After Rock came to Johannesburg, he and Ada exchanged telegrams continuously, and the contact was never interrupted.
Ada's lighter business is getting better and better. As the expeditionary forces returned to their respective countries, lighters also spread all over the world with the expeditionary forces. Don't underestimate this little lighter. From its birth to now, it has brought more than 500 million to Ada.
A profit of 10,000 pounds is more profitable than Rock's gold mine.
The accumulation of wealth has not brought Ada much sense of security. Perhaps only in the dead of night will Ada remember whether all this is worth it.
Of course Roque would not object to Ada coming to Johannesburg. Even from an economic perspective, Johannesburg's prospects are far better than Cape Town.
After the opening of the Suez Canal, the value of Cape Town plummeted. Only those giant ships that were too large to pass through the Suez Canal would bypass the African continent via Cape Town. However, limited to the current technical conditions, the number of such giant ships is very small.
There are few, so Cape Town’s status as a transit port continues to decline.
Johannesburg is different. Johannesburg, which owns the Rand Gold Mine, has a bright future. Because of Rock's intervention, Johannesburg's economy is diversifying. Gold mines are no longer the only economic pillar of Johannesburg. In the future, the textile industry and agriculture will also bring huge benefits to Johannesburg.
After the war, many people of insight are gathering wealth in Johannesburg, and Ada is certainly no exception.
That’s not right, because Ada’s destination is not Johannesburg, but Pretoria. Ada bought a piece of land in Pretoria and built a castle-like building as her own residence in Pretoria.
home.
The entire building is made of white marble, and its magnificence is no less impressive than the Palace of Justice in Adelaide. It took a year to complete the entire building, and people in Pretoria thought it belonged to a certain prince or noble.
Unexpectedly, it was built by Ada.
This is true, Ada herself is a noble.
It has been more than a year since the last time Rock and Ada met. Rock has been clean and tidy this year, while Ada curled up next to Rock like a kitten.
Rock knows that this is actually just an illusion. Ada is a strong and independent woman. Even if she loves Rock to the core, Ada will not open her heart easily. During the period of separation from Rock, Ada also kept herself clean. If it were any other
It's impossible for people to do so. You have to know that there are a lot of wild bees and butterflies surrounding Ada. Rock has seen them before in Cape Town.
"I know about you and your little girlfriend, and I don't want to destroy your relationship, nor do I want to change our relationship, so that's fine." Ada's attitude is very clear.
"Can you please stop talking about this at this time?" Rock still didn't like it, and felt a little betrayed by Ada.
"Hmph -" Ada said with satisfaction: "Are Orientals very loyal to their feelings? Our situation is normal in the UK, and even more normal in France."
"Oh, the Qing Dynasty still had polygamy." Of course Luo Ke would not admit defeat, and the Chinese he said were just like innocent little virgins.
In fact, in this regard, the East and the West are similar. The United Kingdom and France are definitely the worst-hit areas in this regard. Although the United Kingdom and France are both monogamous, in aristocratic circles, there are not many such lovers. For example, the current British King Edward
In the seventh life, this one is charming and has many lovers.
What is incredible is that many British nobles knew that their wives were having an affair with the king, but they ignored it. Some even thought they had taken advantage of it and were complacent about it.
In comparison, the relationship between Rock and Ada is too normal. Phyllis also knew about the relationship between Rock and Ada, but Phyllis never mentioned Ada in front of Rock.
"Will you marry many wives in the future?" Ada seemed nonchalant.
"We'll see, we are here in Pretoria, not Paris or London." Roque can't make a promise now. In fact, according to African tradition, men here can also marry many wives until the 21st.
It has been like this for centuries.
So those women who have illusions about Africans should be careful. Maybe the dark horse prince in your mind has ten or eight children in distant Africa, as well as two or three wives, four or five mothers, or even his father.
It doesn’t matter if he’s not his biological father.
"Get up and tell me your business plan." When it came to business, Ada immediately became energetic and pulled Rock to get up.
"Wait a while, let's talk tomorrow-" Rock pulled Ada back again-
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After lunch the next morning, Rock and Ada were finally able to talk calmly about money.
