Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 220 Receiver

Rock and Aiden brought back more than 12000 Chinese laborers from Kimberley. Because the Rhodesian police accidentally took some credit from Rock, Aiden generously let Rock take all the Chinese laborers away.

With so many people, it is certain that they cannot all be resettled in the gold mine. Fortunately, the reservoir has already started, and Rock sent all the Chinese workers to the construction site. The salaries and resettlement expenses of the Chinese workers are borne by the newly established Crocodile Bay Company.

The manager of Crocodile Cove is Adrian Nell, a candidate jointly determined by Rock and Cecil Rhodes Jr.

Prior to this, Adrian Nell served as the senior manager of the South African company. This decision was more beneficial to Cecil Rhodes Jr., but Rock had no better proposal and could only choose Adrian.

There is still a shortage of talents. If Rock has ten or eight college students in his hands, he will not hand over these important positions to others.

Now under Rock, there is only one Barker who can be regarded as a talent. Rock needs Buck to sit in Bigwig Town and Locke Gold Mine, so the importance of Crocodile Bay Company can only be placed in the back row.

However, Rock did not completely let go of Crocodile Co. Although the general manager of Crocodile Co. was under Cecil Rhodes Jr., the financial director of Crocodile Co. was Scarlett appointed by Rock. For this appointment, Cecil Rhodes Jr. didn't demur.

This is a very good start, at least Rock and Cecil Rhodes Jr. are willing to consider issues from each other's point of view.

More than 1 workers are stationed at the construction site at the same time, and the pressure on Crocodile Co. is increasing day by day. Caleb Meg is the chief engineer of the reservoir, and George Eugene is the senior consultant of the reservoir. The number of technicians is still insufficient. Galle and George There were not enough students, and Douglas continued to send telegrams to Britain, hoping to hire more college students.

Amidst the surprise and doubts, the Crocodile Bay Reservoir finally started construction.

In view of the natural conditions of the Crocodile River, Galle Meg designed a reservoir with a volume of 5000 million cubic meters. It takes eighteen months to fill the reservoir with water, which also leaves sufficient time for construction.

Not only is there enough time for the construction of the reservoir, but also enough time for the construction of the hydropower station. Douglas has already contacted the Westinghouse Company of the United States. Johannesburg guides the installation.

Rock actually wanted Nikola Tesla to come, but Nikola Tesla was facing a lawsuit from a big shot because of some patent disputes, so Nikola Tesla couldn't leave U.S.

If you can’t come, you can’t come. Rock didn’t expect Johannesburg to attract this great god, and Johannesburg didn’t have conditions for Nikola Tesla to study his black technology, but Rock still found a way to get along with Nikola Tesla. Tesla got in touch, although Johannesburg couldn't attract Nikola Tesla, but Rock could move gold to buy Nikola Tesla's research results, whether Nikola Tesla came or not Johannesburg, the end result is the same.

Thanks to free trade during this period, the United States has no bottom line for technology export. As long as you have money, you can buy anything you want in the United States.

Of course, there were reasons for free trade during this period.

For example, the United States, which has been clamoring for "open door" all day long, the reason why the United States supports free trade is because the United States wants to seize the global market under the banner of "free trade", so the United States opposes any form of "trade barriers" and "technical barriers". ".

After the United States has seized the global market under the banner of "free trade", the United States will start to take the initiative to staking the land. At that time, the United States will sanction whoever it is. Tear up, the most shameless country in the world is the United States.

In fact, the shamelessness of the United States is traditional. If you think about the image of Americans in the hearts of the British, you will know why Americans have such virtues. This country was originally composed of thieves, robbers, tramps, and poor settlers. Once these people make a fortune , the ugly face can be imagined.

Rock doesn't think about what America will look like in the future. At least during this period, the "free trade" advocated by the United States is beneficial to Rock. Johannesburg does not lack money, but what it lacks is foresight and down-to-earth. Rock has neither. , Now it can be regarded as having connections and status, so will Johannesburg become a world-famous crime capital in the future?

