Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 187

Not to mention the romantic affairs of the Prince of Wales, after Edward VII came to the throne, Winston was indeed a prosperous official.

In fact, after Winston returned to London last year, he was successfully elected as a Member of Parliament on behalf of the Conservative Party. At that time, Winston was under 26 years old.

Therefore, in British politics, there is also a tradition of succession from father to son. It is wishful thinking for a normal person to enter Parliament at the age of 26, but for the aristocratic group, Winston has already accumulated a lot of money.

As a member of the Conservative Party, Winston criticized many policies of the Conservative Party government in Congress and opposed the Conservative Party everywhere. He was finally disqualified by the Conservative Party in January 1905.

Do you think this is the end of Winston's political career?

Obviously not, in May of that year, Winston sat in the opposition party's seat.

This was the right choice. In the second year, 1906, when the Liberal Party came to power, Winston was appointed as Under-Secretary of Colonial Affairs. The most important achievement during his tenure was to promote the self-government status of South Africa.

That's why Rock invested in Winston.

It now appears that Rock's investment in Winston did not need to wait until 1906, and it has already played a role.

Rock didn't forget to remind Henry that if he went to London, he must remember to visit Winston.

"Of course, we have been communicating all the time." Henry certainly didn't know how brilliant Winston's future was, but Henry and Winston also kept in constant contact. After all, Winston's grandfather was the Duke of Marlborough.

The Marlborough family is the top British nobleman. Among the nobles other than the British royal family, there are only 20 duke titles, and the Duke of Marlborough ranks tenth in the order of knighthood.

In the aristocratic circle, compared with the Marlborough family, the Matilda family is not worth mentioning, so Henry attaches great importance to the friendship between him and Winston, even though Winston does not have the right to inherit the title of the Duke of Marlborough .

"It's just that the communication is not enough, you have to show your sincerity." Rock pointed out, even though Winston could earn 250 pounds a month when he was in Cape, but earning this money would risk his life.

So Winston returned to London soon after fleeing back to Cape Town.

Back in London, he no longer served as a war correspondent, so naturally he didn't have a monthly salary of 250 pounds. Winston didn't have a title of nobility yet, and relying on Winston's income as a member of parliament probably wouldn't be able to maintain the dignity of a top noble family. Therefore, Winston needed money very much.

Needed more than both Rock and Henry.

"Ha, Locke, don't be so blunt—" Henry was a little embarrassed, Henry still understood the twists and turns, and didn't need Rock to point him out.

Rock laughed dumbfounded, and was a little embarrassed.

Rock still underestimated the background of Henry and Winston, the noble children. They have been in the circle of nobles since they were young, and they know many ways better than Rock. Some things do not need to be reminded by Rock. instinct.

Officials kept coming into Alfred Milner's office and being summoned by Alfred Milner.

Alfred Milner was a little tired when it was Rock's turn.

"Everything is normal in Johannesburg. The gold mines that were temporarily suspended due to the war have basically resumed work. The police station is cooperating with the city government to check the output of the gold mines. It is estimated that it will take half a year to complete this work." Rock never mentioned the guerrillas, that was the business of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters, and had nothing to do with the police station.

"Johannesburg is importing a large number of Chinese miners. Why didn't you apply for it before?" Alfred Milner's expression was calm, showing no signs of happiness or anger.

"Hiring Chinese miners is an independent commercial activity of the mine owner. Do I need to apply for this?" Rock pretended to be a pure police officer.

Many things that are originally very simple, the more people involved, the more complicated it will be.

It's like hiring Chinese laborers. If you apply for this kind of matter, then the Governor's Office will probably not directly decide, and there is a high probability that it will report to Congress.

At the level of the Congress, the entanglement of interests is more complicated. The ruling party wants to be fair, while the opposition party wants to find the bones in the egg. There may be extreme situations such as "opposition for the sake of opposition", and it may be difficult to draw conclusions. It is already three or five years later.

Rock didn't have so much time, so he did it first, and it became a fait accompli, so it didn't matter whether he applied or not.

As for the resulting consequences.

To put it bluntly, this is not a crime after all, at most it is an oversight, or ill-considered, what can Alfred Milner do to Rock?

No promotion?

Rock's immediate boss is Henry. In the Transvaal police system, Henry is the boss. Rock still wants to hide behind Henry's back and make a fortune silently. He doesn't want to be promoted at all, so he casually—

So fine salary?

This is more casual. To be honest, Rock doesn't know what his annual salary is now. Compared with the income of the gold mine, the annual salary is not worth mentioning. Apart from giving gifts to make connections, Rock has nothing to spend money on.

