Although generally speaking, the number of Chinese in Ziwei Town is relatively small, when it comes to children, Chinese have an absolute advantage. There are now more than a hundred children in Ziwei Town. Except for only a dozen Boers, the remaining
All the people below are Chinese.
Don't doubt it, as long as there are no restrictions, the stomach is full, and there is no threat to survival, the Chinese, like other races, are really fertile.
Under normal circumstances, if a Chinese family has only two children, it means that the number of people is too small to let the ancestors down.
Three children can barely pass, but it’s not enough.
The five children can be considered good, and they have basically completed the task of carrying on the family line.
Only if you have seven or eight children will you be able to flourish, and you will still be able to smile even if you die.
Most of the children in Ziwei Town are the descendants of Chinese policemen. Chinese policemen are absolutely persistent in having children. After all, their family situation was not good before they joined Huayong Camp, otherwise they would not have joined.
Huayong camp went to work for the British.
It can be said that before the Chinese policemen joined Huayong Camp, they all had brothers and sisters who died due to various reasons, experienced a life of displacement during the famine years, and even witnessed the tragic situation of exchanging children for food.
So when we arrived in Johannesburg, the Chinese policemen completely unleashed their instincts.
As police officers, Chinese Americans don’t have to worry about safety issues.
With a generous salary, you don’t have to worry about food and clothing.
It's really not possible. There are hundreds of acres of farms that can be run away from the police station. Being a leisurely farmer really doesn't make life too comfortable.
Therefore, the number of Chinese children in Ziwei Town will continue to rise in a straight line in the next few years. In a few years, the existing schools will have to expand in size, or even the expansion will not be enough, and new ones will have to be built.
Roque must be responsible for these children. Even without the mayor's request, Roque cannot let the children be too influenced by religion before they form a correct outlook on life.
On this point, Rock found a way to explain it to Douglas.
Fortunately, Roark did not need to explain to Douglas. Douglas, a professor, had a very deceptive name, but in fact his social status was definitely not as high as Roark, a "baron". Therefore, the only thing Douglas could do was to follow Roark's words.
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Of course, schools have to start classes, and they don’t just open. For this reason, Roque went to find Philippe Matilda.
"There is no rush about the school. We have nothing to say now. We have to wait for the final result from the Governor's Mansion." Philip said without any reason. If Roark hadn't known that Governor Alfred Milner had joined the negotiations, Roark would have
I don’t even know what Philip means.
As a politician, Alfred Milner is indeed better suited to negotiate this kind of thing than Kitchener.
During the period when Kitchin was in charge of the negotiations, there was almost no progress in the negotiations. In order to end the war as soon as possible, Kitchin repeatedly gave in to the Boer representatives who were powerful foreigners and cadres in the middle during the negotiations, and even offered conditions such as allowing the Boers to have autonomy in the future.
This is definitely not in the interest of the British. Although the British government launched the war for gold, conquering the country established by the Boers is also one of its important purposes. Now that the expeditionary force has occupied the Transvaal and Orange, negotiations are certain
On this basis, if the Boers are allowed to govern themselves in the future, what will the British government gain from launching the war?
Only gold in Johannesburg?
That cannot be explained to the king and parliament.
General Kitchener's repeated concessions seemed to have given the Boers the illusion that if they persisted, they might get something they did not get on the battlefield.
This is actually an illusion. What you can’t get on the battlefield has a high probability of not getting at the negotiation table.
Although the Boer guerrillas are still very powerful, everyone who knows the situation knows that the Boer guerrillas are actually on the verge of collapse. Because the expeditionary force strictly guards the border, the guerrillas are now unable to receive external support. They are short of medical treatment and medicine, and they are running out of ammunition and food.
, the number of people continues to decrease, and there is no new force to supplement it.
In order to continue fighting, the guerrillas even had to fight to support the war, relying on the supplies seized from attacking small units of the regular army to continue fighting.
It can be said that even if there is no negotiation, the guerrillas will collapse on their own within a year at most.
The problem is that the continued increase in military expenditures has overwhelmed the British government. Therefore, although the guerrillas are in a difficult situation, the British government is also in an embarrassing situation. It is now the consensus of everyone to end the war as soon as possible.
