Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 140 Lenovo

Although Rock was complaining crazily in his heart, early the next morning, Rock still met Phyllis's request and set off with Nelson Holt.

"Today we are going to the Leopold Gold Mine. This gold mine is a bit far away, but it is quite large. If there is no accident, this should be the most valuable gold mine in this auction." Don't look at Nelson Holt's A bit old, but when working, Nelson Holt also rides a horse. I have to say that white people of his generation are still very pioneering.

"How far—" Phyllis was also in military uniform, and like Rock and the others, Phyllis was also wearing a cowboy hat with a brim.

It was only then that Roque discovered that the cowboy hats issued by the police station had drawstrings. Roque and the others would simply put the hats on their heads before, but Phyllis put down the drawstrings and wore them neatly. Noble families really pay attention to these small details.

"About 13 miles—" Nelson Holt didn't even need to look at the information, the information was all in Nelson Holt's mind.

Rock needs to do some calculations to know how far 13 miles is. The imperial system is really inconvenient. In the 21st century, even the United Kingdom has abandoned the imperial system, leaving only the United States still insisting on it.

Thirteen miles is about 13 kilometers. Whether it is far or close, it takes less than an hour by train, but it takes a whole morning to ride a horse. There is a break in the middle, and it is only at noon that we arrive at the Leopold Gold Mine.

Unlike the George Harry Gold Mine, the Leopold Gold Mine was still in production before the war broke out, and the output was still considerable. However, because the owner of the mine was a Boer, after the war broke out, the owner of the mine fled with his family. The Opot Gold Mine was confiscated by the provisional government.

Unlike the gold mine that Rock imagined, the Leopold Gold Mine is not in the wilderness, but in a farm. The gold mine is surrounded by farmland, and there are obvious traces of cultivation. Rock and his party arrived in Leo Port When visiting the Potter Gold Mine, there were a few Zulus grazing cattle near the gold mine. When they saw Rock and his party, their expressions were obviously a little wary.

"Don't be surprised, this is a nearby farmer. The surrounding area was originally a farm. The Transvaal Republic is simply crazy, allowing these Zulus to own a farm." Rock really didn't expect that Nelson Holt would actually Still a racist.

In fact, this is not surprising. In this day and age, the vast majority of white people Rock has come into contact with are racists. "Racism" is not notorious these days, and white supremacy is political correctness.

Of course, Roque didn't feel much obvious discrimination in the process of contacting white people. Especially after Roque came to Pretoria, no one dared to show racism in front of Roque. After all, Roque now His identity is Senior Inspector.

This should also be related to the Boers. Think about it, if the Cape wants to pursue "white supremacy", how should the Cape colonial government deal with those Boers who are also white?Give them the same rights as the British?

Then the Second Boer War would be meaningless.

"Can Zulus own farms?" Rock was really curious.

According to Rock’s history, the Cape did not allow Zulus to own property during the white rule, so even if those Zulus saved some money through hard work, they could not buy houses and land in Cape. I can live by renting the land of white farmers, but I didn't expect that in the Transvaal, the Zulus could actually buy farms.

In fact, it is not surprising that even if Rock is a policeman, he is Chinese after all. Chinese can buy vineyards in Cape Town, why can’t Zulus buy farms in Transvaal?

"It's not surprising. There are too many unowned wastelands. Instead of leaving them idle, it's better to sell them to the Zulus. At least it can generate profits." Nelson Holt said helplessly.

This is also no way, in the Cape, the number of whites is too small, if not counting those expeditionary forces, the total number of whites in the entire Cape is less than 100 million, and the current Cape, the territory not only includes 21 South Africa in the [-]th century also included Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, which were close to South Africa. Desia".

The name "Rhodecia" was named after himself by the former Cape Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes. The reason why Cecil Rhodes is famous in Africa is because Cecil Rhodes served as During the Prime Minister of Cape, he personally planned to annex Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. After that, Cecil Rhodes named this area Rhodesia after himself.

Therefore, the current total area of ​​the Cape is not 122 million square kilometers, but a horrifying 306 million square kilometers. In such a huge territory, there are less than 100 million white people, and most of them are concentrated in a few such as Cape Town and Durban. Several large cities, so the Transvaal had to rely on the Zulus to develop the idle land.

"Yeah, there are too many unclaimed wastelands—" Rock echoed, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

In fact, it is not a wasteland at all. At least, the "wasteland" in Johannesburg is not the same as the wasteland in Rock's concept.

In this era of Africa, many places are undeveloped primitive areas. These so-called "wastelands" include dense forests, fertile pastures, and even farms that were abandoned due to wars, all of which are part of the wasteland.

In Rock's impression, the farming techniques of the Zulus were bad enough, but the farming techniques of the Boers were even worse than the Zulus. If they were replaced by Chinese, it would take a few years for these so-called "wastelands" , will become fertile farmland.

"Hehe, Rock, don't care about those Boers. If you really want to make money, you should find a way to get a gold mine. What is easier to accumulate wealth than a gold mine." Nelson Holt still couldn't escape his thinking Despite the limitations of this era, this is also the common thinking of most British people these days. The British are really not rare about land. Only gold deserves the attention of the British.

"I think so too, but I can't help it. The price of gold mines is too expensive to afford." Rock shook his head and smiled wryly. Everyone wants gold mines. Large companies such as the Sri Lankan Mining Company compete.

"Not necessarily—" Nelson Holt smiled strangely.

Rock felt that there was a door, looked at the people on the left and right, and approached Nelson Holt: "What do you say?"

"Evening, come to my room at night!" Nelson Holt whispered.

Rock suddenly had a very bad feeling, the tone of Nelson Holt——

It's so easy to imagine.

　Don't get it wrong, these are two straight men——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)