important. Even after the war, the detective team can still play a role.
Don’t forget that there are gold mines near Johannesburg. One of the important tasks of the Johannesburg Police Department is to cooperate with the tax department in combating smuggling.
Therefore, Roark plans to continue to expand the scale of the detective team. By then sending a few gangsters to each gold mine, Roark can easily extend his tentacles to any corner of Johannesburg.
"We conduct assessments on all retired scouts who apply. We will reject those who are undisciplined, those who are not good at riding, those who are not smart, and those who cannot shoot accurately. Even so, there are still thousands of people who meet our requirements.
requested, so we screened again and finally retained only 150 people." Yaya was appointed by Roque as the captain of the detective team. This position does not require the Government Government to ask for instructions. There is no such thing as a "detective team" in the Johannesburg Police Department, so he changed it.
In other words, the detective team is a temporary worker.
Yes, the Johannesburg Police Department also has "temporary workers". Now that Johannesburg is still under military control, the role of temporary workers is not yet obvious.
When Johannesburg ends military control and begins reconstruction, temporary workers will begin to exert their power.
At that time, Roque can blame all the mistakes made by the Johannesburg Police Department on the temporary workers. As for the number of temporary workers?
During the Second Boer War, approximately 10,000 Zulus served the British government. These people have now been repatriated in batches. The British government has not fulfilled the promise it made to the Zulus when it recruited them.
Rock wants to make use of these resources. Although the Zulus in the 21st century are notorious, the Zulus in this period are really useful.
Compared with the Chinese police and the Boer police, the Zulu police's salary is very low. Their monthly salary is less than two pounds, and the average person only has about one shilling per day, which is not as good as the miners in the gold mine.
Earn more.
Of course, being a police officer in Johannesburg is not as dangerous and onerous as that of a miner. Mines in the 21st century are still accident-prone areas. Mines in this era are simply more dangerous than battlefields. What Rock learned
According to information, some miners write a suicide note before going down the mine. Every time they go down the mine, it is a journey to death.
"Those who have been deleted should also keep their information. Maybe they will get a job sometime in the future." Luo Ke asked Yaya to do a good job in archival work to be prepared.
"This work is being done. Many of them have not left Johannesburg. Even if they cannot join the detective team, they still want to find a job in Johannesburg." Yaya said it easily, but Rock immediately became wary.
The presence of so many unemployed Zulus in Johannesburg will definitely increase the pressure on public security in Johannesburg. Others don't know the dangers of the Zulus, but Rock knows it.
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