After Alfred Milner joined the negotiations, the negotiation process suddenly accelerated. Three months ago, the Boers were still striving for national independence. Now the Boers have given up this idea and instead strive for better conditions. p>
For example, determine Dutch as the official language, or at least one of the official languages; and give a specific time for Boer autonomy.
Alfred Milner never backed down on this issue, even overturning Kitchener's previous promise that Dutch could be used in schools and courts.
So now that the school is in session, Rock and Philip have nothing to say. Everything has to wait for the outcome of the negotiation.
Alfred Milner's purpose in launching the Boer War was not only to overthrow and eliminate the republic established by the two Boers, but also to completely eliminate the Boers culturally and even physically. Therefore, language is very important.
Alfred Milner would not give in easily and unprincipledly like Kitchener did.
"Can we use English teaching first, and wait for the results of the negotiation to come out, and we will make adjustments then." Roque was helpless. Philip was a very traditional official who was never proactive. In order not to make mistakes, he would not even do anything.
Although you don't make mistakes, don't expect to achieve much.
As for the current Johannesburg, there is no need to follow the rules. Relatively speaking, Roque prefers officials like Alfred Milner who are brave enough to pioneer.
"Sir Locke, we must be cautious about this matter. The situation in Johannesburg is very complicated and we cannot take risks." Philip is really "mature and prudent".
This makes Rock very depressed. Philip hopes that Rock can restrict Frank, but Philip does not provide any support to Rock. This is not possible, and he will not let him do it. How can Rock restrict him?
Should we send someone to lock Frank up?
The consequences of being locked up seem to be more dangerous. Think about it, Frank stayed in the police station for more than a month, and there were more than a dozen Catholics in the police station. If Frank stayed in the police station for a longer period of time, even the police chief Roque said
Maybe everyone will be brainwashed by Frank.
Back at the mine, Buck was not there. He went to Johannesburg early in the morning to attend the regular meeting of the Mining Union.
While Cecil Rhodes Jr. was in Johannesburg, he changed his mind and made it rain. He not only fooled the investigation team, but also established the Johannesburg Mining Union.
Rock originally felt that as an official, it would be inconvenient for him to join the Mining Alliance, so he did not agree to Aiden's request last time.
Unexpectedly, Cecil Rhodes Jr. established the Mining Union, and the Matilda Gold Mine actually became one of the initiators of the Johannesburg Mining Union.
Then Rock did not hesitate. Since Lord Philip was supporting him in front, Sir Rock had nothing to fear. Therefore, Rock Gold Mine is now also a member of the Johannesburg Mining Alliance.
The first thing the Mining Alliance did after its establishment was to control the gold output of all gold mines in Johannesburg.
To put it simply, in order to stabilize the market gold price, the Johannesburg Mining Union decided to set the annual output of all gold mines in the Johannesburg area at 120 tons in 1901 with reference to the previous year's output.
This means that even if the gold mines in Johannesburg mined more than 120 tons of gold in 1901, they could not put gold beyond 120 tons on the market.
Now that the total output has been determined, there is a quota issue. It is impossible for the more than 30 gold mines in Johannesburg to equally share the 120 tons quota, but the distribution cannot be based on the standards determined by the city hall some time ago. In that case, the monthly
The Matilda Gold Mine, which produces 3,000 ounces of gold, can only be allocated a quota of just over one ton.
Therefore, the result of the discussion by the Mining Alliance is that De Beers Unified Mining Company took the majority of the quota, and other mines divided the remaining portion. The Matilda Gold Mine and the Locke Gold Mine both received the 5-ton quota.<
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5 tons of gold, worth about 683,000 pounds, is enough. If it is not enough, Rock can also buy a share or even trade gold directly. There are several gold mines in Johannesburg that are happy to conduct transactions in this area.
Yes, there are several gold mines in Johannesburg that are only accessible but not accessible.
The people behind these gold mines are probably top nobles, maybe even members of the royal family. Therefore, these gold mines only mine gold for "collection" and do not sell it at all. It is useless for them to ask for quotas, they just keep it for "trading".
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Holly is counting the gold dug out today in the storage room in the basement and putting it into storage.
