Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 221 ID Card

In fact, money is really not a problem for Rock. Now that Rock is very wealthy, another gold mine was discovered in the farm that Rock bought some time ago.

Rock is not interested in new gold mines, and he is not even interested in knowing the reserves of gold mines. Now Rock can understand the mood of the richest man saying "[-] million". For normal people, [-] million is an astronomical figure, but for For the richest man, it's just a few more buildings.

For Roque, more gold has no other benefits except to make Roque a target of public criticism.

There are nearly 20 tons of gold piled up in the basement of the Locke Gold Mine. Because of the mining alliance agreement, the gold cannot be sold, so it can only be piled up in the basement. Why dig out more?

Is it free to expand the basement?

So after determining the approximate scope of the gold mine, Rock sealed up the newly discovered gold mine for future mining.

"Whatever, the title is meaningless to me now, so what if I can be named a baron? I don't want a place like Fawalt." Rock was calm and calm, pretending to be invisible.

Fawalt's cement plant has started construction, Henry hired technicians from England, hired Zulu workers from Zululand, purchased machinery and equipment to bypass Cape Town, and transported by rail from Durban to Pretoria Ya, and then sent to Fawalt by manpower.

This big circle increased a lot of expenses, and Henry, angry, cursed Paul Kruger.

It was Paul Kruger who made the decision that the Pretoria railway was extended to the east coast. If the railway had led to German Southwest Africa, Henry would be able to save a lot of money now.

In fact, there is a reason for this. The Transvaal Republic and German Southwest Africa are separated by the British-controlled Beina Protectorate, and the plateau terrain in the Beina Protectorate makes it much more difficult to build railways than the plains.

What's more, the railway between the Republic of Transvaal and Lorenzo Marques was built to bypass the restraint of the British, so if the railway passes through the Bechuanaland Protectorate, it is tantamount to falling into a trap.

Regardless of the scolding, the progress of the cement plant is still very fast.

According to the agreement between Rock and Henry, the cement plant is funded by Rock, and Henry is out of the relationship. The cooperation between the two is perfect now. It is expected that the cement plant will be officially put into operation in the next year, just in time to catch up with Crocodile Bay. The company builds hydropower stations.

"Really, you are in need of a beating now, do you know that?" Owen felt his hands a little itchy, so what is a baron?

Regardless of the fact that Owen's family already has two barons, Owen is still very envious.

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Rock and Owen were chatting happily, and suddenly there was a commotion in the corner of the coffee shop, some people were laughing arrogantly, and then a few Boers suddenly became impassioned, they shouted something in heavily accented Dutch, Someone was banging on the table and yelling.

Rock can barely understand a little Dutch now, but he can't understand what those people are saying.

Rock glanced at the manager of the coffee shop not far away, and the manager immediately trotted over.

"What's going on?" Rock was in a bad mood, and it was impolite to make loud noises in public.

"It's a few Boer businessmen. They fled abroad before the war broke out, and they probably just came back not long ago." The manager of the coffee shop was careful, for fear of angering Rock: "How about I ask them to go out?"

The manager of the coffee shop is interesting. He still knows how to use "please" at this time, which is really service-oriented.

Rock smiled and shook his head. The cafe is Joe Russell's property, and Rock doesn't want to make trouble for Joe Russell.

In the past few days, the number of Boers in Johannesburg has increased significantly.

Roque and Owen know that the peace agreement is about to be signed, and everyone else can know it, especially those Boer businessmen. They are also very well informed. Even if they fled abroad before the war, they have been paying close attention to the situation. After a little relief, they couldn't wait to return to Johannesburg. It is estimated that their lives abroad were not very comfortable.

But I guess they don't understand the current situation in Johannesburg, so they can still laugh. I really hope that they can continue to laugh when they understand the current situation in Johannesburg.

"In the past few days, someone has gone to the city government to inquire about the gold mines that were confiscated during the war." Owen pouted, and Owen was also aware of this situation.

Those returning to Johannesburg are all big businessmen who owned gold mines in Johannesburg before the war. Their gold mines were abandoned during the war, and they were naturally auctioned off by the Pretoria Bureau of Mines. This is a confused account. It is estimated that in the future There are still lawsuits.

