Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 181 Souvenirs

The so-called approach to "pure gold" is incorrect. In fact, gold in nature is not active and hardly reacts with other substances, so strictly speaking, all gold in nature is pure gold.

But the same is pure gold, but it exists in different forms. Jinsha is pure gold, and dog's head gold is also pure gold. When large pieces of dog's head gold are gathered together, it becomes a "pure gold" gold belt.

The pure gold belt mentioned by Buck is a gold belt composed of large pieces of dog's head gold.

Although he knew that such a "gold belt" might indeed exist due to the uncanny workmanship of nature, Rock was still very surprised after hearing Buck's words.

"Pure gold belt?" Rock originally thought that owning the Far West Rand gold mine was enough to surprise people, but he didn't expect that the surprise would be so big.

"Yes, the pure gold belt—the iron hook has led people to block the gold mine. From last night to now, a ton of gold has been dug out. I dare not dig it anymore. I sent the iron hook to seal the mine. The miners leveled the ground of the camp—" Buck was frightened, if such a large amount of wealth was revealed to the outside world, it would shock the whole world, and Baron Philip might not be able to bear it by then.

"Does anyone else know?" Rock's first reaction was to block the news.

"No one knows except our people." Buck is still very careful in his work. Fortunately, the Boolean technicians hired by Christian have not been in place, otherwise, this matter would be really difficult to handle.

"It doesn't matter, keep digging, dig it out and store it in the mine first." As long as the news hasn't spread, Rock is not worried. Except for Scarlett, Rock Gold Mine is full of Chinese from top to bottom, and those Chinese have not yet reached the level of English. To the extent that you can communicate freely with the British and Boers, you don't have to worry about news leakage.

The Rand Gold Mine was formed due to multiple volcanic eruptions, and the gold mine has a history of 35 billion years.

For such a long period of time, gold mines are buried layer by layer underground. There is no need to rush to dig a mine belt, and you can continue to dig down. There may be mine belts below, or there may not be, it depends on the owner of the mine. Patience, and some luck.

If you give up before digging the next ore belt, you will lose a large amount of wealth without knowing it, just like the previous mine owner of the Matilda Gold Mine.

The Rand Gold Mine is the largest gold mine in the world. Some gold mines are mined 3000 meters down, and there are still gold belts spreading in the lower part. This is very rare in the world, and it can even be said to be the only one, limited to this Due to the technical conditions at the time, many mine owners never imagined that the Rand Gold Mine reserves would be so large, so it is normal to be impatient.

Rock will definitely not abandon the gold mine at will. As far as the scale of the Far West Rand gold mine is concerned, Rock will never finish digging in his life, and his son and grandson can continue to dig. This is the real heirloom.

"Not for sale?" Buck hadn't turned the corner yet.

Gold mines make money, but they also cost money. They just dig and don't sell. With Rock's net worth, it won't last long.

Rock can indeed make money, but he can spend money even more. Among other things, buying people from Hoover costs two pounds per person, and also needs to accommodate a steady stream of Chinese police families to ensure the normal operation of the gold mine. , All of these require money, and a lot of money. If you just dig and don't sell, you won't be able to sustain it at all.

Even those top aristocrats with deep foundations couldn't hold on.

"You won't sell part of it?" Rock suspected that it might be a mistake to choose Buck as the general manager.

"Oh, oh, I see—" Buck just hasn't adapted to the role yet, and his abilities are sufficient.

When he got off work in the evening, Rock still couldn't help but check it out.

After leaving the police station, Rock found that the streets near the police station had already begun to be patrolled by mounted police.

Near the police station is a noble residential area built by Christian. Within this range are the police station and the city hall under construction, as well as the official residence of Baron Philip. Roque's home is also nearby, so it is normal to have police patrolling, and the regular army Compared with our patrol team, the police are indeed more professional.

In the face of ordinary people, most of the regular army is impatient. Although the police in Johannesburg can't be called "patient", they are indeed much better than the regular army.

Backed by the many gold mines in the Rand mining area, the Johannesburg Police Department is also very rich. Rock has tried to be "thrifty" as much as possible. The police officers still have four sets of uniforms every season, which is more than the Cape Town Police Department. The police horse used by the Mounted Police is also a mixed-breed horse imported from the UK. The shoulder height is basically about 1.6 meters. The uniforms used by the Johannesburg Police Department follow the tradition of the Cape Town Police Department, but there are more styles of capes. The raincoat, as well as the retro high-top leather helmet, the silver police badge on the front of the leather helmet is very dazzling, and there is a pattern of a South African mastiff on the side, which is the symbol of the Johannesburg Police Department.

Well, Westerners just like to use some small things to play tricks. A small police station also has its own mascot.

