Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 171 Rhinoceros (Legendary Gagen)

Objectively speaking, Mr. Baron, who has just arrived, has a network in the Transvaal that is definitely not as strong as Rock's network.

Relationship networks are things that cannot be seen or touched. Only when doing things, relationship networks can reflect their effects.

After Alfred Milner took office as governor, the governor's office issued only two commendations.

These two awards are related to the Johannesburg Police Department, one is for the Johannesburg Police Department, and the other is for Johannesburg Police Chief Roque.

If this sentence is expressed in another way, that is to say, the performance of all government agencies in the entire Transvaal, only the Johannesburg Police Department, is affirmed by the Governor's Office, and the performance of all other government agencies is unqualified.

To put it another way, in the current Transvaal, Rock is so red.

Therefore, directors like Jerome and Neil are very willing to deal with Rock.

At least they won't offend Rock.

Philip also just discovered this, so now Philip is actually a little lucky. Fortunately, because of Arnold, he didn't wear small shoes for Rock.

The red-hot guy is warning Aiden.

"Mr. Aiden, I hope that these Chinese workers will not receive special treatment when they work in De Beers Consolidated Mining Company. I know that these Chinese workers signed a contract with you before leaving Qing Dynasty. If there is abuse, then our police department may have to intervene." Rock has no way to prevent Hoover from selling Chinese workers to De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, but Rock will try his best to protect the interests of Chinese workers.

Regarding this point, Roque really has no choice. Although Hoover has a sore foot in Roque's hands, that can only allow Hoover and Roque to cooperate, and it will not turn Hoover into Roque's slave.

After all, the confession signed and handprinted by Hoover can only play its greatest role after Hoover becomes president.

Now Hoover is just the general manager of the Qing Dynasty mine, and that confession is actually not a big threat to Hoover. If Roque uses that confession to threaten Hoover, at most, because Hoover sold the Chinese workers to Johannesburg privately, and the Qing government It will put some pressure on Hoover. Hoover may give up his job in the Qing Dynasty and return to the United States to find a job honestly. He will not even be affected when he is looking for a job.

But in that case, Rock would lose a stable channel to hire Chinese workers, which was not worth the candle.

Who let Liang Dingxin fail to live up to expectations, and Roque couldn't do anything about it.

"Director Locke, I'll find you for tea tonight—" Aiden repeated his old trick, blinking his innocent little eyes, deep in his eyes was deep contempt for Rock.

Eden probably thought that Rock was asking for bribes.

"Aiden, other matters can be accommodated, but this matter is not acceptable. You know, they are all my compatriots, and maybe there are my relatives among them, so I am sorry about this matter." Rock sincerely , if Aiden still can't understand, then Rock can't help it either.

"Really?" Aiden's face began to look ugly.

"No way!" Rock said firmly.

Aiden looked at Rock with cold eyes.

Rock looked at Aiden with firm eyes.

"Hehe, it's easy to say. In fact, I also want to learn about the humanized management of the Matilda Gold Mine." Aiden squeezed out an ugly smile, and finally chose to give in.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. In Johannesburg, the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company should also give face to the chief of police. Otherwise, let’s not talk about whether the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company can kill Rock. trouble, Aiden is the scapegoat.

"Listen to my Aiden, if you implement humanized management, you will lose nothing, and you will gain more." Rock is very satisfied with Aiden's choice.

Compared with the British, the management level of the Boers is indeed hard to describe. In the former Johannesburg, the status of the miners was similar to that of slaves. The mine owners tried every means to squeeze the miners. Resist, Mo Yanggong can still do it.

The biggest benefit of humanized management is to stimulate the enthusiasm of the employees. The Matilda Gold Mine creatively adopts the "piecework system", which stimulates the enthusiasm of the Chinese workers to the greatest extent, so the profits of the gold mine will rise steadily.

Johannesburg said that it is very big. The total area of ​​the Rand Gold Mine is more than 2 square kilometers. Except for Rock, it is much larger than the gold mines in everyone's conception.

Johannesburg is said to be small and small. Now there are only more than 30 gold mines, so the news between the mines is very well-informed. The management method of the Matilda Gold Mine has become a frequent communication between mine owners and managers. topic of discussion.

"I know that everyone wants to make money and have a good reputation." Aiden also admitted that Rock was right.

For ordinary people, making money is very important, but when the money is earned to a certain extent, the importance will decrease. For example, Cecil Rhodes, money is not very important to him now, only if he has money However, even if Cecil Rhodes became the richest man in the world, he would not be the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.

