Practicing lawyers are indeed very powerful. Less than a week after the Umbrella Company opened its doors, the contracts signed amounted to as much as £1.00 per month, which was more than the military expenditure of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division.
It was at this time that Rock realized why there would be so many mercenary companies in the future. This industry was indeed profitable.
For example, Adam Stephen's mine has more than 8,000 miners. In order to ensure the work of these miners, plus the safety expenses of the mine managers, before cooperating with the umbrella company, the mine spent a lot of money on security every month.
Spending more than £4,000.
In fact, there are definitely not so many. Rock also has a mine, and he is very clear about the expenditures in this area. There are only less than 150 security guards and supervisors in Adam Stephen's mine, and the monthly expenses are
It will definitely not exceed 3,000 pounds. Where did the extra money go——
Just think about it.
After Adam Stephen signs the contract, the umbrella company will deposit five hundred pounds into Adam Stephen's account at Rand Bank every month.
Then, Umbrella only needs to send 80 security guards and supervisors to Adam Stephen's gold mine, which is enough to maintain the operation of the mine. If an accident occurs, Umbrella can add manpower at any time, and the cost of adding manpower must be calculated separately.
For the gold mine, the cost of security has not increased, and of course it will not decrease. The remaining one thousand pounds belongs to the newly formed First Cavalry Division. Rock finally received a monthly military expenditure of twenty-two thousand pounds.
, which is enough for the new 1st Cavalry Division.
"More than just enough, the new First Cavalry Division only has 500 men. This money is enough to maintain a force of 5,000 men. Even the Northern Rhodesian Division does not have as much military expenditure as you do." Xiaosi is serious.
Rock's status has improved again, but the South African Company has remained the same. London seems to have forgotten that the Northern Rhodesian Division is a force of the South African Company, and there is no role for Xiaosi at all when it comes to merit and rewards.
London was very fast this time. After the Northern Rhodesian Division successfully assessed the Zulu rebellion, London responded as quickly as possible. Including Anton and Martin, the Northern Rhodesian Division had a total of twelve
The man was knighted, Rock himself received a special commendation from King Edward, and all participants received bonuses. The only one who was forgotten was Xiaosi.
Stoudemire has also become accustomed to it. In Rhodesia, Stoudemire has no title and is equivalent to the king of Rhodesia. Therefore, no matter how outstanding Stoudemire is, London will not consider knighting Stoudemire. "How is it possible? It's not just about paying salaries to the troops. Training, logistics, and equipment are all free of charge?" Rock disagreed with Stoudemire's words. Twenty-two thousand pounds can indeed be expanded, but it can be expanded to one at most.
Thousands of people, just like the current Northern Rhodesian Division, any more would be wishful thinking.
"What else can I say? General Hopkins's men can only earn 3.5 pounds a month. Your men earn at least 5 pounds a month. And the extra equipment expenses, how can it be done in southern Africa?
Is it really necessary?" Stoudemire also doesn't agree with Rock's way of building an army. Rock is just too extravagant.
Regarding salary, soldiers during this period, even British soldiers, could only earn about 12 shillings per week, which is equivalent to 31 pounds 4 shillings per year as an adult.
Of course, this is the British mainland. If colonial allowances are added, it should be higher, but no matter how high it is, it will not be higher than 50 pounds per year.
If it were purely a force formed by the colonies, then each soldier would probably earn no more than 20 pounds per year. When Rock was in Huayong Camp, each soldier's annual salary was only 10 pounds.
The salary of soldiers is so low, and the salary of officers is not much higher. Roque was a non-commissioned officer when he was in Huayong Camp, and his annual salary was only 13.5 pounds, which was only slightly higher than that of soldiers.
The British will definitely not treat southern Africa as harshly as they treat the Chinese. No matter what, the Boers are also white. Therefore, when the British initially formed a Boer-dominated force in the Cape, the salary of ordinary soldiers was about 3.5 pounds per month.
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Converted to an adult, that's 42 pounds per year.
"The account cannot be calculated like this. The lowest-ranked soldier in the Northern Rhodesian Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division is also a corporal. It is normal for them to earn more. What's more, the Northern Rhodesian Division has proven with its record that they are worthy of this salary.
." Roque refused to give in on this issue. Who made the majority of the members of the Northern Rhodesian Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division to be of Chinese origin? Roque will definitely not treat them badly.
"Haha, it's not up to you to decide what military rank they have -" Xiao Si was still complaining.
Rock was also dissatisfied now and looked at Xiaosi silently without speaking.
"Okay, okay, I don't mean to object." Xiao Si took the initiative to give in.
"If you have time, go to Krupp and buy the formula. The arsenal can now produce artillery. We have to start artillery training." Rock finally put artillery on the agenda. Artillery training is very complicated and the cost is too high.
