Not to mention the romantic affair of the Prince of Wales, after Edward VII ascended the throne, Winston's official career was indeed prosperous.
In fact, after Winston returned to London last year, he was successfully elected as a member of Parliament on behalf of the Conservative Party. Winston was not yet 26 years old at the time.
Therefore, in British politics, there is also a tradition of succession between father and son. For a normal person to want to enter Parliament at the age of 26 is a wishful thinking, but for the aristocratic group, Winston has already accumulated a lot of experience.
As a member of the Conservative Party, Winston criticized many policies of the Conservative government in Congress and opposed the Conservative Party everywhere. He was finally revoked as a member by the Conservative Party in January 1905.
Do you think this is the end of Winston's political career?
Obviously not. In May of that year, Winston took the seat of the opposition party.
This was the right choice. The next year, in 1906, the Liberal Party came to power, and Winston was appointed Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. The most important achievement during his tenure was to promote South Africa to obtain autonomous status.
This is why Rock invested in Winston.
It now seems that Rock's investment in Winston did not need to wait until 1906, it has already played its role.
Rock did not forget to remind Henry that if he went to London, he must remember to visit Winston.
"Of course, we have always corresponded." Henry certainly didn't know how brilliant Winston's future would be, but Henry and Winston also maintained constant contact. After all, Winston's grandfather was the Duke of Marlborough.
The Marlborough family is the top British aristocracy. Among the aristocrats outside the British royal family, there are only 20 dukedoms. The Duke of Marlborough ranks tenth in the order of titles.
In the aristocratic circle, compared with the Marlborough family, the Matilda family is not worth mentioning, so Henry attaches great importance to the friendship between him and Winston, even though Winston does not have the right to inherit the title of Duke of Marlborough.
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"It's just that we can't communicate. You have to show your sincerity." Rock advised. Even though Winston could earn 250 pounds a month in Cape Town, he had to risk his life to earn this money.
So after Winston escaped back to Cape Town, he quickly returned to London.
After returning to London and no longer working as a war correspondent, naturally he no longer has a monthly salary of 250 pounds. Winston does not yet have a noble title. It is probably impossible to maintain the dignity of a top aristocratic family just relying on Winston's income as a member of parliament.
Therefore, Winston needs money very much.
More needed than both Rock and Henry.
"Ha, Locke, don't say it so straightforwardly -" Henry was a little embarrassed, Henry still understood the twists and turns, and didn't need Locke's guidance.
Luo Ke laughed dumbly and was a little embarrassed.
Roque still underestimated the background of aristocratic children like Henry and Winston. They had been in the circle of aristocrats since they were young, and they knew many things better than Roque. Some things did not need Roque to remind them, they had already penetrated into their bones.
Instinct.
Officials kept entering Alfred Milner's office and were summoned by Alfred Milner.
When it was Roque's turn, Alfred Milner was already a little tired.
"Everything is normal in Johannesburg. The gold mines that were temporarily suspended due to the war have basically resumed work. The police department is cooperating with the city government to check the output of the gold mines. It is estimated that it will take half a year to complete this work."
Rock never mentioned the guerrillas. That was a matter for the expeditionary force headquarters and had nothing to do with the police station.
"Johannesburg is importing Chinese miners in large quantities. Why haven't you applied for this before?" Alfred Milner's expression was calm, showing no emotion or anger.
"Hiring Chinese miners is an independent business activity of the mine owner. Do I need to apply for this?" Rock pretended to be stupid and behaved like a pure police officer.
Many things that are originally very simple will become more complicated as more people participate.
Just like hiring Chinese workers, if you apply for this kind of thing, the Governor's Office will probably not make a decision directly, and will most likely have to report to Congress.
At the level of Congress, the entanglement of interest relationships becomes more complicated. The ruling party wants to keep an even balance, while the opposition party wants to find fault with the eggs. There may even be extreme situations like "opposition for the sake of opposition." In order to draw conclusions, maybe
It was already three to five years later.
Roque didn't have so much time, so he did it first and then talked about it. It became a fait accompli, so it didn't matter whether he applied or not.
As for the consequences.
To put it bluntly, this is not a criminal act after all. It is at most an oversight or a lack of consideration. What can Alfred Milner do to Roark?
Not allowed to be promoted?
Rock's immediate boss is Henry. In the Transvaal police system, Henry is the boss. Rock wants to hide behind Henry and make a fortune quietly. He doesn't want to be promoted at all, so whatever -
What about the penalty?
This is more casual. To be honest, Roque doesn't even know what his annual salary is now. Compared with the income from the gold mine, his annual salary is nothing. Roque has no place to spend money except giving gifts to build relationships.