The former Rand Gold Mine was located in the Transvaal, so no matter how the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company exploited the miners, it would not affect Cecil Rhodes' campaign in Cape.

It is different now, the Transvaal is already a British "territory", even if Cecil Rhodes wants to squeeze the miners like before, he must consider the impact.

"That's it. You should know that in the future, these miners will have the right to vote after working for a certain period of time." Rock reminded Aiden again that it is really not optional to treat the miners well. If the mining company treats these miners well, maybe Cecil Rhodes can make a comeback in the future.

Of course, only Rock knows that Cecil Rhodes has no chance of making a comeback. In more than a year, Cecil Rhodes will die of a heart attack in South Africa. buried in this land.

Aiden definitely didn't know that Cecil Rhodes only had more than a year to live, so after Rock finished speaking, Aiden's expression finally became serious.

"Yes, they are entitled to vote—" Aiden murmured.

The former Transvaal stipulated that foreigners must work in the Transvaal for at least 14 years in order to obtain citizenship in the Transvaal.

This clause is actually aimed at the British, because the Transvaal Republic has been guarding against British infiltration.

The British are definitely not so stingy. In this world, the current UK does not need to guard against any country, so it is very easy to be naturalized in the British colonies, and a simple registration at the Immigration Bureau is enough.

But when it comes to citizenship, the British are also cautious. For example, the British government stipulates that if you want to obtain citizenship in a British colony, you must have a complete tax record for more than five years. Those who only earn money and do not pay taxes, or It is those who do nothing and do not contribute to the colonial government, who have no chance of obtaining citizenship at all.

Rock and the others actually have tax records, so although Rock and the others have been naturalized in Cape Town, they have no right to vote because their tax records have not yet expired.

In the same way, miners in Johannesburg also have to pay taxes. As long as they pay taxes for five years, they will have the right to vote, and their votes will be particularly eye-catching.

Of course, without Rock's intervention, all this would be nothing, because very few miners can work in the mine for more than five years.

In the original history, the contract signed by the Chinese workers was for three years. Because of the mistreatment of the mine owner, after the three-year contract was completed, most of the Chinese workers returned to the Qing Dynasty. There were more than 305 Chinese workers in Johannesburg, but in the end only [-] people stayed. In Johannesburg, it can be seen how disappointed the Chinese laborers were with Johannesburg at that time.

Rock certainly won't allow this to happen again.

On the night the first Chinese laborers arrived in Johannesburg, Rock went to the Commissioner of Revenue, Neil MacPherson.

"Director McPherson, good evening." Rock is now qualified to sit on an equal footing with Neil McPherson.

"Good evening, Chief Locke." Neil greeted Rock with a smile.

It must be greeted with a smile. Rock did not come to Neil empty-handed. The specialty of Johannesburg is gold, so Rock brought Neil a golden rhinoceros.

Yes, it was the golden rhinoceros that Aiden gave to Roque, and the other one that Roque gave to Immigration Director Jerome.

"How are you doing recently?" Rock greeted enthusiastically.

"Forget about it, all the Boers were thrown into concentration camps, how about me?" Neil had nothing to hide, because those Boers were thrown into concentration camps by the police.

"It's easy to handle. Many miners have arrived in Johannesburg today, and there will be more and more in the future. You will be soft on collecting taxes in the future." Rock came to Neil for this purpose.

"Hahahaha, if that day comes, I will definitely ask the governor to give you a medal." Neil is very generous, anyway, he doesn't need to pay for the medal.

On the matter of immigration, Roque and Neil actually have extensive common interests. After all, Roque and Neil are both government employees, and those mine owners and capitalists are the objects of Neil's attention.

"Director Locke, the gold mine is almost the only source of taxation now, so Director Locke, I hope that if there is anything worthy of attention, you can notify me in time." Neil also has a request for Rock.

"Of course, if it's worth paying attention to, I will definitely do it." Rock is serious, and cooperating with other government functional departments is also one of the tasks of the police department.

It is said that the IRS in the United States, that is, the U.S. Taxation Bureau, is powerful. In fact, the British Taxation Bureau is not bad. In the UK, the punishment for tax evasion is also very serious. These gold mine owners in Johannesburg are now the Transvaal Taxation Bureau. Focus on the target. During the Transvaal period, tax evasion has become a habit. Now, it is time to correct this mistake.

(End of this chapter)