"I now have a gold mine in Johannesburg -" Rock is full of confidence. The Far West Rand gold mine can definitely be used.
"Forget about the gold mine, I'll leave this to your little girlfriend." Ada was very generous.
"Are you sure? My gold mine is the largest gold mine in Rand -" Rock didn't believe Ada could be so generous.
"How big?"
"It's hard to say, but it should be enough for us to mine for many years. The proven reserves now are 350 million ounces." Rock really didn't know how much reserves the Far West Rand gold mine had. Until Rock crossed, the Far West Rand gold mine had
The West Rand gold mines are still being mined.
There is no need to explore this. When Rock traveled through, the Far West Rand gold mine had already mined 350 million ounces and was still producing.
"How much?" Ada felt like she was going crazy.
"350 million ounces is not all, it is just the proven reserves." Rock answered honestly. To be honest, Rock is good at development and management, and Ada is the expert, Rock feels inferior.<
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When in Cape Town, Ada had fully proven her management skills. Whether it was the Table Mountain Bar, Oak Town, or the lighter business, Ada managed everything in an orderly manner. After the signing of the "Peace Agreement", many businesses in Cape Town
The Boers chose to leave the Cape and go to Orange, but none of the Boers in Oak Town left. This is very revealing.
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"Does anyone else know?" Ada immediately noticed the crux of the problem.
"I don't know. Only you and I know about this reserve now." Rock was very proud. The Rock Gold Mine was the most correct thing Rock did when he came to this world.
"Great job!" Ada seemed not to understand Roark's meaning correctly.
To determine the reserves of gold mines, you must hire professionals to detect them, so under normal circumstances, it is impossible for only Rock and Ada to know the reserves of gold mines.
But since Rock said this, in Ada's understanding, Rock should have used some special methods to seal this secret.
As for what the "special method" is, Ada has no interest in asking. For Ada, this is what a man should do.
"In addition to the Locke gold mine, I also own half of the Matilda gold mine." Locke confessed to Ada. In this world, Ada is one of the people that Locke trusts most.
Of course, there are many people who are worthy of Rock's trust. For example, Buck, Anton, Phyllis, Henry, Stoudemire, etc., they are all worthy of Rock's trust, because their current relationship with Rock is prosperous.
If one loses, both will suffer.
"Leave the Matilda gold mine to your little girlfriend. The Rock gold mine must be handled with care. If the news gets out, you will become the center of the vortex." Ada indeed considered the issue from Rock's perspective wholeheartedly. "Don't worry, Locke Gold Mine belongs to me from top to bottom. On the surface, the output of Locke Gold Mine is not impressive. The gold that does not need to be sold for the time being is stored in the basement of Locke Gold Mine. The gold in the basement now
Already more than fifty tons -" Rock is really not short of money. 50 tons of gold is worth about 7 million pounds. Even at the current price of land, 7 million pounds can cover the entire Transvaal and Orange farms.
Buy them all.
"Okay, gold is part of it, what else is there?" Ada found a piece of paper and recorded it with a pencil. She felt that Roque's property could no longer be calculated verbally.
"I still have about 100,000 acres of farms in Johannesburg. These farms are all between Johannesburg and Pretoria. They are the best farms around Johannesburg. But this is not important, because I have another farm in Nyasaland.
About 77,000 square miles——" Rock dropped another bombshell.
"Ten thousand?" Ada frowned, feeling that the unit "ten thousand" was beyond her scope of understanding.
"Yes, 77,000 square miles. I am secretly supporting the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa. If the Yao people can drive the Portuguese out of Portuguese East Africa, then the Zambezi River Basin in Portuguese East Africa will become Nyasaland.
Part of it." Rock's ideals are very lofty, and a mere 77,000 square miles certainly cannot satisfy Rock's ambition.
"Oh my God, even in the Zambezi River Basin, do you think London will tolerate this kind of thing?" Ada felt like she was going crazy again. Roque's strength had exceeded the general business category, and Ada didn't even know how to run it. p>
Yes, Rock invited Ada to the Transvaal in the name of managing Rock's assets, otherwise Ada would probably not have left Cape Town.