It’s hard to say, Rock is very confident in himself, but he has no confidence in the British, Boers, and Zulus. The British are better, after all, they have the background of the old empire, and the Boers and Zulus are mud If you can't paste it on the wall, you can't do enough to make things worse.

Because the work in the reservoir is safer than the work in the mine, the average salary of the workers who repair the reservoir is three pounds a month.

This salary is lower than that of the Chinese workers in Kimberley, and Rock thought that the Chinese workers would be dissatisfied.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese workers are very happy. Three pounds a month seems a little less, but the work is safe and the logistics is good, so there is nothing dissatisfied. After all, three pounds is about 30 yuan. Compared with the income in Qing Dynasty, there is still What are you not satisfied with?

In fact, Roque also wanted to give more, but unfortunately Crocodile Co. is not owned by Roque alone. Roque is not even the chairman of the board. The chairman of Crocodile Co. is Cecil Rhodes Jr. Roque didn't even join the board of directors. It was Scarlett who replaced Roque on the board.

So Scarlet now needs Crocodile Co. and the gold mine to run at both ends. Fortunately, the office of Crocodile Co. is in Johannesburg, not far from the gold mine.

Even so, in order to ensure Scarlett's safety, Rock arranged a guard for Scarlett. Every day, more than 20 gunmen protected Scarlett's carriage between Johannesburg and the gold mine. Rumors began to spread in Johannesburg that Rock and Scarlett's relationship was not normal.

"It's nonsense! Others don't know, you don't know? Scarlett used to work in the Matilda Gold Mine. If there is anything between me and Scarlett, I will put Scarlett in the Matilda Gold Mine ?” Rock scoffed at the rumors, and if Owen hadn’t asked, Rock wouldn’t have explained it.

"That's not necessarily—" Owen said slowly and unhurriedly, the speed and tone of his speech were very annoying, and the subtext was: You'd better give me an explanation that I can accept, otherwise I might do something——

After obtaining the title, the relationship between Rock and Matilda's family entered a new stage.

After the establishment of Crocodile Bay Company, Rock gave Owen [-] pounds of bearer shares.

Then just a few days ago, when Rock went to visit Lord Philip, he had lunch at Lord Philip's house, and Phyllis was there at the time.

See, compared with titles, real gold and silver can be used to overcome difficulties, one hundred thousand pounds, even in the 21st century, can do a lot of things, let alone this era, it is estimated that before the Matilda family You can't make up [-] pounds even if you sell everything.

Otherwise, Owen would not take the initiative to ask Rock to drink coffee, and then take the initiative to bring up those boring rumors.

In fact, Owen doesn't care about rumors at all. He grew up in an aristocratic family, and Owen is used to such things. Compared with Scarlett, what Owen really cares about is Ada in Cape Town.

Scarlett is a Boer, but Ada is French and has an aristocratic background. Although Ada is a widow, there are not too many people in Cape Town who want to take over.

When it comes to widows, some people's first reaction is the so-called green hat and receiver.

But a woman who is not over 30 years old, has a good body and appearance, a lot of money, an independent personality, a woman who can go up to the hall, go down to the kitchen, and has an aristocratic background. It is estimated that he does not even have the qualifications to be a Panxia.

In fact, it’s really not that exaggerated. It’s normal for old couples to have young wives, or young and old wives. Everyone lives their own lives. There is no need to worry too much about other people’s families.

One of the most realistic examples, Macron was only 2017 years old when he was elected President of France in 40, and his wife Brigitte was 64 years old at that time.

With Macron's identity, background, ability, age, and even appearance, what kind of woman can't find it?

Some people will definitely say about the background of Macron’s wife. It’s hard to say whether Brigitte has a background. Just talking about Brigitte’s own situation, Brigitte is not beautiful, and she is not 54 years old (when she married Macron. Age) is also fascinating. When she married Macron, she had three children and seven grandchildren.

Looking at Macron's situation again, he is someone who can be the president. Needless to say, what is his ability? Such a person will become a successor for the so-called "20 years less struggle"?

