In fact, the situation is better than Roark expected. Because the commandos undertake special tasks and are far more dangerous than ordinary patrolmen, Roark's salary has been increased to fifteen pounds. The house worth 150 pounds, Roark now
You can buy it without eating or drinking for ten months.
A salary of fifteen pounds is considered a high salary even in the UK. The middle class level in the UK these days is 100 pounds, and those with an annual income of more than 100 pounds have already entered the middle class.
Including Henry Matilda and Rock, the total number of commandos was sixteen, including twelve Chinese and four Boers. Because of Rock's insistence, no Indians were selected.
In order to strengthen their firepower, the commandos were equipped with rifles in addition to pistols. Unfortunately, the rifles equipped by the commandos were not the Martini Henry rifles that Rock and the others were familiar with, but the latest ones installed by the British army.
Lee Enfield.
"The Lee Enfield rifle was just put into service four years ago. It is currently the most advanced rifle in the world. It has a 0.3-inch caliber, uses smokeless gunpowder, and has a ten-round magazine. This kind of gun was not originally provided to people outside the country.
Troops, but because of the war against the Boers, we have the opportunity to get them in advance. This is a benefit that the director specially fought for us." Henry Matilda didn't know how harshly the director scolded the inspector in the office, and he is still scolding him now.
I didn’t feel any pressure. Of course, even if there was pressure, I guess Henry wouldn’t be afraid. Henry is British, so he could just go back to England.
"I heard from the inspector that the commando team was your idea, so give full play to your ingenuity. I can't find those Boers. Since it was your suggestion, you are responsible for finding them.
"Henry fully trusted Roark, even though Roark didn't really want it.
"I'm responsible?" Rock wasn't sure what Henry meant yet. Was he letting go of power?
"Yes, you are in charge. We divide the work and cooperate. I am responsible for coordination and logistics, and you are responsible for investigation and operations. The inspector trusts you, and I trust you too." Henry's expression was very sincere, but Rock only
If you want to scold someone, what do you mean by coordinating work and ensuring logistics? I do all the joint work, and we share the credit. It’s not your fault that we can’t solve the case, it’s me who betrayed your trust, right?
When the dirty words came to his lips, Rock swallowed them down forcefully, why was he jumping up and down?
Isn't it just to gain the trust of the British? Now the opportunity has come. As long as those Boers are found out, Rock's future status will be unshakable.
Taking a step back, even if he can't find those Boers, Rock can still find a way to communicate. Isn't there a popular joke on the Internet in the 21st century, saying that special forces from several countries are training together in order to compare who is the best?
The best, they held a competition - put a rabbit into the forest, the three troops who can find it within one day will be the strongest.
A country's special forces immediately held a meeting to formulate a plan and quickly launched a blanket search, but found nothing.
The special forces of another country lined up outside the forest, holding a loudspeaker and shouting inside: Listen up to the rabbits inside, you have been surrounded by us, surrender quickly!
Of course nothing happened.
The last special forces unit was not in a hurry at all. It was not until dusk that the soldiers picked up the bear and lazily walked into the forest. After a burst of animal screams, the special forces soldiers walked out leading a bear with a bruised nose and swollen face.
The bear kept saying: "Stop fighting, I am a rabbit."
No, no, you can't do this, this is wrong, you must learn to use the correct method to solve the problem.
"Okay sir -" Rock began to make conditions.
"Call me Henry. We are on the same level now. I will also call you Rock." Henry interrupted Rock. He still needed to rely on Rock to solve the case. He couldn't be superior.
"Okay Henry, I'm applying for case handling funds. Let's get 50 pounds first." Roque asked for money first. This was not for corruption, but for work needs.
"Why do you need money?" Henry didn't think Roark wanted a lot, but he just didn't understand why Roark wanted it.
"We must first obtain intelligence and bribe informants. We can't deceive them with words. Only when people see real money can the informants work well." Rock didn't know how the police in the 19th century handled the case, but looking at it,
It’s not for nothing that I’ve watched so many police and gangster movies, at least it’s more reliable than Henry’s Clueless.
"Haha, no problem. I'll apply right away. I know you have a way." Henry is not opposed to spending money on information, as long as he can solve the case, he will pay some money.
With this little effort, Rock arranged for the commando team members to go to the training ground to familiarize themselves with the weapons, leaving Anton alone.
"Locke, you -" Anton looked at Rock with a somewhat complicated look. What Rock said to Anton a few days ago was still in his mind. Anton was still thinking about it, but he didn't expect that Rock's movements were so fast, and...
It works so quickly.
"Come on Anton, if you want, you can do it, I just remind you that the war will end soon, new police stations will be established in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, many positions will be vacant, and there will be no opportunities.
I will always be there waiting for you." Rock still only reminded him without forcing him, but if Anton missed this opportunity, Rock would no longer talk nonsense. You can never wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.
"I - I will go naturalize tomorrow." Anton finally made up his mind. The power of role models is infinite. They are all doing the same job. Others earn five pounds a month, while he earns 1.2 pounds a month. Luo Ke took it.
High salaries are earned through hard work. Even Li De can now get a higher salary than Anton, which is really unacceptable to Anton.
It is still easy for British people to communicate with each other. If Rock applies for funding, it will probably take a lot of trouble. Henry does not have this problem. Rock only needs 50 pounds, but Henry actually gets back 100 pounds. This makes Rock finally feel
to pressure.
The cost and gain are equal. Since the capital invested by the bureau is so sufficient, then what they want to get must be more. If Rock can't do it, then how much capital the British have invested now will determine Rock's fate in the future.
How miserable.
It didn't matter anymore, the matter was at this point, there was no point worrying, so he had to hurry up and get down to business. Rock went to the training ground and called the two strongest Chinese policemen, and went out with Henry to call a two-wheeled carriage and go directly to the prison.
The two-wheeled carriage is the taxi of this era. Rock's salary could not afford to hire a carriage before. There are two types of carriage fees. One is based on distance, six pence per mile in the city and one shilling per mile in the suburbs.
The other is based on time, which is two shillings for an hour, and six pence for every fifteen minutes after one hour.