When you have no money, you have to struggle, and when you have money, you have to struggle even more. Guarding a gold mine with a reserve of 349 million ounces, gold no longer means much to Luo Ke. If gold can be used to weave a huge network of relationships, Luo Ke will
Ke would be very happy.
The role of the network does not need to be emphasized. It is important at all times, especially for overseas colonies like the Transvaal. Colonial officials are usually foreigners and have no sense of belonging locally, so they often pay more attention to actual interests.
, will not consider the future.
In the Transvaal, it is really difficult to move forward without connections, so often, money is more useful than connections.
In early December, Anton suddenly came to Johannesburg from Cape Town.
Because Anton did not send a telegram in advance, Anton went all the way from the Johannesburg Police Station to the Rock Gold Mine before finding Rock.
Rock was surprised and happy to see Anton.
"Boss, let me see if you are doing well -" Anton's eye circles were a little red, and he held Roque's arm very hard.
"Hahahaha, of course I'm fine. We are free in Cape Town. What can we do to us in Johannesburg?" Roque was very happy, patting Anton's shoulder vigorously and introducing: "Look
Come on, Rock Gold Mine, this gold mine will be ours from now on!"
"Gold mine?!" Anton was extremely surprised. When he was in Cape Town, Rock was still cultivating the vineyard. In just a few months, the grape grower has changed it into a gold mine?!!!
Of course, Anton is not so arrogant. When Rock said it was "ours", Anton thought it was "ours". This should be made clear.
"Yes, come on, come in and sit down. My current office is right here." Roque invited Anton to go to the office. Anton was still in disbelief.
"Boss, it's working time now -" Anton reminded vaguely.
"What class do you work on? Johannesburg is still under martial law. The task of the police station is to assist the army in maintaining public order. Did you hear that? Assist! If you don't even have the power to handle cases, why do you work on it?" Roque is really not just a pick. The Mounted Police is there every day.
Under the mayor's nose.
"That's a good thing -" Anton doesn't think there's anything to complain about.
Well, people have different pursuits.
For Anton, taking money and not doing anything is the ultimate pursuit in life.
But for Rock, if you don’t do things, you have no rights, and if you don’t have rights, you have no pursuits——
Without pursuit, what is the difference between a certain Buddhist salted fish?
After going upstairs, Rock discovered that Anton did not come alone. He not only brought several policemen, but also a Boer woman and a Boer little girl.
A pregnant Boer woman.
"What's going on?" Rock was curious, could it be——
"No, no, no, it's not mine -" Anton noticed Roque's ambiguous eyes and immediately clarified: "Holly, come and say it yourself."
Holly is a Chinese policeman in his mid-twenties. He was not married before coming to Cape Town. According to the standards of the Qing Dynasty, Holly was a standard older young man.
In fact, Holly's personal conditions are quite good. He is tall, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he was a little thin when he first arrived in Cape Town.
Holly is not thin now. Although the standard of food provided by the Cape Town Police Station is not as good as that of the Johannesburg Police Station, it still provides milk and meat. It has only been a little over a year, and Holly's body has also begun to shrink.
The possibility of direction development.
In fact, no matter what era you are in, most single people are poor and troubled.
Standing in front of Rock, Holly was a little shy, which made Rock feel good about Holly.
"Here, light it." Rock threw a cigar casually.
"Hey, thank you, head--" Holly was in a hurry and didn't forget to light it for Rock first.
"Sit down and talk slowly -" Roque was not in a hurry and contacted the big-bellied Boer woman. In fact, without Holly saying anything, Roque had already made a guess.
"I-I want to marry Connie-" Holly stammered.
Sure enough!
"——The stupid Cape Town city government doesn't allow marriage, saying that people of color can't have families with white people—the city government wants to send Connie and little Annie to Natal, and they also ask Russell
The director fired me——" Holly was a little excited, and Rock then noticed that Holly was not wearing a police uniform.
"Director Russell is a nice person. He asked me to send Holly back to the Qing Dynasty, and take Connie and little Annie to the concentration camp in Natal. When the train arrived in Western Victoria, the guerrillas blew up the railway. It looked like it was very dangerous.
It took half a month to repair it, so I found a carriage - no, I was passing by Johannesburg, and I thought I would finally come and see the director and the brothers no matter what -" An, who has been promoted to inspector
Dong is also very ghostly.
The so-called "passing by" is nonsense. Natal is southeast of Johannesburg and Cape Town is southwest of Natal. These three places form a triangle. If you want to go from Cape Town to Natal, you will not pass by Johannesburg. Anton is
I came to Rock to make some decisions.
August Russell was also smart.
