Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 211 dragging its feet

After the "Lynn" incident, all the officers and soldiers who clashed with the Chinese police that day were repatriated to Canada.

Repatriate!

Meaning they will lose their honor as soldiers.

Don't underestimate "honor". For soldiers who uphold "chivalry", honor is very important to them.

For the sake of chivalry, they know that they must die, and they can line up to charge the enemy's heavy machine gun positions; for honor, noble officers often stand in front of the charge array with sabers in their hands; A duel can be initiated at any time.

In addition to honors, they may also face subsequent trials.

Although the result of the trial is not necessarily fair, it will affect the honor. Accepting the result of the trial has reminded all the garrisons that the Chinese—at least the Chinese police, are different from other people of color. Treat it casually, if you treat the Chinese like you treat other people of color, you will pay the price.

This has led to a fundamental improvement in the attitude of the Johannesburg local garrison towards the Chinese police.

Even the Chinese farmers around Bigwig Town have a lot more confidence in the face of the army, because they know that if they encounter injustice, someone will uphold justice for them.

Although this "fairness" does not seem fair, it is already a huge improvement compared to the past. Before the outbreak of the "Lynn" incident, white people who killed people of color would lose money at most and would not be sent to the hospital. In court, there is a fundamental difference between the two.

Not going to court means that it is not considered a crime. If you go to court, no matter what the result is, this kind of behavior must violate the law.

Therefore, in many cases, liquidation must be carried out in court, even if the final result is death, it must be convicted before execution, so that a person can be completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

Therefore, in the current Johannesburg area, there are not too many Boers who are willing to form families with Chinese.

Compared with the Chinese who already had a certain guarantee of survival, the survival of the Boers was not guaranteed at all. Think about it, if the expeditionary force went to the guerrillas to attack again, then the Boers within ten miles around the place where the attack took place would all be thrown into concentration camps .

Is this reasonable?

Everyone knows it's unreasonable.

But everyone defaults, even those Booleans.

Because they know very well that if they resist, the punishment that awaits them will be more cruel.

Throughout July, a total of 175 Chinese and Boer couples registered for marriage at the Johannesburg City Hall. You must know that there were less than 200 newlyweds registered in Johannesburg throughout July. Attention of Registrar Henry Alsop.

"This is outrageous. According to regulations, people of color cannot form families with white people." On August [-], at the regular meeting of the city government at the beginning of the month, Henry Alsop directly launched an attack.

Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s information was accurate, and Harry Alsop was indeed staying in Pretoria to serve as Deputy Governor of the Transvaal.

Although the vice-governor has a higher rank, he doesn't actually have much real power. However, he can still promote his son to an official position. Philip Matilda can't stop this. This is one of the privileges of nobles. If Philip Matilda objected, it meant against the entire aristocracy.

"When was the regulation? Why haven't I heard of it." As the chief of police, Roque is of course qualified to participate in the regular meetings of the city government, and as a "baron", Roque still has a prominent position in the venue. Second only to Lord Philip.

What needs to be explained is that in the whole of Johannesburg, there are only two nobles, Lord Philip and Rock, and the rest, regardless of whether they are the director or the director, are ordinary civilians without even a "jazz" title.

"In this regard, the Transvaal follows the old rules of Cape Town, where it was illegal for a colored person to form a family with a white person, so in the Transvaal, it is also illegal." Alsop Henry at home has learned to behave well now, and no longer confronts Roque head-on, but does business in business, and does not give Roque an excuse to attack.

This rule is true, although it is obvious racial discrimination, but in this era, it is justified, as long as it is white and colored, whether it is a white man or a woman of color, or a white woman or a man of color, it is not allowed Form a family.

Of course, as long as you don't get married, no one can care about being together in private, such as the case of Rock and Ada.

"The Transvaal is still under military control. We can't even exercise complete government functions. What's the point of saying this now?" Rock put the responsibility on the military control. Strictly speaking, the Johannesburg city government has no administrative power. There is no relevant policy.

"It's because of the military control period that we have to take it seriously!" Henry Alsop insisted.

It's clear that Rock and Alsop are at odds.

Because it was a routine meeting, the heads of various departments of the Johannesburg City Government had to attend the meeting, so there were a lot of bigwigs in the meeting room.

It's just that the bosses in the meeting room watched Rock and Henry Alsop quarreling happily, and no one would take the initiative to jump out to fight.

Rock is now a baron, and Henry Alsop has a father who is a baron. In this conference room, except for Philip Matilda, no one can afford to mess with Rock and Alsop, so everyone's opinions are very different. Unanimous: It's none of my business anyway, whatever!

"So, this is how you take it seriously?" Rock was blunt. Even if Henry Alsop's father was here, Rock still had the strength to argue for it now.

"Sir Locke, I don't intend to target anyone, I target work." Henry Alsop said with a righteous face.

"So what do you want to do? Destroy these legal couples that actually existed? Do you know how many people are still in Johannesburg? Except for the miners, Johannesburg's permanent population is now less than [-], so if you want to work hard, Then please think about how to attract more people to settle in Johannesburg, instead of focusing on those who have already settled in Johannesburg." Rock really hates this kind of person, he can't do things if he is asked to do things, and he can't do things for others Just picking bones in the egg, this is the real drag.

The problem is that under normal circumstances, there are actually the most people of this kind. They are only good at finding problems, and never take the initiative to solve them.

When others are trying to solve problems, they will make sarcastic remarks, seize the moral high ground, and put on an appearance of an outsider to comment, as if everyone is drunk and he is sober. In the 21st century, this kind of person is called "public knowledge". In this era, this kind of person is called a "shit stirrer".

