When it comes to official matters, it's normal to shirk the blame. Let alone a major matter like road construction, trivial matters can be used to create a gantry array.
The Johannesburg Municipal Government is also frightened by Orange's habit of holding back. Regardless of whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, the Johannesburg Municipal Government does not want to deal with Orange. Road repairs are more troublesome. Why are they building roads?
? Is it to strengthen contact and facilitate travel? Now Johannesburg avoids Orange. After the road between Johannesburg and Bloemfontein is built, it will be more convenient for the Boers to go to Johannesburg. This is not to cause trouble for themselves.
Well, no wonder the Johannesburg City Government is not in a hurry.
Rock is not in a hurry. Anyway, no matter how hard Johannesburg and Orange work, the road between Ziwei Town and Johannesburg will definitely be the first to be started and completed first, and Christian can guarantee that the quality will definitely be the best. Spend money.
At least——
You don’t need to do this, since it’s not Rock who’s paying for it anyway, Rock doesn’t care how much you spend.
With Owen taking action, the Johannesburg city government quickly responded and asked for a loan of one million pounds from Rand Bank. The interest rate according to Rand Bank's instructions was exactly double the interest rate of Imperial Bank.
On February 25, the funds were in place, the construction team entered the site, and the highway construction officially started.
After Phyllis returned to Johannesburg, she did not go back to work in a girls' school, but went to a school for miners' children located next to the Rock Gold Mine.
Yes, even with such a bad name, Rock did everything he could to avoid attracting attention.
Although the name is bad, the school is brand new. Rock is planning to send all Chinese students to the new school, so the school can accommodate more than 2,000 people and can be expanded at any time. After all, the free land near the Rock gold mine is comparable to that of Purple.
There are too many vacant lands in Ziwei Town. There is not much free land in Ziwei Town now. If it expands outward, it will occupy the farms around Ziwei Town. And there are a lot of open spaces near Locke Gold Mine. As long as there is need, the school wants to build as many large towns as possible.
Yes.
After Phyllis learned about the education model in Nyasaland, she learned more about compulsory education and began to doubt the elite education that had been promoted in the UK. Therefore, she was very enthusiastic about the new school and even asked Luo
Ke proposed to serve as the principal of the school for the children of miners.
"But pull it off. Don't forget that you are the daughter of a baron and a future baroness. If you serve as the principal of a school for miners' children, what will happen to the girls' school?" Roque refused. If Phyllis becomes the principal, then what will happen to her?
Even if the school for miners' children wants to keep a low profile, it can't.
Roque also neglected to mention one thing about Phyllis’s identity, she is the Baron’s sister.
"Why should you keep a low profile? You said that you should be a low-key person and do things in a high-key manner -" Phyllis still doesn't know why Roark has to keep a low profile on this matter.
Rock has always believed in keeping a low profile and doing things in a high profile. There was no conflict between the two, but because Rock had too much selfishness in the school matter, Rock behaved uncharacteristically this time.
Considering the future relationship between Rock and Phyllis, Rock decided to be more honest and believed that Phyllis could understand.
"Other things can be high-profile, but not this matter. You know, European countries are not friendly towards Chinese people -" Just as Roque started speaking, Phyllis was eager to speak, but Roque stopped her with a gesture: "I didn't mean
You, I mean the overall atmosphere of the entire society, even in southern Africa, does not have a very good attitude towards the Chinese, at least it does not regard the Chinese as a group that can get along with each other as equals."
Phyllis cannot deny this. Although Roque is now a baron, there are still many people outside the Transvaal who refuse to face up to the role of the Chinese community, including many people in the Transvaal.
, they can indeed get along with Rock on an equal footing, but that is not recognition of the Chinese community.
"——You also know that the current educational resources are not fair. Many white children in Cape Town and Orange cannot receive education, so schools for miners' children must keep a low profile, otherwise it will become another original sin of the Chinese.
Jealous people are unreasonable. They can only see that white children cannot receive education, but Chinese children can study in schools for miners' children. They will not think about why, but will only complain about unfairness." Rock's understanding of human nature.
Definitely more than Phyllis. Just look at how popular Ziwei Public School’s seats are now, and you’ll know how tight educational resources are.
"It shouldn't be like this, why can't we live in peace?" Phyllis doesn't understand some people's thinking. This is normal. In the past, Philip, Henry Irving and even Arnold protected Phyllis too well, but now they protect Phyllis.
Silk was replaced by Rock, and Phyllis had never seen the real evil in people’s hearts.