The most serious thing is that Roque may be suspended, but it has not yet reached the point of expulsion.

However, considering that the Prince of Wales is about to enthroned, Rock is also on the list of meritorious personnel reported by the Expeditionary Force Command, and he is suspended at this time——

Inappropriate, really inappropriate.

Therefore, Rock now has nothing to fear.

"How's the performance of those Chinese laborers?" Alfred Milner asked Rock to evaluate for himself.

"Under the stimulation of high salaries, Huagong's performance is not bad—" Roque tried to be objective, and Alfred Milner must have other sources of information, so if Roque deliberately exaggerates now, he is courting death: "I and De Aiden from Bills Consolidated Mining Company talked about that the former gold miners were basically Zulus and Boers. The Zulus were lazy and inefficient, while the Boers were lazy and inefficient. Overall, the performance of those Chinese workers is still good, as long as their salary can satisfy them, their efficiency is not bad."

"You know very well—" Alfred Milner said meaningfully.

Rock felt a little hot on his face. Alfred Milner must have known that there was a gold mine under Rock's name, so he teased Rock.

There is no need to answer this sentence, and there is no need for Rock to throw Baron Philip out of the top bag. Alfred Milner is the governor, and it is normal to laugh at Rock.

Fortunately, Alfred Milner is not a harsh person, so Alfred Milner did not embarrass Rock for too long: "Temporarily stop hiring Chinese workers, and we will talk about it after a while."

Fortunately, it is only temporarily suspended, and there will be opportunities to continue in the future. The Chinese workers who have already come to Johannesburg do not need to be repatriated.

"That De Beers Consolidated Mining Company—" Rock was a little confused.

"You solve it yourself!" Alfred Milner decided with one word.

"Yes!" Rock said with a correct attitude.

Rock felt scared after leaving Alfred Milner's office.

It was actually very dangerous just now. The fate of Roque and all the Chinese in the Transvaal depended on Alfred Milner's thoughts.

Rock could actually feel just now that for a moment, Alfred Milner's emotions were on the verge of eruption, but for some reason, Alfred Milner didn't kill Rock in the end.

"How?" Henry was still waiting for Rock, and went to the Pretoria Police Station with Rock.

Rock is going to eat.

"I was scolded—" Rock felt that his underwear was wet.

"Haha, you deserve it, someone accused you of using power for personal gain—" Henry broke out a shocking melon.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Rock was surprised, he didn't hear Henry mentioning it just now.

"What's there to say, in the entire Transvaal, who hasn't been accused?" Henry didn't care. Officials in the Transvaal, big and small, said one by one, but their buttocks were not very clean.

"Your sister, you are all British, and I am Chinese, how can this be the same?" Rock was very angry.

"Don't think about my sister!" Henry was furious immediately, this is also a fanatic who loves sisters: "Locke, if you want to truly integrate into the Transvaal, you have to treat yourself as an Englishman."

Rock froze for a moment and didn't speak again.

If Henry said that before, Rock would be very grateful.

Now Roque will not be grateful to anyone casually, because Roque knows very well that even if Roque regards himself as a British, the British will not regard Roque as "one of their own".

Of course, this does not prevent Rock from working for the British government.

Rock has been in this world for more than a year. Now that Rock has become a naturalized Cape, he has become a senior official in the Transvaal through his own efforts. Before there is no better choice, Rock must work for the British government until he has enough self-preservation ability.

"It's my fault, Henry, sorry—and thank you." In any case, Rock was grateful to Henry, and Rock couldn't have climbed so fast without Henry.

At the beginning, Rock deliberately made friends with Henry in order to rely on Henry's status as a nobleman to "dominate". Now Rock also has the opportunity to become a nobleman. He and Henry are mutually perfecting each other.

For Rock, everyone in this world is the "native" of this world.

This kind of mentality is very bad. Rock was just a trading dog in his previous life. Compared with the big shots in the world like Rock, Rock is nothing.

In this world, Rock can barely be regarded as a big shot now. If he is still in the Cape Town Police Department, then Rock is also qualified to be the key protection object of the police station. Therefore, Rock should adjust his mentality. Always put yourself in the role of "digging the corner of the British Empire".

In this world, at present, Roque digging a corner of the British Empire is actually digging a corner of Roque himself, which can be regarded as digging his own grave.

"It's not your fault, Locke, you don't need to apologize." Henry put his hand on Rock's shoulder, and the two walked forward side by side.

The sun is just right.

(End of this chapter)