Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1261

The Locke Gold Mine produced a total of 32 ounces of gold last year, which is about ten tons in conversion.

Corresponding to the output, the Locke Gold Mine has about 3000 miners, so here comes the problem. According to what Winston learned, the annual output of a gold mine with 3000 miners should be far more than ten tons.

What's more, the ore grade of the Locke Gold Mine far exceeds the average ore grade of the Rand Gold Mine. The average ore grade of the Rand Mine is about 10 grams per ton, and the ore grade of the Locke Gold Mine has been stable at around 20 grams per ton. The Rock Gold Mine also has a rich ore belt with a grade of more than 200 grams per ton, so Winston insists that the Rock Gold Mine must have more than that.

Of course, this is just Winston's speculation. It is not easy to prove that the Rock Gold Mine is Rock's private property. The mine and the surrounding land were bought by Rock. Without Rock's permission, Albert, the gold commissioner, Te Archibald didn't even have access to the Rock Gold Mine.

So Albert Archibald is also very innocent. You nobles designed this social system in order to protect your own interests. Now this social system has become a stumbling block to the British Empire's continued progress, but the nobles have not Courage to break free.

"So, you don't know the specific output of the Locke Gold Mine?" Winston only now knew how difficult the problem was.

This feeling Winston experienced very deeply when he was Prime Minister. He knew that there was a problem, but he couldn't solve it.

"Yes, Lord Nyasaland probably only knows the real output of the Locke Gold Mine." Albert Archibald admitted, but he didn't think he was incompetent.

Even Winston could not have done a better job than Albert Archibald as Commissioner of Gold.

Now in southern Africa, anyone who comes will be caught blind.

"In fact, it's not just the Rock Gold Mine. The mines owned by the Rhodes family, and even the mines controlled by local nobles, are not open and transparent enough. This is the open secret of the Rand Mine. Relatively speaking, the Rock Gold Mine It’s not bad. The mine with 3000 workers can still produce about ten tons. The two mines in the Midland mining area, with 3500 miners, have an output of only 3 tons. If this output is real, then the mine is not as good as Just close the door." Albert Archibald was also very helpless, the British influence in southern Africa continued to decrease, and the status quo of the Rand mining area was doomed since the establishment of the federal government of southern Africa.

"Those two?" Winston became murderous.

"Sussex, Gloucester." Albert Archibald said bluntly, tell you your name, what can you do?

Sussex and Gloucester, just looking at these two surnames, are both British royal dukes.

This does not prove that these two gold mines are the property of the two dukes, and these two surnames are not exclusive to the two dukes, but can be used by others.

But this kind of thing is hard to say, what if it is——

In the current Rand mining area, the myth that the farmer found the farm to get rich overnight is no longer there.

Even if the farmer discovers a gold mine on his own farm, the best result is to sell the gold mine to someone or a certain company at a good price, and there is no way to mine it himself. Rock is at this point His attitude is also very firm, it doesn't matter if the price given is higher, but he must control the gold mine in his own hands.

In the past ten years, four new gold mines have been discovered in the Rand mining area, all of which were acquired by Rock.

Winston didn't say a word, and went straight back to Nyasaland that night to continue making his film, not caring about the Rand gold mine stuff anymore.

That's right, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government.

Rock laughed it off when he knew it. Some things were too complicated for Winston to solve, and even Rock couldn't solve them unless they smashed everything up and started from scratch.

But Rock didn't have the courage to smash everything and start all over again.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is Christmas, and then New Year's Day.

1919 passed, and Roark did not miss it one bit, and 1920 was a new beginning for southern Africa.

On January 1, Adelaide officially resigned, and Philip served as prime minister for a five-year term.

The first thing Philip did after becoming prime minister was to take back the legislative and executive powers of the two capitals, Bloemfontein and Cape Town.

In other words, to end the chaos of the three capitals in Southern Africa and to centralize all power in Pretoria.

Rock was quite speechless after knowing Philip's plan. Philip's idea was good, but it was not realistic. Bloemfontein was easy to say. This capital has always been in name only. Lower, urban construction is not as good as that of Los Angeles and Pretoria, even Johannesburg,

It is more difficult to disqualify Cape Town as the capital. Although the number of Chinese in southern Africa is generally dominant, when it comes to Cape Town, there are still more whites and fewer Chinese. What is the historical status of Cape Town? The oldest city in Africa has been the center of British rule in southern Africa for more than 100 years. Now Cape Town, more than 60.00% of the residents are British, and the remaining more than 30.00% are Boers.