"Some people are destined not to live in peace, unless there is no longer a gap between rich and poor, no distinction between high and low, but that will affect the progress of the whole society. Without the gap, people will have no motivation to struggle, so the contradiction
It will exist for a long time and is not affected by people's personal will." The biggest difference between Rock and Phyllis is that they have seen all kinds of cases, and they know what the long-term evolution of certain things will be without trying, and what the final result will be.
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It is true that the school for miners' children should not be exposed to the public eye. Ziwei Boys' School just built a swimming pool and football field last year, but the school for miners' children already has a comprehensive sports hall and an outdoor open-air sports ground.
Compared with Ziwei Boys' School, the library of Miners' Children's School is surprisingly large. The same popular book may only be ten in Ziwei Boys' School, but there may be fifty in Miners' Children's School. It is also a reading room.
The reading room of Ziwei Boys' School can only accommodate 100 people, while the reading room of Miners' Children's School can accommodate 600 people reading at the same time. In order to better facilitate students' reading, the reading room of Miners' Children's School is also equipped with electric lights, which is more
This is an advantage that Ziwei Public School does not have.
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While they were talking, Rock and Phyllis came to the dormitory prepared for students. The dormitories of Ziwei Public School are still six to eight people, but the miner's children's school all have standard four-person rooms. In order to customize these beds and tables
Chairs and schools for miners’ children cost nearly 30,000 pounds. The owner of the wood factory in Oak Town made a fortune. Now the permanent population of Oak Town is almost the same as that of Ziwei Town.
"Locke, are you prejudiced against white people?" Phyllis finally asked this question.
"Yes, I am indeed prejudiced against white people, so I decided to pick a white person to marry and bring her home, and then slowly deal with her!" Rock took the initiative to put the topic into a ditch. This topic cannot be discussed. If you are not careful, it will be racial discrimination.
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Discriminating against white people in a world of white supremacy?
Rock doesn’t dare!
Note: I don’t dare, not I don’t.
As a Chinese, Rock has every reason to discriminate against white people. Of course, he cannot say these things. If he does, Rock will become a public enemy.
"What are you talking about again? You know I don't mean it this way." Phyllis was still struggling. Many of Rock's actions did show discrimination against white people, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Then you should also know that what I am disgusted with is not white people, but those who are willing to degenerate, do not want to make progress, try to get something for nothing, and base their own happiness on the pain of others, whether they are white people, Chinese, or Africans
"This has nothing to do with skin color." Rock himself is a victim of racial discrimination, and of course he must take a clear-cut stand against racism.
"That's right. You don't know. I'm really worried. I'm worried that one day the relationship between you and your father, Henry, and Owen will deteriorate, just like the relationship between the Transvaal and Orange now." Phyllis also said.
It’s not that I’m ignorant, it’s just that my attitude towards the problem is a bit naive.
What really worries Phyllis is that if Roark continues like this, sooner or later, the Chinese led by Roark will conflict with the white people in Johannesburg over their fundamental interests. Phyllis really doesn't know how to survive by then.
at.
"Don't worry Phyllis, I will never become enemies with Henry and Irving. At the most recent level, our common enemies are the Boers and Africans. At the far end, our common enemies are European countries and even
Including the British government." Roque did not hide that there were some things that Roque actually needed Phyllis to help convey to Philip and Henry.
"Why?" Phyllis was obviously shocked by this answer.
"Interests!" Roque said resolutely. Even the relationship between Roque, Henry and Irving, because the interests may also deteriorate, not to mention the Transvaal and Orange, southern Africa and European countries, may lead to
There are many places for conflict.
"Well, this is not a problem you have to worry about. As long as Henry, Irving, and I are here, you will never have to face these problems." Rock is confident that if he cannot protect his family, then Rock will travel to this place
The era has lost its meaning.
On March 1st, Chinese students from Ziwei Public School began to transfer to Miners' Children School.
To this end, Sophia and Tony took the initiative to find Rock and expressed their opposition to taking Chinese students away from Ziwei Public School.
"What should we do if we don't separate? You also know that the admission places at Ziwei College are becoming increasingly tight. A place in Cape Town has been speculated to more than a thousand pounds. At this price, you can go back to your hometown to attend Eton College. Now Ziwei
Eighty percent of the students in the public school are of Chinese descent. If things go on like this, some people will definitely raise their opinions. Therefore, we must solve the hidden dangers before the conflicts are exposed. Rest assured, although the students are separated, the investment in Ziwei Public School will not be reduced.
"Rock gave Sophia and Tony reassurance for a very good reason. Sophia and Tony had nothing to say.
In fact, the key is investment. It’s not necessarily true that Sophia and Tony care about Chinese students. They are mainly worried that Rock will shift his focus to a school for miners’ children instead of Ziwei Public School due to the decrease in Chinese students.
This is the key to the problem. As Rock said, the core of everything is interests.