Only now does Rock have the strength to form an artillery force.
"God, I can't believe it. We are in Africa, not Europe. There are hostile forces in Africa worthy of using artillery? What's more, if the number of artillery produced is relatively small, it is most cost-effective for us to purchase steel directly from Krupp.
There is no need to buy the formula at all." Xiao Si also thinks it is better to build than to buy, and to buy is better to rent.
On the surface, there are indeed no hostile forces in Africa worthy of using artillery. Rock can't directly tell Stoudemire that a world war will break out in ten years, so he should be prepared from now on.
So Roque could only be moved by emotion and reason: "Cecil, if it's not available now, it doesn't mean it won't be available in the future. We have to take precautions to avoid being caught off guard because we can't produce when we need it."
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Stoudemire is now somewhat immune to Rock's rhetoric. Although he is not opposed to it, he is still reluctant: "I don't even know what you are preparing for. Also, the Favalte Steel Plant also has a laboratory.
If we need special steel, can't we develop it ourselves? I heard that there are already many rare formulas. Maybe we can go to the Favalte Steel Factory to have a look."
In the final analysis, Stoudemire still doesn’t want to spend money.
What Rock wants is not patent authorization. Patent authorization during this period was very expensive. For example, Krupp's patent authorization may be similar to the cost of the product itself.
Of course, if you buy Krupp's products directly, the price will be more expensive. Krupp will not let up even if it makes three or five times the profit.
So for what Rock is interested in, it is best to buy out the patent directly, just like Rudolf Diesel's diesel engine.
Rock also bought out the patent for the Luger pistol, but the Ruger produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal can only be sold in Africa and is not allowed to enter other markets.
Rock has no objection to this point. This restriction is actually almost the same as no restriction. The fault lies in the lack of vision of the German weapons and ammunition arsenal. He does not know how big the market prospect of guns like Ruger is. He knows that Nyasaland Arsenal wants to buy it.
After the Luger pistol was patented, the German Arms and Ammunition Arsenal did not hesitate and sold the patent to the Nyasaland Arsenal for a transfer fee of 2,000 pounds.
Of course, out of reciprocity considerations, the German arms and ammunition arsenal has promised not to let its products enter the African market.
This promise is also the same as not having one.
"Has the laboratory produced results?" Rock almost forgot that the Fawalt Steel Plant also has a laboratory.
"Who knows - send Henry a telegram and ask." Stoudemire is not the boss of the steel plant, but just a shareholder, so he really doesn't know the specific situation of the steel plant.
Roark did not hesitate and immediately sent a telegram to Henry.
The result is true.
The gun steel required by Rock is wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and has both hardness and strength. Rock does not require the steel to reach the level of the 21st century. At the very least, it cannot be much worse than the mainstream gun steel in European countries today.
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After knowing that the laboratory now had finished products, Rock immediately asked the Fawalt Steel Plant to send the samples to Nyasaland Arsenal for testing as quickly as possible, and requested that if the laboratory has results in the future, they should be sent to Nyasaland immediately.
Saran Arsenal Test.
Looking back, Rock didn't forget to go to Bobby Holt's motorcycle factory to order motorcycles, and urged Rudolf Diesel to get the truck out as soon as possible.
Now that tractors and coast guard ships are available, there is no technical difficulty in developing trucks. It is just a matter of ideas and integration.
In this regard, Rock has sufficient experience. Although Rock cannot build trucks, Rock knows what a truck is. After conveying the specific requirements to Rudolf Diesel, Rock will just wait for the results of the experiment.
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In Rock's concept, the mechanization of the new First Cavalry Division can only be realized if it is equipped with motorcycles and trucks.
As for whether this name is appropriate by then, don’t worry about this issue. The United States still had cavalry divisions until the 21st century. By that time, American soldiers had already been flying in helicopters.
On September 1st, Ade came to Johannesburg and participated in the inauguration ceremony of the new First Cavalry Division. Like the Northern Rhodesian Division, the new First Cavalry Division has a teaching battalion of 835 people, plus
The total number of logistics personnel in the division is 1,109.
Don't worry about the large number of people in the logistics department. Rock has tried his best to reduce the number of people to maintain the scale to this level. Otherwise, the number of people in the division hospital alone may be seriously overstaffed.
The division hospital in Rock's concept is different from the division hospital in this period. The army in this period already had military doctors and nurses, but these military doctors and nurses were all serving the officers. Most of the injured ordinary soldiers were injured.
It is impossible to enjoy sufficient medical resources.
Roque will definitely not let this happen to the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division. The newly formed 1st Cavalry Division now has six official doctors and 24 nurses. If a war breaks out, these people are enough to form a standard field hospital.