Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 170

There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers.

After listening to the same passage, Philip and Henry came to completely different conclusions.

"Is it possible for us to hire more Chinese workers?" Henry cared about profits.

"Humanized management! It's very interesting—" Philip was more concerned about the new term.

"We are trying to contact the Qing Dynasty to hire more Chinese workers, but it is not easy. The Chinese have a strong hometown complex. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not leave their hometown under normal circumstances." Sam is also very helpless. He used to hire Sam The owner of the gold mine in China had tried the idea of ​​Huagong, but it was not successful.

It is actually difficult for Europeans to understand the rural complex of Chinese.

From the Age of Discovery, following the footsteps of European colonization of the world, for many white people, immigration is a very common thing. Many white people who cannot live in Europe are willing to go to various "new continents" to try their luck.

Some are lucky, like Cecil Rhodes, former Prime Minister of the Cape and owner of the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, who came to the Cape with nothing in 1870. Just a decade later, Cecil Rhodes He founded the "De Beers Mining Company" from scratch. Ten years later, the Progressive Party led by Cecil Rhodes won the parliamentary elections in the Cape Colony, and Cecil Rhodes formed a cabinet. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.

Even if they are unlucky, with their white skin, European whites can easily buy a family business in colonies around the world, and then hire some local aborigines, and they will be able to live as shameless slave owners ever since Life.

This is much better than living at the bottom of society in Europe.

Regrettably, there was almost no Chinese participation in the era of great voyages. The Qing Dynasty's closed-door policy caused the Chinese to lose touch with the whole world, and they had no chance to participate in the process of colonizing the world. Even the Qing Dynasty imposed strict restrictions on the population flow of the Chinese, so it is said that Instead of attributing the reason why the Chinese are unwilling to leave their homeland to the "local complex", it is better to say that the Qing Dynasty's seclusion is the fundamental reason why the Chinese are out of touch with the world.

"I think I can explain this question——" Rock knows how severe the Qing Dynasty's restrictions on Chinese are, so Rock is not going to contact the upper echelons of the Qing Dynasty at all, but finds another way: "—I think we are on the issue of hiring Chinese workers. , I fell into a misunderstanding, that is, why do we have to contact the Qing government, can't we bring workers out of the Qing government through commercial operations?"

That's right, Rock was not prepared to solve this problem through the high-level officials of the Qing Dynasty, and this problem would never be solved by looking for the high-level officials of the Qing Dynasty.

It is an obvious fact that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did not want the Chinese to leave the country. They hoped that the Chinese would stay in the Qing Dynasty forever, be their slaves, support their so-called hardcore crops, and be enslaved by them for generations.

Therefore, through the high-level Qing Dynasty, this problem will never be resolved.

Rock pinned his hopes on business operations. Compared with politicians, businessmen have a sharper sense of smell, a more proactive attitude towards solving problems, and a more flexible way of solving problems. It can't be solved, but if it is handed over to the merchant, it will be easy to solve.

For example, to solve the problem of labor force, businessmen have more advantages in this issue.

"No, no, business operations may only solve part of the problem. If you want to hire a large number of workers from the Qing Dynasty, you must contact the Qing government." Philip is also a politician, so Philip's way of solving problems is also a politician's thinking.

"Mr. Mayor, we don't need a large number of workers. We only need 500 or 2000 people to ensure that the gold mine is running at full capacity." Sam threw the last straw.

Yes, for Johannesburg as a whole, tens of thousands or even more than a hundred thousand people may be needed to solve the labor force problem.

But for the Matilda Gold Mine, it doesn’t need too many workers to start working at full capacity. Two to 3000 people are enough. The interim government of the Transvaal communicated with the Qing government. To put it bluntly, finding one or two slave traders could solve this problem smoothly.

Taking into account the demonstration effect, if the Chinese miners performed well in the Matilda Gold Mine, the mine owners in Johannesburg would take the initiative to hire Chinese workers through various channels without the intervention of the Transvaal government, and the government could completely enjoy the benefits.

"Well, yes, try it—" Philip was not stupid, and immediately understood the twists and turns.

Then give it a try—

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As a slave trader, Hoover was still very efficient. At the end of October, the first batch of 3000 Chinese laborers arrived in Johannesburg smoothly.

"Damn Americans—" Aiden, the general manager of the Johannesburg branch of De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, looked at the Chinese workers queuing out of the train station, annoyed.

Not all of these Chinese workers belong to the De Beers Unified Mining Company. About half of the Chinese workers belong to the Matilda Gold Mine. Sam, the general manager of the Matilda Gold Mine, is also at the train station at this time. He is dealing with the tax bureau and the immigration bureau. inquiries from officials.