Prior to this, Rock had not received a telegram from August Russell. This was August Russell's show of goodwill to Rock. Otherwise, August Russell would not have let Anton take charge of this matter.
Things.
However, no contact was made in advance, which showed that August Russell did not want to get involved in this matter. No matter how Rock and Anton dealt with Holly and Connie, they had nothing to do with August Russell.
No matter who asked, August Russell could tell everyone.
This is what makes a person mature with age.
Even if he doesn’t send a telegram, Roque will still show his gratitude.
"Head--" Holly's expression was uneasy. This matter could be big or small. Even if Rock didn't care, he still had enough reasons.
Now Holly can only place her hope on Rock, who has never let his brothers down.
"Don't worry -" Rock smiled gently. He was the chief of the Johannesburg Police Department. Cape Town was beyond his reach. In Johannesburg, this kind of thing was not a problem: "Stay in Johannesburg with peace of mind. In this three-acre land, I
The final say.”
Sure enough, Rock has never let his brothers down!
"Head——" Holly's eyes instantly turned red. God knows how much pressure he was under during this period.
Rock can understand this feeling. When Rock left Oak Town, many of his brothers had unclear relationships with the Boer women in the refugee camp. Rock never asked about it. After all, the brothers were all adults.
, physiological problems must always be solved.
If Connie hadn't been pregnant, Holly probably wouldn't have married Connie and given Connie a status, which raised subsequent questions.
The Cape Town Municipal Government can tolerate underground romances between police and Boers, but the Cape Town Municipal Government - or the white world, will definitely not accept Chinese and white people forming a family -
At least not yet.
If the Boers at the bottom are like this, then how much pressure will a woman with an aristocratic background have to endure if she wants to be with a Chinese?
Rock suddenly missed Ada.
Miss Phyllis more——
"You guys live here first, and leave the rest to me." Roque did not make a promise right away, because Roque knew very well that he could not change the situation of the Chinese in the Transvaal.
But Rock can guarantee that Holly and Connie can stay in Johannesburg safely.
"Boss, Connie and I don't plan to hold a wedding, and we don't plan to have the city government recognize it. As long as we can stay together safely." Holly's requirements are not high. Maybe Holly and Connie still have a wedding in Cape Town.
Fantasy.
After experiencing so much, Holly and Connie have both recognized the reality.
"Okay, I can guarantee this." Rock can promise this.
After leaving Holly and Connie to rest, Rock and Anton had a long chat.
"——Director Russell hired more than 200 police officers from Huayong Camp. Now we account for half of the Cape Town Police Department. Several Indians were dissatisfied, so I made excuses and deported them all to Robben Island and concentration camps.
——We already have a family of five or six hundred people in Oak Town, and we open up wasteland to make wine and plant grapes every day. The brothers are very high-spirited.
I don’t admit it, I’ve kept a low profile, given enough money, and we’ll raise the children after they are born, and the offenders will be thrown to Robben Island to play whack-a-mole, and now everyone is very honest--" Anton continued to ramble,
Say whatever comes to mind.
"The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. It's normal. However, similar things must be absolutely prohibited. We should deal with them together when they are found. We can't let these rat droppings ruin our reputation." Roque has long been mentally prepared for human nature, and the Chinese can't do it either.
All of them are saints, and some of them are incompetent, which is normal.
"People in the Cape are in panic now. They say the war is over, but guerrillas bomb the railway every three days or attack patrols. Last month, a guerrilla attacked less than fifty miles away from Cape Town.
A patrol team was formed, and as a result, someone said that the Boers were going to attack Cape Town - "Anton definitely knew more about the situation than ordinary people, but not much more, at least not as much as Rock knew. p>
"It is impossible to attack Cape Town. The expeditionary force is negotiating with the Boers, but because the conditions cannot be agreed, the negotiations have made no progress." Rock shared the information and did not forget to tell Anton: "This is a secret negotiation.
Never tell anyone."
Anton knew the seriousness of the news and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Regarding negotiations, the difference between the expeditionary force headquarters and the Boers is whether to recognize the independence of the Transvaal and Orange. The Boers are now willing to give up large tracts of land, including the Rand gold mines, and take away those "cancer" gold mines.
The mines were transferred to Britain in exchange for the independence of the Transvaal and Orange.
The British government has spent hundreds of millions of pounds and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops. It will definitely not accept this result. However, the British have also made concessions, such as agreeing that Dutch can be used in schools and courts, and promising to provide financial assistance to the Transvaal and the Transvaal in the future.
Orange's autonomous status.
The Boers are obviously not satisfied with these conditions, because they believe that they have not yet reached the end of their rope.