Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1419 The Most Disgusting Appearance

Unlike Stoudemire, Yang Smother's prestige in Orange was unmatched, and he could not find a competitor. From the moment he decided to run for governor, the candidate for governor of Orange lost suspense.

Yang Smotz is indeed smart. He came to Philip hoping to get more help from the federal government. The current federal government is different from the federal government ten years ago. It has the ability and willingness to help Orange State.

Ten years ago, regardless of how much competition the Orange State was facing, the federal government at that time was unable to help the Boers. After all, the federal government itself was in a tight economy and had to rely on aid and loans from London to survive.

Now the economic situation of the federal government has been greatly improved. After experiencing the world war and the economic crisis after the world war, southern Africa has become one of the regions with the most development potential in the world, and the federal government has finally got rid of the long-standing The fiscal deficit has entered a period of rapid development.

Comprehensive comparison, Orange State's lagging behind has become more and more obvious, which made Yang Smozi heartbroken.

"In addition to the help of the federal government, the development of Orange is also inseparable from the help of big companies such as the Rand Bank and the South African Corporation. I am going to apply for a special loan from the Rand Bank for the farms in Orange At the same time, increase the development of mineral resources in Orange, my lord, are you interested?" Yang Smother has now started planning for Orange, and Rock's help is of course indispensable.

One thing that Jan Smudge doesn't mention is that Rock and Stoudemire owns Bechuanaland, which owns millions of acres of land in Orange that have been sitting idle and underdeveloped use.

Unlike Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which have an area of ​​millions of square kilometers, the total area of ​​Orange State is only 13 square kilometers, and the land resources that can be used are limited. Without the cooperation of big capitalists like Rock Smalls, Even if Yang Smother successfully entered the Orange County, he might not be able to accomplish anything in the governor's position.

"Of course, the foundation of Orange is still good. If the Orange state government can improve the investment environment, there will be people who are willing to invest in Orange." Young Smolder's future actions.

If Yang Smozi really actively moved closer to the federal government after he became the governor, then Rock would really not be stingy about investing in Orange.

It is said that after rounds of cutting leeks, the extremists in Orange State are almost dead. At this time, someone like Yang Smotz is needed to come out to clean up the mess.

On June 6, Cape Town's first parliament building, the state assembly held the first round of elections for the governor.

Not only Stoudemire and Owen participated in the election, but also three other candidates.

These three candidates were passers-by who accompanied the runners, and they didn't even deserve their names. They were all eliminated in the first round of elections. Stoudemire got 125 votes out of 45 votes, Owen got 39 votes, and the two No more than half of the votes were obtained, and there will be a second round of elections.

In the evening, the Progressive Party and the Liberal Party held celebrations respectively to congratulate the candidates in their respective parties for passing the first round of elections, and at the same time build momentum for the upcoming second round of elections.

According to the statute of the Cape State Assembly, the first round of elections will be held a week later on June 6.

"Cecil, you have such a good relationship with the Marquis of Nyasaland. If we can get the support of the Cape Chinese, then we will definitely have more than half of the next election." Dr. Starr Jameson as Stoudemire The team consultant, he is too old to be Stoudemire's partner.

Stoudemire's partner is Durban Benjamin, the head of Cape Customs. Durban Benjamin is also an official left over from the colonial era. He just turned 50 this year. He is young and experienced. complementary.

Stoudemire's advantage lies in the political resources left by the old Cecil Rhodes and the huge influence of the Rhodes family in Cape State.

The weakness is also obvious. Stoudemire has been away from Cape these years, painstakingly managing Rhodesia, and his influence in Cape State is getting smaller and smaller.

"Doctor, don't be so optimistic. The Chinese are a group that attaches great importance to family values. Mr. Rhodes has a good relationship with the Marquis of Nyasaland, but Mr. Matilda and the Marquis of Nyasaland are related by marriage, so Cape State It would be good if more Chinese of Chinese origin don’t vote for Mr. Matilda.” Durban Benjamin is pragmatic, Stoudemire’s base is British, as long as he can get the support of the British, Stoudemire is also sure to win.

It's a pity that most of those who supported Stoudemire were old British immigrants who immigrated to the Cape before the outbreak of the Second Boer War.

Most of the new British immigrants who immigrated to Cape State after the Second Boer War supported Owen.

"Don't worry about this problem. Although the Chinese in Cape will not vote for me, they will not vote for Irving. Locke will remain neutral in this election and will not favor any party." Stoudemire only remembered now , Rock made a conclusion a long time ago that if southern Africa introduced Chinese on a large scale, then one day, Chinese might decide the political situation in southern Africa.

