Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1610
Kitchener recently took a new job, using binoculars to watch the progress of the Palace of Justice from the terrace of the Governor's Palace every day.

If possible, Rock would rather use his manor on the outskirts of Pretoria as his office, but unfortunately, this idea was strongly opposed by the Southern African Congress and was stillborn.

In terms of scale, the new Palace of Justice is similar to the Governor’s Mansion in Kitchener. Unlike the Governor’s Mansion, which is full of tons of granite and marble, the Palace of Justice uses more building materials such as reinforced concrete, which takes into account the beauty while ensuring a certain degree of safety. Sex, the underground part alone took four months to complete. It is said that the entire underground of the Palace of Justice was completely hollowed out, reaching tens of meters underground, and the space can accommodate hundreds of people working at the same time.

The ground part of the Palace of Justice is also larger than the previous Palace of Justice. The three main buildings are distributed in a zigzag shape. The design of the main building comes from Lei Yiming, a famous architect in southern Africa, who is also the designer of the Empire State Building.

Different from the exaggerated Baroque style of the Palace of Justice in Church Square, the new Palace of Justice neither adopts the eclecticism popular in recent years, nor adopts the traditional British Gothic architecture, but unexpectedly adopts a combination of East and West, both traditional Chinese style The left and right symmetry of the building is a unity of nature and man, and there are exquisite carvings and religious elements in Western architecture. The impressive main building is more in the style of an oriental palace, and the white "vaulted" roofs of the two side buildings are It is a distinct ancient Roman style.

By the time Roque returned to Pretoria, the construction of the main building had been completed and interior renovations were underway.

The materials used for the decoration must be perfect. The hundreds of artworks used for decoration are all from Rock’s private collection over the years. The Secret Service used dozens of trucks to transport these artworks to the Palace of Justice in advance. Immediately aroused the interest of Kitchener and Ade.

Southern Africa has been going smoothly in recent years, and its national strength is booming. The two old men really have nothing to worry about. They feel more comfortable and their hobbies are getting wider and wider.

"What did that boy Locke get?" Kitchener was still oblivious as always, and at the same time he was quite curious.

Rock is well known for his love of art, especially oriental art. During the World War, the Southern African Expeditionary Force almost evacuated the Oriental Art Museum of the Louvre, and the art in private collections did not know how to get back to southern Africa. How many.

Some good people estimate that during the entire World War, including Roque, the Southern African Expeditionary Force brought back millions of technological products from Europe to Southern Africa. Works of art also include a large number of works of art born after the European Renaissance.

In this process, Rock must be the craziest.

Among other things, Roque is rich. During the World War, a Cézanne oil painting was only sold for 100 pounds in Paris, and the sculptor Rodin's statue of Balzac was only worth 4 francs, equivalent to a little over 1700 pounds. Roque Millions of pounds are spent on art purchases every year, and one can imagine how much Rock's private collection has.

"I want to know, ask yourself?" Ade is also very curious. The largest private museum in Los Angeles belongs to Rock. There are more than 2 exhibits on display, which is only a small part of Rock's collection. Due to limited space, some exhibits are only on display for a mere week a year.

Too many collections are eligible to be exhibited, and they can only be exhibited in turn. Some professors of the History Department of Nyasaland University wish to move their bedrolls and live in Rock’s museum. Many exhibits cannot be measured by value at all, and they are priceless by standard.

Kitchener's character is to do what he says, and immediately call the person in charge of the on-site construction.

The person in charge is Nick, who is Christian's nephew. The Palace of Justice is Rock's office. Christian is naturally wholehearted and dare not slack off at all, so he sent his nephew to oversee the work.

"Marshal, all the works of art used by the lord to decorate the Palace of Justice are from his own private collection, and have nothing to do with the federal government—" Nick was careful, don't look at Kitchina's amiable face when facing Rock, ordinary people in southern Africa Among them, Kitchener is famous for his brutality.

Thinking about the crimes against humanity committed by the British Expeditionary Force during the Second Boer War, you can see how bad the reputation of Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force at that time was.

"Hey, are the decorations provided by the federal government not eligible to enter the Palace of Justice, or is it that Lord Nyasaland used public funds to maintain his private collections?" Kitchener was indeed very bad. Qin Na has ulterior motives here.

"Marshal, it's not like this—" Nick was pitiful, almost crying with a bitter face.

"You are not a soldier, so you are not qualified to call me marshal, you should call me the governor!" Kitchener was full of vicious humor, and he just wanted to scare Nick for fun.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor—" Nick didn't resist, and you were always right.

"Come on Herbert, don't forget the business—" Ade was speechless, the old man has a lot of eccentricities, of course it depends on who he is.

