Regarding colonial taxation, the British government actually did not take much, and most of the part it took was used to pay for the maintenance of the colonial government and garrison. On this point, Rock was actually changing the concept.
What really makes Rock depressed is that the British government controls the right to mint pounds. No matter how much gold the Rand Bank has, it is impossible to convert gold into pounds in time. If the Transvaal is autonomous, then the Transvaal will
The government can decide its own currency. This is how South Africa's "Rand" came to be in history.
Rand is actually "Rand". From this point of view, we can see the significance of the Rand Gold Mine to southern Africa. Now the Rand Gold Mine is basically controlled by the Johannesburg Mining Alliance. Another time and space is because of Cecil
·The death of Rhodes resulted in the loss of power in the Mining Alliance. There is no need to worry about this in this time and space. Stoudemire and Rock teamed up to basically firmly control the Mining Alliance. No one can even think of taking the Mining Alliance away.
In the evening, Philip held a welcome dinner for Joseph Chamberlain at his official residence. Roque met Louis Botta and Yang Smuts at the dinner.
Louis Botha and Jan Smuts came to Johannesburg to learn from experience. Like the Liberal Party in Johannesburg, the People's Party founded by Louis Botha and Jan Smuts also has a huge advantage in Orange, although there are
There are also other political parties, but they are unable to shake the People's Party's position in Orange.
"Thank you very much, Minister Smuts. All Johannesburg people should be grateful to you." Rock said this sincerely. Yang Smuts is indeed powerful. Originally, Rock expected that the democratic representative system would have to wait until 1906.
It will not be implemented until 2011. Yang Shimozi's efforts have brought the implementation of the democratic representative system one and a half years ahead of schedule.
At least that's the case in Johannesburg.
"You're welcome, I'm not doing this for Johannesburg, but for Southern Africa." Yang Smuts looked cold, and he probably felt uncomfortable in his heart. Maybe Yang Smuts never expected that he would be running around in London.
, but let Johannesburg pick the peaches.
Roque was not embarrassed and continued to chat with Louis Botha. Stoudemire, Henry, and Irving were all smiling next to him. If the occasion had not been inappropriate, these people would have toasted in celebration.
"My Lord, I would like to congratulate you anyway. Johannesburg and Ziwei Town are indeed impressive." Louis Botha has a good attitude. At least in terms of economic development and urban construction, Louis Botha admires Roque quite a lot.
.
In fact, on the battlefield, Louis Botta did not take any advantage in front of Roque, and he almost became Roque's prisoner.
All this has passed, and now Roque and Louis Botha are not actually enemies. On the contrary, they have a common enemy, which is the British government, so Roque and Louis Botha can position themselves correctly.
As for others——
Not important, not important.
"Orange is not bad. In fact, Orange also has very good conditions. Christian Exploration Company has discovered some mineral deposits in Orange. If the Orange government agrees, I think our Johannesburg Mining Alliance will be very willing to offer it to Orange."
Investment." Roque expressed his good intentions. The Boers were pretty good at fighting, but they were all amateurs when it came to mining. There were a lot of mineral deposits in Orange, but they were all in an undeveloped state.
The key is that there is no technology and no money. Mineral resources still require a lot of costs to develop. Otherwise, there would not be so many gold diggers who discovered gold mines, but they could only sell the gold mines to big companies, and only big companies.
Only then can we develop it, including the Orange government.
In Southern Africa, there is no public ownership of the economy. The government does not participate in operations and only maintains the environment. This protects the interests of the private economy to the greatest extent, but it loses its leadership over the economy.
In other words, similar to the situation in Transvaal and Orange, even if new mines are discovered within the territory, the government will not be able to invest.
No investment means no profits and no ability to improve infrastructure, hardware and software facilities. All the profits generated by the mines are taken away by big companies and big capitalists, and very few benefits really fall on ordinary people. There is nothing we can do about it, after all, capitalists are not philanthropists.
So don’t advocate the benefits of the private economy. Just look at Russia in the 21st century. Once the private economy becomes popular, the entire country will be controlled by capital, and it will be ordinary people whose interests will suffer.
"The mineral resources in our Orange territory will naturally be developed by our Orange people." Before Louis Botha could respond, Yang Smuts jumped in.
Rock smiled indifferently and said nothing. Stoudemire, Henry and Irving didn't care even more. This kind of thing cannot be just talked about. It requires real money and silver to be invested in the net to achieve results. Let's not talk about whether the Orange government has the capital.
, even if there is, at the level of Louis Botta and Yang Smozi, if you really want to open a mine, you will probably lose money.