That being said, Roque had the same trouble.

Only businessmen are returning now. After the peace agreement is signed, a large number of Boer farmers who fled during the war will return to Johannesburg. When they find out that their farms have changed owners, they don’t know what will happen to those Boer farmers.

"What does it have to do with the city government? The gold mine was auctioned by the Pretoria Bureau of Mines. They want to find it. Let them go to the Pretoria Bureau of Mines." Rock dismissed it, guessing that these Boers Still fantasizing that after the peace agreement is signed, the Boers will restore their status in Johannesburg.

Dream it!

Now Johannesburg is dominated by the British, the Chinese, and even the Zulu miners, except that it is not dominated by the Boers.

In Johannesburg, there is no room even for Boers.

"Hehe, someone went to De Beers Unified Mining Company, but was arrested by the security guards of De Beers Unified Mining Company. Didn't anyone go to report it?" Owen smiled happily. If someone really wanted to report the case, it would be Rock Trouble.

"It's really not there." Rock said honestly, it seems that the security guards of the De Beers Unified Mining Company are quite agile.

This is for sure. The security guards of the De Beers Unified Mining Company are actually Rhodesian police. Rock just cooperated with the Rhodesian police some time ago.

In Rock's view, the Rhodesian police are doing well.

The two were chatting when suddenly there was a scream from the corner, followed by a vicious laugh.

The manager of the coffee shop went over with a livid face.

Rock sighed, trouble still came.

Very vulgar plot, a few Boer merchants drank a bit too much, when the waitress in the cafe came to deliver the wine, a guy who owed a hand touched the waiter's buttocks.

Don’t ask why you can drink alcohol in cafes. In the 70s, people could still smoke on planes. In 1901, it was not uncommon for cafes to sell alcohol.

Everyone in Johannesburg now knows that the Russell Cafe is the property of Joe Russell, the deputy police chief, so no one dares to make trouble in the Russell Cafe.

The few Boer businessmen who had just returned to Johannesburg didn't know, so they were out of luck.

There are also K2s in the cafe. When the manager of the cafe passed by, a few strong K2s followed him with grinning arms.

Then several Boer merchants who didn't know how to live or die were framed up, and a guy who was drowsy still wanted to do something, but he was punched by a K2 with a left green dragon and a right white tiger, so the world was clean.

It wasn't clean either. When a K2 carried a Boer businessman passing by Roque's table, the Boer businessman saw Roque's uniform and grabbed Roque's table.

"Officer, help, they beat people—" the Bull businessman was wailing, very miserable.

"Nimma, let go, I told you to let me go—" K2 was also howling, terrified.

The businessman grabbed the table with a little force, but K2 couldn't break it off, so he smashed it down with his fist.

click -

With a gruff voice, the businessman's arm immediately bent into a weird angle.

The businessman stopped howling this time. He looked at his arm and everyone was terrified, he was making loud noises, and he had already lost his ability to speak.

"I'm sorry, Sir Locke, I'm very sorry—" the cafe manager apologized in a hurry, cleaning the table in a hurry.

"Send it to the hospital to treat people well, and you guys will be more gentle next time." Rock said angrily, this K2 is not bad, and he will go back to the Oak Bar.

"Okay, Sir Locke, we'll take him to the Bigwig Town Hospital right away." The manager of the cafe is very discerning, and the fat water does not flow to outsiders. Rock and Joe Russell are the chief of police and the deputy chief of the police station. Definitely take care of each other's business.

After the episode, the cafe was quiet again, Rock and Owen lost interest, and everyone went back to their respective homes.

Back at the police station, several Boers were taking notes in the hall on the first floor.

"—we were illegally imprisoned, and after being locked up overnight, we were thrown on a train bound for Lorenzo Marques. The Boers were outraged.

"Let's get to the point—" the English-speaking back office in charge of the transcript was very upset.

"Matilda Gold Mine, Matilda Gold Mine illegally imprisoned us—" Boolean finally got to the point.

