Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 188 The Truth (For Subscription)

Back in Johannesburg again, Rock's way of thinking about people and things is completely different from before.

From the standpoint of the British government, Roque was capable but selfish at the same time. Roque would not serve the British government wholeheartedly. Alfred Milner must have discovered this, so he warned Roque gram.

In the past, Rock was confident that even if he didn't succeed in Cape, he would be able to flourish in other places.

It’s not working now. It’s not that Rock has lost his confidence, but that there are more and more Chinese in Johannesburg. In this time and space, the reason why Chinese miners came to Johannesburg has a lot to do with Rock, and Rock is responsible for them.

Therefore, Rock now has to strive for a more stable position, at least Rock cannot lose the trust of Alfred Milner.

Back at the police station, Rock called Joe Russell first.

"How is the inventory work going?" Joe Russell has been leading people to cooperate with the city government to check the real output of the gold mines in Johannesburg during this period of time, in order to prepare for the next taxation work.

Rock has never been involved in this matter before, and even because of the Rock Gold Mine and the Matilda Gold Mine, Rock deliberately dragged his feet to create conditions for future tax evasion.

Now Rock is not entangled in these trivial matters. Taxes will be the main income of the Transvaal government in the future. In any case, the Transvaal government will not relax, so there is no need to delay on this issue, and there is no need to evade taxes. How much to pay, compared with the profit of the gold mine, the tax is actually not much.

Of course, there is still a need for legal tax avoidance, which is Scarlett's main job content.

"It's terrible, don't expect those profiteers to cooperate—" Joe Russell realized that it was wrong after he finished speaking. Uncle is also a profiteer.

Yes, Cape Town Police Chief August Russell also bought a gold mine when the Pretoria Bureau of Mines held a gold mine auction some time ago.

The gold mine is not big, and it is not very eye-catching in Johannesburg, but it is still a gold mine after all.

Therefore, what Henry said is true. In the Transvaal, officials of all sizes have been accused.

"Start with the Rock Gold Mine—" Rock wants to lead by example.

"Director, the production of the Locke Gold Mine has been determined." Joe Russell's answer surprised Rock, who didn't know that people from the city government and the police station had been to the Locke Gold Mine.

"What is the output of the Locke Gold Mine?" Rock was very curious. He didn't even know the output of the Locke Gold Mine.

This mine owner is really incompetent.

"5000 ounces per month." Joe Russell didn't have to go back and look up the records, his memory is so good.

5000 ounces is 155.5 kilograms. There are more than 30 large and small gold mines in Johannesburg. Before the war broke out, the annual gold production was about [-] tons. Calculated in this way, the average gold mine is about [-] tons.

Considering that the gold mines are large and small, it is normal for the Locke Gold Mine to produce 155.5 kilograms of gold per month.

The crux of the problem is that after two replenishments, there are nearly 5000 workers in the Locke Gold Mine. A gold mine of this size is a large mine in Johannesburg, so 155.5 kilograms of gold is definitely not enough. suitable.

"What is the output of the Matilda Gold Mine?" Rock was curious, not knowing how the output was determined.

"3000 ounces—" Joe Russell still didn't have to go back to the records.

The number of employees in the Matilda Gold Mine is around 3000, which means that the output is based on the head, and one person is one ounce a month.

It's also too random.

"Who sets this standard?" Rock asked directly.

There is no doubt that this standard must be determined by someone. Although Rock does not know the output of the Rock Gold Mine, he knows the output of the Matilda Gold Mine.

When Arnold left the Matilda Gold Mine, the monthly output of the Matilda Gold Mine had exceeded 10000 ounces.

Just kidding, in the entire Rand mining area, there is only one gold mine with an ore grade of 150 grams per ton. The Matilda gold mine is the only one. The "pure gold" ore layer of the Rock gold mine is an accident. Normally, the ore of the Rock gold mine The grade is about 20 grams per ton.

At once!

This grade is already very high compared to ordinary gold mines.

"Mr. Blake Nelson." Joe Russell frankly.

Blake Nelson is the director of the interior affairs department of the Johannesburg City Government, and only he has the right to "slap his head".

Well, at this level, Rock is helpless. After all, Rock is not alone digging the corner of the British Empire. Everyone is digging. Rock alone cannot fight against all the gold mine owners in Johannesburg.

Better do your own thing, Rock went out and went directly to De Beers Consolidated Mining Company.

The Johannesburg branch of De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, the Cape's largest mining company, is located in the former city center of Johannesburg.

