Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 16 The Fifth Time

What is the most intuitive way to express kindness?

It is not to obey orders, that is the bounden duty of a soldier, and it is not to show goodwill verbally. This kind of goodwill is not convincing, and actions are the most intuitive expression.

For example, taking the initiative to take an English name, such as taking the initiative to naturalize in Cape Town, or marrying a white wife to form a multinational family, these are the most intuitive expressions.

People will yearn for beautiful things. This is irreversible human nature. In the current world, Britain is the most powerful country on earth, so in the eyes of most British people, Britain should have the greatest attraction. Everyone should be proud to be British, and Indians do this, so in the eyes of the British, Indians can be trusted. If the Chinese are against everything in the UK, then the Chinese cannot be trusted. It is a very simple reasoning.

In fact, many Chinese also think so. If a person can be prosperous and rich, but is willing to be poor, then this person is incomprehensible; if a person insists on doing something with no future for decades without thinking about making progress Then the man is a fool; and a man who, by some insistence, is impoverished when he can make a good fortune, deserves to be laughed at.

What is really incomprehensible is the complexity of human nature. Professors who have returned from studying abroad have been doing scientific research in the mountains for decades, and those lazy people who receive subsistence allowances every day but refuse to go out to find a job are ordinary people. The behavior of understanding, but the meaning of the two is definitely not the same.

In the past, the behavior of Chinese police officers was incomprehensible to police officers and could not be judged by common sense. real trust.

Now Roque's behavior, in the eyes of the British, is what a normal person should do. The British are obviously happy to see Roque like this.

Rock didn't know that something good was about to happen. After getting in touch with the house prices in Cape Town, Rock realized that his thinking was still too simple. Rock's current property was just over fifty pounds, which was far from enough to live in Cape Town. Dun bought a house, a dilapidated wooden house near the pier, and the owner asked for 150 pounds. If the money was put in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, it could almost buy a courtyard house.

Houses in the city center are more expensive. A wooden house with a marble foundation and an attic near Government Street is worth 280 pounds. Even if Roque's salary rises to 5 pounds, it will take more than four years to buy it without eating or drinking.

"It's good for us to live in the dormitory. We have enough food and drink. Why buy our own house?" Li De didn't understand why Rock bought a house. The Cape Town Police Department provides free meals and dormitories for all police officers. , The conditions are quite good. Even if those Indian policemen are naturalized in Cape Town, they still live in the dormitory and go to the cafeteria every day to get free meals.

"Reed, if you want other people to think highly of you, you must first think highly of yourself. Have you seen any British go to the free cafeteria?" Rock has his own reasons. The British let the Indian police take advantage of it, but the British You will never look down on Indian policemen, you will not give Indian policemen equal status, and you don’t consider yourself a human being, so how can you expect others to treat you as a human being?

"Why don't we go back and borrow it? Brothers, we can still get together 150 pounds." Li De actively helped Rock find a way. Although Li De still didn't quite understand why Rock wanted to buy a house, Li De wouldn't Questioning Rock's decision, in Li De's place, Rock is what he says.

It can indeed be made up. The votes earned last night seem to total 150 pounds. If Roque asks, everyone should lend the money to Roque.

Of course, borrowing will indeed be borrowed, but everyone will definitely not feel comfortable in their hearts. The money in their pockets is money. Although this money is the way Roque found, since everyone has divided it, Roque will not give it up again. What's more, Roque would not spend 150 pounds to buy an old and old wooden house. Roque doubted whether the house could be lived in.

"Don't worry, if we can't buy a house, we will build it ourselves. Self-built houses will not cost much." Rock decided to rely on himself. Urban construction in this era is still in its primitive stage. Many new immigrants directly set up shacks in the suburbs of Cape Town. He was able to survive, and he didn't see the city hall being demolished. Rock now has some money in his hands. It's not enough to buy a house, but it must be enough to build one.

"We don't know how to build our own houses!" Li De didn't expect Roque to plan to build them himself. The house structure in Cape Town is not the same as that in the Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese are not familiar with this kind of building structure.

In fact, self-built houses are no strangers to the Chinese. Many Chinese don’t need to hire people when they build a house. They invite their neighbors to have a meal, and everyone will take the initiative to help. They don’t know how to build walls. With many people, there is great strength, and a house can be erected in eight or ten days.

The houses in Cape Town are mainly made of stone and wood. The rich use marble to build their houses. The houses built are beautiful and strong, and they will not break down after hundreds of years.

Those who have no money can only use wood to build a house. Although it will be affected by the weather and insect pests, it is no problem for shelter from wind and rain.

"It's simple, you can see it at a glance. It's much simpler than building a house in the Qing Dynasty." Rock is not worried about this problem. The houses in the Qing Dynasty are made of bricks and tiles. Building a house with stones is actually similar to building blocks. With the intelligence of the Chinese, it is almost as easy to understand at a glance.

The work of the patrol was still very monotonous. Rock and Li De wandered the streets for a whole day, not to mention rioters, not even a fight.

No one dared to make trouble. The defeat at the Battle of Ladysmith seriously stimulated the pride of the British. After Admiral Buller, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, resigned, the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury appointed Lord Roberts as the new commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. Reinforcements were dispatched from the mainland of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In the past few days, troop transport ships have arrived in Cape Town every day. It will not take long for Cape Town to become a military city. At this time, if you dare to make trouble, you are courting death. .

Of course, the Boers can’t judge it with common sense. The Boers initiated the second Boer War, and the British responded passively. This is as incredible as Somalia’s voluntary declaration of war on the United States in the 21st century. Rock’s side is fine. It doesn't mean that other people are fine. Just at three o'clock in the afternoon, another team of patrolmen was attacked, and two patrolmen died on the spot, one of them was Indian and the other was Chinese.

This is the fifth consecutive attack on a patrolman.

(End of this chapter)