Yes, the Immigration Bureau and the Taxation Bureau have to confirm the legality of these workers. The De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the Matilda Gold Mine employ these workers. The Immigration Bureau charges fees. After these workers earn money, the tax The Bureau also collects taxes, so Pretoria Revenue Commissioner Neil MacPherson and Immigration Commissioner Jerome Wycliffe were on hand.

Neil and Jerome were, of course, accompanied by Philip, the mayor of Johannesburg.

"Lord Matilda, is it possible to hire more workers from the Qing Dynasty?" Jerome, the director of the Immigration Bureau, has been having a headache for these months. Although the Chinese are also people of color, the current Pretoria I can't take care of that much anymore. Compared with the Zulu people, it is obvious that the skin color of the Chinese is more acceptable.

During Rock's time in Johannesburg, violent protests in Pretoria emerged one after another, and the concentration camps and prisons were overcrowded. Pretoria had set up four concentration camps, but they still couldn't accommodate all the Boers.

All the Boers were imprisoned in concentration camps, and the population of Pretoria naturally became smaller and smaller. According to statistics from the city government last month, the entire Pretoria, including miners and freedmen, had less than 10 people left. Ten thousand people, which made all the officials in Pretoria very anxious.

It’s really anxious, there is no one, nothing can be done, no one does business, no one pays taxes, no one grazes, and no one even cleans the sanitation. The entire city of Pretoria now has a total population of 1 They didn't even arrive, and they were all old and weak women and children. How embarrassing is this?

Including the governor, all officials in Pretoria came to the Transvaal with ambitions to do something, so they simply could not tolerate this situation continuing.

It was also driven by this kind of thinking that the Transvaal began to introduce large-scale Chinese laborers from 1904. Now, this happened ahead of schedule.

"We are trying, and Director Locke has provided another possibility." Philip still values ​​Rock very much, and has not been influenced by Arnold.

Just kidding, compared with his own political achievements, the matter between Arnold and Rock is really nothing.

What's more, Arnold has been in the hospital all this time, and he hasn't had time to get Rock's eye drops on Philip's side, so Philip's attitude towards Rock has not been affected.

In fact, if you think about it, you will understand. On the one hand, there is a loyal subordinate who is good at work, able to work, earn money, and solve troubles. , A normal person knows how to choose.

Could it be that because of the unhappiness of his son and his subordinates, he drove away his capable subordinates and coaxed his son?

Don't be ridiculous, drive away the capable men, who will go to work, the stupid son who expects his family to eat and wait to die?

Unreliable!

So a wise leader will drive his son away, then appease his subordinates, let them earn money honestly, and then use the money to support their son——

This is what smart people do. Those idiots who destroy the Great Wall for their own stupid sons have no chance of being in high positions.

Philip is definitely not stupid, so Philip decided to send Arnold back to the UK after Arnold recovered from his injury, and keep his grandson with him.

Anyway, there is a mine at home now, and the tuba is useless, so let's keep the tuba and practice a small one again.

"Oh, Director Locke is indeed very capable." Jerome and Rock are very familiar, and it was Rock who helped find the current office of the Immigration Bureau.

It should be noted that the current office of the Immigration Bureau is the former residence of Paul Kruger next to the Church Square in Pretoria. The new Immigration Bureau is under construction. After the construction of the Immigration Bureau is completed, Pretoria The city would demolish Paul Kruger's former home.

This is definitely a loss for Pretoria, but it is necessary for the provisional government. Henry reminded that the provisional government cannot leave Paul Kruger's former residence for future generations to pay tribute to. Alfred Red Milner even decided to demolish the Palace of Justice, completely destroying all traces of the Boers in Pretoria.

"You know each other?" Philip was curious about Rock's network.

"Of course I do. All the officials in Pretoria know Director Locke. He has helped us a lot." Jerome admitted cheerfully, and Philip immediately had a new understanding of Rock's network.

Those who can be called "officials" by Jerome must at least be at the level of deputy director. An ordinary section chief is nothing to Jerome.

Philip knew that it was definitely not only because of Henry's relationship that Roque became the chief. If Roque and Henry had a good relationship, then Henry could at most take care of Roque as a sheriff. As Lena said, until the chief At this level, Henry can't do anything.

But Philip never thought that Rock's relationship network would be so huge, which deserved Philip's attention.

　Start the normal update, the basic update is still two chapters a day, if there is an update, it will be at twelve o'clock at noon - I am exhausted, I will take a breath first -

　　

　

(End of this chapter)