Sorry, for some elites in this world, what ordinary people get after 20 years of hard work may be a few months for them.

So, be open-minded, there are ways to live with money, and ways to live without money. In this world, there are still many wonderful things waiting for us to discover.

Adrian Nell, the manager of Crocodile Cove, recently discovered a wonderful stunner.

Yes, Adrian Nell's stunner was Scarlett.

Because of Rock's repeated requests, the current Scarlett has completely changed compared to before.

The Scarlett in the past was unkempt and disheveled—clothes were casual. For a while, Roark even suspected that Scarlett never took off her clothes when she went to bed at night, and then she didn’t even change her clothes after getting up in the morning, just dressed crumpled I don’t even wash my face, so I go to work in a sloppy manner.

Now Scarlett will not be like this. After Rock was knighted, he already has the ability to protect Scarlett. Scarlett went to work at Crocodile Bay Company, which also represented Rock's image, if it was like before.

Not to mention Rock, Scarlett herself couldn't bear to continue living that kind of life, so during this period of time, Scarlett made herself very beautiful, and went to work with a radiant face every day, as proud as a big white goose.

"I heard that Adrian Nell is pursuing Scarlett—" Owen was there, seemingly carelessly, but actually observing Rock's expression.

"Hehe, it's impossible. Even if Adrian Nell faints, Scarlett won't go crazy with him." Rock doesn't care at all, office romance is not fun.

The obvious fact is that Adrian Nell was Cecil Rhodes Jr.'s representative at Crocodile Co. and Scarlett was Rock's representative at Crocodile Co. so Cecil Rhodes Jr. And Rock will allow Adrian Nell and Scarlett to play an office romance?

It's funny, a general manager and a financial director, if these two are in cahoots, it will be easy for Rock and Cecil Rhodes Jr. to be emptied, so don't even think about this kind of thing.

"You know Scarlett very well." Owen was still talking strangely.

Rock was angry, and gave Owen a hard look, and Owen immediately restrained himself.

There must be a degree of joking, just say a few words and you will get the meaning, and it is too much to hold on to it.

What's more, Owen has no evidence yet, and the matter of speculation should not have been brought to the table in the first place.

"The peace agreement is about to be signed—" Owen was well informed.

"I know." Rock was a little confused. The historical peace negotiations were not signed until May 1902, and this was only October 5, which seemed a bit early.

"I have to say, you're a lucky fellow, you know? The Boers accepted Lord Alfred's terms the day after you wiped out that guerrilla team, and you beat them up—" Owen raised his glass to Rock.

Understood!

In the original history, the expeditionary force had never been organized to eliminate the Boer guerrillas, so the Boer guerrillas had the confidence to bargain with the British.

This time and space is different. Rock has already wiped out several Boer guerrillas, and almost pissed off Louis Botha. The big victory in Kimberley some time ago even wiped out the guerrillas around Kimberley.

In this time and space, the living environment of guerrillas is much worse than that of guerrillas in another time and space.

This meant that the Expeditionary Army Command couldn't be ashamed. Otherwise, if Rock was transferred to the Expeditionary Army Command to deal with the guerrillas, what kind of losses might the guerrillas suffer.

"It's not lucky. You only saw that I was destroying the guerrillas, but you didn't see how hard I worked before I eliminated the guerrillas." Rock finally had the opportunity to pretend. People luckier than you are more fortunate than you. Work harder, what else can I say?

"After the peace agreement is signed, it is estimated that there will be a wave of knighthoods." Owen is not without envy.

If last time, London could ignore Roque's achievements and only gave Roque a "baron" to perfunctory, then this time, London will no longer have an excuse to suppress Roque.

After all, since Lord Roberts announced the end of the war, the only few victories of the expeditionary force against the Boer guerrillas were basically achieved by Rock.

Although Rock is not a member of the Expeditionary Army, he is a baron of the British Empire. From this point of view, even if the Expeditionary Army does not promote Rock, the royal family should take the initiative to promote it.

No way, Winston had to continue to provide activity funds.

(End of this chapter)