"Johannesburg needs population replenishment, but it doesn't need these illegal population." Henry Alsop was still not in a hurry, he was deliberately provoking Rock.

"What population is illegal?" Rock still grasped Henry Alsop's loophole.

"Illegal—well, these colored people in families with white people are illegal." Henry Alsop also wanted to play around.

"It doesn't matter whether it is illegal or not. In fact, these people who form families with Boers are legal citizens of Johannesburg. Now you say it is illegal. If you let you do this, then there is not even a legal civilian in Johannesburg. At that time, Johannesburg will have no population, no future, and no development potential, so you can pat your ass and return to London as if nothing happened, what about Johannesburg?" Roque will do it on the sidelines, and Roque's status is here, so he is qualified to sell his elders.

Rock said this very bluntly, and there was deliberately suppressed laughter in the conference room.

Everyone knows that Henry Alsop was able to serve as the deputy director of the Interior Department because of his father who was the deputy governor. This matter was usually tacitly understood by everyone, but it gave Henry Alsop an illusion, as if He got the job on his own merit.

Rock now ruthlessly removed Henry Alsop's fig leaf, and Henry Alsop's face flushed immediately, as if only Henry Alsop was naked in this conference room where everyone was well-dressed.

"That's enough gentlemen—" Philip Matilda spoke, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became serious: "What is the population of Johannesburg now?"

"Before the war, the population of Johannesburg once exceeded [-], but now, as Sir Locke said, it is less than [-]—" Blake Nelson, the Director of the Interior Department, who has been silent, replied.

The relationship between Black Nelson and Rock is still good. It was Black Nelson who made the decision at the beginning, and the production of the Rock gold mine was determined to be 5000 ounces. Afterwards, Rock gave Black Nelson some souvenirs.

"Then the situation is indeed very serious." Philip Matilda mused.

"It's really serious!"

"The population must increase!"

"You shouldn't be too demanding at this time—"

Those who qualify for the town meeting are the old fritters, and everyone can understand Philip Matilda's overtones, and all the old fritters immediately agree.

"Can a Boer be considered a member of civilized society?"

Among the many voices, there was a discordant voice that was exceptionally loud.

The speaker was Inland Revenue Commissioner Marcus Beaufort.

Marcus Beaufort is a standard Cape English descendant. 100 years ago, Marcus Beaufort's ancestors were the first batch of Cape colonists and participated in the war against the Boers for Cape Town.

After the war, the British occupied Cape Town, and the Boers had no choice but to move north.

For nearly a hundred years thereafter, wars continued between the British and the Boers who colonized the Cape. Marcus Beaufort's younger brother and a son of Marcus Beaufort both participated in the first Anglo-Boer war. Marcus Beaufort's younger brother and son both died on the battlefield, so Marcus Beaufort was a staunch hardliner who advocated the complete erasure of the Boers from the Cape.

Roque was introduced as a confidant by Marcus Beaufort because of his tough attitude towards the Boers and Rock's victory over the Boer partisans, so James Hosea reported to Marcus Beaufort some time ago Marcus Beaufort's reaction would be so violent when the real situation in Bigwig Town was real.

"It's just a group of farmers, and they deserve it!"

"The Boers should be kicked out of civilized society."

"The Boolean group should disappear."

Marcus Beaufort is definitely a veteran in Johannesburg, and someone will keep the lineup right away.

"Then let it be. What we urgently need now is to increase the population, not to limit population growth. As for the qualifications, this is something that can only be considered after the population base reaches a certain level." Philip Matilda decided nail.

No matter what Philip Matilda thinks in his heart, the fact of the matter in Johannesburg now is that without people there is no taxation, there is no stability in Johannesburg, there is not even a bright future, as it is now in Johannesburg, when the Boers return after the war After Johannesburg, the Boers will have an absolute advantage in Johannesburg. What will the city government do then?

Increase immigration from the UK mainland?

What the Cape Colonial Government could not do, the Johannesburg City Government could not do either.

"I'm afraid that by then, this situation cannot be changed." Henry Alsop still wanted to fight.

Philip Matilda did not speak, but looked at Henry Alsop with cold eyes.

Henry Alsop finally realized that under no circumstances should he question Philip Matilda's decision, and immediately paled.

Philip knew that some time ago, Henry Alsop and his son investigated Rock.

Fortunately, Rock's performance at the time was tight and he didn't give Harry and his son any excuses. Otherwise, if Harry and his son took advantage of the problem, Philip Matilda might be implicated.

No, not maybe, but definitely.

Although Harry Alsop is now the deputy governor, but in the Transvaal, Johannesburg is the undisputed economic center, so Harry Alsop, the deputy governor, is definitely not as powerful as Philip Ma Tilda the mayor, so—

No one can guarantee that Harry Alsop will not stab Philip Matilda with a knife.

Therefore, although Philip Matilda did not come forward from the beginning to the end of the whole incident, Philip Matilda must know what role Henry Alsop played in that incident.

This made it difficult for Philip Matilda to look good on Henry Alsop.

After the meeting, Roark invited Marcus Beaufort and Blake Nelson to join him in Russell's Café.

Marcus Beaufort and Blake Nelson jumped at Rock's invitation, and there were others to join in the fun.

Then just have a dinner party, the kind that all officials in Johannesburg can attend.

As the deputy chief of the police station, Joe Russell certainly has a lot of face. Within half a day, he raised all the supplies needed for the dinner.

Most of them are settled locally in Johannesburg. There is really no local Johannesburg, so I buy them from Pretoria. If Pretoria doesn’t have them——

Forget it, anyway, the purpose of those who come to the dinner party is not to eat.

(End of this chapter)