If he hadn't heard the word "Matilda", Rock would have gone upstairs directly. Don't worry now, Rock stopped at the stairs.

When the English-speaking staff in charge of the transcript heard the word "Matilda", he closed the notebook with a cold face.

"They robbed my gold mine and imprisoned them illegally. Hurry up and arrest them, arrest them all—" The Boer merchant has not yet figured out the situation.

"Do you think that this is still the period of the Transvaal Republic?" the British-born office worker named Gary couldn't laugh or cry.

Grasp?

How to catch?

The owner of the Matilda Gold Mine is the big boss of the Johannesburg police boss.

In fact, what Gary wants to say is: If you don’t want to live, go out and find a crooked neck tree, don’t hurt others!

The Boer businessman obviously didn't know who the owner of the Matilda Gold Mine was, nor did he know the last name of the mayor of Johannesburg, so his expression was a little confused for a while.

Gary didn't talk nonsense, picked up the phone on the table and called the duty room: "Lala, the lobby needs a few strong men."

Lara is a Zulu sheriff with a squad that does all the dirty work.

The Boer businessman's expression changed, he probably hoped that Gary would call someone to follow him to the Matilda gold mine, but Gary's expression didn't look like it.

Soon, Lala ran over with a few men, picked up the unlucky Boer businessman and left.

Speaking of this kind of thing, Lala's subordinates have experience, and they didn't forget to gag when they erected people.

A small turmoil quickly disappeared. Rock didn't care about the fate of the unlucky businessman. He probably wouldn't have the chance to see him again. Back at the office, Rock called Joe Russell over.

"There have been a lot of Boers in Johannesburg recently?" Rock didn't know much about the actual situation. He, the police chief, was busy with work, and Joe Russell was in charge of the specific work of the police station.

"Yes, before the war was over, those sons of bitches came back to look for bargains. Some of them lived in Johannesburg before the war, and some of them had nothing to do with Johannesburg at all. They wanted to take this opportunity to come to see if they could buy gold at the bottom. Mining farm." Joe Russell sneered, these bottom-hunting Boers are smart, and someone is faster than them.

If the Boers still had a sense of presence in the mining industry before the war broke out, now the British have monopolized the gold mines in Johannesburg, and there is no chance for the Boers.

In fact, it was not the British government that made the biggest profit in the war, but the unobtrusive De Beers Consolidated Mining Company. Before the war broke out, De Beers Consolidated Mining Company acquired a wave of gold mines. After the war, At least one-third of the gold mines in the Johannesburg area already belong to De Beers Consolidated Mining Company.

In the gold mine auction held by the Pretoria Bureau of Mines last year, nobles from the British mainland also joined the competition for gold mines. Now, the gold mines in Johannesburg have been carved up, except for De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British The native aristocrats, as well as local officials like Rock, Henry, and Joe Russell, were waiting to pick up the bargain. No matter how round they were, they couldn't get the Boers.

"We can't go on like this. Notices are posted at all intersections in Johannesburg. All Boers who enter Johannesburg must register at the Johannesburg Police Station within three days and receive a temporary identity certificate. In the future, in Johannesburg, if you do not have a temporary identity Proof, then they will be treated as war spies." Rock can't let this situation go, once these Boers find out that they will get nothing, then maybe they will be unwilling to cause riots, and Rock must prevent problems before they happen.

"Well, I'm afraid those Boers won't be obedient." Joe Russell looked embarrassed.

As for identity proof, the Cape Colonial Government had done it before, but it was all issued to people of color.

The Boers are white. In the past, whether in the Transvaal or in the Cape, white people did not need identification documents.

"They won't be obedient, then you have to find a way to make them obedient." Rock will never compromise. Now is a good opportunity to break the aura of white people. If you miss this opportunity, it will be even more difficult to formulate similar regulations against white people in the future. possible.

Yes, Rock can't improve the social status of the Chinese right now, but Rock can suppress the social status of some whites to the same level as the Chinese. In this way, if he wants to improve the social status of the Chinese in the future, he will have much more room for manipulation .

(End of this chapter)