Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 11 Ancestral Tablet

One thing must be confirmed is that the Indian police is a competitor of the Chinese police, but not an enemy, so some methods are not suitable for the Indian police. After all, if Rock wants to get ahead under the British, he cannot do without With the cooperation of the Indian police, otherwise there would be more than 30 Chinese in Cape Town, even if they were all under Roque, how much could Roque accomplish?

"Why? Why did this happen?" Di Rang had too many questions. Why did Luo Ke obviously see the gold coin put under the bowl by Luo Yi but suddenly disappeared? These Chinese policemen who used to look disgusting before are so cute now——

It's really cute. When Roque returned the money to Dirang, in Dirang's eyes, Roque was cuter than an angel. This is a pound, which has already reached the hands of the Chinese who are known to be stingy. It was so easily returned by Rock. When he came back, Di Rang's heart was instantly filled with a sense of happiness that was lost and found.

"Let's go Luo Yi, we have to work." Luo Ke patted Di Rang on the shoulder, and greeted Luo Yi who looked like a bereaved concubine.

Although Luo Yi, who was born in the market, can understand why Luo Ke returned the money to Di Rang, Luo Yi is still unhappy. This is Luo Yi's first business. If Luo Ke does not return the money, Luo Yi can at least share the money. To one shilling, this is very important for Luo Yi who only has a monthly salary of 24 shillings.

Fortunately, Luo Yi soon came out of his disappointment. Although the first order failed, Luo Yi had already seen the huge prospect of this scam. In the past, Luo Yi dared to gamble with Chinese policemen, but those Chinese policemen did not. How much is the salary? If you accidentally get caught when you pay thousands of dollars, you will be beaten. Now, with the support of Roque and the protection of so many companions, Luo Yi can openly cheat those foreign devils out of money. An ocean sailor, Luo Yi felt like a fire was burning in his heart.

For a port city, the wharf is always the busiest place. When night falls, the whole city is dimly lit, only the wharf is very noisy. The shops here are open 24 hours a day and night. Not only sailors but also businessmen come to have fun. Like the residents of Cape Town, Roque and the others are very familiar with everything about the pier. After all, the pier is the main work area for the patrolmen like Roque.

According to the prior arrangement, Luo Yi and Li De found a random corner and started to play. Rock and Anton found an open-air bar nearby to observe. There were six uniformed policemen in the bar. It seemed that they had just come to have a drink after work, but they were actually waiting for the signal from Rock and Anton. As long as Rock and Anton found someone making trouble, the police would come forward immediately.

The city in 1899 did not have many entertainment facilities. Bars and red-light districts were always the busiest places in the city. The pier was full of idlers hooking their shoulders and looking for fun. Luo Yi and Li De were soon surrounded by crowds. live.

"Buy and leave, willing to bet and admit defeat—" Rock and Anton were not far from Luo Yi, and they could clearly hear Luo Yi's loud voice. It only took Luo Yi a minute to learn these two English sentences, If Luo Yi can maintain this enthusiasm, it won't be long before Luo Yi's English level will improve by leaps and bounds.

"I always feel that this will bring us trouble." Anton's character is a bit hesitant, and he has already set up a bet, but Anton is still rambling.

"There will always be troubles. All we have to do is to accumulate more capital so that we can have more room to deal with troubles." Rock will not look forward and backward, hesitation will only miss opportunities, and will not bring any reward.

"Yeah, to accumulate capital, we signed a five-year contract, and the child's wife is still waiting for me to go home and buy a house and land." Anton has already married and set up his own business. Of course, he is not as carefree as Rock.

"If possible, try to bring your wife and children to Cape Town as much as possible. You don't know about your hometown. My Qing Dynasty will end sooner or later. Next, our Qing Dynasty will be full of wars. Even if we buy a house Even if we buy land, we may not be able to keep it. What’s more, how much is the land in our hometown? How much is the land in Cape Town? How much is the land in Cape? If you have the money to buy a house and land in your hometown, you can buy a farm in Cape Town , The British don’t collect taxes very much, and the food they produce is their own, why do they have to go back?” Rock will definitely not return to the Qing Dynasty, and the next few decades will be hell for the Chinese, and Rock doesn’t want to go through that. All in all, it would be nice to live a comfortable life in Cape Town, with the British supporting us when the sky falls.

"Stay in Cape Town? No, no, no, the ancestral tablets are all in their hometown, and we can't let the ancestors lose their incense." Anton's thinking is a bit old-fashioned. In Rock's view, it's a good thing, but it won't work when it comes to Anton.

"How could it be possible to cut off the incense? There are no brothers and sisters in my hometown? Is it okay to hire someone to burn incense and go to the grave during the festivals? It costs three or five taels of silver a year, and a lot of people are willing to be filial sons and grandsons." Rock didn't care about this question. Chinese worship their ancestors to burn paper money to put tribute, foreigners go to the grave to bring a bunch of flowers at most, so it seems that the ancestors of foreigners are really poor and pitiful.

"How can this work? You must be sincere in worshiping your ancestors. Do you know whether he will go to the grave if you hire someone?" Anton's worry is also justified. There is no such thing as a video phone these days, and it is really unreliable to hire someone.

"If you're really worried, please invite your ancestor's memorial tablet here. I'm afraid that if our ancestors know that our unworthy descendants are working for foreigners, we won't even let us offer incense." Rock's words directly shut Anton up, yes , In fact, they are all hypocritical. There are thousands of people in Huayong Camp, and everyone has a story behind them. If there is a way, no one is willing to be a second devil. They have already reached this point, and they are still hypocritical and refuse to recognize the reality. They deserve to go back to the Qing Dynasty When cannon fodder.

Rock didn't expect to persuade Anton to immigrate with just a few words. You still have to make your own decision on this kind of thing. Rock has a lot of ways to influence Anton. In a few days, Rock is going to go to the Immigration Bureau for naturalization, and then Rock will be able to buy a house in Cape Let's not talk about the qualifications for buying land. If Rock buys a farm of more than a thousand acres in Cape, Rock won't believe that Anton and the others won't be tempted.

Just kidding, there is no guarantee of survival, and the ancestral tablets are no longer so important. What is the best tribute to the ancestors?

It’s not the little paper money that is burned every new year, but to spread the branches and leaves to make the family more prosperous, so that the ancestors in the sky can smile and rest in peace, otherwise it’s meaningless to burn more paper money. One person’s filial piety to the ancestors is definitely not as good as a dozen or dozens of people. A personal filial piety.

(End of this chapter)