Of course, the Johannesburg Police Department also has one. Rock's "big guy" is the mascot of the Johannesburg Police Department.

Of course, the big guy has rebelled now, and he stays with Phyllis at the baron's house, but this does not prevent Rock from loving the South African mastiff. Gothe's police dog training base is getting bigger and bigger. Within a month, there were already more than 100 South African mastiffs. Now the policemen take a South African mastiff with them habitually when they go to the streets to perform fixed-point security tasks.

Not to mention, the effect is really good. The well-equipped police, with the majestic police dogs, look very impressive, much better than the "mud legs" of the regular army.

November in Johannesburg is summer, but the highest temperature during the day does not exceed 30 degrees, and the lowest temperature at night does not lower than 10 degrees, the temperature is still very suitable.

Rock also wears a cloak when going out. November is the rainy season, and it often rains in the evening. This season is actually very annoying, because the municipal government is not strong enough. Now most of the roads in Johannesburg are not hardened, only the police station and the city The road surface near the government has just hardened recently. As long as it rains, the muddy level of the road surface is unbearable.

Today is not bad, the sunset scenery is charming, according to the Chinese proverb, there is no rain, but in Johannesburg, the experience of the Chinese is useless in most cases, so Rock still wears a cloak, anyway, even if the black cloak is not Considering the rain, it is also very cool when you wear it.

Speeding all the way, when we arrived at the Locke Gold Mine, the sky was already full of stars.

The lights in the gold mine are brightly lit, and the mine is working overtime overnight. The security team is stepping up their training. In addition to training riding and fighting, they also practice shooting, so the excitement in the gold mine is like a war.

For this situation, the only one who is unhappy should be Scarlett.

Scarlett doesn't care about money, but the constant gunshots will affect Scarlett's rest. Scarlett lives in the senior staff dormitory in the office building. She keeps a low profile every day, except for work, she sleeps, never Leaving the gate of the gold mine, the biggest advantage of doing so is not only saving money, but also maintaining the skin.

Rock doesn't care if Scarlett's skin is good or not. In Rock's eyes, that girl Scarlett is out of her mind. Rock is here to see gold.

Having a mine at home is already something to be happy about, but what would it be like to have a mine of pure gold?

Probably happy to ascend to heaven!

It only took one day and one night, and Buck led the people to dig out a full three tons of gold.

What is the concept of three tons?

Affected by the war, the total output of all gold mines in the Rand mining area was only 80 tons last year, the lowest value in the past five years.

Don't forget that gold was discovered in Johannesburg just 15 years ago.

Three tons is 300 million grams. Since 1821, the United Kingdom has officially adopted the gold standard system, and the maximum content per pound is 1 grams.

So, three tons of gold are worth about £41.5.

It doesn't sound like much. After all, a good house in Shanghai in the 21st century costs more than 41.5 pounds, but can a house in Shanghai in the 21st century be worth three tons of gold?

If calculated on the basis of 270 per gram of gold, three tons is about 1000 million.

Of course, the gold that has just been mined must not look very good. It has not been refined yet, and some gold nuggets still have dirt on them, which looks gray and inconspicuous.

Rock, on the other hand, was fascinated by it. With so much gold, it would definitely not work to sell all of it. It might affect the price of gold in the market, so we must be stable, we must be stable——

Or, go back and make a coffee table with gold?

Not to mention, some chiefs in South Africa in the 21st century have indeed done this.

But Roque definitely can't do this kind of thing, and it would be terrible to do such a thing, so Roque decided to hide most of the gold in the underground vault of the gold mine. Enough to keep the gold mine running.

"Make me a few golden balls, don't need to be too big, just bigger than a fist, and then make a few rhinos, elephants and other things, and I will give them away." What is most suitable?

Of course it is a souvenir.

"Okay, we have a jeweler in the mine, from the Qing Dynasty, do you need to add some copper in it?" Buck entered the role very quickly, and after he got the hang of it, he made rapid progress.

"You asked me to give away something mixed with copper? Isn't it embarrassing?" Rock was simply too surprised. This wasn't an enlightenment, it was simply a hole in his head.

Why is there water in it.

"I'm not thinking about saving money—" Buck sneered, this is also a poor child from a poor family.

"This money can't be saved. Remember, as long as it is an animal, gemstones are used for the eyes, and diamonds are also fine--" Rock did not hesitate to spend money, how extravagant he was.

"We don't produce gemstones in our mine." Buck is habitually thrifty, and when he saw Rock's eyes, he immediately came back to his senses: "I'll buy it, I'll buy it, if I can't buy it in Johannesburg, I'll go to Kimberley—"

That's more or less.

　This is the real second update——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)