The most serious thing is that Roark may be suspended, but he has not yet been fired.
However, considering that the Prince of Wales is about to ascend the throne, and Rock is also on the list of meritorious personnel reported by the expeditionary force headquarters, he is suspended at this time——
Inappropriate, really inappropriate.
Therefore, Rock is now confident.
"How did those Chinese workers perform?" Alfred Milner asked Rock to evaluate himself.
"Under the stimulation of high salary, the performance of the Chinese workers is not bad -" Rock tried to be objective. Alfred Milner must have other sources of information, so if Rock deliberately exaggerates now, he is courting death: "Me and De
Aiden from Beers Consolidated Mining Company once talked about how miners in gold mines used to be basically Zulu and Boer. The Zulu were lazy and not very efficient, while the Boer were more lazy and less efficient, and they were paid less.
Higher. Overall, the performance of those Chinese workers is pretty good. As long as their salary can satisfy them, their efficiency is pretty good."
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"You know very well——" Alfred Milner said meaningfully.
Rock felt a little feverish on his face. Alfred Milner must have known that Rock had a gold mine in his name, so he teased Rock.
There is no need to answer this sentence, and there is no need for Roark to throw out Baron Philip. Alfred Milner is the governor, so it is normal to laugh at Roark.
Fortunately, Alfred Milner was not a harsh person, so Alfred Milner did not embarrass Rock for too long: "Stop hiring Chinese workers for the time being, and we will talk about it after a while."
Fortunately, it is only temporarily suspended. There will be opportunities to continue in the future, and Chinese workers who have come to Johannesburg do not need to be repatriated.
"Then De Beers Unified Mining Company——" Rock was a little confused.
"You solve it yourself!" Alfred Milner decided in one word.
"Yes!" Roque said with a correct attitude.
After leaving Alfred Milner's office, Rock felt scared.
It was actually very dangerous just now. The fate of Rock and all the Chinese in the Transvaal depended on Alfred Milner's thoughts.
Rock could actually feel that for a moment, Alfred Milner's emotions were on the verge of breaking out, but for some unknown reason, Alfred Milner did not kill Rock in the end.<
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"How is it?" Henry was still waiting for Roque, and went to the Pretoria Police Station with Roque.
Rock is here to get some food.
"After being scolded——" Rock felt that his underwear was wet.
"Haha, you deserve it. Someone reported you for seeking power for personal gain——" Henry made a shocking revelation.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Rock was surprised. He hadn't heard Henry mention it just now.
"What's there to say? Is there anyone in the entire Transvaal who hasn't been accused?" Henry didn't take it seriously. Every official in the Transvaal said something, but in fact, their butts were not very clean.
"Your sister, you are both British and I am Chinese, how can we be the same?" Rock was very angry.
"Stop trying to trick my sister!" Henry immediately became furious. He was also a maniac about doting on his sister: "Locke, if you want to truly integrate into the Transvaal, you must regard yourself as an Englishman."
Roque was stunned for a moment and said no more.
If Henry had said this before, Rock would have been very grateful.
Now Rock will no longer be grateful to anyone casually, because Rock knows very well that even if Rock regards himself as a British person, the British will not regard Rock as "one of their own".
Of course, this does not prevent Rock from serving the British government.
Rock has been in this world for more than a year. Now Rock has been naturalized as a Cape citizen and has become a senior official in the Transvaal through his own efforts. Before there is no better choice, Rock must serve the British government until he has enough
self-protection ability.
"It's my fault, Henry, I'm sorry - and besides, thank you." In any case, Rock is very grateful to Henry. Without Henry, Rock wouldn't be able to climb so fast.
At first, Roque deliberately made friends with Henry in order to rely on Henry's status as a noble son to "dominate and dominate". Now Roque also has the opportunity to become a noble. He and Henry complement each other.
For Rock, everyone in this world is the "indigenous" of this world.
This kind of mentality is very bad. Rock was just a trading dog in his previous life. Compared with the big shots in the world like Rock, Rock is nothing.
In this world, Roque can barely be considered a big shot now. If he were still in the Cape Town Police Department, then Roque would now be qualified to become the key protection target of the police station. Therefore, Roque should adjust his mentality and not
He always puts himself in the role of "poaching the British Empire".
In this world, for now, Rock's digging into the British Empire is actually digging into Rock's own corner. This can be regarded as digging his own grave.
"It's not your fault, Locke, you don't have to apologize." Henry put his hand on Locke's shoulder, and the two of them walked forward side by side.