In fact, it is not considered a city. In the past, Johannesburg did not even have a government agency, but it was a large mess of shantytowns.

Aiden would certainly not work in a shed. In fact, the Johannesburg branch of De Beers Consolidated Mining Company is in a white marble building. The whole building is magnificent and large in scale. Compared with Alfred Milner The Palace of Justice where he lives is no different. Cecil Rhodes Jr. gave this building a very impressive name: Olympos.

In Greek mythology, Olympus is the mountain of gods, and the original meaning of "Olympus" comes from the meaning of "place of light".

In Greek mythology, Olympus was the equivalent of heaven, where the gods, demigods and their servants lived.

When Rock came to Olympos, Aiden was already waiting at the gate of Olympos.

"Director Locke, you are welcome. In fact, you don't need to come here in person. You only need a phone call. Aiden is willing to help you at any time." Aiden is very good at talking, and it is not easy for anyone to become a general manager.

"Don't be hypocritical, Aiden, if I don't come to you, you will never come to me." Rock was familiar with the road, and his casual tone immediately brought the relationship between the two closer.

"I dare not go to you, the cost of meeting you is too high." Aiden immediately reciprocated, with a small complaint, which not only shortened the distance between the two, but also showed respect for Rock.

It is indeed costly. Aiden first went to Roque for that idiot Hoover, and Aiden spent thousands of pounds.

The second time Aiden met Rock, it was Rock who went to Aiden for alms, but Aiden spent thousands more.

This cost is indeed too high, even the De Beers Unified Mining Company cannot afford it.

It's a pity that Aiden must be disappointed. Rock is going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and this time he came to Aiden, but nothing good happened.

Sitting down in Aiden's living room, Roque couldn't help sighing that the life of a capitalist is indeed rotten.

If this is an ordinary enterprise decoration, where gold is used, gold leaf is used at most, and gold powder is more likely to be used.

For the interior decoration of Olympus, when gold can be used, it is all pure gold, and at least a quarter-inch thick gold plate.

Inch is the shortest unit of length in the imperial system. In the beginning, an inch was the width of an ordinary person's thumb at the bottom of the nail.

This standard is a bit of a stretch, because people's thumb widths are different, so this length is controversial.

So in the 14th century, King Edward II of England promulgated the "Standard Legal Inch". This so-called "standard" is: the length of the three largest wheat grains selected from the middle of the barley ears and arranged in a row is one inch.

It seems to sound even more ridiculous, how big is a barley ear?

Does the largest grain mean the longest, the thickest, or the heaviest?

Well, the British are so weird, and they have weird jokes.

In short, De Beers Consolidated Mining Company is really rich. Compared with De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, Rock is poor.

"Aiden, the hiring of Chinese workers from the Qing Dynasty may be suspended for a while." Rock didn't talk nonsense.

"Why?" Aiden immediately looked like a lion with its hair blown up, looking at Rock as sharply as a falcon.

That's right, this is Aiden's true face, a good old man who is happy all day long, can't control a big company.

"I went to see His Excellency the Governor yesterday, which is what the Governor said." Rock didn't care about Aiden's gaze, if he had the ability, go to the Governor——

"Why would the governor care about such a thing?" Aiden also pretended to be confused.

"Want to know the answer? Go ask the governor." Rock pushed cleanly.

"Lock, don't do this, think of a way, no workers, no gold, no workers, no taxes, no workers, we all have to drink northwest wind—" Aiden immediately began to complain.

Well, that’s not what Aiden said, but it probably means this——

Fortunately, it is not eating soil.

"I can't help it either. You De Beers Consolidated Mining Company needs workers, and I need workers more. I just bought a Fack farm—" Rock scolded the Governor along with Aiden, but the Governor couldn't hear it anyway.

Aiden must have restrained himself in front of Roque, he didn't dare to scold along with Roque, but his expression was ugly.

For capitalists, the skin color of workers is really not a problem.

When the Federation of South Africa was established, Chinese miners had already left Johannesburg, so the mine owners in Johannesburg hired a large number of Zulu people to mine.

This situation continued until the 20s. At that time, the relationship between whites and Zulus was already incompatible, and the country was on the verge of civil war. The people of insight in the white government proposed to establish a separate country for Zulus, combining whites and Zulus. People are separated and do not interfere with each other.

But this proposal was rejected by the capitalists in South Africa at that time.

If a country is established that does not include the Zulus, then who will go down to mine?

Do you want to hire white people who have never been in a mine and earn ten times the salary of a Zulu?

Stop being funny!

This is the truth behind Mandela's rise to power.

(End of this chapter)