When Liang Dingxin boarded the ship, he had a deposit of 120 pounds given by Luo Ke.
Roque is not worried about Liang Dingxin absconding with money. Like Roque, who has been naturalized in Cape Town, Roque is now considered half a "foreigner". Liang Dingxin is a "second devil" who has taken refuge with foreigners. Liang Dingxin can only hold on tightly in this life.
The thighs of the British were the same when they returned to the Qing Dynasty. If Liang Dingxin dared to abscond, then Liang Dingxin was seeking death.
As Luo Ke said, the Qing Dynasty is now in the most intense stage of the Boxer Movement. Not to mention two devils like Liang Dingxin, real foreigners have been beaten to death by the boxers. Liang Dingxin probably does not dare to leave China.
Yongying's military camp, where can he escape to?
What's more, as long as Liang Dingxin tastes the sweetness of being a "human trafficker", even if Luo Ke whips Liang Dingxin, Liang Dingxin will not leave. It is too easy to make money. One woman is twenty dollars, two
That’s forty yuan, one hundred is two thousand——
Two thousand yuan, if Liang Dingxin earned his salary honestly, it would take ten years to earn so much. Unlike the police, Liang Dingxin had no gray income as a translator, so Liang Dingxin could not refuse this temptation.
In fact, even if Liang Dingxin ran away with the money, Luo Ke would not feel bad. He could only say that Liang Dingxin was short-sighted. As long as Liang Dingxin went to Cape to give it away honestly, Liang Dingxin could earn ten 120 pounds or even a hundred 120 pounds in the future.
Pounds, this little money is nothing now.
It is really this "little" money. After the gambling game is reopened, Rock can get almost 120 pounds from the gambling game every other week. This part of the money does not need to be "provided". Apart from this part, Rock
There are also other incomes, such as contributions from gangs near the dock, monthly subscriptions to shops in the port area, and various fines. Although this part will be turned over to the police station, the police department will pay half of it as bonuses.
Give it to Roark and the others, so Roark's current salary is not five pounds or ten pounds, but forty pounds a month.
This is the normal income of a colonial sheriff.
Calculating this, Roark's annual salary should be about five hundred pounds, which is equivalent to the salary of a director of the British Treasury.
This is right, otherwise, there would not be so many British people abandoning their families and children to work in the colonies.
If you add in all kinds of gray income, Roque's salary is almost the same as the salary of the Finance Minister. Of course, most of it is shady, so Roque needs to launder it in other ways before it can become Roque's legal income.
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In order to deal with these gray incomes, Rock bought a safe and placed it in his home on Mill Street. Every other week, Rock would go back and put the money in the safe, watching the money in the safe slowly disappear.
As time goes by, Rock's mood gets better and better. Now, even if Rock doesn't make a living with the British, Rock has the capital to gain a foothold in this era.
In early February, after fully understanding the battlefield situation, Lord Roberts changed his strategy and moved the main attack direction from Natal west to the Orange area with weaker troops in the middle. At the same time, he changed the rigid frontal attack tactics and adopted a roundabout and pincer attack strategy.
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This tactic had miraculous results. On the western front, the British Expeditionary Force defeated the militia group commanded by the most ferocious "Black General" Piet Cronye of the Boer coalition.
In mid-February, the expeditionary force broke through the Boer coalition defense lines and lifted the three-month siege of Kimberley by the Boers.
Yes, although "linear tactics" have lagged behind the times, the Boers had too few troops and could do nothing against Kimberley, which was heavily garrisoned by the British army. Although they surrounded Kimberley for three months, the Boers were unable to break through the British defense line.
Entering a frontal battle, the Boers still could not defeat the British's volley tactics.
"Our army won, and the linear tactics were successful again. I guess I will become a clown next." Henry was hit hard. It is estimated that in the entire Cape, only Henry hoped that the British would be defeated. That would fully prove Henry's foresight. Now
The British army was victorious on the front line, and Henry's views on "linear tactics" became a farce on the stage.
A drink and a peck have their own destiny. Henry originally wanted to take Roark with him to appear in the newspapers, but Roark refused this opportunity in order to highlight Henry. So now, Henry is the only one who will be laughed at.
It should be noted that around New Year's Day, Winston published an article about Henry's comments on "Linear Tactics" in the "Morning Post". This article caused great repercussions in the UK. The Liberal Party cited the British army's defeat in the Cape
On the grounds of failure, they criticized the ruling Conservative Party for being unprogressive and conservative. Even the military was scolded by the Liberal Party as a corpse. They actually kicked out a person with such insight into "linear tactics" from the army. No wonder the expeditionary force was beaten by the Boers.
Become disgraced.
The Conservative Party resolutely refused to admit its mistakes. While quarreling in Parliament, it continued to send more troops to the Cape in an effort to end the Anglo-Boer War as soon as possible.
The military's attitude was rather ambiguous. It did not counter Henry's grandstanding, nor did it recall Henry to the army. The military did not even contact Henry, which made both Henry and Rock feel a little uneasy.
"Don't worry, victory on the front line does not mean the success of linear tactics. The Boer coalition and the expeditionary force are not at the same level. There are now more than 250,000 troops on the front line, and the total population of the Boers is only 440,000. Except for the old and the weak,
How many people are sick and disabled who can actually go to the battlefield? So you should know why the military remains silent, right? People who really understand the situation will not laugh at you." Roque is not worried, anyway, even if someone is laughed at, it will not happen.
It has nothing to do with Rock.
"Now that I think about it, I was really crazy to talk about those things to Winston." Henry regretted it. If he had known better, he would not have talked nonsense with Winston. Why are you pretending to be Xianyun Yehe?
Rock wanted to laugh, but he was afraid that Henry would become angry. Fortunately, Phyllis was still there.
"Brother Henry, I think you did the right thing. I won't laugh at you. If it were my father, he would do the same thing." It sounded like Phyllis had a strong Electra complex.
"Since you admire your father so much, why didn't you listen to your father and marry that fat pig from the Alsop family?" Henry was furious, grabbed Phyllis and started to spit.
"You just married a fat pig!" Phyllis screamed, which was comparable to a sonic attack.
"Lacie is much prettier than Fat Pig." Henry laughed, not realizing there was anything inappropriate in comparing Lacey with Fat Pig.
"Lacie is engaged, but it's a pity that the groom is not you, hahahahahahaha." Phyllis laughed so hard that she almost hiccupped, and she stabbed her ruthlessly.
"Lacie's heart is mine." Henry said stubbornly. He wanted to get someone's heart even if he couldn't get it.
The two brothers and sisters were busy hurting each other, and Rock looked dull. This kind of drama has happened many times recently, and Rock was really helpless.