Amazing, when the federal government was established, the Boers and the British faced each other, and Adelaide relied on the support of the Chinese to become the prime minister.

The overall number of Chinese now exceeds that of whites, which objectively promotes the integration of Boers and British.

It's not that the Boers and the British joined forces to fight against the Chinese, and the internal conflicts among the people were not so sharp.

"Wait a minute, you have just become prime minister, and you are so impatient to take back the rights of Bloemfontein and Cape Town, what do members of Congress from Orange and Cape Town think?" Rock disagreed The number of congressmen in southern Africa is determined by the population. In this general election, the number of congressmen from Orange and Cape has decreased again. This has already made Orange and Cape very dissatisfied. If If the capital status of Bloemfontein and Cape Town is to be revoked, I am afraid that Orange and Cape Town will rebel.

"One country, three capitals, what does it look like? When the federal government was established, there was no way to do it, so it could only compromise. Now the federal government has taken control of everything. If members from Orange and Cape do not agree, it is just right Take this opportunity to rectify it." Philip was a little flustered when he became prime minister just now, and he didn't think about why Ade didn't start to solve this problem when he was in office.

Ade must know the disadvantages of the three capitals, but with Ade's reputation in southern Africa, he dare not solve this problem. Philip is indeed too hasty now.

Roque can understand Philip's feeling of taking office as a new official, but you can't burn down the house with one of the three fires when you take office. Roque would rather solve this problem slowly, and not cause turmoil in southern Africa because of this problem. disturbed.

"It is indeed time for this issue to be resolved, and there are indeed some problems in Congress—" Owen was equally radical. He still had a bit of a grudge against Barker as the speaker, and the old and the young were a bit radical.

"I agree with Locke's opinion." Henry and Rock agreed. After Philip became Prime Minister, Henry still served as the Minister of Justice, just like Rock's position.

Philip's expression was serious, Owen's approval was of little value, and both Roque and Henry objected, so Philip had to think carefully.

The party broke up badly, and Roque and Henry left the Palace of Justice worried. Neither of them expected that Philip would become so radical after becoming Prime Minister.

"I knew I shouldn't have let him be the prime minister. I suddenly had a bad feeling. It's been five years—" Henry was rude, complaining like his old man.

Roque remembered that Philip's five-year term had just begun, and he felt a little sad. In fact, Southern Africa does not need a powerful prime minister, nor does it require much action to adjust southern Africa. The development of southern Africa is now Has entered the fast lane, the prime minister, as the helmsman, just needs to control the direction and not go astray.

"It's the same as you have the ability to decide who will be the prime minister." Rock still respects Philip more than Henry.

"It's true that I don't have the ability, but if I add you, it might be true." Henry has self-knowledge. Although Fawalt Steel is also powerful, compared with the large number of companies under Rock's name, Henry is also self-conscious. Sigh.

Rock shook his head and refused to accept this. At this time, he felt a little bit regretful. If he had known this earlier, he really shouldn't have made Philip the prime minister.

Looking back, Roque didn't forget to remind Buck to be careful of congressmen taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Although Buck is a veteran in the Congress, his control over the Congress is definitely not as good as Philip, who has been the speaker of the Congress since the establishment of the Southern African Federal Government.

In the years since the establishment of the federal government, the Congress has always been Philip's private domain and has a huge influence on the Congress. Based on Roque's understanding of Philip, even if Philip wants to take back the rights of Bloemfontein and Cape Town, it will most likely be done through Congress.

If the power is successfully recovered, then it will be credited to Philip's leadership.

If Orange and Cape reacted violently, Buck would be the scapegoat.

Don't think that Philip will treat all Chinese differently if he marry his daughter to Rock. For Philip, even his family is just a tool when necessary.

This is the coldness that a qualified politician should have.

There is no such thing as emotion for politicians.

Buck was not surprised by Philip's decision.

During Philip's tenure as the speaker of the National Assembly, he has repeatedly shown his covetousness for the position of prime minister, which fully shows that Philip's utilitarianism is a bit heavy.

Since they are utilitarian, they will pay more attention to power, and it is normal to take back the power of Bloemfontein and Cape Town.

What worries Barker is whether the power of Congress will be affected when Philip is prime minister.

(End of this chapter)