For example, during the recent period, the most favored little guy in the Governor's Mansion has changed from "Mouse Catcher" Brownie to Rock's youngest daughter, Rose.

Just because Kitchina never got married, doesn't mean she doesn't like children.

It's strange to say, not counting Ada, among the four children of Rock, Kitchener is the only one who has eyes for Rose. Ever since Rock brought Rose to the Governor's Mansion to play, Rose has become A frequent visitor to the Governor's Mansion, Kitchener even prepared a room for Rose next to his own, just for her to take a nap.

Rock did not have this treatment.

During Rock's absence in Pretoria, Kitchener often found reasons to call Philip, hoping that Philip could take Rose to the Governor's Palace to play, so Kitchener almost turned the Governor's Palace into a zoo. After raising more than a dozen horses, I asked who would believe it.

Kitchener, who was born as a cavalryman, had almost hated pony horses before. It was outrageous to think that Kitchener became a fan of pony horses just because of Rose.

This can be regarded as a second-generation relative.

"Yes, bring the register. I want to see what that boy Locke has done." Kitchener finally remembered the business. Hundreds of handicrafts must be listed, and maintenance requires a special person.

Compared with buying handicrafts, maintenance is more important. The temperature and humidity must be strictly required, even to the extent that there are too many viewers, and breathing will affect the maintenance of handicrafts.

Otherwise, the museum will strictly limit the flow of people, and the handicrafts will have to be enclosed with ropes, or simply put a glass cover to cover them.

Nick dodged his eyes and secretly glanced at Ade.

"What's the matter? Inconvenient?" Kitchener's voice was gloomy, just like Kunkutukutakatikatsuvasirasson in "Darabang Bar".

"No, no, I'll bring it to you right away—" Nick didn't resist, probably feeling that the old guy—ah, no, no matter how shameless the old governor is, he wouldn't be so shameless as to grab it.

That's not right, how can you say that the old governor is shameless, at most he is happy to see Liexin.

Soon the directory was brought over, a thick pile, the kind with photos, commentary, and expert comments.

Opening the list, the first item made Kitchener furious.

The first one was originally collected in the Old Summer Palace. After being looted by the British during the Opium War, it was collected by the National Museum of England and became one of the treasures of the National Museum of England.

"Nv Shi Zhen Tu" is a silk painting created by Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The original work has been lost, and only the copy of the Tang Dynasty exists. There are 12 original paragraphs. Nya Saranlo City Museum, one section is in the National Museum of Pretoria, and the remaining two sections are in the directory.

"Nick, "The Lady's Proverbs" is in the collection of the National Museum of the British Empire. Why is it in Locke's private collection?" Kitchener was furious. Before that, Kitchener had only heard that the Southern African Expeditionary Force had almost evacuated the Louvre. Palace, now it seems that the National Museum of the British Empire has not escaped the poisonous hands of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

In other words, he didn't escape Roque's murderous hand.

"Governor, I'm only in charge of transportation, I really don't know about the rest." Nick had already called Christian when he went to get the list just now, and his task now is to hold Kitchener back and prevent Kitchener from having an attack.

"Moles! Moles! All of them are moles. I fought hard and bloody on the front line, but those moles secretly sold the national treasure of the British Empire in the rear. Damn it, they are all moles who should go to hell! Fuck, hang them all—" Kitchener yelled, and this incident seriously broke Kitchener's bottom line.

"Herbert, keep your voice down, "The Book of Proverbs of the Female History" originally belonged to the Chinese, and it is normal to return it to Rock—" Ade rarely said a fair word. The "Picture of the Proverbs of the Female History" displayed in the National Museum of the British Empire, It is evidence of Anglo-French aggression and should be a disgrace to all British people, not a triumphant exhibition.

It's still the kind of exhibition that charges money.

Does collecting money make people see how shameless the British Empire is?
"Locke is the Marquess of Nyasaland of the British Empire. Even if he pays it back, he cannot give it back to Locke—" Kitchener was at a loss for words, and it took him a long time to counterattack weakly.

In fact, on this issue, the British Empire really has no confidence.

And "return" is definitely impossible. In the hundreds of years after the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire was rampant all over the world, and there were countless crimes committed. The "Picture of Women's History" can be returned. Those who were killed by the British Empire Can it be resurrected?

That's why the British Empire in the future will frequently point fingers on the Chinese issue. It's really not that the British Empire is nosy, but that it is worried that after the Chinese become stronger, they will return to the British Empire one by one the suffering that the British Empire imposed on the Chinese.

Really young life ah.

(End of this chapter)