In the 21st century, various media often advocate the integrity and fairness of Western officials.
In fact, it is all nonsense. There are indeed officials who are fair and honest, but not all of them are. At least in the Cape in the early 20th century, most of them are not. Based on Rock's understanding of the Cape colonial government, if he investigates from top to bottom.
If officials of the Cape colonial government were officials, there would be many "hidden cases" like this in the Cape Police Department.
In the same way, the generals in the expeditionary force headquarters will not be very honest. Otherwise, the Boers, whose total number is only 440,000, would need to mobilize 450,000 regular troops to defeat them?
Those regular troops are probably just paper.
"Sorry Locke, I don't know what's going on with the military supplies on the market." Henry opened his eyes wide and told lies. I'm afraid he didn't believe it himself.
"Okay, I'll think of other ways." Rock didn't force it. The bureau's path was not going to work, and Rock had other ways.
Night, Table Mountain Hotel.
"The first batch of lighters has been delivered to the Expeditionary Force Command. The cost of this batch is a bit high. Calculated, we will lose money. However, the situation will improve in the future. The Expeditionary Force Command has placed an additional order for 10,000 lighters."
Ada is definitely good at business. The first batch of lighters delivered to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters were all made of silver. Some lighters were even inlaid with diamonds. They were specially used by the generals in the Expeditionary Force Headquarters.
Regardless of the cost, it can be called luxury.
"Ada, can you get a batch of military tents from the expeditionary force headquarters?" Rock's back-up man is Ada. Compared to Henry, Ada has more methods.
"Okay, why do you need a military tent?" Ada really has a way. Not to mention the military tent, Rock's "sun" was obtained by Ada.
The sun is a thoroughbred horse. This kind of horse is recognized as the best riding horse breed in the world. In the 21st century, a thoroughbred horse can be sold for 50 million U.S. dollars. Ada got the sun out of the expeditionary force headquarters.
, it only cost less than 100 pounds. According to the records of the expeditionary force headquarters, the sun was disabled due to injuries and was no longer suitable for use as a war horse, so it was sold at a low price.
Even the most important war horse of the expeditionary force can be obtained, not to mention the military tent. In fact, if Rock is willing, Rock can buy it in the Cape Town market, but Rock cannot buy it by himself.
We need another excuse to use those military tents in refugee camps.
"Donate? Is this necessary?" Ada didn't understand why Rock would go to such trouble.
"It is very necessary. Think about it, Cape is the Cape of the Boers after all, so if we want to live better in Cape, we must have good relations with the Boers. This is the most appropriate opportunity to take care of those who
The women and children who were imprisoned in the refugee camps during the war, all the Boers will be grateful to you after the war is over." Rock's vision is unparalleled. Ten years later, the Cape Province will be the same as the Transvaal and Natasha.
The Province of Ireland and the Orange Free State merged to form the Union of South Africa and began to self-govern. Don't look at the commotion now, but be careful about the list in the future.
"Okay, if you say it's necessary, it's necessary-" Ada was already tired and wanted to sleep-
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Early in the morning, before Ada got up, Rock returned to Oak Town.
Christian was already waiting in Oak Town. Last night, after knowing that Rock wanted to see him, Christian came to Oak Town overnight and slept in the carriage for half the night.
Well, it seems that Christian has also made a lot of money during this period, and he has already started using a horse-drawn carriage.
"Build houses - OK, no problem, demolish all the existing houses, and on this basis plan the entire town, widen roads, build sewers, reserve space for squares, parks and green spaces, and also
Pay attention to protecting the oak trees in the town - oh, there are also vineyards, okay, I will try my best to buy the most vineyards at the lowest price - coercion and inducement? No, no, no, I am honest Christian, I
I will never do that—" As Rock's demands increased, Christian sweated more and more. Rock didn't simply want to build a house, Rock wanted to rebuild Oak Town.<
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Compared with building a house, rebuilding Oak Town is beyond Christian's ability.
However, Rock didn't expect Christian to become a master of planning overnight. Rock described his understanding of the city to Christian in detail, and let Christian do the rest. If Christian thought he was not capable enough, then
Christian will naturally find a solution.
"Boss, are we going to stay in Oak Town permanently? Do we still need the house in Cape Town?" Li De didn't understand why Rock did this.
"Of course! We have more and more brothers, and we can't all live in Cape Town. Oak Town is so nice, with mountains, water, and vineyards. It's far away from Cape Town and it's clean enough. There are no gold or diamond mines here.
, the British will not notice Oak Town, and ordinary people will not take the initiative to settle when they hear the name Stellenbosch. When we buy all the surrounding vineyards, this will be our world." Although Rock
The requirements are very high, but Oak Town perfectly meets all of Rock's requirements.
"What does Stellenbosch mean?" Anton's English is not good enough.
"City of Cowards!" Rock doesn't hide it.
"Holy shit!" Anton was shocked, this name was really——
Isn’t this a curse?!
"Tsk, it would be better to call it the City of Hell." Rock didn't think that was enough. It would be better if the name was as bad as three miles in the wind.
"No, City of Cowards is pretty good." Anton was really afraid of Rock's troubles. Compared with the City of Hell, the name City of Cowards is just okay.
Christian moved very quickly. On the second day after returning to Cape Town, Christian came to Oak Town with a construction team of fifty people.
A construction team composed entirely of black people.
"The price of Boer workers is already cheap enough, and the price of these Zulu workers is even cheaper. It only costs two pence a day to hire a Zulu, and you can even pay no salary at all - they eat very little.
They only need a piece of bread and half a fish, and they can work all day long, and there is no need to worry about them being lazy, Kaka and Yaya are the overseers, and they will serve you wholeheartedly." Christian explained why he hired the Zulu people. These Zulus are indeed capable. After arriving in Oak Town, they started working directly without even taking a break.
Kaka and Yaya are also Zulu people. Christian's skills are very ruthless and he has got the essence of the colonialists. With Kaka and Yaya as supervisors, these Zulu people dare not be lazy and they are all very diligent. This is really not the black man in Rock’s impression.
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