I really think everyone is Rock.
"You are very welcome. I think we will definitely cooperate happily." Louis Botta pretended not to hear what Yang Smuts said. Rock was not unprepared. Although he said there were mines in Orange just now, there are no specific details.
There is no mention of what kind of mine or where. If the Orange government wants to do it on its own, I'm afraid it won't be able to afford the exploration costs.
"First of all, I think we should talk about the democratic representative system." After all, Roque couldn't calm down and was not in the mood to go around in circles with Louis Botha.
"Of course, of course, this is our common wish." Louis Botta spoke before Yang Smozi, preventing Yang Smozi from interrupting.
Then Roque and Louis Botta went to the balcony.
After all, there are still too many people in the hall.
There is a slight breeze on the balcony. It is winter in Johannesburg in August, and the weather is still a bit cool at night.
Roque seemed unaware, and his attention was focused on the upcoming general election.
"The Liberal Party will definitely win the election. Even when the Transvaal starts the election, the Liberal Party will still win. The key question is what to do after winning -" Rock said here and looked at Louis Botha with sharp eyes.
, and his tone immediately became stern: "We are not enemies now, we should cooperate and win-win. The fate of southern Africa should be in our own hands, not the MPs in London. The democratic representative system is just the beginning, definitely not the end. I
I hope we can reach a consensus on this issue instead of working independently like now."
Roque's words were very straightforward, and he almost said that southern Africa should be autonomous.
Louis Botta didn't say anything, he just leaned on the railing and smoked a cigar as hard as he could. He was probably having a fierce inner struggle.
Rock is not in a hurry. The bait has been set anyway. Whether he bites the hook or not depends on Louis Botta. Louis Botta should be in a more anxious mood than Rock. This can be seen from the fact that Yang Smuts went to London early to lobby.
See it.
"Lord, do you think it is possible for us to form a unified Southern African Autonomous Union?" Louis Botha finally took the bait.
"Why is it impossible? Canada and Australia have become autonomous. The profits generated by Southern Africa cannot make up for the cost of maintaining the government of Southern Africa. If this continues, London will definitely not be able to bear it." Rock valued Yang Shimo very much.
If Yang Smuts can continue to go to London to fight for more loans, then London will shun him sooner or later.
After the Transvaal and Orange Provisional Governments were established, in order to support the Transvaal and Orange Provisional Governments, the British government provided compensation and appropriations, plus loans to the Transvaal and Orange Provisional Governments.
It has exceeded 50 million pounds, which has almost reached the limit. If the Transvaal and the Orange Provisional Government cannot be self-financing in a short period of time, then London will definitely abandon the Transvaal and the Orange Provisional Government.
Government.
This is what Rock thinks. Since the British government has reached its limit and Yang Smuts's lobbying ability is still so good, let Yang Smuts continue to go to London. Of course it would be good to get more loans, but if he can't
It doesn't matter, just make the MPs in London afraid of Yang Smuts.
"Ha, after all, let's lobby London, and then you Johannesburg will get the advantage." Louis Botha really doesn't like this kind of unequal exchange, but unfortunately, Orange does not have it now.
Too many chips.
Roque didn't speak, just looked at Louis Botha and smiled. Although Roque desperately wanted Transvaal autonomy, Orange's needs in this regard were more urgent than Transvaal, so Roque now has time.<
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By the time Rock and Louis Bottafan arrived at the Lake Hall, the hall had already become a sea of joy. Governor Ade rushed from Pretoria to Johannesburg in time to attend the welcome dinner for Joseph Chamberlain.
Philip delivered a speech as the host, and Joseph Chamberlain thanked him as the guest of honor. The atmosphere was very warm.
Yang Shimozi is drinking in a corner of the hall. The excitement here has nothing to do with Yang Shimozi. He exudes the temperament of keeping strangers away, and there is no one within a three-meter radius.
Seeing Rock coming back, Xiaosi came over quietly.
Rock nodded to Xiaosi, then raised the wine glass in his hand to signal.
Xiao Si almost smiled up at the sky, picked up the cup in his hand and drank it all.
The first dance of the party was danced by Philip and Phyllis. Due to physical reasons, Philip chose a court dance with a small range of movements.
The band's music was melodious, and people gathered around the dance floor and clapped rhythmically. Phyllis smiled happily, dancing and looking for Roque in the crowd.
As a result, Philip was very dissatisfied.
On August 1, the election officially began. As the first pilot in the Transvaal and Orange, the election in Johannesburg attracted the attention of the entire southern Africa.