When Roque said these words at the time, he was referring to the fact that the votes of Chinese Americans would play a crucial role when the Anglo-Americans and Boers in southern Africa were in a stalemate.

Unexpectedly, time has passed, and now the Boers have declined and become more and more marginalized, and the British people have been torn apart, which caught everyone by surprise.

"This is the best way. In addition to the British, we should also seek the support of other ethnic groups. The Cape should be the Cape of the Cape, not the Cape of outsiders." Dr. Starr Jameson said this It's not good, the thinking of the old colonialists needs to be changed.

Stoudemire was able to remain calm when he heard Dr. Starr Jameson's words, but Durban Benjamin's expression was not very good.

Durban Benjamin was also an outsider by Dr. Starr Jameson's standards. He also came to southern Africa after the Second Boer War, not a white native of the Cape.

However, I am afraid that Dr. Starr Jameson did not expect that according to this standard, the white people in southern Africa are all outsiders, even the Boers, and the real Cape people have disappeared.

"Doctor, if Cape wants to really integrate into the federal government, then he must really open his arms. Over the years, other states in the federal government have made great progress, but Cape State has stagnated. We should learn a lesson." Stoudemire said bluntly, this is the progressive party The real cause of the chaos, Stoudemire does not allow this to happen.

After the change of the committee, the previous decadence of the Progressive Party was swept away, replaced by unity and high morale, but the current situation is unstable. If the Progressive Party cannot win the election, then what awaits the Progressive Party may be even more cruel reality.

"Hehe, yes, Cecil, you are right, you need to change your old mind." Dr. Starr Jameson reacted quickly, and immediately realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said.

While the Progressive Party was rallying at party headquarters, Owen was also boosting morale at the Liberal Party headquarters in Cape, five kilometers away.

Compared with the Progressive Party, the atmosphere on the Liberal Party side was a bit gloomy. After all, in the first ballot, Owen received fewer votes than Stoudemire, which cast a shadow over Owen's election.

This is also no way, most of the Chinese in Cape State are members of the Liberal Party.

In this election, several Chinese members of the state assembly abstained from voting. As a result, these Chinese members were strongly criticized by the Liberal Party members after the voting.

"As a member of the Liberal Party, but you don't vote for the candidate of the Liberal Party, you are a shameful betrayal." Ferdinand Boshoff, a member of the Kimberley, was fierce. He knew that Owen was inconvenient to speak, so he was the first to attack.

"The enemy is now, we should work together, this is too wrong—"

"It doesn't matter, we still have a chance, we are not too far behind."

"Chen, vote on the 18th, be sure to vote for Mr. Matilda, we cannot lose this battle."

Other congressmen talked a lot, and the focus was on a few Chinese congressmen with ugly faces.

"Gentlemen, calm down, Chen and the others also have unavoidable difficulties—" Some members tried to ease the atmosphere.

"What are the difficulties? Could it be that they took the benefits of the rich second generation?" Ferdinand Boshoff was aggressive. In the previous elections in Cape State, the Liberal Party had won a big victory. Mon Law is also a member of the Liberal Party. If the Liberal Party loses the election because of the abstention of several Chinese congressmen, then these Chinese congressmen will be criticized by everyone.

"Boshoff, pay attention to your words, Chen is not an enemy." Owen was also in a bad mood. Although Rock and Ke didn't help each other, at this point, Owen didn't want to lose.

"Gentlemen, we all need time to calm down. Since the second election after the establishment of the federal government, our Liberal Party has won three consecutive elections. The result? The result is that our Cape and the federal government are getting further and further apart. The Progressive Party There are problems with the Progressive Party, and our Liberal Party itself has big problems, and we must pay attention to these problems.” Chen Yan is a wine merchant from Oak Town, he is Anton’s brother-in-law, and he is not afraid of Ferdinand Boshoff at all. He is not worried about the retaliation of the Matilda family if he does not vote for Owen.

As Chen Yan said, the Progressive Party has problems with the Progressive Party, and the Liberal Party itself is also full of contradictions.

After Stoudemire returned to the Progressive Party, he carried out drastic reforms to the Progressive Party.

The Liberal Party under the leadership of Owen has lost the vigor and efficiency of the Liberal Party when it was founded.

The current Liberal Party is gradually turning into another Progressive Party, and finally turned into what I hate the most.

(End of this chapter)