Ada was indeed full of confidence before she came. After all, pioneering and maintaining success are two different things. Many people are good at pioneering but not good at management, just like Cecil Rhodes, that is a good example.
Before coming to the Transvaal, although Ada knew that Roque was outstanding, she did not think there was any comparison between Roque and Cecil Rhodes.
Now Ada has discovered that she was wrong. Rock may indeed be less famous than Cecil Rhodes now, but Cecil Rhodes definitely did not have the achievements that Rock has now at Rock's age.
"I talked about Nyasaland with the Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain. Although the minister did not express his support clearly, he did not express his opposition either. I think the minister also wanted to try another possibility. After all, he now wants to complete it through conventional means.
The 'Two C Plan' is no longer possible, so we have to use some unconventional means." Roque told the truth about his plan.
Ada's eyes are confused. In business, Ada's talent is visible to the naked eye, but in military and political matters——
Well, the vast majority of women are not good at these areas.
"It's not impossible, think about the South African company." Roque used the big weapon of the South African company. Compared with the South African company, Nyasaland is really nothing.
In this era, South African companies were not alone, such as the Mozambique Company, Niassa Company and Zambézia Company in Portuguese East Africa. These companies controlled two-thirds of the territory of Portuguese East Africa, and they were equally powerful.<
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"Okay, let's put aside the Nyasaland issue for now. What are you going to do with the Transvaal farms?" This is Ada's advantage. Ada will never meddle in work that is beyond her capabilities.
"Let's develop it slowly. Now the Chinese in the Transvaal either work in the gold mines and Crocodile Bay Reservoir, or they have their own farms. It won't be too late to develop these farms after the Crocodile Bay Reservoir is built." Rock is really busy.
However, the main reason is that there is no one here.
"It's not like only the Chinese can farm, they can hire Zulus and Boers -" Ada is very good at this, so there is no need for Rock to worry: "You don't need to take care of the farm, leave it to me to manage it, and...
There is the Locke Gold Mine, which has nearly 5,000 workers and only produces this much every month. Are the Chinese stupider than the Zulus?"
This is a bit unpleasant to say, but it’s hard for Rock to explain. He can’t honestly admit that Rock is using the gold mines to cultivate the martial spirit of the Chinese.
Speaking of martial spirit, this is another tragedy.
There is absolutely no shortage of martial spirit among the Chinese. Martial arts practice was a common practice in the Qing Dynasty. Regardless of whether the family was rich or poor, they would learn to use both hands to strengthen their body during their free time. Roque's father was a boxer before and was no stranger to this situation.
The problem is that for some reason, many Chinese people, even if they have the ability to resist, are restrained and do not dare to resist when they encounter danger. Only when their lives are in danger, Chinese people will give it a go. Chinese people usually look a bit cowardly.
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Rock wants to reshape the martial spirit of the Chinese people. The word "martial" here is not about being brave and ruthless, but about having the courage to fight when encountering injustice and actively working hard to fight for one's own power. This is Rock's true purpose. p>
"You have to be careful when hiring Zulus. I don't want too many Zulus on the farm." Rock once again emphasized his attitude towards the Zulus.
"I know, I know, don't worry, when the farm is built, I will drive away all those Zulus." Ada knew that Rock hated the Zulus, and she must have only borrowed the Zulu labor force for a short period of time, waiting for the farm to be completed.
After getting on the right track, Ada knew what to do.
"Okay, then the agricultural cooperative is next." Rock put the agricultural cooperative at the end. This part is actually what Rock values most and what Ada needs the most.
"What is an agricultural cooperative?" Ada does not understand the concept of agricultural cooperatives.
"Agricultural cooperatives are a mutual aid organization. At this stage, agricultural cooperatives are limited to organizing farmers to cooperate in agriculture. In the future, the coverage of agricultural cooperatives will continue to expand. Now agricultural cooperatives have begun to provide some financial services to farmers around Johannesburg.
"Yeah." Rock explained in as much detail as possible, but the explanation was still not enough.