Although Rock always uses gold to pay when he needs large sums of money, there are still nearly 15 tons of gold piled in the basement of Rock Gold Mine.
The output set by the Johannesburg City Hall for the Lock Gold Mine is 5,000 ounces per month, which is about 155 kilograms. This greatly underestimates the output of the Lock Gold Mine. Under normal circumstances, the daily output of the Lock Gold Mine is about 100 kilograms, on average.
Nearly three tons of gold can be dug out every month.
The basement of the gold mine is located fifteen meters underground. There are armed guards at the entrance 24 hours a day. The basement door weighs 10 tons. Even if explosives are used, the door cannot be blasted.
There is no TNT these days, and the power of black powder is not enough. If the amount of gunpowder is increased, the entire passage will collapse before the door is opened.
When Rock came to the basement, the hook was also there.
Seeing Luo Ke, Tie Gou hesitated to speak.
"What's the matter?" Rock asked casually.
"Hey, sir, a brother in the security team asked me to ask you, isn't it possible to buy a farm now? Can our brothers in the security team buy it?" Tie Gou was a little uneasy.
Up and down the Rock Gold Mine, everyone knows how much Rock attaches importance to the security team, with a steady stream of gold support. Rock equips the security team with the best military horses, the best weapons, and the most complete logistics. The security team leads
Compared with the miners' salary of 1.5 times, there is no need to dig underground every day, no need to face guerrilla attacks, and no need to supervise the miners without conscience. It can be said that Rock has done almost everything he can do.
Under such circumstances, there are security team members who want to buy the farm, which in Tie Gou's view is tantamount to betrayal.
However, as the security captain, Tie Gou has to work hard to benefit his brothers. Everyone can see the future of the farm. If the security team members are willing to buy the farm, Tie Gou cannot stop them.
"Sure, you can buy it if you want, but first, make sure you don't leave the farm unattended. Whether you bring your family over or hire Zulu people to farm, it's not allowed to sit idle." Rock definitely didn't care, the security team member said.
He is also of Chinese descent. If he sells his farm to the miners, he is selling it, and if he sells it to the security team, he is also selling it.
Compared with miners, security guards have undergone rigorous military training and are better able to protect their property.
"Okay, I'll tell the brothers right away." Tie Gou couldn't wait. It's probably not just the security team members who have this idea, but also the security captain.
15 tons of gold piled together is really shocking. The Locke Gold Mine has smelting equipment. The mined gold sand is refined and melted into ten kilograms of gold ingots. 15 tons is 1,500 gold ingots. If you stack them one by one, it will almost be enough.
Build a wall.
Holly is working in the basement. On the shelves against the wall are gold jewelry that Rock uses to build relationships. Rock gold mine now has a workshop. Two skilled goldsmiths work day and night with more than a dozen apprentices.
Stop processing all kinds of gold jewelry. In Johannesburg, there is basically no sales for gold jewelry. People here are not short of gold. But in Cape Town, the sales of gold jewelry are very good. Selling gold jewelry is more profitable than simply selling gold.
More than twice as high.
This is industrial added value.
"How are Charles and Connie?" Rock was very concerned about the first real second-generation Chinese in Ziwei Town.
"It's pretty good. The little guy can eat and sleep. His voice is very loud when he cries. When he was 100 days old, Connie took Charles for a physical examination. He weighed more than 20 pounds. The doctor said he had a bit of excessive nutrition." Holly had heard this at first.
When I heard this news, I felt a little confused.
I have only heard of people starving to death. What is overnutrition?
20 pounds is about 18 pounds. For a three-month-old child, 18 pounds is indeed a bit fat.
However, this also shows that the living standards of the Chinese in Locke Gold Mine are now good. As long as they have adequate nutrition, the children will have very good physical conditions in the future. Who dares to say that the Chinese in the Cape are the "sick men of East Asia" in the future?
"Then you have to be careful, where's Connie?" Rock still reminded Holly that you can't just raise your children to be fat.
"Connie, Connie is pregnant again——" Holly was proud and embarrassed at the same time.
"Hahahaha, good, very good." Roque was very happy. When it comes to giving birth to a child, you must seize the time. If you raise one child, you must raise two children. If you have more children, you will have to take care of each other when they grow up.