Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 144 Matilda

Rock was not in a hurry to return to Johannesburg, and first worked with Henry to settle the farms around the Moses Gold Mine.

Oh, the current Moses Gold Mine is no longer called by this name, but Matilda Farm.

I have to say that the land price in this era is really cheap. Although it is not as cheap as Luo Yi’s 280 pounds for 3000 acres, Henry only spent 1500 pounds to buy all 2500 acres of land around the Moses Gold Mine. down.

Don't ask Henry why a police chief who has just been in office for a few days has so much money. If a nobleman has no family background, can he still be called a nobleman?

Back at the police station, Henry and Rock smiled at each other. Next, they could go to the Bureau of Mines to apply for the "Certificate of Ownership of the Gold Mine Discoverer".

Rock also gave up this right to Henry. Although Rock now can apply for the "Certificate of Ownership of a Gold Mine Discoverer", it is not as strong as Henry's background after all. Embarrassing an Imperial Baron.

Nor the heir of the baron.

This is the privilege of nobility.

"What are we going to do next? Buy machines and hire workers. Buying machines is easy. I can entrust my father to help with the purchase. Where can I hire workers? Hire those Zulus?" Henry was very excited and wanted to start working now.

As a result of Christian's aggressive hiring of Zulus, there are more and more Zulus in Pretoria, white people are now in concentration camps, and black people are everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Fortunately, Xiaohei in this era is different from those spoiled Xiaohei in the 21st century. Xiaohei in this era are really hardworking. They are usually not tall and thin, but they are not thin and quick. , the explosive power is very strong, and Christian is also well-managed. Rock has never seen the little blacks wandering around leisurely. Every little black walks in a hurry, carrying their hands on their shoulders, and they are much more diligent than those white people. .

"You don't have to worry about the machines and workers. Leave these issues to me. You can get the 'Gold Mine Discoverer's Ownership Certificate' as soon as possible." Rock said everything.

Because of the war, many gold mines were shut down, and those mine owners who fled in a hurry did not have time to transport the mining equipment away, so Johannesburg now has a lot of mining equipment, and no one cares about it.

Rock has seen discarded mining equipment in the Leopold Gold Mine. Many of the equipment have not been used for several months and have not been maintained, so the condition of the machine does not look good, but the internal structure should be fine. Repaired, should still be usable.

"It's great, Locke, you are my lucky star." Henry laughed loudly. It costs a lot of money to buy the machine. The key is to transport it from the mainland of England to Johannesburg. I don't know how long it will take. Rock's method, It saved Henry a lot of time.

Well, time is money.

After finishing the farm, Rock hurried back to Johannesburg with Christian.

"Did you see it? This is the structure. The row of wooden houses are used as the miners' dormitory. There should be separate toilets and bathrooms in the dormitory area. The canteen and clinic are located on the other side of the dormitory area. There should be walls and watchtowers around the dormitory area. Of course, the dormitories for the guards are also indispensable. The green belt of the entire camp area must be reserved, and the rest of the ground must be hardened—an office building for management personnel is also needed. The managers are all suites, and the entire camp, what is your estimated budget?" Rock discussed the construction of the camp with Christian on the train.

Christian is now a successful builder. He often goes in and out of government agencies and has to deal with directors and deputy directors, so he wears suits and ties. As long as he doesn't speak, no one will notice Christian's Boolean accent.

"Inspector, even if you don't ask for any profit, the construction of the entire camp needs at least 5000 pounds." Christian was a little worried. If Roque couldn't get the money, Christian would have to pay it himself.

And £5000 is not a small sum.

Of course, this is also because Rock's requirements are relatively high.

Throughout Johannesburg, it is estimated that Rock will build separate toilets, bathrooms, and clinics for miners. Other gold mines, not to mention toilets, bathrooms, sleeping places are all shacks, and clinics don’t even have to think about it. The cafeteria provides daily All of them are pig food, just like this, those black-hearted mine owners have to reduce their expenses as much as possible.

All that is saved is profit.

And Rock's purpose is definitely not simply chasing profits.

If Rock hadn't appeared, the Chinese miners in Johannesburg, even if they could live until the end of the contract, would choose to return to the Qing Dynasty and would not stay in Johannesburg.

Rock wants to change this history and create a good living environment for the miners as much as possible, so that those miners can have a healthy body and a small savings.

Now Johannesburg does not prohibit people of color from buying land. It only takes a dozen pounds to buy a farm with at least dozens of acres of land around Johannesburg. For those Boers and Zulus, dozens of acres of land The farm is useless, and in the hands of the Boers it would not even be able to feed a cow, but in the hands of the Chinese, dozens of acres of land can create unlimited vitality, and it is certainly no problem to feed a family.

What's more, Roque is going to increase the treatment for those Chinese miners. If Henry disagrees, Roque will pay for the subsidy himself.

In this way, the income of those miners will be higher and they will be able to buy more land in the future. If a Chinese family can own 120 acres of land, or [-] acres of land, Rock believes that it will be enough for this Chinese family to thrive in Johannesburg .

Ten acres, for the Boers, can only raise two cows.

The farming skills of the Zulus are better than that of the Boers, but not much better, even if three cows are enough——

There is no comparison with the Chinese.

Rock will not let Christian spend money to build the camp, 5000 pounds, Rock can still afford it.

"That's no problem, inspector, don't worry, the entire construction of this camp can be completed in a month at most." Christian didn't ask Rock where he got the check.

In fact, even if Rock didn't use Phyllis's check, Rock and Henry would be able to come up with almost 5000 pounds. Henry bought the farm with his own money. Rock wanted to help, but Henry refused.

Although Henry paid for the purchase of the farm, Henry has confirmed with Roque that, including the future gold mine, Henry and Roque will share half of all income generated by the farm and the gold mine.

This distribution plan is very fair, Henry contributes money, Roque contributes effort, and the proceeds are divided equally between the two. It doesn't matter how much the money is. The key is that the relationship between Henry and Roque is closer because of the gold mine, which is more important than the gold mine's income.

As early as in Cape Town, Henry confirmed this point, as long as he followed Rock's footsteps, the future would definitely be bright.

　The gold mine you want is here——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)