Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 116

Pretoria is the future Tshwane, the administrative capital of South Africa, and the former capital of the Transvaal Republic. It has the only institution of higher learning in Cape—the University of the Cape of Good Hope, which is the future University of South Africa.

Pretoria is rich in gold and diamonds. The Rand Gold Mine is the largest gold mine in the world. The annual mining volume accounts for more than half of the world's gold mining volume. Premier has the largest diamond mine in Cape. Diamond mining The amount accounts for half of the Cape, and it is equal to Kimberley.

As the first settlement after the Boers moved north, Pretoria is a completely Europeanized city. This city was established by the Boers. Thanks to the discovery of the Rand gold mine, the Boers at that time were rich and powerful. , spared no expense in building Pretoria, now it's all cheaper for the British.

Church Square is the city center of Pretoria. The Palace of Justice on the north side of Church Square is the official residence scheduled by Alfred Milner. This is a marble building with Italian style. The future is the Supreme Court of Gauteng Province. It was here that Della was tried.

Opposite the Palace of Justice is the former Parliament Building of the Transvaal Republic, which is now the office of Alfred Milner. Next to the Parliament Building is the home of the first President of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. , Of course, people are gone now. After the expeditionary force broke through Pretoria, Paul Kruger fled to Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portuguese Mozambique, to form a provisional government and continue to fight against the expeditionary force.

"Lock, tell me, how about we live in Paul Kruger's house?" Henry is quite funny, of course, because Paul Kruger's house is one of the few intact buildings around Church Square .

Although Pretoria is the largest city in the Republic of Transvaal, after all, it has just experienced the baptism of war. When the expeditionary army captured Pretoria, it fought with the defenders of Pretoria in the urban area. As a result, most of the buildings in the urban area of ​​Pretoria were destroyed, and the few remaining intact buildings were also looted by the soldiers of the expeditionary force. Therefore, Pretoria still has a long way to go. Reconstruction work.

However, this is not an issue for Roque and Henry to consider. This is the trouble of Alfred Milner. Roque and Henry are only responsible for the security of Pretoria.

In fact, the issue of law and order is not too much trouble. In the whole of Pretoria, there are no more than 2 people left after the war, and most of them are women and children. Rock has rich experience in this area.

"Don't be stupid, this kind of former residence of celebrities must never be preserved. I suggest you go to the Governor-General to propose that all the buildings left by the Boers in Pretoria be demolished, and these streets should also be renamed, so as to maximize the Erase the traces of the Boers to the greatest extent, and don’t give them a chance to make a comeback.” Rock took the bottom line and demolished these buildings, which is tantamount to rebuilding a new Pretoria, which will definitely greatly increase the cost of reconstruction, but the completion After reconstruction, the new Pretoria has nothing to do with the former Boers, so that it can last long.

To be honest, the Chinese are much more experienced than the British in this respect. Historically, Alfred Milner kept these ancient buildings. As a result, after the establishment of the South African Federation, the Boers made a comeback, and Paul Kruger’s home became Memorial Hall, there is also a street named after Paul Kruger in the city, and a monument to the development of the ancestors commemorating the migration of the Boers to the north was also built on the nearby hills. Within a few years, Pretoria became a Boer again. world.

In fact, it doesn't matter to Rock that Pretoria is controlled by the British or controlled by the Boers.

Rock is worried that this kind of compromise will become a habit, just like the British will compromise with the Boers in the future, and the white South Africans will also compromise with the blacks in the future, and that is the beginning of the end.

If there are not many Chinese in Cape, then it has nothing to do with Roque if there is any toss between whites and blacks.

Not now, Rock is in Cape. Because of Rock, more and more Chinese immigrated to Cape. Rock has to be responsible to those who trust him. Even if the weather changes in South Africa, Rock is probably no longer there. But for the sake of his future generations, Roque couldn't let this happen.

"Yes, is it necessary? Do you know how much it will cost?" Henry knew that Rock had rebuilt Oak Town, but Pretoria was not Oak Town, and Henry couldn't imagine rebuilding a town as big as Pretoria. The city needs such a huge amount of funds.

"I don't know, but there is a steady stream of gold from the Rand Gold Mine, the money is affordable, and it's worth it!" Rock's heart is as firm as iron, which is really unfair to the Boers, but Rock still Don't hesitate, don't do it for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy it!

"I, I have to think about it." Henry didn't dare to make a decision right away, stammering dryly.

"I think Locke is right." Phyllis also had worry in her eyes. She didn't know when, "Brother Locke" in Phyllis's mouth had become "Locke".

"Shut up!" Henry didn't give Phyllis a chance to interrupt.

Church Square is the center of Pretoria, where the governor's official residence and government office are located, so this is the key protection object. Rock and Henry left enough police force to maintain law and order before heading to Pretoria police station.

The police station is actually next to the church square. It occupies a large area and the buildings are quite intact. After entering the police station, Rock and Henry discovered that all the buildings in the police station were actually made of marble. .

The Boers are really rich.

In fact, what Rock and Henry didn't know was that the police in the Transvaal Republic were not the same as the police in Cape Town. The Transvaal Republic had no standing army at the beginning, so the police force in the Transvaal Republic was The most elite force in the Transvaal Republic, the Transvaal Republic really spared no effort in building the police force.

Of course, all this is now cheaper for Rock and Henry.

"It's not bad to live in the police station—" Henry didn't have too many requirements for the residence, just think about Henry's home on Government Street.

"Don't be stupid, Christian has prepared a place for us, come with me." Rock will not live in the police station.

In fact, when Rock and the others got off the bus, Zach was waiting at the train station. Now Zach was at the gate of the police station. After seeing Rock, Zach smiled brightly.

Well, the eight-teeth kind of smile, as long as Zach doesn't open his mouth, nobody notices that Zach doesn't have a tongue.

　The gods are all queuing up to put on the shelves, and there will be no more recommendations for Yutou next week, please comfort me with a wave of votes——

　　

(End of this chapter)