On the night of returning to the pier, the long-lost gambling game opened again. In just half an hour, Rock got 120 pounds. The bad gamblers on the pier were much more generous than the British.
"Hehe, sir, if we work a few more votes, brothers can also buy a house in Cape Town." The dividend Luo Yi got today was 5 pounds, which is almost a month's salary. It's so easy to earn this money.
So easy.
"Save money carefully. When the money is not enough, I will lend it to you. After a while, we may have a group of brothers coming over. You don't need to talk to us then. Let them see what kind of life we live, and they will take the initiative to rely on us."
Come here." Roque has always encouraged everyone to buy a house and land. Only with assets in your name can you have the motivation to strive.
"Do we have any brothers coming over?"
"How many brothers are there?"
"Do you have any sisters?"
Except for Roque, no one else knew that Cape Town wanted to hire more Huayong. After listening to Roque's words, the brothers talked about it and soon turned around. It turned out to be full and warm.
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"Sisters - it's not impossible, but we can't let the British take care of it. We may not like what the British like, so let's wait for the opportunity." There is nothing Roque can do about this. Henry can ask to hire more Chinese policemen.
If you ask for Chinese cooks, what kind of pretext should you use if you want women? You can't hire female workers from the Qing Dynasty to wash clothes.
What's more, Rock expressed serious doubts about the mentality of the British. The reason why it is "mentality" rather than "aesthetics" is because Rock found that the aesthetic gap between Easterners and Westerners is not that big.
What people think is beautiful, Westerners have similar views to Easterners.
The same goes for looking at people. Rock thinks Ada is a beauty, Henry thinks so too, Rock thinks Phyllis is a beauty, and Henry seriously agrees. In this regard, men are all the same, and there is no huge difference in aesthetics.
So why are there many women on the Internet in the 21st century who seriously do not conform to Eastern aesthetics, and are considered by the West to be Oriental beauties?
Rock's conclusion is that Westerners are hiding evil intentions. They deliberately hype up those women who are not considered beauties even in the East to vilify the aesthetics of Easterners, denigrate the image of Eastern women, and then undermine the national self-confidence of Easterners.
Perhaps the British in this era are not so insidious, but Roque cannot pin his hopes on the British. If there is no accident, the Chinese in Cape Town still hope to form a family with a Chinese woman. Therefore, Roque does not want to see Cape Town in the future.
All the second-generation Chinese Americans look like Winston’s father.
This is really not a curse, Winston's father is indeed ugly.
"There is no chance. Isn't Lao Liang going to return to China?" Anton suddenly interrupted, and Rock was stunned. Really, he almost forgot about this.
Lao Liang is Liang Dingxin, the former translator of Hua Yong Camp. When the Cape Town Police Department hired Hua Yong to work as a police officer in Cape Town, they also hired Liang Dingxin because they were worried about communication problems. Now the English proficiency of the Chinese policemen has improved by leaps and bounds.
, Liang Dingxin has lost his role, so Liang Dingxin is about to return to the Qing Dynasty and continue to work as a translator in Huayong Camp.
"Where is Lao Liang?" Luo Ke was overjoyed. As long as Lao Liang is willing to cooperate, this problem will not be difficult to solve.
Unlike the 21st century, the late 19th century was a standard patriarchal society. The British wanted to hire Hua Yong as policemen and had to continue to pay Hua Yong their salaries. If Hua Yong wanted to marry a wife from the Qing Dynasty, he could just spend money to buy her.
, the price is very cheap, 80 silver dollars each, which is equivalent to about eight pounds, which is more than one month's salary.
"Old Liang, he's in the dormitory. We don't need him to translate now. Where else can he go if he's not in the dormitory?" Anton didn't know yet, but Rock didn't think of Lao Liang at all.
"Let's go back and find Lao Liang." Rock was very anxious. After solving the wife problem, he believed that the vast majority of Chinese policemen would settle down in Cape Town. In this way, there would be a Chinese community in Cape Town, and Rock would
There is a basic disk.
In the dormitory, Liang Dingxin was undecided, and the psychological struggle was fierce.
Roque completely forgot about Liang Dingxin, but Liang Dingxin did not forget Roque. Liang Dingxin had always paid close attention to Roque, the only sergeant among the Chinese police. From the time Roque was naturalized, Liang Dingxin looked at Roque.
After being promoted to sergeant, watching Luo Ke settle down and buy a house, watching other Chinese policemen becoming naturalized and getting a high salary of five pounds a month, it was impossible to say that Liang Dingxin was not tempted.
The salary is the same as that of Chinese officers, which is 135 yuan per year, equivalent to 13.5 pounds. When he arrived in Cape Town, Liang Dingxin's salary was improved, but it was only two pounds per month. Now even the ordinary big head of Huayong Camp
The soldiers all received five pounds, but Liang Dingxin, who used to be proud of himself, still received a salary of two pounds. This made Liang Dingxin really unwilling.
But there is nothing we can do if we don’t give in. What the Cape Town Police Department needs are Chinese police officers, and they don’t need Chinese translators. The reason why Liang Dingxin gets a monthly salary of two pounds is to provide services to the Chinese police officers. Now with the improvement of the English proficiency of the Chinese police officers,
Liang Dingxin has gradually lost his effectiveness, so let alone five pounds a month, the existing two pounds can hardly be saved.
The world is getting worse and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be!
Faced with such a dilemma, Liang Dingxin did not have the ability to break the situation like Luo Ke, so he could only feel sad.
"Liang Tongyi, Liang Tongyi, are you in the house?" Li De's voice came from outside the door. Liang Dingxin knew that Li De was Luo Ke's little follower, so he hurriedly got up and opened the door.
"Officer Reed, I'm here, what do you want from me?" Liang Dingxin felt aggrieved for a reason. Before the Chinese policemen started learning English, a big-time soldier like Li De would have nodded and bowed when he saw Liang Dingxin. Now,
Times have changed, and Liang Dingxin has no choice but to compromise when faced with Officer Reed, who has become a naturalized Cape Town officer.
"The boss has something to do with you." Li De didn't say much and didn't leave after he finished speaking. It seemed that he was going back with Liang Dingxin.
A very interesting fact is that in the entire Cape Town Police Department, all Chinese police officers will only use the word "boss" when addressing Rock. They will address everyone else by their first name plus official title, such as Chief Henry. No, now
Inspector Henry, another example is Director Russell.
"Okay, okay, wait a moment, wait a moment." Liang Dingxin did not dare to neglect, went to the door and followed Li De to see Luo Ke.
"What does Mr. Luo want from me?" Liang Dingxin was a little worried. He didn't know what Luo Ke wanted to do with him, so he tried to get some words out of Li De.
"Hey, you'll know when you see the end." Li De didn't talk nonsense. He smiled and interrupted but didn't continue. You still want to talk? Just dream.